S&P 500 Snapshot: Index Posts 2.3% Gain In October
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By Jennifer Nash
The S&P 500 finished the month of October on a positive note, ultimately finishing up 2.3% from September. The index posted a weekly gain of 0.7%, its fourth in the past five weeks. Here is a snapshot
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The S&P 500 has been in a bull market for three years, but the momentum could stall, depending on the outcome of several crucial events this week.
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has added 17% this year, despite economic headwinds surrounding the Trump administration’s trade policies. As of Oct.
Stocks Close Out Strong Month With Solid Amazon Earnings: Stock Market Today
Stocks opened higher Friday as Amazon.com’s (AMZN) impressive results helped ease concerns that big spending on artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t bearing fruit. Today’s gains had all three main indexes closing out the historically volatile month of October with impressive returns.
At the close, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.09% at 47,562,
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Read MoreSUMMIT HOTEL PROPERTIES DECLARES THIRD QUARTER 2025 DIVIDENDS
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (NYSE: INN) (the “Company”), announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized, and the Company has declared, a cash dividend for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025, of $0.08 per share of common stock of the Company and per common unit of limited partnership interest in Summit Hotel OP,
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Read MoreCountry music legend Reba McEntire opens up about retirement plans
Reba McEntire has had a remarkable career in country music, television and film, so at 70 years old with an impending marriage to longtime boyfriend Rex Linn, it would not be odd if she decided to stop and smell the roses.
Maybe take a break from it all and just enjoy life.
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Could Alphabet Become the World’s Largest Company
Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is already a giant, but it may still be in the early innings of its growth story. With a market capitalization hovering just shy of $3 trillion, it is within striking distance of becoming the world’s next $4 trillion stock.
What makes this more than just speculation is that several potential roadblocks have recently cleared,
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1 Solar Sleeper Stock That Still Has Room to Shine
When Nextracker went public two years ago, few investors expected it to triple so quickly.
But after such a run, is it too late to buy? Or is this “picks and shovels” play on the clean-energy revolution still undervalued?
Key Points
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Nextracker controls about a quarter of the global solar tracker market.
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Where Will Robinhood Stock By 2030?
Robinhood doesn’t need to become the next Apple to reward shareholders. It just needs to keep doing what it’s doing, only better, smarter, and at a larger scale. Fortunately, that seems to be exactly the path it’s on.
Let’s uncover why Robinhood might be one of the more under-appreciated fintech stories unfolding right now.