Wall Street indexes end rocky session higher ahead of Nvidia earnings

Wall Street indexes end rocky session higher ahead of Nvidia earnings

By Caroline Valetkevitch

Wed November 19, 2025 4:03 PM

Speak of a rocky day, all the indexes were way up in the morning, the Dow up some 200, the Nasdaq 400, before beginning another drastic plunge around 10:30 a.m., possibly reflecting changing sentiment that maybe enough tech had been sold off enough and that maybe Nvidia’s report won’t be all that bad. The plunge was attributed to the Fed once again making statements that another rate cut would hurt inflation. A further sell off had been expected pending the AI giant’s after-hours report and the report did come in after-hours – just barely! It was actually at 4:15 pm, 15 minutes after close, that Nvidia’s stock began to soar when the report revealed that they handily beat expectations.  

S&P 500 ends down for a 4th day as valuation worries weigh, Home Depot drops

S&P 500 ends down for a 4th day as valuation worries weigh, Home Depot drops

By Caroline Valetkevitch

Tue November 18, 2025 5:14 PM

 

For the fourth straight day, fears of over-stretched valuations, being at their highest since 2000, once again brought all the indexes way down, creating the longest S&P losing streak in three months and moving the index below its 50-day moving average for the first time seven months. Also weighing heavily on sentiment is Home Depot lowering its annual profit forecast and with corresponding Q3 earnings that disappointed. There’s also the damper of private labor reports showing a sharp uptick in the number of people on unemployment in September and October.  

Wall Street ends sharply lower, Treasury yields slip as investors eye Nvidia results, data onslaught

Wall Street ends sharply lower, Treasury yields slip as investors eye Nvidia results, data onslaught

By Stephen Culp

Mon November 17, 2025 6:19 PM

Everything was swimming along fine right along flat until about 12:30 when massive panic-selling came out of nowhere. Though no explanations were given as to what exactly transpired at that hour, the explanation that was given was that uncertainties regarding stretched valuations, a possible AI bubble, and a weakened labor market which began last Thursday has now stretched into a third day of very serious sell-offs with both the Dow and Nasdaq into serious 3-digit losses. Today the added trigger is the coming later this week of those long awaited government labor reports which have been on hold due to the shutdown.  

Wall Street ends mixed; traders look to Nvidia report

Wall Street ends mixed; traders look to Nvidia report

By Noel Randewich

Fri November 14, 2025 6:40 PM

The Dow took another real beating today with inflation concerns and labor market fears haunting investors. The index dipped as low as 600 points in the morning but recovered more than half of that by close. Tech finally caught a break though at least in terms of trimming losses as both indexes enjoyed modest gains during the day but closed pretty close to flat as investors sit on the fence awaiting Nvidia’s results next week. As today’s expert put it, “We’ve got a huge event next week with Nvidia. If Nvidia disappoints, they will be punished.”  At 20.1 billion shares traded, volume almost exactly matched the 20.2 billion average.  

DJ: 47,457.22  -797.60        NAS: 22,870.36  -536.10        S&P: 6,737.49  -113.43          11/13

DJ: 47,147.48  -309.74        NAS: 22,900.59  +30.23         S&P: 6,734.11  -3.38               11/14

Fri 11-14-25 6:40 pm Wall Street ends mixed; traders look to Nvidia report | Reuters

Equities, bond prices fall as hopes fade for Fed rate cut in December

Equities, bond prices fall as hopes fade for Fed rate cut in December

By Sinéad Carew and Marc Jones

Thu November 13, 2025 4:34 PM  

With news out of Washington today that it may take longer than expected to recover from the shutdown, that indeed we may not ever get any October labor data, all three indexes plunged severely, all in serious 3-digit losses. Adding to the plunge was considerably stronger hawkish Fed talk which led to the odds of a December rate cut also plunging, as the markets very much expected that rate cut. The decline began all around at open and continued a steady downward slope all day.  

Dow notches record-high close while Amazon weighs on Nasdaq

Dow notches record-high close while Amazon weighs on Nasdaq

By Noel Randewich and Twesha Dikshit

Wed November 12, 2025 5:19 PM  

Today was a carbon copy of yesterday with the Dow still going crazy with exuberance over the expected end of the shutdown but over-valuations still plaguing tech with giants Amazon, Tesla, and Oracle taking hits and Nvidia taking an especially big hit with Softbank selling a large chunk of its Nvidia stock. Even though there are still bumps in the road ahead in transitioning out of the shutdown, sentiment runs high and a December rate cut has been given 65% odds.  Volume continues well below the 20.5 billion average, coming in today at 17.2 billion.  

DJ: 47,927.96  +559.33        NAS: 23,468.30  -58.87         S&P: 6,846.61  +14.18          11/11

DJ: 48,254.82  +326.86        NAS: 23,406.46  -61.84         S&P: 6,850.92  +4.31             11/12

Wed 11-12-25 5:19 pm Dow notches record-high close while Amazon weighs on Nasdaq | Reuters

Dow notches record high close, traders bet on end to government shutdown

Dow notches record high close, traders bet on end to government shutdown

By Noel Randewich

Tue November 11, 2025 4:22 PM

Yesterday, the market reacted with great exuberance over the news that the shutdown would likely end soon and today, at least with industrials, the exuberance continued in force with the Dow rising continuously throughout the day and closing up 599 points. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to allay the fears in tech of stretched valuations and a possible coming bubble in AI.