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Investment News 31 December 2025

Vodafone shares near £1 as buyback filing hits and valuation debate sharpens

Vodafone shares near £1 as buyback filing hits and valuation debate sharpens

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 03:53 ET Vodafone shares hovered just below the £1 level on Wednesday, trading at about 99.22 pence in London, as the telecoms group continued a steady run of share buybacks into year-end. (Investing) The move matters because the one-pound mark is a psychological threshold for retail and institutional investors in the U.K., where Vodafone is…
31 December 2025
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Bitcoin price today: BTC steadies near $88,500 as spot ETF inflows rebound into year-end

Bitcoin price today: BTC steadies near $88,500 as spot ETF inflows rebound into year-end

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 03:03 ET — Market closed Bitcoin rose about 1.2% to $88,512 in early trade on Wednesday, holding near the $88,000 level. Ether gained 0.5% to $2,973, while U.S.-listed crypto proxies were mixed, with Coinbase down 0.9%, Strategy up 0.1%, and miners Marathon and Riot down 1.8% and 3.8%; iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) was up about…
31 December 2025
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Silver price stock today: SLV in focus as spot silver drops 7% from record highs

Silver price stock today: SLV in focus as spot silver drops 7% from record highs

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 02:54 ET — Market closed. Spot silver slid 7.1% to $71.02 an ounce early Wednesday, extending a sharp retreat from Monday’s record $83.62. Reuters The pullback matters now because silver’s outsized 2025 rally has pushed more trading into equity-style vehicles such as silver-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which trade like stocks. Those products reprice quickly when…
31 December 2025
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Gold price today dips on year-end profit-taking as dollar firms; $5,000 in view for 2026

Gold price today dips on year-end profit-taking as dollar firms; $5,000 in view for 2026

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 03:47 ET — Market closed Gold prices edged lower on Wednesday as year-end profit-taking and a firmer dollar cooled the latest surge, with spot gold down 0.4% at $4,329.12 an ounce by 2:56 a.m. ET. U.S. gold futures for February fell 1% to $4,340.90, pulling back from Friday’s record $4,549.71 even as bullion remains up…
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IBM stock slips in thin year-end trade as tech rotation bites; eyes turn to Jan. 28 earnings

IBM stock slips in thin year-end trade as tech rotation bites; eyes turn to Jan. 28 earnings

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 21:44 ET — Market closed International Business Machines fell 1.2% on Tuesday, ending at $302.05 as the stock eased back from recent highs in the final stretch of the year. Yahoo Finance The timing mattered. Liquidity tends to thin late in December, and that can amplify moves when investors rebalance portfolios heading into year-end. IBM…
31 December 2025
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Vertiv (VRT) stock slips in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes reset rate focus

Vertiv (VRT) stock slips in thin year-end trade as Fed minutes reset rate focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:22 ET — Market closed Vertiv Holdings Co shares fell 0.7% to $164.34 on Tuesday, tracking a soft finish for U.S. equities into the final day of the year. The pullback matters now because year-end flows can exaggerate moves in stocks tied to big themes such as data-center expansion, especially when liquidity is thin. Rate…
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PepsiCo stock price today: PEP holds $144 as Fed minutes cap year-end trading

PepsiCo stock price today: PEP holds $144 as Fed minutes cap year-end trading

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 20:02 ET — Market closed. PepsiCo (PEP.O) was last down 0.1% at $144.16 after the close on Tuesday, after ending the regular session at about $144.25. The stock traded between $143.81 and $145.22 during the session. The muted move matters now because markets are repricing the path for U.S. interest rates into 2026. Minutes released…
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Nike stock today: CEO Elliott Hill buys $1 million in shares as NKE steadies after hours

Nike stock today: CEO Elliott Hill buys $1 million in shares as NKE steadies after hours

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 19:11 ET — After-hours Nike shares were little changed in after-hours trading on Tuesday after Chief Executive Elliott Hill bought about $1 million of the athleticwear maker’s stock, a regulatory filing showed. Hill purchased 16,388 Class B shares on Dec. 29 at a weighted average price of $61.10, lifting his direct holdings to 241,587 shares.…
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Western Digital (WDC) stock slides after hours as year-end AI storage rally cools

Western Digital (WDC) stock slides after hours as year-end AI storage rally cools

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 7:00 PM ET — After-hours Western Digital Corp shares fell about 2% in after-hours trading — the electronic session after the 4 p.m. ET close — last at $176.06, after swinging between $181.34 and $175.30 earlier in the day. About 6.0 million shares changed hands in the regular session; the Nasdaq-tracking Invesco QQQ Trust slipped…
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QBTS stock: D-Wave Quantum steadies near $26 after hours as traders eye CES and Qubits events

QBTS stock: D-Wave Quantum steadies near $26 after hours as traders eye CES and Qubits events

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 18:16 ET — After-hours Shares of D-Wave Quantum Inc (QBTS) edged up 0.3% to $26.25 in after-hours trading on Tuesday, after a choppy session that ranged from $26.03 to $27.46. About 36 million shares changed hands. The move keeps the stock in focus as quantum-computing pure plays swing sharply into year-end. Investor’s Business Daily said…
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Bitcoin price stock today: BTC ticks up near $88,000 as Fed minutes and ETF flows set the tone

Bitcoin price stock today: BTC ticks up near $88,000 as Fed minutes and ETF flows set the tone

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:43 ET — After-hours Bitcoin edged higher on Tuesday as investors weighed U.S. interest-rate signals and year-end positioning, with crypto-linked stocks trading mixed after Wall Street’s regular session ended. Reuters The modest move matters now because liquidity is thin into the final days of the year, which can exaggerate price swings across risk assets, including…
31 December 2025
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Silver price today: SLV pops after-hours as spot silver rebounds from record-high whiplash

Silver price today: SLV pops after-hours as spot silver rebounds from record-high whiplash

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 17:42 ET — After-hours Shares of iShares Silver Trust (SLV), a silver-linked exchange-traded fund (ETF), were last up $2.99 at $68.98 in after-hours trading on Tuesday. The move followed a bounce in silver prices after a violent, year-end swing that rattled positioning across precious metals. Spot silver hit a record $83.62 an ounce on Monday…
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  • Small Caps Outperform S&P 500 for 14 Days, a Pattern Not Seen Since 1996
    January 25, 2026, 11:08 PM EST. Small-cap stocks, tracked by the Russell 2000, have outperformed large-cap stocks in the S&P 500 for 14 consecutive days, the longest such streak since 1996. This marks a notable shift after the S&P 500's strong three-year run, driven largely by AI-focused mega-cap tech stocks known as the "Magnificent Seven," which doubled the Russell 2000's returns from 2023 to 2025. Historically, small caps tend to outperform in broadening bull markets due to higher volatility and economic sensitivity. While a similar streak in 1996 preceded the dot-com boom, it didn't predict returns favoring small caps over the long term then. Currently, valuation gaps remain significant, with the S&P 500 trading at a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.9 compared to 19.4 for the Russell 2000, suggesting potential further small-cap strength amid a rotation away from concentrated tech stocks.
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