The Trump administration delivered a stunning blow to health insurers, proposing a near-flat 0.09% payment increase for Medicare Advantage plans next year, far below Wall Street’s expectations of 4 to 6%.The decision triggered an immediate…
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Bitcoin is stuck in a tight band ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve decision, with several analysts flagging a potential Wyckoff “spring” that could push prices below $80,000 before momentum rebuilds.Flows and positioning remain skewed…
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European stocks are finally showing signs of life, with analysts at UBS highlighting a stronger and more reliable earnings backdrop than investors have seen in years.With valuations still trading at a discount compared to US…
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Alessio Vinassa on building trust in uncertain markets: a leadership imperative for the next decade
Uncertainty has become the defining condition of modern business. Market volatility, rapid technological shifts, geopolitical tension, and changing workforce expectations have made long-term predictability increasingly rare. In this environment, traditional competitive advantages—speed, scale, or capital—are… -
The global upstream oil and gas merger-and-acquisition (M&A) market is set to cool in 2026, with activity expected to dip below 2025 levels despite nearly $152 billion in available opportunities as of January, according to…
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Investors have been loading up on small-cap stocks as they take a breather from the larger, possibly overvalued artificial intelligence (AI) names in recent weeks.This shift in sentiment that experts have dubbed the “Great Rotation”…
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Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD stock) rose roughly 4% on Friday as investors repositioned into the chipmaker following Intel’s disappointing fourth-quarter guidance.The move underscores a critical market dynamic: when Intel can’t supply the chips customers…
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Investors are bailing on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) this morning after the semiconductor giant posted market-beating Q4 earnings but disappointed on the guidance front.According to the company’s management, its soft guidance is mostly related to demand…
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US consumer sentiment improved modestly in January, showing gains across demographic groups even as Americans remained uneasy about high prices, job prospects and the broader economic outlook, according to a closely watched survey released on…
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Europe is bracing for a sharper, more transactional political economy.The UK is signalling an “economic reset” with China, as Starmer heads to Beijing flanked by heavyweight finance and trade figures in a bid to re-energise…