Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla is looking to buy equipment worth $2.9 billion for manufacturing solar panels and cells from Chinese suppliers including Suzhou Maxwell Technologies, two people familiar with the matter said, as CEO Elon Musk aims to add 100 gigawatts…
BEIJING, CHINA – NOVEMBER 11: The national flag of China flies in front of the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) on November 11, 2025, in Beijing, China. The PBOC serves as the country’s central bank, overseeing monetary policy, financial regulation, and currency issuance. (Photo by Cheng Xin/Getty Images) Cheng Xin | Getty…
Oil prices rose as much as 3% on Thursday after Iran attacked several energy facilities across the Middle East following a strike on its South Pars gas field. Dwayne Schnell | 500px Plus | Getty Images U.S. oil prices extended their decline after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington may soon lift sanctions on Iranian crude…
Pump jacks operate in a field on March 11, 2026 in Gillett, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to fall Friday following volatile trading on Wall Street overnight as investors sold assets from government bonds to equities and metals amid the Iran war. Tehran attacked the world’s largest gas plant in…
Micron (MU) has been on an amazing run. It’s the second-best performing stock in the S & P 500 over the past 52 weeks with a gain of 352% and a top performer this year with gains of 61% coming into Thursday’s session. On Wednesday night, the company’s quarterly report crushed expectations. It wasn’t just…
Swiss officials say the Iran war is making them more willing to intervene against any significant appreciation in the country’s currency, but doing so risks another dispute with the White House. The Swiss National Bank announced on Thursday that, as expected, it was holding its key interest rate at 0%. But its policymakers said: “Given…
As artificial intelligence fears grip the white-collar world , Oppenheimer believes that the technology may ignite a “blue-collar renaissance” by driving up demand for the power and machines that will fuel the new technology. Concerns over AI disruption have gripped markets this year, leading to growing concerns about unemployment. Software, in particular, is an industry…
Garrett Mauch spreads manure as fertilizer on fields at his family’s farm in Lamar, Colorado, on January 21, 2026. RJ Sangosti | The Denver Post Via Getty Images | Denver Post | Getty Images The Strait of Hormuz shutdown caused by the war in Iran is jacking up fertilizer prices, hitting farmers in their pocketbooks…
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang gestures during the NVIDIA GTC global AI conference in San Jose, California, U.S. March 17, 2026. Carlos Barria | Reuters Nvidia dominated the first era of AI — CEO Jensen Huang is making sure it owns the next one. He’s turning Nvidia from a chipmaker that’s helping to drive a market…
JPMorgan cut its official S & P 500 forecast as oil spikes amid the ongoing war in Iran. Dubravko Lakos-Bujas, the firm’s head of global markets strategy, now expects the S & P 500 will end the year at 7,200, instead of 7,500, which implies more than 8% upside from Wednesday’s close. The new target…
