Articles for author: Russ Cohen

Russ Cohen

No Rate Cuts… but Two Dissents

The Fed holds rates steady as expected… two dissenters for the first time in decades… Louis Navellier is not happy… GDP accelerates… India gets hits with a hefty tariff… a strong ADP jobs report… last call for TradeSmith’s seasonality tool This afternoon, the Federal Reserve held the fed funds target rate steady at 4.25% – ...

Russ Cohen

Why Nvidia Stock Popped 13% in July

Key Points Nvidia became the first company to surpass a market cap of $4 trillion. The company announced it would resume selling its H20 chips to China. Despite a significant opportunity, the stock remains attractively priced. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) surged in July, jumping 12.6%, according ...

Russ Cohen

Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: NFLX, TSLA, GOOGL

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Netflix Inc (Symbol: NFLX), where a total of 134,017 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 13.4 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 338.3% of NFLX’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 4.0 million ...

Russ Cohen

Ex-Dividend Reminder: Ford Motor, Rollins and Global Industrial

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 8/11/25, Ford Motor Co. (Symbol: F), Rollins, Inc. (Symbol: ROL), and Global Industrial Company (Symbol: GIC) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Ford Motor Co. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.15 on 9/2/25, Rollins, Inc. will pay its quarterly ...

Russ Cohen

S&P 500 Earnings Growth Nearly Triples Forecasts Despite Valuation Fears

Don’t look now fans, but the is trading almost exactly at all-time highs on this fine summer Monday morning. Never mind the overbought conditions, the exuberant sentiment, and the extremely high valuations that technicians have been warning about. Forget about the economy slowing. The jobs data. The trade wars. The geopolitical messes. Or that inflation ...

Russ Cohen

2 Growth Stocks That Could Skyrocket in 2025 and Beyond

With the recent market pullback, technology stocks have gotten a lot of investors’ attention lately, but they are not the only growth stocks that suddenly find themselves at much lower prices. Two restaurant stocks with some of the best long-term prospects are also much cheaper than they were in mid-February. Coffee shop operator Dutch Bros ...

Russ Cohen

Here Are My Top "Magnificent Seven" Stocks to Buy Now

Key Points The “Magnificent Seven” is a term coined by CNBC’s Jim Cramer that includes some of the leading tech companies in the market. The cohort consists of: Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) All of these ...

Russ Cohen

Apple: Navigating Tariffs while Services Drive Growth

Apple Company Overview Co-founded by the late, great Steve Jobs, Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock Apple (AAPL) is one the world’s leading tech juggernauts. The Cupertino, California-based company is best known for its iPhone smartphone, which dominates the smartphone market, garnering more than a 50% market share in the United States. In addition to the ...