Monday, 21 September 2026
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The Trump administration on Monday issued guidance that experts say could reduce banks' lending to certain unauthorized immigrants, the latest move by the White House to use the financial system to enforce stricter immi…
A Florida federal judge in a scathing order Monday said President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service "for an improper purpose" — to gain the appearance of "judicial legitimacy"…
The late 1990s buildout of fiber-optic networks, in which companies spent billions to pull dark fiber across continents and under oceans, saw borrowers like WorldCom, Global Crossing, and others go under. The shale revo…
SpaceX has taken knocks from a few analysts since it announced plans for its IPO. Now Mark Yusko of Morgan Creek Capital is adding to the pile-on as shares in the rocket/AI company continue to fall.
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Monday expressed concern about inflation but cautioned against "fighting the last war," saying the central bank should wait for more data before raising interest rates.
October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26) on Monday closed down -0.13 (-0.87%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26) closed down -4.00 (-0.86%).
Soybeans closed the Friday session with contracts up fractionally in some deferred to as much as 16 ¾ cents. September closed the week with a 55 ½ cent rally, as November was up 43 cents. The cmdtyView national average …
The International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency, said Monday that it opposes transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz after President Donald Trump demanded that ships pay protection money.
In trading on Monday, oil & gas exploration & production shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 3.6%. Leading the group were shares of EP Energy, up about 12.5% and shares of Energy XXI up about 12% on the…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is down -0.31%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.16%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -1.51%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are down -0.2…
President Donald Trump on Monday urged South Carolina's governor to appoint late Sen. Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to fill his Senate seat through the rest of the year.
NextDecade Corporation (NEXT) has quietly recovered toward $8 while the market fixates on the Strait of Hormuz. The reason is a building gas supply shock, and this overlooked LNG stock sits directly in its path.
As of last close, BRF.PRE was trading at a 9.24% discount to its liquidation preference amount. The chart below shows the one year performance of BRF.PRE shares, versus BEP.UN:
Arista Networks (ANET) demonstrates strong technical momentum, recently setting an all-time high.
Market capitalization is an important data point for investors to keep an eye on, for various reasons. The most basic reason is that it gives a true comparison of the value attributed by the stock market to a given comp…
President Donald Trump plans to claim in a Thursday night speech that newly declassified intelligence reports reveal a foreign nation's plans to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, two White House officials tol…
Cotton prices are up 115 to 120 early on Monday. Futures closed with gains of 45 to 99 points on Friday, Futures shrugged off the production increase via the WASDE, as they accounted for the larger acreage from NASS las…
A little over a year ago around this time, more than half the economists responding to the CNBC Fed Survey predicted a recession within the next year. They were wrong, but that is not to say that the economy does not st…
Below is a dividend history chart for XRN.PRB, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.50 on Chiron Real Estate Inc's 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock:
President Donald Trump on Monday said he's calling on the Senate to pass cryptocurrency legislation known as the Clarity Act to honor the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died at 71 over the weekend.
“NeoRAS WT” refers to the loss of RAS mutations (MTs) following first-line treatment in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). We evaluate the incidence and clinicopathological characteristics of NeoRAS WT mCRC using next…
Nigeria’s Reserve Requirement Ratio (RRR) trend from 2005 to 2025 shows the Central Bank of Nigeria’s continuous approach to maintaining monetary stability, controlling liquidity, and managing inflation. At the core of …
Nvidia (NVDA) gets most of the attention when it comes to data centers and artificial intelligence-capable computing capacity. That's only natural, as it's the biggest company in the world by market cap and built fortun…
In a striking comment during a Fox News broadcast this morning, President Donald Trump spoke with Fox News reporter Trey for 20 minutes and outlined a bold U.S. role in securing one of the world’s most critical energy c…