Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq give up gains as oil rises, GDP growth slows more than expected
Stocks were choppy on Friday after a headlong sell-off as investors assessed slowing economic growth and sticky inflation, setting expectations for interest rate cuts amid a still-hot Iran conflict.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) held on to gains, rising 0.1%. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) turned 0.3% lower,
Read MoreShould You Buy Nvidia Stock While It's Below $200?
Shares of semiconductor giant Nvidia (NVDA 1.08%) are down just 1% in 2026. With a share price of nearly $185 as of the closing bell on March 10, Nvidia stock now trades about 11% below its all-time highs.
For perspective, Nvidia stock delivered triple-digit annual gains twice over the past three years.
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Read MoreTech stocks today: Nvidia's Huang kicks off GTC Monday, Adobe CEO stepping down
Adobe (ADBE) CEO Shantanu Narayen is stepping down after 18 years in the role, the company announced on Thursday in conjunction with its first quarter earnings report.
Adobe stock fell more than % on the news.
Narayen will leave the post when a successor is found but will stay on as chair of the board afterward.
Read MoreDividend stocks are catching up to tech stocks on a key earnings metric at a critical time for the market
Dividend-paying companies are rapidly closing the earnings growth gap with technology stocks and contributing more earnings momentum to the S&P 500.
This AI Company Could Disrupt Nvidia and Its Stock Is a Screaming Buy
There’s not a lot of debate that Nvidia (NVDA 1.42%) has been the best way to invest in the AI buildout since it kicked off in 2023. Its stock has soared over 1,100% since then, but it has delivered relatively lackluster returns since about August of last year.
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Read MoreThe Burst
Is Oracle a Buy on the Dip?
Shares surged after the company revealed a massive agreement reportedly worth up to $300 billion to supply computing capacity to OpenAI. But the excitement didn’t last.
Over the past three months, Oracle stock has fallen by over a third, forcing investors to ask a hard question, did the market overreact on the way up,
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Is Meta Having its iPhone Moment?
Meta’s recent launch of AR glasses with an integrated display and built-in AI assistant looked modest on the surface. In reality, it marked the point where experimentation turned into execution.
Meta has been investing in smart glasses for more than seven years, giving it a meaningful head start. That lead is already visible in the data.
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
AMD Is Positioning Itself for the Next Leg of AI Spending
For much of the AI boom, Advanced Micro Devices has played the role of the talented understudy, high potential, often overlooked, and inevitably compared to Nvidia’s runaway success.
Over two years, AMD’s stock has surged more than 3x, yet Nvidia has soared over 12x. The gap speaks less to AMD’s capabilities and more to how dramatically AI data center spending favored Nvidia early on.
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