The US and Iran remained at loggerheads over any potential truce heading into the weekend, with the conflict nearing the 100-day mark and Tehran saying that it and Oman have sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. Melissa Toufanian Former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State under Biden and Managing Director at Navigator Research joins to discuss the conflict in the Middle East as well as the n...
The US and Iran remained at loggerheads over any potential truce heading into the weekend, with the conflict nearing the 100-day mark and Tehran saying that it and Oman have sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. Melissa Toufanian Former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State under Biden and Managing Director at Navigator Research joins to discuss the conflict in the Middle East as well as the news coming out of Ukraine and Russia. (Source: Bloomberg)
A $10,000 stake in Goldman Sachs Future Tech Leaders Equity ETF (NASDAQ:GTEK) on the last trading day of 2025 was worth about $15,200 at Monday’s close, with the fund up 52% year to date through June 1, 2026. The same $10,000 dropped into the S&P 500 via the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) over ... Goldman’s Future Tech ETF Turned $10k Into $15.2k While the S&P 500 Made $1.1k
A $10,000 stake in Goldman Sachs Future Tech Leaders Equity ETF (NASDAQ:GTEK) on the last trading day of 2025 was worth about $15,200 at Monday’s close, with the fund up 52% year to date through June 1, 2026. The same $10,000 dropped into the S&P 500 via the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) over ... Goldman’s Future Tech ETF Turned $10k Into $15.2k While the S&P 500 Made $1.1k
SpaceX has requested unusually swift entry into several leading stock market indexes as a condition of its historic stock market debut. But the S&P 500 stock market index representing many of the largest profitable US companies has surprised market analysts by refusing to bend the rules for Elon Musk’s space and AI company. The June 4 decision by S&P Dow Jones Indices —the company that creates and...
SpaceX has requested unusually swift entry into several leading stock market indexes as a condition of its historic stock market debut. But the S&P 500 stock market index representing many of the largest profitable US companies has surprised market analysts by refusing to bend the rules for Elon Musk’s space and AI company. The June 4 decision by S&P Dow Jones Indices —the company that creates and manages stock market indexes such as the S&P 500—means that SpaceX will not gain accelerated access to potentially billions more dollars through passive investment funds that automatically purchase shares of S&P 500 companies. An exception for SpaceX could have also allowed leading AI companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic to gain entry not long after their own expected initial public offerings (IPOs). That possibility has now been shuttered. The news will likely come as a relief to people concerned about passive investor money and people’s retirement savings plans having greater exposure to the market risks associated with SpaceX’s big bet on AI and speculative orbital data center plans . AI companies are generally facing more challenges in funding and building expensive AI data centers , even as they shift more of the subsidized costs of running AI services onto shocked customers through usage-based pricing . Read full article Comments
Investing.com -- Wall Street is set to cap off this week with a decline, as rate-sensitive technology stocks and chip names fall. We have also seen rising U.S. Treasury yields after a significantly stronger-than-expected May jobs report.
Investing.com -- Wall Street is set to cap off this week with a decline, as rate-sensitive technology stocks and chip names fall. We have also seen rising U.S. Treasury yields after a significantly stronger-than-expected May jobs report.
FabrikaCr Investors Should Know: Institutional access to prediction markets is expanding, with broker-dealer-style desks now enabling hedge funds and other large investors to trade event-driven contracts at scale through regulated and regulated-adjacent venues. Meanwhile, trading opportunities have opened up for retail investors as well. This has set the stage for new players to build market share...
FabrikaCr Investors Should Know: Institutional access to prediction markets is expanding, with broker-dealer-style desks now enabling hedge funds and other large investors to trade event-driven contracts at scale through regulated and regulated-adjacent venues. Meanwhile, trading opportunities have opened up for retail investors as well. This has set the stage for new players to build market share, even as the interest in innovative trading alternatives increases among investors. Background Prediction markets allow participants to trade contracts tied to the outcomes of real-world events, from elections to policy decisions. Historically, these venues were dominated by retail participants using consumer-facing interfaces with limited position sizes. The shift toward institutional participation is being driven by demand for event-driven hedging tools and the emergence of regulated platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket. As policy uncertainty grows, large investors are seeking ways to express views on discrete outcomes outside traditional asset classes. Meanwhile, regulatory changes and the appearance of new competitors on the scene, many coming from the world of cryptocurrencies, have led to a proliferation of trading alternatives. Companies like Coinbase ( COIN ) are taking advantage of the new opportunities. The publicly traded companies with the most direct exposure to this theme include Interactive Brokers Group ( IBKR ), Robinhood Markets ( HOOD ), and Tradeweb Markets ( TW ) — all of which operate trading infrastructure that intersects with evolving market access trends. Fidelity National Information Services ( FIS ), Circle Internet Group ( CRCL ), and Euronet Worldwide ( EEFT ) represent the digital payments and financial infrastructure layer. Freedom Holding Corp. ( FRHC ), Mizuho Financial Group ( MFG ), and DBS Group Holdings ( DBSDY ) round out the broader interest-rate-sensitive financial services landscape with exposure to institutional trading flows. Key ...
Scott Pelley, correspondent, 60 Minutes. | Photo by Michele Crowe / CBS News via Getty Images It should have been the final straw. The new power couple of editorial failure - Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton - had fired legendary 60 Minutes journalist Scott Pelley. Why? Because he dared to question the fact that CBS had installed sycophants in its top ranks. Instead of standing in solidarity, correspond...
