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Stock market today: Dow crosses 49,000, S&P 500 jumps to new high in record-setting start to year

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Stock market today: Dow crosses 49,000, S&P 500 jumps to new high in record-setting start to year US stocks rose to fresh records on Tuesday as investors continued to weigh US moves on Venezuela and braced for a flurry of fresh data this week to shed light on the health of the economy…
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  • Confidence has been dampened principally by uncertainty over government policy and the broader economic outlook, with tariffs and affordability featuring as common threads

    80% confidence
  • Policymakers will tread carefully until the picture of the labor market is clearer

    80% confidence
  • The market is shrugging off the Venezuela situation because it's not a big impact on company fundamentals and not a big part of the global economy

    80% confidence
  • Seasonal trends reflect historical tendencies, not guarantees

    80% confidence
  • Vera Rubin will use liquid cooling rather than traditional HVAC cooling systems

    80% confidence
  • 2026 kicks off as a geopolitical year, which could act as a risk-on catalyst in subsequent periods, similar to 2016 with Brexit and Trump's first election

    80% confidence
  • Today's awards show that this Administration is committed to restoring a secure domestic nuclear fuel supply chain capable of producing the nuclear fuels needed to power the reactors of today and the advanced reactors of tomorrow

    80% confidence
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