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Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) hasn’t closed at a record high since May 14, when the stock finished at $235.74. That was 87 trading days ago, about four months. Shares now sit near $215 as of this writing, about 9% below that mark. Droughts like this aren’t new for the artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant, though. Since reclaiming…

Quick Read Workers need 40 lifetime credits to qualify for Social Security, earning up to 4 credits per year by paying taxes on wages. A single work credit costs $1,890 in 2026, up from $1,810 in 2025, requiring part-time workers to earn more to qualify. Workers without 40 credits can still claim spousal benefits, but…

Mutual fund schemes have been allotted shares worth nearly ₹2,495 crore in the anchor portion of the NSE IPO, with 29 domestic mutual funds participating through 98 schemes. The anchor book comprises institutional investors who are allotted shares before an IPO opens for public subscription. National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) finalised its anchor allocation…

The Fed raised rates for the first time in three years, and bank stocks promptly sold off. What looks like a contradiction might be a warning about where the trade goes from here. The Federal Reserve lifted its target range to 4% on September 17, 2026, the first hike in three years. Textbook finance calls…

Good morning. Tech stocks rose on Monday as oil prices fell and yields on long-dated bonds dropped. Brent crude futures (BZ=F) fell to $100 per barrel, easing concerns about persistent inflation. The 10-year Treasury (^TNX) fell to 4.95% after breaching the 5% threshold last week. Here’s a check of the markets in the first few…

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Thematic mutual funds have seen a sharp divergence in performance in 2026, with some categories delivering double-digit gains while others have fallen sharply. Data from Vallum Capital Advisors’ latest report, titled Vallum Cross-Asset Macro Grid, shows that defence, healthcare, special opportunity, commodities and innovation were among the top-performing thematic categories in 2026 so far. For…

Gold (GC=F) December futures opened at $4,413 per troy ounce on Monday, September 21, 2026, down 0.3% from Friday’s closing price. The price of gold is moving lower this morning at $4,394.80 per troy ounce as of 9:14 a.m. ET. Gold prices opened at their highest level in over a week but are slipping this…

Finally, there may be values to be had in the tech patch. The S&P 500’s (^GSPC) tech sector forward price-to-earnings ratio has declined from 32 times last October to approximately 21 times, Truist chief investment officer Keith Lerner noted. At these levels, tech valuations are roughly where they stood when OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) launched ChatGPT in…

Gold’s spot price — or its current trading value — today as of 9:00 a.m. ET is $4,309.08 per ounce, according to CNBC’s Gold/ US Dollar Spot Price. That’s slightly lower than Friday’s price, when it traded at $4,364.46 per ounce at the same time. Gold is a safe-haven asset that investors gravitate toward when…