US stocks

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi purchased call option contracts of companies, including Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Vistra Corp, and Tempus AI, in January.

US President Donald Trump said yesterday in a Truth Social post that it is a great time to buy before the stock market surged on his reversal of reciprocal tariffs.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought 17 stocks last week in the technology, apparel, financials, utility, logistics, and construction sectors, which are all up after Trump halted the reciprocal tariffs.

While Donald Trump spared pharma companies from his tariff announcement last week, he revealed yesterday plans to announce tariffs on the industry soon.

Donald Trump imposed 104% tariffs on China in response to the mainland's reciprocal tariffs, further escalating the global trade war and market turmoil.

These five US stocks are defying market trends on new deals, technological breakthroughs, improved sectoral outlook, and strong fundamentals.

Billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen opened new stock positions, including Amazon, AT&T, Netflix, Salesforce, and UnitedHealth Group in Q4.

Robert Herjavec told Grand Cardone that he would invest his last $1 million in real estate to build a foundation and create passive income before exploring other ventures or business projects.

Donald Trump recently shared a fan-made video claiming that he is deliberately crashing the US stock market to force the US Fed to trim interest rates, which was supposedly backed by Warren Buffett.

Wedbush analysts urged Elon Musk to find a balance between his roles at Tesla and DOGE to avoid damaging the EV brand.

Americans planning to retire soon are concerned about recent investment losses amid the US trade war led by US President Donald Trump and worry that new income tariffs could worsen the ongoing market volatility.

The US airline industry faces volatility in the near term amid low consumer confidence, tariff uncertainty, border policies, recession fears, and a slump in corporate travel.

Newmax stock's meteoric climb could be driven by its growing audience base after US President Donald Trump's reelection in 2024.

A growing negative sentiment around Tesla is driving a mass exodus of customers to rival EV brands, including BYD and Lucid Motors.

Citadel Advisors' Ken Griffin reshuffled his portfolio in Q4 2024 with a focus on banking, aviation, energy generation, and technology companies.

BYD stock price and car sales continue to soar in contrast to a 40% drop in Tesla shares this year as Elon Musk could be stretched too thin with his new role in the US government and multiple business ventures.

Bridgewater Associates made several changes to its portfolio in Q4 2024, prioritising cybersecurity, ecommerce, financial, and network infrastructure companies.

Financial advisers urge investors to avoid panic selling and keep emotions under control as the US market violently fluctuates based on what Trump says every other day.

Over the past years, Jeff Bezos has consistently donated millions of Amazon shares to non-profit organisations as part of his philanthropic efforts.

Pelosi's Tempus AI call options contracts tripled in value in 40 days as the healthcare firm continued its upward rally on AI-product launches and active collaborations to battle diseases like cancer.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway continues to increase its stake in Occidental Petroleum, recently purchasing 763,017 shares despite the stock price falling over 30% from its record high in April 2024.

Warren Buffett continued to increase his stake in the satellite streaming and radio company as it grew the podcasting business and ramped up its customer base through in-car services in Tesla and Rivian EV models.

X's improving 2024 EBITDA, major advertisers like Apple mulling a comeback to the platform, and Amazon ramping ad spending led investors to buy £4.41B of 2022 debt used by Musk to take over the social networking platform.

Buffett increased Berkshire Hathaway's SiriusXM holdings to 119.77 million shares worth over £2.25 billion as the radio satellite company prioritises strategic capital allocation and returns value to shareholders.

IBM's stock price jump on 30th January was the biggest one-day percentage gain ever recorded in the company's history on the back of strong Q4 2024 results boosted by AI revenue.

US tech companies are scrambling to enhance their AI models amid the rise of cost-effective Chinese alternatives with similar computing power.

The S&P500 and the Nasdaq Composite declined as investors questioned America's AI dominance after DeepSeek launched its free AI chatbot.

DeepSeek's R1 AI model claims to match OpenAI's o1 model by multiple benchmarks for a fraction of the development costs.

Morgan Freeman disclosed owning Tesla shares in 2016. Since then, Tesla share prices have jumped by over 3,000% to close at £326.27 on 24 January.

Trump's sweeping policy changes, cooling US Core CPI inflation data for December, a resilient economy, and a strong earnings season played a key role in the S&P500's rapid climb.