A Japanese 10,000 yen banknote arranged in Kyoto, Japan, on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. The Japanese government’s push for pension funds and individuals to invest more in domestic markets is seen as a potential boost for the nation’s bonds and currency in the long term. Photographer: Kentaro Takahashi/Bloomberg via Getty Images Kentaro Takahashi | Bloomberg…
Employees celebrate the close of trading for the year at the Korea Exchange (KRX) on Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korean stocks rallied Thursday, lifting the benchmark Kospi into a technical bull market as a global revival in the AI trade fuels a sharp recovery after last month’s…
A customer places Japanese 1,000 yen banknotes on a checkout counter while making a purchase at an Akidai YK supermarket in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, June 27, 2022. Japan’s core consumer inflation remained above the central bank’s 2% target for a third straight month in June, as the economy faced pressure from high global raw…
Alphabet on Wednesday unveiled its new Pixel 11 smartphone lineup, putting its most agentic version of Gemini yet at the center of the devices just weeks before Apple is expected to roll out a rebuilt Siri powered by Google’s AI models. The new lineup includes the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL…
A trader watches the screen at his terminal on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Lucas Jackson | Reuters After years of standing in the sun, retail investors could have a dark cloud forming over their heads. Technological advancements helped level the playing field for Main Street and Wall Street…
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, July 16, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave that post by the end of August, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday. Leavitt’s departure…
Andrew Feldman, co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems, speaks after the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on May 14, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cerebras Systems raised its full-year guidance in the second earnings report following the chipmaker’s IPO in May. But the stock tumbled about…
In 2026, gold has been a tough trade to time right, falling from a 10-year high over $5,300 an ounce that it reached early in the year by as much as 18%, according to Goldprice.org. But last week was the precious metal’s best week since January, while gold mining stocks had their hottest five-day run…
Pedestrians walk past the north entrance to the U.S. Treasury Department headquarters building on April 30, 2025, in Washington, DC. J. David Ake | Getty Images The U.S. budget deficit soared to its highest monthly level in more than five years amid a surge in Medicare costs and as interest on the federal debt continued…
Joshua Kushner, left, founder of Thrive Capital, and former Disney CEO Bob Iger during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 10, 2026. Getty Images (L) | CNBC (R) The Los Angeles Lakers have sold — again. Less than a year after buying a controlling ownership stake in the…
