Episode 2026-06-15

You are listening to Seven Horns A I, your A I-powered market update. Good morning. Today is Monday, June fifteenth, twenty twenty-six, and we are tracking an explosive start to the week as we head toward the U S opening bell. Overnight, Asian markets experienced a massive wave of buying, providing an incredibly strong handoff for global equities this morning. Tokyo's Nikkei two twenty-five surged four point nine nine percent to close at an all-time high of sixty-nine thousand three hundred and eighteen. Reflecting this enthusiasm, the Japan exchange traded fund proxy is up one point five three percent in pre-market trading. South Korea's Kospi also rallied, climbing between five point two and six percent, while the Taiwan Taiex gained two point seven percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index finished up a more modest zero point six percent, though the China large-cap fund is dipping zero point six five percent pre-market, suggesting some relative underperformance. Still, this regional surge has injected heavy positive momentum into global markets, showing that international investors are eagerly embracing a risk-on environment today. That wave of overnight enthusiasm is carrying directly into Western markets. In Europe, where trading is currently underway, developed markets are ticking slightly higher, with the developed international ETF proxy up zero point two percent. This has set the stage for a powerful U S open. S and P five hundred futures are leading the headline conver