Author: Charlotte

Introduction Futures contracts on storable commodities reflect price expectations based on information regarding inventories (Working, Reference Working1948). However, they cannot reflect the level of uncertainty that the market associates with these price expectations. Implied volatility (IV), on the other hand, measures the degree of uncertainty the market puts on the futures price at the expiration of the option contract and can be regarded as a forward-looking measure of volatility (McNew and Espinosa, Reference McNew and Espinosa1994). Furthermore, IV is shown to better predict realised volatility, which is backward-looking (Guo, Han, and Zhao, Reference Guo, Han and Zhao2014; Haugom et al.,…

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U.S. Representative Maxine Waters may soon return to the helm of the House Financial Services Committee if Democrats perform as expected in the November elections, and she’s asking that the Department of Labor back away from a proposal that would encourage the managers of 401(k) retirement plans to offer alternative investments, including cryptocurrency.In March, the Labor Department proposed a rule to implement what President Donald Trump had ordered: that people’s 401(k) accounts be open to investments in private equity, private credit, real estate, commodities and digital assets. Waters filed a detailed, 11-page comment letter with the department this week, requesting…

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Invisible laser landmarks. AI-generated claims over asteroids. Scaffolding wired into screens and computing systems. At Art Dubai 2026, digital art is no longer confined to NFTs or immersive spectacles. Instead, artists are using technology to question ownership, extraction, memory and humanity’s relationship with the systems it increasingly depends on.Digital works appear throughout the fair alongside oil paintings, sculptures, and installations, reflecting how deeply artificial intelligence, gaming engines, virtual reality and data systems have become embedded in contemporary practice. For many creatives showing this year, the question is no longer whether digital art belongs in the art world, but how it…

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London, United Kingdom, June 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As artificial intelligence continues to reshape global financial markets, AI trading bots are rapidly becoming essential tools for retail investors participating in forex, cryptocurrency, and CFD markets. Today, fintech platform QuantRate announced a major upgrade to its global trading access infrastructure, designed to improve automated trading execution efficiency and enhance multi-asset quantitative strategy performance.This upgrade enables retail investors to access AI-driven intelligent trading systems more efficiently, supporting growing demand for keywords such as “AI automated trading systems,” “intelligent quantitative trading platforms,” and “retail algorithmic trading tools.”AI Trading Bots Are Transforming Retail Investment…

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Bitcoin’s sharp sell-off over the past four days has ruined nearly everyone but one investors who bet against the cryptocurrency is making millions of dollars in one trade after another. The digital assets market came under stress as risk appetite deteriorated, triggering a multiday decline that had Bitcoin crashing below to its lowest level since September 2024 on June 25. Related: Michael Saylor breaks silence as Strategy stock sinks Amid the market downturn, a newly created wallet deposited 6.68 million USDC into Hyperliquid and opened a series of 20-times leveraged short positions against Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL), according…

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Ireland’s Mona McSharry claimed a silver medal in the 100m breast stroke on the opening night of racing at the Sette Colli meet at the Foro Italico in Rome. McSharry is part of a 24-strong Irish team using the prestigious Italian meet as final preparation ahead of this summer’s major championships: the Commonwealth Games in July and the European Championships in August. The Olympic bronze medallist progressed as top seed from the morning heats in 1:06.53 and went quicker in the final, touching in 1:06.30 to secure her first medal of the meet, just behind Italy’s Benedetta Pilato (1:05.85). Tom…

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HONG KONG, June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Youngtimers AG (Swiss Stock Exchange: YTME), a company listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange, announced today that its renaming to C Capital Holdings AG has been published in the Commercial Registry. Effective today, the Company’s shares are expected to begin trading on the Swiss Stock Exchange under its new name and ticker symbol, CCAP. The new name reflects the Company’s role as the holding parent of the C Capital Group, unifying the Group’s brand identity and reinforcing its market recognition. The listed entity’s core qualifications, shareholders’ rights, asset ownership and the validity of all…

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