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Mortgage refinancing applications have surged 130% year-over-year as rates drop below 6%. Refinances now make up 62% of all mortgage applications, the highest share since 2021.
Warner Bros. Discovery reported a $252 million Q4 loss with revenue falling 6% to $9.46 billion. The results arrived as the company weighs competing acquisition bids, with a decision expected within days.
VICI Properties crossed $1 billion in quarterly revenue with AFFO up 6.8% year-over-year as the gaming REIT's inflation-linked leases and Las Vegas Strip portfolio delivered consistent income growth.
HEICO Corporation reported record Q1 FY2026 net income of $190 million on $1.18 billion in revenue as defense spending and airline aftermarket demand drove double-digit organic growth.
The IMF's 2026 Article IV report projects 2.6% GDP growth but warns tariffs, Medicaid cuts, and food assistance reductions will materially reduce disposable incomes for the bottom third of Americans.
Global mergers and acquisitions surged 40% to a record $4.9 trillion in 2025, driven by AI mega-deals, but the capital allocated to M&A hit a 30-year low as companies redirect cash elsewhere.
The Defense Department revealed it will spend the entire $152 billion reconciliation allocation in fiscal 2026, up from the original $113 billion plan, funding missile defense, autonomous weapons, and naval expansion.
Stripe, now valued at $159 billion, is exploring a deal to acquire all or parts of PayPal, which has a market cap of $43 billion. The combination would process over $2 trillion in annual payments.
Warner Bros. Discovery told shareholders that Paramount Skydance's raised $31 per share bid could be superior to Netflix's $27.75 offer, setting up the biggest media bidding war in years.
The enhanced ACA premium tax credits expired, doubling insurance costs for 22 million Americans. Analysts project 5 million could become uninsured in the largest health coverage disruption since Obamacare launched.
Coffee futures plunged 20% in three weeks on expectations of a record Brazil arabica crop. Cocoa collapsed 62% year-over-year as global surpluses replaced the shortage narrative. Commodity chaos reshapes food costs.
Earnings from Walmart, Lowe's, TJX, and CAVA all reveal the same pattern: affluent consumers are spending freely while lower and middle-income Americans cut back, trade down, and stretch budgets.