Dollar rally cools after Trump picks Scott Bessent for Treasury

President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Bessent to oversee the US Treasury is taking some heat out of the dollar’s recent rally.  The US currency weakened against all Group-of-10 peers with the euro, pound and Aussie leading the gains against the greenback. The Mexican peso, Thai baht and Chinese yuan outperformed among emerging market currencies. … Read more

Should You Forget Super Micro Computer and Buy These 2 Millionaire-Maker AI Stocks Instead?

Super Micro Computer‘s stock soared more than 30% on Nov. 19 after it appointed a new independent auditor and submitted a compliance plan to Nasdaq to avoid a potential delisting. Those announcements addressed its two pressing issues: the departure of its auditor Ernst & Young in October, and a delayed filing for its 10-K report, … Read more

Should You Forget Super Micro Computer and Buy These 2 Millionaire-Maker AI Stocks Instead?

Super Micro Computer‘s stock soared more than 30% on Nov. 19 after it appointed a new independent auditor and submitted a compliance plan to Nasdaq to avoid a potential delisting. Those announcements addressed its two pressing issues: the departure of its auditor Ernst & Young in October, and a delayed filing for its 10-K report, … Read more

Oil holds at 2-week high as Russia, Iran tensions support prices By Reuters

By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices hovered near two-week highs on Monday following 6% gains last week, as geopolitical tensions heightened between western powers and major oil producers Russia and Iran, raising risks of supply disruption. futures climbed 13 cents, or 0.2%, to $75.30 a barrel by 0115 GMT, while U.S. West Texas … Read more

Chinese exports to hit record this year before second Trump term

Economists expect Chinese exports to reach a historical high this year as customers rush to front-load orders given President-elect Donald Trump’s threat of higher tariffs when he takes office in January. Export growth will accelerate to 7% in the final three months from the same period last year, according to the median forecast of analysts … Read more

Factbox-Who is Romania’s surprise hard-right presidential candidate? By Reuters

By Luiza Ilie (Reuters) -Calin Georgescu, a Romanian hard-right NATO critic, appeared in a dead heat with leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu after the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, partial tallies showed, a shock result threatening Romania’s staunchly pro-Ukraine stance. Opinion surveys had Georgescu, an independent, polling in single digits ahead of Sunday’s … Read more