Large-cap biopharma offers stable growth and dividends, outperforming the S&P 500 in early 2026. With Gilead up 46% and Pfizer yielding 6%, the sector remains a key volatility hedge following successful U.S. manufacturing negotiations.

Oracle shares rose about 3.6% after the company announced plans to raise up to $50 billion to expand cloud capacity.

The Canadian Dollar extends its losses against the US Dollar on Monday, as renewed Greenback strength and falling Oil prices weigh on the commodity-linked Loonie.

The reality is that while stocks have hit new all-time highs, things have been troubling for the banks/ financial firms “behind the scenes” for months now.

The UK's FTSE 100 posted modest gains on Monday as investors shifted their focus to defensive sectors like pharmaceuticals and consumer staples amid a global downturn in energy and metal stocks.

Advanced Micro Devices’ stock surged more than 5% on Monday as investors positioned ahead of the semiconductor company’s quarterly earnings report, due after the market closes on Tuesday.

Oil prices have fallen due to reduced risk after President Trump stepped back from attacking Iran

Gold remains under pressure after reversing from $5,600.

US manufacturing is rebounding as the ISM index soared to 52.6, its highest since August 2022. While production and new orders surged, economists warn of unsustainable inventory building and high prices linked to tariffs.

Commodities and foreign stocks led the performance race in January for the major asset classes, based on a set of ETF proxies.

The January ISM Manufacturing report signals a strong shift toward expansion, with the headline index hitting a multi-year high of 52.6.

The markets have been rocked by news of a possible intervention to control the Japanese yen slump, after it reached a forty-year low relative to the US dollar.

Weeks ago, I speculated that Bitcoin would soon fall to “75,000-ish“. Well, I was awfully close! The low from trading last night matched with literally 99.99% accuracy the Liberation Low from back in April.

Although the benchmark indices opened lower, they traded negatively throughout the session and ultimately closed red.

The stock market was jolted on Friday following a Wall Street Journal report that Nvidia was reconsidering its massive $100 billion investment in OpenAI.

Gold price analysis suggests the probability of further downside as the stronger dollar weighs on the precious metal.

The top news at the start of the week is the ongoing meltdown in the metals market.

The S&P 500 had a remarkably subdued week compared to other markets.

The COT currency market speculator bets were overall decisively higher this week as ten out of the eleven currency markets we cover had higher positioning while the other one markets had lower speculator contracts.

Gold fell over 10% last Friday, and that was the good news from the metals.