Articles for author: Russ Cohen

Russ Cohen

Is Amazon Stock Poised to Rally With AI Expansion in Cloud & Retail?

Amazon AMZN stock appears positioned for upward momentum as the company accelerates artificial intelligence deployment across its cloud and retail operations, transforming both revenue engines simultaneously. The tech giant reported third-quarter revenues of $180.2 billion, marking 12% year-over-year growth, while Amazon Web Services achieved its strongest expansion in 11 quarters at 20.2%. This reacceleration signals ...

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1 Reason I Am Buying Taiwan Semiconductor Stock to Hold Forever

Key Points If you look around your house, you’ll likely see a smartphone, TV, laptop, tablet (especially if you have young kids), gaming console, or even smart appliances. One thing all those items have in common is that they rely on semiconductors (chips) to function properly. If you dig deeper into what those chips have ...

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Notable Friday Option Activity: APP, AMZN, FSLR

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Applovin Corp (Symbol: APP), where a total volume of 20,421 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 2.0 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying ...

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Intel Rides on Strong Gross Margin Expansion: Will it Sustain?

Intel Corporation INTC reported a non-GAAP gross profit of $5.45 billion during the third quarter of 2025, up from $2.39 billion a year ago. Non-GAAP operating margin improves to 40% from 18% a year ago. The figure exceeded management guidance by 4%. The uptick was driven by multiple factors such as higher revenues, a favorable ...

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Notable Friday Option Activity: NVDA, PLTR, COST

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in NVIDIA Corp (Symbol: NVDA), where a total of 2.1 million contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 211.5 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 122.4% of NVDA’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 172.9 ...

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The 3 Best Stocks to Buy With $100 Right Now. Wall Street Says They Could Soar in 2026.

Key Points Circle Internet Group’s focus on regulatory compliance leaves the company well positioned to benefit as stablecoins reshape global finance. The Trade Desk is the largest indepedent demand-side platform in the digital advertising industry, and the stock is currently cheap. Netflix is the most popular streaming service as measured by subscribers due in large ...

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Is Ulta (ULTA) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?

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? Let’s take a look at what these Wall Street heavyweights have to ...