One of the top-performing investments in the market is something many investors completely overlook. You might not realize it, but gold is up 78% in a Year. That's right -- the precious metal that is often thought of as a boring hedge against inflation. In this video, Fool.com analyst Tyler Crowe joins me to discuss gold's remarkable run and some outside-the-box ways to capitalize on it in your po...
One of the top-performing investments in the market is something many investors completely overlook. You might not realize it, but gold is up 78% in a Year. That's right -- the precious metal that is often thought of as a boring hedge against inflation. In this video, Fool.com analyst Tyler Crowe joins me to discuss gold's remarkable run and some outside-the-box ways to capitalize on it in your portfolio. *Stock prices used were the morning prices of Jan 22, 2026. The video was published on Jan 23, 2026.
The European Central Bank needs to keep all options available due to the unstable global backdrop, particularly on trade, according to Governing Council member Martin Kocher . While officials remain “in a good place,” they face “still very high” uncertainty, the Austrian central-bank head told Bloomberg Television on Tuesday. “It’s important to have full optionality” in both directions, he said. “...
The European Central Bank needs to keep all options available due to the unstable global backdrop, particularly on trade, according to Governing Council member Martin Kocher . While officials remain “in a good place,” they face “still very high” uncertainty, the Austrian central-bank head told Bloomberg Television on Tuesday. “It’s important to have full optionality” in both directions, he said. “Monetary policy has to be able to react to any kind of risks manifesting themselves quickly and decisively.” Policymakers have held borrowing costs steady since June, deeming themselves well positioned as inflation hovers around their 2% goal. The ECB’s latest forecasts foresee only a minor dip below that target before an eventual return. Investors and economists don’t see rates being touched in the foreseeable future. Risks remain, with President Donald Trump ’s demands over Greenland and renewed tariff threats — even if walked back — serving as a reminder of how abruptly the backdrop can shift. At their last meeting, ECB officials also urged total flexibility if the outlook changes or a major shock hits, according to an account published last week. “We want to be able to react quickly to anything that happens,” Kocher said. “We have seen that last week with additional tariff threats. So we have to be careful. There might be some repercussions. There may be effects on the development of the European economy.” The euro zone is set to expand by more than 1% this year, thanks in part to government spending on infrastructure and defense in Germany and beyond. Business surveys by S&P Global last week showed the private sector maintained moderate growth in January. Inflation, meanwhile, eased to 1.9% in December and is expected to slow further at the start of the year. Underlying price pressures have remained more stubborn, however, especially in the services sector. “As long as we are seeing modest divergence from the target, I think we are fine,” Kocher said. “But if there is,...
Space is an increasingly crowded place thanks to the constant influx of new satellites and it’s only to get more cramped as the cost to get to orbit falls. Those dynamics have brought attention to startup Northwood Space, which has spent the last few years developing more modern and efficient ground-based communications infrastructure. The startup capitalized on that interest in two ways this week...
Space is an increasingly crowded place thanks to the constant influx of new satellites and it’s only to get more cramped as the cost to get to orbit falls. Those dynamics have brought attention to startup Northwood Space, which has spent the last few years developing more modern and efficient ground-based communications infrastructure. The startup capitalized on that interest in two ways this week. The El Segundo, California-based company announced on Tuesday it has closed a $100 million Series B funding round, led by Washington D.C.-based firm Washington Harbour Partners (which has been on a run of space investments) and co-led by Andreessen Horowitz. Northwood has also secured a $49.8 million contract with the United States Space Force to help upgrade what’s known as the “satellite control network,” which “handles a huge variety of consequential space missions for our government” including tracking and controlling GPS satellites, founder and CEO Bridgit Mendler said on a call with reporters. The funding round and government contract are major milestones for the company, which is just a few years old and only closed its $30 million Series A less than a year ago. But with so much interest in funding space tech, hard tech, and defense tech right now, Mendler said this was an opportunity for her company to grow responsibly and quickly. “Yes, this is happening faster than we thought — you know, two fundraises in the same year and large sums of capital,” she said. But, she pointed out, “that’s really what we’re ready for from a production standpoint.” Techcrunch event Disrupt 2026 Tickets: One-time offer Tickets are live! Save up to $680 while these rates last, and be among the first 500 registrants to get 50% off your +1 pass. TechCrunch Disrupt brings top leaders from Google Cloud, Netflix, Microsoft, Box, a16z, Hugging Face, and more to 250+ sessions designed to fuel growth and sharpen your edge. Connect with hundreds of innovative startups and join curated networkin...
