Microsoft stock (NASDAQ: MSFT) jumped about 4% today, putting the tech heavyweight back in the spotlight as investors reassess both its fundamentals and its valuation. An industry comparison from Benzinga suggests Microsoft continues to stand out versus software peers on growth, profitability, and balance sheet strength, even as the signals across valuation metrics remain mixed.
The World Economic Forum’s 56th annual meeting concluded Friday evening in Davos with a sobering realization that the international order that governed global finance and politics since World War II seems dead. What emerged over those five days is a world fragmenting into competing power blocs, with technological disruption arriving faster than anyone expected. The
The Walt Disney Company remains on track to appoint a new chief executive early this year, as the entertainment giant moves closer to resolving a long-running succession process and faces renewed pressure to revive its underperforming stock. In a letter to shareholders released late Thursday, board chairman James Gorman said Disney expects “to announce the
After days dominated by geopolitical tensions tied to US President Donald Trump’s Greenland ambitions and renewed tariff threats toward European allies, global markets are heading into a pivotal week shaped less by diplomacy and more by data, earnings and central bank signals. A heavy slate of corporate results and a closely watched Federal Reserve interest
Gold is knocking on the $5,000-per-ounce door after a historic 66% rally in 2025, driven by geopolitical shocks, a weakening dollar, and relentless central bank buying of the precious metal. The impressive rally has investors reconsidering a critical decision: should they own bullion directly or buy exposure through exchange-traded funds? The answer depends entirely on
The cryptocurrency market has been underperforming since the start of the week, with Bitcoin still trading around $89k. However, TRX, the native coin of the Tron ecosystem, has tapped the $0.30 level after rising 3% over the last 24 hours. The rally makes it the best performer among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap.
Shares of Babcock International Group fell sharply on Friday after the company announced that chief executive David Lockwood will retire by the end of 2026, marking the start of a leadership transition at one of Britain’s largest defence contractors. The stock dropped more than 3.8%, making Babcock the worst performer on the FTSE 100 during
Shares of several Adani Group companies fell sharply on Friday after new court filings showed the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking to send legal summons to founder Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani over allegations of bribery and fraud. The disclosures revived investor focus on a high-profile US case tied to
As India approaches another Union Budget, the country’s crypto and Web3 community is doing so with restrained expectations, shaped by years of regulatory ambiguity and a policy approach that has prioritised taxation and oversight over formal recognition. The government has consistently maintained that cryptocurrencies and other virtual digital assets are not legal tender in India.
Europe and defense have been written about relentlessly over the past year. And while the urgency keeps getting louder, actions are still not matching the scale of the problem. January’s events alone, such as troop withdrawals, tariff threats, and Arctic brinkmanship, turned a slow debate about burden sharing into a real test of whether Europe