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Initial unemployment benefits claims ticked up over the week ending on January 3, the Labor Department reported on Thursday, rising slightly after weeks of declining jobless claims in December.
Recent economic data paints a 'Goldilocks' scenario: steady expansion, soft labor market, and supportive conditions for equities. Private sector job gains were modest, led by small-to-medium businesses, with wage growth stable but not accelerating.
U.S. jobless claims edged slightly higher last week, but remained near the low end of levels seen over the past year.
Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics to reclaim buy points, defense stocks rally on President Trump's Pentagon budget proposal.
The monthly trade deficit continued to shrink after President Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on foreign imports.
Businesses are managing tariffs, and AI is boosting productivity — improving prospects for the economy, profits and financial markets.
One of the biggest drivers of a strong U.S. economy, worker productivity, surged in the summer and early fall, raising hopes of the start of a payoff of AI investment.
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose moderately last week, suggesting that layoffs were relatively low at the end of 2025, though demand for labor remained sluggish.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pressed the administration's desire for lower interest rates, saying they are the key to future economic growth. "Cutting interest rates will have a tangible impact on the lives of every Minnesotan," he said, according to excerpts from a speech he will deliver later Thursday obtained by CNBC.
S&P 500 futures dip on profit-taking ahead of NFP report while defense stocks surge 8% on Trump's $1.5 trillion military budget proposal for 2027.
The long winter for biotech stocks is over as shares head to levels not seen since late 2021.
During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend-yielding stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders with a high dividend payout.
Greg Branch, Founder and Managing Partner at Branch Global Capital Advisors, says ignore headline noise and focus on long-term tailwinds, with 2026 favoring cyclicals, financials, and minerals over mega-cap AI leaders.
Planned job cuts totaled 35,553 for the month, a 50% slide from November and an 8% decrease from the same period a year ago and the lowest since July 2024. Still, for the full year, employers announced more than 1.2 million cuts, up 58% from a year ago and the highest level since the pandemic year of 2020.
President Donald Trump has played stock market activist before. The results were mixed.
Ahead of the bell US stock futures edged lower on Thursday after a choppy session that brought an end to multi-day rallies on Wall Street, leaving investors cautious as several political and economic catalysts loom. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 0.35%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 0.2%, extending earlier losses.
Strategists on Wall Street are increasingly looking beyond the artificial intelligence trade for fresh drivers of the US equity rally, as concerns grow that enthusiasm for AI-linked stocks may be cooling.
The stock market's valuation has never been in year four of a bull market.
The most oversold stocks in the information technology sector presents an opportunity to buy into undervalued companies.