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Yael Ben-David

Markets Reporter

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About Yael

Yael covers equities, fixed income, currencies and commodities for NewsFormal. Her interest is less in the tick-by-tick and more in the mechanics behind a move: flows, positioning and the stories markets tell themselves. She writes analysis, not investment advice, and is careful about the difference.

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Latest Articles

Newly listed SBI Funds gets three Buy initiations with targets as high as ₹720
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Newly listed SBI Funds gets three Buy initiations with targets as high as ₹720

BofA, HSBC and Motilal Oswal have started coverage on SBI Funds Management, citing SBI's distribution reach and improvin...

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Analysts Call Samsung, SK hynix 'Extremely Undervalued' After 40% Slide
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Analysts Call Samsung, SK hynix 'Extremely Undervalued' After 40% Slide

KB Securities sees AI memory earnings as barely priced into the two chipmakers after a leveraged unwind, while SK hynix'...

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Deutsche Bank's Top 10 US Holdings: How the $344bn Portfolio Moved in Q2
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Deutsche Bank's Top 10 US Holdings: How the $344bn Portfolio Moved in Q2

The bank's June 30 filing shows heavier positions in Nvidia, Amazon and Meta, while AMD and Microsoft were trimmed. Here...

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DAX Pulls Back From Record as Oil Spike and Hawkish Fed Signal Shake Europe
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DAX Pulls Back From Record as Oil Spike and Hawkish Fed Signal Shake Europe

European markets edged lower on Monday after Friday's record DAX close, with oil-price gains from US-Iran escalation and...

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Silver Perpetual Futures Edge Up to 66.80; Daily Technicals Neutral
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Silver Perpetual Futures Edge Up to 66.80; Daily Technicals Neutral

Silver perpetual futures were quoted at 66.80, up from 66.26, with a neutral daily technical signal and a 52-week range ...

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Investing.com's Real-Time Crypto Chart: What the Trade Warning Actually Says
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Investing.com's Real-Time Crypto Chart: What the Trade Warning Actually Says

The page lets users track hundreds of cryptocurrencies live, but the accompanying disclosure says prices may be indicati...

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Perpetual Futures Prices Are a Sentiment Gauge, Not an Opening Forecast
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Perpetual Futures Prices Are a Sentiment Gauge, Not an Opening Forecast

Investing.com’s perpetual futures quotes run 24/7 across indices, stocks, commodities and crypto, but they are indicativ...

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Investing.com's Cannabis Stock Index Page Offers Data, Not Investment Advice
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Investing.com's Cannabis Stock Index Page Offers Data, Not Investment Advice

A close reading of Investing.com's cannabis index page shows it is a price-data tool wrapped in legal disclaimers—not an...

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The Income Playbook Built for a 5% Treasury Era
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The Income Playbook Built for a 5% Treasury Era

With the 10-year Treasury near 4.74% and the 30-year above 5.27%, an income analysis argues for pairing midstream MLPs w...

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Investing.com's Growth Rockets Screener Page Is Mostly Risk Disclosures
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Investing.com's Growth Rockets Screener Page Is Mostly Risk Disclosures

The page promises to spotlight companies with explosive revenue growth, but the visible text offers only Fusion Media's ...

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What the Point of Control Actually Signals in E-mini Nasdaq 100 Futures
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What the Point of Control Actually Signals in E-mini Nasdaq 100 Futures

A volume-profile trading guide explains how the point of control, VAH and VAL can identify value, confirm acceptance or ...

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Brazil Equity Snapshot: EWZ Trades at $35.55 With a 0.59% Fee
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Brazil Equity Snapshot: EWZ Trades at $35.55 With a 0.59% Fee

The iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) traded at $35.55 on Aug. 30, 2026, with a P/E of 8.76 and a 52-week range of $28.66 to...

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YMAX ETF Trades at A$7.47 With 3.53% Yield on the ASX
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YMAX ETF Trades at A$7.47 With 3.53% Yield on the ASX

The BetaShares Australian Top 20 Equities Yield Maximiser ETF is quoted at A$7.47, up from A$7.42, with a 3.53% dividend...

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China's CSRC Fines Two Traders RMB62.3m for Insider Trading Around Asset Restructuring
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China's CSRC Fines Two Traders RMB62.3m for Insider Trading Around Asset Restructuring

Regulator confiscates RMB15.58m in illegal gains and imposes a three-times fine after finding Wu Lingyue and Luo Zheng t...

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Fed's Warsh Opens Door to Rate Hike as Oil Slides and AI Stocks Rally
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Fed's Warsh Opens Door to Rate Hike as Oil Slides and AI Stocks Rally

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh left the door open to tightening after a hot core PCE reading, while Brent slipped on Hormuz hopes...

