Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell offered an upbeat report on the U.S. economy after the Fed’s first policymaking meeting of 2026. “Essentially, the economy has once again surprised us with its strength,” Powell said. But central bank officials left interest rates unchanged on the benchmark Federal Funds Rate, which influences short-term borrowing like interest rates
Amazon (AMZN) stock has gained about 5.3% over the past five days, at the time of writing, Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 27, according to Yahoo Finance. The company has set a Q4 earnings release for February 5, and investors are hoping it will beat consensus estimates, as it did in Q3. I covered Q3 results in
Jan. 27 produced something one rarely sees in the stock market. One stock fell so hard that its loss caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average to fall about 409 points, or 0.8%, to 49,003. The culprit was health-insurance giant UnitedHealth Group (UNH), which fell 68.94 points, or 19.6%, to $282.70. A primary reason was a
Robert Kiyosaki turned a record‑setting day for gold into a new lightning‑rod prediction with a single short post on X. “GOLD soars over $5000. Yay!!!! Future for gold $27,000,” he wrote, celebrating the breakout and dangling a long‑term target that grabbed traders’ attention. That line landed just as gold futures opened around $5,013 per ounce
Alphabet does not need another “it’s cheap” argument; instead, Raymond James is putting its money on something more powerful, which is a revision cycle. Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) is now upped to a strong buy with a price target of $400, according to Barron’s. Raymond James is making the argument that Google’s AI stack is “shifting
Cathie Wood doesn’t typically chase dividend stocks, but Teradyne (TER) represents something different. The chip-testing giant pays a modest quarterly dividend while sitting at the intersection of AI infrastructure buildout and semiconductor innovation. That combination has made it one of ARK Invest’s larger positions, with Wood’s firm holding 1.031 million shares worth around $239 million.
Venezuela is sitting on the planet’s largest oil stockpile, some 303 billion barrels, yet major oil company executives are torn over whether the billions of dollars needed to revamp the country’s oil infrastructure are worth it. The debate: Up to $100 billion will be necessary to get Venezuela’s oil industry where it needs to be.
Verizon (VZ) just locked in a deal that could supercharge its dividend for years to come. The wireless carrier recently completed its $20 billionacquisition of Frontier Communications. While most coverage focuses on the expanded fiber footprint, the real story is what this means for shareholder returns. For income investors who have watched Verizon raise its
Alex Karp is no stranger to transforming the markets. Now he’s entering the culture-war debate and changing it to a capital-markets moment. The Palantir (PLTR) CEO believes the issue of large-scale immigration will become irrelevant moving forward, Fortune reported. Karp believes a need for future large-scale immigration is “hard to imagine,” except for people with
Nestled at the very north of India in the Himalayan mountains, the sacred Hindu city of Rishikesh is often called the “Yoga Capital of the World.” The city’s history as the birthplace of the spiritual practice fuels its present-day status as a hub where yogis and sages gather to learn and meditate. Rishikesh and the