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Live Stock News: Inflation Climbing, Powell Testifying, and Trump Accommodating Toddlers in Oval Office
Happy Wednesday, investors; it's February 12th. The market is falling Wednesday after a week of holding patterns so far. It's day two of Fed's Powell Senate banking committee talk, drowned out only by freakish TV setups in the Oval Office where the president and sidekick talk budget cuts in the millions while Powell talks policy in the trillions.
Stocks are falling on more than just political theater, and you'll never guess why. Before we learn why, let's break down the Live Stock News:
$Super Micro Computer (SMCI.US)$ was climbing 8% after the troubled firm announced unconfirmed financial results from its Q2 2025 period ending in Dec., showing an estimated sales range below estimates of $5.8 billion, and earnings per share ten cents below estimates. These results are not 100% real- they are 'provisional.' The firm has not released audited SEC of Nasdaq-compliant results since June 2024, shortly after its auditor quit, and it has been up for expulsion from trading exchanges.
$Alibaba (BABA.US)$ stock climbed 3% after a WSJ report the firm could count on $Apple (AAPL.US)$ as a partner to roll out AI in China.
$Upstart (UPST.US)$ started to climb up 22% after reporting earnings, $Lyft Inc (LYFT.US)$ fell 6% following low 1st quarter guidance, and $CVS Health (CVS.US)$ climbed 15% after its Wednesday report was above Wall Street expectations.
Speaking of Trump's sidekick, Musk's $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ climbed 3% after falling 16% for the past week- according to Barron's; investors are worried Musk is distracted hacking government programs and trying to buy OpenAI for billions of dollars- cash that would come directly from holding in TSLA.
Tonight watch for earnings from Robinhood, Cicsco, and Reddit.
Elsewhere in the economy, $Crude Oil Futures(MAY5) (CLmain.US)$ fell from a three-day winning streak after oil delivery numbers showed firms stocked 9 million barrels, twice more than expected by the EIA.
Gold also fell back from a recent high right below $3,000/troy ounce.
Overall, the market fell Wednesday. Just past 11 am ET the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ fell 0.42%, the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ fell 0.55%, and the $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ fell 0.23%.
So why was the market falling? It turns out recent CPI inflation numbers paint a scary picture- inflation is back, baby. In January 2025, the annual inflation rate in the US increased to 3%, up from expectations and last month's 2.9%. That's the highest normal CPI number since July of this past year- helo summer 2024, back when the grass was green, and interest rates were 1% higher.
This morning, users were amazed and crazed by the sudden move of stocks like Tesla.
Traders, what do you think? What are you watching on the stock market today? What is the herd following? Let me know in the comments below! $S&P 500 (LIST91326.US)$
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Buy n Die Together❤ :
Dan’l 74224031 : Bullsh!t.
Kevin Travers OP 74224031 : sounds like a complete scam, and I am reporting you, what do you get paid, or are you a bot? What a complete scam. Readers, messages like this are 100% trying to steal your money.
Terri Kay : clearly this clown activist is a delusional democrat.
74637620 : worried today but innovation will drive infation back down
Debbieee : hope everything is going to be fine soon. to fix wrong things, we usually see people trying to cause panic. thanks for the daily news!
Dan’l : As to accommodating toddlers in the [White House]? I’m all for folks taking kids to work.
I’m no fan of inflation, though.
As to clawing back millions? It’s billions, and hundreds of them… enough money that, as much as I love reducing the size/scope of governments, it could slow GDP.
I’m no fan of recessions, either.
Pushing Mexico and Canada around is economically easy to do, buUut… the stakes are much higher for us all, when it comes to China, Europe, et al.
As to investing? I’m not, so much as I am swing trading, because I just… don’t really know what to do. I have shifted more towards military/government contractors, gold mining and uranium, and will be buying into power/utilities and those building/leasing data centers for AI and GOV/MIL next.
Kenneth Smith8 : Dude hasn't even been in a month give him time. We all gave Biden 4 years after all and inflation was never fixed
Brian Ivey5 : what bullshit democrat operative giving us a swipe at the Doge? Don't need any of your advisement.
Jay Powell didn't take action under Biden when he should have and now he is in a pissing contest with the current President instead of shutting his friggin mouth. No one elected Powell.
Yikers : is there a way to not get this toddler's "news" pushed to my phone?
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