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Third-party collections re-hit rock-bottom again of 4.6% in Q4 – the record low in the data, shared by several prior quarters since Q2 2023, when it hit that level for first time.

China will continue to be a spectacular, world-leading civilization for a couple more decades. But demographic decline will begin to sap its vitality. China allowed its economy to become dominated by real estate.

Goldman Sachs maintains Olin stock price target maintained at $22 by Goldman Sachs. Olin outlined several concrete, site-level initiatives aimed at permanently lowering operating costs.

Mortgage balances rose by $98 billion (+0.7%) in Q4 from Q3, to $13.2 trillion. Nearly 10% of student loan balances are more than 90 days past due. Big money is quietly sneaking into energy and oil stocks, which is something they do before “allowing” the underlying commodity to rise in price. Harvard cuts Bitcoin position by 21% to 5.35 million IBIT shares ($265.8 million) in Q4 2025. FutureBit launches Apollo III, a new home Bitcoin mining system combining a high-performance miner and a full Bitcoin node in a single desktop device. Space-based solar power could reduce Europes need for land-based renewable energy by up to 80 percent. Ovintiv To Sell Anadarko Energy Assets In $3 billion deal. Winter Storm Fern swept across much of the United States in mid-January 2026.

Melius upgrades Chevron, sees upside from venezuela and exploration push. Analyst James West pointed to Chevron refocusing on ramping up its exploration spending. Chevron anticipates drilling at least 10 to 15 exploration wells, with the Gulf of America, Libya, Namibia, Nigeria, Angola, Suriname, Brazil, and Guyana as compelling areas for exploration activity. Chevron exec admits hes ‘worried’ about California — as oil giant-aligned group decries sky-high gas prices. Chevron argues high fuel prices are a result of state regulations that have discouraged investment in refining and infrastructure.

Dell Private Cloud deploying Nutanix combines operational simplicity with architectural freedom. Cisco FlashStack is a modular converged infrastructure solution. Cisco FlashStack with Nutanix is specifically optimized for large virtualization consolidation projects. Cisco will integrate the NutanIX Cloud Platform directly into its Enterprise Agreements (EA)

The Don Kirby Elite Invitational is set to host some of the worlds best on February 13-14 at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

Strategy accounted for more than 90% of net new public-company purchases in January. Peter Thiel and Founders Fund have fully exited ETHZilla.

Billy Aldridge has been appointed to the corporate officer position of President of Helios Electronics Segment effective January 4, 2026. Billy Aldridges specializes in financial regulation, banking law, securities regulation, and technology law, with a particular focus on how new financial technologies. Analysts favor an Buy trajectory for Hillman Solns, with an average 1-year price target of $12.33, suggesting a potential 77.87% downside. Batteries and electric motors are the key to future technologies.

Tesla stock finished at $417.44 on Friday, edging up by 0.1% ahead of key updates this week. Investors are expected to look for further updates on Teslas software pricing, demand, and the companys cash flow. Tesla shares have climbed roughly 27% over the past year. At its core, Tesla remains one of the largest and most recognized electric vehicle makers in the world.

The Board declared a 17% increase in the Companys quarterly return of capital to $0.07 per class A share and class B share (representing $0.28 per annum), payable on March 31, 2026. Metaplanet became the latest Bitcoin-buying firm to acknowledge that its business came under pressure.

14 analysts have shared their insights on Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD), expressing a variety of opinions spanning from bullish to bearish. Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala Investment Company, disclosed a significant increase in its position in BlackRock Bitcoin Trust.

Comcast Completes Versant Spinoff, Cable Networks Company Stock Drops Comcast Complestes Versants Spinoff. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts retains about one-third voting control in Versant through his ownership of Class B. Comcasts dividend profile stands in sharp contrast to major competitors in the cable and telecom space. AT&T offers a similar yield to Comcast but with a higher payout ratio and a troubling recent history.

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Jeffery Sharritts, Board Member at Mueller Water Products (NYSE: MWA), opted to sell 7,700 shares of the company. 80 percent of seafood consumed in the U.S. is caught by Chinese boats.

