As we enter 2026, the narrative surrounding the world’s most dominant information gateway has shifted from one of existential threat to unprecedented strength. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL / GOOG) has just closed the books on 2025, a year that Wall Street is heralding as its most successful since the post-recession rebound of 2009. While the [...]
As of January 2, 2026, SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) finds itself at a historic crossroads. Once dismissed by Wall Street skeptics as a "cash-burning fintech experiment," the San Francisco-based digital bank has silenced detractors by delivering eight consecutive quarters of GAAP profitability. The company is now being closely monitored by institutional investors and retail traders [...]
As the "First Wave" of Artificial Intelligence infrastructure—dominated by raw compute and high-bandwidth memory—matures, the market is turning its attention to the "Second Wave": data gravity. At the heart of this shift is Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), a company that has evolved from a disruptive hardware startup into a software-defined storage powerhouse. As of January [...]
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. announced an agreement to end its long-standing partnership with Apple and transition the Apple Card program and associated accounts to JPMorgan. The transaction is expected to increase Goldman’s Q4 2025 EPS by 46 cents.
JPMorgan Chase will kick off earnings season on Tuesday with its fourth quarter report. Wells Fargo will follow on Wednesday with its earnings numbers. The bank previously indicated it could see slower growth in its net interest income for the year.
Markets enter a massive week marking the unofficial start of Q4 earnings season with major financial institutions including JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs reporting results.
Weekend tech highlights include Apple CEO succession rumors, JPMorgan winning the Apple Card, and record Q4 revenue at Foxconn boosting Nvidia and Apple.
The financial world was jolted late Thursday night when President Donald Trump bypassed decades of established protocol by posting sensitive, unpublished employment data to social media hours before its official release. On the evening of January 8, 2026, a chart appearing to show the December employment situation was shared via
As the financial world settles into the second week of 2026, all eyes are pinned on the upcoming release of the December 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) data. Scheduled for next Tuesday and Wednesday respectively, these reports represent more than just another data point; they
As the second week of January 2026 begins, the financial world is turning its collective gaze toward the headquarters of the nation’s largest lenders. The upcoming kickoff of the fourth-quarter 2025 earnings season, starting on January 13, 2026, is widely viewed by analysts as a critical "inflection point" for
The U.S. stock market kicked off the second Friday of 2026 with a historic performance, as both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at all-time record highs. Investors shrugged off a lukewarm December jobs report, choosing instead to focus on a falling unemployment rate
As of January 9, 2026, the S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) continues to defy gravity, hovering near the psychological milestone of 7,000. Trading at approximately 6,970, the index has entered the new year with a "January Effect" rally that has already seen it climb 1.1% in just
As the first quarter of 2026 begins, the narrative surrounding the United States economy has shifted from one of cautious stabilization to a more robust "expansion mode." Despite the geopolitical noise and trade-related volatility that defined much of late 2025, JP Morgan’s latest economic insights suggest a remarkably resilient
The S&P 500 index closed out 2025 with a robust 18% total return, marking its third consecutive year of double-digit gains and cementing one of the most resilient bull markets in recent history. As of January 9, 2026, the market sits at a critical juncture, having defied mid-year recession
The U.S. labor market greeted 2026 with a performance that investors are calling a "Goldilocks" masterpiece. The December jobs report, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on January 9, 2026, revealed a cooling but resilient employment landscape, adding 50,000 nonfarm payrolls. While this figure slightly missed economist
The U.S. labor market kicked off 2026 with a report that offered a paradoxical blend of cooling demand and underlying strength. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed that while the economy added a modest 50,000 jobs in December—falling short of the 73,000 expected
Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) shares surged to a three-year high on Friday, January 9, 2026, as investors aggressively positioned themselves ahead of the carrier’s most significant operational shift in its 55-year history. The stock climbed over 4% in early trading to hit $44.69, fueled by a rare "double-upgrade"
As the first major financial institution to report, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is set to release its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings on Tuesday, January 13, 2026. This announcement marks the unofficial start of the 2026 earnings season, a period that investors are watching with bated breath as the
In a move that has sent shockwaves through the financial sector, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 8, 2026, directing the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) to purchase $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities (MBS). The directive, aimed at bypasses the Federal Reserve’s traditional interest-rate-setting authority, seeks to directly
