Oil prices rise, but the dollar posts losses as Middle East tensions persist. US earnings, the ECB and UK newsflow dominate next week’s agenda. US equity markets face a pivotal test as focus shifts to Read more…
Expensive electric pickups are proving a hard sell in the U.S., based on declining 2026 sales and steep discounts on these vehicles from automakers such as General Motors. While mass adoption of EVs has been Read more…
Markets The second round of the US-Iran conflict entered its sixth consecutive day with strikes intensifying from both sides. Iran retaliated against water desalination and power generation plants in Kuwait and doesn’t seem to let Read more…
Artificial intelligence needs enormous amounts of electricity, and that has turned power companies into some of the most closely watched stocks in the market. Talen Energy (TLN) gave investors a hard number on July 14. Read more…
US Consumer sentiment improved again in July, with the University of Michigan’s preliminary index rising from 49.5 to 54.4, its highest level since February. The gain was driven largely by easing gasoline prices in recent Read more…
I have been following the Strait of Hormuz crisis since February 28, when the conflict first began rerouting the global oil trade in ways most investors underestimated. It’s been 139 days. I covered Chevron CEO Read more…
A proposed billionaire tax in California could have fiscal consequences that extend well beyond the state’s wealthiest residents, with potential implications for state budgets nationwide in the years ahead. J.P. Morgan Private Bank published an Read more…
Oil prices regained traction and rose on Friday, advancing over 1.5% during European session, after being in a quiet mode in past two days. Double tight Doji candles on Wed/Thu signaled that traders were on Read more…
Markets headed into the final US session of the week with a distinctly defensive tone as investors weighed two converging risks: a deepening global semiconductor selloff and growing concern that the US-Iran conflict could enter Read more…
There is a moment in every bull market when doing nothing starts to feel like the dumbest thing a person can do. Everyone around you is up. The riskiest bets are paying the most. Sitting Read more…