Seaport Global Securities analyst Jay Goldberg downgraded NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) three months ago. He put a “sell” on the stock and a price target of $100.
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The market for United States spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has just recorded its longest streak of withdrawals in more than four months. According to data from Farside and CoinMarketCap, these ETFs have faced outflows totaling about $1.17 billion over the past five trading days, highlighting renewed caution among institutional investors.
Despite the outflows,
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Massive growth stocks are driving the performance of the S&P 500, for better or for worse.
The “Ten Titans” are the 10 largest growth-focused S&P 500 (^GSPC 1.52%) components by market cap — Nvidia (NVDA 1.65%),
The Dow Jones Industrial Average marked a record close on Friday, its first in 2025. Small-cap stocks and Treasuries also rallied, as investors got the clearest indication yet from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that the central bank could cut interest rates in September.
The Dow rose 846 points,
By Morgan Sweeney
The Center Square
The Dow Jones Industrial Average clinched a record high Friday for the first time this year hours after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted that the Fed may soon lower interest rates.
The Dow climbed 846 points, or 1.89%, from Thursday’s close to an all-time high of 45,631.74.
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It’s been an unusually bad year for this drugmaker, but it’s essential to look beyond that.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX -0.45%) is usually a market-beater, but it hasn’t been so over the past year. The company’s shares are down 18% over the trailing-12-month period due to a combination of headwinds.
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Plug Power trades about 99% below its IPO price.
It reinvented itself over the past 26 years,
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Warren Buffett’s line, “Those who cannot fill your pocket will confidently fill your ear,” captures a central theme of Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK.B) (BRK.A) 1983 shareholder letter: high-energy market chatter often serves intermediaries more than owners. He used the remark to explain why Berkshire avoids policies that encourage rapid trading in its shares and instead seeks a shareholder base focused on underlying business value rather than market theatrics.
Building a portfolio capable of earning strong returns over long periods is not easy, but there are some basic principles we can try to follow to simplify the task. One is to start with companies that are well established in their fields and have robust operations. Some speculative stocks might have a place in a well-built portfolio,
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied to its best day in months on Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted that cuts to interest rates may be on the way, along with the kick they can give the economy and investment prices.
The S&P 500 leaped 1.5% for its first gain in six days and finished just shy of its all-time high set last week.
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