How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 11/3/2025
Nvidia and other AI superstar stocks propped up Wall Street.
The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Monday, even though the majority of stocks within the index fell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%.
Nvidia was the strongest force lifting the market, much as it has been throughout 2025.
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Amazon jumped after announcing a partnership allowing OpenAI to scale its workloads on Amazon Web Services, further cementing AWS’s role in powering AI infrastructure.
Nvidia shares also advanced after former President Trump stated that the company’s top-tier AI chips would remain within U.S.
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Key Points
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Artificial intelligence is exciting, but it currently depends on existing hardware and software.
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The “Magnificent Seven”
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120,000 Reasons to Buy This Wide Moat Stock
Toast (NYSE:TOST) is a cloud technology provider that specializes in restaurant point-of-sale systems. The company’s software allows restaurants to process sales, track and manage inventories and even manage payroll and HR functions. To use these tools, restaurants purchase Toast’s POS, giving the company an effective competitive moat in every restaurant that decides to use it.
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Looking for Stability? This High Dividend Yield ETF May Be Perfect
Vanguard’s High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) is a popular income investment that combines high dividend income potential with Vanguard’s characteristic passive management and low expenses.
With the NASDAQ now actively in a correction and other indices also struggling, now may be a good time to consider defensive, dividend-generating stocks.
Is VYM a good ETF to buy,
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Spotlight: 1 Stock To Get Hot and Bothered By
Sometimes a deal just falls in your lap and that might well be the case now with Match Group. The online dating giant houses many, perhaps even most, of the dating apps you have heard of, from Tinder to Hinge.
Sadly for shareholders, the stock has had a downright awful year, plunging 26% year-to-date after a poorly received earnings report a few days ago.
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