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In early trading on Thursday, shares of Atlassian topped the list of the day’s best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 2.1%. Year to date, Atlassian has lost about 58.2% of its value. And the worst performing Nasdaq 100 component thus far on the day is Applovin, trading down 9.5%. Applovin is lower by about 41.4% looking at the year to date performance. Two other components making moves today are Lam Research, trading down 5.3%, and Fortinet, trading up 2.0% on the day. VIDEO: Nasdaq 100 Movers: APP, TEAM The views and opinions expressed herein are the…

An updated edition of the Feb. 3, 2026, article.Financial technology, or fintech, is transforming the global financial landscape by making financial services faster, more accessible and increasingly customer-centric. By integrating finance with advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, Big Data and cloud computing, fintech has disrupted traditional banking, payments and investment models around the world.One of fintech’s most meaningful contributions has been its role in advancing financial inclusion. Digital wallets, mobile banking platforms and peer-to-peer lending services have opened the door to financial access for millions of unbanked and underbanked individuals. Cross-border payments, which were once slow, costly and inefficient, are…

Retail investors have loaded up on stocks, which is typical before a bull market peaks.

new video loaded: How Kharg Island May Change the Trajectory of the Iran WarKharg Island exports 90 percent of Iran’s crude oil. It has also become a potential U.S. target. Peter Eavis, our Business reporter, examines how the small island in the Persian Gulf has become a strategic target with significant risks.By Peter Eavis, Gilad Thaler, Edward Vega, Lauren Pruitt and Joey SendaydiegoMarch 25, 2026

Investors are waking up to the harsh realities and the financial penalties of a reordered, reactionary world.

Jay Clayton said regulators would likely examine the unusual burst of trading activity early Monday that preceded a market-moving social media post from President Donald Trump.”Any move like that in advance of any announcement, the regulators are going to look at,” Clayton, a former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” referring to the spike in futures trading minutes before Trump disclosed that the U.S. and Iran had held talks and that planned strikes on Iranian infrastructure would be halted.Clayton, now the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said authorities would…

Whales Control More of DeFi Than You Think(And they’re better at the game.)DeFi sells a powerful narrative: open, permissionless, and fair. Anyone with a wallet can participate. No gatekeepers. No middlemen. Just code.But beneath that ideal lies a quieter reality—one where a relatively small group of high-capital players, known as whales, exert outsized influence over markets, governance, and even protocol design.It’s not exactly a conspiracy. It’s just math… and a lot of money.Who Are the Whales?In traditional finance, they’d be hedge funds, market makers, or ultra-high-net-worth individuals. In DeFi, they’re wallet addresses holding massive amounts of capital—often early adopters, crypto-native…

Wall Street was already worried about another surge in inflation tied to the Iran war. Now a stunningly large increase in the cost of imported goods has added to the angst.

Farmers in the Northern Hemisphere are heading into the crucial spring months, during which major fieldwork must begin. Their peers in the south, meanwhile, are busy harvesting crops before the winter sets in. However, their work now takes place as the Iran war creates serious supply constraints for essential fertilizer products — fueling massive price spikes and warnings of looming food insecurity. Around one-third of the global seaborne fertilizer trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the United Nations. The waterway, a critical shipping route that runs along Iran’s southern border, has been severely disrupted since the start…

Key PointsScott Dreyer sold 49,976 shares on March 3, 2026, for approximately $2.02 million at a weighted average price of about $40.41 per share. The sale reduced Dreyer’s direct holdings by 41.05%, from 121,746 shares to 71,770 shares. The transactions were executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on September 3, 2025, which limits the read-through for investors. 10 stocks we like better than Collegium Pharmaceutical ›Scott Dreyer, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Collegium Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:COLL), reported the sale of 49,976 shares of common stock in open-market transactions on March 3, 2026, according to an SEC…