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Why Caterpillar stock is slipping today: AI data-center power bets meet year-end trading

Why Caterpillar stock is slipping today: AI data-center power bets meet year-end trading

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:59 ET — Regular session Caterpillar, Inc. shares dipped on Tuesday, down about 0.2% at $577.21, as U.S. stocks edged lower in thin year-end trading. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq were all slightly in the red, with investors also awaiting the Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes — the detailed record of its latest policy discussion. Reuters The modest move matters because Caterpillar has become a crowded way to express a bigger market theme: rising power demand from AI data centers, and what that means for industrial suppliers. That narrative has helped broaden the stock’s investor
30 December 2025
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Allied Gold stock rebounds as gold prices bounce back after sharp selloff

Allied Gold stock rebounds as gold prices bounce back after sharp selloff

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:15 ET — Regular session Allied Gold Corporation shares were up 71 cents, or about 3.1%, at $23.67 in morning trading on Tuesday. The move tracked a broader rebound in precious-metals-linked names after bullion swung sharply over the past two sessions. That matters now because thin year-end liquidity can exaggerate moves, and gold’s price swings tend to ripple quickly into miners’ shares, which investors often treat as leveraged bets on the metal. Gold fell hard on Monday after hitting a record high late last week, as traders locked in profits following the rally. Spot gold
30 December 2025
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JPMorgan stock slips in early trade as Fed minutes and year-end funding signals take focus

JPMorgan stock slips in early trade as Fed minutes and year-end funding signals take focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:25 ET — Regular session JPMorgan Chase & Co shares edged down 0.2% to $323.18 in late morning trading on Tuesday, after touching an intraday high of $324.89. U.S. bank stocks were mixed, with Bank of America up 0.2%, while Citigroup fell 0.9% and Goldman Sachs slid 0.8%. For JPMorgan, the biggest near-term driver remains the outlook for interest rates. Banks earn a large share of profits from net interest income — the spread between what they collect on loans and securities and what they pay out on deposits. That spread matters now because traders
30 December 2025
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AST SpaceMobile insider buy grabs attention as BlueBird 6 satellite rollout heats up Starlink race

AST SpaceMobile insider buy grabs attention as BlueBird 6 satellite rollout heats up Starlink race

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:25 ET AST SpaceMobile director Keith Larson bought 625 shares of the company’s Class A stock at $80 apiece, according to a Form 4 filing dated Dec. 29. The filing said the transaction was executed under a Rule 10b5-1 plan — a pre-arranged trading plan — and left Larson with 2,015 shares held indirectly through an IRA. SEC The purchase lands as investors watch whether AST can turn its “direct-to-device” pitch into paying service. The term refers to connecting ordinary phones to satellites without special hardware, extending coverage where cell towers don’t reach. AT&T has
30 December 2025
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Beckham-backed Prenetics stops Bitcoin buying, eyes up to $200 million IM8 revenue

Beckham-backed Prenetics stops Bitcoin buying, eyes up to $200 million IM8 revenue

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:25 ET Prenetics Global Ltd said on Tuesday it has stopped buying bitcoin and will not make additional purchases, redirecting its capital allocation to its IM8 health supplement brand. The Nasdaq-listed health sciences company said it halted daily buying on Dec. 4 and will keep its 510 bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset. StreetInsider.com The decision marks a pullback from a bitcoin treasury strategy — where a company holds the cryptocurrency as part of its cash reserves — that can quickly reshape balance sheets when prices swing. Bloomberg described Prenetics as the latest firm to
30 December 2025
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Oracle stock rises as Fed minutes near; insider sale notice adds to OpenAI scrutiny

Oracle stock rises as Fed minutes near; insider sale notice adds to OpenAI scrutiny

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:29 ET — Regular session Oracle shares rose 0.8% to $197.03 in morning trading on Tuesday, recovering after a 1.3% slide in the prior session. MarketWatch The move matters because Oracle is trading like a rate-sensitive, high-valuation software name, with investors using macro signals to price long-dated growth. Minutes from the Fed’s last policy meeting are expected later Tuesday, a potential catalyst for bond yields and tech multiples. Oracle has also become a flashpoint in the market debate over AI infrastructure spending, as investors weigh whether surging demand justifies heavy upfront buildouts. Capital expenditures, or
30 December 2025
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India’s UPI boom hits cigarette kiosks — but “cash is still king” in India

India’s UPI boom hits cigarette kiosks — but “cash is still king” in India

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:08 ET Cigarette and tobacco kiosks have become one of the fastest-growing merchant categories on India’s Unified Payments Interface, with transaction volumes rising more than eightfold between November 2023 and November 2025, a Moneycontrol analysis reported. The shift matters because India’s digital payments push is increasingly leaning on everyday, low-value purchases to keep UPI growth humming, even as cash remains entrenched in parts of the economy where digital adoption is harder and tax compliance is looser. Subhash Chandra Garg, a former finance and economic affairs secretary, wrote in a Deccan Herald column on Tuesday that
30 December 2025
Netflix stock slips as Warner seen rejecting Paramount bid; what investors are watching next

