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Podcast: Morgans Financial Limited (Imports from Soundcloud)
Episode: Morgans AM - Tuesday, 13 January 2026
Description: US equity markets advanced, erasing earlier declines and lifting the Dow and S&P 500 to fresh record peaks as investors shrugged off news of a Department of Justice (DoJ) probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell - Dow added +86-points or +0.17% to 49,590.20 . Walmart Inc (up +3.01%) was the leading component in the 30-stock index overnight following news that it would be joining the Nasdaq 100 index beginning 20 January, replacing AstraZeneca Plc (down -1.07%). The move comes about a month after Walmart left the New York Stock Exchange for the Nasdaq. The world’s largest retailer also announced it would be partnering with Go...