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On the geopolitical front, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met to address two persistent pressure points between the world's most populous nations — border tensions and a widening trade imbalance. Modi was direct: peace along the border is a prerequisite for any meaningful normalization of ties between Beijing and New Delhi.
Shifting to a story that raises some eyebrows in the small-cap nuclear space, NuScale Power's chief financial officer sold twenty thousand shares at a weighted average price of nine dollars and forty-nine cents, realizing roughly one hundred ninety thousand dollars. That sale comes as the stock has shed seventy-four percent of its value over the trailing twelve months — and insider selling into that kind of weakness is never a comfortable signal for remaining shareholders.
And stepping back to the longer view, a reminder that history has a clear answer for investors anxious about volatility: time in the market consistently rewards those who maintain perspective and resist the impulse to react to short-term noise. The data on long-term holding periods speaks plainly — patience remains among the most durable edges any investor can carry.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
