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Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: AMZN, NVDA, BA

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Amazon.com Inc (Symbol: AMZN), where a total volume of 326,770 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 32.7 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying ...

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Are Stock Splits a Buy Signal?

We’ve seen many notable splits in recent years, with companies aiming to increase liquidity within shares and erase barriers to entry for potential investors. Lower share prices are more affordable for a greater portion of investors, although it’s worth noting that the rise of fractional share investing offered by many brokerages has alleviated this issue ...

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Ford Ended 2025 With a Strong Statement for Investors

Key Points Ford Motor Company’s sales have outperformed the industry for 10 consecutive months. It was Ford’s best fourth quarter and annual sales performance since 2019. Ford’s valuable full-size truck sales and hybrids supported market share gains. 10 stocks we like better than Ford Motor Company › The automotive industry is on the verge of ...

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Defense Demand Fuels PKE's Q3 Earnings, Stock Up 5%

Shares of Park Aerospace Corp. PKE have risen 4.8% since the company announced its earnings results for the quarter ended Nov. 30, 2025. Over the past month, the stock has shown stronger momentum, climbing 14.2%, significantly outperforming the S&P 500 index, which recorded a modest 1.2% gain during the same period. In contrast, the S&P ...

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Alibaba Pushes Quick Commerce Hard: Is Margin Pressure Mounting?

Alibaba BABA is promoting quick commerce as a key growth driver, with revenues surging 60% year over year in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, driven by strong order momentum and expansion of Taobao Instant Commerce. This growth is boosting user engagement, increasing monthly active users on the Taobao app and supporting customer management revenues ...

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S&P 500: Bull Market Showing Signs of Broadening

Last year, in the December 7 QT, we wrote: “It no longer makes much sense for us to continue recommending overweighting the and sectors in an portfolio …. The same can be said about overweighting the United States in the All Country World MSCI portfolio.”  It was time to rebalance, in our opinion, because the two sectors ...

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TSLA vs. BYDDY: What's the Better Long-Term Play?

Key Points In the global electric vehicle (EV) landscape, two prominent leaders stand out: Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and BYD (OTC: BYDDY). While they are using very different strategies to add shareholder value, both offer investors long-term durability and world-class innovation. High hopes for Tesla in software and robotics Tesla ultimately aims to be recognized as ...

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3 Stocks to Buy for 2026 That Are Practically Money Machines

Key Points Apple continues to rake in massive amounts of money with the ongoing success of its iPhone. Wall Street has great expectations this year for Microsoft. Nvidia’s momentum should be sustainable as AI adoption surges. 10 stocks we like better than Apple › Think about buying a stock as you’d think about investing in ...