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First-time homebuyers in 2024 had a median income of $97,000, and their median age was 38. ​​OpenAI and Jeff Bezos invested in Physical Intelligence, a robot startup with the aim of “bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world.”

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Stocks Up

• Cybersecurity darling Palantir soared 23.38% to a record high thanks to strong earnings, high AI demand, and big spending from the Department of Defense.
• Astera Labs skyrocketed 37.70% after the semiconductor parts maker (and one of Nvidia’s key suppliers) announced strong earnings.
• Crypto stocks had a great day thanks to a widespread cryptocurrency rally. Coinbase rose 4.13%, MicroStrategy gained 2.16%, and Riot Platforms jumped 8.13%.

Stocks Down

Trump Media & Technology Group arrested its recent downturn and popped 12% at one point today, but gave all those gains up and ended the day down 1.16%.

• You’d think the end of a multi-week labor dispute costing billions of dollars would be a relief for shareholders, but Boeing still sank 2.62% on news that it’s reached an agreement with striking machinists.
• It’s a me, lower revenue forecasts! Nintendo fell 1.68% after announcing that sales of its Switch console are starting to sag.
• Wynn Resorts sagged 9.34% thanks to misses on both top and bottom line expectations last quarter.
• Some of the smaller semiconductor stocks on the market took a beating today. NXP Semiconductor dropped 5.17% after announcing weaker-than-expected Q4 guidance, Lattice Semiconductor tumbled 1.37% after missing on sales forecasts and announcing job cuts, and while Cirrus Logic beat expectations this quarter, it still fell 7.09% on lower forecasts.

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Here’s where the major benchmarks ended:

• The S&P 500^® index (SPX) rose 70.07 points (1.23%) to 5,782.76; the Dow Jones Industrial Average^® ($DJI) added 427.28 points (1.02%) to 42,221.88; and the NASDAQ Composite^® ($COMP) increased 259.19 points (1.43%) to 18,439.17.
• The 10-year Treasury note yield (TNX) dropped two basis points to 4.29%.
• The CBOE Volatility Index^® (VIX) slipped to 20.72.

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Visualize: How private equity tangled banks in a web of debt, from the Financial Times.

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