The Model Context Protocol 2026-07-28 revision has been officially released as a stable version. The full specification is available on the official Model Context Protocol website, and detailed changes can be found in the corresponding version's changelog.
Read originalOKX will list the AEON/USD spot trading pair at 12:00 UTC on July 27, 2026. This move aims to support the USD ecosystem and meet users' diversified trading needs. Users can check the availability of corresponding tokens or products in their region within the OKX app.
Read originalyfinance version 1.5.2 has been released, fixing an issue where yfinance failed to run properly due to curl_cffi>=0.16. This version was fixed with the assistance of contributor @dokson and released on the main branch, which has accumulated 68 commits since this version.
Read originalFINRA has issued Regulatory Notice 26-15, seeking public comment on the modernization updates to interpretive guidance related to best execution under FINRA Rule 5310. The comment submission deadline is September 25, 2026.
Read originalbacktesting.py v0.6.6 has been released, tagged by kernc on July 22 at 15:22, corresponding to commit hash 9c2b8e1, which carries a verified committer signature. This version includes only one documentation change: hiding backtesting.Pool in the API documentation generated by pdoc3.
Read originalThe Hong Kong SAR Government has gazetted the Stamp Duty (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 2026, which stipulates that stamp duty for trades executed on the RMB counter of dual-counter stocks will be calculated and paid in RMB. HKEX will also promote RMB settlement of trading-related fees, including the SFC transaction levy, the FSTB transaction levy, the Investor Compensation Levy (currently suspended), and SEHK trading fees. The new arrangement will take effect only after the Hong Kong SAR Government issues an effective notice, obtains regulatory approval, and completes market preparations. Specific operational arrangements and target implementation timelines will be announced later.
Read originalAswath Damodaran, Professor at New York University Stern School of Business, released the July 2026 edition of his country risk research, systematically outlining the drivers, measurement methods, and impact on corporate valuation and investment.
Key Takeaways:You can learn the complete process of deriving country risk premiums for each country starting from the implied equity risk premium of mature markets, combined with sovereign ratings, default spreads, and relative volatility between stocks and bonds.
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Read originalOn July 14, 2026, the Federal Reserve Board released the minutes of its discount rate meetings held on June 8 and June 17, 2026, covering the review and determination of the discount rate offered to depository institutions through the discount window. The process for setting this discount rate is independent of the Federal Open Market Committee's process for setting the target range for the federal funds rate.
Read originalQuantLib 1.43 is officially released, with two download packages available: QuantLib-1.43.tar.gz and QuantLib-1.43.zip.
Read originalFINRA has issued Regulatory Notice 26-14, seeking public comment on a proposal to modernize Rule 2210 (Communications with the Public). The proposal aims to replace the existing explicit requirement for pre-use approval by a principal with a modern, risk-based regulatory standard, while also simplifying the standards for retail communication filings and communications containing recommendations. Public comments must be submitted by September 11, 2026, and all received comments will be published on the FINRA website.
Read originalFINRA has amended Rule 3210 (Accounts at Other Broker-Dealers and Financial Institutions) to add an exemption for Trump Accounts established under Section 530A of the Internal Revenue Code, with the rule change effective June 17, 2026. Trump Accounts are special traditional IRAs established for eligible individuals under the age of 18. This exemption applies only to such accounts and their compliant investment transactions, and the revised text is attached as Appendix A to the notice.
Read originalvectorbt v1.1.0 has been officially released, adding support for Python 3.14, pandas 3, NumPy 2.4+, Numba 0.66+, and Telegram Bot API v20+. This release optimizes Rust engine packaging and consistency coverage, refreshes documentation, examples, resources, and feature previews, and fixes multiple issues related to data processing, indicator calculation, and plotting.
Read originalThis study focuses on the wealth creation effect in stock returns, exploring how the combination of profitability and investment behavior affects stock returns. The article is published in the Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 82, No. 3, Q3 2026, pp. 78-110.
