Good MorningStocks moved on a mix of company-specific news and macro jitters, with heavy volume in big names. NVIDIA slipped $7.75 to about $177.87, and PayPal fell $10.43 to about $41.90 after the company said Enrique Lores will replace Alex Chriss as CEO. Disney also named Josh D’Amaro as its next CEO, drawing attention to leadership shifts at major U.S. firms.
Corporate news underscored uneven consumer demand. PepsiCo said it will cut prices on several chip brands this year to win back cost-sensitive shoppers, even as revenue rose in the latest quarter after earlier price hikes. That lines up with new New York Fed data showing higher-income households ramping up spending while lower-income Americans face higher inflation and stagnant spending, a dynamic that could pressure consumer stocks and margins.
Commodity and geopolitical forces added to market caution. Oil and gold rallied, boosting input-cost concerns and safe-haven flows, while trade tensions and global events, including tariff-driven realignments and conflict in Europe, keep investors focused on growth and policy risks. Markets will be watching upcoming corporate guidance and consumer data for clearer direction. Featured: Elon’s big $266,000 per second purchase (Ad) 
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Energy | |
Marathon Petroleum Company (NYSE: MPC) was poised to advance ahead of its Q4 earnings release, and the report triggered the move. Affirming the company’s strong position in petroleum refining and the strength of its capital return, the report catalyzed a trend-following signal with the poten... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | |
For the last three years, the story of artificial intelligence (AI) has been a story about silicon. Investors have poured trillions of dollars into NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) and chip manufacturers, betting on the processors that crunch the data. However, as we move deeper into 2026, the bottleneck for... Read the Full Story |
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Investors have spent the last year captivated by the explosive rally in the semiconductor sector. SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK), the flash memory giant recently spun off from Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC), has become the latest market obsession. The stock has risen by over 700% in the last year. Followin... Read the Full Story |
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Medical | |
In a stock market currently obsessed with interest rate cuts and the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, it is easy to overlook the biotechnology sector. However, for investors willing to look beyond the Magnificent Seven, clinical-stage biotech remains one of the few places to find massive, event-... Read the Full Story |
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Ondas Holdings (NASDAQ: ONDS) has officially moved beyond the narrative of a speculative research company. Following a more than 500% stock rally over the last year, the company has shed its developmental skin to emerge as a heavily capitalized defense contractor. While the rising share price ca... Read the Full Story |
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Auto/Tires/Trucks | |
With Q4 earnings now well and truly digested, investors are watching closely to see how Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares behave through the first week of February.
Yes, the company topped analyst expectations on both revenue and earnings, but that success came with a catch. The stock exited its ... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | |
Within the wafer fabrication equipment (WFE) landscape, several high-profile companies tend to dominate the discussion. This includes firms like ASML (NASDAQ: ASML), Lam Research (NASDAQ: LRCX), and Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT).
Despite attracting less attention than some of its peers, KLA ... Read the Full Story |
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Just in time for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games, Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) delivered an earnings report that would be considered a gold medal performance. Palantir delivered a perfect 10, as in 10 consecutive years of accelerating revenue growth.
Continuing the perfect 10 the... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | |
All things considered, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) just delivered a very strong Q4 2025 earnings report. It solidly surpassed estimates on sales and adjusted earnings per share (EPS) in its Jan. 28 release. Meta also showed impressive underlying improvements in its business.
The Magnificent S... Read the Full Story |
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Retail/Wholesale | |
It has been a rough ride for shareholders of Hertz Global Holdings (NASDAQ: HTZ). Over the past five years, shares are down more than 79%, including a nearly 43% loss since the stock’s one-year high on April 24, 2025.
But last summer, the company—looking for a spark—signed a s... Read the Full Story |
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Wednesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Enovix Corporation designs develops and manufactures silicon-anode lithium-ion batteries. It serves wearables and IoT, smartphone, laptops and tablets, industrial and medical, and electric vehicles industries. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Fremont, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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