By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks pulled away from their record heights on Monday.
The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% for just its second loss in the last 11 days, but it remains within 0.6% of its all-time high set in October.
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It’s the start of the second week of December, and we began on a bearish note, much like the beginning of December. Although the market may gain momentum in the coming days, we anticipate some promising earnings reports from Broadcom and Oracle.
Moreover, the chances of the Federal Reserve announcing another rate cut have increased.
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The market is underestimating Nvidia’s growth potential for 2026.
The company’s massive backlog, a potential increase in its margins, and the recent announcement by President Trump regarding its Chinese business should help Nvidia surpass estimates next year.
In 2025,
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As of today,
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The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed an improvement in overall market sentiment, while the index moved to the “Neutral” zone on Thursday.
U.S. stocks settled mostly higher on Thursday, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 600 points during the session as investors rotated out of expensive tech stocks and into industrials,
Stocks were struggling for direction on Friday, as investors tried to make sense of another set of so-so Big Tech earnings.
Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 143 points, or 0.3%, and contracts tied to the S&P 500 were flat, after both indexes rebounded to hit record closing highs on Thursday.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — World shares rose on Friday, tracking Wall Street’s climb to records despite a sell-off for Oracle as worries persisted about a potential bubble in artificial-intelligence technology.
The future for the S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1%, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.3%
In early European trading,
Historically, the S&P 500 has returned an average of 184% during bull markets.
The U.S. stock market has performed surprisingly well this year. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.21%) is up 17% in 2025 despite severe turbulence during the spring after President Trump shocked Wall Street with his sweeping tariff strategy.
Palantir’s revenue growth is accelerating, with expanding profit margins.
The stock is now trading at one of the most expensive sales ratios in market history.
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