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These are the most overbought S&P 500 stocks as 2026 approaches
Investors piled into Merck & Co. and S & P Global , among others, with 2026 around the corner. Those names may be due for a pullback. The three major averages all climbed this week, which was shortened because of the Christmas holiday. The S & P 500 led the way with a 1.4% gain. […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Freeport-McMoran, Coupang, Target & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Freeport-McMoRan — The miner rose 3.1% as gold and other metals scaled to record levels. Target — The retailer rose more than 1% after The Financial Times reported, citing sources, that hedge fund Toms Capital Investment Management made a big investment in Target. Pressure from the […]
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There are two risks the market isn’t pricing in heading into the new year, according to Apollo’s Torsten Slok
Investors are discounting two major risks for the stock market heading into 2026, according to Torsten Slok, the chief economist at Apollo Global Management. For the new year, Slok is standing by an overall bullish thesis but acknowledged that one major headwind is the market currently pricing in more interest rate cuts than the Federal […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, Micron, SanDisk & more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Nvidia — The semiconductor firm’s stock rose 0.5% after it agreed to pay $20 billion to acquire assets from artificial intelligence startup Groq, marking its largest purchase ever. Micron Technology , SanDisk — The digital memory firms’ stocks were up after DigiTimes reported , citing industry […]
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Stock futures are little changed, Wall Street heads for winning week: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 11, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were little changed Friday as traders came back from the Christmas holiday, with the major averages on pace for weekly gains. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down […]
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Wall Street wrote off Palantir as too expensive. Retail investors can’t get enough
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Kyle Dijamco is a proud member of Palantir Technologies‘ fast-growing retail investor base. The Los Angeles-based marketer has bet big on the defense tech stock, even increasing his exposure after a drawdown earlier this year. The 31-year-old’s position now stands at roughly $25,000. “It’s an exciting stock to […]
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The blowout AI trades that surprised Wall Street in 2025
The artificial intelligence trade got tougher in 2025. While a significant capital expenditure cycle and earnings growth from the world’s biggest tech companies supported the market’s rally to record heights — with the S & P 500 to jumping more than 17% and the Nasdaq Composite gaining 22% year to date — the easy gains […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nike, Dynavax Technologies, UiPath & more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Nike — The sportswear stock rose 2% after a filing showed that Apple CEO Tim Cook bought nearly $3 million worth of Nike shares. Dynavax Technologies — The biopharmaceutical stock surged 38% after Sanofi said it will acquire Dynavax in a deal with a total equity […]
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Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 posts record close: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures traded near the flatline Tuesday night after the broad market S&P 500 notched a record close. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 24 points, or 0.05%. S&P 500 futures slipped about 0.05%, while Nasdaq 100 futures were little […]
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Emerging markets had a bumper year — here’s what could be in store in 2026
Emerging markets are poised to end 2025 on a high, as a flurry of positive momentum propelled their stock indexes to record highs that many expect will be extended even further in the new year. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index — comprised of large- and mid-cap stocks listed across emerging markets countries — has surged […]
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