U.S. jobless claims just posted their sharpest rise in two months, but the numbers still paint a picture of a labor market that is cooling, not cracking.
Jobless Claims Jump – But Stay in the “Comfort Zone”
For the week ending January…
In a fitting summary for the day, hard assets glittered, AI narratives wobbled, and Eli Lilly proved that in 2026, the market’s favorite growth story is just as likely to come from the medicine cabinet as from the data center. Broadly on…
U.S. stocks lost a bit of altitude on Tuesday, as the AI trade paused for breath and investors briefly remembered that prices can, in fact, go down. But that is not all of the story as the small caps on the Russell…
U.S. stocks launched February with a flourish, as major indexes shrugged off weekend volatility in commodities and crypto to end Monday sharply higher.
S&P 500: Brushing Past Its Nerves
The S&P 500 spent the day flirting with record territory, ultimately closing just…
Carvana (CVNA) has pulled off one of Wall Street’s more improbable U‑turns, morphing from near‑bankruptcy case to S&P 500 member and meme‑stock celebrity, all while selling used cars like they’re the new luxury good of a high‑rate world. Now, as short sellers…
IonQ’s (IONQ) decision to buy SkyWater Technology for $1.8 billion reads like a quantum-age industrial policy love story: a fast‑growing quantum upstart marries a scrappy U.S. chip foundry, and the honeymoon is scheduled right onshore. For investors, the deal is a bet…
Leidos (LDOS) is betting that the future of power isn’t just about electrons—it’s about engineering, data and a lot of capital expenditure, and it’s writing a $2.4 billion all‑cash check for ENTRUST Solutions Group to prove it. The deal doesn’t just bulk…
Wall Street closed the week ending January 30, 2026 looking like a marathoner who technically finished in positive territory but clearly felt the hill at the end. The S&P 500 managed a modest weekly gain of about 0.3%, while the Dow and…
Wall Street tiptoed through Thursday’s session like a tightrope walker over Times Square: plenty of wobble, very little actual fall. The major indexes finished mixed, with Big Tech nursing a post-earnings hangover while old‑economy names politely pretended not to notice.
Indexes: Tech…
Tesla’s (TSLA) latest quarter delivered the kind of result that lets both the bulls and the skeptics claim victory, but only one group saw the stock pop more than 3% in after-hours trading. The company reported adjusted earnings per share of 0.50,…