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US benchmark indices on Wall Street gave up inflation-led gains to end lower on Tuesday as financial stocks continued to underperform on concerns over US President Donald Trump’s musing of keeping credit card interest rates capped at 10% for a year. The Dow Jones fell 400 points on Tuesday, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq…

On Jan. 13, 2026, a bullish analyst call and sold-out AI server capacity reframed this chip giant’s turnaround potential. Today’s Change (7.29%) $3.21 Current Price $47.27 Key Data Points Market Cap $220B Day’s Range $45.22 – $48.23 52wk Range $17.66 – $48.23 Volume 4.5M Avg Vol 90M Gross Margin 35.58% Intel (INTC +7.29%), a designer…

Today, Jan. 13, 2026, analysts clash over Netflix’s content spend, merger ambitions, and what really matters ahead of earnings. Today’s Change (1.02%) $0.91 Current Price $90.32 Key Data Points Market Cap $409B Day’s Range $89.07 – $91.15 52wk Range $82.11 – $134.12 Volume 45M Avg Vol 44M Gross Margin 48.02% Netflix (NFLX +1.02%), a subscription-based…

US stock futures were largely flat Tuesday evening, following a pullback that dragged the Dow and S&P 500 off record highs. Dow futures (YM=F) dipped about 0.1%, while S&P 500 (ES=F) and Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) futures hovered just below the flatline, after the Dow (^DJI) led stocks lower in a down session Tuesday. In a…

James Hires, The Motley Fool January 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM Key Points Lucid, as a company, has potential, and its products are solid, but its financial position is rough. The company is growing its revenue, but its costs are going up almost as quickly. Lucid has the worst profit margin and a weak cash…

President Donald Trump essentially accuses the Federal Reserve of stealing his joy by not being bullish about lowering interest rates. “If you announce great numbers, they raise interest rates,” Trump says, “When the market goes up, they should lower rates.” President Donald Trump essentially accuses the Federal Reserve of stealing his joy by not being…

Marc Guberti, The Motley Fool January 13, 2026 at 12:25 PM Key Points Robinhood delivered exceptional growth in 2025 while expanding its profit margins. Crypto trading was a major catalyst, with sales from that segment more than quadrupling year over year. Robinhood just started offering prediction market contracts for football, and it’s been a big…

Saving for retirement is perhaps the most important aspect of anyone’s financial life. After working hard and going through life’s challenges, you deserve a comfortable retirement. Of course, the road there won’t be a nicely paved one and you’re going to go through some ups and downs. But it’s important to start saving now and…

Democratic Senators decried the legal justification for the capture of Nicolas Maduro as a “sham,” after they were allowed to review the Office of Legal Counsel’s opinion in a classified setting. Senate Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner told reporters, “I think it falls short,” and Sen. Adam Schiff added, “The reasoning was very unpersuasive. Even…

In terms of the latest jobs report, thousands of new roles were added to the U.S. economy last month. However, it is still far below projections from experts. Jobs Report Update 2025 CNN reports that an estimated 50,000 new jobs were added to the U.S. economy in December 2025 with an unemployment rate of 4.4%.…