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S&P 500 Snaps 9-Day Win Streak After First Close Above 7,600: Iran Oil, Broadcom's Slide, and the Hawkish Fed Reset That Hit Wall Street
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S&P 500 Snaps 9-Day Win Streak After First Close Above 7,600: Iran Oil, Broadcom's Slide, and the Hawkish Fed Reset That Hit Wall Street
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S&P 500 Snaps 9-Day Win Streak After First Close Above 7,600: Iran Oil, Broadcom's Slide, and the Hawkish Fed Reset That Hit Wall Street

The S 500 closed at 7,553.68 on June 3, 2026, down 0.74% and snapping a nine-session win streak that had pushed the index above 7,600 for the first time ever, as oil spiked to a one-year high on fresh...

May 2026 Non-Farm Payrolls Preview: 4 Scenarios for Friday's Jobs Report and What Each Means for the Fed, Markets, and Your Portfolio
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May 2026 Non-Farm Payrolls Preview: 4 Scenarios for Friday's Jobs Report and What Each Means for the Fed, Markets, and Your Portfolio

The May 2026 Non-Farm Payrolls report , due Friday June 6 at 8:30 AM ET, is expected to show around 78,000 jobs added (consensus range 65K-95K), down from April's 115K, with the unemployment rate stea...

EPF vs NPS 2026: Which Is Actually Better for Retirement : EPFO 8.25% vs PFRDA NPS Drawdown Rules and Tax Benefits
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EPF vs NPS 2026: Which Is Actually Better for Retirement : EPFO 8.25% vs PFRDA NPS Drawdown Rules and Tax Benefits

The strongest edge of EPF in the NPS vs EPF debate in 2026 is its 8.25% assured return and tax-free interest, while NPS wins on flexibility, equity exposure, and optional annuities after PFRDA’s new R...

Salesforce Stock Drops 4% on BofA's $160 Downgrade: The $25B Buyback vs Wall Street's $263 Bet on Agentforce
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Salesforce Stock Drops 4% on BofA's $160 Downgrade: The $25B Buyback vs Wall Street's $263 Bet on Agentforce

The Salesforce stock drop on June 2, 2026 was triggered when Bank of America analyst Tal Liani reinstated the stock at Underperform with a $160 price target, a 10% downside from the $178.50 close, cit...

Tesla Robotaxi 2026: The Austin Countdown to Cybercab and the $25B Autonomy Bet
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Tesla Robotaxi 2026: The Austin Countdown to Cybercab and the $25B Autonomy Bet

The Tesla Robotaxi service has been live in Austin since June 22, 2025, with the Model Y fleet quietly expanding to 12 fully driverless cars by April 2026. As Cybercab production starts at Giga Texas ...

Marvell Stock Surges 25% on Jensen Huang's 'Next Trillion-Dollar Company' Call: Nvidia's $2B Vote, the Teralynx T100, and the Custom Silicon War With Broadcom
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Marvell Stock Surges 25% on Jensen Huang's 'Next Trillion-Dollar Company' Call: Nvidia's $2B Vote, the Teralynx T100, and the Custom Silicon War With Broadcom

Marvell Technology (MRVL) jumped as much as 29% to a fresh all-time high on June 2, 2026 after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called the chip designer the next trillion-dollar company on stage at Computex in...

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