Latest News View More DOGE's access to Treasury data risks US financial standing and raises security worries, experts warn The Department of Government Efficiency’s embed into the federal government has raised a host of concerns, transforming a debate over how to cut government waste into a confrontation over privacy rights and the nation’s financial standing in the world. DOGE, spearheaded by billionaire Donald Trump donor Elon Musk, has rapidly burrowed deep into federal agencies and taken drastic actions to cut spending. This includes trying to get rid of thousands of federal workers, shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development and accessing the Treasury Department's enormous payment systems. 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Shares in CBA, Australia's biggest bank, have soared nearly 70% since November 2023 when the central bank lifted interest rates to a 12-year-high, propelling the stock to trade at more than 26 times its future earnings with a 4.1% dividend yield. In comparison, an MSCI gauge of world banks, in which JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup hold an aggregate 34% weight, is trading at 11 times future earnings with a 3.65% dividend yield. Reuters • 1 hour ago Fourth-Quarter Earnings Are Beating the Street's Estimates. Here's How Much Big Tech’s Grip on Market Shows Cracks as Earnings Fall Flat McDonald's misses the target with Q4 earnings as it looks to boost value perception in 2025 DoorDash Earnings: What To Look For From DASH Lyft (LYFT) Q4 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For Earnings To Watch: MRC Global (MRC) Reports Q4 Results Tomorrow Meta's Zuckerberg telling 'very compelling' AI story: Analyst As Meta Platforms (META) shares continue their longest-running winning streak to date, Wall Street is keyed in on the tech giant's forecasts for $119 billion in capital expenditure (CapEx) spending in 2025. RBC Capital Markets Equity Analyst Brad Erickson joins Market Domination to speak more about the central theme of Big Tech's CapEx spending as it pertains to Meta. "Right now, we're all talking about AI applications and what those can turn into, ao a lot of this is kind of narrative," Erickson tells Julie Hyman and Josh Lipton. "They [Meta] have the best narrative I would argue. And what I mean by that is when you think about... what agents could provide, think of like a private like fitness coach or something as an agent, like there's real utility I think that people can kind of imagine on this platform." Watch the video above to hear Brad Erickson comment on Meta's platform policy changes under the second Trump administration. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan. 07:19 How Trump's tariffs could lead to more M&A activity 03:15 3 sectors investors should consider amid economic uncertainty 02:11 Consumers are feeling the pinch of egg prices. Here's why. 02:51 Is a resurgence in value stocks coming? How to pick winners. 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Markets react to Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminium imports SINGAPORE (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will introduce new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S., on top of existing metals duties. The dollar rose and U.S. Treasury yields ticked higher. "Investors and short-term traders are now in flux in terms of playbook positioning as the global economy has not faced a stagflation environment in the last 15 years since the Great Financial Crisis of 2009." 3 reasons why Nvidia is underperforming the S&P 500 going into its earnings Nvidia has had a rough month. 2 Biotech Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist in February To illustrate that point, let's discuss two stocks in the biotech industry that have moved in opposite directions so far this year: Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA). Vertex Pharmaceuticals is starting the year strong. On Jan. 30, the company announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved Journavx, the first non-opioid oral pain signal inhibitor to earn the green light from regulators. Analyst Report: NRG Energy, Inc. NRG Energy is one of the largest retail energy providers in the US, with 6 million customers. Vivint Smart Home, which NRG acquired in 2023, has 2 million home services customers. NRG also is one of the largest US independent power producers, with 13 gigawatts of coal, gas, and oil power generation capacity primarily in Texas. NRG exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity in December 2003. An AI giant poses a new threat to Nvidia Microsoft-backed OpenAI is looking to reshape the global market for AI-powering chips and processors. How Canada's Shopify is weaving AI 'magic' to pull in merchants Heather Perry made a bold bet before last year's holiday rush: switch all e-commerce operations of her family-owned roastery, Klatch Coffee, to Shopify. The 42-year-old small business CEO from Southern California was drawn to the Canadian company's artificial intelligence-based services that automate routine tasks such as generating discounts and product descriptions, its improved customization tools and a broader suite of apps. Perry is among hundreds of merchants in North America who have migrated to Shopify to build online stores and manage retail businesses, according to data from internet analytics firm BuiltWith and Reuters interviews with a dozen sellers. 2 Bargain Stocks That Could Soar in 2025 The S&P 500 is up 69% since bottoming in 2022, but the stocks of some industry-leading companies are still trading in the bargain bin. The sluggish post-pandemic economy in China has weighed on sales for Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA), which is home to the popular e-commerce marketplaces, Taobao and Tmall. Fortunately, China's e-commerce market is expected to climb 47% to $1.7 trillion in the next three years, according to Statista. Prediction: This Unstoppable Vanguard ETF Could Smash the S&P 500 in 2025 The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has performed remarkably well in recent years, soaring by around 23% in 2024 alone and by more than 80% over the past five years. The Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEMKT: VGT) is a fund solely dedicated to tech stocks. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are the three most heavily weighted stocks in this ETF, making up a combined 44.94% of the entire fund.
