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FedEx has issued a national service disruption and shipments with a Monday delivery commitment may be delayed. Both carriers not offering money-back guarantees for delayed shipments due to inclement weather. FedEx plans to return grounded McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo aircraft to service.

UnitedHealth has the largest exposure among insurers to Medicare Advantage changes. Elevance Health and CVS each shed around 14%. CME Group increased margin requirements following steep sell-off.

Gold and silver markets swung between gains and losses in Mondays choppy trading day. Analysts say simultaneous sell-off in crypto and precious metals reflects a surging U.S. demand for protection. Bitcoin held steady as gold and silver prices collapsed.

Verizon Communications ( VZ +0.34% ) closed Friday at $44.52, up 11.83%. Verizon Communications IPOd in 1983 and has grown 450% since going public. Verizon Communications shares were down 0.40% at $44.34 during premarket trading on Monday after gaining 11.83% in the regular session on Friday. Benzinga Edge scorecard highlights its strengths and weaknesses.

Visa Inc. has a lower P/E than the aggregate P-E of 41.48 of the Financial Services industry. Visa has issued more than 5 billion credentials. Visa reported $10.9 billion in net revenue, up 15% from the same period last year. Net income rose 14% to $5.9bn. Visa tokens now total more than 17.5 billion, better than three times the total number of physical Visa cards.

Major market movers are focusing on a price band between $110.0 and $390.0 for Advanced Micro Devices, spanning the last three months. Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia in talks to invest in ChatGPT developer.

Microsoft lost $357 billion in market cap in earnings plunge. CEO Satya Nadella said on an earnings call with investors that the company is still in the “beginning stages” of AI diffusion.

Zach Buchwald is the eighth CEOO in 90 years of Russell Investments. Russell is credited with inventing smart beta and inventing the Russell 2000 index index. Zach joined Russell in 2023 from previous career at BlackRock. NATO creating bank to prepare for war with Russia – media RT (Kevin W) NATO creating a bank to. prepare for. war with. Russia – Media RT. Chris Martensons first Renaissance Report comes out today. His hypothesis is that “something or somebody broke yesterday” Martensons Straight Story” launched in 2006 to warn people about what I thought was a housing bubble. Markets are still figuring out how to value ‘artificial intelligence (read that as a descriptor)- a novelty in business. Every call center will be AI Auditing, Paralegals will use AI, all doctors will use it. Business investment outrunning consumption growth is a classic recession story: “Oops, we built too much capacity” Big data is a scary thing,  Cash. D Abraham Graves DepressionRMPool Helsinki lots newsUk graveyard Water Hair velvet denounced Gold and silver plunged $587.00 an ounce this morning in a blow to everyday investors who had piled into the precious metals this year. Producer Price Index Jumps on Disconcerting Spike in Services PPI. Long-term investors in precious metals should not worry about what to do with their stack. Warsh meeting was just an excuse for this particular plunge. Housing starts decreased to 1.246 million annual rate in October. Mortgage debt is up $2.99 trillion from the peak during the housing bubble, but, as a percent of GDP is at 43.9% - down from Q2 - and down from 73.1%. Selling China H200s makes World War III a bit more likely in the next decade. NAR reports existing home sales in December at 4.35 million. Case-Shiller: National House Price Index up 1.4% year-over-year in November. Binance says it will convert the $1 billion Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) entirely into bitcoin over the next 30 days. The longer Europe can support Ukraine, the less Russia will be able to recover. Bitcoin price plunged to nearly $75,000 today during a continuous and sharp, high-volume sell-off that erased more than 10% from recent highs. Bitcoin gets sold for the same reason other liquid positions get sold: because risk limits are binding. Bitcoin is finally ready to be the macro alternative. Bitcoin trading at $82,687, down nearly 6% over the past 24 hours. Six Democratic senators accuse Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of violating conflict-of-interest law by dismantling crypto enforcement while holding substantial digital assets. Vitalik Buterin withdraws $44.7m in eth to support ethereum growth through ‘mild austerity’ - decrypt. Politicians at Davos this year seemed more concerned about cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, and geopolitics. Europe expected to import a record-high volume of LNG this year as stronger demand for replenishing storage sites, the phase-out of Russian supply, and continued pipeline exports to Ukraine will drive increased demand. Libya has reopened exploration and signed major contracts with international oil companies.

Alphabet is second-to-none when it comes to digital ad prowess. Netflix isnt the sprawling technology company that Alphabet is. Alphabet generates the majority of its revenue from advertising.

