Patti Domm

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Technology and the major oil companies have made the Permian Basin into a hotbed of merger activity. It’s only just beginning, Patti Domm writes.

The power-hungry tech sector is sending a seismic wave through the energy industry. The potential for shortfalls in energy supply has the leading lights of U.S. energy scrambling to get ahead of a surge in demand driven by cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Top tech executives are joining energy producers in Houston this week for CERAWeek by S&P Global, an annual energy conference.

Money is pouring in to support the development of the fuel. Investors can make long-term plays, Patti Domm writes.

Artificial intelligence has kindled investors’ interest in a once-sleepy sector. The growth is just getting started, Patti Domm writes in a guest commentary.

Votes in France and the U.K. could drive investors to U.S. Treasuries, boosting the dollar, Patti Domm writes.

A morning briefing on what you need to know in the day ahead, including exclusive commentary from Barron's and MarketWatch writers.

Slowing goods inflation has unleashed more consumer spending power. “Since the pandemic, this is the first holiday season where a lot of the holiday categories are seeing price declines year-over-year,” said Michelle Meyer, Mastercard chief economist and head of the Mastercard Economics Institute, “If you go back to prepandemic times, a lot of these categories, particularly things like appliances and electronics, where there’s a lot of technology advancements and innovations, tend to be deflationary rather than inflationary.” In the third quarter, personal consumption expenditures, a proxy for consumer activity, rose by 3.7% for the quarter, the best performance since the first quarter of 2023.