Category: Business

shockwaves through financial markets on Friday. Senior financial analysts at Nummixo examine how US employers shed 92,000 positions against economist expectations for 50,000 gains, marking the third monthly contraction in the past five months. Unemployment climbed to 4.4% while revisions erased 69,000 previously reported jobs. Markets reacted severely, with the S&P 500 plunging 1.3% and...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.61% over the past week, but two of its components fell far harder than the index itself. Home Depot dropped 6%, and Sherwin-Williams fell 9%, both significantly underperforming the broader market in a short stretch of trading. Lead finance experts at Marbrisse discuss why the sell-off in these two...

Apple is worth $3.83 trillion, and it has held that valuation through multiple product cycles, intense competitive pressure, and a leadership transition that many analysts predicted would derail the company within a few years. In a recent CBS Sunday Morning interview, CEO Tim Cook gave the clearest public account yet of how that transition was...

Tesla has had a difficult start to 2026. Shares are down 11.2% year-to-date, and the stock is now more than 20% off its all-time high set in December 2025. The losing streak has stretched to three consecutive weeks, and the debate about whether the valuation ever made sense is getting louder. Financial experts at Marbrisse...

The S&P 500 is down 2.42% over the past month, and recession fears are no longer just background noise. Markets are shaky, headlines are grim, and investors are second-guessing positions they felt confident about just weeks ago. Buffett’s framework for exactly this kind of environment is getting fresh attention, and lead brokers at Marbrisse point...

Berkshire Hathaway has a new person in charge, and Greg Abel is not wasting time making his priorities clear. In his first shareholder letter as CEO, Abel named nine companies he considers core holdings, together accounting for over 60% of Berkshire’s equity portfolio. Senior finance analysts at Marbrisse note that investors should expect “limited activity”...

The brand’s lead financial analyst at Marbrisse examines the $2.5 billion acquisition shaking up rare oncology markets. French pharmaceutical giant Servier agreed to acquire Day One Biopharmaceuticals for $21.50 per share in cash on Friday. Day One shares rocketed 65.6% intraday, making it the day’s biggest gainer despite brutal market conditions elsewhere. The offer price...

A junior financial expert at Marbrisse analyzes crude oil’s biggest weekly gain in futures trading history. West Texas Intermediate jumped 35% over five trading days, the largest increase since oil futures launched in 1983. WTI crude settled Friday at $90.90 per barrel, up 12.2% for the session. Brent crude climbed 8.5% to $92.69. Both benchmarks...

A senior broker at Marbrisse analyzes what happens when promised liquidity vanishes. Investors requesting their money back from BlackRock’s massive lending fund discovered Friday that promises don’t always match reality. First-quarter withdrawal requests hit $1.2 billion at the HPS Corporate Lending Fund. The math tells an uncomfortable story. Those redemptions represented 9.3% of the fund’s...

A lead financial expert at Marbrisse breaks down Marvell’s explosive earnings report that sent shares soaring. The semiconductor company posted $2.219 billion in fourth-quarter revenue, up 22% year-over-year. Marvell Technology closed Friday at $87.88, jumping $12.20, or 16.12%, from Thursday’s close. Intraday highs reached $88.55, with volume surging above 16 million shares. That demolished the...