Articles for author: The whipping post

Alibaba Just Made a $100 Billion Bet on AI. Here's What It Means for Investors.

Key Points Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) has spent the past few years rebuilding its business amid regulatory pressure, slowing e-commerce growth, and rising competition. But its latestearnings callrevealed something far more important than a single quarter’s results. Management outlined an ambitious goal: to generate more than $100 billion in annual revenue from its cloud and ...

Better Industrial Stock: Tesla vs. Rocket Lab

Key Points Humanoid robotics and space represent potential multi-trillion-dollar market opportunities. Tesla is pivoting from electric vehicles to its Optimus robot and Robotaxis, while Rocket Lab is trying to challenge SpaceX’s dominance. Rocket Lab’s small size and promising business developments make it a better choice for long-term investors right now. 10 stocks we like better ...

Is Interactive Brokers (IBKR) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?

When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock’s price, but are they really important? Before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage, let’s see ...

Prediction: The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks That Win in 2026 Won't Be the Same Ones That Won in 2025

Key Points Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have been leading the S&P 500 higher over the past few years amid excitement about this potentially game-changing technology. Importantly, AI has started to demonstrate its strengths as companies already are generating billion-dollar revenue through sales of AI tools — and others are seeing results as they apply these ...

Will Microsoft Ultimately Be an AI Beneficiary or Be Hurt by It?

Key Points Microsoft’s commercial backlog more than doubled year over year in fiscal Q2, but a single customer accounts for nearly half of it. The company’s gross profit margin narrowed recently as it spends aggressively to support its artificial intelligence infrastructure. Competition in cloud computing is intensifying, with Amazon’s cloud growth reaccelerating. 10 stocks we ...

XLG, USE: Big ETF Outflows

Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF, where 13,620,000 units were destroyed, or a 7.0% decrease week over week. Among the largest underlying components of XLG, in morning trading today Nvidia is ...

Best Growth Stocks to Buy for March 24th

Here are three stocks with buy ranks and strong growth characteristics for investors to consider today, March 24th: BGC Group, Inc. BGC: This brokerage and financial technology company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 9.4% over the last 60 days. BGC Group, Inc. ...