Americans’ average FICO credit score is holding steady, but experts say this number masks some affordability pressures and reveals how rising costs are shaping their financial decisions. Today, the average U.S. FICO score sits at 714, down one point from a year ago but unchanged from October 2025, according to a new FICO® Score Credit…
When the national debt topped $40 trillion last week, it was a round-number milestone that grabbed mainstream media attention. It also coincided with a rough week in the news for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, whose intervention in the bond markets was widely viewed as a failure. Undeterred, Bessent on Thursday seemed to dismiss the ballooning…
Rocket Lab (RKLB) remains under pressure, languishing below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. With that in mind, Rocket Lab stock is setting up as an interesting bearish candidate when looking for new option trades. Let’s look at a setup known as a bear put spread. This is a bearish option trade that benefits from…
Stanley Druckenmiller, the billionaire investor who mentored US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in his early career as a hedge fund trader, suggested his former pupil is making a mistake by wading into the bond market.Bessent has recently pledged to increase the Treasury’s purchases of long-dated bonds, a move widely seen as an attempt to push…
This week we hear that ePost Global and QuickBox have shored up their partnership to give e-commerce retailers better global and cross-border capabilities to help them expand. And Descartes Systems Group snatched up Tai Software, which offers an AI-powered transportation management platform for freight brokers. And lastly, Epicor updated its platform with AI agents to…
Investors seeking exposure to the next phase of digital evolution often choose between infrastructure giants and software innovators. Choosing between Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) and UiPath Inc (NYSE:PATH) requires a close look at their current fundamentals. Dell provides the physical backbone of the modern data center, while UiPath focuses on the software automation that makes enterprises…
Wen Teng: Good morning and good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining our call today. I will start with an overview of our major accomplishments during the second quarter of 2026. We delivered another robust quarter as we continue to capitalize on surging AI-driven demand, leveraging our industry-leading capabilities, strategically located resource reserves and strong…
Option traders have turned bullish on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: $BTC) and are betting that the price of the largest cryptocurrency will top $82,000 U.S. Market data shows that a growing number of Wall Street traders are piling into call-option contracts that have an $82,000 U.S. strike price on Bitcoin that expires Sept. 4. The trade essentially…
Home prices rose again in June as mortgage rates stabilized during the typical peak period for buying and selling. The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller 20-City Composite Home Price Index, which measures home prices in 20 of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas, increased 2.1% in June from a year earlier, according to data released Tuesday. The national…
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the other major stock indexes traded higher Tuesday as Treasury yields dropped amid the Treasury Department’s recent efforts to lower interest rates. Meanwhile, Nvidia (NVDA), Micron Technology (MU) and Sandisk (SNDK) were early winners on the stock market today. Ahead of Tuesday’s open, Dow futures rose 0.4%,…
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