As of January 14, 2026, prediction markets are flashing a signal that would have been unthinkable just two years ago: a supermajority of traders believe the era of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is coming to an end. On the decentralized platform Polymarket, the contract for Khamenei to exit office by the end of 2026 has climbed [...]
The American consumer remains the bedrock of the economy, as evidenced by a surprise jump in November retail sales data released today, January 14, 2026. Despite a backdrop of political uncertainty and a 43-day federal government shutdown that delayed the reporting cycle, the figures revealed a robust appetite for spending.
Plus Therapeutics stock falls in premarket trading after pricing a $15 million public offering, with proceeds set for working capital as the company develops cancer treatments.
On January 3, 2026, as U.S. Special Forces launched "Operation Absolute Resolve" to apprehend Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the world watched in shock. But on the decentralized prediction platform Polymarket, the shock had already been priced in. Just hours before the first Delta Force boots hit the ground in Caracas, an anonymous user liquidated a [...]
JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) sent shockwaves through the financial sector this week, reporting a set of fourth-quarter results and 2026 forward-looking guidance that has investors re-evaluating the profit margins of the world’s largest banks. Despite beating top- and bottom-line estimates for the final months of 2025, the banking giant’
As the United States enters the second year of Donald Trump’s second term, the political landscape has reached a boiling point that prediction markets are now pricing as a coin-flip for a constitutional crisis. On Kalshi, the regulated exchange for event contracts, the probability of President Trump being impeached by the House of Representatives has [...]
The U.S. stock market entered mid-January 2026 with a sense of cautious optimism, only to see that sentiment shattered following the release of the December 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI) report. While the data indicated a cooling trend in core prices—hitting a four-year low—the broader indices failed
The prediction market industry reached a historic milestone on January 12, 2026, as total daily trading volume across major platforms surged to a staggering $701.7 million. This record-breaking figure represents the highest single-day turnover in the history of the sector, signaling the definitive arrival of event-based trading as a cornerstone of modern finance. At the [...]
Real retail sales, one of my favorite broad-economy indicators, was updated through November this morning, making only one month stale. This, along with real personal spending, is one of the two most important indicators which have been missing======
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.96%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.57%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.53%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26 ) are down -0.96%, and March E-mi...
Today’s Date: January 14, 2026 Ticker: Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) Introduction As we enter the first weeks of 2026, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) finds itself at a historical crossroads. No longer merely a "disruptor" or a "streaming service," the company is in the midst of an aggressive metamorphosis into a global media and live-entertainment powerhouse. With the [...]
KULR Technology Group, Inc. (AMEX:KULR) shares are moving higher Wednesday after the company announced it secured a 5-year preferred battery supply agreement from Caban Energy.
We just got our latest economic data, and it is very bull-friendly: ice-cold PPI data and better-than-expected retail data. In spite of this, equity futures are down about half a percent or so...
Salesforce, the global leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software, finds itself in a defining moment. For nearly 25 years, the San Francisco-based giant has dominated enterprise sales, service, and marketing clouds. However, as 2026 begins, the focus has shifted from managing data to deploying "digital labor." With the recent launch of Agentforce, a platform [...]
The date is January 14, 2026. After a tumultuous two-year period defined by stratospheric growth, governance crises, and a fundamental shift in the economics of data centers, Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI) stands at a critical crossroads. Once the darling of the AI boom, then the target of intense regulatory scrutiny, the San Jose-based [...]
Today’s date is January 14, 2026. As the fourth-quarter earnings season kicks into high gear, all eyes are on the giants of the financial district. Among the "Bulge Bracket," perhaps no firm enters this reporting cycle with as much momentum and scrutiny as Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). Long viewed as the barometer for global capital [...]
Date: January 14, 2026 As the global financial markets settle into the first weeks of 2026, all eyes are turned toward 200 West Street. Tomorrow, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) will release its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results. For a firm that spent much of the early 2020s navigating a painful strategic identity [...]
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMD) enters 2026 as a pivotal player in the "Great Decoupling" of the global supply chain and the rapid expansion of AI-driven compute. No longer just a component manufacturer, AMD has reinvented itself as a provider of heterogeneous computing solutions, integrating CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and networking into unified "rack-scale" systems. [...]
As of January 14, 2026, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) stands at a critical crossroads that few could have predicted just three years ago. Having successfully navigated the "Year of Efficiency" in 2023 and the subsequent "Year of AI" in 2024, the company has now entered what analysts call the "Year of Superintelligence." Today, Meta is [...]
As of January 14, 2026, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) stands at a historic crossroads. After a year of record-breaking growth that saw the company’s market capitalization surge past the $4 trillion mark, Alphabet has transitioned from a legacy search provider into a "Platform First" AI powerhouse. The narrative surrounding the company has shifted from defensive—fending [...]
The British Pound extended its gains on Wednesday as the Greenback is punished by investors due to threats to the Federal Reserve’s independence and a verbal intervention by Japanese officials, boosted the Yen.
John Mackey reveals how a mega-competitor's obsession with price wars accidentally created the perfect opening for Whole Foods' upscale grocery strategy.
As of January 14, 2026, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) stands not merely as an e-commerce giant, but as a foundational infrastructure layer for the global digital economy. Over the past two years, the narrative surrounding the Seattle-based titan has shifted from a post-pandemic recovery story to one of structural margin expansion and artificial intelligence (AI) [...]
Date: January 14, 2026 Introduction As the global financial markets navigate a turbulent start to 2026, characterized by a sharp valuation reset in the technology sector, few companies find themselves under more intense scrutiny than Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Once the undisputed vanguard of the 2023–2025 generative AI bull run, Microsoft is currently weathering a [...]
