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The dollar index (DXY00) rose by +0.22% on Monday. The dollar gained on Monday on safe-haven demand after US Treasury Secretary Bessent unveiled US plans to isolate Iran’s economy. The weakness in sto…
Coffee prices are sharply higher today, with arabica soaring to a 6.75-month high. The slow pace of Brazil’s coffee harvest is keeping supplies tight and underpinning prices. Last Wednesday, Brazil’s …
Cotton price action is down 4 to 42 points so far on Monday morning. Futures were up 1 to 7 points in the front months on Friday, with contracts down 8 points to 20 points higher. December was up 355 …
August 9, 2026, 3:51 AM EDT. Vertiv Holdings Co. NYSE:VRT holds an average ‘Buy’ recommendation from 29 brokerages, with a 1-year consensus price target at $348.54. Current analyst targets stretch fro…
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Monday said Canada was responsible for the collapse of trade deal negotiations last week, telling CNBC that Ottawa changed its demands at the eleventh hour.
Fidelity Investments, the big brokerage and mutual fund firm, long has had a rule protecting its small retail clients from plunging into initial public stock offerings while the shares were still subj…
The KOSPI has erased around $2 trillion in 40 days, its worst crash on record. Here is what happened, why it matters and what it means for crypto.
The Trump administration on Monday announced a plan to isolate Iran's economy by threatening to impose secondary sanctions on the "enablers" keeping the Islamic Republic afloat.
While the labour movement often seems at its lowest ebb, what Marx identified as capitalism’s main internal contradiction – the overaccumulation of capital at the world scale – has never been worse in…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is down by -0.27% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up by +0.26%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down by -1.00%. E-mini S&P futures (ES…
August 16, 2026, 1:06 AM EDT. Europe’s fifth heatwave of the year is exposing a widening gap between the economic damage caused by extreme heat and what traditional business-interruption policies cove…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced plans for a wave of new sanctions Monday aimed at further isolating Iran, after threatening the Islamic Republic with “an economic D-Day.”
PDD Holdings reported a 12% decline in net profits in the three months ended June 30, surpassing Wall Street consensus.
Oil prices turn lower as Bessent says U.S. may have Iran deal "today or tomorrow"
October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26) is down -0.05 (-0.28%) today, and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV26) is down -16.10 (-2.92%).
Bitcoin and crypto stocks extended their rally to start the week after the flagship cryptocurrency broke out of its trading range as investor concern over inflation and the fiscal deficit grew.
There's a popular expression on Wall Street: KISS, which stands for, Keep It Simple, Stupid. Amid a torrent of complicated cross currents, it might present the best approach to trading this week's new…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta canceled a meeting with Paramount Skydance on Monday, saying the company demonstrated a "lack of good faith" in early settlement talks around its planned merger w…
July 22, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT. Satsuma Technology, a Bitcoin treasury manager listed in London, will sell its BTC assets and return almost all capital after receiving 90% approval from its shareholders. …
German robotics startup Neura Robotics has announced its fifth acquisition in 16 months as it races to build a physical AI platform through acquisitions.
Long-awaited media M&A appeared to be finally getting off the ground in recent months.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up by +0.43% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up by +0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up by +0.33%. E-mini S&P…
Tyler and investment strategist Cliff Asness discuss momentum and value investing strategies, disagreeing with Eugene Fama, Marvel vs. DC, the inscrutability of risk, high frequency trading, the econo…
A Goldman Sachs partner leading one of the bank's flagship artificial intelligence projects warned that AI's spread across Wall Street risks hobbling the thinking capabilities of the next generation o…