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The bull market that has been charging for the past year has seen a surge in volatility recently. The Chinese startup DeepSeek released its latest AI model, R1, and shook up the tech world with claims that the new AI consumes just a fraction of the computing power as existing big-name AIs and has been much cheaper to develop – but gives comparable results.

The annualized dividend paid by AbbVie is $6.56/share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend ex-date was on 01/15/2025

In 2024, ExxonMobil earned just $4.03 billion in worldwide earnings in its energy products segment compared to $12.14 billion in 2023. Worldwide upstream earnings were higher in 2024 than in 2023 due to the integration of Pioneer Natural Resources and ExxonMobil's expansion offshore Guyana.