SoFi CEO defends capital raise as Q4 revenue tops $1 billion

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) silenced skeptics this morning, reporting “blockbuster” Q4 financials, with revenue exceeding the coveted “$1.0 billion” mark for the first time. The financial technology specialist posted adjusted earnings of 13 cents a share – handily beating 11 cents per share that experts had forecast. Still, SOFI stock remains down over 25% versus […]

SanDisk stock: how high could it realistically fly in 2026?

SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) has already witnessed an exceptional 20x rally in less than a year – but a senior Cantor Fitzgerald analyst says its “massive and unprecedented” earnings beat warrant buying at current levels. The flash memory storage specialist reported record revenue of $3.03 billion and earnings of $6.20 per share for its fiscal second […]

Europe bulletin: UK confidence wobbles, Germany’s nuclear idea, EU’s strong growth

Europe enters the year in a state of strategic tension: resilient at home, uneasy abroad. Businesses are still hiring and investing, but confidence is wobbling as global risks mount. From boardrooms rattled by trade threats to governments quietly redesigning defense and deterrence, the continent is adapting in real time. Growth has surprised on the upside, […]

Silver slips below $80: when does panic become opportunity?

Silver’s vertical sprint to a record around $120 per ounce on January 29 has flipped into a punishing reversal. The prices crashed on Friday as leveraged bets unwind and the dollar snaps back. After some venues briefly printed intraday lows in the low-$90s on Friday, silver has since sliced through the closely watched $80 threshold. […]

Evening digest: Bitcoin slips towards $80K, Trump’s Fed pick upends markets, commodities crash

Markets are closing the day grappling with a sharp mix of policy, politics, and positioning risk. Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh for Fed chair is forcing investors to reassess the path for rates, liquidity, and asset prices. That shift is rippling across gold, crypto, and the dollar, while geopolitical tensions, from the Panama Canal […]

Tesla revenue slips for first time as politics, backlash cloud EV outlook

Tesla Inc. posted its first annual revenue decline in 2025, underscoring how political shifts and growing consumer unease with Elon Musk’s activism are complicating the electric-car maker’s growth story just as competition intensifies. The company said fourth-quarter revenue fell 3% from a year earlier to $24.9 billion, broadly in line with analyst expectations, bringing full-year […]

Microsoft beats Q2 earnings as Azure jumps 39% and cloud revenue tops $50B

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported second-quarter revenue of $81.3 billion, surpassing Wall Street expectations, with Azure cloud services jumping 39% and Microsoft Cloud crossing the $50 billion quarterly revenue milestone for the first time. Operating income hit $38.3 billion, up 21% year-over-year, while non-GAAP earnings per share reached $4.14, growing 24% and reflecting solid underlying business […]