For most of last year, investors were warned that hiding out in Big Tech was becoming a dangerous move. Turned out that wasn’t great advice. Up until November, the Magnificent Seven technology giants, including Nvidia Corp , Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. , accounted for most of the market’s double-digit advance. Since then, though? It’s been a different story. The long-forecast rotation from...
For most of last year, investors were warned that hiding out in Big Tech was becoming a dangerous move. Turned out that wasn’t great advice. Up until November, the Magnificent Seven technology giants, including Nvidia Corp , Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. , accounted for most of the market’s double-digit advance. Since then, though? It’s been a different story. The long-forecast rotation from tech is set to enter its fourth month, and few on Wall Street expect it to end. A version of the S&P 500 Index stripped of market-cap bias has jumped 6% since early November while the standard version has added just 1.6%. Materials, health care and consumer sectors have supplanted tech at the forefront. Small caps in the Russell 2000 Index have soared more than 7%. The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight exchange-traded fund ( RSP ) has taken in $4.8 billion this year through Friday, the third-most among about 1,500 US equity-focused ETFs. Optimism that the American economy is set to take off has fueled the rotation, with companies whose fortunes are closely tied to the business cycle attracting investor cash. At the same time, artificial intelligence investing has become less monolithic in the tech sector, with investors starting to choose winners and losers. “Street expectations for the next few years suggest that whether due to fiscal policy changes, monetary policy changes, the long-awaited industrial cycle or a mixture of all three, growth is set to broaden out considerably,” said Andrew Greenebaum , senior vice president of equity research product management at Jefferies LLC. The optimism is not without risks. The labor market remains cool, geopolitical tensions have heightened and domestic unrest may lead to another government shutdown. And, of course, calls for tech’s demise have failed to materialize for years now. Still, there are signs of measurable improvement in market breadth and earnings growth expanding into erstwhile laggards. Big Tech profit gains that have long...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Girard Sharp LLP, a national investment and securities class action firm in, announces an investigation into potential securities claims on behalf of Oracle Corporation investors who purchased senior notes or bonds issued on September 25, 2025. More About Oracle Oracle, headquartered in Austin, Texas, is a leading technology company that sells datab...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Girard Sharp LLP, a national investment and securities class action firm in, announces an investigation into potential securities claims on behalf of Oracle Corporation investors who purchased senior notes or bonds issued on September 25, 2025. More About Oracle Oracle, headquartered in Austin, Texas, is a leading technology company that sells database software, cloud services, and enterprise applications. The Company states, “For more than four decades, we’ve delivered innovations that have helped build entire industries.” Oracle further reports that their “mission is to help people see data in new ways, discover insights, [and] unlock endless possibilities.” Oracle’s AI Buildout and Bonds On September 10, 2025, Oracle and OpenAI signed a $300 billion contract under which Oracle will supply OpenAI with computing power over the next five years. Shortly after, on September 25, 2025, Oracle issued $18 billion in senior notes and bonds to fund its AI buildout. Seven weeks later, Oracle sought to raise an additional $38 billion through debt offerings to further support the expansion of its AI infrastructure. Girard Sharp’s investigation focuses on whether the Offering Materials may have included misrepresentations and omissions regarding its AI buildout that may have negatively impacted the value of the notes and bonds. If you are an Oracle bondholder who suffered losses, please fill out this form, email apolk@girardsharp.com, or call (866) 981-4800 for a free consultation. Why Girard Sharp? Girard Sharp represents investors, consumers, and institutions in class actions and other complex litigation nationwide. We recently obtained a $36.5 million securities settlement against Maxar Technologies, a space imagery company, after its share price collapsed following its acquisition of DigitalGlobe. Our attorneys have obtained multimillion-dollar recoveries for victims of unfair and deceptive practices in antitrust, financial f...
