Tonight’s digest tracks a trillion-dollar retail coronation, a fragile geopolitical tariff truce, a pharma darling losing its halo, and crypto’s brutal reminder that liquidity rules all. Walmart’s transformation is real, India’s leverage play is bold but murky, Novo Nordisk’s stumble exposes execution risk, and Bitcoin’s slide confirms it’s trading like…
Nvidia Corp. is nearing a deal to invest roughly $20 billion in OpenAI as part of the ChatGPT maker’s latest funding round, reported Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, marking what would be the chipmaker’s single largest investment to date.The contribution is close to being completed, the sources said.…
Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday as tensions between the US and Iran escalated, raising fears of supply disruptions. Renewed tensions have surfaced between the US and Iran following the US downing of an Iranian drone that was operating close to an American aircraft carrier.Additionally, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of…
Renewed geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran pushed gold prices higher on Wednesday, extending the yellow metal’s recent upward trend. This safe-haven buying contributed to the gains, following gold’s previous session, which marked its best single day since 2008.The already escalating tensions between the US and Iran witnessed a direct…
Asian markets traded mostly lower on Wednesday, tracking a broad sell-off in US technology stocks overnight, while gold extended gains for a second session. Investor sentiment across the region was weighed down by losses in global tech, fresh uncertainty around artificial intelligence disruption, and a series of policy and legal…
UBS AG capped the year with a fourth-quarter performance that cleared market expectations and set the stage for fresh capital returns. The Swiss lender reported a sharp rise in quarterly profit while confirming plans for a sizeable share buyback programme. Management said the bank intends to repurchase at least $3…
The S&P 500 Index and its ETFs, like SPY, IVV, and VOO, remained in a tight range close to the all-time high after key earnings from some of the biggest American companies last week. They also wavered after Donald Trump announced his nominee for the Federal Reserve on Friday. This…
Palantir stock price rebounded by over 6% in the extended hours after the software company published strong results that beat analysts’ estimates. PLTR jumped to $158, up substantially from the year-to-date low of $146. So, will it continue rising as a major risky pattern forms?Palantir published strong financial results Palantir, the…
Nio stock price continued its recent downward trend even after the company announced a big increase in its January deliveries. It crashed to a low of $4.52, its lowest level since August last year and 43% below its highest point in September last year. This article explores whether it is…
AMD stock price continued its strong rally this year as demand for semiconductor chips gained steam. It was trading at $246 on Monday, up by 220%5 from its lowest level in 2025, with its market capitalization soaring to over $400 billion. So, will the stock rally or crash after releasing…