U.S. stocks ended lower on Wednesday, but off their lows of the day, with the Federal Reserve holding interest rates steady as expected and Fed Chair Jerome Powell offering soothing comments for investors.

As the global tech sector was catching up to the disruption caused by DeepSeek’s r1 AI model, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced its brand new Qwen 2.5 AI model on the first day of the Lunar New Year. The Qwen 2.5 is pre-trained on large-scale multilingual and multimodal data and rivals DeepSeek’s AI model.

Long a popular stock in the restaurant sector, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) still has quite some room to run, according to one analyst at a major U.S. bank. Towards the end of January, the prognosticator lowered his price target on the shares,

Warren Buffett is considered one of the greatest investors in American history. Under his leadership, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) shares have returned approximately 5,500,000% since the mid-1960s,

Cantor Fitzgerald dropped cannabis coverage, and its former analyst Pablo Zuanic has set up his shop, Zuanic & Associates. Eric Des Lauriers at Craig-Hallum Capital Group continues to cover cannabis and Andrew Semple at Ventum Financial oversees Special Situations and pops up on some cannabis earnings calls.

Here are our top real estate investment trust (REIT) ideas for 2025. They pay among the highest yields and offer solid growth potential.

Many quantum computing stocks have risen well above Wall Street's price targets, but this one still has room to climb.

Despite the recent crash and the emergence of DeepSeek, Wall Street analysts have generally maintained their bullish outlook on Nvidia stock.

Allurion stock soars on weight-loss therapy update. Stardust Power breaks ground on Oklahoma lithium refinery. OpenAI launches shopping agent Operator; Etsy, eBay tick higher.

In the fourth quarter, the railroad reported an adjusted operating income increase of 11% to $1.06 billion, even as revenues saw a slight decline of 2% to $3.02 billion. The rail earned $3.04 per share, beating the Wall Street consensus by a dime.These figures underscore the company’s effective cost management and operational efficiencies.

Industrial machinery company Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) in Q4 CY2024, with sales falling 1.6% year on year to $4.74 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $6.53 per share was 4.9% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Tobacco company Altria (NYSE:MO) reported Q4 CY2024 results , with sales up 1.6% year on year to $5.11 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.29 per share was 0.8% above analysts’ consensus estimates. Is now the time to buy Altria?