Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Market Pulse: Asian shares drift and U.S. futures sink as traders brace for today’s U.S. jobs report, setting a cautious tone ahead of the data dump.
Key Movers: PB Fintech took a hit amid chatter of commission caps, while Sovereign Gold Bonds from the 2020–21 Series-III are catching attention after stellar returns in recent years.
Macro & Politics: Regulators in India eye insurance-agent commission limits, and Tokyo is ramping up AI mandates as part of its latest digital revival push.
What’s Next: Eyes will stay glued to the U.S. payrolls report and any fresh IRDAI commentary—those headlines will move risk appetite into the close.
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Asian shares, US futures sink ahead of US jobs report
Shares have tumbled in Asia and U.S. futures also fell ahead of the release of U.S. employment and inflation reports that could drive the direction of interest rates
Gold bond turns Rs 5 lakh investment into Rs 14.2 lakh in 5 years: SGB 2020-21 Series-III premature redemption date, price revealed
Sovereign Gold Bonds: The Reserve Bank of India has announced the premature redemption details for Sovereign Gold Bonds issued in June 2020. Investors in SGB 2020-21 Series-III can now redeem their bonds.
EUR 400 million share buyback completed
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Market Commentary
What everyone’s missing isn’t the U.S. jobs figure—it’s policy risk bleeding into yield plays. PB Fintech’s slide on whispers of capped commissions (The Times of India, “PB Fintech shares decline 6% amid reports of regulatory push…”) proves that a single regulatory tweak can wreck dividend hunters. Think Sovereign Gold Bonds 2020–21 Series-III (The Times of India) are bullet-proof? Governments can tweak coupon math as easily as they issue the bonds.
Flip past straight yields and you spot the real undercurrent: tokenization and automation. JPMorgan’s My OnChain Net Yield Fund on Ethereum (newsBTC, “Ethereum Meets Wall Street…”) and Japan’s AI charge (Forrester, “From Digital Transformation Fatigue To AI Transformation Urgency…”) look unrelated, but both undermine classic cash-flow assets. Banks are tokenizing money markets just as Tokyo bureaucrats force legacy exporters to automate or die.
Here’s the play: diversify beyond fixed coupons. Tilt into tokenized yield vehicles and deep-value exporters slated for an AI lift, while hedging with short-dated sovereign paper. Stay nimble—regulatory headlines, not market swings, will trigger the next big reshuffle.