As the financial markets brace for a “pivotal week”, with tech titans – Amazon, Google, and Meta Platforms – scheduled to report earnings, billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller is shifting his heavy-hitting chips.Ahead of the high-stakes reports, the former Soros protégé has favoured cloud kings over the social media giant META.According…
Asia began the week with a split-screen session, as Tokyo and Seoul extended their record run, while Australia and Hong Kong lagged behind.The Nikkei 225 and South Korea’s Kospi opened at fresh highs, reflecting continued appetite for markets with strong earnings momentum and clear technology-led narratives.Australia’s ASX 200 slipped in…
The Nikkei 225 Index soared to a record high on Monday as investors anticipated a busy market week ahead. It jumped to a high of ¥60,787, much higher than the year-to-date low of ¥50,430. This article looks at some of the top catalysts that will move Japan stocks this week.Nikkei…
In one of the biggest outbound acquisitions ever attempted by an Indian company, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has decided to buy Organon & Co. for $14 a share in an all-cash deal valued at $11.8 billion.The logic of the deal is easy to state and harder to execute as Sun is…
The United States is two months into its most consequential military operation since Iraq. Oil prices have surged more than 55%, and the IMF has cut its global growth forecast.At the same time, the S&P 500 just closed above 7,000 for the first time in history. US market indices are…
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has introduced a preview of its fourth-generation model, DeepSeek V4, alongside sweeping price cuts aimed at accelerating adoption.The company said it is offering developers a 75% discount on its newly unveiled AI model, DeepSeek-V4-Pro, until May 5.It also reduced prices for input cache hits across…
Intel stock’s (NASDAQ: INTC) turnaround story got louder in recent days, but so did the valuation debate around it.The chipmaker is under the spotlight after first-quarter 2026 revenue of $13.58 billion and non-GAAP earnings of 29 cents a share, both ahead of expectations.Intel guided second-quarter revenue to $13.8 billion to…
The DAX Index has pulled back in the past few days, moving from this month’s high of €24,800 to the current €24,128. It remains substantially higher than this month’s low of €21,850. This article looks at the three main catalysts to watch this week.Top DAX Index companies are releasing their…
Retail investors have become remarkably sophisticated in a short space of time. They research earnings calls, track macro indicators, compare brokerage fee structures, and monitor their portfolios in real time from mobile devices. Yet there is one aspect of online investing that most people still treat as an afterthought: the…
Meta Platforms and Microsoft will give Wall Street its most important AI test of the quarter on Wednesday, April 29, when both companies report after the bell.Meta’s Q1 2026 earnings call is set for 2:30 p.m. PT, while Microsoft has said it will publish fiscal Q3 2026 results after the…