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Past shutdowns have had minimal effect on the stock market or on the economy, and the bet on Wall Street is that something similar will happen again. Many professional investors expect the market to climb still more, even after a 35% surge from its low in April. That’s not to say there aren’t risks. Much…
One is a more durable and diversified business, trading at a more attractive valuation, making it the clear winner. Alphabet (GOOGL -0.16%) (GOOG -0.04%) and Palantir Technologies (PLTR -7.29%) two obvious artificial intelligence (AI) beneficiaries. Alphabet’s shares have climbed as the company integrates new AI features into Google and YouTube, while Palantir has rallied on…
Jerome Powell’s candid observation points to the stock market’s biggest threat. For more than a century, no asset class has come close to matching the annualized return of stocks. This year, we’ve witnessed the broad-based S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.01%), ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI 0.51%), and innovation-inspired Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC -0.28%) explode to multiple…
The S&P 500 returned more than 3% in September for the first time since 2010. The S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.01%) advanced 3.5% last month, notching its best September since 2010. That was particularly surprising not only because September is usually the worst month for the U.S. stock market — the S&P 500 fell by an average…
Day three of the federal government shutdown came and went Friday, with no end in sight. The stock market saw more all-time highs before the rally ran out of steam. The S & P 500 on Friday eked out a fractional gain for its 29th record-high close since the market’s tariff lows in early April….
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This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Oct 3 – Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) is turning heads again, not just because of the AI hype cycle, but because the company is stacking real wins that could shape its long-term growth story. Shares of PLTR have surged more than 20% over the past month, outpacing the broader market,…
NEW YORK (AP) — If the U.S. government’s latest shutdown can’t stop the stock market, what can? Stock prices keep rising, even as the shutdown delays important economic reports that usually steer trading. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average set all-time highs Friday. It’s not just Big Tech driving the market, which has…
Companies can use stock splits to artificially manipulate their share prices and outstanding share counts. The artificial intelligence (AI) data analytics company Palantir (PLTR -7.29%) has been the stock to own in recent years. As of October 1, it’s up nearly 140% this year and more than 1,850% over the past five years, making it one…
Retail investors’ fear of an “AI bubble” appears to have fallen off after spiking this summer. It could mean the stocks have further to balloon before they ultimately top out. The number of U.S. and worldwide web searches for the term “AI bubble” peaked on Aug. 20 and Aug. 21, respectively, according to Google Trends…