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Potential interest rate hikes and midterm elections represent significant headwinds for investors; both have historically dragged the stock market into corrections.
Cotton futures saw weakness extend to Friday, with contracts closing down 62 to 89 points on the day, with December down 291 points this week. Crude oil was up another $3.50 per barrel, with the US dollar index up 0.011.
MercadoLibre's revenue is growing rapidly and should be much higher in four years.
Bill Gates' connection to Jeffrey Epstein has Buffett not wanting to talk to him now, though.
Despite much higher sales in the first half of 2025, ASML expects a dramatic slowdown for the second half of the year.
Nvidia is the cheapest "Magnificent Seven" stock despite having the strongest revenue growth.
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) can't catch a break. The streaming leader was already having a tough year, but its second-quarter update, which it released on July 16, sent its share price even lower. The stock is now down 24% t…
In June, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong called a market bottom for Bitcoin at $60,000.
SpaceX stock closed at $123.99 on Friday, capping six straight days of declines.
AI chip stocks have sold off this month amid fears that custom silicon could erode the leaders' pricing power.
Chubb (NYSE: CB), the world's largest publicly traded provider of property, supplemental health, and casualty insurance, is a reliable blue chip stock. It's based in Switzerland, and it does business across 54 countries…
Soybeans rebounded from the Thursday losses to close Friday with a late push higher, up 4 ½ to 9 ½ cents. August was 12 ¾ cents in the green on the week, with November 12 ¼ cents higher. The cmdtyView national average C…
Cotton futures saw weakness extend to Friday, with contracts closing down 62 to 89 points on the day, with December down 291 points this week. Crude oil was up another $3.50 per barrel, with the US dollar index up 0.011.
CrowdStrike continues to dominate the cloud-native cybersecurity market through its rapidly expanding Falcon platform and strategic partnerships.
Meta and other large technology companies are working overtime to build out their AI data centers.
Soybeans are rebounding from the Thursday weakness with contracts up 6 to 8 cents in most contracts at midday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is up 7 ½ cents at $11.62 1/2. Soymeal futures are $2.10 to $…
Live cattle futures are trading with $1.77 to $2.17 losses across most contracts on Friday. Cash trade started to pick up, with a few light northern sales of $378-380 dressed and live action reported at $238-240 by USDA…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday closed down -1.01%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.77%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -1.49%. September E-mini S&P futures (ES…
The Trump administration is renewing its push to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
Lean hog futures are trading with 50 cent to $1.02 gains across most contracts at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $96.68 Friday morning, down $3.49 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was 5…
Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) stock isn't having a great year. The insurance technology company's stock is down 7% year-to-date after skyrocketing 341% between 2024 and 2025.
Lean hog futures are trading with 50 cent to $1.02 gains across most contracts at midday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $96.68 Friday morning, down $3.49 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was 5…
As a speaker at CES 2026 in January, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang discussed why the AI data center market's need for memory chips was only going to grow.
SpaceX's 2025 revenue was $18.7 billion, but one prediction sees annual revenue rising to $3.4 trillion in 2040.