Wharton professor emeritus Jeremy Siegel believes that the stock market’s surge higher will finally lose some of its momentum next year. The benchmark S & P 500 is on pace for a nearly 18% gain for 2025. But in 2026, Siegel expects, the index — which is still heavily weighted towards technology stocks — could…
Nvidia has purchased Intel shares worth $5 billion, the American semiconductor firm said in a filing on Monday, carrying out a transaction announced in September. The leading AI chip designer said in September it would pay $23.28 per share for Intel common stock, in a deal seen as a major financial lifeline for the chipmaker…
The logo of Japanese company SoftBank Group at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo on November 21, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Shares of data center investment firm DigitalBridge surged as much as 50% in premarket trade on Monday after a media report that Japan’s SoftBank was in advanced talks to acquire the…
The LKAB facility in Kiruna, Sweden. The company said on Jan. 12 that it found Europe’s biggest known deposit of rare earth elements there. Jonas Ekstromer | Afp | Getty Images The ripple effects from Europe’s growing appetite for raw materials extend all the way to Sweden’s far north. Thousands of residents and buildings are…
Major payment and tech companies are racing to build the infrastructure for what they see as the next evolution of global commerce: artificial intelligence agents that can perform searches, compare prices, and make purchases on behalf of consumers. The trend is referred to as “agentic commerce,” and reflects consumers’ growing reliance on chatbots for everyday…
A general view shows the logo of South Korean online delivery service Coupang, at a building housing the company’s headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2025. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korean online retail giant Coupang said it will offer 1.69 trillion South Korean won ($1.17 billion) in compensation to 34 million users…
19 November 2025, China, Shanghai: Boats sail past downtown Shanghai on the Huangpu River. The tallest building on the skyline is the Shanghai Tower (rear). Bernd von Jutrczenka | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Monday as investors kicked off the final trading week of the year. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures were little changed Sunday night after the S&P 500 scaled to fresh record levels, with traders set to wrap up a strong 2025. S&P 500 futures were up marginally, along with those tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Nasdaq-100 futures…
U.S. President Donald Trump looks at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy upon his arrival for meetings at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Dec. 28, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he had a “very productive” phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s arrival at…
Amazon’s new MK30 Prime Air drone is displayed during Amazon’s “Delivering the Future” event at the company’s BFI1 Fulfillment Center, Robotics Research and Development Hub in Sumner, Washington on Oct. 18, 2023. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Amazon said on Sunday it has decided not to pursue plans to deliver goods by drone…
