Week in review Kevin Warsh nominated as the next US Federal Reserve Chair. Commodity markets saw a sharp reversal, with silver down 27%. Key focus for the week ahead: Alphabet and Amazon earnings. Central Banks Read more…
The $4 trillion AI boom has largely been driven by Palantir’s sophisticated models and Nvidia‘s highly powered GPUs. Investors have poured billions of dollars into silicon, but a bottleneck formed as Rubin and Blackwell chips Read more…
Finding a bargain at an off-price retailer feels like beating the system. Having once found a Ralph Lauren suit in a Marshalls priced more than half off its normal selling price, I know that feeling. Read more…
TheStreet aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Why we love this deal With climate change continuing to accelerate Read more…
One of President Trump’s first actions in his second term in office was to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, who was serving life in federal prison for operating The Silk Road, a notorious website Read more…
Canadian Highlights Despite a busy week of Canadian economic updates, not much has changed for the economic outlook. Declines in non-precious metal exports to the U.S. are only being partly offset by gains elsewhere. This Read more…
Summary United States: On Hold The FOMC held rates steady at its first meeting of 2026 and signaled it is in no rush to resume policy easing but was careful to preserve flexibility. To cap Read more…
Next Friday, we expect Canada’s January employment report to show a tick-down in the unemployment rate to 6.7%, after an increase to 6.8% in December that partially reversed an unusually large 0.5 percentage point decline Read more…
Core inflation in Australia rose to 3.4% y/y, exceeding both forecasts and the Reserve Bank of Australia’s 2–3% target range, increasing pressure on the central bank to act. Markets are pricing in a high probability Read more…
Yesterday’s flows really did open a breach for a gigantic profit-taking wave in Metals, exploding exponentially since 2026. Gold and Silver showed a few cracks through yesterday’s first crash, but today is something else. The Read more…