Fed’s Balance-Sheet Plans Mystify Wall Street as Officials Meet
  • January 28, 2025

Fed’s Balance-Sheet Plans Mystify Wall Street as Officials Meet

(Bloomberg) -- Buried in a rote US Treasury survey released on the eve of the latest holiday weekend was a question that all of Wall Street wants the answer to: What’s the Federal Reserve’s plan once it’s done drawing down its crisis-era bond holdings?Most Read from BloombergTrump's Federal Funding Pause Threatens State Financials Texas HOA Charged With Discrimination for Banning Section 8 RentersBudapest Mayor Aims to Block Orban’s Plans to Build ‘Mini Dubai’Newsom Enlists Magic Johnson, Guggen

Super Micro Computer stock is getting a fresh look from analysts
  • January 28, 2025

Super Micro Computer stock is getting a fresh look from analysts

This story incorporates reporting fromForbes, TheStreet on MSN.com and Insider Monkey on MSN.com.Analysts have revisited the stock price target for Super Micro Computer, a leader in AI servers within the computer hardware sector. The company experienced a volatile stock performance throughout 2024, driven by fluctuations in the AI market. Recent financial performances in the second half of 2024, including third and fourth-quarter earnings as well as preliminary first-quarter reports from Novembe

Boeing stock rallies 6% on plane progress after $11.8-billion annual loss
  • January 28, 2025

Boeing stock rallies 6% on plane progress after $11.8-billion annual loss

(Reuters) -Boeing said on Tuesday it was making progress on increasing plane production, and its shares jumped 6%, despite the company recording its biggest annual loss in four years. The $11-8-billion loss, due to problems at its major units, along with fallout from a crippling strike, demonstrates the challenges facing CEO Kelly Ortberg in turning around the U.S. planemaker. Chief Financial Officer Brian West told analysts the planemaker had delivered 33 of its strongest-selling 737 jets so far in January.

Stock market today: Wall Street steadies itself a day after a sell-off for Nvidia and tech stocks
  • January 28, 2025

Stock market today: Wall Street steadies itself a day after a sell-off for Nvidia and tech stocks

Nvidia and other U.S. tech stocks are holding a bit steadier Tuesday, a day after tumbling on doubts about whether the artificial-intelligence frenzy really needs all the dollars being poured into it. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in morning trading. The spotlight remains on Nvidia, whose chips are powering much of the move into AI and whose stock has become a symbol of the surrounding frenzy.

S&P 500 choppy as megacap gains counter broader weakness
  • January 28, 2025

S&P 500 choppy as megacap gains counter broader weakness

The S&P 500 swung between gains and losses on Tuesday as advancing megacap stocks including Apple helped arrest declines even as a mixed bag of corporate earnings fueled volatility. At 10:02 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 3.93 points, or 0.01%, to 44,717.51, the S&P 500 gained 6.97 points, or 0.12%, to 6,019.42 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 105.38 points, or 0.54%, to 19,447.21. Nine of the 11 S&P 500 sectors were in the red, with utilities and industrials leading declines.

GM results top Wall Street targets; shares slump as tariff threat looms
  • January 28, 2025

GM results top Wall Street targets; shares slump as tariff threat looms

DETROIT (Reuters) -General Motors on Tuesday posted fourth-quarter 2024 results and a 2025 earnings forecast ahead of Wall Street expectations, but shares fell sharply in trading Tuesday as investors weighed the threat of tariffs that could hit the automaker's business. GM is one of the automakers most exposed to Trump's plans on two important fronts: EVs, where it has made aggressive investments, and tariffs, because it has substantial manufacturing in Mexico and Canada, countries that Trump is targeting.

Analysis-US tech and tariff shocks spark scramble for new market havens
  • January 28, 2025

Analysis-US tech and tariff shocks spark scramble for new market havens

As a tech stock rout and U.S. dollar swings driven by President Donald Trump's tariff threats send markets into a tailspin, investors are piling into assets from Japan's yen to European credit that could act as a buffer to the turbulence. Markets that cheered Trump's pro-growth agenda have turned bumpy, with oil prices and Canada and Mexico's currencies gyrating, muddled inflation forecasts shaking Treasuries and investors starting to view the new White House as a source of risk. "There will likely be more volatility in the U.S. dollar and across many other assets," said Amelie Derambure, senior multi-asset manager at Europe's biggest investor Amundi.