The investment landscape of 2025 will be remembered for its historic divide, where the widespread boom in artificial intelligence (AI) created a tale of two worlds in the stock market. On one side, the Magnificent 7 and specialized players like Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) drove massive gains for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) like the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (ARCA:XLK); ...
As Washington accelerates efforts to secure key supply chains, rare earths and critical minerals like gallium have emerged as strategic priorities for US industry and national security. China has long used its dominance over strategic metals to apply pressure to the US, ramping up efforts in recent years. Beijing first tightened export licenses on gallium and related materials in 2023, ...
Eric Nuttall, partner and senior portfolio manager at Ninepoint Partners, shares his outlook for oil and natural gas in 2026, emphasizing that he remains bullish on both. However, he’s looking at different timelines — he sees natural gas as a more immediate story, while oil is likely to pick up in the second half of the year. Securities Disclosure: I, ...
Chainlink (LINK) price is currently holding above the $12 support level as the crypto market faces a significant pullback. In the past 24 hours, the crypto market fell by 3.8%, and this trend has been on the downward trend in the last one week by 2.65%. Nevertheless, the introduction of 24/5 on-chain data feeds of The post Chainlink Price Prediction ...
Stocks of crypto companies fell as much as 10% on Tuesday as investors pulled out of risk assets amid a resurgence in tariff talks and rising tensions in the Japanese bond market. The combination of these factors caused a sell-off in key crypto stocks. Crypto Stocks Plunge With MSTR, COIN, Hood, CRCL Leading The Way The post Why Are Crypto ...
Bitcoin has continued to shape the global financial landscape as the dominant cryptocurrency, maintaining a market cap of over $1.7 trillion in 2026. The Bitcoin rich lists reveal who controls the largest shares of this digital asset. These include individual whales, corporations, governments, and investment firms. Their possessions enable them to have a large influence The post Top Bitcoin Rich ...
The S&P 500 ($SPX) just logged its fifth straight trading box breakout, which means that, of the five trading ranges the index has experienced since the April lows, all have been resolved to the upside. How much longer can this last? That’s been the biggest question since the massive April 9 rally. Instead of assuming the market is due to roll ...
ROME — Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani has died, his foundation said Monday. Usually known only by his first name, Valentino was 93, and had retired in 2008. Founder of the eponymous brand, Valentino scaled the heights of haute couture, created a business empire and introduced a new color to the fashion world, the ‘Valentino Red.’ ‘Valentino Garavani passed away ...
STORRS, CT — The UConn women’s basketball team ended its three-game losing streak against Notre Dame in decisive fashion on Monday at Gampel Pavilion. The Huskies, which last victory vs. the Fighting Irish came on Dec. 5, 2021, dominated the Hannah Hidalgo & Co., 85-47, to improve to 19-0 this season. UConn has won 35 straight dating back to last ...
There is unanimity at the top of the USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll for the first time this season. Arizona managed to avoid the upset bug for another week. Thus the still-undefeated Wildcats remain at No. 1 for a second consecutive poll, this time claiming all 31 first-place votes. Last week’s second-ranked team wasn’t as fortunate, as Iowa ...
The NBA announced its All-Star starters on Monday and to the surprise of no one, Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Dončić took center stage, winning the fan poll by almost 200,000 votes. The announcement came during the NBA on NBC pregame show ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder-Cleveland Cavaliers game to tip-off the league’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day broadcast ...
The graphite market was dominated by oversupply, trade disputes and China’s continued grip in 2025. Prices hit multi-year lows as a US investigation into Chinese anode imports highlighted the vulnerability of the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, with tariffs and anti-dumping duties creating uncertainty for North American producers. Although natural graphite output has risen from 966,000 metric tons in 2020 ...