Buffett pointed to these two stocks as examples of the key to Berkshire Hathaway's success. In his 2022 annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Warren Buffett had no shortage of good news to tout. Since he took the helm of Berkshire in 1964, the conglomerate had notched a 3,787,464% gain, compared to 24,708% for the S&P 500 -- enough to turn every $1 initially invested into $37,875. Yet ...
Buffett pointed to these two stocks as examples of the key to Berkshire Hathaway's success. In his 2022 annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Warren Buffett had no shortage of good news to tout. Since he took the helm of Berkshire in 1964, the conglomerate had notched a 3,787,464% gain, compared to 24,708% for the S&P 500 -- enough to turn every $1 initially invested into $37,875. Yet the first number he brought up, apart from calling his capital allocation decisions in his 58-year tenure "so-so," was to cite two investments that he said were central to Berkshire's success. These two companies, each of which Berkshire coincidentally had invested $1.3 billion into, now paid annual dividends amounting to almost half of Berkshire's initial investment. This yield on cost was, Buffett predicted, highly likely to grow thanks to dividend hikes. Of course, this was more than three years ago. What were the two dividend stocks that Buffett felt deserved a special mention? And was his confidence in them well-placed? 1. Coca-Cola Buffett established his position in soft drink giant Coca-Cola (KO 0.44%) over a seven-year period, buying his 400 millionth share in August 1994. He hasn't bought a share since, but neither has he sold. And there's a good reason. In 1994, Berkshire was receiving $75 million a year in dividends from Coca-Cola. During the next 28 years, as the dividend increased each year, that number swelled to $704 million in 2022. Expand NYSE : KO Coca-Cola Today's Change ( -0.44 %) $ -0.32 Current Price $ 72.56 Key Data Points Market Cap $312B Day's Range $ 72.54 - $ 73.30 52wk Range $ 62.28 - $ 74.38 Volume 2.5K Avg Vol 17M Gross Margin 61.55 % Dividend Yield 2.81 % Today, Coca-Cola shares yield 2.8%. But while the $1.3 billion Buffett paid for his investment remains fixed, the annual dividend's continued growth pushed his yield on cost up to almost 50%. That's a remarkable feat considering that the S&P 500 has averaged annual returns of 10.5% during th...
Micron Technology Inc. announced its intention to allocate an additional $24 billion (about S$31 billion) in Singapore over the next decade, aiming to enhance its manufacturing capabilities amid limited memory availability, driven by increased adoption of AI. Based in Idaho, a state in the United States, the chipmaker clarified that it plans to utilize this investment to build a new NAND productio...
Micron Technology Inc. announced its intention to allocate an additional $24 billion (about S$31 billion) in Singapore over the next decade, aiming to enhance its manufacturing capabilities amid limited memory availability, driven by increased adoption of AI. Based in Idaho, a state in the United States, the chipmaker clarified that it plans to utilize this investment to build a new NAND production facility. NAND is a type of non-volatile storage technology that retains data even when power is turned off. Considering this advantage, several individuals view it as a more efficient alternative to hard disk drives. AI demand drives NAND shortages Micron’s investment is designed to boost NAND flash memory production, which is used in everything from enterprise solid‑state drives to AI data‑center infrastructure. Demand for these chips has surged as cloud providers, AI developers, and tech giants race to scale computing power and storage for increasingly complex models and data sets. Within the global memory industry, Micron competes primarily with South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. The main focus for these tech giants is creating high-end chips essential to AI infrastructure; therefore, they have reallocated resources away from memory chips used in other sectors. Following this decision, personal computer (PC) manufacturers and phone makers have expressed concern over the growing memory chip shortage, which has been impacting their operations since last year. MS Hwang, research director at Counterpoint Research, commented on the matter, alleging that, “Lately, NAND’s role in AI has increased, leading to a significant rise in NAND prices.” He further explained that, “Suppliers are cutting back on traditional consumer products like client SSDs for PCs and mobile flash storage while boosting production of enterprise SSDs for data center servers.” As the memory chip shortage intensifies across the tech ecosystem, executives at Micron stated they are opt...
