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Oil surges as markets price military risk after Vance warns Iran ignored U.S. red lines

WASHINGTON — Oil prices surged on Wednesday as traders re-priced the likelihood that diplomacy between Washington and Tehran will fail and that force could be used to prevent a nuclear breakout. The immediate market reaction was emphatic: U.S. crude futures closed sharply higher and benchmark Brent rose several dollars, the

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Bitcoin's 'Death' Count Hits 467: How It Reanimated Each Time and What Investors Should Do Now

NEW YORK — Bitcoin has been declared dead so often that the claim has become market lore. The pattern is familiar: a sharp selloff, a headline or regulatory shock, and a wave of obituaries across social platforms and financial pages. Yet the asset has repeatedly recovered, sometimes after months of consolidation

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

European futures edge up as oil recovers and AI worries cool; STOXX futures test 623

LONDON — European stock futures pointed to a modestly higher open on Wednesday as investors balanced easing geopolitical tensions, a small rebound in oil and persistent uncertainty about how rapid corporate AI adoption will reshape earnings. Futures for broad European benchmarks were up from Tuesday's close in thin seasonal

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

AI ‘Scare Trade’ Returns: Global Markets Jolt Ahead of India AI Impact Summit

London — Global markets entered the week with a cautious mood as a renewed "AI scare trade" rippled through equity benches and into pockets of credit, transport and real estate, raising fresh questions about where artificial intelligence will create winners and losers. Investors spent the prior session unloading software

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

AI Spending Drives Big-Tech Debt Surge as Weak Retail Sales Spur Market Rotation

NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market produced a sharply bifurcated session on Monday as a narrow group of industrial giants propelled the Dow Jones to another record closing level while the broader S&P 500 and Nasdaq declined after a weaker-than-expected retail sales report, a juxtaposition that highlights

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

AI Shock Tests $3tn Private Credit Market as Software Rout Exposes Concentration Risk

NEW YORK — A fresh wave of concern has rippled through private credit markets as investors and asset managers reassess how loans to software companies will perform if artificial intelligence permanently compresses revenues, shortens product life cycles, or reduces the buyer pool for distressed assets. The private-credit ecosystem has grown rapidly

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

BITCOIN BOUNCE AVOIDS $60K BREAK AS ETF OUTFLOWS AND LIQUIDATIONS DRIVE VOLATILITY

NEW YORK — Bitcoin narrowly avoided a sustained break below $60,000 on Friday, snapping a late-session slide and reclaiming ground into the mid-$60,000s by the close as buyers stepped in at a psychologically important level. The move capped a turbulent set of trading sessions that saw the cryptocurrency

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

SILVER SELL-OFF SNAPS SHORT-LIVED REBOUND AS MARGIN CALLS, LEVERAGE AND OPTIONS TRADING ROIL MARKETS

LONDON — Silver resumed a violent descent on Thursday, erasing a short-lived rebound and forcing traders, treasurers and risk managers to confront how fragile liquidity, large leveraged exposures and options-driven mechanics can amplify moves in a small but crowded market. Prices moved from record highs reached in late January to rout

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

DeepSeek Reshapes AI Markets in 2026: Efficiency Wave Reprices Chips, Cloud Spend and Compliance

NEW YORK — DeepSeek's ascent from a Chinese research lab to a global market force has forced investors, customers and regulators to rewrite assumptions about cost curves, supply chains and legal exposure for large language models. What began as a sudden market shock in January 2025 has, as of

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6 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Gold surges past $5,000 as Asia markets slip on U.S. tech sell‑off, software stocks extend 2026 decline

SINGAPORE — Gold pushed decisively above the $5,000 per troy ounce threshold at the close of Asian trading on Feb. 3, 2026, while regional equity markets mostly fell after a renewed sell‑off in U.S. technology shares. The move in bullion reflected a combination of safe‑haven flows, dollar

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

GOLD AND SILVER STABILIZE AFTER HISTORIC PLUNGE AS ANALYSTS CALL RALLY INTACT

LONDON — Gold and silver steadied on Tuesday after an unprecedented run of volatile trading erased a large portion of January’s gains, forcing market participants to reassess liquidity assumptions and hedging plans. Spot gold recovered into the mid-4,700s dollars per ounce range in early Asian trade while U.S.

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

European Stocks Slip at Open as Global Risk Sentiment Returns, Mining and Metals Lead Losses

LONDON — European equity markets opened lower on Monday as a renewed wave of risk aversion rippled through global markets, driven by renewed concerns in technology, volatility in precious metals and a cautious tone from bond markets. The pan‑European benchmark fell in early trade, with commodity‑linked sectors among the

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

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