Read originalHKEX released consultation conclusions on optimizing the board lot framework for the Hong Kong stock market, standardizing board lot sizes to 8 options: 1, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, and 10000 shares. The guidance on the minimum board lot value will be lowered from HK$2,000 to HK$1,000, and a new guidance on the maximum board lot value of HK$50,000 will apply to issuers with board lot sizes exceeding 100 shares.
Read originalThe article analyzes three profitability metrics: EBITDA, EBITA, and EBIT. It is published in the Financial Analysts Journal, Volume 82, Issue 3, 2026, pages 59-77.
Read originalThis article is published in the Financial Analysts Journal, Volume 82, Issue 3, Q3 2026, pages 28-33. Its core argument is that investors should not blame index investing for their own problems.
Read originalThe Financial Analysts Journal, Volume 82, Issue 3 (Q3 2026), pages 5 to 14, published a tribute to Martin Leibowitz, reviewing his relevant contributions to the financial field. This content is a commemorative article recently released by the journal.
Read originalPublished in the Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 82, No. 3, Q3 2026, pp. 43-58. This article explores the early development of equity premium theory, focusing on why E. L. Smith failed to perceive the negative impact of deflation.
Read originalThis study is published in the Financial Analysts Journal, Q3 2026, Volume 82, Issue 3, pages 138-166. It uses the National Pension Service of Korea as a sample to analyze ESG implementation by pension funds.
Read originalNYU Professor Aswath Damodaran analyzes whether SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic should be included in the S&P 500 after their IPOs. He breaks down index construction, including constituent selection, weighting methods, and index unit conversion mechanisms. He notes that the S&P 500 uses free-float market capitalization weighting, and that the June 15, 2026 closing level of 7554.29 corresponds to an index unit of 0.1190.
Read originalHummingbot v2.15.0 has been officially released. The default rate oracle source has been switched from binance to gate_io, a new Lighter connector has been added, and the functionality and stability of connectors for multiple exchanges including Hyperliquid, BingX, and Binance have been optimized. This version update includes 28 feature improvements and bug fixes, and also welcomes 3 first-time contributors.
Read originalCarbon Beta is a market-based measure of climate transition risk exposure. This study is published in the Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 82, No. 3, Q3 2026, pp. 111-137.
Read originalPershing Square filed its 13F-HR quarterly holdings report as of 2026-03-31 on 2026-05-15, effective on the filing date. The report includes two types of documents: the main filing document and the holdings information table, with the filing entity's address located in New York.
Read originalvn.py 4.4.0 is officially released. This version adds notification functionality based on the WeChat iLink protocol, introduces the vnpy_questDB time-series database integration module, upgrades vnpy_esunny to the Esunny QD V9 API, and optimizes the vnpy.alpha data processing and backtesting workflow, while fixing multiple issues related to logging, data downloading, and algorithmic trade execution judgment.
Read originalAn examination of Morningstar's 'Mind the Gap' study shows that poor market timing did not cost investors 15% of fund returns. The study is published in the Financial Analysts Journal, Volume 82, Issue 3, pages 34-42, 2026.
Read originalQuantLib 1.42.1 is a bug-fix release that removes a regression in the Gsr class which could cause an infinite notification loop. This release provides two installation packages: QuantLib-1.42.1.tar.gz and QuantLib-1.42.1.zip. The related changes were committed by @lballabio in #2543, and the final version number was set by @lballabio-bot in #2545.
Read originalIn his latest memo, Howard Marks outlines the evolution of the sub-investment grade credit market from the 1970s to the present, focusing on analyzing the drivers behind the rapid growth of direct lending after the global financial crisis, as well as the related issues brought by the rapid deployment of large-scale capital. He points out that the development of direct lending is deeply tied to that of private equity, and the performance of private equity portfolio companies is the core determinant of whether direct loans will succeed in the future.
Read originalIn a special episode of The Insight: Conversations, Howard Marks shares his reflections on themes from Oaktree Capital's recent client conference. The discussion covers the evolution of credit markets, the nature of asset mispricing, and the importance of leadership.
