The year AI tech giants, and billions in debt, began remaking America
The Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images West Texas dust, iron-tinged and orange-red, rides the wind and sticks like a film to everything you touch. It clings to skin and the inside of your mouth, a Continue Reading
The market bubble heading into 2026 may not be AI. It could be this metal
Silver is overbought with the currently rally showing some signs of a bubble, according to Ned Davis Research. The metal surged more than 10% on Tuesday to close at an all-time high of $77.92, bouncing back from its worst day in four years on Monday. Silver has gained more than Continue Reading
Best and worst asset classes of 2025. Gold wins the year
Gold was the best performer among major asset classes in 2025, as geopolitical instability, central bank buying and worries about central bank independence lifted the yellow metal. The SPDR Gold Shares Exchange Traded Fund had gained about 64% this year as of Monday’s close. Other top performers include markets outside Continue Reading
BP to sell 65% stake in $10 billion Castrol Lubricants to Stonepeak
Britain’s BP has agreed to sell a 65% shareholding in lubricants business Castrol for $6 billion, months on from the oil giant seeking a buyer for the unit. The deal comes as the company looks to launch a strategic reset, including a green strategy U-turn and the divestment of $20 Continue Reading
Rare earth magnet makers relish a moment in the sun
Annealed neodymium iron boron magnets sit in a barrel at a Neo Material Technologies Inc. factory in Tianjin, China on June 11, 2010. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rare earth magnet makers are having a moment as Western nations scramble to build domestic “mine-to-magnet” supply chains and reduce their Continue Reading
Fed chair candidate Hassett says U.S behind the curve on lowering rates
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Tuesday that the Federal Reserve is not cutting interest rates quickly enough, even as the U.S. economy grew at a much faster pace than expected in the third quarter. The top White House economic advisor is considered a leading contender to succeed Federal Continue Reading
What a Russia-Ukraine peace deal could mean for Europe’s gas supplies
Europe is pressing ahead with plans to ban Russian gas imports by the end of 2027, effectively capping Moscow’s energy future in the region and leaving a bevy of stranded assets in its wake. The dual Nord Stream 1 and 2 subsea pipelines were early casualties of Russia’s invasion of Continue Reading
Trump says U.S. will keep the crude oil and tankers seized near Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement about the Navy’s “Golden Fleet” at Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 22, 2025. Jessica Koscielniak | Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday said the U.S. will keep crude oil and tankers seized near Venezuela. “We’re going to keep it,” Trump told Continue Reading
How China is factor in oil tanker seizures targeting Maduro, Venezuela
A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, east of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea on Dec. 20, 2025. Department Of Homeland Security Continue Reading
Trump halts wind projects, including Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Dominion stock drops 4%
Dominion Energy’s wind turbines located 27 miles off of Virginia Beach in the Atlantic Ocean on July 17, 2023. Kendall Warner | Virginian Pilot | Getty Images The Trump administration on Monday halted Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, the largest project of its kind in the U.S., as well as four Continue Reading