Price Forecast News 18 December 2025

IREN stock price forecast: Why the shares are sliding and what to watch before earnings

New York, January 7, 2026, 15:28 EST — Regular session IREN Ltd shares were down 2.8% at $44.63 in late-afternoon trade, after swinging between $44.12 and $46.57 earlier in the session. Volume topped 16 million shares, putting the stock back

7 January 2026

Earnings Preview·Investment Analysis·Price Forecast·Stock Market

Natural gas price forecast: Henry Hub jumps on colder mid-January outlook ahead of EIA storage report

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 15:34 (EST) — Regular session Key points: U.S. natural gas futures climbed nearly 6% on Wednesday, rebounding from a $3.35 close a day earlier as traders leaned on a colder mid-month weather picture. The front-month

7 January 2026

Energy Markets·Natural Gas·Price Forecast·Weather Impact

Oil price forecast: Brent, WTI slide on Trump Venezuela move as 2026 surplus looms

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 14:45 (EST) — Regular session Oil prices fell on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said Venezuela would turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned crude to the United States, feeding fears of

7 January 2026

Commodities·Energy·Global Economy·Price Forecast

Gold price forecast: Jobs report looms as bullion slips on profit-taking

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 14:33 EST — Regular session Gold fell more than 1% on Wednesday as investors locked in profits after a two-day surge, with traders waiting on Friday’s U.S. jobs report to test expectations for Federal Reserve

7 January 2026

Commodities·Gold·Market Analysis·Price Forecast

Silver price forecast: HSBC lifts 2026 view as spot silver slides 4% ahead of U.S. payrolls

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 14:42 EST — Regular session Spot silver fell 4.1% to $77.93 an ounce by 1:36 p.m. ET on Wednesday, as traders took profits after a sharp run and the dollar strengthened. HSBC raised its 2026

7 January 2026

Market Analysis·Precious Metals·Price Forecast·Silver

XRP price forecast: Ripple token slips as ETF bid cools and U.S. jobs data looms

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 14:34 EST — Regular session XRP slid on Wednesday, trimming gains from a recent burst higher as traders weighed whether fresh demand from new exchange-traded funds could keep lifting the token. XRP was down about

7 January 2026

Cryptocurrency·ETF News·Price Forecast·Ripple·XRP

Nvidia price forecast: Analysts keep $270–$352 targets as China H200 orders turn into the new risk

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 14:35 EST — Regular session Nvidia (NVDA.O) shares rose 1.3% to $189.59 by mid-afternoon on Wednesday, after trading between $186.60 and $191.26. Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold said CES comments “offered encouragement” on Nvidia’s leadership,

7 January 2026

Investment Analysis·NVIDIA·Price Forecast·Stock Market·Technology News

2026 Natural Gas Price Forecast: Banks Trim Price Decks, EIA Sees $4 Henry Hub

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 15:17 ET Banks that lend to the U.S. oil and gas industry trimmed their 2026 natural gas price deck to $3.43 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), a standard unit of heat energy, down from

1 January 2026

Commodities·Energy Markets·Natural Gas·Price Forecast

Walmart Stock (WMT) News and Forecast: Dec. 21, 2025 Update on Price, Analyst Targets, and 2026 Catalysts

Walmart Inc. stock (NASDAQ: WMT) heads into the final stretch of 2025 with investors juggling a rare mix of “steady-eddy retailer” fundamentals and very un-retail-like headlines: a major CEO transition, a historic exchange switch to Nasdaq, rapid growth in advertising

21 December 2025

Financial News·Investment Analysis·Price Forecast·Stock Market·Walmart

USDS USD Price Today (Dec. 18, 2025) and Forecast: Sky Dollar Holds Near $1 as Stablecoin Adoption Accelerates

Sky Dollar (USDS) is doing what a dollar-pegged stablecoin is supposed to do on Dec. 18, 2025: hover very close to $1.00. Across major price trackers, USDS is trading around the $0.999–$1.000 level today, with only tiny intraday wiggles that

18 December 2025

Cryptocurrency·Financial News·Market Analysis·Price Forecast·Stablecoins

XRP Price Today (XRP-USD) Holds Near $1.90 as It Battles the $2.00 Line; Forecast and Key Levels for Dec. 18, 2025

XRP’s USD price (XRP-USD) is trading around $1.90–$1.91 on Thursday, December 18, 2025, after another volatile session that briefly pushed the token down toward the mid‑$1.80s and up toward the high‑$1.90s. Across major market trackers, XRP’s 24-hour range has been

18 December 2025

Cryptocurrency·Market Analysis·Price Forecast·Trading Strategies·XRP

Bitcoin Price Today (BTC-USD): Bitcoin Holds Near $88,000 After U.S. CPI Surprise — Key Levels and Forecasts for 2025–2026

Bitcoin’s U.S. dollar price (BTC-USD) is trading around $88,044 on Thursday, December 18, 2025, after another whipsaw session that tested both sides of the market’s current “comfortably uncomfortable” range. At the time of writing, BTC is up about 0.5% versus

18 December 2025

Bitcoin·Cryptocurrency·Financial News·Market Analysis·Price Forecast

Price Forecast News 18 December 2025 - 7 January 2026