Articles for author: Russ Cohen

Russ Cohen

A Round-Trip Ride in Space Exploration Stocks

As of last Friday, after five full trading days, Space Exploration Technologies () began to trade inside the range of its first trading day. To recap, the stock opened at $150 on its IPO day (IPO at $135), rising to $225.64 by mid-week (last week), before trading all the way down to $172.11 last Friday. ...

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Anthropic IPO: Everything You Need to Know

Anthropic has confidentially filed for a US IPO. Here is the latest on its valuation, reported revenue run rate, Amazon (NASDAQ:) partnership, ownership, governance and potential IPO timing. Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, has become one of the most closely watched private technology companies in the world. The Anthropic IPO story has changed materially ...

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AST SpaceMobile Just Nailed a Major Launch—So Why Is the Stock Crashing?

The massive rotation out of semiconductor stocks this week has reverberated throughout the tech sector, with the selloff negatively impacting everything from the Magnificent Seven to hardware—and space stocks are no exception. However, while Elon Musk’s has grabbed headlines by falling nearly 16% from its post-IPO high, losses for space-based direct-to-device (D2D) cellular broadband competitor ...

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Micron Soars, Apple Sinks, and the Indexes Tread Water

Key Points Micron surged 16% after a massive earnings beat, but Apple fell more than 6% after raising Mac and iPad prices due to soaring memory costs. The S&P 500 was nearly flat while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.8%; the Dow rose 0.4%, led by Caterpillar’s all-time high. Friday’s Russell index reconstitution will add SpaceX ...

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AI ROI Debate Misses the Value of Owning Critical Infrastructure

For most of the AI cycle, investors debated technology: the best model, the best chip, the best architecture. The question for the next phase is different. It’s about who can afford to build and who gets paid while they wait. This week’s TechEdge covers: The $5.5T Capex Supercycle: Why Estimates Keep Getting Raised From Cash ...

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Micron’s HBM Surge Could Redefine the AI Growth Story

’s fiscal Q3 results and the strength of its outperformance highlight a persistent problem in today’s market: there is a fundamental misunderstanding of the AI trade. AI isn’t a niche; it’s not a bubble. It is the evolution of technology, and that evolution is accelerating. Leading tech giants, enterprises, and research labs globally are racing ...