Netflix stock slips as Warner seen rejecting Paramount bid; what investors are watching next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:33 ET — Regular session Netflix (NFLX.O) shares were down about 0.5% at $93.70 in morning trading on Tuesday, as investors weighed fresh twists in the takeover battle around Warner Bros Discovery. A report saying Warner is expected to reject Paramount Skydance’s revised hostile bid put the focus back on Netflix’s proposed deal for the media company’s assets. The decision matters because the outcome could reshape the streaming landscape and set the terms for a new round of consolidation. Reuters The timing adds urgency. With year-end positioning and thin holiday liquidity, deal headlines can move
30 December 2025
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Strategy (MSTR) stock rises as bitcoin steadies after fresh $109 million purchase

Strategy (MSTR) stock rises as bitcoin steadies after fresh $109 million purchase

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:34 ET — Regular session Strategy Inc shares rose 0.8% to $156.66 in morning trading on Tuesday, tracking a modest uptick in bitcoin a day after the company disclosed another round of share sales to fund crypto purchases. The moves matter because Strategy has become a high-beta proxy for bitcoin: when the token swings, the stock often swings more. Investors have also focused on dilution risk, since the firm regularly issues equity to raise cash for bitcoin buys. Contentstack+1 Bitcoin was up about 0.9% on the day, while other crypto-linked stocks were mixed, with Coinbase
30 December 2025
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Silver rebounds after breaking $80 as gold steadies following record-high whipsaw

Silver rebounds after breaking $80 as gold steadies following record-high whipsaw

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:10 ET Silver prices bounced on Tuesday after a sharp selloff a day earlier erased a brief run above $80 an ounce and rattled the broader precious-metals complex. Spot silver was up 2.5% at $74.10 an ounce, while gold gained 0.7% to $4,361, Reuters reported. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/global-markets-wrapup-1-2025-12-30/ The whipsaw matters because it hit during a holiday-shortened week when liquidity is thin and price swings can be exaggerated. It also comes after a surge that pushed silver and gold to fresh records into year-end. Silver has outpaced other precious metals in 2025, fueled by tight supply and
30 December 2025
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Google stock today: Alphabet (GOOG) ticks higher as Fed minutes loom and new Gemini AI tools roll out

Google stock today: Alphabet (GOOG) ticks higher as Fed minutes loom and new Gemini AI tools roll out

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:18 ET — Regular session Alphabet’s Class C shares (GOOG) rose 0.3% to $315.41 in morning trading on Tuesday, after touching $317.53 earlier in the session. The stock, which carries no voting rights, was last valued at about $2.94 trillion and traded at about 24 times trailing earnings. The move mattered because investors were positioning ahead of the Federal Reserve’s December meeting minutes, due at 2 p.m. ET. Minutes are the detailed record of a policy meeting and can shift expectations for where interest rates are headed — a key input for valuing growth stocks
30 December 2025
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Nio stock jumps after CEO flags $4.3 billion Q4 vehicle-sales outlook

Nio stock jumps after CEO flags $4.3 billion Q4 vehicle-sales outlook

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 10:07 ET Nio’s U.S.-listed shares climbed nearly 5% on Monday and were indicated higher on Tuesday after the Chinese electric-vehicle maker’s CEO said fourth-quarter vehicle sales should exceed 30 billion yuan ($4.27 billion). MarketWatch+2TipRanks+2 The comments matter now because investors are looking for clearer signs that demand is holding up into the year-end period, when automakers often lean on incentives to move inventory. Nio has also trimmed its delivery ambitions for the quarter, sharpening the focus on execution in the final days of 2025. EV The stock’s rise came against a softer backdrop for equities.
30 December 2025
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Anglo American share price slips as BofA turns neutral after copper outlook cut

Anglo American share price slips as BofA turns neutral after copper outlook cut

7 February 2026
Anglo American shares closed down 0.75% at 3,435 pence Friday after BofA Global Research downgraded the miner to “neutral” and raised its price target to 3,600 pence. Anglo cut its 2026 copper production guidance and warned of continued weakness at De Beers. The company expects $200 million in charges tied to its Chile copper operations in the second half of 2025.
Amazon’s $200B AI Spending Jolt Spurs Stock Selloff as Big Tech Capex Nears $650B

Amazon’s $200B AI Spending Jolt Spurs Stock Selloff as Big Tech Capex Nears $650B

7 February 2026
Amazon shares fell Friday after the company announced a $200 billion AI infrastructure plan for 2026, exceeding analyst expectations and reviving investor concerns about profitability. Combined 2026 capex flagged by Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta now tops $630 billion. Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom shares surged on the news, while software and data firms remained under pressure.
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