Key Points Opendoor Technologies buys homes from willing sellers and attempts to flip them for a profit, which is a risky business model during the best of times. The U.S. real estate market is in a rut right now with significantly more sellers than buyers. Retail investors used social media to whip up a buying frenzy in Opendoor stock during 2025, but it could be set for a reversal in 2026. 10 st...
Key Points Opendoor Technologies buys homes from willing sellers and attempts to flip them for a profit, which is a risky business model during the best of times. The U.S. real estate market is in a rut right now with significantly more sellers than buyers. Retail investors used social media to whip up a buying frenzy in Opendoor stock during 2025, but it could be set for a reversal in 2026. 10 stocks we like better than Opendoor Technologies › Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ: OPEN) stock delivered a return of 264% in 2025, but that only tells a small part of the story. The stock hit a record low of $0.51 in June before rocketing higher by more than 2,000%, to reach $10.87 by September, as retail investors whipped up a buying frenzy using social media platforms like Reddit and X (formerly Twitter). Opendoor operates in the real estate sector, so with the U.S. Federal Reserve cutting interest rates six times since late 2024, a little optimism from investors might be warranted. However, this company faces some structural issues that will be very difficult to overcome, even with a new chief executive officer who's implementing a fresh strategy. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » Here's what could be in store for Opendoor stock during 2026. Opendoor's business model has a concerning track record Selling a home is an enormous undertaking for most owners, which is why they hire a professional agent to manage the process. But not even the best agents can guarantee a timely sale, which leaves the seller in a state of uncertainty for weeks or even months. Opendoor operates a direct-buying service. Willing sellers can enter some basic details about their home on the company's website, and they will be presented with a cash offer they can accept or reject. If they choose to proceed, Opendoor can get the deal closed in just a couple of weeks -- no...
Northwood , a maker of critical ground infrastructure for space satellites, raised $100 million in a new funding round led jointly by Washington Harbour Partners and Andreessen Horowitz . The money will be used to help Northwood expand manufacturing and production, supporting space missions that need to happen on tight timelines, the startup said Tuesday. The company declined to give its valuation...
Northwood , a maker of critical ground infrastructure for space satellites, raised $100 million in a new funding round led jointly by Washington Harbour Partners and Andreessen Horowitz . The money will be used to help Northwood expand manufacturing and production, supporting space missions that need to happen on tight timelines, the startup said Tuesday. The company declined to give its valuation. Northwood, based in southern California, makes phased array antennas, mobile ground infrastructure that increases satellites’ connectivity to Earth. While there’s been a massive build-out of satellites for telecommunications, defense and climate monitoring, the equipment for controlling and communicating with them is aging and becoming obsolete. Northwood was co-founded and is led by Chief Executive Officer Bridgit Mendler . She is a former Disney Channel actress and platinum singer-song writer. “Northwood provides the only viable approach capable of scaling ground station capacity to match expected satellite proliferation with the pace and security required,” Mina Faltas , founder and CEO at Washington Harbour Partners, said in an email. The latest round comes less than a year after Northwood raised $30 million in funding also co-led by Andreessen Horowitz. Additionally, the startup has secured a $49.8 million contract from the US Space Force in support of launches as well as recovering lost or tumbling satellites. Northwood, founded in 2022, isn’t the only company focusing on ground infrastructure. BlueHalo, for example, has a $1.4 billion deal with the US Space Force to upgrade decades-old gear with their own defense-focused, steerable, phased array antennas.