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Robinhood Stock Beat Expectations and the Stock Fell Anyway. Here's What Long-Term Investors Should Do. The market wasn't impressed by Robinhood's Q2 report, even though it looked quite strong. Is it time to sell the stock?
Should You Buy Meta Platforms Stock While It's Below $600? The social media stock has fallen by more than 20% in the past 12 months.
This Overlooked Metals Stock Pays You Without the Mining Risk This precious metals stock benefits from rising gold and silver prices without facing the same cost pressures as traditional mining companies.
Uber Reports Earnings on Aug. 5, Followed by Lyft on Aug. 6. Here's the Better Buy Now. Uber and Lyft report earnings this week, but one ride-sharing giant stands out as the much stronger long-term buy.
Why Oracle Stock Is Gaining Oracle is catching a double tailwind from easing geopolitical tensions and an expanded AI partnership with Alphabet.
What's Wrong With Micron Technology Stock? The memory stock is down about 35% from its 52-week high.
Amazon's Growth Goes Beyond Cloud Computing Cloud computing is the main story for Amazon's Q2 earnings, but there are also a bunch of smaller stories that can drive meaningful growth in the future.
3 Reasons to Buy Nvidia Stock in August After a flat July, the world's most valuable company should be on the move again this month.
Forget Rockets. This Is The Real Reason Wall Street Can't Stop Buying SpaceX. Wall Street is still optimistic about the stock after it dropped below its IPO price.
S&P Global Grew Revenue 10% and Still Missed on Earnings. Except, Maybe It Didn't. The consensus bottom-line forecasts most investors were comparing its results to didn't appear to factor in changes stemming from a recent spinoff, or any one-time costs related to it.
Asian Stocks Are Down 10% From June Highs. That Could Be Bad News for This Semiconductor Index. The semiconductor-heavy MSCI Asia Pacific index has lost about 10% of its value since June 22. Is this a temporary dip or a long-term repricing for chip stocks?
Taiwan Semiconductor Just Reclaimed a $2 Trillion Market Cap. It Still Trades at About 20 Times Forward Earnings. The chip foundry giant is back at a milestone valuation with a market-average multiple attached. That combination deserves a closer look.
Microsoft and Alphabet Can Absorb an AI Shock. Oracle Is the One to Watch. Which hyperscaler's balance sheet could ride out a rough stretch, and which couldn't? The gap between Microsoft and Oracle is wider than their spending suggests.
Company Insider Sells $560,000 of Financial Stock in Tax-Driven Transaction, According to Latest SEC Filing Russell Hutchinson disposed of 12,614 shares following restricted stock unit vesting, retaining direct ownership of 241,253 shares worth $10.72 million.
Why Apple's AI Strategy Looks Different From Everyone Else's The consumer technology enterprise isn't taking part in the spending spree.
Chevron vs. ExxonMobil: Which Dividend Compounds Better Over the Next 10 Years? The two seemingly similar energy giants have a few discernible differences, but there's really only one difference that matters to income-growth-seeking investors.
Constellation Energy vs. Vistra: Which Utilities Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026? One commands a nuclear fortress with tech giants locked in, the other juggles retail millions with leverage that's hard to ignore.
Microsoft Pays Cash. Amazon Borrows. Here's How Big Tech Funds Its AI Boom. Same enormous AI bill, five very different wallets. Here's who's paying cash, who's borrowing heavily, and who's talking others into covering some of the tab.
Which Aerospace and Defense ETF Is the Better Buy: State Street's XAR or First Trust's MISL? XAR's lower expense ratio and broader mid-cap exposure contrast with MISL's concentrated holdings in industry giants.
Microsoft and Amazon Won the AI Spending Week. Alphabet, Meta, and Oracle Didn't. Now What? Are all these AI spending figures actually comparable? Not quite, and the fine print is where this five-company story gets interesting.
Seagate Technology Is Soaring After Its Strong Earnings Report. Should You Buy Western Digital Before Its Earnings Report? Seagate Technology's shares surged after a strong earnings report. Can you expect competitor Western Digital to do the same when it reports earnings on Aug. 5?
Amazon.com vs. CAVA: Which Consumer Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026, the Veteran E-Commerce Giant or Rising Restaurant Chain? Amazon's 10.8% net margin and $7.7 billion free cash flow (FCF) contrast sharply with CAVA's 5.4% margin and $26.1 million FCF, but valuation tells a different story.
