As the final trading days of 2025 wind down, a stark divergence has emerged on Wall Street. While the broader market grapples with the fallout of a hawkish Federal Reserve and lingering macroeconomic uncertainty, the Communication Services sector has decoupled from the pack, establishing itself as the undisputed leader of
As the final trading days of 2025 wind down, the fixed-income market has sent a clear signal regarding the economic landscape for the year ahead. Following the release of the Federal Reserve’s December meeting minutes on December 30, 2025, U.S. Treasury yields experienced a notable pullback from their
As the final trading days of 2025 wind down, the biotechnology sector finds itself caught in a paradoxical "bifurcated" squeeze. While the broader indices have touched record highs this year, a sharp wave of year-end tax-loss harvesting has sent many mid-cap and commercial-stage biotech firms into a tailspin. Investors, eager
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) saw its shares slide in after-hours trading on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, as a combination of hawkish signals from the Federal Reserve and aggressive year-end profit-taking by institutional investors dampened the holiday spirit on Wall Street. The stock, which has been a titan of the 2025
As the curtain closes on 2025, the relentless momentum of the artificial intelligence trade is facing its most significant test to date. Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), the semiconductor titan that became the first company in history to eclipse a $5 trillion market capitalization earlier this autumn, has entered a pronounced pullback,
As 2025 draws to a close, the global financial landscape is being redefined by a historic surge in precious metals. Gold and silver have not only outperformed traditional equities and bonds but have shattered long-standing price records, driven by a "perfect storm" of macroeconomic instability, aggressive central bank accumulation, and
The silver market witnessed a historic technical breakout on December 30, 2025, as prices surged 5.5% to reach $76.09 per ounce. This dramatic move marks a significant milestone in a year that has seen the "white metal" transform from a neglected industrial commodity into the premier safe-haven asset
In a move that has electrified the final trading days of 2025, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) has officially acquired the high-growth AI startup Manus AI for a reported sum between $2 billion and $3 billion. The deal, finalized late on December 29, marks a decisive pivot for the social media
The Federal Reserve released the minutes from its December 9–10, 2025, meeting today, December 30, providing a sobering look at the central bank’s internal struggle to navigate the final stages of its "soft landing" campaign. While the Fed concluded the year with a 25-basis-point interest rate cut—bringing
The euphoric "Santa Claus rally" that defined much of December 2025 has hit a wall of exhaustion as the trading year draws to a close. For three consecutive sessions, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite have drifted lower, retreating from record highs as a "holiday hangover" takes hold
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed down -0.14%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.20%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.25%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26 ) fell -0.14%, a...
Nio shares push higher as China announces $8.92 billion in consumer trade-in subsidies for next year. Options data suggests NIO stock will rally further in 2026.
Lucid consistently increased its deliveries over the past year and a half, and there should be room to run -- but here's why it still might fall short.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, few moments have carried as much weight as the release of Meta’s Llama 3.1 405B. Launched in July 2024, this frontier-level model represented a seismic shift in the industry, marking the first time an open-weight model achieved true parity with the most advanced proprietary systems like GPT-4o. [...]
In a landmark move to combat the escalating global skills crisis, technology titan IBM (NYSE: IBM) and educational powerhouse Pearson (LSE: PSON) have significantly expanded their strategic partnership, deploying a suite of advanced AI-powered learning tools designed to address a $1.1 trillion economic gap. This collaboration, which reached a critical milestone in late 2025, integrates [...]
The dollar index (DXY00 ) rose to a 1-week high on Tuesday and finished up by +0.18%. The dollar found support Tuesday from better-than-expected US economic news on home prices and the Dec MNI Chicago PMI. Also, higher T-note yields on Tuesday have...
In a landmark year for medical technology, 2025 has witnessed a seismic shift in how clinicians diagnose two of humanity’s most daunting health challenges: neurodegenerative disease and cancer. Through the deployment of massive "foundation models" and novel deep learning architectures, artificial intelligence has officially moved beyond experimental pilots into a realm of clinical utility where [...]
In a move that has sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley and global markets, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has finalized a staggering $20 billion strategic intellectual property (IP) deal with the AI chip sensation Groq. Beyond the massive capital outlay, the deal includes the high-profile hiring of Groq’s visionary founder, Jonathan Ross, and nearly 80% of the [...]
