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After yesterday’s AI earthquake, things were able to settle down a bit today. Yesterday’s damaged Generals were able to recover some and the market
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What a crazy way to start what was going to be a crazy week anyway. The AI world was turned upside down by DeepSeek, a Chinese startup company that
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The bulls took a breather today (might not be a bad thing) as stocks finished the week on a down note. But, in general it was a good week for stocks, and
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Against a backdrop of good earnings and favorable economic conditions, stocks continue to push higher. The President made news in his comments to those
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More solid corporate earnings, including a blockbuster report from Netflix, helped move the market averages higher once again today. Other nice earnings
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As snowmageddon 2025 hit here in the Houston area (it ended up not being that bad actually), stocks got the week off to a strong start for the bulls
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In the end it was a very good week for stocks. Decent inflation data and a strong beginning to corporate earnings season helped stoke a little bullish
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United Health and Apple put a lot of negative pressure on the Dow and the S&P, but overall stocks were mostly quiet throughout the trading session. Big
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Today’s CPI release, added to yesterday’s PPI release, helped investors get more comfortable with the current inflation picture. Though neither release
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Today’s PPI number came in better than expected, up .2% in December instead of the .4% that analysts had expected. Remember that the producer price index
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It was an odd day for the market averages. Stocks fell at the open only to slowly work into the positive territory (other than the Nasdaq) as the trading
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U.S. payrolls rose by 256,000 in December which was quite a bit higher than the 155,000 that analysts had expected. The unemployment rate also fell to 4