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© Oleg Elkov / Shutterstock.com Oil prices have soared by over 50% in the past month, with WTI crude trading sideways in the $90 to $100 band. Stocks like Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY), and Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) have rallied by just 10% or less due to the broader market believing the Strait of…

From 10h ago US stock market jumps after Trump’s TACO moment Wall Street has joined the global relief rally after Donald Trump postponed attacks on Iran’s power plants, sending a surge of optimism though trading floors. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average has jumped by 2% or 928 points to 46,505 points. Construction…

The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged more than 1,000 points in early trading on Monday after President Trump postponed an ultimatum for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying that the U.S. is engaged in “good and productive” negotiations with Tehran.  The blue-chip index jumped 1,076 points in morning activity on Wall Street before…

US markets staged a strong rebound on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average surging 631 points, or 1.38%, to close at 46,208.47 after President Donald Trump signalled a possible de-escalation in tensions with Iran. The rally gathered pace after Trump said the two sides had held “productive” talks and that planned strikes on Iranian…

Energy stocks tied to liquefied natural gas have been drawing fresh attention as geopolitical risks disrupt the whole global supply. When major export facilities face damage or shutdown threats, LNG prices can move quickly, and the ripple effect often shows up in shares of producers and exporters. This has favorably impacted Cheniere Energy (LNG), as…

US stocks rallied and oil prices tumbled Monday after President Trump announced a five-day pause on plans to strike Iranian power plants – though analysts warned that prices are unlikely to completely normalize following severe damage to key Middle East energy facilities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 631 points, or 1.4%, while the S&P 500 and…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Scanning the headlines, it can be easy to get the impression that every investor, banker, and financial analyst is enamored with AI. Yet this simplified view obscures a more complicated story: the US economy isn’t where tech companies…

Looking at things objectively, stocks have soared under President Donald Trump. During his first, non-consecutive term in the White House (Jan. 20, 2017 – Jan. 20, 2021), the widely followed Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI +1.38%), broad-based S&P 500 (^GSPC +1.15%), and technology-driven Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +1.38%) surged 57%, 70%, and 142%, respectively. Until a…

© dan quiet life / Shutterstock.com Gladstone Capital (NASDAQ:GLAD) cut its monthly distribution from $0.165 to $0.15 per share late last year, and the stock has shed nearly 36% over the past 12 months. The Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates steady gives this business development company a floor to stand on, but it does not…

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) and Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN) closed 2025 with earnings that tell very different stories. Tesla is a profitable, diversifying technology company navigating a delivery slump. Rivian is a pre-scale manufacturer that just crossed its first full year of positive gross profit, betting its future on a mass-market launch and a deepening…