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S&P 500 Today: Can US Stocks Navigate Fed and Inflation Risks?

Based on the latest available market information, recent S&P 500 sessions have featured persistent leadership from mega-cap technology and AI-related stocks. At the same time, rotation across cyclical and defensive sectors has added complexity to the daily story.

Nitish Kishor | 21 May 2026

What Is Nasdaq? Understanding the Tech-Heavy US Stock Exchange

Based on the latest available market information, Nasdaq-listed companies span a wide range of industries, including semiconductors, software,Cloud Computing, biotechnology, consumer internet and electric vehicles. This diversity has helped make the Nasdaq one of the most recognizable exchanges in the world.

Nitish Kishor | 21 May 2026

Pakistan Steps Up Iran Mediation as Trump Gives Tehran Days to Accept Peace Deal

Six weeks into a ceasefire that has already been violated by both sides, Thursday brought fresh urgency to the Iran-U.S. diplomatic track. Pakistan's army chief, General Asim Munir, was expected to fly to Tehran for direct consultations, the highest-level in-person engagement since the formal …

Nitish Kishor | 21 May 2026

USD/CNY Holds Near 6.8 as China Stimulus Expectations Rise

China's foreign exchange management operates through a daily fixing mechanism by which the People's Bank of China sets the central rate around which the yuan can trade within a defined band. The sequence of fixings has been allowing gradual yuan weakening while preventing the …

Nitish Kishor | 20 May 2026

Oil Shock and a Weakening Rupee: India's Structural Currency Vulnerability

India's rupee has lost 13.22% year-to-date, hitting 96.89 per USD as surging oil prices, a $23 billion FPI exodus, and a recordTrade Deficitexpose the limits of RBI intervention.Key HighlightsThe rupee touched a record low of 96.89 per USD on May 20 before recovering modestly …

Nitish Kishor | 20 May 2026

Why Is EUR/USD Holding Up Despite Europe’s Energy Shock?

Goldman Sachs argument that the energy shock is more negative for Europe than the US is both accurate and important for the currency outlook. Europe imports a substantially larger fraction of its energy than the US, which has become a net energy exporter through …

Nitish Kishor | 20 May 2026

USD/CAD Braces for US CPI and Fed Minutes Volatility

The Canadian dollar's sensitivity to US economic data is a structural feature of the bilateral relationship that distinguishes it from most other G10 currency pairs. Canada directs approximately 75% of its exports to the United States and imports a similar fraction of its goods …

Ankur Sharma | 20 May 2026

Sterling Weakness Deepens Amid UK Fiscal Concerns and Energy Shock

Sterling's difficulties reflect two reinforcing pressures. The first is external: the Iran conflict's oil price shock has increased the UK'sImportbill, widened the current accountDeficit, and generatedInflationthat complicates Bank of England policy. The second is internal: a political environment characterised byLeadershipuncertainty, conflicting fiscal signals, and …

Ankur Sharma | 20 May 2026

Japanese Yen Intervention Threat: The Last Line of Defense for a Structural Decline

Japan's Ministry of Finance has intervened in currency markets on multiple occasions in recent years to slow yenDepreciation, most notably in 2022 when the currency was falling rapidly. The effectiveness of intervention in the current context is limited by the same factor that limits …

Nitish Kishor | 20 May 2026

Singapore Non-Oil Exports Surge 24.5%: The Trade Hub Thriving in a Fragmented World

Singapore extraordinary April export performance reflects structural advantages that become more rather than less valuable in a world of trade fragmentation and conflict-related route disruption. As the pre-eminent trade hub of Southeast Asia, Singapore sits at the intersection of trade routes connecting East Asia, …

Nitish Kishor | 20 May 2026
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