Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan’s ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), attends a press conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. Yuichi Yamazaki | Pool Photo via AP Japan’s Komeito political party is reportedly quitting the country’s ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party,…
A dump truck moves raw ore inside the pit at the Mountain Pass mine, operated by MP Materials, in Mountain Pass, California, U.S., on Friday, June 7, 2019. Joe Buglewicz | Bloomberg | Getty Images In the 1984 science fiction film Dune, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen uttered the famous quote that can aptly be used to…
CHONGQING, CHINA – JULY 17: In this photo illustration, a person holds a physical representation of a Bitcoin (BTC) coin in front of a screen displaying a candlestick chart of Bitcoin’s latest price movements on July 17, 2025 in Chongqing, China. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images) Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty…
In this photo illustration a Huawei logo is displayed on a smartphone with a Chinese flag in the background. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Beijing has banned semiconductor research firm TechInsights from working with or receiving data from Chinese entities, in a move that could add to the opaqueness of the country’s chip…
Matt Green, mining/crushing supervisor at MP Materials, displays crushed ore before it is sent to the mill at the MP Materials rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, California, U.S. January 30, 2020. Picture taken January 30, 2020. Steve Marcus | Reuters In the 1984 science fiction film Dune, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen uttered the famous quote…
Sunset scene of light trails traffic speeds through an intersection in Gangnam center business district of Seoul at Seoul city, South Korea Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell Friday, tracking Wall Street declines as investors assessed the state of the economy. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.33% while the Topix…
Gold’s status as a portfolio diversifier has come into sharper focus this week as the precious metal broke through the landmark $4,000 level. The commodity — long established as a safe-haven asset in times of turmoil — has rallied this year as investors navigate the dollar’s depreciation, geopolitical fissures and lower interest rate expectations, with…
As cloud plays like Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) have continued to impress, there have been numerous calls for an end to the relentless uptrend. But using a classic trend-following toolkit, we see this chart as “innocent until proven guilty.” Today we’ll break down why this chart remains in a bullish configuration, review some of the…
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a press conference after a European Union leaders’ special summit to discuss Ukraine and European defense, in Brussels, Belgium March 6, 2025. Christian Hartmann | Reuters Market attention turns to France again Thursday after President Emmanuel Macron’s office said last night that he will name a new prime minister in…
Picture taken on September 4, 2023 shows windmills at the Nysted Offshore Wind Farm constructed by Danish windpower giant Orsted in 2002-2003 in the Baltic Sea near Gedser in Denmark. Thomas Traasdahl | Afp | Getty Images Beleaguered wind farm operator Orsted announced Thursday that it intends to reduce its workforce by a quarter toward…
