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Trump Media stock: Short sellers pile in after TAE fusion-deal rally — what to watch next

Trump Media stock: Short sellers pile in after TAE fusion-deal rally — what to watch next

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 13:53 ET — Market closed Short sellers have increased bets against Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT.O) after the company’s surprise merger plan with fusion-energy firm TAE Technologies ignited a sharp rally late last month. Short interest has climbed 31% since the announcement, even as the communication services stock ended Friday, Jan. 2 up 4% at $13.77, S3 Partners said. Reuters That matters because short interest — shares borrowed and sold in a bet the price will fall — can amplify moves in a stock already prone to sharp swings. A rising short count can
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Utilities stocks jump to start 2026 as XLU rallies; NextEra outlook and U.S. jobs data in focus

Utilities stocks jump to start 2026 as XLU rallies; NextEra outlook and U.S. jobs data in focus

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 13:57 ET — Market closed U.S. utilities stocks opened 2026 with a firm bid, pushing the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU) up 1.2% to close at $43.18 on Friday, with about 20.5 million shares changing hands. U.S. markets were closed on Sunday. XLU is widely used as a proxy for large-cap U.S. utilities, tracking the sector inside the S&P 500. The group often trades as “rate-sensitive” because its steady dividends can look less attractive when bond yields rise. State Street Global Advisors That sensitivity matters now because investors are heading into a week packed
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Why basic materials stocks are back in play after XLB’s New Year rally

Why basic materials stocks are back in play after XLB’s New Year rally

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 13:56 ET — Market closed The Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB), a widely watched proxy for U.S. basic materials stocks, rose 0.77, or 1.7%, to $46.12 in the first session of 2026, ending within 31 cents of its 52-week high. Investing That early bid matters because materials are one of the market’s cleanest reads on inflation and global demand. When metals and chemicals move, investors are usually responding to a mix of growth expectations and the path for U.S. interest rates. The calendar turns quickly from holiday trading to hard data. The U.S. employment
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Energy stocks face a Monday test after OPEC+ holds output, oil near $61

Energy stocks face a Monday test after OPEC+ holds output, oil near $61

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 13:55 ET — Market closed OPEC+ kept oil output unchanged on Sunday after a brief meeting, reaffirming a plan by eight key members to pause production increases — meaning no additional barrels — through March, the group said. It will meet again on Feb. 1, as the oil market digests political shocks from Yemen to Venezuela. “Right now, oil markets are being driven less by supply–demand fundamentals and more by political uncertainty,” said Jorge Leon, head of geopolitical analysis at Rystad Energy. Reuters That backdrop matters for energy stocks because the sector entered 2026 with
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Nvidia stock heads into CES week after insider sale filing puts NVDA back in focus

Nvidia stock heads into CES week after insider sale filing puts NVDA back in focus

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 13:49 ET — Market closed Nvidia (NVDA.O) shares closed up 1.2% on Friday after a company officer filed notice of a planned share sale, with investors also bracing for CEO Jensen Huang’s headline slot at CES in Las Vegas. SEC The filing matters because it lands at the start of a year when the market is looking for fresh proof that the artificial-intelligence spending boom is still translating into revenue and margins, not just bigger capital budgets. It also comes as tech valuations remain sensitive to interest-rate expectations, after Federal Reserve officials warned this weekend
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Indore water crisis widens to nerve-disorder fears as Mangaluru clears chargers for 100 e-buses

Indore water crisis widens to nerve-disorder fears as Mangaluru clears chargers for 100 e-buses

NEW DELHI, Jan 4, 2026, 13:54 ET A drinking-water contamination outbreak in Indore has taken a fresh turn after doctors flagged symptoms consistent with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare disorder in which the immune system attacks nerves, in a 67-year-old patient from the city’s Bhagirathpura area, NDTV reported. Officials have confirmed six deaths in the diarrhoea outbreak, while local residents have claimed the toll is 16. Ndtv The suspected neurological complication matters because it could widen the public-health response from short-term gastroenteritis to longer-term disability, raising pressure on authorities to explain what went wrong with the city’s water supply and how
4 January 2026
Vertiv stock jumps on Barclays upgrade, $200 target; U.S. jobs report looms for AI-linked industrials

