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SoftBank to Acquire DigitalBridge for $4B: AI Infrastructure Stakes Surge

Global M&A Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

SoftBank is acquiring DigitalBridge for $16 p...

Analysts including RBC and Truist have downgr...

DigitalBridge will continue to operate as an ...

The deal advances SoftBank’s AI infrastructur...

Inside Nvidia’s $20B Groq Deal: Valuation, Strategy & Regulatory Pressure

Global M&A Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing

Nvidia is paying about $20 billion in cash to...

The deal, Nvidia’s largest to date, targets G...

The valuation implies roughly a 40× price-to-...

Investors and regulators are focused on wheth...

CME Derivatives Halted by Aurora Data Center Failure: Market Infrastructure Risk Exposed

Global Markets Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

A CyrusOne data center in Aurora, Illinois su...

The outage halted CME futures and options tra...

CME did not fail over to its New York backup ...

The event exposed concentration and operation...

Crypto Derivatives in 2025: Perpetual Futures, Institutional Surge & U.S. Regulation

Global Markets Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

Crypto derivatives like futures, perpetuals, ...

In 2025, crypto derivatives dominated trading...

Perpetual futures are the core product in thi...

U.S. regulators, led by the CFTC, are integra...

Global Shifts in Oil, Trade & Monetary Policy: What India-US & OPEC+ Moves Mean

Global Markets Oil and Gas Extraction

Oil prices have rebounded to the mid-$60s as ...

Trump’s executive order slaps 50% tariffs on ...

OPEC+ is accelerating the unwinding of prior ...

Amid geopolitical and trade tensions, markets...

Gold & Copper Rally Amid Fed Rate Cut Hopes; Oil, Coffee, Ukraine Wheat Face Tight Supply

Global Markets Mining (except Oil and Gas)

Expectations of Fed rate cuts, a weaker dolla...

Oil prices are range-bound as markets weigh R...

Brazil’s downgraded Arabica crop forecasts an...

Ukraine’s wheat yields are set to decline in ...

Foreign Transaction Fees Explained: How to Avoid Them & Maximize Travel Rewards

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Foreign transaction fees are issuer charges, ...

About half of U.S. credit cards still charge ...

Many no-FTF cards (such as those from Capital...

Travelers can reduce costs by choosing cards ...

USD/CAD & INR Outlook 2026: Rate Cuts, Oil, Capital Flows Drive Currency Shifts

Global Markets Finance and Insurance

USD/CAD trades near 1.37 with short- and medi...

The Indian rupee logged a 4.72% loss in 2025 ...

Analysts see broader USD weakness in 2026 as ...

Key uncertainties include India’s capital flo...

E-mini S&P 500 Futures: Leverage, Margins, and Emerging Product Trends

Global Markets Finance and Insurance

E-mini S&P 500 (ES) futures are highly liquid...

Each ES contract has a $50 multiplier and 0.2...

Micro E-mini S&P (MES) contracts offer identi...

New products like E-mini S&P 500 Equal Weight...

Q3 2025: Morgan Stanley Tops Goldman Sachs in Equities Trading, US Banks Drive Global IB Growth

Global Markets Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

Trading and client activity surged in 2025, l...

Morgan Stanley’s diversified engine across tr...

These gains rely heavily on elevated volatili...

Banks face a tougher 2026 revenue test as tra...