A look back at the U.K. in 2025

A look back at the U.K. in 2025

This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The dispatch It is tempting, in assessing what 2025 brought for the U.K. economy and for Britain’s corporates and financial markets, to focus more on what didn’t happen than on what did. Most obviously, widely expected interest rate…

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This options strategy gets into defense and oil stocks that have surged

This options strategy gets into defense and oil stocks that have surged

The strikes on Iran over the weekend changed the near-term demand for two markets at once: Defense, specifically missile defense and precision munitions, and oil. Iran retaliated with a barrage of attacks against Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, and Oman, targeting not only Israeli and U.S. military installations but also…

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Momentum is on the side of this mining stock that’s breaking out, says Katie Stockton

Momentum is on the side of this mining stock that’s breaking out, says Katie Stockton

While precious metals like gold and related equities have been top-performing assets this year, the industrial metals complex has picked up in the second half, showing technical improvement as we approach 2026. Rio Tinto (RIO) is a global leader in mining iron ore, aluminum and other metals. In November, RIO confirmed a breakout above long-term…

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