Cotton was a little lower in holiday related range trading. Futures were a little lower for the year.

Analysts have been raising their price targets on Salesforce, Inc. stock. This is despite CRM stock having been flat over the last month. One of the best plays here is to sell short out-of-the-money puts for income.

Wage garnishments start on January 7.

WTI rebounds from over two-week lows amid geopolitical uncertainty surrounding Venezuela.

It’s been the best three-year stretch for stocks since the Dotcom Boom.

You probably saw the headlines: "Dow rallies 600 points as investors see little market risk from Venezuela action." Chevron surged 4%, energy stocks celebrated, and everyone's talking about rebuilding opportunities.

Southeast Asia continues to generate significant trade surpluses, while China is able to shift gears readily and maintain its dominance in manufacturing.

the Dow Industrials is many hundreds of points higher and within spitting distance of the never-before-achieved 50,000 level. Go back farther and farther, even as much as a century ago, and you can see how important this resistance line is.

XRP ETFs hit $1.37B in assets as Franklin, Bitwise, and Canary battle for inflows, liquidity, and investor preference.

The headline number declined -0.3 to 47.9, the lowest reading since October of 2024, but higher than most readings in 2023 and 2024:

Phillips 66 shares rose more than 7% after the company announced the acquisition of UK refinery assets.

Micron's exceptional performance seems likely to continue in 2026, fueled by persistent inventory shortages, the rising needs for HBM, and higher profit from upcoming innovations like HBM4.

Bank Polska Kasa Opieki provides retail, corporate and investment services.

Stocks are soaring to start the first full week of 2026, as investors look past any downsides the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will have on markets.

There’s been more weakness in the labor market over recent months, with the unemployment rate rising to a 4-year high of 4.6% in November.

The world is drowning in oil, but it is starving for power. Investors who recognize that distinction early will be positioned far better than those still fighting the last energy war.

The Federal Reserve has been front and center in investors’ minds for a few years now, and President Trump’s open call for Chair Powell to resign hasn’t helped. We don’t think the Fed helps its cause, though, with so much “Fedspeak” all the time.

With sell-side optimism around 2026 earnings at a record high, major US equity indices are not too far away from their respective record highs.

Long-term expectations for the Global Market Index remained steady at a 7%-plus pace for the annualized total return outlook, based on data analytics through December.

After opening the day flat, the Indian market dragged as the session progressed and ended the day lower.