As the dust settles on the Federal Open Market Committee’s final meeting of the year, the American banking sector is entering 2026 in a state of cautious transition. On December 10, 2025, the Federal Reserve delivered its third consecutive 25-basis-point interest rate cut, lowering the federal funds target range
As of December 18, 2025, Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT; NSE: WIPRO) finds itself at one of the most critical junctures in its 80-year history. Once the undisputed third-largest player in the Indian IT services hierarchy, Wipro has spent the better part of the last five years grappling with leadership churn, cultural friction from high-profile acquisitions, [...]
Two major factors determine your chances of reaching $1 million: your age and how long you plan to invest. Here's what you can expect at retirement age with $10 a day invested.
As of December 18, 2025, the global energy landscape has undergone a seismic shift, with crude oil prices collapsing to multi-year lows. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is currently languishing between $55 and $57 per barrel, while Brent crude has decisively slipped below the $60 mark. This "super glut" is the
Date: December 18, 2025 Introduction As the global technology landscape pivots from the experimental phase of Generative AI toward enterprise-wide deployment, few companies stand at the crossroads of this transformation as prominently as Infosys Limited (NYSE: INFY; NSE: INFY). Once the face of Indian offshore outsourcing, Infosys has successfully rebranded itself as a digital-first, "AI-first" [...]
As the 2025 holiday shopping season reaches its final stretch, a complex picture of the American consumer is emerging. Recent spending reports indicate a record-breaking performance in nominal terms, yet beneath the surface, a "K-shaped" recovery is creating a stark divide in the retail sector. While total holiday spending is
As the sun sets on 2025, the financial markets are grappling with a paradox of historic proportions. After a year in which the S&P 500 surged 16% and the "Magnificent Seven" swelled to represent over one-third of the index’s total value, a sudden mid-December "tech rout" has reignited
Published: December 18, 2025 Introduction As of December 2025, the American media landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, and at the center of this storm is the newly reorganized Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA; now transitioning to NASDAQ: PSKY). Following the high-stakes, multi-month pursuit and eventual merger with Skydance Media, the legacy Hollywood titan has emerged [...]
The Indian equity benchmark indices ended Thursday's trading session on a rather tepid note as gains from the IT shares were offset by losses in select auto, metal, and pharma stocks.
As of today, December 18, 2025, the global media landscape is undergoing a tectonic shift that many analysts are calling the "Final Consolidation." At the center of this storm is Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), a company that has evolved from a DVD-by-mail disruptor into a $400+ billion titan of culture. Netflix is currently dominating headlines [...]
As of December 18, 2025, the financial markets are grappling with a paradox that few analysts predicted a year ago: cooling inflation is no longer a guarantee of rock-bottom interest rates. While the Federal Reserve has successfully navigated the U.S. economy toward a "soft landing," the bond market has
Something interesting is happening in the usually quiet world of U.S. Treasury markets. Traditional asset managers who spent years dismissing cryptocurrency are now building products that live entirely on blockchains. The twist? They’re tokenizing the safest asset class in existence: government debt.
Date: December 18, 2025 Author: Senior Market Analyst, PredictStreet Introduction On the morning of December 18, 2025, the global media landscape stands on the precipice of its most significant consolidation since the turn of the century. Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) is no longer just a content powerhouse; it has become the ultimate "prize" in [...]
The release of the November Consumer Price Index (CPI) on December 18, 2025, has sent a powerful shockwave through global financial markets, offering a rare moment of clarity after a record-breaking 43-day federal government shutdown. With headline inflation cooling to 2.7%—well below the 3.1% market forecast—international
As the global leader in athletic footwear and apparel, Nike, Inc. (NYSE: NKE) stands at a pivotal crossroads in its storied history. Once the undisputed king of the "athleisure" era, the company spent much of 2024 and 2025 grappling with a loss of innovation, a botched pivot toward direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales, and a rapidly changing [...]
As of today, December 18, 2025, ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) stands at a historic crossroads. Known for over a decade as the "plumbing" of the modern enterprise, the Santa Clara-based giant has officially shed its reputation as a mere help-desk tool. Today, it is increasingly viewed as the "AI Operating System" for the world’s largest corporations. [...]
The financial markets breathed a collective sigh of relief on December 18, 2025, as a long-awaited inflation report finally provided clarity to an investment community that had been trading in the dark for weeks. The release of the November Consumer Price Index (CPI) data—delayed by a historic 43-day government
Date: December 18, 2025 Introduction In the history of fintech, few companies have experienced a redemption arc as dramatic as Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD). Once the poster child for the "meme stock" chaos of 2021, Robinhood has spent the last four years methodically shedding its image as a risky "gamified" trading app to become [...]
FDX will report Q2 earnings on Dec. 18. Analysts expect $4.10 EPS and $22.79B revenue. Investors can earn $500/month with 1034 shares or $100/month with 207 shares.
On December 18, 2025, CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX) released a third-quarter earnings report that, on the surface, appeared to be a victory for the nation’s largest used-car retailer. Beating analyst expectations on both the top and bottom lines, the company reported adjusted earnings of $0.51 per share against
As of December 18, 2025, Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) stands not merely as a retailer, but as a sophisticated global logistics and technology platform. Long gone are the days when Walmart was viewed simply as a rural "big box" store; today, it is a $920 billion titan that has successfully navigated the "retail apocalypse" to [...]
As of December 18, 2025, the U.S. financial markets are navigating a treacherous "two-speed" economy where the resilience of the past year has given way to a palpable sense of fragility. Recent jobless claims data, released this week for the period ending December 13, showed initial filings at 224,
As of December 18, 2025, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) stands not merely as a bank, but as a sovereign-scale financial ecosystem that has redefined the "too big to fail" era. In a year marked by the stabilization of global interest rates and a feverish arms race in artificial intelligence, JPMorgan has emerged as [...]
NEW YORK — In a dramatic shift that has recalibrated the pulse of Wall Street, the Russell 2000 index has finally staged its long-awaited breakout, signaling a definitive end to the years-long dominance of mega-cap technology. As of December 18, 2025, the index of small-cap stocks is stabilizing near the 2,
Tsumura has paid variable semi-annual dividends since April, 2004. However, it paid no annual dividends for the past yrsr 2025. Therefore no forward looking dividend amount is projected for 2026.
On this day in late 2025, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) stands as the undisputed titan of the global pharmaceutical industry. Having crossed the historic $1 trillion market capitalization threshold earlier this year, Lilly has transcended the traditional boundaries of a "Big Pharma" company to become a high-growth technology-like play on human longevity and [...]
In a stunning return to the public stage, Medline Industries (Nasdaq: MDLN) successfully executed the largest initial public offering (IPO) in the United States since 2021, pricing its shares at the top of its range and witnessing a massive first-day "pop" that has sent ripples through the financial world. The
As of December 18, 2025, the landscape of cloud computing has undergone a tectonic shift. For decades, the market was an impenetrable triad dominated by Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. However, the generative AI revolution necessitated a different kind of infrastructure—one built not for general-purpose web hosting, but for the massive, parallel processing power of the [...]
As the final weeks of 2025 unfold, the financial markets are witnessing a powerful resurgence that has silenced skeptics and pushed major indices toward record highs. This "Santa Claus Rally," characterized by a significant rebound in the technology sector, is being spearheaded by two industry behemoths: Nvidia and Tesla. Following
