Manufacturing
Fastenal Stock Dives. What Earnings Say About U.S. Manufacturing.
Fastenal reports fourth-quarter earnings per share of 26 cents from sales of $2 billion, meeting Wall Street estimates.
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3M Scores an Earnings Beat. The Stock Drops Anyway.
Tuesday, 3M reported fourth-quarter earnings per share of $1.83 from adjusted sales of $6 billion. Wall Street was looking for EPS of $1.80 from sales of $6 billion.
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GE Vernova, Constellation Energy, Micron, AST SpaceMobile, Novo, and More Stock Market Movers
GE Vernova rises after President Donald Trump and governors in the mid-Atlantic region unveil a plan to encourage the construction of power plants.
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QXO Shares Fall After Stock Offering. Why Wall Street Is Unanimously Upbeat.
Investors hope that CEO Brad Jacob can find a company to buy as QXO seeks to roll up the building supplies sector.
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Materials Stocks Are a 'Go.' It's a Positive Signal for a New Era.
The fundamentals are changing for the better, positioning the stocks as potentially viable long-term investments.
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Amazon’s Big Bet: How Nuclear Power and Copper Investments Can Drive the Stock
The company is vertically integrating all the way back to raw materials as it competes in artificial intelligence.
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TSMC, ASML, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, Coinbase, Sandisk, and More Stock Market Movers
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing beats earnings expectations, sending its own shares and those of peers higher.
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Copper Prices Fall After Peak. Why Goldman Says a Correction May Be Coming.
Copper prices look set to fall from all-time highs, says Goldman Sachs
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Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Tesla, Rivian, Intel, Netflix, and More Stock Market Movers
Shares of Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo tumble after reporting earnings, a day after JPMorgan Chase posted a decline in quarterly profit.
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L3Harris to Spin Off Missile Business. Lockheed and 3 More Stocks That Could Be Next.
Defense deconsolidation is on the table after L3Harris’s deal with the Pentagon.
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This Chemicals Company Pays a Nearly 11% Dividend Yield. Investors Are Doubtful.
LyondellBasell’s stock tumbled sharply in 2025, leading to worries about its dividend. But the stock is surging this year.
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MP Materials Keeps Its Perfect Buy Rating After Defense Deal
A Defense Department agreement derisked MP’s growth plans and lifted analyst price targets.
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JPMorgan, Delta, Intel, AMD, Adobe, Moderna, Super Micro, and More Stock Market Movers
JPMorgan Chase falls after quarterly profit at the bank declines 7%.
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Wall Street Is Back on the Lithium Train. What Investors Should Know.
Deutsche Bank upgraded three lithium mining stocks to Buy from Hold on Tuesday.
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Caterpillar Stock Hits This Milestone. Yes, It’s AI.
Cat stock just passed the $300 billion mark. Here’s why.
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Boeing Stock Rises on a Lot of Good News. This Is Still the Most Important Bit.
Boeing delivered 160 jets in the fourth quarter of 2025, up from 57 jets a year ago. There’s a more important figure to keep an eye on.
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Exxon Stock Hits Record High. Trump Spat Is Already Blowing Over.
The president’s statement about Exxon is probably just the beginning of a long negotiation between the oil giants and the administration.
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Judge Greenlights Offshore Wind Farm After Trump Halt
Danish company Orsted can restart work on its Revolution Wind project near Rhode Island.
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Capital One, Amex, Citigroup, JPMorgan, Walmart, Moderna, Affirm, and More Stock Market Movers
Capital One and American Express stocks decline after President Donald Trump calls for a cap of 10% on credit-card interest rates.
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QXO Is Raising Another $1.8 Billion for Its M&A War Chest
The building-supplies company has $3 billion in financing lined up to do more deals.
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How GE Vernova’s ‘Good Times’ Could Mean Bad Times for Its Stock
Baird analyst Ben Kallo cut his rating on the stock to Hold from Buy. He slashed his price target by $167 to $649 a share.
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Why the Best Time to Own Generac Stock Is Now
78% of analysts covering the stock rate share Buy, according to FactSet.
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These Stocks Moved the Most Today: Oklo, Vistra, Opendoor, Intel, GM, Revolution Medicines, Tilray, and More
Vistra and Oklo stocks surge following agreements to provide nuclear power to Meta’s data centers.
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Qualcomm Stock Falls After Downgrade. The Apple Supplier Has an iPhone Problem.
Mizuho Securities downgrades Qualcomm stock to Neutral from Outperform.
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Trump’s Grand Plan for Housing Relies on His Fed Pick. Here’s Why.
Trump’s plan to lower mortgage rates, Glencore and Rio Tinto in mega-merger talks, General Motors takes another big EV charge, and more news to start your day.
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