Markets/Wall Street

Oil markets and financial markets seem to be shrugging off the U.S. arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Bloomberg reports that IPOs raised a total of $46 billion this year — below the early-COVID boom but better than the past three years.

It’s not all about the whole “safe haven” thing.

Oracle and other firms are taking out loans to build data centers that they will rent to AI companies. Investors are starting to wonder if that bet will pay off.

Other venues have been allowing round-the-clock trading for years.

Even with tech stocks pulling back, a broader market rally is underway heading into 2026.

The case for and against quarterly earnings reporting.

Walmart could receive an additional $20 billion in investment by joining the Nasdaq’s QQQ index.

They’re sounding the alarm about the importance of central bank independence.

Corporate bond spreads have been relatively tight this year, implying that investors aren’t demanding much extra compensation to account for credit risk.