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Key PointsStocks can rise and fall to levels beyond your imagination.A lower stock price doesn’t always mean a better value.Don’t forget to include the cons when building an investment thesis.The sell-off in software-as-a-service (SaaS) stocks has evolved from a pullback to a downturn, and now to a full-throttle crash. An exchange-traded fund (ETF) that closely tracks the sector — The iShares Expanded Tech Software Sector ETF (NYSEMKT: IGV) — is down 24.6% year to date at the time of this writing, while the broader tech sector has fallen 5.8%.Last week, Anthropic announced a new plugin for legal applications on its…

Stock image. A slower-than-expected rollout of electric vehicles will help keep platinum-group metals in supply shortfalls over the coming years, according to the chief executive officer of major miner Valterra Platinum Ltd. The EV boom had long weighed on platinum and sister metal palladium, as a large chunk of production is used in catalytic converters to curb pollution from internal combustion engine vehicles. Still, a slower-than-expected adoption of EVs in some markets has helped boost sentiment around the metals In December, the European Union in December eased requirements that would have halted sales of new gasoline and diesel-fueled cars starting…

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that residential property prices increased by 7.3% in the 12 months to October, easing from the 7.5% rate of growth seen in September. Property prices in Dublin rose by 5.4% and prices outside Dublin were up by 8.9% compared with October last year. The median price for a home in October was €381,000, the CSO said. The CSO today reported monthly house price growth for October of 0.6%. It also said the annual growth rate for September was revised down to 7.5% from 7.6% and the monthly growth rate for September was…

While development aid is falling globally, many megadiverse countries are juggling debt stress that pushes conservation to the margins.Numerous financial instruments have arisen to fund conservation, with an equally diverse set of outcomes and an array of opaque metrics. Meanwhile, biodiversity bonds are clear about what success looks like, and how it will be proven.“Done right, these instruments can fund conservation at meaningful scale; done wrong, they financialize nature and entrench inequity,” a new op-ed argues.This post is a commentary. The views expressed are those of the author, not necessarily of Mongabay.See All Key Ideas The interlinked crises…

On Feb. 10, 2026, investors weighed fresh AI capex worries against rising long-term earnings forecasts for this software giant.Today’s Change(-0.08%) $-0.33Current Price$413.27Key Data PointsMarket Cap$3.1TDay’s Range$412.70 – $423.6852wk Range$344.79 – $555.45Volume45MAvg Vol30MGross Margin68.59%Dividend Yield0.82%Microsoft (MSFT 0.08%), a global software and cloud solutions provider, closed Tuesday’s session at $413.27, down 0.08%. The stock moved as investors weighed a Melius downgrade focused on AI spending risks against bullish analyst commentary and data highlighting resilient long-term AI earnings power.Trading volume reached 44.6 million shares, about 48% above its three-month average of 30.2 million shares. Microsoft IPO’d in 1986 and has grown 424,974% since…

TORONTO / Feb 10, 2026 / Business Wire / Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. (with its subsidiaries, “Triple Flag” or the “Company”) (TSX: TFPM, NYSE: TFPM) announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Triple Flag International Ltd. (“Triple Flag International”), has agreed with Evolution Mining Limited (“Evolution”) to fund US$84.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2026 for the development of the new gold-dominant E44 open pit deposit (the “E44 Gold Deposit”) at Northparkes, with Evolution committing to guaranteed minimum deliveries of 45,052 ounces of gold and 446,200 ounces of silver over the 2030 to 2037 period from the E44 Gold…

Germany’s uneasy energy truce with Washington is starting to fray, and the pressure point is a single refinery that keeps Berlin moving.Managers at the PCK Schwedt refinery, majority-owned by Russia’s Rosneft (54.17%), have privately warned the German government that U.S. sanctions are already choking day-to-day operations and could threaten fuel supplies for Berlin and eastern Germany. In a January letter to economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche, refinery management made what they described as an urgent appeal to resolve the standoff before things get worse.Schwedt is not some marginal asset. It supplies fuel to roughly nine out of ten cars…

Nabors Industries (NYSE:NBR) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2026-02-11. Here’s what investors need to know before the announcement.Analysts estimate that Nabors Industries will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $-1.75. The market awaits Nabors Industries’s announcement, with hopes high for news of surpassing estimates and providing upbeat guidance for the next quarter.It’s important for new investors to understand that guidance can be a significant driver of stock prices.Performance in Previous EarningsThe company’s EPS missed by $1.49 in the last quarter, leading to a 10.2% increase in the share price on the following day.Here’s…

These days, just when we think we can give our wallets a break, suddenly there’s yet another expense to pay for.While we can’t entirely escape some of life’s biggest expenses — like weddings, home repairs, college tuition and car purchases — we can plan for them so we don’t feel completely blindsided by a massive bill.Here are the financial tools to use to reach lofty savings goals, plus how to prep beforehand.Get more bang for your buck with a high-yield savingsHigh-yield savings accounts let you earn more interest compared to traditional savings accounts. The more you deposit, the more interest…

Source: FreepikIn this guide, we’ll review 6 commercial mortgage providers offering business property finance in 2026. We’ve compared them on loan size, term length, loan-to-income ratio, product flexibility, and application speed. Whether you’re acquiring a new premises or refinancing, this list highlights practical differences to help you find a lender that fits your funding needs.TL;DR:Guide reviews 6 UK providers offering business property finance during 2026.Comparison covers loan size, term length, ratings, and calculator access.Table highlights practical differences across banks and brokers.KIS Finance is considered the best commercial mortgage provider in 2026.Why Can You Trust Us?We evaluated commercial mortgages in 2026 using…