For months, the knock on Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) hasn't been its business. It has been the bill. When management raised its 2026 capital expenditures guidance in April to a range of $125 billion to $145 billion, shares sank on the news. And heading into...

Wall Street is kicking off the second half of 2026 with fresh conviction: shrugging off one shock after another, markets are set to grind even higher. A diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds and commodities just posted its strongest first-half return since 2021...

A gauge measuring Britons defaulting on credit cards and other unsecured loans has hit its highest level since the financial crisis, a sign of growing pressure on household finances. The proportion of lenders saying default rates rose over the previous three months...

Hong Kong’s assets under management climbed 20% to a record HK$42.2 trillion ($5.4 trillion) last year, a sign that the city’s prolonged attempt to become a wealth management hub is bearing fruit. The increase was fueled by a 193% jump in net fund inflows to HK$2.1...

Caterpillar Inc. stock slid from a record high Wednesday after Michael Burry, made famous in The Big Short for his bets against the US housing market ahead of the 2008 crisis, said he shorted the industrial heavyweight for the first time. The call comes as the...