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Ali Merchant
Markets writerAli Merchant is a seasoned financial markets professional specializing in technical analysis, treasury & capital markets, trading, research, and fund management. He is Strategic Advisor at Musaffa and Founder of TWT Learning, which provides education, research, and advisory services to fund and hedge managers and family offices. Ali has traded FX, FX options, US stocks & options, indices, commodities, oil and metals futures, and holds a CMT charter with memberships in AAPTA and CMT, US & Canada. He has worked with ABN AMRO, Thomson Reuters/Refinitiv, MAK Allen & Day Capital, and Bridge Information Systems, produced TA reports for Bloomberg and Reuters, and trained 2,000+ market participants across North America, the GCC and Asia.
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A Pivotal Week Ahead: Fed Rates, Retail Trends, and Corporate Signals
Investors are heading into this week’s Federal Reserve meeting expecting a possible interest-rate hike, which could put further pressure on a U.S. stock market rally already showing signs of strain as bond yields rise
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Adobe (ADBE) Q3 Earnings Preview 2026
Can Adobe’s AI Strategy Reverse Its Earnings Slump?
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Google to Fund Massive AI Buildout and Secure Nuclear Power in Finland
Europe’s Biggest AI Infrastructure Deal: Google Bets €13 Billion on Finland
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Inflation Data, Apple’s Fall Event and Oracle Earnings Set to Drive Markets This Week
U.S. inflation data, the European Central Bank’s monetary policy decision and developments in the Iran war are expected to drive global markets this week.
Week ahead
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Broadcom (AVGO) Q3 2026 Earnings Review
AVGO Shares Fall as Better-Than-Expected Q3 Results Fail to Impress Investors
Quarterly results
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Bloom Energy Among Three Companies Selected for S&P 500 Inclusion
S&P 500 Adds Bloom Energy, Everpure and Illumina in Quarterly Index Rebalance
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Anthropic Moves Toward Mid-October IPO Launch, Reuters Says
AI Company’s Prospectus Could Be Published by Late September
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The Barakah Brief #90: Key Earnings, Economic Market, AI & Tech Brief
The Barakah Brief #90 covers key earnings, economic market trends, Fed rate expectations, and AI & tech developments, with Shariah stock insights.
Barakah Brief
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Nvidia and CrowdStrike Team Up to Advance Agentic Cybersecurity
CrowdStrike’s SafeMind, powered by NVIDIA Nemotron open models, boosts cyber protection while lowering defense costs.
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Jobs, AI, and Cybercabs: Three Catalysts Driving the Week Ahead
Week Ahead: Weekly market outlook covering August jobs data, Fed rate expectations, AI earnings from Broadcom, Snowflake, Dell and HPE, cybersecurity results, and Tesla’s Cybercab event.
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