A couple of weeks into 2026, the cryptocurrency market appears to be roaring back to life. With just a few exceptions, every major cryptocurrency is up to start the year as I write this. But I'm not convinced that this rally is going to persist throughout the year. The following four cryptocurrencies are at serious risk of a decline of 50% or more in value. You have been warned. Let's start with t...
A couple of weeks into 2026, the cryptocurrency market appears to be roaring back to life. With just a few exceptions, every major cryptocurrency is up to start the year as I write this. But I'm not convinced that this rally is going to persist throughout the year. The following four cryptocurrencies are at serious risk of a decline of 50% or more in value. You have been warned. Let's start with the obvious picks first: Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) and Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) . Both of these meme coins are up more than 15% to start 2026, but I think this is really just a dead-dog bounce . These meme coins are fundamentally worthless, and their massive market caps are really just a result of their very high circulating coin supplies. Continue reading
The consumer space is starting to rebound, and now could be a good time to pick up some stocks in the sector as they begin to gain momentum. Let's look at two soaring stocks to buy now. Amazon 's (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock has rallied nicely off last spring's lows, and the stock looks well set up for 2026. Despite tariffs and shaken consumer confidence, consumer spending remains robust, and Amazon has a...
The consumer space is starting to rebound, and now could be a good time to pick up some stocks in the sector as they begin to gain momentum. Let's look at two soaring stocks to buy now. Amazon 's (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock has rallied nicely off last spring's lows, and the stock looks well set up for 2026. Despite tariffs and shaken consumer confidence, consumer spending remains robust, and Amazon has also been seeing strong operating leverage in its e-commerce operations. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
North Korea is producing enough nuclear material a year for up to 20 weapons, South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday. “Even now, nuclear materials sufficient to produce 10 to 20 nuclear weapons a year are still being produced” in North Korea, Lee told reporters at a new year news conference. At the same time, the North is continuing to improve its long-range ballistic missile tech...
North Korea is producing enough nuclear material a year for up to 20 weapons, South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday. “Even now, nuclear materials sufficient to produce 10 to 20 nuclear weapons a year are still being produced” in North Korea, Lee told reporters at a new year news conference. At the same time, the North is continuing to improve its long-range ballistic missile technology aimed at striking the US mainland, Lee added. “At some point, North Korea will have secured...
Japan’s second-biggest bank plans to aggressively rebuild its local sovereign debt holdings once a wild surge in yields runs its course. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. is prepared to increase its Japanese government bond portfolio to as much as double the current ¥10.6 trillion ($67 billion) after it makes a full-scale return to the debt, global markets head Arihiro Nagata said in an intervi...
Japan’s second-biggest bank plans to aggressively rebuild its local sovereign debt holdings once a wild surge in yields runs its course. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. is prepared to increase its Japanese government bond portfolio to as much as double the current ¥10.6 trillion ($67 billion) after it makes a full-scale return to the debt, global markets head Arihiro Nagata said in an interview. Japanese bonds tumbled on Tuesday, sending long-term yields to a record high on concerns over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ’s fiscal policies ahead of an election . Yields have surged in the past couple of years as the Bank of Japan wound down its massive bond buying, spurring speculation over when banks and other big investors will head back to the market after seeking higher returns abroad. “I always loved foreign bond investment, but not anymore. Now it’s JGBs,” said Nagata, who started his career as a dealer in the dollar-funding market in the late 1990s and took his current role last April. Nagata made the comments in a wide-ranging interview where he also gave a few eye-catching predictions about Japanese markets, including the potential for the yen to hit 180 against the dollar in the coming years and the likelihood of the Nikkei 225 Stock Average climbing past 60,000 by the end of this year, from under 53,000 now. He expects the benchmark 10-year bond yield to exceed 2.5% by the end of this year, and sees its fair value in a range of 2.5% to 3%. Ten-year yields were about 2.3% on Wednesday morning in Tokyo. Sumitomo Mitsui is already buying some 30-year bonds , Nagata said, adding that they were already around fair value at the start of this week. Yields on the notes soared more than 25 basis points to a record on Tuesday. Japanese banks have been reducing their local sovereign debt holdings and holding off from making fresh purchases at a time when yields are still rising and newly bought notes can quickly lose their value. Nagata said he is still cautious abo...
(RTTNews) - Wintrust Financial Corp. (WTFC) announced earnings for its fourth quarter that Increased, from the same period last year and beat the Street estimates.
(RTTNews) - Wintrust Financial Corp. (WTFC) announced earnings for its fourth quarter that Increased, from the same period last year and beat the Street estimates.
US President Donald Trump’s plane, Air Force One, is returning to Joint Base Andrews after departing for Switzerland on Tuesday evening. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the decision to return was made after take-off when the crew aboard Air Force One identified “a minor electrical issue” and, out of an abundance of caution, decided to turn around. A reporter on board said the lig...
US President Donald Trump’s plane, Air Force One, is returning to Joint Base Andrews after departing for Switzerland on Tuesday evening. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the decision to return was made after take-off when the crew aboard Air Force One identified “a minor electrical issue” and, out of an abundance of caution, decided to turn around. A reporter on board said the lights in the press cabin of the aircraft went out briefly after take-off, but no explanation was...
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Watch: Creepy Guy Trains Crows For Months To Attack MAGA Hats A man styling himself "biz_dave" on Threads claims to have orchestrated what can only be described as the Resistance's most feather-brained gambit yet: training crows to pilfer red baseball caps in service of opposing President Donald Trump . Naturally, this has elevated him to something approaching sainthood among the online Resistance...
Watch: Creepy Guy Trains Crows For Months To Attack MAGA Hats A man styling himself "biz_dave" on Threads claims to have orchestrated what can only be described as the Resistance's most feather-brained gambit yet: training crows to pilfer red baseball caps in service of opposing President Donald Trump . Naturally, this has elevated him to something approaching sainthood among the online Resistance. Dave claimed that the operation involved conditioning a murder of crows - a term that has never seemed more apt - to recognize a feeding station and subsequently engage in aerial larceny against red headwear. The sad man's admirers have dubbed the result an "anti-MAGA flying army," a phrase that does more to explain the current state of progressive activism than any think-piece possibly could, the Daily Star reports. Dave has meticulously chronicled his ornithological jihad on Threads, offering videos, photographs, and a veritable field manual for those inspired to conscript their own backyard fauna into the culture wars. He began with the fundamentals of corvid care: "The crows will eat lots of things, but I recommend sticking to peanuts, chicken scraps, mealworms, and dog kibble." One pictures him at the grocery store, carefully selecting provisions for his feathered shock troops. View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads Dave confessed that the true obstacle was less philosophical than practical. "Getting the crows to come regularly to the feeding place took the longest. That was about a 4-month endeavor," he claimed. Four months - roughly the length of time required to master a foreign language or complete a professional certification - devoted instead to establishing diplomatic relations with local scavengers . Following a reliable peanut subsidy and months of patient courtship, the birds apparently agreed to join the cause . "Once they were coming regularly, it was only about three months to get them to the hat removal stage," Dave said, accord...