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US stocks rallied and oil prices tumbled Monday after President Trump announced a five-day pause on plans to strike Iranian power plants – though analysts warned that prices are unlikely to completely normalize following severe damage to key Middle East energy facilities. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 631 points, or 1.4%, while the S&P 500 and…

There’s reason to believe Monday’s market rally could be part of a bigger rebound for the S & P 500 , according to Morgan Stanley. With its 1.2% rally on Monday, the S & P 500 came roaring back from the brink of nearly entering a 10% correction. But measured by its price-to-earnings ratio, that…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Scanning the headlines, it can be easy to get the impression that every investor, banker, and financial analyst is enamored with AI. Yet this simplified view obscures a more complicated story: the US economy isn’t where tech companies…

Looking at things objectively, stocks have soared under President Donald Trump. During his first, non-consecutive term in the White House (Jan. 20, 2017 – Jan. 20, 2021), the widely followed Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI +1.38%), broad-based S&P 500 (^GSPC +1.15%), and technology-driven Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +1.38%) surged 57%, 70%, and 142%, respectively. Until a…

© dan quiet life / Shutterstock.com Gladstone Capital (NASDAQ:GLAD) cut its monthly distribution from $0.165 to $0.15 per share late last year, and the stock has shed nearly 36% over the past 12 months. The Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates steady gives this business development company a floor to stand on, but it does not…

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) and Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN) closed 2025 with earnings that tell very different stories. Tesla is a profitable, diversifying technology company navigating a delivery slump. Rivian is a pre-scale manufacturer that just crossed its first full year of positive gross profit, betting its future on a mass-market launch and a deepening…

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. 1. Stocks surged Monday after President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Iran had “productive” discussions in recent days about a resolution to the Middle East conflict, and that he…

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Key Points Some Wall Street analysts expect shares of Palantir and Fastly to fall more than 55% from current levels. Both companies are delivering strong growth, but valuations may be running ahead of fundamentals. Palantir faces valuation risk, while Fastly carries valuation and execution risks. Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have been among the market’s best…

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator for the Financial Times, about how the war on Iran is effecting the global economy. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: The U.S.-Israel war on Iran is now in its fourth week, and reverberations are being felt all over the world. Gas prices have jumped in the U.S.…