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From Diamonds to Garnets: How Rare Color Is Reshaping the Gemstone Market
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From Diamonds to Garnets: How Rare Color Is Reshaping the Gemstone Market

Paraíba tourmaline and spinel have already posted dramatic gains. Gemologist Elena Novoselova argues the next watchlist ...

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Morgan Stanley Names 5 AI-Sovereignty Stocks with 20%-Plus Upside
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Morgan Stanley Names 5 AI-Sovereignty Stocks with 20%-Plus Upside

The bank's AI-sovereignty screen spans chips, packaging, cloud and telecom, with base-case price targets implying 21% to...

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Fed's Warsh Signals Higher Rates Possible as Markets Reprice Hike Odds
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Fed's Warsh Signals Higher Rates Possible as Markets Reprice Hike Odds

Warsh's Jackson Hole debut pushes traders to see a near-60% chance of a September hike; stocks drift while two-year yiel...

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ASX Follows Wall Street Higher as NEXTDC Swings to Profit, WAM Slips
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ASX Follows Wall Street Higher as NEXTDC Swings to Profit, WAM Slips

The S&P/ASX 200 added 0.6% to 9,092.30, tracking a tech-led Wall Street rally, while NEXTDC turned profitable and WAM Ca...

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Shanxi Clears First Public Infrastructure REIT in RMB1.07bn Heating Network Fund
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Shanxi Clears First Public Infrastructure REIT in RMB1.07bn Heating Network Fund

The Jinzhong heating-network fund, sponsored by a local state utility and managed by Shanzheng (Shanghai), will use proc...

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Outdoor Sector Holds Its Appeal as Health and Nature Trends Drive Demand
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Outdoor Sector Holds Its Appeal as Health and Nature Trends Drive Demand

A MarketScreener thematic screen highlights listed outdoor-equipment companies, pointing to post-pandemic demand for hea...

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Closing Auction Session Goes Live on NSE and BSE: A New Official Close for F&O Stocks
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Closing Auction Session Goes Live on NSE and BSE: A New Official Close for F&O Stocks

The 20-minute CAS replaces the old end-of-day price discovery for eligible stocks. Here's the timetable, order restricti...

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Dow Rebounds Friday, but S&P and Nasdaq End Week Lower as Gold, Copper and Crypto Rally
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Dow Rebounds Friday, but S&P and Nasdaq End Week Lower as Gold, Copper and Crypto Rally

US stocks closed mixed: the Dow gained 0.98% while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted weekly losses. Gold miners, copper prod...

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Wall Street Rises Friday but Posts Weekly Loss as Yields and Iran Uncertainties Linger
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Wall Street Rises Friday but Posts Weekly Loss as Yields and Iran Uncertainties Linger

U.S. stocks bounced Friday on strong services data, but all three major indexes still fell for the week as bond yields a...

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US-Iran Standoff Pushes Brent Past $93, Gold Above $4,500 and Squeezes Rate-Sensitive Stocks
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US-Iran Standoff Pushes Brent Past $93, Gold Above $4,500 and Squeezes Rate-Sensitive Stocks

The week's geopolitical escalation drove energy and gold sharply higher, but a surprise US Treasury long-end buyback ext...

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Bitcoin Tops $75,000 as Trump's Crypto Push and Treasury Move Fuel Rally
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Bitcoin Tops $75,000 as Trump's Crypto Push and Treasury Move Fuel Rally

Bitcoin surged past $75,000 while ether climbed more than 25% on the week, driven by Washington's crypto push and a Trea...

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Gold Hits Two-Month High as Treasury Liquidity Support Weakens Dollar
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Gold Hits Two-Month High as Treasury Liquidity Support Weakens Dollar

Treasury's expanded buybacks and a weaker dollar lifted gold above $4,500 for the first time since early June, while sil...

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Dax Consolidates After Record High as Rate Hopes and Iran Risk Set the Tone
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Dax Consolidates After Record High as Rate Hopes and Iran Risk Set the Tone

German stocks held firm after a record-setting week, with defence names leading. Attention now turns to US inflation dat...

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Moody's Upgrades ECOWAS Development Bank BIDC to B1, One Step Closer to Investment Grade
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Moody's Upgrades ECOWAS Development Bank BIDC to B1, One Step Closer to Investment Grade

Moody's has lifted BIDC to B1 with a stable outlook, citing capital strength and AfDB's new institutional stake. The upg...

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Sensex and Nifty Extend Slide as Oil, U.S.-Iran Tensions and Rising Yields Pressure Indian Equities
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Sensex and Nifty Extend Slide as Oil, U.S.-Iran Tensions and Rising Yields Pressure Indian Equities

The Nifty 50 slipped below 24,100 as its losing streak reached seven sessions, with Brent crude near $92, Hormuz risks a...

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