Scott Pelley, correspondent, 60 Minutes. | Photo by Michele Crowe / CBS News via Getty Images It should have been the final straw. The new power couple of editorial failure - Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton - had fired legendary 60 Minutes journalist Scott Pelley. Why? Because he dared to question the fact that CBS had installed sycophants in its top ranks. Instead of standing in solidarity, correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim declared in a joint memo to staff that they'd stay on to save the program. "We don't want to see 60 Minutes die," they said. The kids in Weekend at Bernie's held a similar position. The canary in the media coal mine isn't just sick, it's a charred skeleton. The remaining trio of correspond … Read the full story at The Verge.
Ringing The Bell: Meta Plunges On Report It May Sell "Tens Of Billions" In New Stock They don't ring the bell at the top, but they sure do sell a lot of stock. With SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI looking to IPO hundreds of billions in common stock (not counting even more hundreds of billions in lock up expirations that will hit the market soon)... ... coupled with Google's record $80 Billion follow ...
Ringing The Bell: Meta Plunges On Report It May Sell "Tens Of Billions" In New Stock They don't ring the bell at the top, but they sure do sell a lot of stock. With SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI looking to IPO hundreds of billions in common stock (not counting even more hundreds of billions in lock up expirations that will hit the market soon)... ... coupled with Google's record $80 Billion follow on offering (of which half was a memestock-esque At The Market offering direct to retail), suddenly the cash-incinerating AI companies - already full to the gills with SPV and various other forms of debt - are realizing that if they don't move fast they will miss the boat. And sure enough, FT reports that arguably the biggest cash burner of the lot, Meta, is considering raising tens of billions of dollars in a stock offering as it seeks new sources of capital to fund Mark Zuckerberg’s vast ambitions in AI, following the launch of Google’s record $85bn share deal this week. According to the report, company execs have been exploring “creative” ways to raise cash as it prepares to sharply boost its AI-related capital expenditures to as much as $145bn this year and even higher in 2027, according to three people familiar with the plans. The discussions intensified after the success of Google parent Alphabet’s equity raising this week, which was increased by $5bn after strong investor demand, but - as noted above - GOOGL has a much more viable cash flow profile than Meta, which will be FCF negative this year. The news sent META stock plunging to the lowest level since early April. Meta’s decision to consider a fresh share sale comes amid a frenzy of activity in US equity capital markets, with Elon Musk’s SpaceX set to hold its initial public offering next week and AI groups Anthropic and OpenAI also working on plans for massive Wall Street debuts. Mega tech companies have also tapped debt markets - which as we said last year AI is also now a bubble - as they rush to finance AI in...
After a historic run-up, the most compelling case for Marvell's next move higher isn't a new product but the rapidly escalating ambition of its own financial outlook.
After a historic run-up, the most compelling case for Marvell's next move higher isn't a new product but the rapidly escalating ambition of its own financial outlook.
Gold erased its gains this year as robust US jobs data fueled bets that the Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates this year, a headwind for the precious metal. Bullion declined as much as 3.5% to $4,319.19 an ounce, giving up this year’s advance, as bond yields and the dollar climbed after the latest US data showed job growth topped all forecasts in May. The strength in the labor market...
Gold erased its gains this year as robust US jobs data fueled bets that the Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates this year, a headwind for the precious metal. Bullion declined as much as 3.5% to $4,319.19 an ounce, giving up this year’s advance, as bond yields and the dollar climbed after the latest US data showed job growth topped all forecasts in May. The strength in the labor market keeps the door open for Fed officials to hike rates as Middle East tensions fuel higher energy prices. Higher rates are typically negative for non-yielding bullion.
Jason Coloma, Chief Executive Officer of Maze Therapeutics (NASDAQ:MAZE) , reported the sale of 32,564 common shares via multiple open-market transactions between May 22 and May 26, 2026, for a total consideration of approximately $847,000, as disclosed in the SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average reported price ($26.01). Note: 1-year performance is calculated ...
Jason Coloma, Chief Executive Officer of Maze Therapeutics (NASDAQ:MAZE) , reported the sale of 32,564 common shares via multiple open-market transactions between May 22 and May 26, 2026, for a total consideration of approximately $847,000, as disclosed in the SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average reported price ($26.01). Note: 1-year performance is calculated using May 26, 2026 as the reference date. Continue reading
Meta weighs big equity raising to finance AI infrastructure, FT reports Reuters Meta Platforms Is Down 21% From Its All-Time High: Here's What History Says Will Happen Next Yahoo Finance Meta shares drop after company reportedly weighs raising billions in equity MarketWatch
Meta weighs big equity raising to finance AI infrastructure, FT reports Reuters Meta Platforms Is Down 21% From Its All-Time High: Here's What History Says Will Happen Next Yahoo Finance Meta shares drop after company reportedly weighs raising billions in equity MarketWatch
Christopher Smart, managing partner at Arbroath Group and a former Obama administration official, joined Balance of Power to discuss the jobs report and economic risks from the Middle East war. (Source: Bloomberg)
Christopher Smart, managing partner at Arbroath Group and a former Obama administration official, joined Balance of Power to discuss the jobs report and economic risks from the Middle East war. (Source: Bloomberg)