Tesla Bulls and Bears Agree: This Is Not an Auto Stock
The long-standing debate among investors whether Tesla Inc. should be valued as a carmaker or a technology superpower came close to a resolution this week as the company laid out plans for a dramatic reshuffling of its factory lines. It prompted both bullish and...
Apollo Returns 18% for Retail Clients With Higher-Stakes PE Bets
Apollo Global Management Inc. reaped returns of 18.3% last year for individual investors by largely betting on single companies that private equity firms want to hold longer or can’t sell — a strategy viewed by some investors as being relatively risky. The...
Hedge Fund Investors Renew China Appetite as US Interest Wanes
A growing number of global investors plan to add money to China-focused hedge funds this year, a stark reversal from the stampede for the exit only three years ago, according to an annual survey by BNP Paribas SA. A net 14% of investors intend to channel more capital...
Waymo Probed After Robotaxi Hit Child Near Elementary School
US auto safety regulators are investigating a Waymo autonomous vehicle that struck a child near a school in Santa Monica, California, the second recent probe to examine the behavior of the Alphabet Inc. unit’s robotaxis near children. The vehicle collided at a low...
Oracle’s Value Is Cut In Half From 2025 Peak as AI Caution Rises
Oracle Corp. shares have fallen more than 50% from last year’s all-time high as investors concerned about the artificial intelligence trade and the company’s links to OpenAI flee the stock. The stock’s decline has erased about $463 billion in market value from a...
BlackRock and Partners Group Launch First-of-Its-Kind Private Markets SMA for Wealth Platforms
New Separately Managed Account (SMA) strategies provide simpler access to private markets for scalable, outcome-oriented portfolio construction. Private assets can help diversify portfolios, improving risk-adjusted returns and resiliency amid uncertainty. BlackRock...
Trump’s Embrace of Weaker Dollar Fuels Bets on New Downtrend
President Donald Trump’s relaxed tone about the dollar selloff is fueling speculation the US currency is at the start of a longer-term decline. The dollar suffered its deepest one-day drop since last year’s tariff rollout after Trump said on Tuesday he didn’t think...
Crypto Traders Flee to Prediction Bets After Crash
Not long ago, Nikshep Saravanan was deep in the crypto trenches — trading memecoins, reaching out to venture capitalists, and trying to launch a startup for digital creators. By January, he’d dropped it all. These days, he spends hours on prediction markets, tracking...
Goldman’s Risk Appetite Indicator at highest levels since 2021
Goldman Sachs analyst Andrea Ferrario told clients in a note on Tuesday that investor sentiment has surged to its strongest point in years, with the firm’s Risk Appetite Indicator rising to 1.09, the “highest level since 2021” and in the “98th percentile since 1991.”...
S&P 500 Posts Its First Two-Week Losses Since June: Markets Wrap
Wall Street ended a jittery week on a relatively quiet note, with stock traders digesting the rally of the past two days in the run-up to the Federal Reserve decision and the start of the big-tech earnings season. While the S&P 500 posted its first back-to-back...
Dollar’s Worst Week Since May Comes With US ‘Policy Nightmare’
The dollar notched its worst week since May, fueling gains in the yen and other global currencies after a week of unpredictable US policymaking that rattled financial markets. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index tumbled 0.7% on Friday and is down 1.6% on the week, its...
China Paves Way for Yuan Gains as PBOC Boosts Fix Beyond 7
China opened the door for further yuan gains, as the central bank strengthened the daily reference rate by the most since August, pushing it past a closely watched level. The People’s Bank of China set the so-called fixing at 6.9929 per dollar on Friday, compared with...
Chinese Banks Top Global Peers as Main Lenders to The Gulf
The Gulf is fast emerging as part of China’s next big financial play, with years of diplomatic overtures now translating into hard cash. Chinese banks’ lending to the region jumped nearly three-fold to a record $15.7 billion in 2025, excluding bilateral loans, with...
India’s Sales of Treasuries Deepen Pivot Away From Dollar Assets
India’s holdings of US Treasuries have fallen to a five-year low as the nation pushes to support its currency and diversify its reserves, joining a broader shift by some major economies out of the world’s biggest bond market. The country’s holdings of long-term US...
