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Bessent Says Main Street Poised to Prosper. Jobs Data Hit This Week.
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (111+ words) Bessent Says Main Street Poised to Prosper. Jobs Data Hit This Week.Barron's Stocks hitting fresh highs on Friday is another sign of an economic boom on the horizon, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. "We're seeing the industrial sectors…...
Software Due for ‘Vicious Rally’ Says Jefferies’ Toomey
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (128+ words) Don't look now, but software stocks are starting to bounce off their lows. Michael Toomey, managing director of equities trading at Jefferies, argues software stocks are due for a "vicious rally." The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF, or IGV, was…...
Market Rally Gathers Pace. S&P 500 Heads for Record Amid Renewed AI Hope
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (166+ words) Market Rally Gathers Pace. S&P 500 Heads for Record Amid Positive Economic Data, Renewed AI Hope'Barron's Updated 38 min ago Stock futures were mostly on course to open in the green as stocks continued to rally following positive economic data and…...
The Stock Market Got Some Good News. S&P 500 Is Tracking a Record Close.
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (112+ words) The Stock Market Got Some Good News. S&P 500 Is Tracking a Record Close.Barron's Not only did the stock market get some good news, but the government shutdown also pushed back potential hurdles like the January jobs report. The…...
Markets Dive as AI Concerns Persist. Gold, Cryptos Sell Off Amid Fed Fears.
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (210+ words) Markets were tumbling in premarket trading as fears around the artificial-intelligence trade persisted ahead of a week of Big Tech earnings. The continuing selloff in gold, silver, and cryptocurrencies also appeared to bleed into stock futures in a downward trend…...
Oracle Leads U.S. Tech Stocks Down Premarket
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (171+ words) U.S. tech stocks slipped premarket, following Asian and European peers down. Oracle fell 3.4% after announcing plans to raise between $45 billion and $50 billion. The funds are necessary to satisfy contracted cloud demand from major customers including Nvidia, OpenAI, Advanced Micro Devices and…...
Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq Fall; Microsoft, Meta, Tesla, SAP More Movers
1+ week, 2+ day ago (186+ words) Jan. 29, 2026 at 1:31 PM ET The Nasdaq Composite pulled off its lows, but software stocks were still getting hammered. The tech-heavy index was down 1.4%, after falling more than 2.5% earlier in the session. The S&P 500 was down 0.7%. The Dow was down…...
Apple’s iPhone Sales and AI Will Take Center Stage for Earnings
1+ week, 3+ day ago (73+ words) Apple's iPhone Sales and AI Will Take Center Stage for Earnings'Barron's Apple earnings could show strong holiday iPhone demand, but rising memory costs could pose a problem for the tech giant's outlook. Shareholders will keep a close eye on iPhone…...
iPhone Has 'Best-Ever Quarter"
1+ week, 3+ day ago (111+ words) First-quarter iPhone revenues easily beat Wall Street estimates. Apple reported first-quarter iPhone sales of $85.27 billion, beating analyst estimates of $78.19 billion. That was also a jump from last year's $69.14 billion. "iPhone had its best-ever quarter driven by unprecedented demand, with al…...
How Tesla Beat the Street's Expectations
1+ week, 3+ day ago (106+ words) Tesla posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter numbers, a relief for investors nervous about declining EV sales. Elon Musk's car company reported an operating profit of $1.4 billion, down 11% year over year, but better than the $1.2 billion analysts projected. Part of the outperformance was…...