Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 5, 2026.
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Stock futures plunged to start the week as U.S. oil surged amid the U.S.-Iran conflict, raising fears higher energy prices could dramatically slow the U.S.
Palantir has tremendous earnings power due to its fast-growing customer base and the ability to win bigger contracts from existing customers.
Its revenue pipeline is strong enough to help the company clock stronger-than-expected growth in 2026 and beyond.
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) stock has lost 30% of its value from its 52-week high that it hit in early November last year,
US stock futures tumbled on Monday as oil prices surged past the $100-a-barrel mark and investors braced for the next development in a still-escalating Middle East war.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) were down 1.5% after plunging 1,000 points overnight. Contracts on the S&P 500 (ES=F) and the Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) sank roughly 1.3% and 1.5%,
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The past 18 months have been challenging for India’s mutual fund industry, with the most popular schemes delivering negative returns amid heightened market volatility. Data from leading large-cap and flexi-cap funds shows that while losses were widespread,
Warren Buffett has spent decades warning investors that their own impatience—not the market—poses the greatest threat to their wealth.
Oil and natural gas prices have always been volatile. That’s just the nature of the sector. Despite knowing this, Wall Street seems to tie itself in knots every time prices move too much in one direction. To be fair, the geopolitical concerns that are upending the energy sector today are huge, newsworthy events.
But that’s how Wall Street tends to react.
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The uncertain economy is forcing some consumers to tighten their spending, something Chipotle’s 2025 financial results revealed.
Investors should focus on the long term, as the business will have a much larger store footprint in the future.
Although the valuation presents a compelling buying opportunity,
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The first wave of Social Security payments for March is scheduled to be distributed this week, following a normal schedule.
The payments for the month of March come on the heels of a worrying report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The report from the CBO suggests the Social Security trust fund (official name: the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund) will become depleted in fiscal year 2032 (by September 2032).
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US stock futures tumbled on Monday as oil prices surged past the $100-a-barrel mark and investors braced for the next development in a still-escalating Middle East war.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) were down 1.7% after plunging 1,000 points overnight. Contracts on the S&P 500 (ES=F) and the Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) sank roughly 1.6% and 1.7%,
