SEC taps JPMorgan Chase exec for its operating chief

Pgiam The Securities and Exchange Commission named Paul Knight as its chief operating officer, the agency said Monday. Knight rejoins the agency from JPMorgan Chase (JPM), where he most recently served as principal lead for driving growth across the bank’s Source link

Antofagasta upgraded at J.P. Morgan on superior copper growth outlook (ANFGF:OTCMKTS)

SimoneN/iStock via Getty Images Antofagasta (ANFGF) closed up 0.9% in London trading Monday as J.P. Morgan upgrades the copper and gold miner to Overweight from Neutral with a £45 price target, raised from £34, pointing to superior medium-term growth prospects compared to peers. The Source link

S&P 500 could climb further as earnings season nears: Oppenheimer (SPY:NYSEARCA)

mbbirdy/E+ via Getty Images Oppenheimer Asset Management expects U.S. equities to remain supported in the second half of 2026, despite continued uncertainty around economic data, monetary policy, geopolitical developments, and commodity prices. The firm said its year-end target of 8,100 for the S&P 500 Source link

Germany plans to boost spending on defense, security to one-third of budget by 2030 (RNMBF:OTCMKTS)

Jul 06, 2026, 12:59 PM ETRheinmetall AG (RNMBF) Stock, RNMBY StockEWG, GF, MTUAY, DAX, HAGHY, RNKGF, RHM:CABy: Carl Surran, SA News Editor quantic69/iStock via Getty Images Germany’s cabinet approved the first draft of ‌the 2027 budget on Monday, including a boost in spending on defense and security to more than…

Stablecoin trading volume is on track to smash records in 2026

Circle’s USDC stablecoin widened its lead over competitor Tether’s USDT by transaction volume during the first half of 2026, according to fresh data from Visa’s onchain dashboard. In June alone, stablecoin activity increased to a record $1.79 trillion in adjusted transaction volume, up 63% from May’s $1.1 trillion and 125%…

Energy Transfer, Sunoco, USA Compression Partners move legal home to Texas (ET:NYSE)

zorazhuang/iStock via Getty Images Energy Transfer (ET), Sunoco (SUN), SunocoCorp (SUNC), and USA Compression Partners (USAC) said they have redomiciled to Texas from Delaware, taking legal effect Monday and considered effective for market purposes on July 13, according Source link

Ethereum (ETH) developers embrace Vitalik Buterin’s long-term vision but urge quicker execution

Ben-Sasson also welcomed Buterin’s decision to make privacy and quantum-resistant cryptography top priorities. “Quantum safety—excellent,” he wrote on X. “Glad to see this as a high priority.” But he argued Ethereum shouldn’t wait three to four years to get there. “‘3-4 years’ as the timeline is way too long,” Ben-Sasson…

Most and least shorted industrial stocks with market caps above $10B as of end-June (AER:NYSE)

Jul 06, 2026, 10:55 AM ETAerCap Holdings N.V. (AER) Stock, WCN Stock, DIDIY Stock, HEI.A Stock, BE Stock, PL Stock, AAL Stock, SYM Stock, QXO Stock, GD StockBy: Deepa Sarvaiya, SA News Editor QXO (QXO) stands out as the most heavily shorted stock in the group, with more than 18%…

Securitize (SECZ) eyes acquisitions with $400 million war chest after going public

The firm is not interested in buying rivals, Domingo said. “They’re not going to bring anything to me that I don’t have in terms of tech.” Instead, Domingo said Securitize is looking at businesses that complement its institutional tokenization offering, aiming to build a broader “one-stop shop” for customers. “We’re…

Core Natural Resources selected for DoE critical minerals grant (CNR:NYSE)

keni1/iStock via Getty Images Core Natural Resources (CNR) up 1.8% in early trading Monday after saying it was selected for a multi-million-dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation. The company said it plans to use the Source link