Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is in focus ahead of the giant’s Q4 earnings scheduled for Feb. 4 (after the bell), with many expecting the multinational to showcase that it’s firing on all cylinders.Analysts are bracing for a blockbuster, with revenue projections hovering around a whopping $111 billion – a double-digit…
Pandora (CPH: PNDORA), the world’s largest jeweller, is stepping into the high-stakes spotlight this Thursday as it prepares to unveil its full-year financial results.While investors typically look for sparkles during earnings season, the overall mood surrounding the Danish giant has turned decidedly gray.Ahead of the scheduled print, analysts at Jefferies…
Europe’s markets and politics struck a cautious tone on Tuesday as investors and policymakers grappled with rising uncertainty.The FTSE 100 slipped from record highs as heavyweight stocks fell and traders positioned ahead of a crucial Bank of England rate decision.In France, authorities escalated scrutiny of X, raiding its Paris offices…
Tonight’s digest tracks a trillion-dollar retail coronation, a fragile geopolitical tariff truce, a pharma darling losing its halo, and crypto’s brutal reminder that liquidity rules all. Walmart’s transformation is real, India’s leverage play is bold but murky, Novo Nordisk’s stumble exposes execution risk, and Bitcoin’s slide confirms it’s trading like…
Nvidia Corp. is nearing a deal to invest roughly $20 billion in OpenAI as part of the ChatGPT maker’s latest funding round, reported Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, marking what would be the chipmaker’s single largest investment to date.The contribution is close to being completed, the sources said.…
Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday as tensions between the US and Iran escalated, raising fears of supply disruptions. Renewed tensions have surfaced between the US and Iran following the US downing of an Iranian drone that was operating close to an American aircraft carrier.Additionally, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of…
Renewed geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran pushed gold prices higher on Wednesday, extending the yellow metal’s recent upward trend. This safe-haven buying contributed to the gains, following gold’s previous session, which marked its best single day since 2008.The already escalating tensions between the US and Iran witnessed a direct…
Asian markets traded mostly lower on Wednesday, tracking a broad sell-off in US technology stocks overnight, while gold extended gains for a second session. Investor sentiment across the region was weighed down by losses in global tech, fresh uncertainty around artificial intelligence disruption, and a series of policy and legal…
UBS AG capped the year with a fourth-quarter performance that cleared market expectations and set the stage for fresh capital returns. The Swiss lender reported a sharp rise in quarterly profit while confirming plans for a sizeable share buyback programme. Management said the bank intends to repurchase at least $3…
Gold and silver are bouncing back after experiencing one of the sharpest corrections in precious metals in more than a decade. While short-term volatility is expected to remain high as markets adjust to recent moves, analysts suggest the recent sell-off is likely a correction, not a fundamental reversal, unless macro conditions…