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Jakarta Jeopardy 🌏 Strong earnings and AI optimism opened the week on a high note, but rising oil, rate worries and geopolitical uncertainty pulled riskier markets back to earth. 

Highlights

🛢️ Oil moved above US$116 a barrel, adding fresh inflation and interest-rate pressure to an already nervous stock market.

🤖 The Nasdaq fell 2.6% Thursday as AI-linked shares stumbled, although non-tech stocks proved more resilient.

🌏 Indonesia’s market faces a high-stakes transparency test after MSCI warned it could lose emerging-market status.

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Inflation Interlude 🎹 U.S. stocks stayed close to record highs, but a hot inflation reading and fresh questions about AI spending made the ride decidedly less smooth.

Highlights

🤖 AI-heavy technology stocks stumbled as hotter inflation revived concerns about interest rates and the payoff from enormous data-centre spending.

🍁 Energy helped the TSX recover in a shortened Canadian Thanksgiving week, even as basic-materials shares pulled in the other direction.

₿ Bitcoin ETF outflows put US$80,000 support in focus, while emerging markets felt the strain of AI and rate jitters.

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Party Profits 🎉 Wall Street began the week in celebration, then paid closer attention to the bill. Oil, yields and AI-spending questions put the exuberance to the test — a useful reminder that a strong market can still hit a speed bump.

Highlights

🎉 Wall Street’s early-week rally lost altitude as oil, yields and AI-spending doubts unsettled technology shares.

🍁 Canada’s weak jobs report helped spark a TSX rebound, with mining, technology and Aritzia leading the charge.

🌪️ Oil, crypto and emerging markets all showed how a stronger dollar and tighter financial conditions can travel fast.

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Hormuz Heat 🔥With the Strait of Hormuz back in focus, higher energy prices pushed inflation and rate concerns to the foreground before softer U.S. payrolls revived hopes of a Fed pause.

Highlights

📉 A weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report eased October rate-hike expectations and helped the Nasdaq lead Friday’s rebound.

🛢️ Brent crude stayed above US$100, keeping inflation and Strait of Hormuz supply risks at the centre of the rate outlook.

₿ Bitcoin moved back above US$86,000 as a more risk-on mood lifted crypto-linked shares.

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Vietnam’s Vanguard 🇻🇳 Vietnam’s entry into FTSE Russell’s emerging-market indexes marks a milestone in its long campaign to attract foreign investment, potentially bringing billions of dollars into its stock market.

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🌏 Vietnam joined FTSE Russell’s emerging-market indexes.

₿ Bitcoin climbed above US$86,000 before cooling.

🧬 Surrozen shares more than doubled as traders focused on an FDA application that could unlock financing for its experimental eye treatment.

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Blockchain Breakthrough 🚀  SEC has opened a five-year test for tokenized U.S. stocks on blockchain networks, creating a temporary path for onchain trading while preserving shareholder rights such as voting and dividends. 

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⛓️ The SEC opened a five-year test drive for tokenized U.S. stocks on blockchain networks.

☢️ U.S. financing support put Global Atomic’s Niger uranium project in the critical-minerals spotlight.

⚡ Amazon’s data-centre generator deal sent Generac shares soaring after hours.

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Pressure Petrol ⛽️ Investors are now watching whether higher energy costs reshape the outlook for interest rates, corporate earnings, and risk assets.

Highlights

🛢️ Brent crude briefly topped US$108 as Middle East tensions reignited inflation concerns.

📉 The TSX and U.S. stocks endured a volatile week, with technology pressure and trade tensions adding to the strain.

🤖 Oracle’s AI-led cloud growth impressed investors, while GameStop found momentum in collectibles.

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Oil Oscillations 🛢️ The push and pull between energy costs, inflation and interest-rate expectations remains the central risk investors are watching.

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🛢️ Middle East supply concerns lifted oil prices, amplifying inflation and rate worries.

🇨🇦 Gold, materials and technology helped the TSX rebound after an uneven start.

₿ Bitcoin surged as markets reassessed the near-term outlook for U.S. interest rates.

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Tough Tariffs 🏋 Rising yields rattled Wall Street while gold, Canadian stocks, and crypto each found their own way to shine. 

Three Things That Mattered:

🤖 Nvidia's results briefly revived AI optimism as investors continued watching inflation and the Fed.

🥇 Banks, materials and gold helped the TSX stay near record territory despite escalating tariffs.

₿ Bitcoin rallied 23.6% as ETF inflows and currency-debasement concerns brought demand back.

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Yield Yips 🐕‍🦺 Rising yields rattled Wall Street while gold, Canadian stocks, and crypto each found their own way to shine. 

Three Things That Mattered:

📉 Rising yields squeezed growth stocks and pulled U.S. indexes lower for the week.

₿ Bitcoin's 20% blast put ETF inflows, short covering, and regulatory hopes in the spotlight.

🥇 Gold's 5% weekly surge helped power the TSX as investors leaned into commodities.

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