As 2025 draws to a close, U.S. large caps boast impressive gains.

Huge, unusual volume of out-of-the-money (OTM) put options activity in Oracle Corp stock may be a contrarian signal.

Looking across a century of gold and silver data, we’ve only seen gold trade at about 100 times silver two or three other occasions, each followed by periods where silver dramatically outperformed gold.

The FTSE 100, the blue-chip index, climbed 1.7% by 1032 GMT, on track for its best performance since April 14.