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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, ... More California on May 6, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images At about $117 a share, Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) is still trading about 15% below its all-time highs seen in January 2025. Revenues grew more than 110% over the last year, while net profit margins exceeded 50%. With artificial intelligence tunes playing everywhere, do you think Nvidia stock is a good long-term bet...

Corporate spreads have narrowed, and Treasury yields are less volatile, soothed by positive talk on tariffs. Stocks have recovered from their April 2 “Liberation Day" losses, but the dollar remains under pressure. Gold is the safe haven of choice. But worries that tariffs and trade disruptions will impact the economy remain, and any sign that hard data is weakening or inflation is picking up could unleash another round of searing volatility. That is most visible in assets other than stocks. Financial markets convulsed after Trump’s “Liberation Day" tariffs on dozens...

Amazon (AMZN 0.55%) is one of the least understood big tech companies. Everyone is familiar with its e-commerce platform and most probably use it weekly. However, its e-commerce business isn't a primary profit driver. This is why worrying about what China tariffs will do to Amazon's business isn't productive. There are other parts of Amazon's business that make the majority of the profits, and these will do just fine. Image source: Getty Images. AWS generates the majority of Amazon's operating profits First, let's break down where Amazon's revenue comes from....

Donald Trump’s trade war has already sparked a crisis of confidence in the US - Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Donald Trump has branded it the “big beautiful bill” that will save millions of jobs and boost Americans’ take-home pay by up to $5,000 (£3,700) a year. However, while recent focus has been on the market ructions caused by the trade war, the US president’s package of sweeping tax cuts will arguably be a bigger test of investors’ faith in the world’s biggest economy. Congress remains deeply divided over not only the...

Stock market today: Despite showcasing resilience against the India-Pakistan war buzz, the Indian stock market witnessed sell-off pressure on the last two sessions last week. After going off on Thursday, key benchmark indices of Dalal Street came under sharp selling pressure on Friday.On Friday, the BSE Sensex tumbled 880 points, or 1.10%, marking its steepest intraday fall since April 7, to settle at 79,454. Meanwhile, the Nifty 50 crashed 265 points, or 1.1%, to close slightly above the 24,000 mark at 24,008. For the week, both indices lost over 1.30%,...

In the first quarter, the AI-powered voice solutions provider continued to post strong revenue growth, but its sizable losses also continued. SoundHound AI (SOUN -8.16%) stock declined 7.8% on Friday following the conversational artificial intelligence (AI) technology provider's release of its first-quarter 2025 report on the prior afternoon. The drop is largely attributable to the quarter's revenue falling short of Wall Street's expectations. The bottom-line result was in line with the analyst consensus estimate. Image source: SoundHound AI. SoundHound AI's key numbers Metric Q1 2024 Q1 2025 Change Revenue $11.6...

Palantir (PLTR -1.49%) delivered another blowout earnings report on Monday. The company posted its seventh consecutive quarter of revenue growth in the first quarter of 2025 as revenue grew 39% to $883.9 million, which easily beat the consensus at $862.1 million. Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) operating income more than doubled to $176 million, giving the company an operating margin of 20%. On an adjusted basis, earnings per share increased from $0.08 to $0.13, which matched estimates. Palantir also raised its guidance for the year, calling for 36% growth for...

US Stock Market Highlights: The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped on Friday (May 9) as investors looked ahead to key trade talks between U.S. and Chinese officials scheduled for the weekend. The Dow shed 119.07 points, or 0.29%, to close at 41,249.38. The S&P 500 edged down 0.07% to end at 5,659.91, while the Nasdaq Composite was nearly flat, finishing at 17,928.92.US Stock Market Highlights: The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped on Friday (May 9) as investors looked ahead to key trade talks between U.S. and Chinese officials scheduled for...

Stocks rose at the open on Wall Street on Friday after President Trump suggested cutting US tariffs on Chinese imports. His comment fueled further optimism that the trade war is easing ahead of talks between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's team and Chinese officials in Switzerland this weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) edged up 0.2%. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 0.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) gained about 0.5%. In a social media post on Friday morning, Trump suggested an 80% tariff rate for Chinese imports. Markets are attempting...

May 9, 2025 11:20 PM ISTUS Stock Market LIVE: Citigroup, Barclays see ‘mountain of money’ for risky debtTop bankers from Citigroup Inc. and Barclays Plc who are underwriting new deals see investors ready to jump on risky debt, despite expectations of an economic slowdown.   “There’s a lot of liquidity in the bond market,” Citigroup’s head of debt capital markets, Richard Zogheb, said in a Bloomberg Television interview Friday. “You’ve got north of a $1 trillion in private credit, and well north, multiple trillions in fixed-income markets, the regular way...