Stock market today: Wall Street drifts higher in early trading – The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Good news about the U.S. economy may no longer be good for Wall Street, with U.S. stock indexes lower Tuesday after better-than-expected reports on the job market and business activity. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% in morning trading after giving up a small early gain. As of 10:10 a.m. ET, the […]
Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 Set to Open Up; Trump Tariffs; Micron, Plug Power, Nvidia, More Movers – Barron's

U.S. stock futures were rising early Tuesday as markets grappled with the potential fallout from additional tariffs imposed by President-elect Donald Trump. President Trump has dismissed speculation that he would scale back plans to impose full tariffs on imported goods when he takes office later this month. Such a tax might help some companies that […]
MicroStrategy Eyes $2 Billion Stock Offering to Supercharge Bitcoin Stash – Bitcoinist

The US-based development and business intelligence company plans to implement a strategy to acquire significant cryptocurrency investments and advance plans to increase its Bitcoin holdings. Despite collecting a huge amount of BitcoinMicroStrategy plans to use the estimated $2 billion generated from the preferred stock offering to increase its BTC holdings. 21/21 plan micro strategy announced […]
1 Magnificent Megatrend Stock Down 25% to Buy and Hold Forever – The Motley Fool

ON Semiconductor's (above 3.56%) Last year's 24.5% decline kept long-term growth stocks deep in value territory as the market may have overreacted to weakness in major end markets over the past 18 months. The long-term view of the stock price is compelling, so there's plenty of reason to buy the stock on the downtrend. Introducing […]
Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq Up; U.S. Steel, Apple, Tesla, More Movers – Barron's

Buying on the spur of the moment will be the name of the game on Friday, as stock traders buy everything from energy stocks to financials to utilities. The S&P 500 rose 0.7%, with all sectors within the index gaining. The Dow rose 186 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq rose 1%. Typically, as riskier […]
Why the stock market poses a big risk for 2025 – CNN

new york CNN — Since the pandemic, millions of Americans have seen their net worth soar as the stock market soars. Wall Street's blockbuster earnings, the strongest consecutive year since the booming Clinton era of the late 1990s, boosted confidence and encouraged consumers to continue spending freely. There are now growing concerns among some that […]
3 Ultra-Safe Vanguard ETFs to Buy, Even If There's a Stock Market Sell-Off in 2025 – The Motley Fool

All of these Vanguard ETFs have higher yields and lower P/E ratios than the S&P 500. No one knows when or why the next stock market decline will occur. But we know that market downturns are part of the price of admission to unlock long-term gains in the stock market. A correction is defined as […]
Unity Software stock is gaining after Roaring Kitty's cryptic social media post – Quartz

in this story Despite the lack of real news, Unity Software (U+8.66%) Shares rose 17% in premarket trading Thursday. This appears to be the result of the latest tweet from investor Keith Gill, also known as “Rolling Kitty.” Investors in AI companies: “Show me the money”—why ROI will rule 2025 Gil Posted A short clip […]
Trump says US is ‘laughing stock’ after New Orleans terror attack, Tesla Cybertruck explosion

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday slammed the United States as a “disaster” and a global “laughing stock” following the deadly terrorist attack in New Orleans and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside a Las Vegas hotel. . In a blistering social media post, President Trump blasted the country's “weak” leadership for failing to protect […]
Stock market today: Wall Street indexes drift higher into the close of another record-breaking year – The Associated Press

U.S. stock indexes were trending higher in early trading Tuesday as Wall Street ended the year with another milestone-breaking rally. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%. The benchmark index is coming off a streak of more than 1% decline. As of 9:56 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 120 points, or 0.3%. The […]