It could be the year Main Street’s appetite for cryptocurrency exposure meaningfully grows. Although it’s been two years since the first spot bitcoin ETFs began trading on U.S. exchanges, BlackRock’s Jay Jacobs thinks they’re a fairly new concept. “It’s still so early,” the firm’s U.S. head of equity ETFs told Continue Reading
Trump to meet with oil executives. What we know about U.S. Venezuela plans
President Donald Trump will meet Friday afternoon with oil executives at the White House to discuss plans for investment in Venezuela, less than a week after the U.S. ousted President Nicolas Maduro in a military raid. The CEOs of Exxon, ConocoPhillips, Shell and a representative from Chevron will attend, sources Continue Reading
Trump says he’s cancelled attacks on Venezuela, touts $100bn oil investment
US President Donald Trump speaks during the House Republican Party (GOP) member retreat at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2026. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has said he has canceled a fresh military attack on Venezuela, saying the two countries Continue Reading
Hopes rise for Chinese property support ahead of Two Sessions meeting
Real Estate Projects in Yantai, Shandong, China on January 5, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese policymakers may be finally warming to the idea of tackling the country’s worsening real estate slump, raising expectations that stronger support measures could be coming later this year. The Communist Continue Reading
Venezuela bonds soar as Maduro’s arrest brings investor rewards
The revival of Venezuela’s oil industry presents investors with a major opportunity in the country’s defaulted debt, according to a firm that generated a 30% gain after the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, was captured by U.S. forces on Saturday. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump Continue Reading
Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: GM, INTC, TLRY
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. General Motors — Shares of the Detroit automaker dropped 2% in extended trading after General Motors said in a regulatory filing that it will record $7.1 billion in special charges for the fourth quarter of 2025 tied to its pullback in Continue Reading
The December jobs report is due out Friday. What it’s expected to show
A “Now Hiring” sign at a Cookout fast-food restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, Nov. 25, 2025. Al Drago | Getty Images The U.S. labor market likely showed modest improvement in December, providing some encouragement for the year ahead but nothing to get too excited about. Nonfarm payrolls likely rose by Continue Reading
Patient advocates urge U.S. court to halt AFP prescription operations
In a photo illustration, prescription drugs are seen next to a pill bottle on July 23, 2024 in New York. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images A coalition of patient advocacy groups is urging a federal court to halt the practices of third-party companies that buy drugs Continue Reading
Trump orders representatives to buy $200B in mortgage bonds
US President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. Francis Chung | Politico | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is “instructing my Representatives” to buy $200 Continue Reading
GM to record $7.1 billion in Q4 charges due to EV, China resets
GM Hummer EV production in Detroit. Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors DETROIT – General Motors said Thursday it will record $7.1 billion in special charges for the fourth quarter of last year related to its pullback in electric vehicles and restructuring efforts in China. The Detroit automaker said Continue Reading