The U.S. and Europe put big financial sanctions on Russia, cutting Russian banks and other Russian companies out of the international financial system, including the SWIFT payment system. China is scared by their reliance on the dollar-based financial system.

Amgen will not yield to a request from the FDA to pull the rare autoimmune disorder drug Tavneos from the market. Amgen is continuing to enroll a Phase III trial for patients 6–18 years old with ANCA-associated vasculitis.

Bitcoins divergence from Nasdaq is a warning on dollar liquidity: arthur hayes - decrypt. Bitcoins decline is diverging from Nasdaqs sideways movement, flashing a warning signal according to Maelstrom funds.

Proposed takeover of TXNM Energy Inc. received a cool reception at a public hearing in Albuquerque on Tuesday. Dozens of New Mexicans asked state regulators to reject the sale in the third public hearing on the proposal.

Retail sales spiked by $80 billion in December from November, biggest-ever November-to-December increase, to $817 billion. Big money is quietly sneaking into energy and oil stocks, and the fundamentals and equity price action related to oil. Only sector showing significant growth is healthcare, while every other sector is flat or negative for the last 12 months. China is selling our debt and putting pressure on its banks to limit buying. Government has cooked up this problem since the 00s. The value of gold as money far outweighs its value as an industrial metal. Gold is a worthy alternative to the lower paying treasuries scared away. Marco Rubio displays a breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding of international dynamic. Barry L. Ritholtz is the co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholz Wealth Management LLC. He discusses the Big Money in Todays Economy is going to Capital, Not Labor. The last independently-run umpire school recognized by MLB is shutting down. 43 of the 50 largest metros are seeing weaker growth than a year ago, and 16 are registering outright decreases. Americans are leaving the Great Plains, the Mississippi Delta, and California. Jed Kolko argues that hiring rates have fallen off a cliff since 2024. Since the mid-2010s, the fertility decline has accelerated, and there seems to be no bottom to the collapse. OECD now expects Indias economy to be bigger than Chinas by the end of the century. Canada should allow Chinese electric vehicle imports of 49,000 units, rising to 70,000 over five years. IMF update projects 3% global growth in 2026 with “technology investment and technology investment and offsetting headwinds” Bitcoin trades less like a macro hedge and more like a liquidity-sensitive tech risk factor. BlackRock argues that Bitcoin has historically shown sensitivity to dollar real rates. Bitcoin IRAs for 2026, including fees, security, features, assets, and user experience. XRP path likely to hinge on whether supply signals cool faster than demand returns. France recorded 19 verified wrench attacks in 2025, more than double the United States total. Europe accounted for 40.3% of all attacks, and within Europe, France led with 19 verified cases. Buying and trading cryptocurrencies should be considered a high-risk activity. Bitcoin has not been able to resume an upwards trend and remains below the average price of the last 200 days. Steak n Shake says same-store sales have risen since it began accepting Bitcoin. Data Protection Commission launches inquiry into X Internet Unlimited Company. Oil exports have been rising for a fourth consecutive week. ICE Brent has shed more than $1 per barrel after Tehran announced some form of understanding with the US, trading below $68 per barrel. Once-dominant energy giant BP is running on empty.

Apple has positioned itself as an alternative to tech stocks dependent on the AI boom to grow. Apple has (accidentally?) positioned itself. as something of an anti-AI bet. Apple shares rose Tuesday after Wedbush reiterated its Outperform rating and $350 price target. The stock moved higher after the recent decline as excessive and reaffirming its 2026 AI monetization outlook.

Core services CPI rose 0.39% (4.7% annualized) in January from December, the worst reading in a year. QVC Groups stock plunged 66 percent on Tuesday to $3.74 – its steepest one-day drop ever.

