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The Artemis II lunar mission has drawn widespread public fascination across political lines, driving classroom lessons, planetarium attendance and a spike in Artemis-themed retail. The 10-day voyage - the first crewed trip to the moon in more than 50 years and a rehearsal for a later lunar landing attempt - is due to end with a Pacific Ocean splash…
Eric Swider, who led the special purpose acquisition company that took Trump Media & Technology Group public in 2024, has resigned from the media group's board. The company said the resignation was not the result of any dispute with management or fellow directors. Trump Media, operator of the Truth Social platform, continues to confront competition…
S&P Dow Jones Indices has introduced a new credit-default swap (CDS) index tied to the private credit market, incorporating 25 North American financial firms including banks, insurers, REITs and business development companies (BDCs). The index provides a trading vehicle that can be used to take downside exposure to a sector facing heightened redemp…
Mexican equities closed lower on Friday, with the S&P/BMV IPC slipping 0.41% as losses in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples outnumbered gains. While select names such as Grupo Televisa, Grupo Carso and GCC posted advances, heavier declines in stocks including Industrias Peñoles, Megacable and Grupo Aeroportuario del Surest…
Russian equities closed lower on Friday as declines in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Power sectors pushed the MOEX Russia Index to a fresh one-month low. Market breadth was tilted toward losers, with several major names falling and the Russian Volatility Index retreating to a 52-week low. Commodities and FX moves accompanied the equity weakness.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questioned senior executives from major technology and cybersecurity firms about the security of AI models and readiness to counter cyber attacks in the week before Anthropic introduced its new Claude Mythos model. The discussion included leaders from Anthropic, Alphabet, OpenAI, Mic…
Rio Tinto's California boron operations have attracted interest from over a dozen potential buyers and may be valued at as much as $2 billion. Several firms, including WE Soda, Magris Resources and U.S. Silica Holdings, are said to be preparing binding offers by June. The mineral's broad industrial uses and its recent inclusion on the U.S. critical…
Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Inc. has submitted a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to pursue an initial public offering of common stock. The company targets stabilized, newly-constructed data centers and intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BXDC if the offering is comple…
U.S. equities closed mixed on Friday as gains in Basic Materials, Technology and Consumer Services were offset by declines in Telecoms, Healthcare and Financials. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended lower while the NASDAQ Composite posted modest gains. Market breadth favored decliners and volatility eased as the CBOE VIX hit a one-month low.
Canadian equities finished the session higher, with the S&P/TSX Composite rising 0.65% to a new one-month high. Strength in Materials, Energy and IT underpinned the advance, while breadth favored advancing issues. Notable individual movers included Celestica, Parex Resources and AbraSilver on the upside, and Cogeco Communications, Curaleaf and Seab…
Brazil's stock market ended the session higher, with the Bovespa index rising 1.12% to a fresh record close. Strength in the Public Utilities, Electric Power and Financials sectors supported the advance, while select industrial and steel-related names registered notable declines. Market breadth showed more decliners than advancers, and volatility g…
Officials from the Bank of Canada met with executives from the country's largest banks and other financial firms to examine cybersecurity risks associated with Anthropic PBC's newest AI model, Mythos. The gathering, confirmed by a spokesperson for Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, mirrors meetings held by U.S. policymakers earlier in th…
Seaport Therapeutics filed for a proposed initial public offering on Nasdaq, positioning itself as a clinical-stage company developing oral treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders. The firm highlights its proprietary Glyph platform, a lymphatic-targeting prodrug technology intended to improve oral bioavailability and reduce side effects. Major in…
Investor Michael Burry said he is maintaining a bearish wager against Palantir Technologies, holding long-dated put options entered in fall 2025 and repeatedly rolled. His position remains despite a rally prompted by a Truth Social endorsement from former President Donald Trump that lifted the stock from intraday lows. Burry continues to argue the …
Glass Lewis, the independent proxy advisory firm, recommended that Warner Bros Discovery shareholders approve the company's proposed $110 billion combination with Paramount Skydance. The adviser cited the immediate, certain cash value offered to Warner Bros shareholders as a decisive factor, while flagging concerns over proposed executive payouts a…
Jefferies' foot traffic dataset, drawn from roughly 25 million active cellphone devices, shows month-over-month improvement in March for major industrial and specialty distributors. Grainger, Wesco, Parker Hannifin and Pool Corp posted year-over-year increases in monthly visits, while Fastenal recorded a slight decline despite reporting stronger da…
Goldman Sachs traders report that algorithmic funds, having pared exposure to multiyear lows during a selloff linked to the Iran war, are poised to become major net buyers of U.S. equities. Commodity Trading Advisers sold about $48 billion of S&P 500 futures over the past month, and Goldman models indicate CTAs could flip to net buyers across one-w…
Blackstone Inc. is weighing an initial public offering that could raise about $2 billion for a new acquisition company targeting data centers, according to people familiar with the matter. Goldman Sachs is set to lead the deal with Citi and Morgan Stanley among the other banks involved. The firm has privately approached institutional investors and …
Two Democratic senators have pressed the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to investigate a pattern of profitable trading in oil and other markets that coincided with recent White House decisions on Iran, Venezuela and tariffs. The request, citing media reporting on unusually large commodity and equities trades, asks the regulator to explai…
USA Rare Earth's CEO says shareholders should not fear the Commerce Department's proposed $1.58 billion debt-and-equity investment, despite concerns raised by lawmakers over the deal's structure and links to Cantor Fitzgerald. The government stake, negotiation process and the economics of the company's Texas mine have become focal points for congre…
Nike announced that Tony Bignell is stepping down from his position as chief innovation officer after serving for under a year. Andy Caine, the company’s vice president and creative director for sportswear, will take over and report to Phil McCartney, who holds the combined role of chief innovation, design and product officer.
Friday trading produced pronounced single-day moves across market caps. Megacap names such as Avago Technologies and AMD rallied, while Costco and a set of cloud and tech firms posted declines. Movers spanned mega-cap, large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap groups, with several securities showing double-digit percentage changes in either direction.
A cluster of economic events on Monday, April 13, 2026, places the U.S. housing market report squarely in the spotlight. Market participants will focus on existing home sales data at 10:00 AM ET for signs of consumer confidence and housing momentum, while IMF meetings and two short-term Treasury bill auctions add layers of market sensitivity earlie…
U.S. stock indexes look set to finish the week higher after a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, but investors remain cautious given the tentative nature of the agreement. Market attention concentrated on companies tied to AI infrastructure, memory pricing, and cloud security, producing sharp moves in CoreWeave, Intel, Amazon, S…
Investor Michael Burry revealed purchases of JD.com and Alibaba shares, alongside additions to positions in GameStop and Fiserv. US-listed JD shares rose 2.0% on the disclosure. Burry also said he increased his Nvidia put exposure, specifying the January 27 Strike 115 puts bought at 3.30. The disclosures were made in a paid Substack post.
