Bitcoin jumped back above the $70,000 mark on Friday as investors piled back into the asset class following a volatile week for the cryptocurrency market at large. The $1.3 trillion digital asset is up over 6% today after plunging to nearly $60,000 earlier on Thursday. Ether has jumped more than 7% to above $2,000 while XRP trades at $1.46, up nearly 20%. Market watchers say the worst is over. “While it is difficult to say, conditions appear to be aligning for crypto to bottom,” David Duong, global hea ...

Core Viewpoint - US stock index futures showed signs of stabilization on Friday following a significant selloff in technology shares earlier in the week, indicating that the worst of the tech-led decline may be subsiding [1] Group 1 - The selloff in technology shares was described as "bruising," highlighting the severity of the market's reaction [1] - Tentative signs of easing in the tech-led rout suggest potential recovery in the technology sector [1]

It's the first week of February, and most Americans have recovered from the holiday hangover and stopped mistakenly writing the year 2025 in dates. While we are ready to turn the page on a rollercoaster 2025 and move on to 2026, some of the negative economic trends from last year appear to be spilling over into the new year. U.S.-based employers announced 71,321 job cuts in November, according to outplacement consultancy firm Challenger, Gray, & Christmas. The number for November 2025 was 24% higher th ...

Company Overview - SPACSphere Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company formed to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities [2] - The company may pursue acquisition opportunities across various industries but will focus on sectors where it has core competencies, such as digital assets, technology, and healthcare [2] Initial Public Offering (IPO) Details - The company announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 15,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, with trading expected to begin on February 6, 2026, under the ticker symbol "SSACU" [1] - Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share, one-half of one redeemable warrant, and one right to receive one-fifth of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial business combination [1] - The offering includes a 45-day option for underwriters to purchase up to an additional 2,250,000 units to cover over-allotments [4] - The offering is expected to close on February 9, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions [4] Management Team - The management team is led by Bala Padmakumar as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, and Soumen Das as Chief Financial Officer and Director [3] - The Board includes Kathleen Cuocolo, Magnus Ryde, and Mark Platshon [3] - Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP serves as legal advisor to the company, while D. Boral Capital LLC acts as the sole book-running manager for the offering [3]

The S&P 500 Technology Sector SPDR (XLK) is the primary lens through which the market views the tech heavyweights of the S&P 500 Index ($SPX). After a fine start to 2026, XLK, which tracks the roughly 70 tech stocks within the S&P 500, has pulled back. In the case of some of its components, quite severely. www.barchart.com Is the tech sector operating in a "post-peak" environment? Or is this another round of light to moderate chop, as they say on commercial airline flights to comfort the passengers? Mor ...

Mid-cap dividend stocks haven't even attracted the same crowded trade. Many institutional investors focus on large caps for liquidity reasons, which leaves mid-caps relatively underowned. This creates opportunities for individual investors who are willing to look beyond the Coca-Colas of the world. A mid-cap industrial company growing earnings at 12% annually with a 2.5% yield and room to expand its payout ratio offers a fundamentally different return profile than a mega-cap consumer staple growing earnings ...

Market Overview - U.S. stocks traded lower, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 200 points on Thursday. The Dow decreased by 0.56% to 49,225.33, the NASDAQ dipped 0.89% to 22,700.74, and the S&P 500 fell 0.74% to 6,831.80 [1] - European shares also declined, with the eurozone's STOXX 600 falling 0.8%, Spain's IBEX 35 Index down 1.4%, London's FTSE 100 down 0.3%, Germany's DAX slipping 0.6%, and France's CAC 40 down 0.3% [5] - Asian markets closed mostly lower, with Japan's Nikkei falling 0.88%, China's Shanghai Composite declining 0.64%, and India's BSE Sensex down 0.60% [6] Sector Performance - Consumer staples shares gained by 0.3% on Thursday, while consumer discretionary stocks fell by 2.2% [1][2] Company Earnings - Alphabet reported fourth-quarter revenue of $113.83 billion, exceeding the Street consensus estimate of $111.31 billion. The earnings per share were $2.82, beating the consensus estimate of $2.63 [3] Commodity Prices - In commodity news, oil traded down 2.4% to $63.58, gold fell 1.5% to $4,877.70, silver decreased by 10% to $75.950, and copper fell 0.5% to $5.8225 [3][4] Economic Indicators - U.S. job openings declined by 386,000 to 6.542 million in December, compared to market estimates of 7.2 million. Initial jobless claims increased by 22,000 to 231,000, against market estimates of 212,000 [7]

US stock index futures were largely unchanged on Thursday as investors digested mixed signals from corporate earnings, rising artificial intelligence spending plans, and continued volatility in the cr... ...

Core Insights - The analyst has over a decade of experience researching various industries, including commodities like oil, natural gas, gold, and copper, as well as technology companies such as Google and Nokia, and emerging market stocks [1] Group 1: Company Focus - The analyst has a particular interest in covering metals and mining stocks, while also being comfortable with other sectors such as consumer discretionary, consumer staples, REITs, and utilities [1]

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