ERS forecasts December 2026 year-on-year inflation at 4.6%, up from 4.1% in 2025. Etsy is selling Depop to eBay at a markdown, in latest move to focus on basics. Tampa home prices are 3.9% lower than a year ago – the steepest decline among the 20 cities. FutureBit seeks to foster a more resilient, distributed, and user-controlled Bitcoin network. While home mining is no longer competitive for profit, it offers privacy, education, and the ability to verify balances without relying on third parties. Dangote Drives Nigerias domestic fuel supply above 57% as Imports Retreat.

Total household debt outstanding in Q4 rose by 1.05% from Q3 to $18.8 trillion. Delinquencies increased across all three major loan types – Conventional, FHA, and VA – in the last three months of the year. FHA loans reached a delinquency rate of 11.52 percent, the highest level since 2021. Sales of single-family homes that closed in January plunged seasonally adjusted by 9.0% from December, to an annual rate of 3.53 million sales. Food prices barely ticked up in January after the surge in December, and gasoline prices plunged. Wolf Richter says there is no replacement for gold outside of promissory notes. Wolf Richters says he was wrong to ask a civil question about why only 35% of used vehicles are financed. The average new car price is over $49,000, making used cars, while expensive, a more budget-friendly. Constellium SE reports strong fourth quarter and full year 2025 results; provides full year 2026 guidance. German economic think-tank on Tuesday revised its forecast for a 1 per cent population decline by 2050 to nearly 5 per cent. Home values have historically served as a strong indicator of the health of a city. Chicago leads all cities with a 5.0% price increase year-over-year, followed by New York at 5.4% and Cleveland at 3.4%. Only a handful of major metro areas saw a decline in the previous month (versus 16) Los Angeles, San Diego and San Diego markets saw declines in October. Chinas fertility to end its bid to dominate the world is in for severe disappointment. South Korea implemented a very substantial “baby bonus”, equivalent to about $700 per month, and it had the effect of reducing the fertility decline by 4.7%. To reach 2.07, we would need a 21% increase in birth rates. Maya, a Philippine digital bank whose platform includes a regulated crypto trading arm, is reportedly exploring a U.S. IPO that could raise up to $1 billion. Abu Dhabi-based Al Warda Investments increased its bitcoin exposure via BlackRocks IBIT to 8.2 million shares by the end of 2025. Goldman Sachs disclosed roughly $2.36 billion in total crypto exposure. Spot BTC ETFs have become the most straightforward institutional wrapper for holding Bitcoin exposure. BlackRock says it would seek to keep 70% to 95% of the funds ETH staked. Peer-to-peer systems reduce reliance on a single endpoint, but trade off reliability, battery life, and delivery guarantees. Bitcoin price is down 46% from record high near $126,000 set in early October 2025 and trading around $67,470 as of press time. Whale-held BTC supply increased by 200,000 BTC over the past month to more than 3.1 million BTC. Bitcoin may enter a consolidation phase as it looks for new catalysts. Strategy reported its fourth-largest Bitcoin purchase of the year on Tuesday. Strategy established cash reserves last year to avail concerns that firm might not be able to meet costs. Abu Dhabi-based funds held more than $1 billion in BlackRocks spot Bitcoin. OilPrice.com offers exclusive Intel All Prices. Starboard Value sees as much as a $21 billion valuation bump if Riot captures its potential in the sector. Ovintiv to sell Anadarko energy assets in $3 billion deal expected to close early in the second quarter of the current year.

Initial purchasers of the notes have option to purchase an additional $100 million aggregate principal amount. Hyundai Motor Group is working together with Microchip on integration of Microchips 10BASE-T1S solutions into its future vehicle platforms.

ASML Holding set to give latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2026-01-28. ASML is the leader in lithography systems for manufacturing semiconductors.

Goldman Sachs disclosed roughly $2.36 billion in total crypto exposure, including a $1.1 billion position in Ibit. Strategy ($MSTR) Buys $168M in Bitcoin, Expands Holdings to 717,131 BTC. Strategy bought another 2,486 BTC for $168.4 million.

