The final week of 2025 has delivered a masterclass in market discipline and volatility as the CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) moved aggressively to cool a white-hot silver market. After silver prices touched a historic peak of $84.00 per ounce on Monday, December 29, the exchange operator implemented its second
As the calendar turns to the close of 2025, Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI) finds itself at a pivotal crossroads, emerging from the shadow of one of the most contentious merger attempts in retail history. Despite the definitive collapse of its $24.6 billion tie-up with Kroger (NYSE: KR) late last
As the curtain closes on 2025, the investment community is witnessing a significant shift in sentiment regarding the managed care sector. Cigna Group (NYSE: CI) has become the centerpiece of this narrative, receiving a wave of analyst upgrades to ‘Buy’ in the final weeks of December. Market experts are increasingly
LONG BEACH, CA — Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) concluded its most successful fiscal year to date on December 31, 2025, reporting record-breaking annual revenue approaching $600 million. However, the financial triumph was tempered by the official announcement that the maiden flight of its highly anticipated medium-lift rocket, Neutron, has
The S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) officially cemented a 17.3% annual gain, marking a historic third consecutive year of double-digit growth. For investors who braved a year defined by a mid-spring market crash and persistent whispers of an artificial intelligence bubble, the finish line represents a triumph of corporate
As 2025 draws to a close, the global energy landscape remains defined by a volatile cocktail of geopolitical brinkmanship and shifting trade alliances. From the "Trump effect" accelerating U.S. LNG exports to the precarious status of cross-border gas deals in South America, the market has spent much of the
As the final trading bell of 2025 rings across Bay Street, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has cemented its place as one of the world’s top-performing major indices. Defying the skepticism of early-year analysts, the S&P/TSX Composite Index closed the year with a staggering annual return of
As the final grain elevators of the 2025 autumn harvest are sealed across the North China Plain, the global agricultural market is grappling with a new reality: China has fundamentally altered its relationship with the world’s food supply. Under the direct mandate of President Xi Jinping, the People’s
As the curtain closes on 2025, the silver market stands as one of the most remarkable—and exhausting—financial stories of the year. After a decade of trading in the shadow of gold, silver finally broke its chains this year, catapulting from under $30 an ounce to a historic peak
MELBOURNE, Australia — As the curtain closes on 2025, Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) has solidified its position as the undisputed titan of the offshore drilling world, propelled by a highly successful and strategically vital drilling campaign in Australian waters. The company’s stock, which faced significant headwinds earlier in the decade,
As the final bells ring across the Chicago Board of Trade this December 31, 2025, the narrative of the global grain market has shifted from one of geopolitical panic to one of overwhelming abundance. Corn, soybean, and wheat futures are closing the year at multi-year lows, capping a second half
ACCRA, Ghana — In a stunning reversal of a decades-long trend of devaluation, the Ghanaian Cedi has closed 2025 as one of the world’s strongest-performing currencies, marking its first annual appreciation against the U.S. Dollar in 32 years. This historic rally, fueled by a relentless surge in global gold
As 2025 draws to a close, the global crude oil market is locked in a high-stakes "tug-of-war" between a looming supply surplus and a persistent geopolitical risk premium. While the broader trend for the year has been one of decline—with benchmark prices falling approximately 20% since January—the final
As the final bells ring on the 2025 trading year, the global financial landscape looks fundamentally different than it did twelve months ago. In what historians are already calling the "Golden Renaissance," gold and silver have concluded their most explosive year of growth in over four decades. Driven by a
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As the final bells ring on the 2025 trading year, one commodity stands as the undisputed king of the markets: copper. In a year defined by technological upheaval and a strained global supply chain, the "red metal" has undergone a historic "super-rally," with prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME)
As the final trading session of 2025 draws to a close, the precious and industrial metals markets are providing a masterclass in technical resilience. Despite a sharp bout of profit-taking in the final weeks of December, gold, silver, and copper have managed to hold firmly above their critical 50-day moving
As the final bells of 2025 ring across global exchanges, gold has solidified its status as the year’s premier asset class, ending the annual session with gains exceeding 60%. This historic rally, which saw spot prices touch an all-time high near $4,560 per ounce in late December, has
As the final trading hours of 2025 come to a close, the precious metals market stands at a historic crossroads. After a year that saw gold and silver shatter every previous valuation model, the current sideways consolidation in prices is being described by top Wall Street analysts not as a
The final week of 2025 has delivered one of the most violent displays of volatility in the history of the precious metals market. After a year of relentless gains that saw silver emerge as the premier asset class of the decade, the metal suffered its largest single-day percentage decline in
