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Jackson Laizure / Getty Images Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. Imagine checking a long-forgotten account and discovering it’s worth multiple millions of dollars. That’s what happened to Sarah, a 50-year-old mom from Seattle. Sarah, who says she’s been homeschooling her children for 20 years,

After the chaos of a software-led sell-off that bled into techs stocks at large and dragged the broader market, here are a few strategies from Wall Street pros that might help you navigate the next meltdown. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was down 2% for the week, despite Friday’s comeback. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF

There are several great investment opportunities in the AI sector. If you’ve got $5,000 ready to invest that isn’t needed for monthly bills or to boost an emergency fund, I’ve got a list of stocks that look like excellent buys. All of them are key beneficiaries of massive artificial intelligence (AI) spending and look primed

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Bitcoin is the standout victim of a neck-snapping reordering of the hierarchy in risky assets. Let it burn. Early on Friday, the libertarian fan token fell to within a whisker of $60,000 a

Amazon is playing a key role in the AI boom. Amazon (AMZN 5.49%) is part of our daily lives as we shop at this e-commerce giant for essentials and general merchandise — and even turn to the company for its selection of books and movies. But the company’s biggest profit driver isn’t e-commerce. What drives

Nvidia stock is having a massive day on the market. After big sell-offs in yesterday’s session, Nvidia (NVDA +8.01%) stock is bounding higher Friday. The company’s share price was up 8.2% as of 3:40 p.m. ET. Nvidia is rising today following the publication of Amazon‘s fourth-quarter report and the issuance of forward guidance yesterday. The

New York  —  The Dow just hit 50,000 points for the first time ever. The blue-chip index on Friday surged 1,207 points, or 2.47%, and closed at 50,115.67. It’s the first time the 129-year-old index has crossed the historic 50,000-point milestone. The Dow’s ascent is emblematic of the stock market’s persistent rise despite recent tumultuous

Nio’s surprise profit alert, soaring trading volume, and long-term growth debate take center stage for investors today, Feb. 5, 2026. Today’s Change (7.23%) $0.34 Current Price $5.04 Key Data Points Market Cap $9.9B Day’s Range $4.93 – $5.22 52wk Range $3.02 – $8.02 Volume 91M Avg Vol 49M Gross Margin 11.25% Nio (NIO +7.23%), which

D-Wave shareholders are betting on a company that has very little sales and that operates in an unproven market. It’s hard to ignore the long list of quantum computing stocks that have been on a tear over the past few years. One company that’s benefited from all of the quantum computing hype — because a

Palantir CEO Alex Karp has sold a substantial amount of Palantir stock since the artificial intelligence (AI) boom started. Palantir Technologies (PLTR +3.43%) has been one of the hottest artificial intelligence (AI) trades on the market since the launch of ChatGPT popularized the technology in late 2022. The stock has advanced 1,620% during that period.

AMD beat Q4 expectations but fell sharply after projecting $9.8 billion in Q1 revenue, shifting investor focus from earnings strength to how quickly data center AI revenue can scale against Nvidia. Today’s Change (-3.93%) $-7.87 Current Price $192.32 Key Data Points Market Cap $326B Day’s Range $190.71 – $204.04 52wk Range $76.48 – $267.08 Volume

On Feb. 5, 2026, investors weighed Amazon’s surging AI and cloud capex against bold long-term targets. Today’s Change (-4.42%) $-10.30 Current Price $222.69 Key Data Points Market Cap $2.5T Day’s Range $220.38 – $226.31 52wk Range $161.38 – $258.60 Volume 103M Avg Vol 41M Gross Margin 50.05% Amazon (AMZN 4.42%), global e-commerce leader and cloud

Taiwan Semiconductor is far more than a flash-in-the-pan AI stock. The current stock market bull run, while great for investors, has made it difficult to distinguish which companies have the potential to be long-term winners and which are merely benefiting from the current market optimism. And it’s especially difficult to assess artificial intelligence (AI) stocks

The stock market is flashing a rarely seen warning sign. During the past century, the S&P 500 index (^GSPC 1.23%) has generated an average annual return of 7% (after inflation and dividend reinvestment are accounted for). The last three years have featured abnormally high returns, however, largely thanks to the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. Between

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images Last week, Anthropic released a new AI tool for automating legal work, precipitating a mass stock market selloff over fears that the tech could upend huge software customers in industries ranging from law to finance, Reuters reports — an urgent example of

The S&P 500 could decline sharply in 2026 under pressure from high valuations, sweeping tariffs, and midterm elections. The S&P 500 (^GSPC 1.00%) has advanced 1% year to date, and the benchmark index for U.S. stocks sits within a percentage point of its record high. However, the economic fallout from President Trump’s tariffs, coupled with

Today, Feb. 4, 2026, investors are weighing blockbuster AI-server growth against margin pressure, mixed ratings, and execution risk. Today’s Change (13.79%) $4.09 Current Price $33.76 Key Data Points Market Cap $20B Day’s Range $31.70 – $34.94 52wk Range $27.60 – $66.44 Volume 4.4M Avg Vol 29M Gross Margin 8.02% Super Micro Computer (SMCI +13.79%), high-performance

Strong Q4 results and analyst upgrades couldn’t save Palantir from an 11% drop. Today’s Change (-11.72%) $-18.50 Current Price $139.38 Key Data Points Market Cap $333B Day’s Range $135.68 – $155.83 52wk Range $66.12 – $207.52 Volume 3.8M Avg Vol 46M Gross Margin 82.37% Palantir Technologies (PLTR 11.72%), a data analytics software specialist, closed Wednesday

Traders were looking for a reason to take their gains off the table. Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD 17.31%) sank on Wednesday after the semiconductor designer’s growth forecast didn’t measure up to investors’ sky-high expectations. By the close of trading, AMD’s stock price was down more than 17%. Image source: Getty Images. AMD’s chips