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Key Points Before the end of its first trading day on the Nasdaq, Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), or SpaceX, had joined an elite club: stocks with at least $2 trillion in market capitalization. The club is so exclusive that only six other stocks belong to it. And unlike SpaceX, most of them ...
The recommendations of Wall Street analysts are often relied on by investors when deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock. Media reports about these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts changing their ratings often affect a stock’s price. Do they really matter, though? Before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use ...
Key Points Multiple indicators suggest the stock market could be overvalued right now. Choosing the right stocks is more important than ever. With a long-term outlook, your portfolio is more likely to survive even a severe downturn. 10 stocks we like better than S&P 500 Index › The market has been wobbly lately, with the ...
I’ve been at this for 47 years. Here’s what I see that most investors are missing. Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). There are some stories that can’t help but make you proud to be an American. Victor Glover is one of them. Glover is a Navy captain, test pilot, ...
Key Points The IPO wave is unlikely to trigger a 40% market crash, but it could spark meaningful rotations within AI and technology stocks. SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI will likely attract capital from existing tech holdings, creating selling pressure on current AI winners. The biggest risk isn’t market-wide liquidity; it’s concentrated valuation pressure on Nvidia, ...
Key Points Qualcomm recently noted that its data center revenue could hit $15 billion in fiscal 2029. The company has already secured a notable customer for its AI data center chips and expects to win more business in this space. Qualcomm’s valuation and earnings growth potential suggest that the stock is a no-brainer buy right ...
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Microsoft Corporation (Symbol: MSFT), where a total volume of 400,559 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 40.1 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying ...
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. APOG used its first-quarter fiscal 2027earnings callto stress execution and portfolio reshaping rather than headline growth. Management framed the quarter as proof that pricing discipline and cost actions can offset a still uneven demand backdrop. The bigger message was what comes next. Executives reaffirmed full-year guidance, pointed to a more second-half-weighted year ...
Key Points Fox paid a steep premium, and investors immediately punished the leverage risk. Roku gives Fox massive streaming distribution, but synergies remain years away. Netflix’s reported interest highlights accelerating streaming consolidation and rising acquisition costs. 10 stocks we like better than Netflix › Fox Corp. (NASDAQ: FOXA) (NASDAQ: FOX) just made the biggest bet ...
Monday felt pretty boring to me. I honestly didn’t pay much attention. For whatever reason, the 1-day settled at 17.6 on Friday and then opened around 12. That collapse in implied volatility was the boost the market needed to get the indexes moving higher. Aside from a brief pullback early in the session, when the ...
