$XAU/USD(XAUUSD.FOREX)$ fell to its lowest level in more than six months on Thursday. After peaking around $5,500 per ounce in January, prices have steadily retreated and are now approaching key levels tracked by many trading desk models. And on the very same day, DBS announced plans to launch tokenized physical gold for Singapore retail investors in 2H 2026. One side is falling. The other is launching a brand-new product. So what's really going on? Why has gold fallen from 5,500? According to Iranian media reports, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz was at one point completely disrupted. The U.S. also launched a new round of strikes against Iran, pushing oil prices higher. This time, gold wasn't acting as a safe haven.

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The World Cup kicks off on June 11, and every time it comes around, someone digs up that old “curse” chart: over the past eight World Cups, the Nasdaq fell during five of them, with an average return of -1.2%. The measurement window is from the close before the opening match to the close of the first trading day after the final $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ - 1994, United States: -1.7% - 1998, France: +9.2% - 2002, Korea/Japan: -13.1% - 2006, Germany: -1.3% - 2010, South Africa: -0.9% - 2014, Brazil: +2.5% - 2018, Russia: +1.4% - 2022, Qatar: -5.4% So it’s 5 down, 3 up. More red than green. But once you look at the backdrop, the story is obvious: 2002 was still dealing with the aftermath of the dot-com bust, 2022 was hit by the Fed’s aggressive

On the day RTX Spark was unveiled, the market had already cast its vote on this chain: foundry sole-winner $Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM)$ +4.1% closing at $436, memory leader $Micron Technology(MU)$ +6.6% closing at $1035; meanwhile $Qualcomm(QCOM)$, which had hoped to ride the Arm PC dividend with its own chips, got its rice bowl snatched away by Nvidia instead, down -8.8% in a single day closing at $229. One chip reshuffled the entire PC supply chain. What exactly is RTX Spark? Jointly developed by Nvidia and MediaTek, exclusively fabbed by TSMC on 3N: a 20-core CPU + 6144-core Blackwell GPU, the two shari

Despite the recent sell-off driven by heightened geopolitical risks, global equity markets have proven more resilient than many investors expected. While volatility is likely to persist in 2026, we believe pockets of opportunities are emerging amid the uncertainty. How can investors position themselves to capitalize on these opportunities using DLCs? What is the outlook for the Singapore, U.S., and China markets? Join @Tiger_James Ooi , Market Strategist at Tiger Brokers Singapore, and Marcus Ng, Vice President at Societe Generale, @SG DLC News as they discuss trading opportunities in SGX-listed DLCs. Register the Exclusive Seminar via:

On May 28, $XAU/USD(XAUUSD.FOREX)$briefly fell to $4,366/oz, a single heavy blow that sent it to its lowest point in nearly two months. Since the Iran war broke out at the end of February, gold has cumulatively fallen more than 17% in just three months, almost completely wiping out all of this year's gains. The more frantically people rushed to buy gold last year, the more painful being trapped is now. Who Is the "Super Seller" Behind This? According to more comprehensive data from the World Gold Council (WGC), global central bank gold purchases in Q1 this year actually reached as high as 244 tonnes! Central banks remain the most solid "foundation." So who is selling like crazy? The answer is: trend-driven outflows from glo

This week Singapore directly turns on the double festival holiday mode! Today welcomes Hari Raya Haji (May 27), and the weekend will also welcome Vesak Day (May 31 - June 1). One side delivers gratitude and sharing, while the other side symbolizes compassion and peace. Different beliefs gather into the same warmth on the island of Singapore. Apart from accompanying family and eating delicious food during the long holiday, the community has also prepared upcoming long weekend check-in recommendations and prize-winning interactions for you! Come and join the fun together Where to go for the Vesak Day long weekend? Grand-scale activity recommendations! Haven't planned your itinerary for the long weekend yet? The 25th-anniversary celebration activities are very exciting, will you participate?

$AEM SGD(AWX.SI)$ surged +17.84% to S$9.84 today after reporting Q1 FY2026 net profit of S$14.347M, confirming a semiconductor equipment cycle recovery. Meanwhile $NTT DC REIT USD(NTDU.SI)$ — SGX's first pure-play data centre REIT — sits at S$1.02, barely off its July 2025 IPO price after releasing full-year results this week. Both companies are direct plays on AI infrastructure buildout. One ran 18%. The other didn't move. That gap is worth unpacking. AEM: From Intel Dependency to AI Chip Testing AEM builds semiconductor test handlers — precision equipment that validates chips before they ship. The company was badly hit in 2024 when Intel slashed capex, cratering AEM's order book. Q1 FY2026 net prof

1. New to Options? Start with the Learning Guide For investors who are new to options, one of the most important things to understand is how an option’s price may change under different expected market movements. To make this easier, we have prepared a beginner-friendly learning guide to help you better understand how options work in different scenarios. For example, let’s say we are bullish on TSLA and expect the stock price to rise sharply. In this case, a commonly used strategy would be to buy call options. Assume today is 1 February, and we expect Tesla’s share price to rise from the current US$422 to US$443 by 18 February. Looking at the call options expiring on 6 March, we can see that not every call option would generate a profit under this expected scenario. For example, the call o

