by Natalija Riabko | Apr 13, 2026 | Agricultural Markets, Agriculture, Commodities, EU, Forecast, Heavy Industry, Investing, News, News of the day, Oil, Oil Industry, Precious Metals, Semiconductors, Steel Industry, Stock Exchange, Strategy, Weekly news, World Markets
A global strategic reading of financial markets and commodities At the start of the week of 13 April 2026, markets are no longer being driven by monetary policy alone. The more important shift is that the disinflation trend seen through much of 2025 has collided with...
by Natalija Riabko | Apr 5, 2026 | Agriculture, AI, All Markets, Analytics, Energy, EU, Forecast, Green Energy, Investing, Market Outlook, News, News of the day, Oil, Oil Industry, Precious Metals, Raw Materials, Semiconductors, Stock Exchange, Strategy, World Markets
A global economy still standing, but more exposed than ever to transmission shocks Introduction: April 2026 or the end of macroeconomic comfort April 2026 does not mark the beginning of a generalized rupture, nor a return to a stabilized equilibrium. Rather, it...
by Natalija Riabko | Mar 16, 2026 | Agriculture, All Markets, Analytics, China, Commodities, Economic Fragmentation, Energy, EU, Forecast, Investing, Market Outlook, News, News of the day, Oil Industry, Precious Metals, Raw Materials, Stock Exchange, Strategy, Weekly news, World Markets
Week of 16 March 2026 This is not merely another week in the markets. It is a week in which global risk is being repriced in real time. The immediate catalyst lies in the Gulf: tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, Brent crude rising above $100 a barrel, and the...
by Natalija Riabko | Feb 20, 2026 | AI, All Markets, Analytics, Article, Commodities, Energy, Forecast, Future of investment, Green Energy, Human Capital, Investing, News, News of the day, Semiconductors, Stock Exchange, Strategy, Sustainable Growth, World Markets
The Fragile Edifice: AI Debt and Its Systemic Implications Introduction: Between Triumph and Vulnerability The artificial intelligence revolution is often depicted as an unstoppable, linear triumph. Yet behind the media narrative, financial, energy, and industrial...
by Natalija Riabko | Feb 16, 2026 | Agriculture, Commodities, Energy, EU, Forecast, Investing, Market Outlook, News, News of the day, Oil, Oil Industry, Precious Metals, Raw Materials, Semiconductors, Stock Exchange, Strategy, USA, Weekly news
Executive Overview Global financial markets enter mid-February in a phase characterised by relative stability in policy expectations, selective equity leadership, and persistent geopolitical sensitivity. Cross-asset signals suggest neither systemic stress nor...
by Natalija Riabko | Feb 8, 2026 | Agriculture, All Markets, Bond Market, Commodities, Economic Fragmentation, Energy, EU, Forecast, Heavy Industry, Investing, Market Outlook, News, News of the day, Raw Materials, Steel Industry, Stock Exchange, Strategy, USA, World Markets
Preamble: A global economy entering the age of conscious constraints The global economy in early 2026 is neither recovering nor booming. It is lucid.The great cycles of economic illusion like monetary abundance, frictionless globalization, cheap energy, geopolitically...