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Saturday, October 31 Five stories moving money

Today’s money, dealt in five.

Flip through the stories setting the tone across stocks, companies, tech, policy and crypto. Each one says what moved, why it moved and who it touches.

Rates board

Where the dollar and the coins stand.

Eight major currencies against the dollar and the two biggest coins, refreshed every hour from public reference feeds.

Crypto · last 24 hours USD
  • BTC Bitcoin −0.86%
    $77,263
  • ETH Ether +0.58%
    $2,239

Meter spans −10% to +10% from the centre line.

Dollar breadth 1/8

major currencies the dollar gained on at the latest daily fix.

  1. EUR
  2. GBP
  3. JPY
  4. CHF
  5. CNY
  6. CAD
  7. AUD
  8. SEK

Dollar stronger Dollar weaker

Widest swing USD/CHF −0.68%

What one US dollar buys ECB fix · Oct 30
  • EUR Euro 0.8951 −0.38%
  • GBP Pound sterling 0.7463 −0.61%
  • JPY Japanese yen 157.25 −0.51%
  • CHF Swiss franc 0.8230 −0.68%
  • CNY Chinese yuan 6.6529 −0.13%
  • CAD Canadian dollar 1.3969 −0.19%
  • AUD Australian dollar 1.4236 +0.01%
  • SEK Swedish krona 9.8264 −0.57%

Lines trace the last ten daily fixes: green when the dollar ends the stretch buying more, red when it buys less.

Equities, earnings & price action

Price action, decoded.

Earnings, guidance and the trades behind the tickers — told in the order the market reacted to them.

All of Stock
Companies, deals & the people running them

Boardrooms, balance sheets, big calls.

Mergers, quarterly numbers and leadership changes — and what each one says about the economy around it.

All of Business
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Exchange hours

Which floors are open right now.

Nine stock exchanges on a single 24-hour dial, drawn in your own time zone. A ring glows while its market is in session.

Your clock —
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Open now —
Next bell —
  • ASX
    Sydney 10:00 – 16:00 local time —
  • TSE
    Tokyo 09:00 – 15:30 local time —
  • SSE
    Shanghai 09:30 – 15:00 local time —
  • HKEX
    Hong Kong 09:30 – 16:00 local time —
  • NSE
    Mumbai 09:15 – 15:30 local time —
  • JSE
    Johannesburg 09:00 – 17:00 local time —
  • XETR
    Frankfurt 09:00 – 17:30 local time —
  • LSE
    London 08:00 – 16:30 local time —
  • NYSE
    New York 09:30 – 16:00 local time —

Rings run from Sydney on the outside to New York at the centre. Only regular sessions are drawn — extended hours and exchange holidays are left out, so confirm with the venue’s own calendar before you trade.

Silicon, software & the money behind it

Chips, code and the capital chasing them.

AI, semiconductors and platforms, judged by what they do to revenue, valuations and jobs rather than by launch-day buzz.

Governments, central banks & the rules

Policy, priced in.

Rate calls, budgets, tariffs and new rules — followed all the way to the mortgages, payslips and portfolios they reach.

All of Politics
  1. 02

    GOP Senate majority faces fresh uncertainty as 2 key races tighten days before midterms

  2. 03

    Trump’s not on the ballot but swing state voters still cast ballots with MAGA in mind

  3. 04

    ‘Dark money’ group accused of ‘scheme’ to tip election in favor of Democrats, manipulate GOP voters

  4. 05

    Hasan Piker lashes out at Republicans, calls them ‘terrorists’ in event with Ilhan Omar

Coins, ledgers & the venues that trade them

Crypto, minus the hype cycle.

Tokens, exchanges, ETFs and regulators — covered like any other asset class, numbers first.

All of Digital Assests
Money habits

Eight rules that outlast any headline.

Markets change by the minute; these don’t. Plain rules of thumb for everyday savers — general information, not personal advice.

  1. 01

    Pay yourself first

    Move savings out the day your salary arrives. Money that never sits in your current account is money you don’t spend.

  2. 02

    Let 72 do the maths

    Divide 72 by an annual return to estimate the doubling time. At 6% a year, that’s roughly twelve years.

  3. 03

    Check the costs before the returns

    Fees are the one number you know in advance. Half a percent a year compounds into a real slice of the final pot.

  4. 04

    Keep a cash cushion

    A few months of spending set aside means a surprise bill never forces you to sell investments in a slump.

  5. 05

    Own the haystack

    Rather than hunting for the one winning stock, a broad fund holds hundreds — winners included.

  6. 06

    Kill expensive debt early

    Paying down a card charging 20%+ is a risk-free return that few investments come close to matching.

  7. 07

    Time in, not timing

    Some of the market’s best days land right next to its worst. Jumping out usually means missing the rebound.

  8. 08

    Rebalance on a schedule

    Pick a date once a year, trim what ran ahead and top up what fell behind — no forecasts required.

Sections

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Five desks, five beats. Each opens on its newest story and keeps the full archive a scroll away.

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