Author: Money Mechanics

India’s quick commerce market is booming, with demand more than doubling for some players. But the fast-delivery push by Flipkart and Amazon is raising the stakes in an already crowded space where profitability remains under pressure. Flipkart, one of India’s largest e-commerce players, entered quick commerce later than local rivals such as Blinkit, Swiggy, and Zepto. But it has now crossed more than 800 dark stores (distribution centers for online shopping) this week, TechCrunch has learned, and is looking to double that by the end of 2026, according to UBS. The expansion comes as India’s quick commerce sector enters a…

(Oil & Gas 360) – – Energy Advisors’ latest review covering Seven Top U.S. Resource Plays points to a broader shift underway in shale. Gas-weighted basins are starting to re-accelerate driven by LNG and power demand, while oil plays are increasingly driven by capital discipline and inventory depth. These plays—Appalachia, Haynesville, Permian (Delaware and Midland), Bakken, Eagle Ford, and SCOOP/STACK—now make up about 65% of U.S. oil and 80% of gas production, a profound shift from 10% back in 2010. Collectively, these resource plays underpin U.S. oil and gas production and are critical in global energy markets. For natural gas, U.S. demand…

For the better part of two years, the market for initial public offerings (IPOs) has been notably quiet. Investor appetite for new companies, particularly in the tech sector, has been tempered by market volatility and economic uncertainty, leading many promising private companies to delay their public debuts. That prevailing narrative saw a dramatic and welcome shift on March 12, 2026, when Japanese fintech giant PayPay Corporation (NASDAQ: PAYP) made its highly anticipated arrival on the Nasdaq. After pricing its shares at $16, PayPay saw its stock price rise an impressive 19% to open at $19.00, driven by strong, immediate investor…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Energy sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Commodity trading groups lost billions of dollars at the start of the Iran war after being wrongfooted by bets on falling energy prices, according to new analysis by consultancy Oliver Wyman. While trading houses typically profit in times of chaos and volatility, the start of the conflict six weeks ago — which trapped more than 100 fuel tankers in the Gulf — caught many on the wrong side of the sudden surge in oil prices. Those early losses ran into the “billions…

In-brief analysis March 30, 2026 Natural gas plant liquids (NGPL) exports reached 3.1 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2025, growing 7% from the previous year. These fuels are primarily extracted from the natural gas stream. NGPL plant production has increased every year since 2005, driven by higher production of NGPLs and more global demand for NGPLs, especially as petrochemical feedstocks. Producers have increasingly targeted liquids-rich supply basins in recent years. Higher production of NGPLs has led to lower prices in the United States relative to global benchmarks in East Asia and the Middle East,…

In-brief analysis March 31, 2026 U.S. crude oil production grew by 3%, or 350,000 barrels per day (b/d), in 2025, setting a new annual production record of 13.6 million b/d, according to our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Production from the Lower 48 states excluding the Gulf of America (L48) accounted for 11.3 million b/d, or 83% of the total U.S. crude oil production in 2025. The rest of the production came from Federal Gulf of America (GOA) and Alaska. In 2025, the number of active rigs per month in L48 was 5% less than…

According to a new working paper by catastrophe modelling specialist Reask and specialist insurance-linked securities investment manager LGT ILS Partners, a climate-conditioned Industry Loss Warranty (ILW) strategy can materially outperform traditional static modeling approaches.The firms conducted a systematic back-test of a climate-conditioned strategy across a portfolio of 36 regional ILWs, spanning a 40-year period from 1985 to 2024. “Catastrophe models used across insurance, reinsurance, and capital markets are built around long-term stationary climatologies. They treat historical averages as a reliable guide to current and future risk,” Ian Bolliger, Principal Quantitative Engineer at Reask explained in the published case study. He…

Redfin has been recognized among the top residential real estate brokerages for the fourth year in a row! In 2025, our agents closed 50,484 transactions, totaling nearly $32 billion in sales – earning the #8 spot on the RealTrends Verified Brokerage Rankings by both sales volume and transaction count. Redfin Agents Remain The Most Productive The average Redfin agent closed more than 22 deals in 2025—nearly three times the productivity of agents at other top-10 brokerages, according to RealTrends data.  Our agents also led in sales volume, with an average agent sales volume of approximately $14 million. That’s almost double…

Executive Summary Risk assets declined sharply as geopolitics outweighed fundamentalsMacro de‑risking dominated as growth and value declined togetherBrent crude posted its largest monthly gain since the 1970sFalling 5‑year breakeven rates and rising real yields tightened financial conditionsS&P 500 Q1 EPS is forecast to grow double digits for a sixth consecutive quarterMarch marked a sharp inflection point for global markets, as geopolitical risk abruptly displaced economic resilience as the dominant driver of asset prices. After entering the month with constructive momentum, improving breadth, and rising confidence as evidenced by the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index sitting at all‑time highs, investors were forced…

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. A real estate investor who spent nearly a decade building a property portfolio from the ground up is now facing a painful dilemma: walk away from his marriage or risk unraveling years of financial progress. “I’m considering separating, but… all the properties are held jointly,” the investor laid out the situation in a recent Reddit post. The numbers make the decision even harder. With low mortgage rates around 3% and property taxes locked in, selling everything would trigger about $400,000 in capital gains…