Despite being one of the biggest Bitcoin bulls out there, Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) hasn't been a great buy of late. Last year was disappointing for the leading cryptocurrency, as its value fell by about 5%, but it was a much worse one for Strategy, whose share price plummeted a whopping 48%. As the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, digital assets play a big role in the company's financials and i...
Despite being one of the biggest Bitcoin bulls out there, Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) hasn't been a great buy of late. Last year was disappointing for the leading cryptocurrency, as its value fell by about 5%, but it was a much worse one for Strategy, whose share price plummeted a whopping 48%. As the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, digital assets play a big role in the company's financials and in determining whether it's profitable. The question is, could now be a great time to consider buying shares of the tech company? Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Investors in biotechnology company Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) had a rollercoaster ride in 2025, driven by clinical trial data, or rather, the perception of the clinical trial data. Let's take a brief look at what happened and how the stock is shaping up for 2026. The narrative around the company is dominated by its lead pipeline drug, VK2735. It's a Dual GLP-1 /GIP agonist in development f...
Investors in biotechnology company Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) had a rollercoaster ride in 2025, driven by clinical trial data, or rather, the perception of the clinical trial data. Let's take a brief look at what happened and how the stock is shaping up for 2026. The narrative around the company is dominated by its lead pipeline drug, VK2735. It's a Dual GLP-1 /GIP agonist in development for diabetes and, more importantly from a financial perspective, obesity. It's set to compete with well-known blockbuster weight-loss drugs, Novo Nordisk's Wegovy (semaglutide) and Eli Lilly's Zepbound (tirzepatide). VK2735 is being developed in both subcutaneous (under the skin) and oral forms. The oral version is especially appealing because many patients prefer pills over injections, pills can be stored at room temperature, and they are easier to take. Continue reading
Bitcoin 's (CRYPTO: BTC) price hit an all-time high of $126,210.50 on Oct. 6, 2025, but it now trades at about $90,000. The world's top cryptocurrency pulled back nearly 30% as many investors booked profits, triggering leveraged liquidations. Geopolitical tensions, tariffs, and other macroeconomic headwinds exacerbated that selling pressure. Nevertheless, Strategy 's (NASDAQ: MSTR) Michael Saylor ...
Bitcoin 's (CRYPTO: BTC) price hit an all-time high of $126,210.50 on Oct. 6, 2025, but it now trades at about $90,000. The world's top cryptocurrency pulled back nearly 30% as many investors booked profits, triggering leveraged liquidations. Geopolitical tensions, tariffs, and other macroeconomic headwinds exacerbated that selling pressure. Nevertheless, Strategy 's (NASDAQ: MSTR) Michael Saylor -- who orchestrated his software company's historic transformation into Bitcoin's most prominent corporate investor over the past five and a half years -- still expects the token's price to soar more than 1,000% to $1,000,000 this year. Let's see if that top Bitcoin maximalist 's bold prediction might come true. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Cotton futures are slipping back 5 to 12 points on Tuesday. Crude oil futures are up $1.07 per barrel at $60.33. The US dollar index is collapsing $0.926 at $98.275. CFTC’s Commitment of Traders report from Friday indicated managed money increasing their net short in cotton futures and options by...
Cotton futures are slipping back 5 to 12 points on Tuesday. Crude oil futures are up $1.07 per barrel at $60.33. The US dollar index is collapsing $0.926 at $98.275. CFTC’s Commitment of Traders report from Friday indicated managed money increasing their net short in cotton futures and options by...
The wheat complex is trading with weakness on Tuesday across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures are posting 6 to 7 cent Tuesday losses. KC HRW futures are showing 3 to 4 cent losses at midday. MPLS spring wheat is down 2 to 3 cents in the front months on...
The wheat complex is trading with weakness on Tuesday across the three markets. Chicago SRW futures are posting 6 to 7 cent Tuesday losses. KC HRW futures are showing 3 to 4 cent losses at midday. MPLS spring wheat is down 2 to 3 cents in the front months on...
President Donald Trump’s threat to pile new tariffs on some European countries resisting his effort to obtain Greenland have put trade fights back on the front burner and rattled global financial markets.
President Donald Trump’s threat to pile new tariffs on some European countries resisting his effort to obtain Greenland have put trade fights back on the front burner and rattled global financial markets.
Trump’s demand for Greenland is a throwback to the 1884 Berlin conference: a transaction of land and people driven by a might makes right worldview The announcement on 17 January that Washington will impose punitive tariffs of 10% to 25% on eight European allies – unless they facilitate the “complete and total purchase” of Greenland – is likely to be the death knell of the post-1945 transatlantic ...
Trump’s demand for Greenland is a throwback to the 1884 Berlin conference: a transaction of land and people driven by a might makes right worldview The announcement on 17 January that Washington will impose punitive tariffs of 10% to 25% on eight European allies – unless they facilitate the “complete and total purchase” of Greenland – is likely to be the death knell of the post-1945 transatlantic order. By linking the territorial sovereignty of a Nato ally to trade access, the US has transitioned from Europe’s security guarantor to a 19th-century imperial rent-seeker. This is a moment of profound rupture. For decades, the western world believed that raw imperialism had been relegated to the past among advanced industrial powers. Even China, for all its assertiveness, largely couches its ambitions in the language of revanchism – the “reclaiming” of lost territory. Washington’s current demand for Greenland, by contrast, is a throwback to the age of the 1884 Berlin conference: a transaction of land and people driven by a might makes right worldview. Christopher S Chivvis is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former US national intelligence officer for Europe Continue reading...
