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Gold gains as easing oil prices soothe inflation jitters

U.S. stock futures reversed a downtrend in the overnight session on Wednesday, as strong quarterly results from Micron Technology (MU) and massive revenue target updates from Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) helped ease AI trade co…

Gold’s Breakdown Tests Key Summer Support

Bitcoin price consolidates near $74,200 as traders eye the FOMC meeting. Our 4-hour chart analysis reveals critical support levels and RSI divergence.

Wells Fargo Names Top Pick Ahead of Q3 Earnings

Note: The following is an excerpt from this week’s Earnings Trends report. You can access the full report that contains detailed historical actual and estimates for the current and following periods, please click here>>>

Oil Signals Geopolitical Risk Is Back on the Radar

August 3, 2026, 3:54 AM EDT. Shares of firearm manufacturers are notably cyclical among industrials, impacted by both unit shipments and average selling price. Leading firms in the space include Sturm, Ruger & Co. (RGR)…

Oil Shipping Costs Add a New Upside Risk to Brent Prices

The impact of the Middle East conflict on energy markets is spreading from oil prices themselves to shipping costs. A new report from Goldman Sachs says average global seaborne crude shipping costs have soared from $3 a…

Will Oil Prices Decline as Middle East Supply Recovers?

Brent crude settled at $109.86 per barrel on Friday, October 16, after touching $110 intraday—the highest since May—while WTI closed at $101.41. The move capped a week of gains driven by persistent supply risks from the…

The Trouble With Safe Assets

I’m spending a lot of time thinking about high interest rates, both for obvious reasons and because I’m reconsidering some of my own long-held views. So I thought I’d have a long talk with someone who has really studied…

Oil Prices Hold Firm Despite Persian Gulf Supply Growing

On paper, Iran does not have a jobs problem. A 7.5 percent unemployment rate is the sort of figure many governments would happily defend. But fewer than four in ten working-age Iranians are actually employed.