Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise as Wall Street braces for Fed decision, Big Tech earnings
The Nasdaq led US stock futures higher on Wednesday as AI trade fervor spread ahead of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy decision and earnings from megacap techs.
Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) climbed about 0.9%, while those on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) hovered below the flat line.
Read MoreDow Jones Today: Stock Futures Point Higher Ahead of Fed Decision on Interest Rates, Big Tech Earnings; Gold Sets New Record
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On the Fed’s Policy Committee, Dissenters Pay a Price
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If anyone on the Federal Reserve’s policy committee votes against the majority at the Fed’s meeting on Wednesday,
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Read MoreTesla Earnings May Disappoint. Watch for Details on Robo-taxis.
Tesla’s fourth-quarter earnings are due to be released after Wednesday’s market close. Investors should expect weakness in the company’s core electric-vehicle business.
For the quarter, Wall Street analysts tracked by FactSet are looking for earnings per share of 43 cents from sales of $24.6 billion. A year ago,
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Read MoreStock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slide as Wall Street eyes Warsh as Trump's Fed pick
US stock futures trimmed losses on Friday as President Trump said he will nominate Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve, against a background of a rising dollar and tumbling gold.
S&P 500 futures (ES=F) slid roughly 0.4%, while those on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) fell 0.5%,
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Will This High-Growth ETF Keep Outpacing the Market?
For the last few years, earnings growth from the tech sector has been the driving engine of America’s stock market. Investors have piled into the largest tech companies, betting on the ability of AI and other emerging technologies to unlock enormous amounts of new value and create years of forward growth.
One ETF that has benefited enormously from this trend is the Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG).
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Why This Billionaire Loaded Up Former Deadbeat Stock
Howard Marks has built his 50‑year reputation on buying what everyone else is overlooking and waiting patiently for the narrative to swing his way. So when Oaktree Capital’s first‑quarter 2025 filing revealed a brand‑new 18.8 million‑share position in Nokia (2 % of the equity book, at roughly $5 a share) many investors did a double‑take ,telecom hardware is hardly Oaktree’s home turf.
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How To Blow $3 Billion
Among the many rules of business is be careful in whose playground you are competing. Gaming companies learned this the hard way a few years ago when they built their businesses on top of the Facebook platform. So too did media companies like PopSugar. When Facebook decided to focus more on surfacing individual posts over corporate ones,