Wall Street

• Bessent says Powell attending Supreme Court arguments on Lisa Cook is a mistake - CNBC reported that Powell plans to be present for oral arguments in a case that challenges Trump's power to remove governor Lisa Cook.
• Venezuela shows how locals turn to Tether-issued USDT stablecoin as governments wobble - Locals in Venezuela, as well as others living under unstable regimes, are turning to USDT as protection from political and economic uncertainties.
• Trump threatens to sue JPMorgan Chase for 'debanking' him - President Trump threatened to sue JPMorgan for allegedly "debanking" him following the Jan. 6 insurrection in 2021.
• Smaller companies are rising quickly to challenge Big Tech as AI 's best trade - Reliable power, nuclear investment, data-center efficiency, and grid capacity are now core drivers of stock returns from the AI theme as demand ramps.
• Goldman Sachs CEO is looking at how the Wall Street bank can get involved in prediction markets - Goldman's interest comes as prediction markets gain visibility and debate swirls over market transparency and regulatory boundaries.
• Goldman Sachs tops profit estimates as equities, asset and wealth management outperform - Trading desks across Wall Street have benefited in the last year as Trump's policies have roiled markets for bonds, currencies, commodities and stocks.
• Bank of America is set to report fourth-quarter earnings – here's what to expect - Bank of America, the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, has been a beneficiary of the industry's recent tailwinds.
• Quantum Computing Stocks IonQ, Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum, and Quantum Computing Inc. Have Served Up an $840 Million Warning for Wall Street - The people who know Wall Street's hottest quantum computing stocks best have given investors reason to be skeptical.
• Warren Buffett was still searching for that elephant in his final months as Berkshire CEO - Warren Buffett, who handed over the CEO reins to Greg Abel at the start of 2026, made it clear that size is not the constraint, opportunity is.
• JPMorgan Chase tops estimates as trading revenue exceeds expectations - JPMorgan will give investors a view into how consumers and corporations fared toward the end of last year and issue guidance on how 2026 may develop.