Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to buy Manus, a popular Singapore-based artificial intelligence agent with Chinese roots, in its effort to build a business around its massive AI investment. The deal values Manus at more than $2 billion, according to people familiar...

UK shoppers’ spending on their debit and credit cards dropped in 2025 for the first time since the pandemic, according to Barclays data that nevertheless showed people still willing to treat themselves with small luxuries and experiences. The bank said the value of...

A measure of US bond-market volatility is heading for its biggest annual decline since the wake of the financial crisis with the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts dampening risks of an economic downturn. The ICE BofA MOVE Index, a gauge of expected bond-market...

Buffett’s record cash pile suggests attractive equity valuations are increasingly hard to find. Persistent stock selling and paused buybacks point to heightened capital caution at Berkshire. Elevated mega-cap and AI valuations raise risks from narrow market breadth....

If one theme has suffused the stock market in 2025, it might be this paradox: Investors know all about the AI bubble, but they’re buying AI stocks anyway.  In a new survey by The Motley Fool, 93% of investors with AI stocks said they plan to hold or expand...

Vanguard’s new advice is for investors with a "medium-term" outlook, and it stems from growing fears about an AI bubble. Vanguard is singing a new tune for investors in 2026. It goes like this: Out with the standard portfolio mix of 60% equity and 40% fixed income,...

A Bloomberg gauge of the dollar posted its worst week since June as traders looked to data due early next month to confirm expectations for further Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts in 2026. With trading subdued because of holidays this week and markets in the UK...

The last thing a diversified fund manager wants is to run a portfolio dominated by just seven technology companies — all American, all megacap, clustered in the same corner of the economy. Yet as the S&P 500 pushed to fresh records this week, investors were again...

Delivery fails involving 10-year Treasury notes surged to the highest level in eight years this month, a result of the Federal Reserve’s move to shrink its bond portfolio since 2022. Trades involving the most recently issued 10-year note that failed to settle on...

When Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in September 2025 that stock valuations were "on the high side," there is no question that it raised a good number of eyebrows. The same can be said when he indicated that investors should be prepared for lower returns...

As Wall Street tries to guess what comes next for artificial intelligence juggernauts like Nvidia (NVDA), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Alphabet (GOOGL) and AppLovin (APP), and makes other stock market predictions for 2026, the Nasdaq composite has weathered a...

Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo said it would strengthen its automated software to better handle power outages after its self-driving taxis froze and caused traffic jams during a major electricity failure last weekend in San Francisco. The Waymo Driver system is programmed to...

US consumer confidence declined in December for a fifth consecutive month on more pessimistic views of the labor market and business conditions. The Conference Board’s gauge decreased to 89.1 from 92.9 last month, data out Tuesday showed. The falling streak is now...

Waymo’s driverless ride services were a high-profile victim of a power outage that affected large swaths of San Francisco, with cars freezing mid-ride across the city and disrupting traffic. After traffic lights went dark at major intersections Saturday, social media...