Wall Street tiptoed into Thursday’s close with the air of a market that would very much like to keep making new highs, just not all at once. The S&P 500 inched higher, the Nasdaq put in a slightly stronger showing, the Dow…
Wall Street tiptoed toward euphoria on Wednesday as weak jobs data rekindled rate‑cut hopes, sending the Dow to another record while tech leaders mostly took a breather and hard assets reminded everyone who really owns the inflation narrative.
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U.S. stocks staged a measured rebound on Tuesday, with the major averages dusting themselves off after Monday’s wobble and heading modestly higher while small caps sat out the party. The S&P 500 edged up about 0.25% to 6,829.37, the Dow added roughly…
Wall Street opened December in a distinctly un-festive mood, with the Santa rally stuck in traffic behind tariffs, Bitcoin, and a still-wonky macro tape. The Dow slid roughly 0.9%, the S&P 500 lost about 0.5%, the Nasdaq eased 0.4%, and small caps…
Wall Street danced and some times ran through the holiday-shortened week like a shopper on Black Friday: determined, a bit fatigued at times, but still somehow spending freely once again as bargains seemed to be perceived to be most everywhere. The indices…
Wall Street went into the Thanksgiving break loosening its tie, as rate‑cut optimism and a broad risk-on mood carried U.S. equities higher into Wednesday’s close. The S&P 500 added roughly .69% to 6,812.61 as investors rotated back into cyclicals and small caps,…
Wall Street shook off its November sulk on Monday, with the major benchmarks staging a rate-cut–hope rally that looked suspiciously like early Christmas cheer delivered by central bankers rather than Santa. The S&P 500 climbed about 1.55% to roughly 6,705.12, the Dow…
Large caps took a hit this week with the Dow 30 ending at 46,245.41, -1.9% & the S&P 500 closed at 6,602.99 equally off 1.9%. The high-beta tech kept the Nasdaq on the defensive for most of the week and fell 2.7%…
In the end, Thursday looked like a market attempting to renegotiate its relationship with AI, tariffs and the Fed all at once—discovering, not for the first time, that even in an age of algorithms and GLP‑1s, gravity still has a vote.
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U.S. stocks closed Wednesday looking more contemplative than chaotic, as Wall Street tiptoed into the bell ahead of Nvidia’s after-hours earnings—and then promptly exhaled when the AI titan delivered another blockbuster beat. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished modestly higher after shaking…