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How Trump’s affordability push is prompting Wall Street to rethink what’s next for tariffs
Published: Jan. 14, 2026 at 2:26 p.m. ET As investors anxiously wait for the U.S. Supreme Court…
UK digital ID plans will no longer be mandatory
The United Kingdom has walked back plans to make its upcoming digital ID scheme a mandatory…
He was in the room for Trump’s Venezuela pitch. Now this American oilman says he’s ready to start drilling.
Published: Jan. 14, 2026 at 11:56 a.m. ET Alex Cranberg had a seat at the table last…
The financial elite aren’t worried about a stock-market bubble yet — but you can’t afford to be so complacent
Investors know bull markets end, of course. But even the global leaders descending on Davos may…
Follow the White House as it picks stock-market winners and losers, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee.
Barbara Kollmeyer Barbara Kollmeyer is based in Madrid, where she leads MarketWatch’s pre-markets coverage of financial…
Why oil experts say U.S.-Iran tensions feel different this time around than previous crises
Oil experts are factoring in the possibility of revolutionary upheaval in Iran as tensions with the…