Sunday, 1 November 2026
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The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service released a bundle of weekly beef-market data on October 30, 2026, drawing on reports that include boxed beef cutout values, cattle and beef summary rows, cow and boneless beef ind…
When Shelley Copsey was appointed by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, one of the world's biggest infrastructure investors, her job was to find ways to use technology to solve problems across its portfolio.
President Donald Trump scolded Big Oil in August, saying ExxonMobil and Chevron were making "too much money based on a shortage," as profits surged in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
Lean hog futures were down 12 cents to $1.12 on Friday, with December losing $6.70 this week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $60.29 in the Friday PM report, down $3.49 from the day prior. The CME Lean Ho…
The Department of Justice wants "to preserve and segregate all ballots ranking" a candidate named Dan Sullivan for a potential investigation of whether voters in Alaska's U.S. Senate election mistakenly ranked him in th…
Amid bond market tumult, elevated yields are contributing to returns and offering investors a nice income stream.
Average S&P 500 earnings typically beat consensus in Q3, as the market has historically done. The S&P 500 tends to outperform by a modest single-digit figure, but that’s not the case in 2026. Average earnings could agai…
Billionaire venture capitalist Reid Hoffman has put $8 million into the Democratic Party of Wisconsin over the past five weeks to help the party's gubernatorial nominee David Crowley in his race against Republican Tom T…
Soybeans are trading with sharp losses of 20 to 22 cents in the front months, following elections in Brazil over the weekend. Futures pushed higher into the weekend, with contracts up 1 ½ to 5 ¼ cents across the board. …
Two Federal Reserve presidents on Friday said interest rates will need to move higher to rein in inflation.
Safe-haven gold fell to its lowest price in a year, despite jitters around the potential for fresh Middle East attacks following the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday
A record-breaking hack at Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, is a reminder of the risks investors take when trusting a company to hold their digital tokens.
Meta's outlook has been revised downward by S&P Global Ratings on concerns surrounding cash flow and AI spending.
Newly purchased I bonds will pay 5.51% annual interest from Nov. 1 through April 30, which is up from the 4.26% yield offered on purchases made through Oct. 31.
Stock Yards Bancorp (NASDAQ:SYBT - Get Free Report) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The bank reported $1.40 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.07, FiscalAI reports. The…
Many Big Tech stocks were hit hard but the S&P 500 showed strength under the surface, with a majority of stocks showing gains for the month.
Big tech stocks falter as investors question whether billions being poured into AI can generate returns quickly enough
The United States has approved the sale of 500 PAC-3 missiles for the American Patriot PAC-3 air defense system and related equipment to Ukraine for $2.1 billion, it was announced by the State Department and the Pentago…
AMD shares were down 13.9% on Friday as investors digest the company's disappointing preliminary third-quarter results Thursday that were well below its initial guidance.
Binance has vowed to get the exchange back up within a couple of days after a record $6.3 billion heist, which has rattled the industry and investors.
The St. Louis Fed's Alberto Musalem said another rate hike will need to happen soon. And Lorie Logan of the Dallas Fed predicted that the central bank will need to raise rates by quarter-point increments at least two mo…
Within 24 hours of the U.S. and Israel going to war with Iran, Tehran responded with a wave of attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz to cut off one of the world's main sources of crude oil.
The S&P 500 Index SPY is down -0.27%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DIA is down -0.26%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index QQQ is down -1.20%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26) are down -0.34%, and December E-mini Nasdaq fut…
Halloween shopping got costlier this year as higher prices hit everything from the candy bowl to the pumpkin on your front porch.