The S&P 500 climbed to a fresh record on Wednesday as stocks remain resilient despite a continuously cautious Federal Reserve and President Donald Trump’s threat of more tariffs. The S&P 500 rose 0.24%, settling at 6,144.15 and earning its second record close in a row. The index also touched a fresh all-time high during the […]
For the second day in a row, CVS Health’s (CVS 4.98%) stock price saw a satisfying jump on Thursday. It closed the day almost 5% higher, on the back of both lingering optimism and news of another in a series of analyst price target raises. That improvement was markedly better than the performance of the […]
US stocks moved higher on Thursday after President Donald Trump said he plans to introduce reciprocal tariffs but delayed their implementation, while investors digested another report that suggested inflation is once again heating up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) added more than 0.7%, or over 350 points, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) put on […]
Trump’s “America First” ethos may come at a big cost to the stock market. The last two-plus years have been paradise for optimists on Wall Street. Since the start of 2023, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI -0.99%), widely followed S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.95%), and growth stock-inspired Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC -1.36%) have respectively increased […]
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has saved US taxpayers $36.7 billion, prompting calls from crypto industry leaders for greater transparency in government spending through blockchain technology. According to Doge-tracker data, the savings represent just 1.8% of Musk’s goal to reduce US government spending by up to $2 trillion. Musk outlined this vision during […]
The cryptocurrency world is abuzz with Neptune Digital Assets Corp.’s recent acquisition of a substantial chunk of Dogecoin. The publicly-traded Canadian corporation has acquired a cool 1,000,000 DOGE units, apparently unconcerned by the erratic character of the meme-coin market. This is a bold move, indicating a strong conviction for the long-term viability of a cryptocurrency […]
Several beauty stocks posted major losses this week, as companies such as E.l.f. Beauty and Estee Lauder reported disappointing earnings and cut guidance. E.l.f. closed out its worst week since August 2018, with shares cratering nearly 29% over the five-day period. The cosmetics brand on Thursday posted a revenue beat for its fiscal third quarter, but missed on adjusted earnings […]
The S&P 500 climbed for a third straight session on Thursday as investors weighed the latest batch of corporate earnings. The broad market index added 0.36% to 6,083.57, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.51% to 19,791.99. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, however, lost 125.65 points, or 0.28%, and closed at 44,747.63. Semiconductor names slid, with Qualcomm and Arm each declining more than 3%. Skyworks Solutions lost […]
Although the addressable market for AI is enormous, not everyone is sold on the success of a pair of market-leading businesses. For the better part of the last two years, no trend has captivated the attention of professional and everyday investors more than the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). With AI, software and systems are […]
Traders across the globe project that tariffs and inflation will have the biggest impact on global markets in 2025 as they brace for volatility, an annual survey, opens new tab of institutional trading clients by JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N), opens new tab showed on Wednesday. The bank said 51% of its 4,233 respondents named inflation and […]
Strategy, the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, said it’s almost halfway to its ambitious capital raising goal as it went on a buying spree throughout the postelection rally. The company formerly known as MicroStrategy said since the end of the third quarter it has acquired 218,887 bitcoins for $20.5 billion. Strategy currently holds 471,107 bitcoins on […]
Hopes of a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve took another knock this weekend after Donald Trump’s surprise executive order about a non-bitcoin US Sovereign Wealth Fund. At the press conference covering the order’s signing, pro-Tether Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the president that they would explore warrants, equity, and other non-bitcoin […]
