Articles for author: Russ Cohen

Russ Cohen

Alibaba Pulls AI Companions as China Tightens Rules: What's Ahead?

Alibaba Group BABA is pulling artificial intelligence (AI) companion features from its Qwen platform as Beijing prepares to enforce sweeping new rules on humanlike AI services, even as the stock stages its sharpest rally in months on unrelated signs of operational improvement. Qwen’s humanlike and user-created agents stopped working on July 10, with wider agent ...

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Fastenal Stock Dips After Q2 Earnings, Offering a Solid Entry Point

Fastenal’s (NASDAQ:) stock price declined following its Q2 earnings release, creating another solid entry point for investors. The worst that can be said about the report is that earnings were only in alignment with the consensus forecast, providing no immediate impetus for bullish behavior. However, “tepid” as the results may have been, the company revealed strengths ...

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Prediction: This Is How Tesla Stock Will Do After July 22

Key Points The recent public offering of Space Exploration Technologies, also known as SpaceX, has given Elon Musk fans another investment option to consider, as Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) now has to share the spotlight. And at a market cap of around $1.5 trillion, it is firmly behind the rocket company, whose valuation was north of ...

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Insiders Sell 2 AI Enablers: Investors Can Buy Into Their Futures

Insiders are selling AI enablers such as Penguin Solutions and , but investors should think twice before doing so. AI is more than a one-company, one-system, or one-ecosystem solution; it is a global network of data, computing power, memory storage, and inference outputs that has yet to be fully realized. While insiders sell these stocks, ...

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Primo Brands Rides Premium Water Demand as Costs Restrain Margin Gains

Primo Brands Corporation PRMB is benefiting from healthier hydration demand and a sharper premium-water mix. Those trends are helping sales recover after integration disruption. The issue is profitability. Freight, weather, service spending and integration costs are still limiting how much of that revenue momentum reaches earnings. Primo Brands Corporation Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise Primo ...

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9 Stocks With Strong Rebound Potential in the Second Half of 2026

Several beaten-down large-cap stocks combine attractive valuations with strong rebound potential. Screening favored financially healthy companies trading well below fair value and analyst targets. The Trade Desk and Gartner stand out despite sharp declines and resilient underlying fundamentals. Wall Street delivered a strong first half of 2026. The S&P 500 gained 9.6%, while the Nasdaq ...

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Stock Indexes Split as Chip Stocks Fall, Oil Surges

Key Points The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7% as semiconductor losses dominated. Dow Jones held losses to just 0.2%, showing a split market favoring less capital-intensive businesses. Earnings season begins this week with major banks reporting results, providing either clarity or new questions in a complicated economy. 10 stocks we like better than NASDAQ Composite Index ...