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Citi stock slides in thin year-end trade as rate-cut bets return to focus

Citi stock slides in thin year-end trade as rate-cut bets return to focus

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 10:56 ET — Regular session Citigroup Inc shares fell about 1.4% to $118.75 on Monday morning, underperforming a softer U.S. financial sector. The move comes in the final full trading week of 2025, when light holiday volumes and portfolio rebalancing can magnify day-to-day swings. Reuters Investors are also recalibrating bets on the Federal Reserve’s 2026…
29 December 2025
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Silver breaks $80 as year-end metal rally squeezes manufacturers and fuels 2026 rate-cut bets

Silver breaks $80 as year-end metal rally squeezes manufacturers and fuels 2026 rate-cut bets

NEW YORK, December 28, 2025, 19:10 ET Silver pushed beyond $80 an ounce for the first time in early Asian trading on Monday, extending a year-end rally that has also lifted gold to record highs. SWI swissinfo.ch The latest jump matters because investors are heading into 2026 with a heavy tilt toward precious metals, driven by expectations of U.S. interest-rate…
29 December 2025
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Ares Capital Corporation Stock (ARCC) Watch: Dividend Yield, Rate-Cut Crosscurrents, and What Matters Before Monday’s Open

Ares Capital Corporation Stock (ARCC) Watch: Dividend Yield, Rate-Cut Crosscurrents, and What Matters Before Monday’s Open

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 4:36 p.m. ET — Market Closed Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) heads into the final trading days of 2025 with investors balancing two powerful forces: a still-strong appetite for high-income stocks and a market narrative increasingly centered on what comes next for U.S. interest rates. With U.S. equity markets closed Sunday, ARCC’s latest read is…
28 December 2025
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Global Stock Markets on Dec. 25, 2025: Thin Christmas Trading, Asia Mixed, Gulf Slips — and the 2026 Outlook Turns to AI and Rate Cuts

Global Stock Markets on Dec. 25, 2025: Thin Christmas Trading, Asia Mixed, Gulf Slips — and the 2026 Outlook Turns to AI and Rate Cuts

Global stock markets are spending Christmas Day in “low-liquidity mode,” with most major Western exchanges shut and investors leaning on the final full sessions of the year for direction. The tone is broadly constructive: U.S. equities headed into the holiday at fresh record closes, while parts of Asia traded mixed-to-firmer in thin volumes. Meanwhile, Gulf equities eased as softer oil…
25 December 2025
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Dow Jones Today (Dec. 24, 2025, 10:32 a.m.): DJIA Trades Near 48,600 as Christmas Eve Session Runs on Rate-Cut Bets and Thin Holiday Volume

Dow Jones Today (Dec. 24, 2025, 10:32 a.m.): DJIA Trades Near 48,600 as Christmas Eve Session Runs on Rate-Cut Bets and Thin Holiday Volume

December 24, 2025 — The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) traded modestly higher in the holiday-thinned Christmas Eve session, holding near the 48,600 area around 10:32 a.m. as investors balanced upbeat rate-cut expectations for 2026 against a mixed macro backdrop and a steady stream of single-stock headlines. With U.S. markets scheduled to close early ahead of Christmas Day, even small…
24 December 2025
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Union Bank Home Loan Rate Cut to 7.15%: Retail Borrowers Get Relief as Vikran Engineering Bags ₹2,035 Crore Solar EPC Order

Union Bank Home Loan Rate Cut to 7.15%: Retail Borrowers Get Relief as Vikran Engineering Bags ₹2,035 Crore Solar EPC Order

New Delhi/Mumbai — December 24, 2025: India’s year-end lending cycle is delivering a one-two punch of consumer relief and market momentum. Union Bank of India has lowered interest rates across key retail loan products—home, vehicle and personal loans—while Vikran Engineering has landed a marquee solar EPC order in Maharashtra that is already reverberating through the stock market. Business Standard The…
24 December 2025
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia Stock (ASX:CBA): Share Price Jumps on Refund Backflip as RBA Minutes Shift 2026 Rate Outlook

Commonwealth Bank of Australia Stock (ASX:CBA): Share Price Jumps on Refund Backflip as RBA Minutes Shift 2026 Rate Outlook

