Good MorningU.S. stocks held near record territory Thursday with the S&P 500 edging up 0.1% and sitting about 0.5% below its all-time high, the Nasdaq rising 0.2%, and the Dow slipping 0.1%. The market’s modest moves followed a recent stretch of volatility, as investors weighed earnings, economic signals, and policy headlines.
Technology continued to be a primary driver. NVIDIA was among the most active stocks and ended the day up 2%. Energy and Infrastructure also gained traction after the Department of Energy announced $800 million in new funding to accelerate small modular reactor development, sending SMR-related stocks into buy-range conversations. Commodities were firmer, with crude oil and gold posting gains. The White House also weighed in on inflation, adding a bit more noise to an already busy week. Featured: Wall Street’s quietly buying these 3 AI infrastructure plays (Ad) 
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Shares of The Trade Desk Inc. (NASDAQ: TTD) have been under pressure for almost all of 2025. After peaking around this time last year, the stock has gone on to fall 70%, wiping out years of gains and sending shares back to levels last seen in 2020.
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From Our Partners | | BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Fidelity are reportedly accumulating a scarce blockchain asset - one that gets burned with every transaction on what analysts are calling America's new financial grid.
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With 2026 just around the corner, there is no shortage of analyst forecasts predicting that AI will deliver tangible productivity and earnings gains in the year ahead, especially for the 493 companies that fall outside of the Magnificent Seven.
For that growth to materialize, however, AI applicat... Read the Full Story |
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Shares of GitLab Inc. (NASDAQ: GTLB) are down nearly 13.5% the day after the company delivered its fiscal year 2026 third-quarter earnings report.
The results were solid. In fact, revenue growth of 25% kept the company’s perfect streak of reporting quarterly revenue growth of at least 25%... Read the Full Story |
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Shares of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) closed just under $430 on Tuesday, up approximately 12% from their recent low near $385. For a stock that has spent the past three months stuck in a tight range, that’s a meaningful move, and one that suggests the bulls may be starting to regain control.
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The intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and U.S. energy policy has officially ignited the Nuclear Renaissance. For years, investors have awaited a definitive signal that the nation is ready to move from planning its future energy grid to actively building it. That signal has arrived.
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From Our Partners | | With OpenAI and Anthropic moving closer to the IPO spotlight, AI excitement could spill into several public-market sectors this summer - and most investors may chase the obvious names too late.
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Shares of The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) ignited in early December, surging over 10% in a single session and capturing investor attention.
The dramatic rally was sparked by a newly confident outlook from leadership, suggesting the aerospace sector giant is finally translating its multi-year oper... Read the Full Story |
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On Dec. 1, 2025, Wolfspeed (NYSE: WOLF) received a piece of mail that fundamentally altered its financial trajectory: the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) delivered a cash refund totaling $698.6 million.
In the world of corporate finance, tax refunds are standard. However, a refund of this magnit... Read the Full Story |
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A powerful one-two punch of positive news sent shares of Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) into a higher gear on Wednesday.
The stock closed the session with a 3.47% gain, finishing at $90.61, propelled by an analyst upgrade and the highly anticipated launch of its robotaxi service in Dallas.
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In a telling display of market intelligence, shares of Box, Inc. (NYSE: BOX) executed a sharp reversal on Wednesday, Dec. 3, turning a pre-market dip of nearly 8% into an impressive gain of over 6.5% by mid-day. This volatile swing stood in stark contrast to the broader tech and software sector,... Read the Full Story |
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For e-commerce and cloud giant Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA), 2025 has been a fantastic year. As of the Dec. 2 close, shares have delivered a total return of approximately 93%. This highly impressive gain comes despite the fact that shares sold off over 2% after the Chinese stock’s latest earni... Read the Full Story |
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Friday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Bloom Energy Corporation designs, manufactures, sells, and installs solid-oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation in the United States and internationally. The company offers Bloom Energy Server, a solid oxide technology that converts fuel, such as natural gas, biogas, hydrogen, or a blend of these fuels into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion. It sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to utilities, data centers, agriculture, retail, hospitals, higher education, biotech, and manufacturing industries. The company was formerly known as Ion America Corp. and changed its name to Bloom Energy Corporation in 2006. Bloom Energy Corporation was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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