Venezuelan lawmakers approve a sweeping mining bill to lure foreign investors

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill to regulate the country’s mining as it seeks to attract leery foreign investors to a once-private industry that has long been exploited by criminal groups with ties to the government. It is the latest legislative initiative by acting President Delcy Rodríguez since the self-proclaimed socialist … Read more

TACO trade: Investors banking on Trump not following through on his threats

The Dow surged more than 1,000 points on Wednesday after President Trump backed off his threat to attack Iran and agreed to a two-week ceasefire. Robert Armstrong, U.S. financial commentator for the Financial Times, previously coined the phrase “TACO trade,” with TACO standing for “Trump always chickens out,” to encapsulate how investors buy low and … Read more

Here’s how silver’s price has changed in 2026 (and what investors should consider now)

The price of silver has been on a rollercoaster ride so far in 2026, with no signs of easing anytime soon. Dragon Claws/Getty Images The price of gold has changed so remarkably and so consistently for so many months that investors and beginners to the precious metal space may have missed substantial movement elsewhere. The … Read more

The NBA is planning a European basketball league. Investors think it’s worth billions.

Decades after the NBA first took an interest in Europe, it took a significant step this week toward establishing a new basketball league on the continent. It heard from potential investors, who valued some clubs in the proposed league there at $1 billion. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles … Read more

Jamie Dimon: JPMorgan could offer prediction market services to investors

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon revealed that his bank is considering offering prediction market services to its customers. “It’s possible one day we’ll do something like that,” Dimon said in an interview with “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil, speaking about services such as Kalshi and Polymarket, which allow people to make bets on everything … Read more

3 gold price questions investors should ask this April

The price of gold changed in surprising ways in March, giving investors much to consider heading into April. Getty Images/iStockphoto Investors who assumed that the price of gold would continue to grow unimpeded ran into some unexpected news in March – the price actually fell. And it wasn’t a marginal decline, either. Priced at $5,312.10 … Read more

Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez pitches newly opened oil sector to investors at Miami summit

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez preached of lucrative long-term opportunities in her resource-rich country at a Saudi-backed investment summit on Wednesday, offering a window into how Venezuela’s government is trying to lure investors to its oil sector. Addressing the Miami summit from Venezuela, Rodríguez presented a reformed industry — one that has … Read more

As cattle herds shrink and beef prices rise, investors back AI cow collars

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A startup putting high-tech collars on cows could soon be worth more than $2 billion, as investors bet the technology could help farmers cut costs and cope with labor shortages. Halter, a New Zealand-based company, is in talks to raise new funding in a deal expected to … Read more