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Stocks fell sharply and bond yields spiked higher on Tuesday after President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that he will put 10% tariffs, beginning Feb. 1, on a bunch of European Union nations that oppose his plan to pu...
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Stocks fell sharply and bond yields spiked higher on Tuesday after President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that he will put 10% tariffs, beginning Feb. 1, on a bunch of European Union nations that oppose his plan to purchase Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. Trump said those tariffs will escalate to 25% on June 1. Some volatility was needed to work off the stock market's overbought condition, but many believed the Trump administration left the idea of new tariffs behind in 2025. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq on Tuesday dropped roughly 2% each. The big test over the next few days will be whether global leaders work together to forge a path toward de-escalation, or if the harsh rhetoric ratchets up even further. After making numerous sales last week to raise cash when the market was overbought, we nibbled on Alphabet shares earlier in the session just in case this issue is resolved promptly. If it were to drag on, last week's cash raise provides us with a buffer against continued volatility and opportunism. Boeing scored more orders for its 787 Dreamliner wide-body long-haul aircraft. Boeing announced on Tuesday that Ethiopian Airlines ordered nine more jets. The deal is in addition to the airline's commitment for 11 MAXs, which was first announced at the Dubai Air Show back in November. Despite the U.S. stock market volatility on Tuesday, Club stock Boeing held up relatively well — moving only slightly lower in afternoon trading. It made a new 52-week high earlier in the session. With tariffs back in the picture, at least for now, we're wondering if the market thinks a path to de-escalation could once again be large purchases of U.S.-made goods, including Boeing planes. GE Vernova was another trade deal beneficiary last year. Shares of the natural gas turbine manufa...
This year will be the most difficult one yet for artificial intelligence, according to Deutsche Bank Research Institute. AI adoption has expanded in recent years, but Wall Street is betting that 2026 will see a reckoning of the technology — and the web of trades around the trend — as the market demands tangible returns from it. Software stocks have been experiencing some turbulence as of late as i...
This year will be the most difficult one yet for artificial intelligence, according to Deutsche Bank Research Institute. AI adoption has expanded in recent years, but Wall Street is betting that 2026 will see a reckoning of the technology — and the web of trades around the trend — as the market demands tangible returns from it. Software stocks have been experiencing some turbulence as of late as investors worry that the group may face a threat from AI. Big-name AI plays also saw sharp declines in Tuesday's market rout after President Donald Trump intensified his push for U.S. control of Greenland. The S & P 500 tech sector slid more than 2%, while AI chip darling Nvidia lost nearly 4% and Google parent Alphabet fell 2%. Broadcom shed almost 5%. NVDA 1Y mountain Nvidia in the past 12 months This year will likely be a tough one for AI as three key themes emerge, according to a Tuesday note co-authored by Adrian Cox, analyst for Deutsche Bank Research Institute. They are disillusionment, dislocation and distrust. First, AI will undergo a period of disillusionment as benefits tied to the technology remain more visible to Silicon Valley and savvy early adopters, as opposed to executives who want to see a sharp pickup in revenue generation, Cox said. Talk of rollouts of agentic AI models often skips over the complication of integrating them into company workflows, he noted. "Generative AI will be transformative but not right now," Cox wrote. "As pilots move into production, enterprise users are confronting inherent limitations such as accuracy; the difficulty of applying it in unpredictable real life; and the fact that in many areas it will be a long time, if ever, before it is more economical than human labor." Second, this year will also bring rising dislocation to the AI space, according to the analyst. He referred to a widening gap between demand and capacity due to bottlenecks, energy grid constraints and talent shortages. Private AI players ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Ant...
"I'm $6K Behind": Maryland Power Bill Crisis Sparks Debt Panic As 14,000 Residents Cry For Help Online The Maryland power bill crisis first came to our attention in August 2024 , when years of poor power-grid management by Democrats (mostly due to backfiring 'green' policies) in the state collided with surging electricity demand from AI data centers . Fast forward to today: the power bill crisis i...
"I'm $6K Behind": Maryland Power Bill Crisis Sparks Debt Panic As 14,000 Residents Cry For Help Online The Maryland power bill crisis first came to our attention in August 2024 , when years of poor power-grid management by Democrats (mostly due to backfiring 'green' policies) in the state collided with surging electricity demand from AI data centers . Fast forward to today: the power bill crisis in the one-party rule state of Democratic Party kings and queens, headed by leftist Gov. Wes Moore, who has presidential ambitions, is getting hammered in the polling numbers (new data from Annapolis-based Gonzales Research & Media ) as struggling Marylanders are financially crushed by mounting power-bill debt and venting their frustration in a Facebook group with nearly 14,000 angry residents. The Facebook group called "BGE Victims" has amassed 13.7k members, with many in the group pointing fingers at not just the local utility BGE or the grid operator PJM, but also the one-party rule of Democrats in the state who have masqueraded as competent managers but in reality are far-left activists looting the state's coffers to fund pet projects from supporting illegal aliens to all things woke. Epic grid mismanagement, such as retiring fossil fuel power plants and de-growthing the grid with unreliable solar and wind to solve what Democrats say is a climate crisis emergency, has been nothing more than mismanagement, and the end result has been the financial destruction of the working class. "I just joined this post and I'm in the same situation as a lot of people my BG& bill is 800dollars a month and I have no idea why I've called them and they've even came out and they told me the same thing that they told other people change my lightbulbs do this do that and it's still that much right now I'm in a worse situation than ever my BgE bill has accumulated. I'm not kidding to almost $6000 behind they can't cut the electric off till the end of February ," Baltimore resident Sheryl Harri...