Amid an onslaught of geopolitical tensions triggered by President Donald Trump's demands to overtake Greenland, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is extending its early morning losses with a 600 point deficit at midday.

It’s amazing how fast the human mind acclimates to “new normals”. Silver is an obvious case in point. A year ago, $40/oz seemed like a good intermediate-term target. Now, if the price drops below $90, it will be a “crash.”

RAPT Therapeutics stock surged over 63% after GSK agreed to buy the company for $58 per share in a $2.2 billion deal.

Tesla peaked at almost $500 on December 22nd. In the short time since then, it has shed about 15% of its value.

The US labor share of GDP has plunged to roughly 83% of its 1960 levels. Since 2000, corporate profits have surged to nearly double their relative level to labor pay, shifting trillions from average households to the wealthiest investors.

Maturity risk has been in favor so far this year in the bond market.

UK stocks faced significant pressure on Tuesday, driven by a wave of global risk aversion following President Trump's announcement of potential tariffs on European nations.

French approval of C3IV tax credits—covering 45% of equipment costs and €130M for real estate—is driving the stock surge. The government is also weighing additional support for hiring and training programs.

On Tuesday, gold prices surged to around 4670 USD per ounce, reaching a new record.

Europe did not previously heed the threat from President Donald Trump when he said that they were getting too reliant on Russian oil and gas and that Vladimir Putin was a problem.

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) US Oil trades around $60.30 on Tuesday at the time of writing, up 1.60% on the day, extending the recovery seen since the start of the week.

Natural gas has rebounded strongly after completing a corrective pullback, suggesting the start of a new bullish phase supported by both technical structure and improving fundamental drivers.

The metal market took another step higher as both Silver and Gold hit new records.

Guess? Inc has paid variable quarterly dividends since March 2007. The recent, December 2025 Quarterly dividend of $0.23 equates to a forward looking annual dividend amount of $0.92 for the coming year.

With risk assets retreating and commodities exploding higher, investors are hunting for durable growth stories trading below consensus value.

The GBP/USD outlook turns bullish despite mixed UK labor market data.

Although the benchmark indices opened flat, they traded negatively throughout the session and ultimately closed red.

Silver charted its fifth consecutive structural market deficit in 2025 based on preliminary analysis of the data. The shortfall will likely exacerbate tight supply issues that have precipitated a significant silver squeeze.

From a technical analysis point of view, the trend remains firmly bullish.

After closing out the preceding week at a record high, the S&P 500 clocked a new record high close of 6,977.27 on Monday, 12 January 2026 before retreating a half percent to end the week at 6,940.01, about 0.4% below its previous week's close.