The S&P 500 tends to fall sharply during midterm election years.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC +1.97%) has posted triple-digit gains in three consecutive years, a feat the benchmark index has accomplished only five times before. Wall Street expects the S&P 500 to extend its winning streak in 2026,
AI chip leaders helped the Dow clear the historic 50,000 mark as risk appetite returned across tech and crypto, today, Feb. 6, 2026.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC +1.97%) rose 1.97% to 6,932.30, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +2.18%) gained 2.18% to 23,031.21,
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Shares of leading designer of graphics chips Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) jumped 7.8% in the afternoon session after CEO Jensen Huang declared that the $660 billion tech industry investment in AI infrastructure is sustainable and justified.
Addressing concerns over aggressive spending by “hyperscalers” like Meta and Microsoft, Huang argued that these massive capital expenditures are supported by rising cash flows and “sky-high”
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Options trading on BlackRock’s spot bitcoin ETF, IBIT, surged to a record 2.33 million contracts on Thursday as bitcoin crashed.
BALTIMORE — President Donald Trump called on credit card companies to cap interest rates at 10% by January 20. Several weeks later, cardholders haven’t seen a change. But if you want a lower credit card interest rate, all you have to do is ask.
According to a LendingTree survey,
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged Thursday as the economy in the 21 countries that use the euro chugs past the disruption from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs with modest yet resilient growth.
The bank left its benchmark deposit rate at 2%,
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A renewed wave of dip buying powered the best day for stocks since May in the wake of a tech rout fueled by worries over the billions of dollars being thrown at artificial-intelligence development.
Bitcoin jumped after a 50% tumble from its peak. Silver and gold also bounced.
Following a plunge in some of Wall Street’s most-crowded trades,
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed a historic threshold on Friday,
If you’re a local business owner, you’re juggling many priorities: growing revenue, managing expenses, supporting your team and planning for your own future. What if one tool could help with all these goals?
A workplace retirement plan might be that solution and can, directly or indirectly, offer benefits that extend beyond simple savings.
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Older workers and retirees who have lost track of retirement savings from a previous employer may benefit from a relatively new resource to help them reunite with those funds.
Of the 236,269 unique visitors who logged onto the Labor Department’s Retirement Savings Lost and Found Database from its launch in late December 2024 through the end of 2025,
