Stock futures slipped Thursday night after the S&P 500 closed lower, dragged down by losses in Nvidia. Traders also looked ahead to an inflation reading due Friday morning. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 268 points, or 0.5%. S&P 500 futures fell 0.4%, while Nasdaq 100 futures slid 0.4%.

CNBC's Sara Eisen told "The View" panel that President Donald Trump's deregulation policies boost stock market growth, while defending tariffs as less harmful than expected by investors.

On Feb. 24, 2026, Blue Owl became the flashpoint in a $3 trillion private-credit stress test for retail investors.

U.S. economist Pierfrancesco Mei worries that a 10% stock market pullback in the first half could cut GDP growth by half a percentage point, in one scenario.

UiPath shares moved higher after the company joined a leading industry group focused on agent-based AI standards.

Investors shrugged off recent AI-disruption concerns and pushed all three major U.S. stock indexes higher on Wednesday. Nvidia's earnings are due after the closing bell.

Is the rotation in stocks a healthy market reaction or the first domino to fall?

By Noel Randewich and Suzanne McGee SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK, Feb 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump boasted of stock market gains in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday and pledged that the government would contribute to workers' retirement savings,

The Motley Fool reports that 58% of individual investors plan to buy more stocks in 2026, driven by AI optimism, despite economic concerns.

Tomorrow is the last trading day of February, and preliminary sector performance paints a picture of the winners this month. Currently, utility stocks have taken the lead with a 8.7% gain, while communications services stocks have underperformed with a 6.