While investors have spent much of 2026 watching artificial intelligence and technology stocks, some of the market’s strongest returns have come from a far less glamorous corner of the economy: oil refining. Marathon Petroleum, Valero Energy and HF Sinclair have each gained more than 80% this year, while Phillips 66 has risen more than 54%,… Continue reading Oil Refiners Emerge as Wall Street’s Surprise Winners in 2026

Bitcoin’s difficult year is showing few signs of ending. The world’s largest cryptocurrency has fallen by roughly one-third since the beginning of 2026 and is trading near $62,000, more than 50% below the record high it reached in October 2025. The decline has challenged expectations that growing institutional adoption and the arrival of exchange-traded funds… Continue reading Bitcoin’s 2026 Slide Deepens as Investors Retreat From Risk

Once promoted as the future of art, entertainment and online property, non-fungible tokens have largely faded from the cultural spotlight. Their collapse reveals both the promise of blockchain ownership and the dangers of turning new technology into a financial craze. For a brief period, NFTs appeared to be everywhere. Digital illustrations sold for millions of… Continue reading Whatever Happened to NFTs? How Digital Ownership Became a Speculative Bust

OpenAI has taken its first formal step toward becoming a publicly traded company, confidentially submitting draft registration documents to U.S. regulators. The move gives the creator of ChatGPT the option to enter the stock market, although the company has not committed to a launch date or disclosed how many shares it may sell. A major… Continue reading OpenAI Takes First Step Toward Landmark IPO

For decades, the global auto industry has been built around a familiar group of giants: Toyota, Volkswagen, General Motors, Ford, Honda, Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and a few others. These companies survived recessions, oil shocks, financial crises, bankruptcies, and the rise of Tesla. Their stock prices may look steady on the surface, but underneath the market… Continue reading Could China and Affordability Break the Global Auto Giants?

In Washington this week, a bill that was supposed to give the U.S. crypto industry its long-promised rulebook instead turned into a very public brawl—after Coinbase abruptly yanked its support and effectively forced Senate lawmakers to hit pause. The legislation at the center of the fight is the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, often referred… Continue reading Crypto Pushes Back on the Clarity Act

In the nine days since the January 3 U.S. operation that captured Nicolás Maduro, Washington has moved quickly to turn Venezuela’s battered oil sector into the center of its leverage campaign—and, potentially, a repayment mechanism. U.S. officials and public statements have described a plan where the United States oversees sales of tens of millions of… Continue reading Time to invest in Oil?

SpaceX sits at the top of the rumor mill because the scale being discussed is almost absurd by public-market standards. Reuters has reported SpaceX has been exploring a 2026 listing that could raise $25B+ and put the company at a valuation north of $1 trillion—a deal size that would instantly become one of the largest… Continue reading Major IPOs coming in 2026 you need to watch for

SpaceX’s next big launch may happen on Wall Street, not at Starbase. Fresh reporting says Elon Musk’s rocket-and-satellite company has started laying groundwork for a potential initial public offering, including a “bake-off” where major investment banks pitch for a role in what could become one of the largest IPOs ever attempted. (The Wall Street Journal)… Continue reading SpaceX Launching Rockets and IPOs

Boeing has officially closed its long-planned acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, bringing its once-spun-off aerostructures business back in-house in a transaction valued at about $8.3 billion including assumed debt. The deal, completed on December 8, gives Boeing control of most of Spirit’s Boeing-related operations and marks one of the biggest realignments of the commercial aviation supply… Continue reading Boeing Reabsorbs Spirit AeroSystems in $8.3 Billion Deal, Reshaping Global Aerospace