February 2025

As of 2:45 p.m. ET on Wednesday, shares of the food and necessities businesses Dollar General (NYSE: DG), PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP), and The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) were down 5.4%, 2.9%, and 4%, respectively. The House of Representatives’ passage of its budget reconciliation plan last night is probably to blame for the widespread drops in […]

Stocks fell on Thursday as tech companies sold down following Nvidia’s (NVDA) latest earnings report, while investors assessed the economy in light of President Trump’s recent tariff vows. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) sank over 1.6%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) plunged 2.8%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) fell 0.4 percent. Investors focused on

Visa (V) completed the most recent trading day at $350.63, down 0.41% from the previous session—the stock’s performance behind the S&P 500’s daily rise of 0.01%. Elsewhere, the Dow fell 0.43%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.26%. Today, shares of the worldwide payments processor have increased by 5.26% in the previous month. The Business Services

Nvidia reported higher-than-expected revenue and profitability in the fourth quarter and reasonable expectations for the current quarter. The reported revenue for the fourth quarter ending January 26, 2025, was $39.3 billion, up 12% from the previous quarter and 78% from a year earlier.   The chipmaker’s revenue growth over the last year was primarily driven

In February, American consumers had a bleak perspective on the economy, as uncertainty about Trump’s trade strategy pushed inflation expectations considerably up for the second consecutive month.   The most recent University of Michigan consumer sentiment poll, issued Friday, showed headline sentiment down nearly 10% from January to a rating of 64.7. Pessimism about the