Mortgage delinquencies rise amid housing affordability concerns
Hill Street Studios | Digitalvision | Getty Images Housing affordability challenges are weighing on not only would-be buyers, but also on a growing share of existing homeowners, new data suggests. Late-stage mortgage delinquencies — those with payments at least 90 days past due — rose 18.6% in December from a Continue Reading
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: ORCL, NVDA, MSTR
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Oracle — The software giant traded more than 3% higher, reversing an earlier decline. Oracle on Sunday announced a plan to raise up to $50 billion to increase AI capacity for its customers. A TD Cowen analyst also predicted the firm Continue Reading
UK, China rush to forge business deals
China’s President Xi Jinping (R) and Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer shake hands before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 29, 2026. Carl Court | Afp | Getty Images Chinese businesses have pledged hundreds of millions of pounds’ worth of investment in the Continue Reading
Why the catastrophe bond market is so hot right now
A local resident watches on as the remaining area of the Harcourt fire burns in the background on January 12, 2026 near Harcourt, Australia. Jesse Thompson | Getty Images News | Getty Images The catastrophe bond market shattered a host of records in 2025 — and many expect another banner Continue Reading
Disney (DIS) earnings Q1 26
Walt Disney Co. signage on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Disney’s streaming and traditional TV business will once again be in focus when the company reports earnings on Monday. In Continue Reading
Oil slides as Trump signals Iran talks, easing supply shock fears
Oil prices rose more than 1.5% in Asian trade on Thursday, on increasing concerns of a U.S military attack on Iran that could disrupt supply from the region. Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty Images Oil prices slid Monday as investors dialed back fears of a supply shock after U.S. Continue Reading
China’s factory activity grows at fastest pace since October, private survey shows, beating official reading
An employee works on a carbon fiber production line at Zhongfu Shenying in Lianyungang, China’s eastern Jiangsu province on July 31, 2025. Str | Afp | Getty Images China’s factory activity gathered speed in January, according to a private survey released Monday, as manufacturers accelerated production and front-loaded cargoes ahead Continue Reading