Markets Barely Blink After US Removes Venezuela’s Maduro

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But financial and commodity markets have shrugged following the news that the US, in a daring raid on Saturday, captured Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, and brought him to New York to stand trial on drugs and weapons charges... As a number of analysts advise, there are several possibilities that may radiate from the US attack on Venezuela, including an eventual regime change in Caracas,...

US Economy Expected To Cool In Q4, Based On Latest Nowcasts

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After two straight quarters of strong growth, US economic output is on track to downshift in the upcoming report on 2025’s fourth quarter, according to the median estimate for a set of GDP nowcasts compiled by CapitalSpectator... The expected growth downgrade is substantial, but is unlikely to trigger a recession warning, based on the current numbers... But even assuming this estimate is accurat...

Microsoft’s strategic AI datacenter planning enables seamless, large-scale NVIDIA Rubin deployments

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CES 2026 showcases the arrival of the NVIDIA Rubin platform, along with Azure’s proven readiness for deployment... Our long-term collaboration with NVIDIA ensures Rubin fits directly into Azure’s forward platform design...Learn more about Azure AI infrastructureBuilding with purpose for the futureAzure’s AI datacenters are engineered for the future of accelerated computing... ...

Happy New Year! AWS Weekly Roundup: 10,000 AIdeas Competition, Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS Managed Instances and more (January 5, 2026)

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BeSA is a free mentoring program that I, along with a few other Amazon Web Services (AWS) employees, volunteer to host as a way to help people excel in their cloud and AI careers... Launches from the last few weeks I’d like to highlight some launches that got my attention since our last Week in Review on December 15, 2025: Amazon EC2 M8gn and M8gb instances – New M8gn and M8gb instances ...

Total Return Forecasts: Major Asset Classes | 5 January 2026

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Long-term expectations for the Global Market Index (GMI) remained steady at a 7%-plus pace for the annualized total return outlook, based on data analytics through December...4% annualized return that GMI has generated over the past ten years... But in a possible sign that GMI’s return outlook will downshift in the months ahead, there’s been a rise in the number of asset classes posting expect...

Book Bits: 4 January 2026

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By purchasing books through this site, you provide support for The Capital Spectator’s free content... ● Capital Evolution: The New American Economy Seth Levine and Elizabeth MacBride Summary via publisher (Simon & Schuster) In Capital Evolution: The New American Economy, Seth Levine and Elizabeth MacBride deliver a bold and timely reassessment of capitalism in America... But Levine and M...

Major Asset Classes | December 2025 | Performance Review

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31 all the major asset classes posted gains for the year, based on a set of ETFs... As a result, outperforming passive global asset allocation strategies was unusually difficult in 2025… again... All the more so for portfolios that were heavily weighted in US assets and downplayed international diversification...The weakest performer for the major asset classes: US real estate investment t...