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By Anna Szymanski

LONDON, November 21 (REUTERS) -

Everything Mike Dolan and the ROI team are excited to read,

watch and listen to over the weekend.

That Nvidia bump was rather short-lived. U.S. equities

tumbled on Thursday despite an early rally, with both the Nasdaq

and the Dow recording +1,000 point moves from peak to trough.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq's 4.9 percentage point swing was its

biggest intraday move since April's tariff tantrum.

Why didn't Nvidia's record-high $57 billion third quarter

revenue and rosy forecasts calm market fears about an AI bubble?

Because, as ROI markets columnist Jamie McGeever explains, the

chip behemoth's latest figures actually highlight many of the

concerns that have been roiling markets recently, namely massive

AI spending, extreme concentration and sky-high valuations.

Indeed, investors are now clearly anxious about AI capex

indigestion, particularly given the increasing use of debt to

finance investments with very high thresholds for profitability,

as ROI editor-at-large Mike Dolan wrote this week.

That other big news yesterday was the delayed release of the

September U.S. jobs report. While nonfarm payrolls rose by

119,000, jobs, more than twice the consensus forecast, August

figures were revised down by 4,000. And, more importantly for

the Federal Reserve, the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%, the

highest level since October 2021.

This release will likely do little to clear-up the labor market

picture for the Fed, argues Mike Dolan, especially considering

how messy economic data is likely to be in the wake of the

longest-ever U.S. government shutdown.

Over in Asia, the Japanese yen was hovering near a 10-month low

around 157 per dollar on Friday, as Prime Minister Sanae

Takaichi approved a 21.3 trillion yen ($135.5 billion) economic

stimulus package, raising the spectre of FX intervention. Jamie

McGeever argues that the yen's long-standing position as a

global safe haven may now be in question.

Meanwhile, as the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil

continued this week, ROI energy columnist Ron Bousso did a

deep-dive on the green transition, arguing that it will be a lot

bumpier and more fractured than leaders expected when the Paris

agreement was signed ten years ago. But Ron also cautions

investors from being hoodwinked by the grim energy transition

vibes.

Staying in energy markets, the U.S. has risen to the top of

global LNG exporter rankings, prompting the narrative that

shipments of "freedom gas" will continue climbing for years.

But, as ROI energy transition columnist Gavin Maguire

argues, American LNG vendors are at risk of rapid volume

downturns if European buyers curb gas use, especially if U.S.

firms fail to increase market share in Asia.

Speaking of commodity demand in Asia, ROI columnist Clyde

Russell this week looked at China's growing oil stockpiles,

the slump in its steel output amid a rise in iron ore imports,

and the spike in the country's fossil fuel-powered electricity

generation.

Finally, over in the metals markets, the global competition for

critical minerals has reached the least glamorous part of the

metallic supply chain, Aluminium scrap. ROI metals columnist

Andy Home explains why this humble material actually should be

considered "a strategic commodity."

As we head into the weekend, check out the ROI team's

recommendations for what you should read, listen to, and watch

to stay informed and ready for the week ahead.

I'd love to hear from you, so please reach out to me at

This weekend, we're reading...

MIKE DOLAN, ROI Financial Markets Editor-at-Large: This

interesting column from VoxEU argues that Europe's lack of

defence capabilities leaves it highly vulnerable to economic and

foreign policy pressure.

CLYDE RUSSELL, ROI Asia Commodities and Energy Columnist:

This Renew Economy article discusses Australia's first hybrid

utility scale solar and battery plant about to come online.

Surprisingly, this is the first such combination, so this may be

a model for the future.

GAVIN MAGUIRE, ROI Global Energy Transition Columnist:

This fascinating report from The Examination explains how

recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning people in

Nigeria. It's a grim outcome for policies designed to protect

American consumers from toxic emissions.

ANDY HOME, ROI Metals Columnist: I recommend this analysis

of why some rare earths are rarer than others by our Reuters

colleague Eric Onstad. It also includes my quote of the week

from Erik Eschen, CEO of Germany's Vacuumschmelze. "If you talk

about critical resources, it's really the heavies, the heavies,

the heavies - all the rest we will get."

We're listening to...

JAMIE MCGEEVER, ROI Markets Columnist: The latest Reuters

'Econ World' podcast with chief emerging markets correspondent

Karin Strohecker uses the recent turbulence financial turbulence

in Argentina to explain all you need to know about exchange rate

policies, currency banks and geopolitics.

RON BOUSSO, ROI Energy Columnist: I highly recommend the

Gulf Intelligence Daily Energy Markets podcast to anyone seeking

a close look at what's moving the oil market. This episode is of

special interest due to the guest appearance of our own ROI Asia

Commodities Columnist Clyde Russell who discusses China's oil

stockpiling and the impact of Trump's policies.

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