BTIG Research’s top stock picks for the new year include Nike and Block . As 2026 kicks off, BTIG’s chief market technician Jonathan Krinsky predicts that while large- and small-cap stocks will both rise next year, small-cap companies will outperform their larger counterparts. This scenario requires economic data to continue to remain firm, but not…
The holiday season is over, and it’s back to the grind as we look forward to the first whole trading week of 2026. We’re still a few weeks away from the start of the fourth-quarter earnings season, so many companies are in a corporate blackout period. Our focus will be on macroeconomic updates and geopolitical…
31 July 2024, Venezuela, Caracas: Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez stands during a press conference with Venezuelan President Maduro at the Miraflores presidential palace three days after Maduro’s controversial re-election. Jeampier Arguinzones | Picture Alliance | Getty Images A large part of erstwhile President Nicolas Maduro’s security team was killed in the U.S. raid…
Amazon Ireland corporate offices in Dublin, as Amazon.com, Inc., said on Tuesday it plans to cut its global corporate workforce by as many as 14,000 roles and seize the opportunity provided by artificial intelligence (AI), in Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 28, 2025. Damien Eagers | Reuters Valuations of several technology and artificial intelligence stocks are expected…
Passengers wait at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport as all flights are cancelled following US military action in Venezuela, on January 3, 2026, in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo | Afp | Getty Images United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and other carriers began restoring flights to Puerto Rico and other parts of the…
Venezuela’s Vice President and Oil Minister Delcy Rodriguez addresses the media in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 10, 2025. Leonardo Fernandez Viloria | Reuters Uncertainty gripped Venezuela on Saturday as people scrambled to understand who was in charge of the South American country after a U.S. military operation captured President Nicolás Maduro. “What will happen tomorrow?…
(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Warren Buffett told CNBC’s Becky Quick he would rather have new Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel handle his money “than any of the…
President Donald Trump’s overthrow of President Nicolas Maduro in oil-rich Venezuela is unlikely to shock energy markets in the near term, analysts told CNBC on Saturday. While the scale of the U.S. attack was unexpected, markets had already priced in a conflict with Venezuela that would disrupt oil exports, said Arne Lohmann Rasmussen, chief analyst…
Bank of America is expecting an uptick in dividend payouts in 2026. Dividend growth has historically lagged the growth of earnings per share by about three quarters, said Savita Subramanian, the firm’s head of U.S. equity and quant strategy. With the S & P 500 likely having seen a strong year of EPS growth in…
Passengers sleep on the floor, after flights were delayed and cancelled when the airspace was closed due to U.S. strikes on Venezuela overnight, at Rafael Hernandez International Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo Airlines canceled hundreds of flights to Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean on Saturday, stranding thousands of travelers at…
