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    China & Taiwan Update, August 14, 2026

    Toplines Taiwan’s annual Han Kuang defense exercises continued to emphasize resilience and realism, focusing on real-world contingencies and incorporating new capabilities. Taiwanese and foreign observers have criticized past Han Kuang exercises for being too scripted and lacking realism. Taiwan has sought to improve the realism of its exercises in recent years amid increasing short-of-war coercion…

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    100-Day SMA blocks bullish reversal

      100-Day SMA blocks bullish reversal

      EUR/USD rebounds from daily lows, challenging 100-day SMA resistance. Bullish RSI raises reversal risk after reclaiming 1.1500. Break above 1.1629 exposes 1.1685 and 1.1700 next. The EUR/USD registers gains of over 0.32% as traders face key resistance at the 100-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) at 1.1567, as bulls eye the 1.1600 psychological figure. At the…

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        Cathie Wood picks up $44.7 million in shares of two highly watched tech stocks. Is it too late to follow along?

        Joe Raedle/Getty Images Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. Cathie Wood just made another big bet on the future of artificial intelligence and space technology. Her investment firm, ARK Invest, added a combined market value of $44.7 million (1) in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing…

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          Kia’s EV3 Will Start Under $31,000 In The US

          That makes it the cheapest EV in Kia’s lineup. Kia Kia has announced the US pricing for the EV3, the more compact version of its EV9 SUV. The car will start at $29,450 plus a $1,495 destination charge. Even at $30,945, that’s well under the $35,000 the company was targeting when it announced…

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