Chinese Premier Li Qiang unveiled Beijing’s economic priorities for the year during the annual government work report at the National People’s Congress, setting the country’s GDP growth target at 4.5% to 5%. The range represents Read more…
The U.S.–Israeli war with Iran has officially reached Chevron’s Middle East growth engine. Israel ordered Chevron to shut production at its giant offshore Leviathan gas field after joint U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iran and retaliatory attacks Read more…
The Fed’s latest Beige Book survey showed the US economy expanding at a modest pace, though growth was uneven across regions. Overall activity increased at a “slight to moderate pace” in seven of the twelve Read more…
Snowflake, the cloud-based data platform company that helps companies store, analyze, and share big datasets across public clouds, reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2026 earnings last week on February 25. The company, best known for Read more…
The retail apocalypse continued in 2025, as 8,100 retail stores across all sectors closed for an increase of 12% compared to 2024, according to Coresight Research, as reported by WDEF-TV. Grocery chains contributed to that Read more…
Palantir (PLTR) stock just got a major nod of approval from Wall Street. Veteran Rosenblatt Securities analyst John McPeake just raised his price target on the defense AI giant’s stock to $200 from $150, while Read more…
Berkshire Hathaway is in a rare position. Although it is typically regarded as one of the most stable stocks, given the current market conditions, no stock is infallible. The company failed to wow investors with Read more…
Market expectations call for a significant deceleration in job growth (58k–65k), with sticky Average Hourly Earnings (+0.4% m/m) being the “danger zone” for potential stagflation. A strong NFP (> 100k) could see DXY rise toward Read more…
Gold bulls have long been waiting for geopolitical troubles to justify the metal’s record prices. However, markets often play rough games with high expectations, as we recently saw with Nvidia and Microsoft earnings. This aligns Read more…
Most commonly associated with everything from beaches and samba dancing to the Carnival festival season that attracts over 50 million domestic and international tourists every year, the South American nation of Brazil has held onto Read more…