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Canada’s West Coast Ports Eye Bigger Role as Trade Shifts Beyond U.S.

Canada’s largest West Coast ports are positioning themselves for a bigger role in the country’s push to diversify trade away from the United States, with a new study highlighting the...
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Shipping Traffic Through Strait of Hormuz Rises Slightly, Data Shows

Shipping traffic at the Strait of Hormuzrose slightly even as a geopolitical standoff persisted between the United States and Iran, while the market also monitored Iran-Oman talks about the waterway, data showed on Thursday.
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Weekly scrap market report

Copper Jumps $0.25–$0.30/LB: Is There More Room to Run?

Copper remains the standout scrap market after gaining roughly $0.25–$0.30 per pound during its latest move, while aluminum remains elevated amid tariff and U.S.-Canada trade uncertainty. Steel scrap remains comparatively quiet, with plentiful supply limiting near-term upside.
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Loosening Beijing's global graphite grip

Experts say U.S. is at a critical moment for battery material Graphite has quietly become one of the largest vulnerabilities in Western supply chains supporting electric vehicles, energy storage, defense systems, and the grid buildout needed to meet the rising power demand from AI data centers...
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World Container Index - 22 Oct

22 Oct 2026: Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) increased 2% to $4,585 per 40ft container.
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Baltic Exchange Dry Index - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News

Baltic Dry rose to 2,693 Index Points on October 22, 2026, up 0.49% from the previous day. Over the past month, Baltic Dry's price has fallen 21.49%, but it is still 30.92% higher than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this...
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The sudden unraveling of Wall Street’s momentum trade​

Wall Street’s hottest trade has gone ice cold.

For years, it paid off to buy stocks that were rising in price—and bet against struggling shares. The momentum trade was especially profitable this year, as investors piled into hot stocks including Micron Technology, Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and other artificial-intelligence darlings while wagering against those likely to be hurt by the embrace of AI.

The S&P 500 Momentum Index soared 44% in the second quarter, its best quarterly performance on record, and it surged 133% over the past five years, nearly double the broad market’s performance.

Mega funds and rookie investors alike piled into the trade, some using leverage and options contracts in an effort to amplify their returns, propelling the underlying shares higher.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/othe...s-momentum-trade/ar-AA2beBBR?ocid=socialshare
 
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