Google’s Alphabet owns over 6% of SpaceX ahead of blockbuster IPO

Alphabet is staring at a big payday from SpaceX as the rocket company lines up what could become the biggest IPO ever. A new filing in Alaska shows Google LLC owned 6.11% of SpaceX at the end of 2025....

Adobe stock gains 3.79% after AI assistant launch with Claude

Adobe introduced Firefly AI Assistant on Wednesday, a new tool designed to handle multi-step creative tasks across its software lineup. The company will make the product available in public beta in Fi...

WLFI proposes burning team tokens in ‘long-term governance alignment’ move

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has unveiled a governance proposal that would restructure the vesting schedules of more than 62 billion WLFI tokens held by early supporters, founders, team members and ...

S&P 500 closes at new all-time high of 7,019 as Tesla stock stages outstanding comeback

The S&P 500 closed at a new record on Wednesday as traders kept buying stocks on hopes that the U.S. and Iran may still get to a deal and bring this war closer to an end. The S&P 500 rose 0.80...

Australia unemployment rate seen steady at 4.3% in March

Australia will publish the monthly employment report for March on Thursday at 01:30 GMT, and market participants expect a modest increase in job creation. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is ...

NZD/USD edges higher but upside capped as USD narrative dominates flows

The NZD/USD pair is trading near the 0.5910 price region, slightly firmer on Thursday, as modest Kiwi strength meets a still-resilient US Dollar (USD) backdrop. Despite the uptick, gains remain limite...

USD/CNY: Policy tweaks support cross-border lending – BNY

BNY’s Bob Savage highlights that Chinese authorities have raised overseas loan leverage ratios and macroprudential parameters to facilitate outbound and cross-border financing. These measures aim to s...

Gold slips below $4,800 as risk appetite drains safe-haven demand anew

Gold price retreats during the session, down nearly 1%, as risk appetite improves and flows rotate toward US equities, pushing the S&P 500 index past the 7,000 figure, poised to test the all-time ...

Silver Price Forecast: XAG stalls near $79 as doji halts rally

Silver (XAG/USD) price halted its advance on Wednesday as a doji candle emerged near the 50-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) at $79.09, a sign of indecision among traders, whether to push prices toward...

Goldman Sachs bond traders stumbled as Wall Street rivals thrived

David Solomon, CEO Goldman Sachs, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2026. Oscar Molina | CNBC When Goldman Sachs executives were asked...

Beef costs: Cattle prices soar to record highs as grilling season heats up

grandriver | Getty Images Beef climbed to all-time highs on Tuesday, a bad sign for shoppers planning summer barbecues. Live cattle futures traded at the CME Group settled at $2.51 per pound on Tuesda...

Ford EV leader leaving automaker amid new restructuring efforts

Doug Field, the chief EV, digital and design officer at Ford Motor, speaks at Louisville Assembly Plant as Ford shares its plans to design and assemble its “Universal Electric Vehicle” pla...

China: Structural export strength and chip constraints – Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered economists Carol Liao, Moriarty Lam and Shuang Ding highlight that China has become the world’s largest exporter of AI‑related goods, with exports spanning raw materials to hardware...

Fed’s Musalem: Easing tariff impact will help lower inflation

Alberto Musalem, President of the Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of St. Louis, said in an exclusive note he gave on Wednesday that the Oil shock caused by the Middle East war is likely feeding core inflat...

SGD: Policy-induced appreciation to counter inflation – DBS

DBS Group Research economists Taimur Baig and Chua Han Teng argue that recent commodity price shocks will inevitably lift inflation in Singapore, but highlight the role of the Singapore Dollar and pol...

Trump said he could fire Jerome Powell if Powell does not step down in May

Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he does not leave when his term ends in May. Speaking to FOX Business, Trump reminded us that he had wanted to remo...

