Seagate Technology has been a wildly lucrative “picks and shovels” play on AI over the past year, as evidenced by its more-than-230% gain. However, investors should be prepared for volatility.

Here is a short look at the 10 largest companies by market capitalization as of Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. Additionally, I have included the percentages of their gains on a year-to-date basis. Let's dive into the numbers.

What has Wall Street been buzzing about this week? Here is a quick look at the top 5 Buy calls and the top 5 Sell calls made by Wall Street’s best analysts during the trading week of Jan. 26-30, 2026.

The year has opened with cross-asset volatility, driven by geopolitical risk, monetary uncertainty, and uneven earnings visibility. Rather than triggering sell-offs, these forces are producing sector and asset-class rotations. Let's take a look.

We discuss the most misunderstood ideas in finance: the difference between saving vs investing, and money vs currency.

The action across a number of markets has started to get pretty wild recently.

Inflation has been above target for five years. There are indications that a historic AI spending boom poses significant inflationary risk.

Affordability is the intersection of “need” and “want”. Everyone has a certain level of purchasing power, based on their assets, income and credit limits.

Natural gas futures on the Nymex had a bullish week before closing 22% higher than the previous one at $4.41.

Heavy put buying in GLD and SLV was a dead giveaway about the growing nervousness of the precious metals trade. Yesterday that nervousness turned into a fever. Selling fever.

ETH drops below $2,800 to $2,700 as charts point to potential 22% decline toward $2,100 target with key support at $2,500.

This week reinforced a key message for investors: markets are transitioning from broad AI enthusiasm to a more disciplined phase where earnings quality, capital efficiency, and macro resilience matter more than narratives.

Chainlink shows short-term rebound from oversold levels near $10.83.

The big sell-off in gold and silver on the news of the Warsh nomination is an overreaction and doesn’t reflect any real change in the economic or financial landscape.

China is forecast to contribute 26.6% of global real GDP growth in 2026, by far the largest share of any country.

​​​​​​​Joby Aviation is at the forefront of the eVTOL industry, aiming to revolutionize urban transport with its air taxis.

Despite the nomination, doubts are growing over whether Warsh will secure Senate approval.

The GBP/USD weekly forecast remains slightly subdued as the markets pared partial weekly gains amid dollar recovery and profit-taking.

Transshipment is a real problem for someone like Trump trying to impose high tariffs, but the Chinese cars going to Canada are not going to be the issue.

Central banks from Washington to Frankfurt are telling us they're in a good place. And they have a point, even if that seems wildly at odds with gestures at everything going on in the world.