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Opinion & Features

Why the melt-up is still on

As 2026 begins, optimists are talking down bubble anxiety

Vietnam has established the VIFC’s governing council, as well as separate executive bodies in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.
Asean Business

Vietnam puts 1,200-hectare, two-city International Financial Centre into operation

Hanoi introduces sweeping frameworks that include Common Law elements, 10-year residency for foreign experts, and 30-year tax incentives

As with the other two American companies, OpenAI can remain private and risk running out of the capital needed to stay ahead. Or it can go public and risk markets’ impatience over profits.
Opinion & Features

SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic and their giga-IPO dreams

Will more capital trump more scrutiny?

While signs point to an advanced-stage bubble in AI, history shows that there is no exact point at which a bubble bursts under its own weight, the writer notes.
Opinion & Features

The four ‘O’s that shape a bubble

And what this test tells us about the artificial intelligence wave

The price of silver hit US$63.86 per ounce on Dec 10, nearly double its level a year ago, after the Fed trimmed rates by 25 basis points.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Is silver the new gold?

The surge in the precious metal’s price could have ominous implications for the markets

The market for private credit is an estimated US$40 trillion. It is a big engine for the economy that fuels innovation, growth and the industrial renaissance.
Opinion & Features

Private-credit fears are based on four myths

The growth of private credit in all forms has actually made our financial system more resilient and less concentrated

Despite the shocks of 2025, India’s economy has held up better than expected, with GDP expanding 8.2% in the September quarter from a year earlier
Companies & Markets

Wall Street predicts rebound in Indian markets after tough year

AFTER one of India’s worst years of market underperformance in decades, some of Wall Street’s biggest names are calling for a rebound.

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang reported the company's record-high quarterly revenues on Nov 19. The next day, its share price fell 3%.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

Why investors are increasingly fatalistic

Everyone knows share prices have a long way to fall. Even so, getting out now might be a mistake

Having to rewire supply chains is expensive, as traditional production locations, logistic routes and distribution networks have been in place for many years.
Banking & Finance

Weaponisation of finance over geopolitics a concern, says GIC’s CEO

Disruptions to trade, security and supply chains have been costly, he says

AI is already having conflicting macroeconomic effects, says the writer, though these have yet to translate into any clear implication for monetary policy.
Opinion & Features

The Fed’s wait-and-see approach to AI can’t last

The next crash could break records

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