Finance
Are collectibles a viable asset class? The buyer of the $16.5 million Pokémon card thinks so
Key Points Logan Paul auctioned and sold his Pokémon Illustrator card for a record $16.5 million to AJ Scaramucci. Scaramucci sees the card as an investment, as the trading card market has both grown and seen prices surge in recent years. While collectibles can be a way to diversify portfolios, some warn they shouldn’t be […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: First Solar, GoDaddy, Lowe’s, Workday, Cava and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. GoDaddy — Shares dropped 9% after the company forecasted annual revenue below estimates, citing slow AI-related adoption. GoDaddy said it expects its revenue to come in between $5.195 billion and $5.275 billion this year, falling short of analysts’ consensus estimate of $5.28 billion, according to FactSet. […]
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The global M&A boom is rolling into 2026 as AI sparks deal frenzy — but cash is getting tight
Key Points Merger-and-acquisition activity roared back to life last year despite a sluggish start. Markets are betting that the surge will continue. While the appetite for deals remains strong, the pool of discretionary capital to fund them is historically thin. Source
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Register now: Applications open for the World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026
Key Points CNBC and Statista chart the top fintech players from around the world, ranging from startups to Big Tech names. The World’s Top Fintech Companies has been expanded this year, with regulation tech — companies helping others meet their financial regulatory obligations — becoming its own segment. Applications are now open for companies to […]
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PayPal pops nearly 7% on report fintech startup Stripe is weighing an acquisition
Key Points Fintech startup Stripe is reportedly in early discussions to potentially buy PayPal. PayPal’s stock has plummeted over the last year as it faces slowing growth and mounting competition in the digital-payments market. Stripe hit a $159 billion valuation on Tuesday and said it was on track to reach an annual run rate of […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Workday, Cava, Lucid Group and more
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Lucid Group — Shares of the electric vehicle maker fell more than 4%. In the fourth quarter, Lucid posted a wider-than-expected loss of $3.62 per share, despite revenue growth that topped estimates. Lucid also recently cut its U.S. workforce by 12%. Workday — Workday shares dropped […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: IBM, AMD, Dillard’s, Novo Nordisk, Keysight Technologies & more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Dillard’s — Shares fell 7% after the department store posted weaker-than-expected revenue in the holiday quarter. Fourth-quarter revenue came in at $1.99 billion, while analysts polled by FactSet anticipated $2.03 billion. Dillard’s cited winter storms as a driver behind its sales results, which it says hurt […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: AMD, Home Depot, Hims & Hers Health, Diamondback Energy and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Advanced Micro Devices — The semiconductor maker rose about 11% after it inked a multiyear deal with Meta to lend up to 6 gigawatts of its graphics processing units to artificial intelligence data centers. The cost of the deal is unclear, but the companies’ agreement includes […]
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Jamie Dimon says ‘watch out’ as lofty asset prices add to economic risks: ‘My anxiety is high’
Key Points Even as economists tout the Trump administration’s tax and deregulatory policies as boosting economic growth this year, JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon said that his own tendencies were to consider what could go wrong. “My own view is people are getting a little comfortable that this is real, these high asset prices and high […]
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Supreme Court ruling throws Trump administration’s tariff strategy into flux. What it means for global trade, U.S. economy
Key Points U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to reimplement tariffs after the Supreme Court struck some down only served to aggravate global trade tensions. As uncertainties rise, foreign governments and big businesses are likely to adopt more cautious stances on investments as well as imports and exports, particularly on deals that involve the U.S. — […]
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