
Peter Thiel and other investors see Argentina as a safe haven
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Argentina is considered a haven away from global geopolitical tensions.
While Peter Thiel, one of the founders of PayPal and Palantir, bought a $12 million mansion in the capital Buenos Aires, investors connected to the ruling families of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates began to acquire large lands around Bariloche in the Patagonia region.
In a recent statement, Argentinian-Spanish technology entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky stated that Argentina is far from the world's nuclear powers and said, "We are already in the Third World War. The moment China captures Taiwan or Russia captures Lithuania, I am in Buenos Aires. It is good to have a plan B for civilization."
As a result of the flood disaster in Istanbul, 1,700 structures and 440 vehicles were damaged. The insurance industry predicts that the total loss is approximately 400 million dollars and most of this amount will be covered by reinsurance companies.

The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye will hold its seventh Monetary Policy Committee meeting of the year on October 22. At the meeting chaired by Fatih Karahan, the policy rate decision and the signals regarding the bank's next period monetary policy are awaited by the markets.

IHKİB Innovation and Design Center, established on an area of 14 thousand square meters in Istanbul, was opened with the participation of Ministers to meet the design, technology and digitalization needs of the textile and ready-made clothing industry under one roof.

Global markets closed the week mixed due to US inflation data and the decline in technology stocks. While the BIST 100 index in Borsa Istanbul decreased, the markets focused on the interest rate decision that the CBRT will announce on Thursday.
According to US Treasury Department data, the country's net interest expenses reached 1.05 trillion dollars in fiscal year 2026, breaking a record. The increasing debt stock and the pressure of rising interest rates on the budget bring about discussions about fiscal sustainability.

TESK Chairman Mehmet Yeğiner demanded that the number of premium days of tradesmen be equalized to 7 thousand 200, that financing limits be increased and that ownership problems in the transportation sector be resolved.