Several key themes from the 2026 Commodities Outlook at the year’s start, including industrial metals outperforming precious metals, supply disruptions, and rising temperatures, have already unfolded through the first two quarters.
At Bloomberg’s Technology and Innovation Forum in Singapore, the most useful conversation about quant research did not start with bigger models or more compute. It started with a less glamorous question: is the data ready enough to use?
The strongest earnings environment in 25 years is extending beyond AI leaders, with broad profit growth suggesting AI is lifting productivity across corporate America.
Europe’s defense spending surge appears set to endure, but uneven national priorities and coordination challenges will slow its path to greater military strength and strategic autonomy.
