Dow closes at one-month high as investors expand portfolios

By Ankika Biswas, Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Carolina Mandl (Reuters) – The Dow rose to a one-month high on Monday, while the Nasdaq fell more than 1% as investors turned away from AI-related stocks and added some holdings to their portfolios, betting on rate cuts of Federal Reserve interest this year. The S&P 500 and … Read more

Are we ready for an asteroid to hit Earth? NASA sees work to do.

In the scenario presented by NASA, humanity has 14 years to face an asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting Earth.

Is humanity prepared to face an asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting Earth in 14 years? Scientists and experts say there is work to be done. When NASA presented the hypothetical scenario, drawn up by the Planetary Defense Coordination Office, to a group of nearly 100 government representatives, they discovered that their plan to … Read more

Here’s the average 401(k) savings rate and where your goal should be

Hispanolist | E+ | Getty Images The average 401(k) savings rate — including employee deferrals and company contributions — has maintained historic levels as plans make it easier for workers to put money away. In 2023, the average combined savings rate was about 11.7%, matching a record high from 2022, according to Vanguard’s annual analysis … Read more

New research challenges black holes as an explanation for dark matter

Artist’s impression of a microlensing event caused by a black hole observed from Earth toward the Large Magellanic Cloud. Light from a background star located in the LMC is bent by a putative primordial black hole (lens) in the galactic halo and magnified when observed from Earth. Microlensing causes very characteristic variation in the brightness … Read more

Micron Earnings Will Set Course of AI Rally, Apple’s Problem for Europe, Bitcoin ETF Cool Inflows – Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU)

To gain an advantage, this is what you need to know today. AI Rally Course Please click here for an expanded table of Micron Technology Inc smack. Note the following: This article is about the big picture, not an individual stock. The MU stock chart is being used to illustrate this point. Micron’s … Read more

‘Early universe is nothing we expected’: James Webb telescope reveals ‘new understanding’ of how galaxies formed at cosmic dawn

of The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered what may be the earliest star clusters in the universe. JWST spotted the five proto-globular clusters – bundles of millions of stars bound together by gravity – within the Cosmic Gems arc, a galaxy that formed just 460 million years after Big Bang. The Cosmic Gems … Read more

Robinhood’s CEO discusses the evolution of brokerage leading to another ride on the meme stock wave

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meme stocks like GameStop are hot again, rekindling memories of early 2021 when they turned into a craze that ended up burning many investors along with Robinhood Markets. Online brokerage was especially popular among younger generations and helped fuel the boom in meme stocks until it became so overcrowded that it … Read more

Space Discovery: Astronomers watch a smart supermassive black hole in real time

Astronomers are witnessing a spectacle never before seen in the cosmos: the awakening of a supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy. In late 2019, a team of astronomers spotted an unusual galaxy called SDSS1335+0728, 300 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. A sudden bump in the galaxy’s brightness was automatically … Read more

Apple becomes the first target of new EU digital competition rules aimed at big tech

LONDON (AP) – European Union regulators on Monday issued their first charges under the bloc’s new law regulation of digital competitionaccusing Apple of preventing app creators from directing users to cheaper options outside of its App Store. The European Commission said that according to preliminary findings of its investigation, restrictions the iPhone maker places on … Read more