Articles for author: Russ Cohen

Russ Cohen

This Market Looks Like 1999, and That Should Make You Pay Attention

The striking similarities may hold an important lesson for investors this summer. Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). Editor’s Note: My colleague, growth investing expert Louis Navellier, has been investing through major market cycles for nearly 50 years, including the internet boom of the late 1990s. Recently, he told me ...

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10 Tech Stocks Offering a Compelling Alternative as Bitcoin Plummets

Bitcoin has been underperforming in recent months, both in terms of overall performance and volatility Conversely, double-digit swings are not uncommon among US tech stocks, which have soared in recent months Crypto investors seeking maximum returns would do well to draw conclusions from this fell sharply overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, dropping to nearly $61,000 ...

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Will Tesla Merge With SpaceX?

Key Points The investing world is going into overdrive in anticipation of the SpaceX initial public offering (IPO) in June. Elon Musk’s ambitious space company is aiming to raise $75 billion in capital markets funding to embark on new business ventures, including its massive Starship rocket, orbital data centers for artificial intelligence (AI), and space ...

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Oil Volatility and Broadcom Selloff Pressure Markets

The finished the day lower by roughly 60 basis points, while oil prices rose by more than 2%. appears to be forming an inverse head-and-shoulders pattern and, more importantly, has already broken above its neckline. If the pattern completes, it would suggest that oil prices could rise to around $102. Meanwhile, volatility did not change ...

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Meet the Latest $1 Trillion Stock

Key Points Back in August 2018, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) became the first stock to cross the $1 trillion valuation threshold. Now, 15 companies are worth $1 trillion or more. There will be more and more $1 trillion companies over time, and eventually this threshold will become a bit less important, but it’s still impressive to ...

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S&P 500: June Swoon?

So far, the bottomed this year on March 30 in response to the latest Gulf War. Since then, Fabulous Earnings Momentum (FEMO) during the Q1 earnings reporting season fueled a remarkable 19.1% rally in the index, led by an amazing 44.5% increase in the (chart). We recently raised the caution flag, suggesting a possible pullback ...

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Quantum Computing: Hype or the Real Deal?

The word “quantum” is defined as “an amount,” with its Latin root meaning “how much.” In physics, a quantum is the smallest discrete unit of any physical property. The adjective form, as in “quantum leap,” describes a sudden, significant, and fundamental change. It is also a perfect adjective for coining the next potential technological innovation—quantum ...