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Previewing Q3 Earnings Expectations: Good or Bad?

Note: The following is an excerpt from this week’s Earnings Trends report. You can access the full report that contains detailed historical actual and estimates for the current and following periods, please click here>>> Here are the key points: For 2025 Q3, total S&P 500 index earnings are expected to be up +5.1% from the same period last ...

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Crypto Market Update: Klarna IPO raises US$1.37 Billion

Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Wednesday (September 10) as of 9:00 a.m. UTC. Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ethereum and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrencymarket news ​Bitcoin and Ethereum price update Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$113,654, a 0.9 percent increase in 24 hours and its highest ...

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Previewing Q3 Earnings Expectations: Good or Bad?

Note: The following is an excerpt from this week’s Earnings Trends report. You can access the full report that contains detailed historical actual and estimates for the current and following periods, please click here>>> Here are the key points: For 2025 Q3, total S&P 500 index earnings are expected to be up +5.1% from the same period last ...

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NFLX vs. PSKY: Which Streaming Giant Has Better Upside Potential?

Netflix NFLX and Paramount Skydance Corporation PSKY represent two distinct trajectories in the streaming wars. Netflix continues dominating with over 300 million paid households globally, while Paramount Skydance emerges from an $8 billion merger completed in August 2025, combining traditional media assets with streaming ambitions. Both companies navigate the evolving entertainment landscape differently — Netflix ...

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Why Alibaba Stock Pumped Higher Today

Key Points Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) had a fruitful and bullish Tuesday on the stock exchange, with its U.S.-listed American depositary receipts (ADRs) rising on the back of a meaningful analyst price-target hike. With that, Albaba stock closed that trading session 4% higher, handily beating the 0.3% increase of the S&P 500 index. A 31% ...

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Notable Tuesday Option Activity: CORZ, COIN, TSLA

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Core Scientific Inc (Symbol: CORZ), where a total volume of 316,317 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 31.6 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 ...

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Can Musk's $1T Pay Package Keep Tesla on the Fast Track?

Tesla TSLA recently unveiled a compensation package for its CEO, Elon Musk, that could be historic. If Musk hits the targets set in the plan, he could become the world’s first trillionaire, collecting roughly $975 billion in additional Tesla shares. The award would add more than 423 million shares to Musk’s holdings. This will potentially ...

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Better Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock: Palantir vs. SoundHound AI

Two of the hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stocks heading into 2025 are Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) and SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN). Both stocks had a phenomenal 2024, with Palantir’s stock up almost 400% and SoundHound AI’s gaining nearly 900%. That’s nearly unheard-of performance, and any investor would love to have returns like that. But after ...