Read originalFinRL v0.3.8 adds a 2026 stock trading tutorial, accompanied by 3 scripts: FinRL_StockTrading_2026_1_data.py handles data downloading and preprocessing, and FinRL_StockTrading_2026_2_train.py trains A2C.
Read originalPyPortfolioOpt v1.6.0 has been officially released, adding support for Python 3.14 and pandas 3.0, while dropping support for Python 3.8 and 3.9. This version reduces dependency size; existing dependencies can be used as optional dependencies via the newly added all_extras dependency set. It also optimizes CLA calculation speed and includes multiple maintenance and documentation updates.
Read originalBridgewater released a research report on January 7, 2026, estimating that AI capital spending will contribute about 140 basis points to U.S. GDP growth in 2026 and about 150 basis points in 2027, a scale comparable to the contribution of business investment to growth during the dot-com bubble.
Read originalvn.py 4.3.0 has been officially released. The new version adds the WorldQuant Alpha 101 factor feature dataset to the vnpy.alpha module, and introduces the RGR performance metric to the vnpy_ctastrategy backtesting engine.
Read originalBridgewater Co-Chief Investment Officer Greg Jensen and AIA Labs Chief Scientist Jas Sekhon released a viewpoint arguing that Google Gemini 3 is currently the strongest publicly available general-purpose large AI model, with pre-training compute at least 2–3 times higher than GPT-4o, validating that the path of scaling pre-training remains sustainable. This development will drive the AI industry to continue increasing investment in compute, chips, and power, with significant implications for capital markets and the economy.
Read originalThe Model Context Protocol 2025-11-25 revision has been officially released. The specification is available on the official Model Context Protocol website, and detailed changes can be found in the corresponding version's changelog.
Read originalBridgewater released a study on November 13, 2025, analyzing Canada's response path under U.S. high tariffs and USMCA uncertainty. The report notes that Canada's GDP contracted in Q2 2025, after which it adopted a three-pillar strategy of trade diversification, fiscal expansion, and loose monetary policy, aiming to double non-U.S. exports within a decade and add over CAD 300 billion in trade volume. The fiscal deficit for FY2025-26 reached CAD 78 billion, accounting for 2.5% of GDP. The Bank of Canada maintains an accommodative stance, and initial signs of stabilization have emerged in manufacturing orders, residential construction, and the labor market.
Read originalScion (Michael Burry) filed its 13F-HR quarterly holdings report on November 3, 2025, for the reporting period ending September 30, 2025. The report consists of 2 files, with the submission number 0001649339-25-000007, and the institution's registered address is located at 20665 Fourth Avenue, Suite 201, Saratoga, California.
Read originalBridgewater released a research report outlining the energy supply and security landscape across the U.S., China, and Europe in the context of modern mercantilism. The report notes that cheap and abundant electricity is critical to the AI race and national competitiveness, and governments are now making energy self-sufficiency a core policy priority. The report also analyzes the differentiated challenges and advantages of the three regions in energy supply chains and power capacity expansion.
Read originalBridgewater released a research report, arguing that the inflation center in the post-pandemic era has risen compared with that before the pandemic, 2% is more like a bottom than an upper limit, and the distribution of inflation outcomes is wider and skewed upward. The report compares the current environment with that in the 2010s, pointing out that restraining factors such as China's export of low-priced goods, shale oil production, and post-crisis deleveraging have weakened; while the medium-term expansion deficit of about 7% of US GDP, the compromised independence of the Federal Reserve, tariffs and trade restructuring, potential depreciation of the US dollar, and AI power and commodity demand constitute structural inflationary pressures.
Read originalBridgewater, in collaboration with Eclipse, released the second part of its series on reviving U.S. manufacturing, pointing out that U.S. manufacturing lacks competitiveness due to high labor costs and a weak industrial base, and tariffs cannot bridge the cost gap. The report proposes leveraging mature technologies such as automation, computer vision, and additive manufacturing, as well as cutting-edge technologies like generative AI and embodied AI, to boost manufacturing productivity by 1 to 2 orders of magnitude. Scaling the application of these technologies is expected to take nearly a decade.
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