Once election outcomes are determined and uncertainty is resolved, markets have historically staged powerful rallies. Historical data shows the S&P 500 has produced an average return of 19% in the 12 months following midterm elections, with no negative annual return recorded since 1939.
The €12.3 billion figure, compiled from data tracked across major European venture databases and deal trackers, reveals a market that's concentrating capital rather than spraying it. Mega-rounds are returning - but only for companies with clear revenue trajectories and defensible technology. The spray-and-pray era of seed investing hasn't come back, and it probably shouldn't.
Life is cautiously returning to the streets of Dilling, the second largest city in South Kordofan state, after the Sudanese army broke a suffocating siege that had isolated the area for more than two years. For months, the city had been encircled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), cutting off vital supply lines and trapping civilians in a severe humanitarian crisis.
The art market's surprising recovery continued yesterday (19 November)at Rockefeller Centre, thanks to Christie's 21st century evening sale hauling in $99.5m, or $123.5m with fees. The result eclipsed last November's equivalent sale that realised $106.5m with fees. Last night's tally before fees fell midway between pre-sale expectations of $87m to $127m. Out of the 45 lots offered, just one-a Cecily Brown abstract-failed to sell, making for an almost-perfect buy-in rate of 98%.
Australia's CBD office vacancy rates have stabilized as more employees return to work, with the Property Council noting significant positive absorption in Sydney for the first time since 2016.
