Shuli Ren

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s HK$80 billion ($10.2 billion) share sale is Hong Kong’s biggest follow-on offering on record. But it’s being met with skepticism.

Smart money moves on so fast. The semiconductor stocks that ripped through the roof in the first half of the year are struggling to reclaim momentum. But as a revolutionary technology, the productivity gains from artificial intelligence will be reflected in some asset prices, somehow.

Just when Bitcoin seemed to be breaking out of its long winter, a publicity stunt by one of the crypto industry’s most prominent billionaires is raising questions as to whether this asset class should be in mainstream investors’ portfolios.

The Trump family’s earliest and biggest crypto backer, is suing a Chinese actress and her parents to recover what he describes as a bride price of $6.2 million.

Global bond yields have climbed to the highest levels in almost two decades, pushing up mortgage repayments and corporate financing costs. But one corner has remained unusually resilient: emerging markets.

The Trump family’s earliest and biggest crypto backer is suing a Chinese actress and her parents. The public backlash in China was almost immediate.

The Trump family’s earliest and biggest crypto backer is suing a Chinese actress and her parents. The public backlash in China was almost immediate.

A global selloff in government bonds is igniting concerns over higher mortgage repayments and corporate financing costs. While China is an outlier to this trend, lower-rates-for-longer may not necessarily be good news, either.

Traders closely study how pensions funds, controlling $73 trillion, plan to spend their firepower. But lately, the industry’s biggest whales are creating outsized dislocation and trepidation in global currency and bond markets. The excessive market scrutiny and speculation that big pension funds are attracting now demands a rethink in portfolio management.

As SoftBank Group Corp. prepares a historic dollar bond sale, a surprise twist in founder Masayoshi Son’s biggest bet is giving traders pause.