Russell Investments chief executive says he wants AI to help us with investment insights. Barry Ritholtz and Paul Kiker discuss the crack-up boom and the risks of Trumps sudden rearrangements of the geopolitical landscape. There are approaching 1.5 million agents on moltbook, aka clawdbot, aka moltbot. Fulton County will go down in history as the most thoroughly documented rigged election ever. “Melani” will not be screened in South Africa at all. Bruce Springsteen has also stepped up to the mic. Iran has the upper hand in a present day conflict by a huge margin, says Taner Edis. Iran will not be able to adopt a restrained attitude and endure an attrition war; it will have to strike back hard, ruthlessly, and decisively to compel Israel and the USA to stand down forthwith, before the country collapses with electricity, water and telecommunications unavailable. Iran is far more than one group who plan expensive supplied thingsFrames undercut Tob Desktop thankful�hered rubbed squats abundantlyス The Renaissance Report Volume 1: When Money Dies is presented as a fully written piece and as a video recording. Chris Martenson: Were living through one of the most dangerous but potentially rewarding periods of time. The bottom 50% of Americans holds practically no stocks, no bonds, and very little real estate, according to the wealth distribution data from the Federal Reserve. Not even negative nominal interest rates will extricate the governments largess. Immigration has always been the secret sauce that helps Americas economy grow. H1B and L1B contribute just 65,000 additional workers a year from countries around the world. Without immigration, inflation is here to stay, except for everything depending on that huge flow of new serfs. S&P 500 fell by 0.4% for the day to 6,939, and is down less than 1% from its all-time high (7,002) Nasdaq Composite fell by.9% today to 23,461 and is. down by 2.3% from. its all time high (24,020) Microsoft AI spend makes a splash, with drop. PPI Blows Past Expectations: PPI +0.5% vs.+ 0.2% Bloomberg consensus; m/m core PPI -0.7% vs. 0.24% Cleveland Feds PCE deflator nowcast does not rely on PPI. US has been investigating allegations by former Meta Platforms Inc. contractors that Meta personnel can access WhatsApp. Johnson and Johnstone have each grasped once piece of the proverbial elephant. There are signs that Japan is already beginning its industrial revival. Japan lagging many other rich countries in terms of total entrepreneurial activity. China bet on batteries and electric motors in a way the rest of the world didnt, and that bet is bearing fruit. China is eagerly rushing toward that robotic future while America and Europe quake in fear of the unknown. The best way to make kids less anxious about math was simply to teach them math and have them do math. Bitcoin fell to a two-month low on Thursday, wavering alongside equities and precious metals as Microsofts post-earnings tumble deepened. Bitcoin miners have been forced to curtail, pulling a noticeable chunk of computing power off the network. Kevin Warsh would replace current Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Bitcoin plunged to lows around $81,000 last evening, dropping roughly 10% from 48-hour highs above $90,000. Bitcoin got caught in the same risk-off wave as the dollar surges and metals implode. Bitcoin bitcoin price crash is now 8% below its seven-day high of $84,368. Bitcoin sits just 1% above its 7-day low of $77,534. Fed has decided to hold the policy rate steady at 3.50–3.75%, with latest decision coming in its Jan. announcement. Bitcoin drops to $82,850 on Thursday, down from $158,000 to $70,000. Ripple-linked XRP and leading meme coin Dogecoin trading at their lowest marks since 2024. Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia reportedly in talks to invest in OpenAI. Oil production in Venezuela has collapsed after decades of malfeasance, corruption, and a lack of capital spending. Trinidad backing requests by Shell and BP for U.S. gas supply. Data centers consumed about 183 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024, roughly equivalent to the combined annual energy demand of Pakistan. Rising temperatures are expected to drive surging energy demand.

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) faced a number of challenges in 2025 that weighed on stock performance. Investors have been betting on UnitedHealth as a potential recovery.

Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) reported a quarterly revenue of $3.18 billion and a net profit of $95 million. Anthropic reiterated a Hold rating on SRE today.

The prevailing theory goes something like this: Higher-earning consumers, encouraged by rallying stock holdings and elevated property values, are splashing out on vacations and premium goods. Tether has aggressively expanded its physical gold holdings, now estimated at around 140 tonnes valued at roughly $23B, making it one of the largest non-sovereign gold holders in the world. Digital asset treasuries like Metaplanet experienced a huge surge last year.

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) notched a massive $817 million net outflow on Thursday. Milei has offered the US control of the port in exchange for a place on President Trumps Gaza peace board exempt of the standard $1 billion membership fee.

Keysight Technologies shares fell 3.8% to trade at $157.20 on Wednesday. Keysight reported quarterly earnings of $1.72 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $ 1.67 per share. Keysight said its new solution automates pre‑compliance testing aligned with ANSI C63.27. Keysight provides consulting services to help manufacturers define key performance indicators. Batteries and electric motors are the key to lots of future technologies, including all-important military hardware like drones. China has increasingly been using export controls to achieve its geopolitical and economic goals.

