When a conflict escalates, financial markets respond within minutes. That reaction is not just panic or speculation – it is a kind of collective judgement about what might happen next. The conflict between the US, Israel and Iran, which started on Saturday, triggered a sharp jump in oil prices when Asian markets opened on Monday

Aluminum stocks collectively surged. The escalation of the Middle East situation triggered concerns over the stability of the electrolytic aluminum supply chain. According to Zhitong Finance, the Hang Seng Index fell by 2.78%, or 716 points, to 25,051 points; the Hang Seng Tech Index dropped by 1.96%. The morning session turnover of Hong Kong stocks

A currency trader monitors exchange rates in a dealing room at the Korea Exchange Bank in Seoul Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korea’s Kospi plunged over 12% Wednesday, before paring some losses, and extending a steep sell-off from the previous session amid an escalating war in the Middle East. The Korea Exchange

It’s always a bad idea to invest in the right company at the wrong price. Yet over the past few years, that’s precisely what happened when many investors chased some of the market’s hottest hypergrowth stocks without considering their skyrocketing valuations. So with the S&P 500 still looking historically expensive at nearly 30 times earnings,

Today’s Change (23.20%) $0.42 Current Price $2.23 Key Data Points Market Cap $2.5B Day’s Range $1.97 – $2.36 52wk Range $0.69 – $4.58 Volume 225M Avg Vol 98M Gross Margin -7128.74% Plug Power (PLUG +23.20%) develops hydrogen fuel cell systems for electric vehicles and equipment. Shares closed at $2.23, up 23.20%. The stock moved higher

On March 3, 2026, Ross Stores’ board approved a 10% increase in its quarterly cash dividend to US$0.445 per share, payable March 31, 2026 to shareholders of record on March 13, 2026. At the same time, Ross Stores issued earnings guidance pointing to higher comparable store sales and earnings per share for fiscal 2026 versus

Today’s Change (1.22%) $0.23 Current Price $18.61 Key Data Points Market Cap $23B Day’s Range $17.69 – $19.04 52wk Range $8.60 – $32.73 Volume 2.1M Avg Vol 57M Gross Margin 61.06% SoFi Technologies (SOFI +1.22%), a digital-first financial platform, closed Tuesday at $18.61, up 1.20% bouyed by two pices of positive news. The firm deepened

In the second quarter of 2017, Warren Buffett, then the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKB), made a somewhat contrarian bet, having the conglomerate buy 10 million shares of General Motors (NYSE: GM) at an average closing price of $33.95. At the time, that move increased Berkshire’s stake in the automaker by 20%. Will AI

It may have taken a day to fully sink in, or maybe it took a day for investors to find the news. It’s clear, though, that they got the memo. Analysts have taken a more bearish stance on NuScale Power (SMR 2.26%) stock, and investors are selling shares in response. The general market downturn amid

Despite today’s market slide driven by investor jitters over the Middle East conflict and rapidly rising oil prices, Plug Power (PLUG +27.62%) stock is soaring. Plug shares jumped by 24% as of 11:56 a.m. ET. The move came after the hydrogen fuel cell system company released fourth-quarter and full-year results and announced a leadership change.

On Feb. 22, Citrini Research — an independent financial research firm on Substack — posted on X and published a report titled, “The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis.” The report forecasts incredible strides in artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and efficiency, at the expense of double-digit unemployment, as AI wreaks havoc on white-collar jobs. Under these hypothetical

Image source: Getty Images Could we be witnessing the start of a full-blown stock market crash? Only time will tell — guessing the near-term direction of share prices is notoriously difficult, and I’m not about to start! However, the red lights are flashing, and it pays for investors to get prepared for a correction. I’m

Shares of Altria Group (MO 0.84%) climbed 11.4% in February, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. A giant in the tobacco and nicotine sector, Altria Group’s steady sales are seen as a safe haven amid market uncertainties, such as the current panic over software stocks and geopolitical conflicts. Like other consumer staples, Altria

New York  —  The US war with Iran rippled through markets Monday: Oil spiked. Investors piled into gold. But stocks…shrugged? Barely a week earlier, a fictional “macro memo from 2028” hypothesizing on how AI could disrupt the economy sent the Dow down 800 points. Behold the stock market of 2026, where geopolitical conflict barely registers

Oracle (ORCL +2.70%) declined 11.7% in March according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock is down more than 23% in 2026 as I write. However, the key benchmark date is likely mid-September, when news of the $300 billion deal with OpenAI broke. The initial euphoria over the deal quickly faded, and Oracle’s

CSE: TEX | OTCQB: TRGEF | FRA: V6Y VANCOUVER, BC, March 3, 2026 /CNW/ – Targa Exploration Corp. (CSE: TEX) (FRA: V6Y) (OTCQB: TRGEF) (“Targa” or the “Company“) today announced the appointment of Bryce Roxburgh to its Board of Directors (“Board“), effective immediately, and the issuance of incentive stock options. Mr. Roxburgh brings five decades of

Warren Buffett is no longer the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, but the company just released its latest 13F filing detailing the last trades under his leadership. There were few trades and only one new position. Although Buffett maintained Berkshire’s position in Alphabet, he pared down its positions in the other artificial intelligence (AI) stocks in

DraftKings (DKNG +0.13%) is making a good business decision by expanding into prediction markets. That, however, doesn’t make this stock a buy in 2026. At least not if you have a long-term buy-and-hold mentality. Here’s why buying this sports betting company just because of its move into prediction markets could be a mistake. Image source: