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Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” is poised to become the first film to achieve ticket sales of more than $1 billion this weekend, and will be the first film since “Barbie” to achieve that threshold.

Consumers were slightly more optimistic about the economy at the end of June, but the effects of high inflation in the past few years still weighed on their minds.

Besides Nvidia itself, there are only four U.S. companies with valuations greater than the amount of Nvidia’s market-cap gains.

Shares of Chewy Inc. are down 9.7% Friday after spiking Thursday in the wake of a cryptic post from influential trader Keith Gill, also known as Roaring Kitty.

Social media has opened up the door to learn about investing. But you might want to think twice before you follow the advice you see.

The S&P 500 is up nearly 16% so far this year with dividends reinvested. Artificial intelligence has been the big theme driving gains for Big Tech, especially Nvidia Corp. But 38% of the S&P 500 have had negative returns during the first half of 2024.

President Biden now has a 19% chance of being re-elected, according to betting markets tracked by RealClearPolitics. That’s down from 36% Wednesday, and is the lowest level ever in RCP’s data.

The Chicago Business Barometer, also known as the Chicago PMI, rebounded to 47.4 in June from a postpandemic low of 35.4 in the prior month. While still in contraction territory, the June reading is the highest since November.

One Rosenblatt analyst recommends that investors take a pause on Alphabet shares given changes around AI and the broad ad market.

“Should I pay off the mortgage or go with the plan to make money through investments?”

Tomasz Piskorksi of Columbia Business School says Fed didn’t include scenarios that killed Silicon Valley Bank, First Republic

President Joe Biden will face “incredible pressure to step aside” following his shaky debate performance against Donald Trump Thursday night, though the decision will ultimately be his alone, said Isaac Boltansky, director of policy research at BTIG, in a note.