Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq jump to kick off February as gold, silver, bitcoin remain volatile

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• More than half of earnings released have been above analyst expectations, beating the historical average of 40%

  80% confidence

• Over the past three months, factories have produced more goods than they have sold to a degree not seen since the global financial crisis in early 2009, which is unsustainable and hints at risks of production slowdown

  80% confidence

• In the absence of threats of military action in Iran, Brent prices should quickly converge to the pre-crisis range of $60-65 per barrel

  80% confidence

• Dollar should be a tailwind for investing overseas, and Madison Investments is positioning portfolios to take advantage of dollar weakness

  80% confidence

• Mike Johnson expressed confidence that he has enough votes to pass a government reopening measure

  80% confidence

• A reduction in the India tariff would be a positive for Williams-Sonoma

  80% confidence

• The oil price move lower looks more like a positioning reset than a fundamental shift

  80% confidence

• Trump said he was hopeful the US and Iran would be able to reach a deal

  80% confidence

• Nvidia played down its pledge to invest $100 billion in OpenAI after reports the plan was on ice

  80% confidence

• The Devon-Coterra merger creates a transformative combination of two companies with operational excellence, creating a premier shale operator

  80% confidence

• The jobs report release will be rescheduled upon resumption of government funding, and BLS will suspend data collection, processing, and dissemination due to the partial shutdown

  80% confidence

• US will drop baseline tariff rate on imports from India to 18% from 25% and India will halt Russian oil purchases

  80% confidence