We often hear from Tigers who say: “I want to see unusual options activity. I want to know what the smart money is doing. Is there anything I can refer to?” Good news — Unusual Options Activity is now available. 1. What counts as unusual options activity? Unusual options activity usually refers to a particularly large options trade, where the single-trade volume and notional value are significantly higher than usual. In simple terms, it suggests that someone may be placing a sizeable bet on a particular option contract. This type of activity may be more meaningful when it appears ahead of key market events, such as earnings releases, company meetings, or clinical trial results for pharmaceutical and biotech companies. 2. How can investors analyse and use it? Let’s take META’s options activ

Explanation of Option Analysis Indicators As a derivative financial instrument, the price of an option is affected by multiple factors, with volatility and market sentiment being core elements. Option analysis indicators help investors assess risks, predict price trends, and formulate strategies. This article introduces several key indicators: 30-day Implied Volatility (IV), IV Percentile, IV Rank, Historical Volatility (HV), Call/Put Ratio (C/P Ratio), and Volatility Curve. These indicators provide decision-making basis by quantifying market expectations and historical data. How to Analyze First, the 30-day IV refers to the expected volatility of the underlying asset in the next 30 days, calculated based on option prices. It reflects the market's expectation of uncertainty; high IV means

$SIA(C6L.SI)$ at S$6.30 (+0.64%) today. Full-year results drop Thursday, May 14. The setup is unusually clean: the same Middle East conflict that's driving safe-haven wealth flows into Singapore is also pushing Brent crude above US$120/barrel — SIA's biggest cost and biggest tailwind are both being powered by the same geopolitical event, in opposite directions. Keypoints to watch for earnings 1. Fuel: 29% of costs, and oil just gained another 20% Fuel represents approximately 29% of SIA's total expenditure — the largest single cost line. The conversation in early April was about US$100 oil threatening aviation recovery. By late April, $Brent Last Day Financial - main 2607(BZmain)$ hit US$120+, the h

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All three beat Bloomberg consensus but also posted NII declines as SORA averaged just 1.07% in Q1 (vs 2.54% a year ago). The dividing line wasn't credit quality or margins — it was wealth management execution. And on that measure, the gap between the three is wider than the headlines suggest. 📊 Q1 2026 Scorecard for $DBS(D05.SI)$, $UOB(U11.SI)$ and. $OCBC Bank(O39.SI)$ DBS — Deposit surge + wealth machine, guidance upgraded. Deposits +9% YoY to S$629.9B (two-thirds CASA), wealth fees at a record S$907M, AUM reaching S$492B. FY2026 profit guidance upgraded from "below 2025" to "good shot at 2025 levels." The cleanest beat of the three. UOB — The outlier: onl

The results for Singapore's first COE bidding round in May are out: Category A (Small/Mid-sized) hit S$124,790, and Category B (Large/Luxury) reached S$126,236. This marks five consecutive increases, with the COE price now easily exceeding the cost of a mid-range car itself. 🚗 What is the COE? The Certificate of Entitlement (COE) is a "quota license" required to drive on Singapore's roads. The total supply is controlled by the government, and licenses are auctioned every two weeks. For Category A, there were only 1,265 quotas available, but 2,410 bids were placed—a nearly 90% oversubscription that drove prices straight to S$125k. This piece of paper is valid for 10 years, after which its value drops to zero unless you renew or re-bid. Total Cost of Ownership: A Toyota Corolla Altis (approx

$CME Bitcoin - main 2605(BTCmain)$ broke $80,000 on May 4 — its first time above that level since February 2026. $Circle Internet Corp.(CRCL)$ hit $120. Real drivers are institutional accumulation and regulatory clarity.Institutional Flows: This Time Looks Different$iShares Bitcoin Trust(IBIT)$ : AUM topped $1.1B, now holds ~14,200 BTC$Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust ETP(MSBT)$ : $100M inflows in its first 6 days, entirely from self-directed clients — advisor channel not yet open$Strategy(MSTR)$: +33% in April, +7% the day BTC broke $80K; bought ~29,914 BTC ($2.74B) in April a

$DBS(D05.SI)$ reported Q1 2026 results with net profit of S$2.93B (+1% YoY), beating the Bloomberg consensus of S$2.88B. Shares closed +3.4% at S$58.50. Non-interest income and wealth management fees both hit all-time highs. Dividend raised to S$0.81/share from S$0.75 a year earlier. In a lower-rate world, DBS proved the model works — just not the way the market expected. Up next: $UOB(U11.SI)$ (May 7) and $OCBC Bank(O39.SI)$ (May 8). Highlights for DBS earnings 1. Deposit growth blew past expectations. Customer deposits rose 9% YoY to S$629.9B, with more than two-thirds in CASA. CEO Tan Su Shan upgraded full-year deposit growth guidance to "high to higher