Final sales to private domestic purchasers rose by an annual rate of 3.0% in Q3, the best growth rate since Q4 2024. Lower mortgage rates have led to a pickup in purchase mortgage applications recently.

FLEX is witnessing strong business performance, largely driven by surging demand across its data center. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for FLEx earnings for fiscal 2026 has been revised upward.

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) trading volume stands at 23,999,005, with FCXs price up by 2.04%, positioned at $61.64.

Citigroup is expected to lay off more employees in March following a round of about 1,000 job cuts in January. Citigroup declined to comment on potential new layoffs, but it pointed Reuters to remarks by chief financial officer Mark Mason during an earnings call in January where he would “expect headcount to decline in 2026”

Visa Says Its Positioning Itself to Be a ‘Hyperscaler in Payments – Digital Transactions. Visa reported $10.9 billion in net revenue, up 15% from the same period last year. Visa tokens now total more than 17.5 billion, better than three times the total number of physical Visa cards. Visa has an annual dividend yield of 0.82%, which is a quarterly dividend amount of 67 cents per share ($2.68 a year)

Stifel Nicolaus Keeps Their Hold Rating on Curtiss-Wright (CW) - The Globe and Mail. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (KTOS) has risen 12.9% and 12.2%.

Moderna (mrna) stock pulls back after recent strength - moderna (nasdaq:mrna), benzinga.com. Moderna is a pioneer and leader in the field of mRNA medicine. The company is reimagining how medicines are made to transform how we treat and prevent diseases.

Mastercard is preparing to release its quarterly earnings on Thursday, 2026-01-29. Analysts expect Mastercard to report an earnings per share (EPS) of $4.22. Visa stock is up +12% year to date to outpace Mastercards +8%. Visa and Mastercard possess powerful network effects, supported by incredible adoption of their branded cards among consumers and due to strong acceptance by merchants. Because its a smaller business, Mastercard naturally has bigger growth opportunity.

Berkshire Hathaway is clearing the way to potentially sell its 27.5 percent stake in Kraft Heinz. The company took a $3.7 billion write-down on the stake during its second quarter. Berkshire Hathaway stake is now worth $1,430,228,263.20. With shares trading at $283.80 on Tuesday after quarterly financial results disappointed investors, Berkshires stake is worth $283. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) Stock , BRK.B Stock. BRK:CA Stock. ZBRK: CA Stock Millennial Dividends.

Home Depot has crushed the S&P 500 in the last 30 years, putting up a monster 6,100% total return compared to the index 1,820%. Tampa home prices are 3.9% lower than a year ago – the steepest decline among the 20 cities. California median home price fell in December from both the prior month and a year earlier.

Nvidia has sold out its production capacity. New chip architecture is set to launch in 2026.

Civeo reports second quarter 2025 results. Analysts expect Civeo to report an earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.41.41. Civeos will release its quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2025-04-30. The energy services company operates in the energy services. Civeo Corp provides hospitality services to the natural resources industry in Canada, Australia and the United States. Revenue growth over a period of 3 months has faced challenges.

Lawyers for CSX Transportation Corporation say they have been unable to find a crucial witness in a case, a doctor whom they accuse. CSX exited the final quarter of 2025 with cash and cash.

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Russell says he wants AI to help him with investment insights. Sakana AI raised $214 million and valued the company at $1.5 billion. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE: TSM) manufactures, packages, tests, and sells integrated circuits.

Block (NYSE: XYZ) stock is selling off quickly in Friday trading. Slow blocks arent Bitcoin “breaking,” theyre Bitcoin charging users and miners a time cost for abrupt changes in hash supply.

Intel Arc B390 supercharged the onboard iGPU of several of its new chips to provide a sizable whack of graphics grunt. Intel claims the chip is around 10% faster at gaming.

Johnson & Johnson stopped selling powder made with talc worldwide in 2023. Baltimore jury awarded $59.84 million to plaintiff.

Apple Earnings Beat Estimates; iPhone Has Best-Ever Quarter; Stock Rises; CEO Tim Cook Speaks Explore Our Brands. Whats next for apple stock after big iPhone sales everywhere, even china. Apple posted 16% revenue growth in its fiscal first quarter (the period ending Dec. 31) Apple trades at a premium, but its durability and earnings trajectory look more compelling today. At their current valuations, I think Apple is a better investment. Is the Sell-Off a Buying Opportunity? Is the sell-off a buying opportunity?

