S&P 500 briefly surpasses 7,000, then closes little changed as Fed keeps rates steady: Live updates
A television station broadcasts the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026.
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The S&P 500 reached a milestone level on Wednesday,
The AI Infrastructure Stock That's Stealing Market Share in 2026
A niche in high-performance computing gives Oracle a cost advantage.
One of the more surprising moves in the cloud industry has come from Oracle (ORCL 1.20%). The company built its reputation as the leader in relational databases, but it breathed new life into its business when it discovered that its IT infrastructure positioned it to succeed in the cloud business.
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Read MoreStock market today: S&P 500 slips from record as Fed stands pat, Nasdaq rises before Big Tech earnings flurry
US stocks were little changed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held interest rates unchanged in its first policy decision of the year. Wall Street also braced for earnings from megacap tech companies in a day that saw the S&P 500 (^GSPC) vault briefly over the 7,000 mark for the first time.
Read MoreMeta stock price jumps over 7% in after-hours amid positive Q4 earnings report
The stock price of Meta, listed on the NASDAQ index, saw over 10% rise in the market after-hours on Wednesday as the company released its Quarter 4 earnings report.
Meta Platforms closed on Monday at $668.73 per share –
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Read MoreIf You’re Turning 66 This Year, Can You Claim Your Full Social Security Benefit in 2026?
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When you collect Social Security, you’re entitled to a standard benefit. This amount is called your primary insurance amount (PIA) and it’s calculated based on a percentage of average monthly earnings (AIME) during your 35 highest working years.
You get this standard benefit if you claim your first Social Security check when you reach full retirement age (FRA).
The Burst
Is SoFi Still a Buy After 2x Bull Run?
Shares of SoFi Technologies have rocketed more than 165% over the past year as the company’s fundamentals have improved dramatically. But with the stock now well above Wall Street’s targets, investors are wondering: has the market gotten ahead of itself?
Key Points
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It’s no longer just a student-loan lender,
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Anthropic’s Rise Has Been Stunning, How Big Can It Get?
A year ago, Anthropic was a specialist name known mostly within AI research circles. Today, the company behind Claude is scaling so quickly that veteran investors openly call its trajectory “almost without precedent.”
Its sharp focus on enterprise AI, and its increasingly intertwined relationship with Microsoft, has made one comparison hard to ignore: is Anthropic quietly positioning itself the way Microsoft did in the early PC era?
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The Best-Kept Secret in AI Infrastructure? Hint: It’s Not Nvidia
DigitalOcean (NASDAQ: DOCN) just pulled off something few small-cap tech companies have achieved in this market: record revenue, soaring profits, and a guidance hike that caught Wall Street flat-footed. The stock popped by almost a third after Q2 results, and yet, shares remain roughly 12% below where they started the year.
That gap between operational performance and valuation might be the opportunity hiding in plain sight.
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