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Onity Group (NYSE:ONIT) reported the most successful year in its history, posting record net income and a significant jump in shareholder equity for 2025.

Materion (NYSE:MTRN) reported a sharp return to profitability in its fourth quarter, bolstered by record sales in its electronic materials unit and a massive new investment from the U.S. defense sector.

Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) reported record quarterly and full-year results that beat expectations across key metrics, driven by aggressive expansion in its data center and digital solutions units.

Well, pull out the party hats and dust off the stock tickers. 

Lithium, the commodity that investors and analysts had all but left for dead in the great market purge of 2023-2024, is back.

The stock market has long treated Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) less as a traditional automaker and more as a futuristic technology cult, with its valuation soaring on the gravitational pull of its CEO, Elon Musk. 

This persistent "Musk Premium" has burned countless short-sellers. 

Bitcoin has vaporised more than US$800 billion in its latest crash and sucked US$1 trillion out of the broader crypto market.

With nearly US$2 trillion in market value and rising allocations from Wall Street firms, ETFs, pension funds, and insurers, Bitcoin is increasingly woven into traditional finance.

Washington has pulled itself back from the brink, passing a $1.2 trillion stop-gap deal that reopened most of the US government after days of disruption.

Trump used his Davos speech to tout US economic dominance, promote crypto, and revive his push for Greenland.

Japan’s bond market has been sliding all week, with the 10-year yield now near 2.37% and the 40-year pushing above 4.2%, both multi-decade highs.