Markets & Economy
Pre-market outlooks and daily recaps for Wall Street and Colombia, with scenarios and analysis.
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Colombia Stock Market Outlook for Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026: Oil, Ecopetrol and Cibest Earnings
What to expect from COLCAP and the peso on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026 after a holiday: the peso reacts to the central bank’s 12.25% hold.
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Stock Market Today, Thursday Oct. 29, 2026: Alphabet Sinks, Microsoft Beats, GDP Runs Hot — What It Means for Your Money
Nasdaq −1.5% as Alphabet falls 13% after earnings; Microsoft beats with Azure +48%; GDP 3.4%, core PCE 3.1%. Amazon and Intel report after the bell.
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Colombian Market Close, Oct. 28, 2026: COLCAP Breaks Below 2,500 as ISA Slides and Ecopetrol Rallies on Oil
COLCAP −0.73% to 2,488; USD/COP 3,157 after the Fed. Mineros (+3.0%) and Ecopetrol (+2.8%) led; ISA (−3.9%) was the biggest decliner.
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Wall Street Close, Oct. 28, 2026: Fed Holds With Two Hike Dissents, Vertiv Soars 17% and F5 Sinks 20%
S&P 500 +0.28%, Dow +0.27%, Nasdaq +0.22%. The Fed held at 3.75%–4% with two hike dissents; Vertiv +16.9%, F5 −20.1%.
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Colombian Market Close, Oct. 27, 2026: USD/COP, COLCAP and Brent Crude
COLCAP +0.29% held 2,500; Grupo Sura led, Nutresa lagged, and USD/COP rose to 3,147.40 ahead of the Fed.
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Wall Street Market Close, Oct. 27, 2026: S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow Jones
Chips lifted the Nasdaq 1.27% while Boeing sank the Dow; SoFi led gainers and Xylem led losers ahead of the Fed.
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Anthropic IPO (ANT): Amended S-1 Shows $33.2B Revenue — Date, Price Range and How to Buy
$16.3B in first-half revenue, an $80.7B loss and a possible $1.5–2T valuation. How the IPO works, how retail investors can get exposure, and five underappreciated risks.
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Is Colombia Still the Cheapest Stock Market in Latin America?
After a 22% rally and a 30% currency gain, we weigh the case for and against Colombian stocks and compare them with the rest of Latin…
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Ecopetrol ADR (EC): Risk or Opportunity With Oil at $116?
Why Ecopetrol lagged the oil rally, the dividend cut, the bull and bear cases, and how the ADR fits in a U.S. portfolio.
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Oil at $116: Latin America’s Winners, Losers and the Hidden Cost of Fuel Subsidies
Which Latin American countries, currencies and stocks gain or lose from $116 Brent, why Colombia stands out, and why volume growth beats price windfalls.