Net Present Value (NPV) is a popular decision-making criteria used by firms to make key, crucial choices about how to allocate resources across an economy.
The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Tuesday rose by +0.26%. The yen’s weakness is underpinning the dollar, as it tumbled to a 1.5-year low against the dollar on Tuesday. Gains in the dollar accelerated Tuesday after US Oct new home sales fell less than ex...
The global auto and mobility industry is entering a pivotal transition year, with 2026 shaping up as a major inflection point for both autonomous driving and humanoid robotics.
February WTI crude oil (CLG26 ) on Tuesday closed up +1.65 (+2.77%), and February RBOB gasoline (RBG26 ) closed up +0.0327 (+1.82%). Crude oil and gasoline prices rallied sharply on Tuesday, with crude posting a 2.25-month high and gasoline posting a...
February Nymex natural gas (NGG26 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.010 (+0.29%), Feb nat-gas prices added to Monday's sharp rally on Tuesday and posted modest gains. Expectations of colder US weather, which will boost nat-gas heating demand, are supporting...
Trump ramped up pressure on the Fed in Michigan while defending tariffs as a driver of auto jobs, factory investment and a revival of U.S. manufacturing.
DeepSeek is set to launch its latest V4 model in just a few weeks, drawing parallels to its launch in January 2025 of its R1 model that triggered a selloff in NVDA and other AI names.
As the calendar turns to early 2026, the halls of Congress are witnessing a historic confrontation between technological rapid-fire and the foundational principles of American equity. The recent reintroduction of H.R. 6356, officially titled the Artificial Intelligence Civil Rights Act of 2025, marks the most aggressive legislative attempt to date to regulate the "black box" [...]
In a move that has sent shockwaves through the artificial intelligence industry, the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) of Abu Dhabi has officially released its most ambitious model to date: the Falcon-H1R 7B. Unveiled on January 5, 2026, this compact 7-billion-parameter model is not just another incremental update in the open-weight ecosystem. Instead, it represents a [...]
In a move that signals a paradigm shift for corporate data strategy, Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) and Google Cloud (NASDAQ: GOOGL) have announced a major expansion of their partnership, bringing the newly released Gemini 3 model family natively into Snowflake Cortex AI. Announced on January 6, 2026, this integration allows enterprises to leverage Google’s most advanced [...]
In a bold move that signals the complete "AI-ification" of the mobile landscape, Samsung Electronics (KRX: 005930) has officially announced its target to reach 800 million Galaxy AI-enabled devices by the end of 2026. This ambitious roadmap, unveiled by Samsung's Mobile Experience (MX) head T.M. Roh at the start of the year, represents a doubling [...]
Precious metals were the best-performing sector of the commodities asset class in Q4 2025 and over the entire year. As the sector is now in 2026, the trends for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium remain bullish.
CUPERTINO, CA — January 13, 2026 — For years, the digital assistant was a punchline—a voice-activated timer that occasionally misunderstood the weather forecast. Today, that era is officially over. With the rollout of Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) reimagined Siri, the technology giant has successfully transitioned from a "reactive chatbot" to a "proactive agent." By integrating advanced [...]
As we enter the first weeks of 2026, the global semiconductor industry has officially crossed the threshold into the "Angstrom Era." While 2nm production (N2) is currently ramping up in Taiwan and the United States, the strategic focus of the world's most powerful foundries has already shifted toward the 1.4nm node. This milestone, designated as [...]
At the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) officially declared the arrival of the "ChatGPT moment" for physical AI and robotics. CEO Jensen Huang, in a visionary keynote, signaled a monumental pivot from generative AI focused on digital content to "embodied AI" that can perceive, reason, and interact with the [...]
A company controlled by the Johnson family sold thousands of shares of this clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, but that hasn't stopped the pharmaceutical stock from surging.