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX:CBA) shares rallied on Tuesday, 23 December 2025, as investors weighed two storylines moving Australia’s largest bank stock right now: CommBank’s fresh commitment to “goodwill” payments tied to ASIC’s bank-fee review, and new Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) minutes that openly discuss the circumstances for a rate hike in 2026. By late morning in Australia, CBA…
23 December 2025
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UK Stock Market Today (21 December 2025): FTSE 100 Near 10,000 as BoE Rate Cut Reframes the Outlook for 2026

UK Stock Market Today (21 December 2025): FTSE 100 Near 10,000 as BoE Rate Cut Reframes the Outlook for 2026

The UK stock market is closed today (Sunday, 21 December 2025), but investors are heading into the Christmas-shortened trading week with the FTSE 100 firmly in “near-10,000” territory, a fresh Bank of England rate cut, and a growing debate about whether 2026 marks the year the UK’s long-running valuation discount finally starts to close. Friday’s cash-market finish left London equities…
21 December 2025
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Bank of England Cuts Base Rate to 3.75%: What It Means for UK Mortgage Rates, Savings and Borrowers in 2026

Bank of England Cuts Base Rate to 3.75%: What It Means for UK Mortgage Rates, Savings and Borrowers in 2026

LONDON (21 December 2025) — The Bank of England has cut the UK base rate (Bank Rate) by a quarter-point to 3.75%, taking it below 4% for the first time in almost three years and setting up a pivotal start to 2026 for mortgages, savings and household budgets. Bank of England But while the headline move sounds straightforward, the impact…
21 December 2025
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EV Stocks Today (Dec. 19, 2025): Tesla, Rivian, Lucid in Focus as Softer Inflation Lifts Rate-Cut Hopes in Premarket

EV Stocks Today (Dec. 19, 2025): Tesla, Rivian, Lucid in Focus as Softer Inflation Lifts Rate-Cut Hopes in Premarket

U.S.-listed EV stocks are heading into Friday’s session with a familiar mix of macro tailwinds and company-specific headline risk. On the supportive side: the latest inflation data came in cooler than forecasts, nudging markets toward a more dovish Federal Reserve outlook—typically a constructive setup for long-duration, high-growth names across the EV ecosystem. On the cautionary side: policy uncertainty around charging…
19 December 2025
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Dow Jones Today (Dec. 18, 2025, 4:17 p.m. ET): Dow Closes Higher as Softer CPI Revives Rate-Cut Bets and Tech Rebounds

Dow Jones Today (Dec. 18, 2025, 4:17 p.m. ET): Dow Closes Higher as Softer CPI Revives Rate-Cut Bets and Tech Rebounds

As of 4:17 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 18, 2025, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was last indicated higher after the closing bell, as investors digested a cooler-than-expected U.S. inflation reading and a sharp rebound in technology-linked shares. Preliminary closing data showed the Dow up 69.36 points (+0.14%) to 47,955.33. The broader S&P 500 rose 0.78% to 6,773.91, while…
18 December 2025
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Dow Jones Today: DJIA Jumps Above 48,000 After Soft CPI Revives Fed Rate-Cut Hopes (Updated Dec. 18, 2025, 1:50 p.m. ET)

Dow Jones Today: DJIA Jumps Above 48,000 After Soft CPI Revives Fed Rate-Cut Hopes (Updated Dec. 18, 2025, 1:50 p.m. ET)

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) traded firmly higher Thursday as investors digested a cooler-than-expected U.S. inflation report that reignited hopes the Federal Reserve could keep easing policy into 2026—while also raising fresh questions about the quality of the data after an extended government shutdown disrupted price collection. As of about 1:50 p.m. Eastern, the Dow was…
18 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

  • Three AI stocks to buy and hold: Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom
    January 18, 2026, 4:12 PM EST. Markets eye ongoing AI spend into 2026, with hyperscalers guiding further data-centre outlays. Nvidia remains the leading AI stock, leveraging GPUs to fuel model training and a high-growth trajectory; shares traded at roughly 40x forward earnings, a premium proponents say is justified by expected expansion. Wall Street pencils in roughly 50% revenue growth for fiscal 2027 as AI demand persists. AMD is narrowing the gap, citing rising ROCm downloads and a management guide of roughly 60% CAGR for its data-centre business through 2030, though competition persists. The third name, Broadcom, rounds out the trio, completing the bet on AI-infrastructure and semiconductors. Investors are urged to allocate roughly $1,000 per name while prices remain sensitive to AI-cycle shifts.
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