Markets

Markets

S&P Global Shares Dragged by Market’s “Most Bearish Possible” AI Anxieties

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In the four trading days before Tuesday, S&P Global mostly sidestepped the Great Software Panic, its shares falling a mere 3.8% in all.

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Blockchain

Bitcoin Sinks to 14-Month Low amid Plot Twist in Safe-Haven Story

The cryptocurrency market has lost half a trillion dollars in value since last Thursday, according to CoinGecko data.

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Markets

Tether Outbuys Most Central Banks in Gold Bunker Buildup

Tether seems to be prioritizing buying gold because its value isn’t tied to governments as tightly as fiat currencies are.

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Markets

Crypto Firm BitGo Kicks off Huge Year for IPOs

Artificial intelligence companies Anthropic and OpenAI have already taken early steps toward an IPO, The New York Times recently reported.

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Markets

Limbo for Longer: Don’t Expect More Fed Rate Cuts Before Mid-2026

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2026 presents a catch-22 for the Fed. It normally cuts rates to buoy hiring, which tightened last year, but that could drive up inflation.

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Markets

Wall Street Gets Squeezed by Twin Global Crises

Yields on ultra-long 40-year Japanese Government Bonds (JGB) rose 0.26 percentage points Tuesday, reaching 4.2%, an all-time high.

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Markets

SpaceX, OpenAI Dominate Speculation About $3 Trillion IPO Geyser

A logjam keeping companies worth as much as $2.9 trillion, from SpaceX to OpenAI, out of public stock markets may finally break in 2026.

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Markets

Why Lower Interest Rates May Not Deliver the Affordability Washington Wants

In recent days the spread between the 10-year and two-year yields has been hovering near the highest levels since April.

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Artificial Intelligence

Dan Ives: Trillions in AI Spending Are Just the Start of ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’

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Dan Ives has traveled more than 3 million miles over 25 years, touring data centers, and meeting CEOs and CIOs where AI is being built.

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Finance

Greg Abel Earned Warren Buffett’s Trust. Now, He Has Buffett’s Job

Greg Abel earned Warren Buffett’s trust and, eventually, his job. Here’s what you need to know about Berkshire Hathaway’s new, lower-key CEO.

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Cryptocurrency

Burned Bitcoin Investors Enter New Year with Less Swagger

Bitcoin, the No. 1 crypto by market cap, hasn’t recovered from a flash crash, chopping more than $1 trillion from the broader sector’s value.

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ETF

Bubble Worries Fail to Break Wall Street’s Gold Dust Fever

Forecasters predict gold’s rally will stretch through December 2026, although one analysis says there’s reason for caution.

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Finance

Investors Hope the Santa Rally Is Hitching Up Its Reindeer

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The S&P 500 has posted an average gain of 1.3% during this seven-day December-to-January period since 1950

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