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gold broke above a key short-term trend line on friday — the first time it's reclaimed that level in a while. the move is being read as a sign that the metal may be regaining momentum after a sluggish stretch that started when the iran conflict began. technically, it&
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iren's stock soared after nvidia said it would take a major stake in the company to build a 5-gigawatt global footprint for ai factories. the move overshadowed iren's revenue shortfall from the recent quarter. nvidia plans to use iren's infrastructure to power its ai
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south korea's stock market has leapfrogged canada in global rankings, as its tech-heavy composition and exposure to newer industries helped its index outperform in 2026. canada's index remains weighted toward traditional sectors like banking, which dragged on relative performance. the exact ranking change isn't
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bitcoin broke through $80,000 for the first time since january, pushing past a round number that's been a psychological barrier for months. the last time it traded this high was before a steep correction that dragged it below $70k repeatedly. analysts say the real test isn'
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u.s. stock futures were mixed sunday evening, with the s&p 500 and nasdaq pointing in opposite directions. oil prices fell after trump said the u.s. will try to "free" neutral shipping stuck in the persian gulf since the iran war started. trump's
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the s&p 500 is up roughly 10% year-to-date, driven by a concentrated ai spending boom. q1 earnings have been strong, but the rally's foundation is narrower than it looks. upward revisions to 2026 earnings forecasts have been highly concentrated in just a handful of companies tied
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the s&p 500 posted its richest profit margins in at least 15 years during the first quarter. but three big tech companies — alphabet, amazon, and microsoft — drove most of that strength. without them, the picture looks less impressive. those three alone added roughly 10 percentage points to the
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spirit airlines is shutting down immediately and canceling all future flights. the carrier filed for bankruptcy in november 2024 after a failed merger with jetblue was blocked by a federal judge. spirit had been losing money for years, hurt by rising costs and a shift in demand away from its
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google's early bets on spacex and anthropic are paying off in a big way. one expert called them some of "the most successful venture bets any public company has ever made." the company's stake in spacex gives it a piece of the private space
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toto, the japanese company known for toilets, is seeing demand surge for a very different product: electrostatic chucks. these are components used in semiconductor manufacturing, and they're critical right now because of the memory-chip boom. the company is also working on its core business — it's "
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the u.s. economy has absorbed a lot over the past year — high tariffs, stubborn inflation, government shutdown threats, rising oil prices, and escalating tensions with iran — and it hasn't cracked. none of those shocks have managed to poke a hole in growth or consumer spending. oil prices
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exxon and chevron warned that even after the strait of hormuz reopens, it'll take months for oil and gas flows to return to normal. the two biggest american oil companies are now making less money than before the iran war started. the conflict disrupted shipping through the narrow