Microsoft has started the new year with a small gain year to date. On Wednesday, shares rose 0.5% to 424.56 ahead of the ...

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High prices could scare off would-be investors, but momentum abounds. The stock market climbed to record highs in 2024, extending banner gains achieved the previous year. The S&P 500 -- the index ...

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It’s all on Santa’s shoulders. The kickoff of the “Santa Claus rally” period in Tuesday’s holiday-shortened trading session saw the S&P 500 SPX jump 1.1%, erasing a December decline as ...

The stock market will be closed on Christmas Day in observance of the federal holiday in the U.S. You can read more about this week’s holiday trading hours here. The U.S. bond market will stay ...

2024 saw some big winners in the stock market. To be expected, there were a lot of AI-driven winners. The communication services sector led the pack with a year-to-date return of nearly 45%.

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US stocks surged on Friday, recovering some of the week's losses sparked by a hawkish Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nearly 500 points, giving back some of its intraday ...

Therein lies a partial key to SpaceX's overwhelming success. Like many tech startups, SpaceX offered its early employees stock options as a financial incentive to keep them invested in the company ...

The stock market has had a tough week, but it might also be in store for a tough year in 2025. The market is on track for its worst week since March 2023 after the Federal Reserve gave a hawkish ...