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Why I'm Increasing My Exposure To Critical Minerals Now
Critical minerals are foundational to the EV, energy storage, and electrification supply chains, yet often overlooked by investors focused on end products. Top SA Buy-rated stocks span lithium (ALB, SGML, AMPX), rare earths (USAR, CRML, NB), and nickel/cobalt (BHP, VALE, WPM), offering diversified exposure.
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Volatility, dispersion and fragmentation are the top investment themes this year: Mohamed El-Erian
Mohamed El-Erian, The Wharton School Rene Kern professor and Allianz chief economic advisor, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest market trends, bitcoin price volatility, state of the AI boom, 2026 outlook, and more.
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What Markets Expect From Takaichi: Amova's Fink
Amova Asset Management Chief Global Strategist Naomi Fink says Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi must build market trust to fulfill her election pledges. -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video?
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Trump seeks to limit legal options for fired federal workers
The Trump administration is trying to make it harder for fired federal employees to get their jobs back, according to a government plan released on Monday, by limiting their right to appeal their dismissal to an independent board.
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Polcari: "Solidly In This Bull Market"
A "6200% increase" in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. That's the margin between Kenny Polcari's first day on Wall Street and last week's historical milestone as the index crossed 50k.
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Software Leads AI-Driven Tech Rout - What Next?
The breadth and ferocity of the sell-off in technology stocks is a fresh test of the AI story. Buckle up—more tests will come.
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2026: The Year of Volatility or Opportunity?
Off the heels of last week's volatile swings in the market, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassing 50k for the first time, Bob Lang provides his investing roadmap for the rest of 2026. Bob points to names like Walmart (WMT) hitting all-time highs ahead of earnings as a potential sign for more rockiness ahead.
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Japan's Election Shock: The Yen Trade Wall Street Can't Ignore
Japan's LDP, led by Premier Takaichi, secured a two-thirds Lower House majority, enabling rapid fiscal and defense policy execution. Market expects the 'Takaichi Trade': long Japanese equities, weaker yen, and caution on long-term JGBs due to fiscal stimulus and rising yields.
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Dow Jones and Nasdaq set to retreat from highs after AI overreaction
US futures dropped into the red on Monday morning, reversing some of their strong relief rally gains from the end of last week, ahead of a new stack of economic data in the coming days. Apart from consumer inflation expectations, there is no data today, but later on in the week there will be retail sales, mortgage application and January's delayed non-farm payrolls release.
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S&P500 and Nasdaq 100: Premarket Futures Slip as Traders Await Jobs and CPI Forecast
US stock futures slip in premarket as traders await key jobs and CPI data, with tech stocks struggling to regain momentum after last week's volatile rebound.
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S&P 500 Bulls Rattled By Cost To Build Out AI
After starting the week strong, the S&P 500 got clobbered between Tuesday and Thursday before rebounding to end the week at 6,932.30, up 0.24% from where it closed out the final trading week of January 2026. What clobbered the market in the middle of the week was tightly targeted on companies making big capital expenditures in building out their investments in artificial intelligence technologies.
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Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Weigh In On 3 Tech And Telecom Stocks With Over 4% Dividend Yields
During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend-yielding stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders with a high dividend payout.
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3 Things That Can Ease Stock Market Nerves as Crucial Jobs Report Looms
The January jobs report is coming this week, the robot revolution is getting real, Hims & Hers backs down on Wegovy knockoff, and more news to start your day.
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5 Things To Know: February 9, 2026
CNBC's Becky Quick reports on the 5 things to know on February 9, 2026.
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5 Stock Picks Last Week From Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts
U.S. stocks settled higher on Friday, with the Dow Jones index jumping more than 1,200 points during the session. The index notched fresh record highs Friday, topping the 50,000-point milestone.
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Speculative Narrative Unwinds
The shift from fundamentals to “belief-based investing” creates a market lubricated by emotion, especially in risk assets with no tangible earnings or cash flow drivers. In the end, fundamental and economic realities take hold, and speculative narratives fail to hold.
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Morning Bid: Tokyo takes off
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Bank of America flags a really big risk to bonds — the stock market
A slowing of rebalancing flows could eat at a big source of bond-market demand.
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S&P is already predicting China's property slump will be worse than it expected this year
S&P Global Ratings said China's primary real estate sales will likely drop by between 10% to 14% this year, worse than the 5% to 8% decline for 2026 sales the firm predicted back in October. "This is a downturn so entrenched that only the government has capacity to absorb the excess inventory," the analysts said in a note.
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Japan's ‘Takaichi' Trade Roars After Sweeping Election Win. Bond Markets Show Cautious Optimism.
Sanae Takaichi wins the strongest electoral mandate in Japan since World War II.
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