Global stock markets soared to record highs, driven by Nvidia's AI-fueled earnings surge and robust economic data.

• Nvidia's blockbuster earnings sparked a tech rally, pushing its market cap beyond $1.9 trillion and lifting AI-related stocks worldwide.

• Yesterday, the S&P 500 was up 2.11% for a record close of 5,087.03. DOW was up 1.18%, and NASDAQ 2.96%.

• Nvidia's 16% gain was the largest single-session gain of market cap in history, adding $277 billion.

Reddit announced its IPO, planning to list on the NYSE under the ticker RDDT.

• It is offering shares directly to its power users, aiming to build bonds with its user base.

• Reddit data will be licensed to Google for AI training at about $60 million per year.

  • Ed note: this doesn’t seem like the sort of thing people on Reddit would appreciate.

The US jobless claims fell to their lowest in five weeks.

Europe's Stoxx 600 index closed at an all-time high, with Rolls-Royce shares jumping 7.8% after doubling its annual profits.

The US-made Odysseus lunar lander successfully landed on the moon, the first US spacecraft to do so in over 50 years.

Palo Alto and Dropbox might be undervalued after their post-earnings plunge.

Seven tech stocks offer promising alternatives to the overvalued "Magnificent 7."

Goldman Sachs thinks weight-loss drugs could potentially boost US GDP by 1%.

China needs a bold move to break its stagnation.

Bumper crops of corn are stuck wasting away in farmer's silos.

Three hydrogen stocks that could go boom!

Americans are still grumpy about the economy.

🇨🇳 China will send more pandas to U.S. zoos in a "bamboo branch" of goodwill.

🇪🇹 Ethiopia aims to become an African medical tourism hub with a $400 million hospital complex.

🇺🇦🇰🇵 75% of component debris from a North Korean missile used by Russia in Ukraine could be linked back to U.S companies.

🇨🇿🇸🇰 Czech and Slovak farmers blocked borders in protest against high costs and cheap imports.

🇨🇳 A cargo ship collision severed the Lixinsha Bridge in Guangzhou, China, killing at least five and injuring a crew member.

Berkshire Hathaway has 75% of its portfolio in five sizzling dividend stocks, including Apple and Bank of America.

Top Japanese dividend stocks.

American Homes 4 Rent and Plymouth Industrial REIT boosted their dividends, signaling strength in the real estate sector.

Valkyrie launched a 2x leveraged Bitcoin futures ETF for amplified exposure.

Retail investors may have sparked February's crypto rally.

JPMorgan noted a decline in the correlation between Bitcoin ETF price flows and Bitcoin's price.

A judge approved FTX's plan to sell its $1B stake in AI startup Anthropic.

A massive leak exposed China's use of private hackers for global espionage.

NASA's Mars simulator seeks Earthlings for a year-long Red Planet experience, with no space travel required.

• Sculpture on the moon.

The world's oldest decimal point.