Semiconductor stocks rose on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump praised Intel and its CEO. Intel shares rose 2% in extended trading on Thursday after Trump said he had “a great meeting with the very successful Intel CEO, Lip-Bu Tan” in a post on Truth Social. It was last seen 2.46% higher in early pre-market…
Months after President Donald Trump suggested sending Americans a $2,000 tariff dividend check, many households are waiting to see if that stimulus could come in 2026, despite political and legal obstacles. “We have taken in, and will soon be receiving, more than 600 Billion Dollars in Tariffs,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday….
Trivariate CEO and founder, wrote in a note to clients. “One of the biggest investment controversies for U.S. equities is the return on AI-related capital spending,” Parker wrote. “More growth companies and high-quality companies are mentioning AI-related revenue and cost-reduction topics on their conference calls than value or lower quality stocks.” Trivariate named the largest…
Investors are likely to see some market turbulence in 2026, but the addition of dividend growth companies can help cushion their portfolios. “Bouts of volatility, such as those sparked by macro-, geopolitical- and policy uncertainty, as well as periodic shifts in sentiment around [artificial intelligence] are likely to remain a feature of equity markets,” Nuveen…
Costco stock finally woke up. Monthly sales came in hot, giving investors reason to believe that last year’s sluggish performance on Wall Street won’t carry over to 2026. Costco shares surged nearly 5% on Thursday after the retailer posted stronger-than-expected December sales the night before, signaling a return to momentum. U.S. comparable sales for the…
A “Now Hiring” sign at a Cookout fast-food restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, Nov. 25, 2025. Al Drago | Getty Images The U.S. labor market likely showed modest improvement in December, providing some encouragement for the year ahead but nothing to get too excited about. Nonfarm payrolls likely rose by 73,000 last month while the…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that investors are watching a classic market phenomenon play out in real time: a violent rotation where yesterday’s winners become sources of cash and yesterday’s losers suddenly come back into favor. Cramer warned that these moments can feel chaotic — even irrational — but are often driven by valuation extremes…
The revival of Venezuela’s oil industry presents investors with a major opportunity in the country’s defaulted debt, according to a firm that generated a 30% gain after the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, was captured by U.S. forces on Saturday. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet with oil…
Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. President administration to cut drug prices for Americans. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday that it has reached an agreement with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to cut drug prices for Americans in exchange for exemptions from U.S. tariffs….
Investors rotated out of tech names, dragging the Nasdaq Composite lower on Thursday. <
