Economy

Tech IPO Hype Gets Drowned Out on Wall Street by Prospect of $1 Trillion in Debt Sales

SpaceX's potential IPO has generated plenty of investor buzz, but all of the real action in tech capital markets is currently on the debt side.

With the market rotation underway, agribusiness stocks may be ready for a bounce

A key theme of 2026 is boring is back. The charts suggest some opportunity in agribusiness stocks.

Realtors report a 'new housing crisis' as January home sales tank more than 8%

Home sales in January fell more than expected as mortgage rates didn't move much and consumer confidence dropped.

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Crocs, Cisco, Lululemon, AppLovin & more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

Japan stocks extend post-election rally with Nikkei 225 breaching 58,000 for the first time

Other markets in Asia also shrugged off strong U.S. payrolls data that has dampened expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts and sent Wall Street lower overnight.

Will 'Panican' about unemployment become a thing of the past?

In superb news, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the economy added 130,000 jobs in January, nearly triple the amount expected. In suboptimal news, the BLS also found in its annual benchmark of data that last year’s economy added only 181,000 jobs instead of the 584,000 initially estimated, amounting to 30,000 monthly job gains across 2025 instead of the preliminary estimate of 49,000.