After a volatile but generally bearish year, nickel ends 2025 on a positive note. One of the ‘forgotten’ metals has turned bullish, rising 5.5% in a month. Still, time will tell whether this run is a legitimate turnaround or a sectoral tailwind. Yet nickel remained a hated asset over the past two years. Prices have […]
The “American Dream” of homeownership has hit a mathematical wall, creating a rare and lucrative opening for the nation’s largest homeowners. As 2026 approaches, a convergence of punishing mortgage rates and a sharp decline in new construction is reshaping the housing market, turning a crisis for families into a potential windfall for apartment investors. The […]
For months, the U.S. labor market has been sending mixed signals, cooling in some places and holding steady in others, leaving investors unsure whether the slowdown is orderly or whether something more vulnerable is forming beneath the surface. That uncertainty comes to a head this week. On Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release […]
A resilient market at the main level, but with an uneven, policy-driven underlying economy. This is the reality that JP Morgan Asset Management sees for 2026 The company expects another year of economic expansion in the US, but still describes this as a K-shaped path. Richer households and capital-rich companies are retreating, while middle-income consumers […]
Economist Justin Wolfers has issued a stark warning that white-collar professionals are now facing their ‘Detroit auto worker’ moment due to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). AI comes before cognitive jobs Wolfers argued on MSNBC that, unlike every major technological shift in the past, AI is the first to replace cognitive work in place […]
Sports betting ETFs are experiencing an increase in activity DraftKings Inc (NASDAQ:DKNG) shares are plummeting, highlighting the way increasing competition from prediction platforms is spilling over into gaming and gambling-based ETF markets. DraftKings is under pressure. View the prices, live. Sports betting ETFs are feeling the chill from DraftKings Leverage and reverse products such as […]