Nvidia says it’s building an ecosystem that can’t fail
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Nvidia says it’s building an ecosystem that can’t fail

Don’t call it circular financing. Nvidia doesn’t see its efforts to prop up upstarts and bolster key AI players as questionable financial engineering. Yes, it’s true that the beneficiaries of Nvidia’s muscular backstops and investments are also its customers. But Nvidia doesn’t see the scale of its support as something worthy of suspicion. That’s because,…

Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Leads Gains; Nvidia Jumps But Data Storage Stocks Whacked (Live Coverage)
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Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Leads Gains; Nvidia Jumps But Data Storage Stocks Whacked (Live Coverage)

The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite climbed further while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged but still rose Thursday as Wall Street reacted to big earnings reports, with Nvidia (NVDA), Salesforce (CRM) and CrowdStrike (CRWD) surging on the stock market today. Nvidia got closer to a proper buy point. The Dow industrials wiped away a 0.2% decline…

Dollar flat after data as focus shifts to Jackson Hole
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Dollar flat after data as focus shifts to Jackson Hole

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Aug 27 (Reuters) – The dollar was little changed on Thursday after a round of economic data, while attention began to shift towards a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh at the Jackson ā€ŒHole symposium. Warsh is scheduled to speak at the gathering of central bankers on Friday, where…

Bitcoin Price Tests ,000 In ‘Powerful Setup.’ IREN Earnings Due.
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Bitcoin Price Tests $80,000 In ‘Powerful Setup.’ IREN Earnings Due.

The price of bitcoin continued to trade around three-month highs near $80,000 Thursday morning, spurred by last week’s Treasury Department bond buyback plan and renewed regulatory agitation from the Trump administration. Bitcoin miner and high-performance computing infrastructure provider IREN reports earnings after the close. Crypto stocks swung higher early Thursday. The price of bitcoin on…

Best Buy beats Q2 earnings across the board, raises outlook amid computing strength
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Best Buy beats Q2 earnings across the board, raises outlook amid computing strength

Best Buy’s (BBY) second quarter results surpassed Wall Street’s expectations on Thursday as new technology boosted the quarter, but the stock fell nearly 5% anyway. “We drove growth across almost all our major product categories as well as continued strong performance in our Best Buy Ads and Marketplace initiatives,” Best Buy CEO Corie Barry said…

Mortgage rates remain stuck near 6.7%: Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, Thursday, August 27, 2026
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Mortgage rates remain stuck near 6.7%: Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, Thursday, August 27, 2026

Mortgage held steady near 6.7% again this week as oil prices fluctuated and new data showed inflation remained elevated in July.  The average 30-year mortgage rate was 6.66% through Wednesday, according to Freddie Mac data, essentially unchanged from 6.65% a week earlier.  Mortgage rates have been hovering around 6.7% for a month straight amid ongoing…

KKR settles US antitrust case accusing it of merger filing violations for 0 million
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KKR settles US antitrust case accusing it of merger filing violations for $250 million

By Fabiola ArĆ”mburo and Mrinmay Dey Aug 26 (Reuters) – KKR has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a U.S. antitrust ā€Œcase which accused the private equity giant of repeatedly ā€Œviolating federal premerger filing requirements and evading antitrust scrutiny in at least 16 transactions. The ​U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday that the…

Georgia Power Wins Approval for 3.2-GW OpenAI Power Deal
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Georgia Power Wins Approval for 3.2-GW OpenAI Power Deal

Georgia Power has secured regulatory approval for a contract to supply OpenAI’s planned project in Effingham County, Georgia, adding 3,200 megawatts of potential new electricity demand to one of the fastest-growing large-load markets in the United States. The agreement, approved through the Georgia Public Service Commission’s regulatory process, requires OpenAI to cover the full cost…

Shopify, IBD Stock Of The Day, Nears Buy Point As AI Shopping Strategy Clicks
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Shopify, IBD Stock Of The Day, Nears Buy Point As AI Shopping Strategy Clicks

Shopify Shopify SHOP $ 150.29 $3.59 2.33% 41% IBD Stock Analysis Stock eyeing 158.87 buy point SHOP gains on strong fundamentals IBD Composite Rating 99/99 Industry Group Ranking 9/197 Emerging Pattern Cup with Handle Cup with Handle A positive chart pattern named such because it resembles the outline of a coffee cup with a handle….

Nvidia Posts Record .2B Revenue, Shares Jump on 8B Outlook
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Nvidia Posts Record $96.2B Revenue, Shares Jump on $108B Outlook

Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: $NVDA) shares reversed an early after-hours drop Wednesday after the chipmaker posted record fiscal second-quarter revenue and guided above Wall Street expectations, extending the AI infrastructure boom into another quarter. Revenue reached $96.2 billion for the quarter ended July 26, up 106% from a year earlier and 18% from the previous quarter….

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