AI agents like Claude Code are reshaping software development by automating legacy modernisation and routine coding. A recent ...

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IIPR preferred shares (IIPR.PR.A) yield 9.7% and are trading below redemption value. Innovative Industrial (IIPR) trades at 0.7x book value. See more.

The “single greatest predictor” of future stock-market returns has never been more bearish. This indicator is based on the average U.S. household’s allocation to equities. It was introduced in 2013, ...

Abstract: Stock market prediction is a crucial yet challenging task due to the inherent volatility and complexity of financial markets. Traditional predictive models that rely solely on historical ...

The artificial intelligence (AI) train is barreling ahead at full speed, but there are a couple of areas of concern. The market could respond negatively if concerns are confirmed, but the long-term ...

Implied volatility shows how much movement the market is expecting in the future. Options with high levels of implied volatility suggest that investors in the underlying stocks are expecting a big ...

A groundbreaking study, published in the September 2025 issue of the International Review of Economics & Finance, reveals that a surprisingly simple metric—the difference between current S&P 500 ...

First impressions aren’t always correct — especially in the stock market. Keep that in mind as 2026 makes its first impressions on Wall Street. If the coming days are anything like those of past years ...

Even market masters can’t predict the future. In early 2025, we polled 34 billionaires, asking how each thought the S&P 500 would fare over the year. More than half of them were way off. The S&P ended ...