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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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Well, well, well. Just when you thought 2026 couldn't get any more interesting, here comes some good old-fashioned geopolitical drama to shake up your portfolio. The weekend attacks on Iran have oil traders reaching for their stress balls and energy stocks doing a little happy dance. Here's the deal: Iran is reportedly moving to close the Strait of Hormuz, which is basically the world's most important oil highway. We're talking about 13 million barrels of crude flowing through there daily – ...
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So here's a fun Thursday story: while the rest of the stock market was basically having an existential crisis, Dollar General decided to be the main character and jumped 5%. Because apparently, someone didn't get the memo about having a terrible day. Here's what happened: Dollar General dropped their Q4 earnings, and it was... well, let's call it "complicated." Like that friend who says they're "fine" but clearly has some stuff going on. The Good News (Revenue Was Actually Decent) Revenue hit $10.3 ...
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So here's the deal: Big Tech is about to drop $700 billion this year on AI infrastructure. That's roughly $2 billion per day flowing into data centers, GPUs, and enough cooling systems to make Antarctica jealous. Wall Street is having a collective panic attack, wondering if this is the biggest money bonfire since pets.com. But here's the thing – when you actually crunch the numbers (and I mean really crunch them, not just panic-tweet), this spending spree might be the smartest ...
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Remember when AI was going to make us all rich? Yeah, well, Wall Street got the memo that maybe robots taking everyone's jobs isn't actually bullish for the economy. Who could have seen that coming? The tech sector is currently having what can only be described as an existential crisis. Software stocks are getting absolutely demolished after some fancy AI updates from Anthropic made everyone realize that, hey, maybe this whole "AI will replace knowledge workers" thing is actually happening. Even ...
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