Citrini Research, the market research firm that went viral for its futuristic AI doomsday scenario earlier this year, sees the rise of agentic threats boosting demand for cybersecurity. In a note published on Friday, Citrini shared its bullish thesis on the sector, noting that the rapid rise of AI capabilities means companies have a greater
Singapore’s bourse reported a 14% jump in yearly revenue to $1.17 billion, after the country rolled out a series of market reforms in 2025 aimed at revitalizing its sluggish stock market. The measures, which included tax rebates for newly-listed companies and a government-led injection of 1.5 billion Singapore dollars into the local equity market, have
Last month, the machines won. Quantitative hedge funds had a strong July, highlighted by several big algorithm-driven names that avoided the pain their human-run peers suffered last month. At Renaissance Technologies, its largest external fund — known as Renaissance Institutional Equities — was up 9.2% in July, more than making up for losses over the
South Korea’s stock market was back in the red on Monday, extending a turbulent stretch after July’s historic selloff. On Monday, the country’s benchmark Kospi index closed 5% lower as index heavyweights Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix both ended 9% lower. The declines reversed part of Friday’s record rebound, when the Kospi surged 178% —
U.S. stock futures jumped on Sunday, continuing a bullish mood from late last week, as President Donald Trump balked at a major attack on Iran. Futures tied to the Dow Jones industrial average surged 189 points, or 0.36%. S&P 500 futures jumped 0.41%, and Nasdaq futures shot up 0.89%. South Korea’s Kospi index, which has
South Korea’s stock market crash quickly took the shine off one of this year’s biggest AI success stories: the rise of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to the trillion-dollar club. Buoyed by the global artificial intelligence boom, both memory chip giants crossed the $1 trillion market capitalization threshold in May, as investors flocked to companies
