Billions of dollars are trading hands on sites like Polymarket and Kalshi, where people bet on everything from Taylor Swift’s wedding date to election outcomes. On prediction markets like Polymarket ...

For most of the country, housing has become a buyer’s market over the last year or so, but certain high-demand markets will still give sellers the upper hand in the year to come. These markets, ...

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In the days leading up to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a user on the predictions market website Polymarket made nearly $33,000 worth of bets. After U.S. servicemembers conducted ...

Analysts see risks from US midterms and rate cuts Stock markets to rise, albeit at slower pace than in 2025 Borrowing costs in key markets to remain high Dollar expected to fall, yen to strengthen ...

A gambling research company says prediction markets could become a $1 trillion industry nationwide when fully mature, with $435 billion of that coming from contracts on sports outcomes. The battle ...

US stocks had a stellar 2025, but global markets stole the show. A major index tracking stocks outside the US, the MSCI All Country World ex-USA, gained 29.2% in 2025, handily outpacing the S&P 500’s ...

In a final speech at the end of her term, Caroline Crenshaw, the last remaining Democrat on the Securities and Exchange Commission, blasted the “rapacious zeal for deregulation” of Trump appointees ...

Here's what to know. Is the stock market open on Jan. 2, 2026? The New York Stock Exchange will be open for trading at normal hours, 9:30 a.m. ET to 4 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 2, with the usual early and ...

Putting your money where your mouth is has never been easier, as it’s now possible to gamble on basically anything, including election outcomes. However, many experts worry that gamifying politics ...

Here's what to know. Is the stock market open on New Year's Day 2026? No. The New York Stock Exchange will be closed Jan. 1, 2026. NYSE American Equities, NYSE Arca Equities, NYSE National, and NYSE ...

For investors worldwide, 2025 was anything but boring. President Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office shook up global markets. His aggressive tariff agenda quickly became one of the most ...