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Federal Reserve News 30 December 2025 - 31 December 2025

Gold price stock today: GLD steadies after wild swing as Fed minutes, margin hike keep traders cautious

Gold price stock today: GLD steadies after wild swing as Fed minutes, margin hike keep traders cautious

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:43 ET — After-hours Gold prices rebounded on Tuesday, helping gold-linked stocks hold firmer in U.S. after-hours trading after a sharp two-day swing. The timing matters. Year-end liquidity is thin, and that has made price moves look bigger and faster than many traders expected. Investors are also repricing the path for U.S. interest rates after the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes highlighted divisions on policy, keeping the dollar and yields in focus. The SPDR Gold Shares exchange-traded fund (ETF) — a stock-like fund backed by physical bullion — was up 0.1% at $398.89 in late
31 December 2025
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Dow Jones today: DJIA slips after Fed minutes; Boeing pops on $8.6B Pentagon deal

Dow Jones today: DJIA slips after Fed minutes; Boeing pops on $8.6B Pentagon deal

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:41 ET — After-hours The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended Tuesday slightly lower as investors parsed Federal Reserve minutes and trimmed exposure into year-end. The blue-chip index fell 94.87 points, or 0.2%, to 48,367.06. Reuters The soft finish comes with one more U.S. trading session left in 2025, a period when reduced liquidity can magnify small shifts in positioning. For the Dow, which is price-weighted, moves in higher-priced components can have an outsized impact on the index. Trading stayed subdued in a holiday-thinned market, with many investors already winding down activity for the year, the
31 December 2025
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Meta’s Manus AI deal lifts META as S&P 500 slips in thin year-end trade; Fed minutes in focus

Meta’s Manus AI deal lifts META as S&P 500 slips in thin year-end trade; Fed minutes in focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:42 ET — After-hours U.S. stocks finished modestly lower on Tuesday, with Meta Platforms climbing on an AI acquisition that helped offset weakness in technology and financial shares. The S&P 500 fell 0.14% to 6,896.24, the Nasdaq Composite slid 0.23% to 23,419.08 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.20% to 48,367.06. Reuters The subdued close mattered because trading desks are heading into the final session of 2025 with holiday-thinned liquidity, a setup that can exaggerate price swings. Investors have also started to rotate within the market after last week’s rally pushed the S&P 500
30 December 2025
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AppLovin stock slips after Fed minutes as year-end tech rotation hits APP shares

AppLovin stock slips after Fed minutes as year-end tech rotation hits APP shares

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 16:58 ET — After-hours AppLovin shares eased in after-hours trading on Tuesday, last down 0.8% at $693.71. The pullback lands as investors thin out risk into year-end and recalibrate expectations for interest rates after the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes. Higher rates typically pressure richly valued growth stocks because future profits are discounted more heavily. Reuters+1 AppLovin has been a standout in 2025, up about 121% year-to-date, leaving the stock more exposed to profit-taking during holiday-light trading. MarketBeat+1 The Fed’s minutes — the detailed account of policymakers’ debate — showed deep divisions at the December
30 December 2025
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Goldman Sachs stock slips after Fed minutes — here’s what traders are watching next

Goldman Sachs stock slips after Fed minutes — here’s what traders are watching next

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 16:52 ET — After-hours Goldman Sachs shares slipped on Tuesday, down about 0.9% at $884.42 in after-hours trading. The stock traded between $881.25 and $895.39 during the session. The move matters because Goldman is a bellwether for investment banks, where shifts in rate expectations can ripple through trading activity, dealmaking sentiment and risk appetite. It also comes at a tricky moment on the calendar. Thin year-end volumes can amplify small moves, especially in high-priced Dow components like Goldman. Other big banks were mixed to lower in late trading, with JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Bank of
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JPMorgan stock today: JPM dips after hours as Fed minutes keep rate bets in focus

JPMorgan stock today: JPM dips after hours as Fed minutes keep rate bets in focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 16:37 ET — After-hours JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) shares slipped about 0.1% in after-hours trading on Tuesday to $323.42, after moving between $322.52 and $324.89 during the session. The move kept the bank in step with a market still taking its cues from interest-rate expectations. For lenders, the path of rates matters because it feeds directly into net interest income — the spread between what banks earn on loans and what they pay on deposits. That sensitivity is back in focus as investors rebalance positions into year-end and look ahead to the first
30 December 2025
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Apple stock slips after Fed minutes as year-end trading thins — what AAPL investors are watching

Apple stock slips after Fed minutes as year-end trading thins — what AAPL investors are watching

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 16:06 ET — After-hours Apple Inc (AAPL) shares were last down about 0.2% at $273.18 in Tuesday’s regular session, after trading between $272.28 and $274.00. The iPhone maker’s market value stood near $3.0 trillion and the stock traded at about 30 times trailing earnings. The move mattered because Apple is one of the biggest stocks in U.S. benchmarks, and small price changes can carry outsized influence when markets are lightly staffed and liquidity is thin. Investors used the lull to trim crowded positions in the biggest technology names after recent gains. “The valuation gap is
30 December 2025
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Micron stock pulls back from record close as Fed minutes, AI memory crunch stay in focus

