The Finimize Daily Brief

US inflation took a breather in February, with consumer prices rising at the slowest pace in four months, while Europe and Canada took the all-American approach, announcing retaliatory tariffs on bil…

Citigroup played favorites, downgrading its outlook for US stocks and giving Chinese ones the opposite treatment, and Lego built up record-breaking sales while the rest of the industry took a tumble …

TSMC’s revenue eased investors’ fears of a tech spending slowdown, but the relief might not last for long, while the US president refused to rule out a recession, and investors took no answer as an a…

Investors rewarded Alibaba for launching its latest AI model, which had a touch of DeepSeek about it, while the European Central Bank surprised no one with another interest rate cut.

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The US president doubled down on tariffs – at least for now – and despite escalating tariffs and a stuttering economy, China set an ambitious target to grow its economy by 5% this year.

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Aramco – the Saudi Arabian oil company – slashed the world’s biggest dividend after black gold’s price lost a little of its shine, while Canada and China fought back against American tariffs as the U…

The US president announced plans for a strategic crypto reserve, and investors didn’t waste time building their own hoards of the digital coins, while European defense stocks went on a tear, with the…

Famed fund manager Jeremy Grantham said US stocks are in the third-biggest “super bubble” ever – and according to him, the bursting’s overdue – while China issued an ominous response after the US thr…

Investors bolted out of bitcoin, leaving the OG crypto suffering its biggest-ever single-day bailout, while the US president gave Mexican and Canadian tariffs a stay of execution – but Europe was gra…

Nvidia lived up to increasingly lofty expectations – and the AI darling set the bar high for this quarter, too – while BP announced an about-face back into the polluting oil and gas business.

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Europeans bought far more EVs this January than last, but they left a certain Cybertruck maker in the dust, while AI startup Anthropic closed in on a $62 billion valuation – three times the level it …

Warren Buffett gave US stocks a wide berth, but the boss of Berkshire Hathaway didn’t mind cozying up to Japan, while Microsoft reportedly walked away from some of its data center leases after spendi…

Alibaba’s stock made a comeback – not long after the firm’s famous cofounder, Jack Ma, made one of his own – and investors gave Nissan’s shares another chance, encouraged by news that Tesla might cut…

The US president said American households could receive a fifth of the money saved by the Department of Government Efficiency – a figure touted to hit $2 trillion – while Walmart, the world’s biggest…

xAI released its Grok 3 chatbot – kitted out with double the software and none of the guardrails – while UK inflation was higher than expected in January, forcing the Bank of England to revisit its i…

Chinese internet titan Baidu announced mixed quarterly results and investors made their disappointment clear, while Europe looks set to reinforce its own line of defense rather than relying on the US…

Broadcom and TSMC started exploring a breakup of Intel, sensing an opportunity to teach an old dog new tricks, while Figure AI seems to be headed toward a nearly $40 billion valuation – 15 times high…

US retail sales came in weaker than predicted, potentially foreshadowing a major credit crunch, while Hermès announced stronger-than-expected annual results – all thanks to its luxury-minded, budget-…

An investor update from Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square pointed out opportunities and quirks in today’s market – and food giant Nestlé’s results got investors going, while rival Unilever’s landed with …

CATL filed for a listing that could raise $5 billion, and the world’s biggest battery maker chose Hong Kong over the US, while SoftBank revealed a $2.4 billion loss – not long after pledging many mor…