Wall Street: S&P 500, Dow Jones erase losses, banks shine despite AI uncertainty
US stock indices were subdued in volatile trading on Tuesday, following persistent anxieties regarding the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and as market participants redirected their attention toward the US-Iran nuclear negotiations.
The volatility triggered by AI underscores concerns that are becoming notably contradictory.
Dow Jones, S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher amid easing investor concerns over AI; US Fed's minutes release in focus
US stock market today: The benchmark US stock market indices like the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite open higher on Wednesday, 18 February 2026, amid easing investor concerns over artificial intelligence (AI). The investors will also keep their focus on the US Fed’s minutes release, which is scheduled for later today.
NASDAQ Index, S&P 500 and Dow Jones Forecast – US Indices Looking to Continue Recovery
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Read MoreThe Ultimate AI Technology Stock to Buy With $1,000 Right Now
Qualcomm’s stock price has been upended for short-term reasons, setting up a long-term buying opportunity.
It has been a tough few weeks for plenty of artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. And to be fair, some of them deserved their share price setbacks.
Not all of them, though. In several cases, investors have thrown the proverbial baby out with the bathwater.
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Read MoreDividend Reinvestment: How It Works and Why It Matters
Why you should consider dividend reinvestment
The power of compounding
The strongest argument for dividend reinvestment is compound growth. By reinvesting dividends, you’re buying more shares that will generate their own dividends, which buy even more shares. This snowball effect dramatically increases your returns over time.
Consider this: An investor who put $10,000 into an S&P 500 index fund in 1960 would have $1,035,827 by the end of 2024 from price growth alone,
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Is Michael Saylor’s Bet Crazy: Bull vs Bear
Microstrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) and its CEO Michael Saylor are in large part confounding valuation experts worldwide.
The traditional method of valuing a company goes something like this. Analyze the cash flows a company will produce over its lifetime, discount them back to present day, sum them up and arrive at a fair market valuation for the company.
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Why Verizon Might Be The Safest Dividend Stock
These are jittery times for investors as trade tensions and talk of a looming recession have stirred up anxiety in the markets. It’s no surprise now to see companies tighten their belts, consumers cut spending, and dividends end up on the chopping block.
But not every company is going to take a hatchet to its dividend and Verizon stands firmly in this category.
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Spotlight: Will Tesla Make You Rich?
Yet another year has gone by where Tesla has absolutely crushed the market. Despite each year starting out with naysayers predicting doom for Musk’s car manufacturer, the performance again has been market-beating.
In fact, Tesla has outperformed the general stock market by about 6x this year, a jaw-dropping result considering all the bearish prognostications at the start of the year following a dismal 2022.