Ask an analyst whether a stock is cheap or expensive and the first number they reach for is almost always the same: the price-to-earnings ratio, or P/E. It is the single most used valuation tool in stock markets, it takes ten seconds to calculate, and it is misunderstood almost as often as it is used. The formula is simple: P/E = share price ÷ earnings per share (EPS). If a stock trades...
Open any forex platform and the first thing that looks wrong is the price itself: EUR/USD quoted as 1.12504, five digits after the decimal point, moving in tiny flickers that seem too small to matter. The unit that makes sense of those flickers is the pip — and misunderstanding it is the fastest way for a beginner to misjudge risk by a factor of ten or a hundred. A pip, short for...
Bitcoin staged a sharp V-shaped recovery on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, falling below $76,000 in early trading and then climbing back above $78,000 within hours, as clearer United States midterm election results eased the political uncertainty that had weighed on markets. CoinDesk reported Bitcoin trading at $78,373.88 after erasing its early losses, up nearly 1% on the day, while other...
Decentralized finance held its ground on November 4, 2026, with total value locked (TVL) across all chains at $82.332 billion according to DefiLlama, alongside $292.936 billion in stablecoins in circulation and $7.586 billion in 24-hour decentralized exchange volume. The headline is steadiness rather than growth: DefiLlama's daily series put total TVL at $81.8 billion on November 3, down from...
Ethereum took a visible step toward feeling like one chain again on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, as the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) unveiled three demonstrations at Devcon in Mumbai showing applications on Ethereum rollups interacting directly with the mainnet within a single transaction. The headline demo used CoW Swap: a user on a rollup signed an order that was filled using liquidity...
Arista Networks delivered one of the strongest earnings reports of the week on Tuesday, November 4, 2026, with third-quarter revenue of $3.66 billion, up 58.5% year over year and well ahead of the $3.33 billion analysts expected. Earnings per share came in at $1.20, beating the $1.08 consensus by $0.12 and rising 55.8% from $0.75 a year earlier. Operating margin exceeded 49%, with a net margin...
United States stock indices split on Tuesday, November 4, 2026, as investors digested midterm election results and a stronger-than-expected jobs report, and the split carried straight into Wednesday's futures trading — which first crashed, then flipped higher. The S&P 500 rose 27.52 points, or 0.4%, to close at 7,568.92, ending a three-day losing streak, while the Nasdaq Composite...
The plan to trade tokenized versions of American stocks around the clock has hit a wall of corporate objections. As of Monday, November 2, a total of 56 companies have disclosed objections to the OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue, up from 50 in Friday's update, after Amazon, Tesla, SpaceX, Netflix, SoFi Technologies and Lam Research joined the objectors' list. The venue is a joint venture between...
Gold surged back above $4,000 an ounce on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, and silver jumped with it, after Democrats seized control of both the Senate and House in the US midterm elections — a result that weakened the dollar, pulled Treasury yields lower, and sent safe-haven buyers straight into precious metals. Spot gold rose as much as 2.5% to near $4,030 an ounce, with December futures...