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So, the Middle East is having another one of those weekends, and Wall Street is doing what it does best: panicking first, asking questions later. The US and Israel decided to give Iran some unwanted attention over the weekend, and now everyone's scrambling to figure out who wins and who loses when the world gets a little more chaotic. Here's the thing about geopolitical drama: it's like a really expensive game of musical chairs, except the music is explosions and the ...
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Well, this escalated quickly. While you were probably enjoying your weekend, Iran decided to remind everyone why geopolitics and oil prices go together like peanut butter and market volatility. Here's the deal: The US and Israel launched attacks on Iran over the weekend, and now Iran is reportedly moving to close the Strait of Hormuz. If you're thinking "What's the big deal with some random strait?" – buckle up, because this little waterway is basically the world's energy highway. The Strait of ...
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Something unusual is happening in tech. The very companies that were supposed to ride the AI wave to infinity — the software-as-a-service names that minted millionaires over the past decade — are getting absolutely hammered. And the weapon doing the damage? AI itself. Salesforce is down 32.7% in 2026 alone, and 42.1% over the past twelve months. The fear is straightforward: if businesses can throw a few prompts into an AI chatbot and build their own CRM alternative at minimal cost, ...
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This week is the final exam for the American consumer — and the retail stocks that live or die by their wallets. Target, Best Buy, and Costco all report earnings over the next five days, and the results will tell us whether the "consumer resilience" narrative has any legs left or whether tariff headwinds and cumulative inflation have finally broken the shopper. Target kicks things off Tuesday morning, and it's a big one. This is the first full earnings report under ...
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Barclays just issued the kind of note that makes energy traders spill their coffee: Brent crude could test $100 per barrel when markets open Monday. That would be a 37% spike from Friday's close of $72.48. The trigger? The U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran over the weekend — and Iran's response of attempting to close the Strait of Hormuz. If you don't follow oil markets, here's why this matters to every investor on the planet. The Strait of Hormuz handles more than ...
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Here’s a stat that should stop every value investor in their tracks: the Global X FinTech ETF (FINX) has dropped 48% over the past five years. In the same period, the S&P 500 has risen 80% and the financial sector has climbed 59%. Fintech went from being the most overhyped corner of the market to one of the most overlooked. And that’s exactly when the smart money starts sniffing around. Two names sit at the center of this setup: PayPal and ...
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For the first time in 60 years, the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder letter didn’t come from Warren Buffett. Greg Abel, the 63-year-old Canadian who officially took over as CEO at the start of 2026, published his inaugural letter Saturday — and it was as revealing for what it didn’t say as for what it did. The headline number: Berkshire’s cash pile sits at $373.3 billion, down slightly from the $382 billion reported in Q3. Abel called it "dry powder" and "a ...
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The U.S. and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran Saturday morning, and investors are scrambling to figure out what Monday’s open will look like. The S&P 500 fell 0.43% on Friday in anticipation, the Dow dropped 521 points, the Nasdaq shed nearly 1%, and Dow futures sank another 622 points after the news broke. Oil jumped above $72 a barrel. Gold surged 11% in February alone. Classic risk-off chaos. But here’s what most traders are missing: the real story isn’t the ...
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