Author: Money Mechanics

All three main U.S. equity indexes gapped down at Friday’s opening bell to extend a sell-off driven by suspicions about an AI bubble. But the Nasdaq Composite almost immediately bounced into positive territory, as dip-buyers took advantage of weakness in tech-related stocks. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average resumed their uptrends too, though all three faded late and closed below their intraday highs.Nvidia (NVDA) is arguably the most important of the 30 Dow Jones stocks. But Goldman Sachs (GS) has the biggest dollar figure attached to its ticker, so the financial stock accounts for more in the…

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Key Takeaways Nvidia is scheduled to report earnings next week, and analysts are expecting the chipmaker to top expectations again.Jefferies and Wedbush analysts have each recently said that increasing spending from big tech companies should lead to Nvidia beating estimates and raising its outlook.The results come as markets stumbled this week amid growing concern about how long AI spending will continue to grow. Nvidia (NVDA) is set to report its latest earnings after the market closes next Wednesday, and analysts are expecting big things. Analysts from Jefferies and Wedbush have each said in recent notes that they expect the artificial…

Key Takeaways After a choppy week for stocks, savers are leaning on safer places for cash. Top high-yield savings and money market accounts still pay up to 5.00%, while the best CDs pay 4.50%. Brokerage and robo-advisor cash accounts continue to offer competitive yields in the upper-3% range, while U.S. Treasuries pay up to 4.74% for investors seeking stability. Compare today’s best safe-haven rates to find a secure spot for your cash as markets wobble and savers focus on keeping returns steady. The Best Cash Yields Still Range Up to 5% It’s always smart to make sure your money is…

Nvidia (NVDA), the leading artificial intelligence company, is now a $4.7 trillion stock. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. With its quarterly earnings due next Wednesday, Nov. 19, rest assured Wall Street will be ready for its biggest event this side of Super Bowl Sunday. NVDA stock has done so well for shareholders in the past several years, it is now exactly one-twelfth, or 8.33%, of the entire S&P 500 Index ($SPX), all by itself. As a long-time market tracker, I have to say, I can’t believe I could even type that factually. But with success comes pressure to keep up.…

Gold futures delivered one of the most dramatic mean-reversion pivots of the quarter, reversing sharply from the 4,250 high—precisely at the Daily Sell 1 and the upper Fibonacci confluence—before cascading almost 150 points in less than two hours. This was a perfect example of a VC PMI hyperbolic exhaustion signature, where price pushes into a mathematically defined Sell 1/Sell 2 zone, triggers profit-taking, and then snaps back toward equilibrium with high velocity. The rejection began the moment entered the 4,227–4,250 cluster, aligning with the 61.8%–78.6% Fibonacci retracement projection measured from the early November impulse leg. As price pierced these levels,…

Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto’s “Golden Pavillion,” first constructed in 1399, rebuilt in 1955. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com I am writing this from a hotel room in Kyoto, Japan, 14 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. Today is Friday. I believe it is also Friday (but very early) in the United States. After 43 days of political nonsense, the U.S. government shutdown has now ended, which means I probably will be able to fly home next week. It also means that collecting very important economic statistical data can begin again. The White House said this week that September and October jobs reports may…

CEO Michael Tannenbaum told analysts on Friday that Figure’s marketplace model “extends beyond home equity and into the broader consumer ecosystem, capturing a larger share of the housing finance value chain.”  Third-quarter totals include $1.1 billion from Figure Connect, the platform launched in June 2024 that allows counterparties to buy and sell standardized, blockchain-native assets. That compares to $767 million in the second quarter. “​​Originally, we used our balance sheet to bridge between our partners and the capital markets, but we began to move away from that in June of 2024 with the launch of Figure Connect, where we allow…

Prakhar Khanna/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.Back in September, Apple unveiled a new base model Series 11, the affordable SE 3, and a luxurious and rugged Ultra 3. While the Series 11 and Ultra 3 received standout features including Hypertension Detection, Emergency SOS via satellite, increased battery life, and Sleep Scores, older smartwatches also got a facelift following the new product debut. Thanks to WatchOS 26, Apple Watches Series 9 and later and Ultra 2 and later got the same software as the latest lineup. Also: Our favorite early Black Friday deals  So, what does that mean for you? It…

Key Takeaways A delivery company got a boost from a new partnership announcement on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, while the termination of a clinical trial weighed on a pharmaceutical firm.DoorDash stock move higher after it announced an agreement with clothing retailer Old Navy.Bristol-Myers Squibb ended a clinical trial of an experimental heart medication, and shares of the drugmaker fell. Shares of a delivery giant surged Friday on a new partnership, while a pharmaceutical firm came under pressure after it halted a trial of a key heart treatment. Major U.S. equities indexes ended the session mixed but posted gains for the…