Good MorningBig tech and the AI trade continued to dominate the tape as upgrades from the Q3 reporting cycle highlighted AI leaders as key market drivers. NVIDIA was among the most active stocks and traded higher, reflecting lingering investor appetite for AI exposure even as competition heats up. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a "code red" to improve ChatGPT’s speed and reliability, signaling intensified product competition that could reshape sentiment for AI-related names.
Commodity markets were mixed, with gold and crude oil slipping in intraday futures trade and various agricultural and industrial contracts showing active turnover. Those moves added to a cautious market tone as investors weighed cyclical demand signals and inflation implications from commodity prices.
Policy and corporate developments added further market catalysts. Costco joined other firms pursuing tariff refunds tied to the Trump import taxes, a legal fight that could affect retailers’ costs and margins. Meanwhile, Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion to encourage families to use new child investment accounts created in recent tax legislation, and Prada closed its acquisition of Versace — all reminders that policy, legal rulings and M&A continue to influence capital flows. Featured: Not plywood. A power breakthrough. (Ad) 
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Shares of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) closed Monday’s session just above $230, right around where they were back in January. Despite logging a 60% rally at one point in the months in between, the tech giant is now on track to finish roughly flat for 2025. For long-term investors who&rsq... Read the Full Story |
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ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) is acquiring identity security startup Veza for over $1 billion—a move that underscores a much larger strategy in motion.
For investors, this is the latest and clearest signal of a much larger ambition. ServiceNow is executing a well-funded, calculated roll-up strat... Read the Full Story |
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Shares of Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR), formerly known as MicroStrategy, have fallen by 43% year-to-date (YTD), with a substantial portion of this decline taking place in the last month.
The company's bid to broaden its scope from a software firm to a Bitcoin treasury in recent years has led to... Read the Full Story |
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As the world’s largest companies keep growing larger, it is increasingly important for investors to understand concentration risk. Below, we’ll detail what concentration risk is and why it is becoming more relevant. We’ll also dive into a key ETF that can help investors counterac... Read the Full Story |
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For many investors, Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) has become somewhat of a divisive artificial intelligence (AI) stock. The company is certainly seeing a huge uptick in demand due to AI. Dell just reported its latest financial results, and AI orders came in at a record high. If the company meet... Read the Full Story |
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The affordability crisis in the United States has reached record levels. From the cost of used cars to credit card APRs and even ground beef, numerous measures of Americans’ financial stress are at or near all-time highs.
Housing is no exception.
Surging real estate prices have provided ... Read the Full Story |
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NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has long been the bellwether for the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, commanding a market capitalization of approximately $4.37 trillion. However, the company’s latest move suggests it is no longer content with simply supplying the engines of AI; it intends to contr... Read the Full Story |
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In the stock market, silence is often misinterpreted as a sign of weakness. For Vertical Aerospace (NYSE: EVTL), the last few weeks have been defined by a distinct lack of headlines. Vertical Aerospace’s stock price has consolidated in a tight range, drifting on lower-than-average volume as ... Read the Full Story |
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Symbotic (NASDAQ: SYM) stock corrected by more than 30% in November, but the move was over before it began. The company's Q4 earnings release reignited investor confidence, putting its decade-long growth trajectory back into focus.
The company’s robotics and AI operating system can automate... Read the Full Story |
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The hottest upgrades from the Q3 earnings reporting cycle are more important than ever. These names include leading tech players central to the AI revolution, representing a double-digit share of the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY) market cap and affirming the AI trade is still in effect. If anything,... Read the Full Story |
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