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US markets opened cautiously on Monday as investors absorbed the implications of Moody’s stripping the United States of its top-tier triple-A credit rating for the first time in the agency’s history. The downgrade, announced on Friday, lowered the country’s rating by one notch to Aa1, bringing Moody’s into line with S&P Global, which cut its…
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) received a price target increase from RBC Capital, which raised its target from $11 to $13 while maintaining a Sector Perform rating, as the automaker navigates a complex period that combines tariff-driven cost pressures with an active model refresh cycle across its core truck and commercial vehicle lineup. The stock…
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana became the first sitting senator to lose a regularly scheduled Republican primary since Indiana’s Richard Lugar in 2012, eliminated from the race for a third term after Trump-backed congresswoman Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming outpolled the two-term incumbent on Saturday night. Letlow, who carried Trump’s “complete and total…
The S&P 500 rose 0.58 percent to a new all-time closing high of 7,444.25 on Wednesday, as the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.2 percent to 26,402.34, both indexes extending their record streaks despite a hotter-than-expected producer price index reading for April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved in the opposite direction, shedding 67.36 points, or 0.14…
US technology and semiconductor stocks suffered a significant reversal on Tuesday after April’s consumer price index came in hotter than expected, confirming that the Iran war’s energy shock is feeding through to broader consumer prices and eliminating what little remained of market expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut in 2026. The Nasdaq Composite fell…
A few years ago, online trading felt like something built for finance professionals. Today, many Americans are introduced to trading platforms, as they are to other things, via their mobile devices. Folks look at crypto price breaks at lunchtime and on social media and observe market updates after work to see how trading works via…
Republicans secured a pair of significant redistricting victories in Virginia and Tennessee this week that analysts estimate could net the party between four and five additional House seats in November, providing meaningful but not decisive structural benefit to a majority already sitting at its thinnest margins in the current Congress. The Virginia Supreme Court blocked…
Florida motorists are paying more at the pump than at any point since July 2022 after a dramatic 40-cent single-week surge pushed the state average to $4.34 per gallon, a price spike directly tied to the ongoing US-Iran conflict and the sustained disruption of the Strait of Hormuz that has sent global oil markets into…
President Donald Trump is heading into the final six months before the 2026 midterm elections carrying his worst approval rating of either presidential term, facing an electorate that overwhelmingly blames him for surging fuel costs and growing questions about whether his decision to host a Saudi-backed golf tournament at his own Virginia club this weekend…
Amazon delivered a striking set of first-quarter 2026 results that underscored both the scale of its AI investment and its ability to generate growth across every major business segment simultaneously. Total revenue reached $181.5 billion, up 17% year-over-year and comfortably ahead of the $177.3 billion analyst consensus. Adjusted earnings per share of $2.78 demolished the…