Birkenstock (NYSE:BIRK) shares were little changed in early trading Thursday after the luxury sandal maker reported fiscal first-quarter earnings that met Wall Street expectations, navigating a complex landscape of currency fluctuations and rising U.S. tariffs.
Ambev (NYSE:ABEV) reported fourth-quarter earnings that outpaced analyst expectations, capping a year of strategic "premiumization" and a significant digital transformation.
NorthWestern Energy Group (NASDAQ:NWE) revealed a sweeping $3.2 billion five-year capital investment strategy alongside its 2025 year-end results, as the utility prepares for a transformational merger with Black Hills expected to close in the second half of 2026.
AB InBev (NYSE:BUD) exceeded Wall Street’s profit expectations for the final quarter of 2025, proving that a mix of higher prices and premium "Beyond Beer" offerings can still drive the bottom line even as global consumption cools.
In times of uncertainty, we often look for something solid to hold onto. Lately, it seems the world’s investors have decided that “something solid” is, quite literally, gold.
The metal’s soaring price is more than just a market trend; it's a global barometer of anxiety.
When faith in currencies, governments, and traditional financial systems begins to waver, we see a familiar flight to the perceived safety of this timeless asset.
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.
Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) saw its shares plunge more than 12% in Wednesday trading, as a significant miss on fourth-quarter revenue overshadowed record annual profits and an earnings-per-share beat.
TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE) solidified its status as the most efficient player among the global energy majors, reporting an industry-leading 12.6% return on capital for 2025 despite a significant downturn in the global crude market.
Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) is betting on a "generational opportunity" in the data center market to drive a 2026 rebound, even as a massive legal settlement and a cooling residential market weighed down its latest quarterly results.
Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) reported record full-year revenue of $6.15 billion for 2025, a 9% increase over the prior year, as the building materials giant successfully leveraged its "pure-play" aggregates strategy to capture heightened infrastructure and data center demand.
Auburn Hills, Michigan-based BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA), a global leader in clean and efficient propulsion solutions, reported financial results for the full year 2025, highlighted by strong growth in light vehicle eProducts and robust cash generation.
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