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President Trump has once again threatened tariffs of up to 200 percent on French wine, putting pressure on an industry that relies heavily on imports. Wine importer Victor Schwartz, US Wine Trade Alliance president Ben Aneff, and California grape grower Stuart Spencer explain how tariffs could raise prices, reduce choice, hurt restaurants and distributors, and reshape both foreign and domestic wine markets.
Beyond the “Magnificent Seven” names, Wall Street analysts see opportunities in software and specialized semiconductor plays.
Each week, Benzinga's Stock Whisper Index uses a combination of proprietary data and pattern recognition to showcase five stocks that are just under the surface and deserve attention.
Shares of U.S. hyperscalers seem to have put DeepSeek in the rearview mirror. But if you look closely, a different story emerges.
Investors are facing tumult in Japan's bond market, a big rally in small-cap stocks, and surging prices for natural gas, gold and silver. And the year has only just begun.
Panels and private meetings were packed with talk of AI moving from hype to production, from data centers to energy demand. Trump's Greenland remarks changed the mood overnight, while Musk's AI vision snapped it back the next day.
US bank earnings have continued to grow as strong margin expansion and benign credit quality supported performance. Banks will continue to benefit from the remixing of their balance sheets as funding costs decline, while lower-yielding assets purchased or originated when rates were low, mature and are reinvested at higher yields.
Another year of record utility rate requests was established in 2025. Rate requests in 2025 were again dominated by electric utilities, which requested $18.23 billion in aggregate rate increases, while gas utilities requested $3.83 billion.
U.S. Supreme Court justices appear reluctant to grant President Donald Trump's request to let him immediately remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. But their eventual ruling following this week's arguments in the case may not give Cook a sweeping victory.
Metals have shone brightly throughout the week, all gapping higher at the weekly open and extending to continuous record highs as the week progressed. Except for Stocks, which have remained resilient throughout the chaos, the US Dollar took a gigantic hit as Trump's latest show was not well received by participants.
Although global risks remain, including geopolitical, outright recession risks in the US and globally appear relatively low in 2026, and compelling evidence of bubbles in credit and equities is hard to find in conventional valuation measures. Equity fundamentals remain supportive, driven by resilient earnings which are expected to broaden outside of Magnificent-7, along profit margins near all-time highs and resilient consumer demand.
Three weeks into the new year, markets hint at unbelievable possibilities. The UK's January Composite PMI index surged to a stronger-than-expected - and a 21-month high - 53.9.
Escalating, then rapidly de-escalating, U.S.–EU tariff threats tied to Greenland triggered sharp volatility, technical damage, and a swift relief rally across risk assets. Diverging signals from chipmakers, memory suppliers, and enterprise software reinforced that AI remains a secular growth theme, but one defined by supply constraints and widening dispersion.
Markets swing on geopolitical headlines. U.S. labor market shows signs of stability.
It was a disquieting year, as political and economic news stories shook the foundations of the post-war economic order, built around global trade and the US dollar. In this post, I will focus on US equities, starting with the indices and then deconstructing the data to see the differences in the cross-section.
