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‘The Big Money Show’ panel breaks down falling gas prices, record stock gains and why strong economic data has critics scrambling.
The U.S. economy’s resilience in 2025 is expected to carry over when the calendar turns to 2026, with growth expected to accelerate as tax cuts and more favorable financial conditions take hold and headwinds from tariffs and inflation ease,
Tesla not only makes electric vehicles, but has also launched robotaxis and is planning wide-scale production of humanoid robots.
Some investors view Tesla as one of the most innovative artificial intelligence companies in the world.
The stock now trades at a high valuation.
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Nvidia has acquired $5 billion worth Intel shares, as reported by the American semiconductor firm in a filing on Monday.
The leading AI US-based chipmaker company said in September it would carry out a transaction worth $23.28 per share for Intel common stock,
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During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend-yielding stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders with a high dividend payout.
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The futures are trading lower as we begin the final trading week of 2025, albeit a holiday-shortened one once again. The major indices all finished the session modestly lower on Friday,
These ultra-high-yield dividend stocks don’t come with ultra-high risk levels.
What would make income investors enjoy a happy new year? My guess is they’d be pretty pleased if they received consistently high dividends every quarter.
I’m not really an income investor at this stage in my life. However, enjoying consistently juicy dividends throughout next year would make me smile.
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US stock futures slipped early Monday, as Wall Street was set to open the final three days of trading in a rollercoaster 2025 that looks likely to end with sizable gains.
Futures tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq (NQ=F) led the way lower, falling 0.4%, as shares of megacaps Nvidia (NVDA) and Tesla (TSLA) both fell over 1%.
A month earlier, the nonpartisan policy group the Center for American Progress drew on government labor data to conclude that US employers cut 12,000 manufacturing jobs in August, and payrolls for manufacturing jobs had decreased by 42,000 since April.
As tech companies take tech tariffs on the chin, perhaps out of fears that rattling Trump could impact lucrative government contracts,
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