Micron stock pulls back from record close as Fed minutes, AI memory crunch stay in focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 4:12 PM ET — After-hours Micron Technology, Inc. shares ended down 0.6% on Tuesday at $292.74, a day after the memory-chip maker finished at a record $294.37. The stock traded between $298.53 and $292.03 during the session. The dip matters because Micron has become a key gauge for the industry’s newest bottleneck: high-bandwidth memory, a fast type of DRAM used in AI systems. The iShares Semiconductor ETF was little changed on the day. A shifting mix of demand is driving the debate. Research firm IDC said major suppliers have redirected capacity toward AI data-center parts
30 December 2025
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S&P Global (SPGI) stock slips near $529 as Fed minutes, year-end flows keep Wall Street muted

S&P Global (SPGI) stock slips near $529 as Fed minutes, year-end flows keep Wall Street muted

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 15:35 ET — Regular session S&P Global Inc shares edged lower on Tuesday as investors weighed a cautious year-end tape and fresh U.S. auto demand projections from the company’s Mobility unit. The stock was down 0.16% at $529.25 in afternoon trading, after moving between $528.24 and $531.97. S&P Global, a key supplier of financial data and benchmarks, operates across credit ratings, market intelligence, commodity data, automotive analytics and index services. That mix leaves the stock closely tied to shifts in capital-markets activity and risk appetite, from corporate bond issuance that drives ratings fees to assets
30 December 2025
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American Express stock dips today as Fed minutes weigh on financials; AXP earnings date in focus

American Express stock dips today as Fed minutes weigh on financials; AXP earnings date in focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 15:31 ET — Regular session Key points: American Express Co (AXP) shares fell 0.3% to $374.12 in late afternoon trading on Tuesday, after moving between $373 and $377 in the session. Visa and Mastercard were also down about 0.2% and 0.1%, respectively. The move matters because American Express is one of the higher-priced components of the Dow, a price-weighted index that gives bigger sway to costlier stocks. With year-end liquidity thin, small swings can ripple through benchmarks and sector ETFs more quickly. Investors are also treating AXP as a read-through on rate expectations and consumer
30 December 2025
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McDonald’s stock today: MCD edges down as Fed minutes, year-end trade keep investors cautious

McDonald’s stock today: MCD edges down as Fed minutes, year-end trade keep investors cautious

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 15:29 ET — Regular session McDonald’s Corp shares edged lower on Tuesday, trading at $308.37, down 0.05% in late-afternoon dealings. The timing matters. With two sessions left in the year, trading volumes tend to thin out, and small shifts in positioning can move stocks more than usual, especially in defensive names investors use to park cash. Portfolio managers also use the final week of December to trim big winners and rebalance exposure for January. “It’s just a healthy rebalancing of allocations more so than an emotionally driven sell-off,” said Mark Hackett, chief market strategist at
30 December 2025
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Coca-Cola stock slips as Fed minutes hit thin year-end trade; KO investors eye next catalyst

Coca-Cola stock slips as Fed minutes hit thin year-end trade; KO investors eye next catalyst

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 3:25 PM ET — Regular session Coca-Cola shares edged lower on Tuesday, holding near $70 as investors kept risk-taking limited in thin, year-end trading. The quiet tape matters because Coca-Cola is a classic defensive stock. When markets get choppy, investors often rotate into consumer staples — everyday products like food and beverages — for steadier demand and cash returns. It also matters now because interest-rate expectations are back in focus. Dividend-paying shares can lose relative appeal when bond yields rise, since investors can earn more in cash-like alternatives without taking equity risk. Coca-Cola was down
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Stock Market Today

Apple stock price ends week higher as Dow hits 50,000; jobs and CPI loom next

Apple stock price ends week higher as Dow hits 50,000; jobs and CPI loom next

7 February 2026
Apple closed up 0.8% at $278.12 Friday, then slipped 0.3% after hours. The S&P 500 jumped 1.97% and the Nasdaq rose 2.18% as chipmakers rallied, while Amazon fell 5.6% on higher capex guidance. Investors await U.S. jobs data Feb. 11 and CPI Feb. 13. Apple’s next dividend is $0.26 per share, payable Feb. 12.
Broadcom Stock Gets a Google AI Spend Lift as Jefferies Sees 60% Upside

Broadcom Stock Gets a Google AI Spend Lift as Jefferies Sees 60% Upside

7 February 2026
Google raised its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to $175 billion–$185 billion, with most spending expected on data-center chips. Broadcom shares rose about 2% after the announcement, while Nvidia and AMD slipped. Jefferies reiterated a buy rating on Broadcom, maintaining a $500 price target, implying a 62% upside from Wednesday’s close.
No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

7 February 2026
The IRS has not announced new federal stimulus payments for February 2026, and Congress has not approved fresh checks. Trump told NBC he is considering $2,000 tariff rebate checks but has not committed, saying any payout would likely come later in 2026. The IRS warns taxpayers to ignore texts and emails about “stimulus payments” and verify notices through official channels.
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