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Hit by draining consumer and business confidence amid uncertainty about Washington's economic policies, Wall Street stock indexes are all tripping into the red for 2025 - with the slide stalling for now, awaiting megacap Nvidia's earnings today. U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated at its sharpest pace in 3-1/2 years in February, with 12-month inflation expectations surging amid worries that tariffs on imports would raise prices for households.

(Bloomberg) -- BP Plc announced a major pivot back to its core oil and gas business and promised to sell assets and reduce spending, but shares fell as the company sharply cut buybacks. Most Read from BloombergNYC’s Congestion Pricing Pulls In $48.6 Million in First MonthThe Trump Administration Takes Aim at Transportation ResearchShelters Await Billions in Federal Money for Homelessness ProvidersNYC to Shut Migrant Center in Former Hotel as Crisis EasesNew York’s Congestion Pricing Plan Faces A

The modest reaction across bond markets, typically unnerved by higher spending, as defence talks gathered pace this month suggests investors view increased borrowing as manageable so far. They say it also suggests markets expect some form of joint European funding again, five years after the European Union launched an 800 billion euro ($840 billion) pandemic recovery fund. Late last year investors saw joint borrowing from the EU itself as less likely.

Lowe's Cos joined rival Home Depot in forecasting lackluster annual sales and profit on Wednesday, signaling that a downturn in the home improvement sector would linger amid higher interest rates. Shares of the Mooresville, North Carolina-based retailer were up 3.7% in premarket trading as it reported a surprise rise in fourth-quarter same-store sales, helped by demand for water cans, generators and cleaning supplies after Hurricanes Helene and Milton last year. The home improvement sector has witnessed a sharp slowdown over the last two years as high mortgage rates, rising home prices as well as refinancing costs stifled demand.

Genesis Digital Assets is a private bitcoin miner that claims to have one of the largest hashrate capacities in the world.

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Bitcoin has dipped below the psychologically important $100,000 price point, and at one point in January, it even fell below $90,000. Here are three big reasons why you should be adding Bitcoin to your portfolio right now. Bitcoin is only up a modest 2% for the year and has struggled to hold the line at $100,000.

Many on-chain metrics show signs of capitulation and seller exhaustion in bitcoin.

EV maker Lucid Motors' stock popped after hours following the company's better-than-expected results and a change at the top of its management.