Stock market today: Nasdaq, S&P 500 look to chip away at losses after DeepSeek-inspired tech rout
The Nasdaq and S&P 500 rebounded on Tuesday, following a steep stock sell-off spurred by concerns of over-confidence in Big Tech’s potential payoff from investments in AI. Investors also assessed a return to a tougher tone on tariffs from President Donald Trump, ahead of the start of a Federal Reserve meeting where the impact of his policies is likely to be discussed.
Read MoreMarket Jitters: S&P 500 Swings Amid Mixed Earnings and AI Developments
On Tuesday, the S&P 500 navigated through a volatile session as megacap stocks such as Apple helped arrest broader market declines amidst mixed corporate earnings reports.
General Motors shares fell sharply by 8.2%, even though the automaker released optimistic earnings forecasts. Concurrently, Boeing experienced volatility with a 6% rise after reporting its largest annual loss in three years.
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Read MoreIndices 2025 outlook: Commodities
Volatility returns
Except for the quick August volatility spike in equities, 2024 was another low volatility year like 2023 for most asset classes. Over the last two years, 30-day volatility for BCOM and the Bloomberg US Large Cap Total Return Index (B500) both averaged under 13%. These averages are a few percentage points below the 5-year averages seen in Exhibit 2.
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Read MoreBuy These High Yield CEF Dividends To Hedge Against Market Volatility
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With the new administration now in full swing, market events are coming our way at a furious pace, especially for our high yield CEFs.
One thing that’s clear about the next few years? Volatility is likely to tick up,
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Read MoreThe Burst
14 Billion Reasons To Avoid Fast Growth
It seems every generation needs to learn the same lesson the hard way. In 2000, when technology stocks were flying high but fundamentals failed to justify the valuations, the fear of missing out on big gains caused many to chase higher highs and regret it.
More recently, a similar type of investment, draped in narrative and shy on fundamentals,
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Could This Photo Firm Double Your Money?
2 million customers in more than 150 countries use Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK), a company that widely has the reputation of being “just a stock photo” company. In reality, it has a vast array of images, videos, music, and even an AI-driven creative platform.
With its extensive library of over 390 million images and 24 million videos and as a leader the global stock photo and video market that is forecast to reach $5 billion by 2027,
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Former Richest Man In World Bets $9.4 Billion On 1 Stock
Bill Gates is a household name in the software and technology industry. He co-founded Microsoft (MSFT) with Paul Allen in 1975, and the company now boasts a market cap of almost $2 trillion. While Microsoft offers hardware and services, it is best known for its software products, including the ubiquitous Microsoft Windows operating system (OS).
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