As the 2025 calendar year draws to a close, the final weeks of December are witnessing a familiar ritual on Wall Street: tax-loss harvesting. Investors are aggressively shedding their biggest losers to offset capital gains, creating a wave of artificial selling pressure that has pushed several high-quality stocks to multi-year
As the sun sets on a tumultuous 2025, the financial markets are entering the final full trading week of the year with a mix of festive optimism and calculated institutional maneuvering. On this Monday, December 22, 2025, the major indices are hovering near record highs, with the S&P 500
As the calendar turns to the final days of 2025, a stark divergence has emerged in the financial markets. While the S&P 500 has maintained a robust year-to-date gain of nearly 18%, the surface-level tranquility masks a "violent dispersion" beneath. Retail investors, armed with increasingly sophisticated AI-driven tax tools,
The final weeks of 2025 have been a masterclass in institutional maneuverability. The timeline leading to this moment began in early December, following the Federal Reserve’s third consecutive rate cut of the year. While the cuts provided a tailwind for the broader indices, they also highlighted a stark divergence
While Fidelity National Information Services has lagged the Dow Jones Industrial Average in recent performance, Wall Street analysts maintain a moderately optimistic outlook for the stock’s future prospects.
The U.S. labor market delivered an unexpected jolt to the economy last month, as small businesses, the traditional engine of job creation, shed a staggering 120,000 positions in November 2025. This significant contraction, revealed in the latest ADP National Employment Report, has immediately amplified concerns about a decelerating
Boston, MA – December 1, 2025 – Despite recent market fluctuations, financial analysts are largely maintaining a steady price target near $47.35 per share for Toast (NYSE: TOST), the leading cloud-based technology platform for restaurants. This consensus reflects a cautious yet optimistic outlook on the company's future, balancing its impressive growth
Once upon a time, cryptocurrencies were supposed to destroy traditional payment processors? Plot twist: the credit card giants are now becoming crypto companies themselves.
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after investors grew more optimistic about a potential Federal Reserve interest rate cut in December.
KeyCorp's investment banking arm, KeyBanc, has recently recalibrated its outlook for i3 Verticals (NASDAQ: IIIV) stock, lowering its price target from $35.00 to $32.00. This adjustment comes despite i3 Verticals reporting robust fourth-quarter fiscal results that surpassed Street expectations, largely driven by strong performance in its software and
Fiserv has gotten torched over the last six months - since May 2025, its stock price has dropped 62.3% to $63.69 per share. This was partly driven by its softer quarterly results and may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
A stock with low volatility can be reassuring, but it doesn’t always mean strong long-term performance.
Investors who prioritize stability may miss out on higher-reward opportunities elsewhere.
November 11, 2025 – Bitcoin (BTC) is undergoing a profound transformation, subtly yet significantly evolving beyond its iconic role as a mere "store of value" to become the foundational "settlement fuel" for the burgeoning stablecoin economy. This pivotal shift, gaining substantial traction from 2020 onwards and accelerating through 2025, sees the world's leading cryptocurrency underpinning [...]