Comcast Completes Versant Spinoff, Cable Networks Company Stock Drops. Comcast completed separation of Versant into a separate public company effective as of 11:59 p.m. Monday. Shares of Comcast were up 1.3% as of 9:45am PT. Comcasts dividend profile stands in sharp contrast to major competitors in the cable and telecom space. AT&T offers a similar yield to Comcast but with a higher payout ratio and a troubling recent history.

Berkshire Grey launches Scoop™ robotic trailer unloader to transform high-variability dock operations. Scoop delivers enhanced throughput rates under real-world variability. Berkshire Grey will demonstrate Scoop at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta.

Services Inflation Spikes in January, but Bad-Joke OER CPI Pushes Down on Year-over-Year CPI. Core goods and services prices have been zigzagging down from their spike in January. United Parcel Service short interest as a percent of float has risen.

Texas Instruments is reportedly negotiating a $7 billion acquisition of chip designer Silicon Laboratories. Texas Instruments already manufactures its own wireless microcontroller families, which support Amazon Sidewalk, Bluetooth Low Energy, Matter, Wi-Fi 6 and/or Zigbee. Goldman Sachs disclosed roughly $2.36 billion in total crypto exposure, including a $1.1 billion position in IBIT. Harvard adjusted its crypto holdings in Q4 2025, cutting its Bitcoin position by 21% to 5.35 million IBIT shares ($265.8 million)

Bearish options flow identified in Exxon Mobil with shares down 2.41% Moderately bullish activity.

An obscure Hong Kong firm has disclosed a $436 million position in BlackRocks Bitcoin ETF, fueling speculation about Chinese capital flowing into crypto through offshore side doors. Somalia signed a major offshore hydrocarbon exploration and production agreement in March 2024. Somalia lacks advanced technology and in-country human capacity.

The dollar is holding its own against other national currencies but its share of global reserves is falling steeply once you bring gold into the picture. Heather & Doug Bonaparth, a married couple who work together and wrote a book on the financial challenges couples face.

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAGE) known for its FDA-approved postpartum depression drug Zurzuvae, is acquired by Supernus Pharmaceuticals in a deal valued at up to $795 million. The agreement, announced in June 2025, includes $561 million in cash and contingent value rights. Modern social media bypasses traditional hierarchies and institutions and gathers together communities of like-minded extremists. It also provides these extremists a platform in which their emotionally charged messages are more likely to go viral.

Strategy faces the delicate balance of maintaining Bitcoin position against the pressure of issuing more shares. Metaplanet notched its biggest buys when Bitcoin traded above $100,000.

Texas Instruments is reportedly negotiating a $7 billion acquisition of chip designer Silicon Laboratories. The acquisition will create a global leader in embedded wireless connectivity. Goldman Sachs disclosed roughly $2.36 billion in total crypto exposure, including a $1.1 billion position in IBIT. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has stopped public universities and the state government from hiring H-1B workers (most of whom are Indian) Public companies now hold about 1.13 million BTC total.

Federal Communications Commission is seeking information on the impact of last months Verizon outage on customers, public safety entities and government entities. Verizon announced it would offer a $20 account credit that can be redeemed by affected customers. Verizon has underperformed the stock market over the last five years. Verizon apologized for outage and offered affected customers a $20 account credit through the MyVerizon app as compensation. Verizons 6.2%-yielding dividend looks safe, and with the companys growth also being strong, this could be among the best telecom stocks to buy today.

Woodside Energy Group Ltd (WDS) Extends Collaboration With WA Museum For Another 5 Years. Woodside is among the 12 Best Australian Stocks to Buy Right Now.

President Donald Trump is undermining US credibility and pushing allies to diversify away from American markets – perhaps permanently. The Census Bureau estimates that, with current trends, Net International Migration (immigration minus emigration) could turn “negative” in two years. Noah Smith says people still view gold as a safe haven in times of international uncertainty. He says an anarchic, gold-based international financial system will be inherently less stable. China is overfishing international waters for military and geopolitical reasons, rather than out of pure economic rapacity. China is using its vast international fishing fleet as a sort of naval militia.