All sectors contribute to the S&P 500’s strong year, Apple struggles with the Vision Pro, and more…
| Wednesday’s Markets |
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| S&P 500 6,846 (-0.74%) |
| Nasdaq 23,242 (-0.76%) |
| Dow 48,063 (-0.63%) |
| Bitcoin $87,605 (-0.52%) |
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The semiconductor stocks might have endured a bumpier ride in the second half of 2025, but there might be no slowing them down as 2026 kicks off and a new slate of AI trends looks to reignite enthusiasm for many of the stocks that have sold off in recent weeks.
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Tesla on Friday reported a second straight annual drop in electric vehicle sales, as the phaseout of a $7,500 federal EV tax credit and mounting competition weighed on demand. With the decline, Tesla lost its title as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker.
The company said it delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025,
Tesla stock dropped more than 2.5% during the intraday trading session on the US stock market on Friday, 2 January 2026, after the company’s October-December quarter (Q4) vehicle deliveries data noted a 16% decline to 418,227 vehicles.
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The biggest takeaway from Goldman Sachs’ 2026 investment forecast, at least in my view, has to be that a more active approach might be more worth considering over a passive one, especially if you subscribe to the belief that the S&P 500 is destined for 6.5% in annual returns over the next decade,
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The Bank of England is set to slash interest rates to their lowest level in more than three years as a jobs crisis forces policymakers into drastic action, a leading Swiss lender has warned.
The base rate could tumble from the current 3.75% to just 2.75% after the summer as unemployment rises and wage growth cools sharply,
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AI hyperscalers notched gains in early morning trading as Wall Street kicked off a new year of trading and maintained optimism that the AI and Big Tech boom will keep on growing.
“Magnificent 7” names such as chipmaking leader Nvidia (NVDA) and hyperscalers Oracle (ORCL) and Google (GOOG) picked up more than 1% in each in the early hours of trading before the opening bell on Friday.
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Many mutual fund investors have missed out on the boom in international markets due to the regulatory restrictions on fresh investments into such funds. Data shows that funds focused on stocks overseas delivered some of the best returns. Those who stayed invested, cutting out the noise and retaining their investments in these funds for last three years,
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