🌍 Oil above $100, XRP falls, Anthropic prepares a record IPO, Apple challenges Samsung — trader brief
🛢️ Oil above $100: talks on reopening a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz have been postponed, keeping a geopolitical risk premium in Brent prices.
🪙 XRP under pressure: on September 12, the token fell to around $1.35, losing about 7% over the week. After fresh inflation data, prediction markets raised the probability of a 25-basis-point Fed rate hike to 83%.
🤖 Anthropic prepares a historic IPO: the Claude developer could raise up to $100bn at a valuation of around $2tn. Nvidia is considering investing up to $10bn in the offering, which could become the largest IPO in history.
📱 Apple takes on Samsung: the first foldable iPhone Duo, priced at $1,999, is expected to launch on October 23. Apple could capture around 24.8% of the global foldable-device market in 2026, while Samsung is forecast to hold about 35.1%.
🔎 Trade takeaway: watch Brent and energy stocks, XRP and crypto, Nvidia and AI names, as well as Apple and Samsung
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