Articles for author: Russ Cohen

Russ Cohen

Wall Street Analysts Think ServiceNow (NOW) Is a Good Investment: Is It?

Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock’s price, do they really matter? Before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use ...

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Notable Tuesday Option Activity: MO, PM, AMD

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Altria Group Inc (Symbol: MO), where a total of 606,716 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 60.7 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 687.6% of MO’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 8.8 ...

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My Top 2 AI Stocks for 2025

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in 2024 has reshaped our world in ways previously confined to science fiction. Virtual assistants now handle complex customer service queries with human-like understanding, while AI-powered chips process vast amounts of data at unprecedented speeds. These technological breakthroughs have caught Wall Street’s attention, driving the S&P 500‘s (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) ...