Does a Strong January for the S&P 500 Mean a Good Year for the Market? Here's What History Says.
Key Points
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Data from the past 30 years suggests there is a moderate correlation between January’s performance and the rest of the year.
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Jamie Dimon says he called Warren Buffett after poaching his protégé
Jamie Dimon didn’t have much trouble telling Warren Buffett he’d hired one of his top lieutenants.
The JPMorgan CEO said that he called Buffett after hiring Todd Combs in December, who will lead a new $10 billion group at the bank and act as a special advisor to Dimon.
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Energy Stocks Flip the Script in Early 2026
The U.S. stock market finished strongly in the green in 2025, with the broad market benchmark, S&P 500, returning 16.4%, marking its third straight year of double-digit gains. Interestingly, all 11 market sectors finished in the green, underscoring the broad market momentum. Not surprisingly, the tech sector topped the performance tables once again with a 24.6% gain thanks to the ongoing AI data center buildout and semiconductor upcycle.
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Nvidia Is Surging Today — Is the Stock a Buy in 2026?
One of the world’s most important tech companies just served up great news for Nvidia.
Nvidia (NVDA +2.06%) stock is posting big gains in Thursday’s trading. The artificial intelligence (AI) hardware leader’s share price was up 3.2% as of 2:25 p.m.
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Cathie Wood sees Bitcoin as effective portfolio diversifier in the years ahead
Key Takeaways
- Cathie Wood of ARK Invest sees Bitcoin as a strong portfolio diversification tool due to its low correlation with other major asset classes.
- Analysis of weekly returns from 2020 to 2026 shows Bitcoin’s low correlation with gold (0.14) compared to the S&P 500’s correlation with bonds (0.27).
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I’ve made investing my resolution for years. Here’s my plan to finally do it
[SINGAPORE] Last year, I made the commendable decision to add investing to my 2026 resolutions. Commendable, if not for the fact that I did the same in 2025.
Admittedly, it has become an annual tradition to add investing to the top of my yearly resolutions. Unfortunately, I always manage to find an excuse to back out by early February.
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Rare Earths, Energy And Crypto: Themes ETFs Expands Leveraged Lineup With Six New Funds
Leverage Shares by Themes is amplifying single-stock trading.
The ETF issuer on Tuesday rolled out six new leveraged single-stock ETFs, giving traders 2x daily exposure to a mix of clean energy, critical minerals, defense tech and crypto-mining names.
US farm economy shows widening cracks as costs rise, jobs vanish
By P.J. Huffstutter, Karl Plume and Julie Ingwersen
CHICAGO, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Across the U.S. farm belt, these have become depressing times. Farmers are facing another season of low prices, high costs and difficult decisions about how — or whether — to keep operating. Banks are cutting off some growers just as they urgently need cash.
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Why Nvidia Stock Jumped Today
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Fears of a slowdown in AI infrastructure expansion seem to be unfounded.
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Nvidia supplier Taiwan Semi plans capital expenditures to rise well above expectations this year.
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That provided a signal for AI investors.
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock surged today as investor concerns about a peak in artificial intelligence (AI) spending are waning.