Which Is the Better International ETF: Vanguard's Low-Cost VEA or State Street's Climate-Focused NZAC? VEA offers broad developed-market exposure at 0.03% expense ratio, while NZAC targets climate-aligned companies with a 0.12% fee and concentrated tech holdings.
Amazon.com vs. Airbnb: Comparing Revenue Trends Between an E-Commerce Leader and a Travel Giant Amazon's revenue scales steadily while Airbnb swings wildly with travel season — a tale of two business models playing out in the numbers.
Caterpillar's Order Backlog Hit a Record $63 Billion. Will Tuesday's Report Show AI Power Demand Still Filling It? The maker of bulldozers and mining trucks has become a power supplier to the AI build-out. Tuesday tests how long the orders can keep coming.
Bitcoin Miners Are Striking It Big With a Pivot Into AI. Here's the 1 Bitcoin Mining Stock I'm Buying Right Now. One Bitcoin miner has found a powerful new use for its energy assets, but the stock may already reflect much of the opportunity.
Which Short-Term Bond ETF Is the Better Buy: Vanguard's BSV or VanEck's Tax-Exempt SMB? BSV offers lower costs and higher yields for taxable income, while SMB targets tax-exempt municipal bonds for high-bracket investors.
Which Is the Better State Street Healthcare ETF: The Broad XLV or the Biotech XBI? XBI surged 76% in one year but carries triple the expense ratio and far steeper downside risk. Which fund matches your risk appetite?
Is QQQ Worth Buying Now That SpaceX Has Joined the Nasdaq-100? Here's My Honest Take. SpaceX may be getting a lot of media attention, but it has a relatively small impact on the Nasdaq-100 at the moment.
Top JPMorgan Strategist Michael Cembalest Is "Cautious" on AI Stocks. Should You Change Your Investments? A well-regarded stock market strategist says that something worrisome is happening with semiconductor stocks and AI hyperscalers.
IBM Has Fallen 33% From Its High and Yields 3%. Here's What That Dividend Actually Costs the Company. A drawdown this deep has turned a modest payout into a 3%-plus yield. The arithmetic behind it is worth checking.
3 Reasons to Buy Bloom Energy Stock -- and 3 Reasons to Wait Bloom Energy stock has surged, then sold off. Here's what's real in the AI power story and what could make patient investors wait for a better entry.
Mark Zuckerberg Just Explained Why Iren Has an Edge Over Other Neoclouds Compute is getting more valuable, and Iren's cautious approach toward dealmaking may reward it in the long run.
If I Had $1,000 to Invest Today, Here's the Trillion-Dollar Stock I'd Buy Instead of SpaceX This company just reported stellar quarterly operating results, driven by its artificial intelligence-related efforts.
Warren Buffett's Successor, Greg Abel, Started His Tenure With a Bang by Slashing Berkshire's Chevron Stake and Making a Virtual Monopoly the New No. 5 Holding The Oracle of Omaha's understudy cut Berkshire Hathaway's Chevron stake by 35% in favor of a company with a foundational sustainable moat and serious artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions.
3 Big Takeaways From Microsoft's Earnings Microsoft's earnings report was a big win for bulls.
AMD Reports Tuesday. One Number Decides Whether 54 Times Forward Earnings Was Ever Defensible. The chipmaker's entire valuation rests on a single segment's revenue. That figure gets updated this week.
The Nasdaq Recently Hit Correction Territory. Here's What History Says Comes Next. Corrections are a normal part of investing in stocks. But the market is still very likely to thrive over time.
Here's 1 Big Clue About the Most Important Thing in the Next Crypto Bull Market Financial institutions are likely going to look for assets with a specific set of criteria.
Mark Zuckerberg Just Announced Great News for Meta's Shareholders This Magnificent Seven stock continues to slide. Investors should buy the dip before it rebounds.
Apple's Hardware Is Ready for On-Device AI and PrismML Just Delivered a Real Breakthrough A small start-up just released a 27-billion-parameter AI model that can be run for free on an iPhone.
Down 48%, Is Oracle Stock a Buy Right Now? AI spending is ramping up, but this tech stock looks like a good deal.
If Artificial Intelligence Is in a Bubble, These Are the Stocks That Could Benefit Most Investors are already starting to show concerns about AI spending, and these stocks are seeing the benefit.
Elon Musk's AI Data Centers Need So Much Power He's Buying Gas Turbine Companies -- Who Else Benefits? Investors are in good company when they buy into the thesis that rising demand for power for AI data centers will continue to benefit GE Vernova over the long term.
Why Microsoft Stock Is Surging The AI leader's sales and profits are expanding at a rapid pace.
