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[Financial Express/Chen Mengshuo] The Federal Reserve released its latest report on Thursday, showing that U.S. household wealth increased by US$200 billion in the fourth quarter of last year to US$169.4 trillion, a record high, mainly benefiting from the rise in U.S. stocks during the same period. During the fourth quarter of last year, American families held

[Times-Taipei Report] Worried about weakening demand, European and American crude oil futures fell more than 1% on Thursday. The market weighed the U.S. tariff war against other countries, triggering concerns that global trade tensions will intensify and may weaken energy demand, dragging down oil prices. Among them, U.S. oil fell 1.67% and London crude oil fell 1.51%;

[Financial Express/Liu Minfu] Foreign reports pointed out that South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok said that the financial and foreign exchange markets are facing increased external uncertainty. Cui Xiangmu said at a meeting that the U.S. tariff actions and other countries 'countermeasures and concerns about the U.S. economic slowdown.

[Financial Express/Liu Minfu] Foreign reports pointed out that Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba confirmed that he sent gift certificates to 15 members of parliament, which raised questions about whether he circumvented political donations laws. While the support rating of the minority government he led dropped, it undoubtedly cast another layer of gloom on his fragile position. Shi

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia agreed in principle to the U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine, but asked for some clarifications and conditions. This seems to rule out a quick ceasefire. Pu Ding Dali

[Compiled by the Times by Liu Jigang Comprehensive Foreign News] Focus stocks: ● U.S. media pointed out that Tesla sent a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative asking the other party to check whether Tesla had become a target of retaliation by foreign countries for countering Trump's new tariff policy. Tesla also recently said that as a U.S. manufacturing industry and exporter, it hopes that the U.S. Trade Representative

[Financial News Express/Liu Minfu] Foreign reports pointed out that Wells Fargo said that the yen is expected to catch up with its gains in the short term, especially if the US dollar continues to generally perform poorly, investors should be long in the yen in the next two weeks. Chidu Narayana, Chief Asia Pacific Strategist, Wells Fargo Bank in Singapore

[Times-Taipei] Demand for safe-haven increased. Gold Asian flash drives strengthened on Friday. Due to U.S. President Trump's wavering trade policies, safe-haven buying of gold has been encouraged. Analysts said that due to local tensions and economic turmoil, investors tend to choose gold safe-haven funds. In addition, the market will next

[Financial Express/Liu Minfu] Asian gold prices rose on Friday, reaching a new high, as U.S. President Trump's aggressive tariff agenda and weak inflation report exacerbated market concerns about U.S. economic growth prospects, prompting investors to buy safer assets. Spot gold prices in Asia rose 1.0 per day