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Gold and silver pull back after record surge — is this a buying window for investors?

LONDON — Gold and silver prices fell sharply on Friday, ending a multiweek rally that pushed both metals to record nominal levels and prompting traders to reassess whether the pullback creates a tactical entry point or signals a broader reversal. The selloff erased a portion of January’s extraordinary gains, which

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Microsoft sheds $357 billion in value as AI optimism collides with data‑center bottlenecks and cautious guidance

NEW YORK — A brutal post‑earnings selloff wiped roughly 357 billion dollars from Microsoft’s market capitalization in a single session, underscoring how sensitive investors have become to any sign of strain in the company’s cloud and artificial intelligence growth story as of 29 January 2026. Shares fell about

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Deutsche Bank delivers record Q4 profit but faces fresh money-laundering probe as investors weigh risk and reward

FRANKFURT — Deutsche Bank posted stronger‑than‑expected fourth‑quarter profit and record annual earnings for 2025, even as fresh searches by German authorities over alleged money‑laundering lapses reminded investors that legal and regulatory risks remain central to the lender’s story as of [DATE]. The bank reported profit attributable

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

India-EU 'Mother of All Deals' Seals Historic Trade Zone, Markets Brace for Trump Response

WASHINGTON — India and the European Union finalised a sweeping free-trade agreement this week that leaders on both sides hailed as a historic reset for global commerce. The pact creates a commercial corridor encompassing roughly two billion consumers and a substantial share of global trade. Policymakers and investors are now focused

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6 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Premarket movers: Netflix slides on deal costs while United rallies on premium demand and Kraft Heinz falls after Berkshire filing

NEW YORK — Wall Street opened Wednesday premarket with sharply divergent movers as earnings and regulatory filings landed in the same narrow window, forcing traders to choose between durable operational beats and headline-driven uncertainty. Netflix, United Airlines and Kraft Heinz each illustrated different pressure points: a technology platform negotiating a costly

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Deutsche Bank warns AI investors of ‘hardest year yet’ as hype collides with costs and constraints

FRANKFURT — Artificial intelligence is heading into what one major bank describes as its most testing phase yet, as sky‑high expectations meet the realities of cost, infrastructure and public skepticism in 2026. In a new note to clients dated 20 January, analysts at a leading European investment bank characterize the

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Global investors dump U.S. assets as dollar and Treasuries slide on Trump’s Greenland tariff threat

NEW YORK — Global investors accelerated a broad shift out of U.S. assets this week as a sharp drop in the dollar, a selloff in Treasuries and a spike in gold prices converged into what traders are calling a renewed “sell America” trade. The move followed President Donald Trump’s

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6 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

European chipmakers rally as TSMC’s record profit ignites AI demand trade

LONDON — European semiconductor stocks jumped on Thursday after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company reported a record fourth-quarter profit, reinforcing the view that the artificial intelligence hardware cycle is far from peaking and sending shares in Dutch lithography champion ASML up sharply in both Amsterdam and New York. Investors rotated back into

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6 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Banks Slide as Trump Pushes 10% Credit Card Rate Cap Amid Industry Backlash

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump demanded a one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10 percent, effective January 20, prompting sharp declines in shares of major banks including Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase. The proposal, posted on Truth Social, accused lenders of exploiting consumers with rates as high as 30

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Powell Probe Sends Futures Lower as Markets Juggle Fed Independence Risk

NEW YORK — U.S. stock futures slid and the dollar weakened after federal prosecutors opened a criminal inquiry into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a development Powell said involved grand jury subpoenas that threatened a criminal indictment and that he characterised as an effort to influence monetary policy. Traders and

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Why DeepSeek Shook Markets in 2025 — and Why It Hasn’t Done So Since

NEW YORK — When DeepSeek released its R1 model in January 2025 and global indices plunged in reaction, many investors expected a new, persistent regime of volatility driven by fast, low-cost artificial intelligence. The initial market response was dramatic and immediate: a rout in AI-linked equities, heavy repricing of chipmakers, and

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

U.S. Stock Futures Hold Steady After U.S. Strikes in Venezuela and Capture of Nicolás Maduro

NEW YORK — U.S. stock index futures traded in a narrow range on the first full trading week of January as investors digested a sudden U.S. military operation in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and weighed the implications for energy markets, risk assets and

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

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