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U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, led by gains in Alphabet, Amazon and other Wall Street heavyweights after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s global tariffs. The U.S. Supreme Court, which has a conservative majority, ruled 6-3 against Trump’s global tariffs, which were introduced last year under a federal law intended for national […]
Analysts warn Bitcoin could crash to $10,000 as macroeconomic stress and unwinding of risk assets signal a bursting crypto bubble if stocks continue to slide. Bloomberg Intelligence senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone has published a warning suggesting Bitcoin (BTC) could return to the $10,000s as financial market turbulence continues to spread. His comments framed the […]
The S&P 500 closed higher Monday, thanks to gains at chipmakers and other artificial intelligence-related companies, while smaller companies also rose sharply. The Russell 2000 index rose about 1%, with the small-cap index significantly outperforming the S&P 500 and Nasdaq so far in 2026. Alphabet rose 1.9% to a record high and Amazon added 1.5%. […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended lower on Friday, while the S&P 500 ended largely unchanged as investor risk appetite waned at the end of a turbulent week as Intel fell on a gloomy outlook. All three Wall Street benchmarks recovered in the past two sessions after Tuesday’s sharp sell-off triggered by US President Donald […]
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones hit record highs on Monday, with shares of technology companies and retailer Walmart rising and investors largely brushing aside concerns about the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Shares of Walmart rose 3%, boosting the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, where the retail giant […]
Wall Street ended higher on Tuesday as chip stocks rose on renewed AI optimism, Moderna rebounded and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record high. Moderna jumped after BofA Global Research raised its price target for the drugmaker, lifting the S&P 500 healthcare index. Memory and storage technology stocks rose after Nvidia CEO Jensen […]
The first full trading week of the new year could wake the U.S. stock market from its hibernation as monthly jobs data heralds a busy start to 2026 for investors. Stocks fell in the final session of 2025, with the benchmark S&P 500 posting a monthly loss in December. But the index still rose more […]
Berkshire Hathaway’s post-Buffett era got off to a quiet start Friday, as shares fell slightly after the “Oracle of Omaha” gave Greg Abel the top job after six decades at the helm. The world’s most famous conglomerate must now protect its reputation without its chief architect, who reshaped modern investing and transformed the company from […]
The Dow and S&P 500 indexes ended higher on Friday starting in 2026, snapping a four-day losing streak, helped by gains at chip makers Nvidia, Intel and Boeing In 2025, the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all posted double-digit gains, their third straight year in the green, a run last seen in the 2019-2021 […]
Major U.S. stock indexes closed around record highs on Friday, little changed since the start of a quiet post-Christmas trading session, as expectations of Federal Reserve rate cuts and the appeal of safe-haven assets pushed precious metals prices to record highs. Holidays kept markets closed in Australia, Hong Kong and most of Europe, but those […]
