What to know this week

The market is entering the final two trading days of 2024, and stocks are set to post another strong year of gains. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) once again led the charge in 2024, rising more than 30% thus far while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) has risen over 25%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) is … Read more

Goodman Group shines among Australian property firms on data-centre push

By Aaditya GovindRao and Roushni Nair (Reuters) – Goodman Group’s stock has been on a hot streak this year, shining bright among its Australian real-estate peers as the artificial intelligence boom has driven a frenzied demand for data centres. Global “hyperscalers”, or large-scale cloud service providers, such as Amazon, Microsoft and Meta, have been spending … Read more

Dow Jones Today: Stock Futures Inch Higher as Investors Await Nvidia Earnings Report; Bitcoin Hits Another Record High

Dow Jones Today

Dow Jones Today — Stock futures showed a slight rise on Wednesday as investors awaited the much-anticipated quarterly earnings report from Nvidia, the leading AI chipmaker. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq 100 all climbed by 0.2% early in the session, signaling a potential positive start for the day. … Read more

This is America’s ‘fatal flaw’ as the U.S. bubble gets ready to pop, market expert warns

The “mother of all bubbles” is due to pop soon as U.S. outperformance has been inflated by massive amounts of debt, warned Ruchir Sharma, chair of Rockefeller International. The U.S. has become too addicted to debt, and attempts to rein it in will eventually weaken economic growth and corporate profits, according to Ruchir Sharma, chair … Read more