Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise as AI worries recede, with Fed minutes ahead
Oil prices rose on Wednesday as traders priced in continued geopolitical risk and stringent sanctions after peace talks between Russia and Ukraine appeared to collapse after only two hours.
Futures on Brent crude (BZ=F), the international pricing benchmark, rose over 2% to trade around $69,
Read MoreWhy Mutual Funds are emerging as the default investment choice
At the Mint Money Festival, held on 14 February in Mumbai, Madhu Nair, CEO of Union Mutual Fund, and Kailash Kulkarni, CEO of HSBC Mutual Fund, argued that the industry’s rapid growth reflects a structural transformation in Indian savings behaviour rather than short-term market enthusiasm.
Structural shift
Nair described the mutual fund licence as “a very powerful licence”
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Read MoreHere’s Why Jacob Funds Established a Position in Cabaletta Bio (CABA)
Jacob Funds, a mutual fund company, released its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here. After an optimistic quarter, equity markets corrected slightly in November. Although overall economic growth has been robust throughout the year, recent divergent data on consumer spending and the labor market have put doubt on future projections.
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Read MoreStock Market Today: Stock Futures Rise as Tech Stocks Gain Ground Amid Easing AI Fears
Futures were pointing to a higher open for the major stock indexes on Wednesday as the AI rally found its footing after a string of volatile sessions colored by concerns about AI-driven disruption.
Futures contracts connected to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 were up 0.5% in premarket trading Wednesday, while S&P 500 futures rose 0.4% and Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 0.2%.
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slip amid Trump tariff fallout, with Iran-US talks on deck
US stock futures sank Sunday evening following a ruling by the US Supreme Court that refuted the legality of a President Trump’s most sweeping tariffs, bringing new uncertainty to his key economic policy priority.
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) dropped 0.6%.
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How To Spot a 100% Winner
It wasn’t long ago that I highlighted Planet Labs as a stock with the potential to blast off. At the time it was sitting at $1.90 per share.
Fast forward to the present and Planet Labs has soared well above $4 per share and is now posting gains of over 100%.
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Uber’s Stock Is Down But Business Is Booming, Why It Might Be a Buy
Uber (NYSE: UBER) has had its fair share of ups and downs lately. After peaking last October, the stock took a hit on the heels of Tesla’s flashy Cybercab announcement, a move that spooked investors and led to a sustained selloff into year-end.
While the stock has been slowly clawing its way back,
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Palantir Soared 20.5% But Is It Just The Start?
Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has been in business for 20 years but it’s only recently that it’s accomplished one of its most impressive feats to-date, tripling the number of users of its artificial intelligence platform in a single quarter.
That spike in demand translated to a spectacular Q3 that blew away Wall Street’s expectations.
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