Stocks gain tracking tech, Fed and trade
Global stock markets mostly rose Tuesday as investors geared up for the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting outcome and earnings from tech titans, which will be pored over for signs of AI momentum.
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Read MoreHow One Just Stock Shaved More Than 400 Points Off the Dow on Tuesday
Key Takeaways
- As the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.8%, dragged down by slumping UnitedHealth Group stock.
- UnitedHealth, one of the priciest stocks in the blue-chip Dow, tumbled nearly 20% Tuesday after reporting disappointing earnings.
- UnitedHealth stock shaved 422 points off the Dow,
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Read MoreStock Market Today, Jan. 27: American Airlines Drops on Q4 Miss and Storm Impact
On Jan. 27, 2026, investors weighed a profit miss, a shutdown, and storm hits against fresh long-term earnings guidance and analyst upgrades.
American Airlines Group
Today’s Change
(-7.00%) $-1.02
Current Price
$13.55
Key Data Points
Market Cap
$9.6B
Day’s Range
$13.36 –
Stock Market Today, Jan. 27: UnitedHealth Group Plunges Almost 20% After Weak Earnings
Investors reassess this healthcare giant in wake of profit collapse and Medicare worries, today, Jan. 27, 2026.
UnitedHealth Group
Today’s Change
(-19.61%) $-68.94
Current Price
$282.70
Key Data Points
Market Cap
$319B
Day’s Range
$280.40 –
Trump nominates Kevin Warsh for Federal Reserve chair to succeed Jerome Powell
President Donald Trump on Friday named Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, ending a prolonged odyssey that has seen unprecedented turmoil around the central bank.
The decision culminates a process that officially began last summer but started much earlier than that,
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Read MoreThe Burst
1 ETF Set To Beat The Market in 2025?
2024 was another banner year for the US stock market, with the S&P 500 notching a gain of 23%. Dwarfing even this return, though, was that of the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF), which has delivered a 29.7% return over the last 12 months.
There is lots of speculation that the new President will be supportive of the financial sector so can XLF beat the market again in 2025,
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Is This Market Doomed?
This year headlines blared about the S&P 500 entering correction territory and the Nasdaq dipping into a bear market. For newer investors, it may feel like the sky is falling but seasoned traders know better, it’s just another chapter in a very old playbook.
The truth is, if you think this year has been rough,
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
457 Million Reasons to Buy This Auto Stock
When you find an investment manager overseeing $1.2 billion, it warrants further investigation when they bet one fifth of their entire portfolio on a single stock. Yet that’s exactly the conviction that Impactive Capital demonstrated by betting 20.4% of their portfolio on an automotive retailer.
Amid the universe of thousands of stocks, what is it that Impactive portfolio managers saw in Asbury Automotive that motivated them to allocate $457 million of their fund to it?
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