Monday, 9 November 2026
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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…
Oracle has a massive $638 billion backlog of contracted revenue and is spending aggressively as a result.
Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) has gotten off to a strong start this year. It's up more than 24% year-to-date, significantly outperforming the nearly 9% rise in the S&P 500.
If the Democrats take control of the Senate during the midterm elections, that could also complicate passage of the legislation, at least in its current form.
Tesla's pullback may look tempting, but its valuation still depends heavily on robotaxis and autonomous driving succeeding.
The cruise industry has largely completed its post-pandemic recovery. Occupancy rates have returned to historical levels, pricing remains healthy, and consumers continue spending on travel despite broader economic uncer…
That history, however, is still a reasonable indication of what’s likely to materialize in the future, particularly when the underlying business works as well as it ever has.
Oil and gas giant Chevron is evolving how it sells and supplies one of its core products.
Pfizer is deeply out of favor today, with a historically high dividend yield of 6.9%.
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are on pace for a record-breaking year, with investments pouring in at a historic rate. Equity and bond ETFs together raked in nearly $1 trillion in the first half of 2026, marking the first…
Ethereum has released a new strategic road map that promises a series of important upgrades and advances.
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.