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Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are on pace for a record-breaking year, with investments pouring in at a historic rate. Equity and bond ETFs together raked in nearly $1 trillion in the first half of 2026, marking the first…
Despite much higher sales in the first half of 2025, ASML expects a dramatic slowdown for the second half of the year.
With material growth in key metrics, second-quarter earnings are likely to be good reading.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) just reported earnings, showcasing that the AI build-out is alive and well. This makes several stocks attractive buys, including TSMC itself. I'm also bullish on Nvidia (NA…
Tesla's pullback may look tempting, but its valuation still depends heavily on robotaxis and autonomous driving succeeding.
If the Democrats take control of the Senate during the midterm elections, that could also complicate passage of the legislation, at least in its current form.
Oil and gas giant Chevron is evolving how it sells and supplies one of its core products.
Live cattle futures posted losses of 97 cents to $2.67 across most contracts on Friday. August was down $10.77 this week. Cash trade settled in at $238-240 in the north this week, with Southern trade at $237-238. Feeder…
Pfizer is deeply out of favor today, with a historically high dividend yield of 6.9%.
Amazon's $200 billion in AI spending is supported by strong demand for its Trainium chips and contracted revenue.
Bill Gates' connection to Jeffrey Epstein has Buffett not wanting to talk to him now, though.
Potential interest rate hikes and midterm elections represent significant headwinds for investors; both have historically dragged the stock market into corrections.
Melissa B. Cummings disposed of 3,437 shares for a total value of ~$109,000 on July 14, 2026.
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC), and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) have been breaking record after record over the past year, but there's at least one investor who i…
Meta and other large technology companies are working overtime to build out their AI data centers.
Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) stock isn't having a great year. The insurance technology company's stock is down 7% year-to-date after skyrocketing 341% between 2024 and 2025.
In June, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong called a market bottom for Bitcoin at $60,000.
The Trump administration is renewing its push to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
SpaceX's 2025 revenue was $18.7 billion, but one prediction sees annual revenue rising to $3.4 trillion in 2040.
Soybeans rebounded from the Thursday losses to close Friday with a late push higher, up 4 ½ to 9 ½ cents. August was 12 ¾ cents in the green on the week, with November 12 ¼ cents higher. The cmdtyView national average C…
Cotton futures saw weakness extend to Friday, with contracts closing down 62 to 89 points on the day, with December down 291 points this week. Crude oil was up another $3.50 per barrel, with the US dollar index up 0.011.
Chubb (NYSE: CB), the world's largest publicly traded provider of property, supplemental health, and casualty insurance, is a reliable blue chip stock. It's based in Switzerland, and it does business across 54 countries…
CrowdStrike continues to dominate the cloud-native cybersecurity market through its rapidly expanding Falcon platform and strategic partnerships.
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is 48% below its October 2025 all-time high of $126,080, and the drawdown has, quite predictably, been rocket fuel for crypto skeptics. One critic, Jeremy Grantham, the billionaire co-founder of GM…
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