Monday marks the final trading day of the first quarter of 2026, and theS&P 500is on course to log its third consecutive negative quarter — a losing streak not seen since the prolonged bear market of 2022. With the index down approximately 4.5% from …
Alphabet's $32 billionacquisitionof cybersecurity firm Wiz is set to formally close this week, following receipt of final antitrust clearance from the Department of Justice on Friday. The deal is the largest acquisition in Google's 28-year history and one of the largest technology M&A transactions …
The prospect of an imminent ceasefire in Ukraine — which had been building as a significant potential positive catalyst for global markets through much of the first quarter — has collapsed over the weekend. U.S.-brokered negotiations hit an impasse over the status of Russian-occupied …
The FICC trading franchise at the major banks is expected to report year-over-yearrevenuegrowth of 15–25% at most institutions. The tariff-driven volatility in currency markets — particularly in CNY/USD, EUR/USD, and emerging market pairs — has been a boon for FX trading desks. Commodity desks …
For investors who have been starved of good macro news in 2026, the report offers at least a partial respite. But context is everything: 2.7% is still meaningfully above the Fed's 2% target, and Federal Reserve officials have spent the better part of the …
The pre-market on Monday reflects the anxiety:Nasdaq-100futuresare down roughly 0.8%, the Russell 2000 small-cap index is flat, and the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is trading above 22 — elevated for a non-crisis period.
Unlike the sharp, sentiment-driven selloffs of past crises — the COVID crash of 2020, the rate-shockbear marketof 2022 — the Q1 2026 drawdown has been slow, grinding, and multi-causal. There is no single villain. Instead, there is a confluence of persistent headwinds that have …
The H20 chip had become a surprisingly importantrevenuestream. Priced at a premium despite its reduced compute specifications, the H20 was eagerly purchased by Chinesecloud computinggiants — Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Baidu AI Cloud, and ByteDance — as well as state-backed AI research institutions. Estimates …
OPEC+ is scheduled to hold its next policy meeting later this week. Saudi Arabia is frustrated by consistent compliance failures from Iraq and Kazakhstan — together adding a persistent 300,000–500,000 barrels per day above agreed limits. Rather than continuing to enforce discipline that is …
Market Movers:On Friday, the top gainers were Artelo Biosciences, Inc. (+230.41%) and System1, Inc. (142.34%). On the contrary, MKDWELL Tech Inc. (-38.33%) and urban-gro, Inc. (-37.11%) declined the most the same day.