Vertiv stock jumps on Barclays upgrade, $200 target; U.S. jobs report looms for AI-linked industrials

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 14:01 ET — Market closed Vertiv Holdings shares jumped 8.4% on Friday after Barclays upgraded the industrial stock to overweight and lifted its price target to $200. “The recent selloff in the shares creates an attractive entry point,” Barclays analyst Julian Mitchell wrote. TipRanks The upgrade matters now because the market has started 2026 trying to separate durable “picks-and-shovels” beneficiaries of artificial intelligence from the frothier corners of the trade. Vertiv sells the power and cooling gear that data centers need to run denser, heatier AI workloads. That theme helped value-tilted sectors including industrials hold
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Dyne Therapeutics stock drops 5% into 2026 — FDA filing timeline and next earnings date in focus

Dyne Therapeutics stock drops 5% into 2026 — FDA filing timeline and next earnings date in focus

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 13:49 ET — Market closed Dyne Therapeutics shares closed down 5.5% on Friday at $18.50, ending the first U.S. trading session of 2026 on a softer note. About 2.65 million shares changed hands. The pullback matters because 2026 is shaping up as a timing-driven year for the clinical-stage biotech, with investors focused on whether its lead Duchenne muscular dystrophy program can reach regulators on schedule and on what that path costs. Dyne said in December its Phase 1/2 DELIVER trial met its main biomarker goal, lifting dystrophin — a muscle protein missing in Duchenne —
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Consumer Cyclical Stocks wobble into Monday as Tesla drags XLY and jobs report looms

Consumer Cyclical Stocks wobble into Monday as Tesla drags XLY and jobs report looms

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 13:55 ET — Market closed The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF, a widely followed proxy for consumer cyclical stocks, ended Friday down 0.9% at $118.35 as Tesla and Amazon fell. Consumer cyclical stocks—companies tied to discretionary spending on items like cars and home furnishings—often swing with shifts in jobs and interest-rate expectations. That sensitivity matters heading into the first full trading week of 2026, with key U.S. data set to reset the market’s view on growth and rate cuts. Reuters “The market is looking for direction,” Matthew Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak,
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Berkshire Hathaway stock: OxyChem deal closes as investors size up the Abel era

Berkshire Hathaway stock: OxyChem deal closes as investors size up the Abel era

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 14:01 ET — Market closed Berkshire Hathaway said on Friday it completed its acquisition of Occidental Petroleum’s chemicals business OxyChem, a $9.7 billion all-cash deal that adds a major plastics and industrial chemicals producer to the conglomerate. Business Wire The timing matters. Berkshire is entering 2026 with investors focused on how the company puts money to work after a long stretch of sitting on cash and trimming some big equity positions, even as markets remain richly valued. It also lands as Berkshire shifts from a Warren Buffett-led story to one where capital allocation and succession
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Freshworks stock drops 5% to start 2026 — what matters before Monday’s open (FRSH)

Freshworks stock drops 5% to start 2026 — what matters before Monday’s open (FRSH)

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 13:47 ET — Market closed Freshworks Inc shares closed down 5.3% at $11.60 on Friday and ticked up 0.5% in after-hours trading, when U.S. stocks change hands electronically outside the regular 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. session. The software maker is valued at about $3.3 billion and is near the lower end of its 52-week range. MarketBeat The move matters because investors opened 2026 with a cautious eye on interest rates, a key input for valuing growth stocks that rely on future cash flows. U.S. Treasury yields pushed higher on Friday, with the 10-year yield
4 January 2026
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Asana stock slides 5% to start 2026 — downgrade and key dates that could move ASAN next

Asana stock slides 5% to start 2026 — downgrade and key dates that could move ASAN next

NEW YORK, January 4, 2026, 13:41 ET — Market closed. Asana, Inc. (ASAN) shares fell about 5.4% on Friday to $12.96, finishing near the session low after trading between $12.92 and $13.84. Research outlet Wall Street Zen downgraded the stock to “hold” from “buy” on Saturday, MarketBeat reported. MarketBeat The slide leaves Asana heading into Monday’s reopen with investors focused on whether 2026 brings more rate relief or a longer pause. Philadelphia Fed President Anna Paulson said on Saturday that another U.S. rate cut could take a while, after the Fed lowered rates by 75 basis points in 2025, Reuters
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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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