Most people, even the most diligent and active investors, are bored silly by regulatory filings. One of the rare exceptions is the 13F forms submitted by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. These documents always make for compelling reading, as they itemize the holdings in Berkshire’s considerable equity portfolio, and therefore serve as a way to track its additions and disposals.
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Beijing’s appetite for US semiconductors has surged in recent months,
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Benchmark raised the firm’s price target on Nvidia (NVDA) to $190 from $170 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. While results had “plenty of strong points,” including 112% annual growth in its Data Center business and demand for its Hopper and Blackwell products that were said to be outstripping supply well into next year,
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Stock futures pointed higher early Thursday as investors digested Nvidia’s earnings report and its impact on the broader market.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 146 points, or 0.3%. S&P 500 futures were up 0.2%, while those tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 recovered from an initial slump to rise 0.1%.
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For decades, the DJIA had been regarded as a bellwether of market trends. Among its component stocks, technology stocks are usually closely followed because of their growth and overall impact on the market. As a fluid component of the DJIA, these tech stocks pose challenges and opportunities that shape investor sentiment today.
DJIA closed at 43,408.47 with a marginal increase of just 0.32%.
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U.S. stocks have been volatile in early trading, as major indexes like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite struggled for direction.
Beneath the surface, breadth was decent, with the number of shares listed on the NYSE and Nasdaq trading higher outnumbering those trading lower, according to FactSet data.
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Snowflake (SNOW) stock surged out of the gate Thursday, last seen more than 30% higher, after the data cloud company beat top- and bottom-line expectations for its fiscal 2025 third quarter and raised its full-year outlook.
In the three months ended October 31,
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A sharp drop in mortgage rates brought homebuyers off the fence in October after a slow summer.
Sales of previously owned homes last month rose 3.4% from September to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 3.96 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were 2.9% higher than October of last year,
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