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AI agents already manage your inbox, schedule meetings, and draft reports. The next frontier? Trading autonomously, in real time, at a scale no human desk can match. Right now, an algorithm is reading macro signals, analysing sentiment, and executing positions before an analyst finishes their coffee. In modern algorithmic trading, the edge no longer lies in human instinct, it lies in systems that act before the market catches up.

The surge in oil prices following US-Iran tensions has revived fears of stagflation. Those fears are misplaced. What markets may actually be pricing is a structural regime shift — from paper assets to real ones.

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The repricing in interest rate prospects continues, credit and EMD markets show only moderate signs of stress so far

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