Zach Buchwald is chairman and CEO of Russell Investments. The firm was founded in 1936 and runs about $370 billion. Its main function is building and implementing great portfolios. A rapidly strengthening winter storm, known as a bomb cyclone, is less than 24 hours away from delivering an unusual amount of snow, damaging winds and dangerous coastal flooding. Eli Lilly announced plans to open a new Lilly Gateway Labs location in Center City Philadelphia. Russia and China have been arming Iran with cruise missiles designed to take out warships. Iran has the upper hand in a present day conflict by a huge margin, writes Peter Bergen. Tucker Carlson: The next twenty years are going to be completely unlike the last twenty years A financial system built on debt-based money must constantly expand like a shark that needs to keep swimming to stay alive. Orders for durable goods reported by manufacturing plants in the US fired on all cylinders in November, rising by 5.3% from October and by 12.3%, including huge orders for civilian aircraft. AI has been a game changer for me in professional career as of late in a Director level role, as well as on the side. Unemployment Insurance Insurance Insurance to Lowestestest since Sept. 25. Home prices in California are down 2% year-over-year and roughly unchanged since July 2022. California population declines again in the 12 months through July 1, 2025, after two years of growth and below 200,400 people is 200,000 below the “estimate of April 1, 2020’s base base” Texas iceps 29718ternallyWood usually concealedrow Frankenrim showdown̶GF chosen Spread between 2-year and 10-year Treasury yields now widest since January 2022. Econbrowser analysis of current economic conditions and policy. Chinn-Ito Financial Openness Index Updated to 2023! Stagnation isnt a criticism; its an opportunity, writes Ito Takatoshi. French labor productivity is 61% higher than Japans, and grew at 1.26% year from 2009 to 2019. If Japan could catch up to France over the next three decades in terms of level and growth rate of productivity. A few big American cities have built a bunch of housing, and that almost all of these cities have seen big drops in rent. This suggests vacancy rates and asking rents are under pressure again following two quarters of “stabilization” The rise of AI science will open up another parallel avenue for rapid innovation by lone scientists or small teams working outside the academy. The Senate has moved its market-structure package forward, while the Banking Committee process remains stalled amid an escalating dispute over stablecoin “interest” and rewards. Bitcoin barely flinched as ETH and XRP dropped hard in a short burst, right as weekend liquidity was thin. ERCOT has explicitly created mechanisms meant for “large flexible customers” that can reduce load during peak demand. Bitcoin mining facilities are a core example. Graham Allisons explores the possibility of the U.S. and China stumbling into war. Jamie Dimon told Brian Armstrong, You are full of s—, according to reports from Davos. Kevin Warsh has a long record of criticizing the Feds post-crisis growth. Bitcoin bitcoin price crash is now 8% below its seven-day high of $84,368. Bitcoin is not a tool for its own sake, it is a means to an end, and BCEs have that end. Gold and Silver hit new ATHs again in the wake of the Powell investigation. Ledger preparing for a $4B IPO, enlisting Goldman Sachs. Brent Crude prices are expected to average $62.02 per barrel in 2026, according to 31 economists and analysts surveyed by Reuters in January. OPEC+ group meets online on February 1 to discuss output levels, and it is widely expected to keep oil production levels flat in March. Vitalik Buterin withdraws $44.7 million from his own funds to help grow the Bitcoin.

Visa says it’s positioning itself to be a ‘hyperscaler’ in payments – digital transactions. Visa expects 20 million flexible credentials globally, using multiple payment networks. Visa earned $3.17 per share in its fiscal first quarter ending December 31. The payments giant earned $10.9 billion in net revenue, up 15% from the same period last year. Visa is integrating stablecoins into its payment infrastructure.

Microsoft is redirecting engineers to urgently fix Windows 11s performance and reliability issues. Microsoft lost $357 billion in market cap in earnings plunge. Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia reportedly in talks to invest in OpenAI.

Producer Price Index Jumps on disconcerting spike in services PPI. United Parcel Service preparing for another major workforce reduction and facility closures in 2026.

McDonalds (MCD) currently trading 3.1% below its 52-week high of $326.32. McDonalds performance continues to be underpinned by disciplined execution of its Accelerating the Arches strategy.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla says he used extreme team-motivating tactics to meet impossible deadlines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pfizer is transitioning from pandemic-reliant to pipeline-driven growth stock. The coming year will be important in determining whether Pfizer can move from recovery into sustained expansion. Pfizer is not likely to bring out a new blockbuster drug to offset the hit from its impending patent cliffs. History suggests that Pfizer will survive and thrive over the long term, even if there is a mismatch between new drugs and patent expirations in the short term.