President Donald Trump is once again at the center of the memecoin mania

President Donald Trump is once again at the center of the memecoin mania as VIP seats for the April 25 memecoin conference sell for $203K. Dangling access to President Trump for potential attendees sp...

Moneta Funded Launches Sprint Challenge to Redefine Speed and Efficiency in Prop Trading Evaluations

Dover, Delaware, April 15th, 2026, FinanceWire Moneta Funded has announced the launch of the Sprint Challenge, a time-based prop trading evaluation designed to let traders earn payouts within a signif...

Forex Today: US Dollar stalls as Middle East tensions linger

Here is what you need to know for Thursday, April 16: The US Dollar Index (DXY) struggled to build on recent gains, trading near 98.10 on Tuesday in a tight range as mixed US data and conflicting sign...

USD/JPY steady below 160.00 amid Japan intervention risks

USD/JPY holds firm on Wednesday despite a broadly weaker US Dollar (USD). The pair remains confined within a one-month trading range, as elevated Oil prices linked to tensions in the Middle East conti...

Some central banks are startting to sell their gold pile

Gold is no longer getting the same support from central banks that helped keep prices strong over the past few years. Of course, the reason is Trump’s war in Iran, because as you know, war costs...

Iran conflict, oil prices threaten to dent cruise line profits

The Carnival Miracle cruise ship is anchored in the Pacific Ocean near Kailua Bay during a 15-day cruise, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on Jan. 14, 2024. Kevin Carter | Getty Images The global cruise indust...

Starbucks launches beta app in ChatGPT to fuel new drink discovery

A sample prompt response in ChatGPT using Starbucks’ beta app. Source: Starbucks Starbucks has launched a beta app in ChatGPT to provide inspiration for customers’ drink orders, the compan...

Regulators reportedly zeroing in on suspicious trades ahead of Trump post

US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Sunday, April 12, 2026. Trump attacked Pope Leo XIV for his criticisms of th...

China: Import strength offsets export cooling – UOB

UOB’s Ho Woei Chen highlights that China’s March data showed a sharp divergence between exports and imports, narrowing the trade surplus to a 13‑month low. The report stresses that seasonal factors an...

Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD holds near 1.3570 as Iran talk optimism cools

GBP/USD holds near 1.3570 as Iran talk optimism cools The GBP/USD pair halts its advance on Wednesday and remains steady around 1.3570 as optimism about a resumption of US-Iran talks has tempered. At ...

Bitwise Launches First Avalanche ETF With Built In Staking Yield…

Spot Avalanche ETF from Bitwise Asset Management, trading under ticker $BAVA, has been formally launched. The fund will trade on the NYSE, providing regulated exposure to Avalanche for investors. The ...

USD/TRY: Stable path with renewed carry interest – ING

ING analysts Muhammet Mercan, Frantisek Taborsky and James Wilson note that the Turkish Lira (TRY) has stabilised after US-Iran tensions eased, with the Central Bank of Turkey (CBT) maintaining market...

AUD/USD surges ahead of Australian jobs data as US Dollar loses footing

The AUD/USD surged near the 0.7160 price region on Wednesday, as investors positioned ahead of key Australian labor market data and continued to assess the broader US Dollar (USD) backdrop amid mixed ...

WTI Crude Oil steady near $89 as US troop buildup, Iran talks offset

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) US Oil trades around $89.10 on Wednesday at the time of writing, remaining broadly stable on the day after earlier falling to a three-week low near $85. The Oil market is...

GBP/USD holds near 1.3570 as Iran talk optimism cools

The GBP/USD pair halts its advance on Wednesday and remains steady around 1.3570 as optimism about a resumption of US-Iran talks has tempered. At the same time, US equities extended their gains, and t...

EUR/USD edges higher as US-Iran talk hopes weigh on the US Dollar

EUR/USD regains ground on Wednesday, erasing earlier losses as the US Dollar (USD) continues to weaken, allowing the Euro (EUR) to extend gains for an eighth consecutive day amid improving risk sentim...