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Midday Market Brief: Eurovision

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Far-right gains in the European Parliament elections put investors globally in a tentative mood, though the dollar got a big boost.

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Where Have All the Short Sellers Gone?

Since 2008, funds with a short bias have seen assets decrease to $4.6 billion from around $7.8 billion.

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Financial Advisors Are On the Fence About Bitcoin ETFs

As cryptocurrency flirts with record highs, the new ETF products may help advisors gain exposure to a highly volatile asset class.

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Midday Market Brief: Catch Your Breath

After a runup of nearly 8% in the past six weeks, the market and its Big Tech drivers appear to be taking a break.

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Midday Market Brief: Big Tech Takes Over

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Nvidia is back to its winning ways, lifting tech stocks and pushing the broader S&P 500 index to another all-time high.

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Midday Market Brief: Hiring Freeze

The job openings report for April fell to its lowest level in about three years, giving investors pause about the impact on profits.

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Midday Market Brief: Just Another Meme-Stock Monday

The market appeared yawn-inducing at the broad index level, but there was a flurry of activity under the hood.

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Patent Drop

Mastercard Patent Speedruns AI Development

The company’s access to a vast well of user payments data could go a long way in creating far more powerful models.

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Midday Market Brief: Tech Tanks

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Some glum news from both the PC and semiconductor sector has tech investors feeling a little more cautious.

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Midday Market Brief: The Nasdaq Touches a New High

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Investors are getting activated after a long weekend, but they were still able to push the tech-heavy index to a new peak.

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Markets

For Better or Worse, The Stock Market is All About These 10 Stocks

The top 10 stocks have reached a weight not seen since the 1970s, with their market cap accounting for about one-third of the entire index.

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Markets

Most Pandemic-Darling Stocks Aren’t Too Healthy

The 50 companies with the biggest pandemic-era gains have collectively lost $1.5 trillion in market value since the close of 2020.

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Media & Entertainment

Can a Paramount Sale Break the Mold of Media Mergers?

Just what, exactly, would Sony and Apollo Global Management be getting out of a Paramount Global acquisition?

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