US stocks finished Friday’s session mixed as investors reacted to new inflation data ahead of key peace talks this weekend between the US and Iran.
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Japan is emerging as one of the most compelling opportunities in global equities today.
What makes this moment different is not a single catalyst, but a convergence of forces. Valuations remain meaningfully discounted
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Inflation in the United States rose sharply in March, government data showed Wednesday, as higher energy prices due to the war in the Middle East hit Americans hard.
The nationwide sticker shock put pressure on President Donald Trump, who has ordered peace talks with Iran and faces mid-term elections in November.
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Tech giant Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) and AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) both delivered powerful earnings beats in early 2026, yet are running fundamentally different races. The question for investors is which architecture, business mix, and growth trajectory wins this year.
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Well, that didn’t take long.
Tesla China denied a report this week that said the electric vehicle company is developing a new, smaller SUV model to be produced at its Shanghai factory. Tesla China says “market information claiming that Tesla is developing a new, smaller, and cheaper electric SUV is inaccurate,”
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NRG Energy (NRG) ended the recent trading session at $164.07, demonstrating a +1.42% change from the preceding day’s closing price. This change outpaced the S&P 500’s 0.11% loss on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 0.56%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.35%.
Prior to today’s trading,
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‘Fast Money’ traders talk options trading in Netflix ahead of earnings.
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A retirement policy expert is warning a proposed bipartisan plan to shore up Social Security by investing borrowed federal funds in the stock market would add significant risk while doing virtually nothing to fix the program’s long-term finances.
In a piece published by the Center for Retirement Research (CRR) at Boston College on Thursday,
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On Friday, investors seemed to be reassessing the quarterly earnings report Applied Digital (NASDAQ: APLD) published two days previously. Some of them clearly felt that the company’s stock was unfairly punished for this, as a Thursday decline was followed by a nearly 3% price gain the next trading session. At least some of this had to do with an analyst’s price target raise.
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