More ships to call at S’pore? How the Iran war, tariffs are reshaping global sea trade
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/more-ships-to-call-at-spore-how-the-iran-war-tariffs-are-reshaping-global-sea-trade

This week’s top reads from The Straits Times, July 18, 2026

https://str.sg/iogqT

We are the last generation of managers who manage only humans: Salesforce S-E Asia CEO
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/we-are-the-last-generation-of-managers-who-manage-only-humans-salesforce-s-e-asia-ceo

AI frenzy fills Asian airlines’ cargo bays with semiconductors
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/ai-frenzy-fills-asian-airlines-cargo-bays-with-semiconductors

RTS Link to spur S’poreans to spend $1 billion more in JB a year: Study
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/sporeans-to-outspend-jb-visitors-by-294m-once-rts-link-opens-study

#WeekAhead by Reuters, Investopedia & Yahoo Finance
#Chart of the Day by Yahoo Finance
#Earnings by Earnings Whisper
#USMarketUpdate by Reuters, CNBC and Yahoo Finance
#TradingDay #MarketMind by Reuters
#MarketsWrap by Bloomberg
#SgMarketUpdate by Business Times
#HKMarketUpdate by Reuters and Trading Economics

The S&P 500 is breaking the earnings playbook
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/the-sp-500-is-breaking-the-earnings-playbook-chart-of-the-day-115602014.html

#WeekAhead
Wall St Week Ahead Alphabet, Intel results in focus for AI trade as US earnings rev up | Reuters

SUMMARY
Alphabet spending plans in focus in Wednesday resultsIntel, Texas Instruments to report, with semis trade in spotlightTesla, American Express, RTX among other reports due

NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. corporate earnings season gathers steam in the coming week as Alphabet (GOOGL.O), opens new tab and Intel (INTC.O), opens new tab are set to offer updates ​that could sway the market-leading AI trade amid high profit expectations and uncertainty over the Iran war.

The S&P 500 (.SPX), opens new tab skidded on Friday to post a ‌weekly decline, dragged down by a steep pullback in high-flying semiconductor shares. Still, the benchmark S&P 500 remained up about 9% in 2026, and stood 2% below its early June record high.

https://www.reuters.com/business/wall-st-week-ahead-alphabet-intel-results-focus-ai-trade-us-earnings-rev-up-2026-07-17/

Trump Media pitched $100,000 monthly fee for fastest feed of U.S. president's posts, sources say
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/18/trump-media-pitched-100000/month-fee-for-fastest-feed-of-trump-posts.html

July 24th: The Day China Reveals Gold’s Real Price", and it was created by The #JayMartin
#jaymartinbc

China is shutting down paper gold. On July 24, 2026, some of the largest banks on Earth — ICBC, the Postal Savings Bank, Ping An — stop letting their everyday customers trade it, all in the same narrow window, and Jay argues this isn't about protecting investors from volatility. It's the moment China starts finding out what gold is actually worth. In this episode, Jay traces the setup back to a room inside the Bank of England where, in March 1968, the floor physically gave way under the weight of the gold stacked on top of it — the same week a defended paper price collapsed into two prices and a whole new monetary system. This is a look at what happens when the paper price of gold breaks away from the real metal, why central banks are quietly trading their U.S. Treasuries for bullion at a record pace, and how China built the machine to force the question on purpose.


00:00​ — The Banks Shutting Down Paper Gold
00:55​ — The Official Story, and Why Jay Doesn't Buy It
01:29​ — 1968: The Floor Gave Way at the Bank of England
02:23​ — The $35 Promise
04:01​ — The London Gold Pool
04:52​ — The Run on Gold: 5 Tonnes to 1,000
05:16​ — The Bank Holiday and Two Prices
06:23​ — What Paper Gold Actually Is
07:31​ — Ten Claims Per Ounce
08:49​ — Test #1: Watch for Two Prices
09:40​ — Test #2: Watch the Smart Money
11:08​ — Your Grocery Bill, 1976 vs Today
14:37​ — China's Three-Part Replacement
16:50​ — "Priced in the West": They Told Us in 2014
17:13​ — What Happens on July 24
18:04​ — The Two Things to Watch

https://youtu.be/hHNDgjan15c?is=L9iG55ksPEQu0u1X

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, July 19, 2026
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/while-you-were-sleeping-5-stories-you-might-have-missed-july-19-2026

#Bloomberg
At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference China's Moonshot AI unveiled its Kimi K3 model, intensifying concerns that Chinese developers are rapidly narrowing the AI gap with US rivals while offering lower cost. Bloomberg News China Correspondent Minmin Low and Bloomberg News Technology and Strategic Industries Senior Editor Mike Shepard join Bloomberg This Weekend and discuss how more open models are forcing investors to reassess massive spending on AI infrastructure

https://youtu.be/8v5T7Gk0_b8?is=Ku7SPLelAKn5-Zl2

Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on July 19, 2026

https://str.sg/LPfs

Big Tech earnings will test tech's big rotation
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/big-tech-earnings-test-techs-big-rotation-what-to-watch-this-week-122359843.html

China’s Moonshot plans IPO in 6 months after AI breakthrough
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/chinas-moonshot-plans-ipo-in-6-months-after-ai-breakthrough

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, July 20, 2026
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/while-you-were-sleeping-5-stories-you-might-have-missed-july-20-2026

Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on July 20, 2026

https://str.sg/uD7E

What IBM, Micron, and Sandisk all have in common
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/what-ibm-micron-and-sandisk-all-have-in-common-123000163.html

Netflix's growth slowdown exposes a classic shareholder trap: #Chart of the Day

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/netflixs-growth-slowdown-exposes-a-classic-shareholder-trap-chart-of-the-day-120918891.html

This week's AI winners and losers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/this-weeks-ai-winners-and-losers-131654035.html

CEO: SpaceX's record IPO was the space economy's opening act. Here's what comes next.
https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/ceo-spacexs-record-ipo-was-the-space-economys-opening-act-heres-what-comes-next-140618299.html