Will 2026 be the year of the crash?

Despite year-end drops for gold and silver, both logged their biggest yearly percentage gains since 1979

Looking for steady income and bargains in a stock market trading at bubbly levels? Overlooked preferred stocks are still on sale.

The bank’s Monetary Policy Committee was divided on whether to cut interest rates

Prime minister stokes spending to help India withstand pressure from U.S. tariffs

The central bank issued a summary of its overnight-rate deliberations earlier this month

Some industries are thriving off of government investments in technology, but small business owners are struggling

Unemployment benefit filings can be distorted during holiday-shortened weeks — policy makers remained concerned about the U.S. labour market

This is the first time in eight months that Chinese factory activity has expanded

Jakarta and its sprawling environs' 42 million inhabitants are now the most populous conurbation, according to the UN

The U.S. added silver to its nationally designated list of critical minerals in November.

Rising interest rates, ballooning AI infrastructure costs, and geopolitical scale are pushing some of Silicon Valley’s largest private companies to quietly prepare for public markets, with 2026 emerging as a likely inflection point.