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Pre-Market Stock Futures:
The futures are trading modestly higher as we get ready to start a holiday-shortened Friday session, with the market closing at 1 PM EST and wrapping up what has been an outstanding week for the major indices.
CME to Reopen Futures, Options Trading After Halt Caused by Data-Center Issue
CME Group said it would reopen futures and options trading after an hourslong glitch at a data center prompted it to halt exchanges across asset classes. The exchange operator said Friday that its CME …
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Read MoreDow Jones Today: Stock Futures Tick Higher Before Tech Outage Halts Trading; Major Indexes Look to Finish Best Week Since June
Stock futures pointed slightly higher before a tech outage halted trading on Black Friday, with major indexes poised to record their best week since June.
Futures associated with the tech-heavy Nasdaq, benchmark S&P 500, and blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.2%,
Read MoreDow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures muted as rocky month draws to an end, before CME glitch halts trading
US stock futures were muted with a holiday-shortened week and downbeat month drawing to an end, before the Chicago Mercantile Exchange halted trading on Friday due to a data center glitch.
The CME is gradually starting to restore operations after a long outage disrupted live trading in futures and options across several markets worldwide,
Read MoreUS STOCKS-Tech rally lifts S&P 500 and Nasdaq as Fed rate cut bets grow
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were higher on Tuesday, lifted by tech shares, as growing bets on interest rate cuts offset caution ahead of key inflation data later this week.
The information technology sector led the market with a roughly 1.4% advance, driven by Nvidia’s 3% rise to a more-than-one-week high and a 5% jump in Dell Technologies.
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1 Weird Seasonal Trend Starting Now
Some things can’t easily be explained in the stock market and seasonal trends rank right up there among the conundrums that puzzle even the smartest investors.
Take for example the case of frozen potato processor Lamb Weston that has a weird seasonal trend starting now. It’s a bit difficult to understand precisely why such a powerful force starts at this time of year for the firm,
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The ONLY Fund Buffett Recommends (hint, it’s not his own)
As probably the world’s best-regarded stock picker, Warren Buffett isn’t usually associated with ETFs. Nevertheless, the legendary value investor’s portfolio at Berkshire Hathaway contains two ETFs, both of which track the S&P 500 index.
These two funds, namely SPY and VOO, account for a little over $45 billion of Berkshire’s total holdings. Why does Buffett own the S&P 500,
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320 Million Reasons To Buy This Gaming Company
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