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Buy ASML as demand surges from growing semiconductor foundry competition, says Barclays
Barclays sees more gains ahead for ASML after a big earnings beat Wednesday coupled with better than expected guidance. The bank upgraded the Dutch semiconductor equipment overweight from equal weight Thursday. Shares rose more than 3.5% in premarket trading following the rating change. Barclays analyst Simon Coles said demand for ASML’s product — extreme ultraviolet […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Meta, Caterpillar, IBM, Royal Caribbean & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Meta Platforms — Shares jumped 9%. The social media giant called for first-quarter sales to range from $53.5 billion to $56.5 billion, topping the analysts’ consensus call for $51.41 billion. Fourth-quarter earnings came in at $8.88 per share on revenue of $59.89 billion, while […]
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World’s largest sovereign wealth fund posts record $1.4 billion annual return, driven by tech and banking rally
A view of Oslo seen from the roof of the Oslo Opera House in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund posted a record $1.4 billion return in 2025, its management team said Thursday, thanks to rallying tech, financial and mining stocks. By […]
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Nasdaq 100 futures rise after tech giants post quarterly earnings: Live updates
A television station broadcasts the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nasdaq 100 futures rose on Wednesday night after the release […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Microsoft, Meta, Tesla, Southwest Airlines and more
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Microsoft — Microsoft shares dropped almost 5% in extended trading. Capital expenditures and finance leases in the fiscal second quarter came in at $37.5 billion, surpassing the $34.31 billion consensus estimate from Visible Alpha. Adjusted earnings came out at $4.14 per share, higher than consensus expectations […]
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DoubleLine’s Jeffrey Gundlach sees no more Fed rate cuts under Jerome Powell
watch now VIDEO4:0004:00 Center portfolio around dollar being secularly week even if economy weakens: DoubleLine’s Gundlach Closing Bell DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said Wednesday he expects the Federal Reserve to stay on hold for the remainder of Jerome Powell’s term as chair with a more balanced outlook for the economy. “I think I would […]
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Powell says Cook Supreme Court case is the most important in the Fed’s 113-year history
Key Points Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell offered his first explanation into his controversial decision to attend Fed Governor Lisa Cook’s Supreme Court hearing. He said it was among the most important legal cases that the central bank has ever seen. Source
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Where to still find solid yields on cash as the Fed holds rate steady
The Federal Reserve ‘s decision to hold interest rates steady was good news for Americans holding cash. On Wednesday, the central bank left the federal funds rate between 3.5%-3.75%, after cutting rates by a quarter percentage point in December. “No change to the federal funds rate means borrowing costs on short-term and variable-rate loans are […]
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Here’s what changed in the new Fed statement
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting in December. Text removed from the December statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle. Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined. Black text appears in both statements. […]
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The key things Wall Street is looking for in the Mag 7 reports after the bell
Wednesday evening will bring highly awaited results from three “Magnificent Seven” giants. The bar is higher for technology stocks given elevated valuations associated with the artificial intelligence trade. Analysts are eagerly watching for any signs of growth in AI endeavors — whether it’s through physical products such as robots and smart glasses or AI-assisted software […]
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