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Russ Cohen

Microsoft’s Boring Stock Story May Be Its Biggest Strength

is down approximately 20% in the last 12 months. Most of the news around the company has been negative. There have been layoffs, significant ongoing capital expenditures to support its artificial intelligence ambitions, cost pressures in its gaming division, and the ongoing transformation of Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI. That’s created significant noise around the company ...

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This Fund Crushed It in 2025: It’s a Trap in 2026

ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:) is a standout among closed-end funds (CEFs), but not for the reasons we’d like! For one, this gold-focused CEF pays almost no dividend itself (its yield is a meager 0.14% as I write this). That’s unusual for a CEF, as investors mainly buy these funds for their high yields. As ...

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Just 4 "Magnificent Seven" Stocks Are Still More Valuable Than SpaceX. Could SpaceX Be a Better Buy Than All of Them?

Key Points Alphabet was an early investor in SpaceX and is now a SpaceX customer. Nvidia could play an integral role in providing the compute capacity for SpaceX’s orbital data centers. Microsoft and Apple are cash cows, but they may not appeal to high-octane growth investors. 10 stocks we like better than Space Exploration Technologies ...

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S&P 500 Earnings: Micron Technology Reports This Week

Most of the fixed-income returns that are tracked on a weekly basis by this blog, ended higher on the week, despite all the chatter around Kevin Warsh and the latest Fed meeting. There just seems to be an undue amount of bearishness (i.e. higher bond yields and lower prices) discounted in Treasuries, and high-grade corporates, ...

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PVH Stock Tracks Key Trends in DTC, AI and Apparel Margins

PVH Corp. PVH is trying to turn brand momentum into steadier profitability as apparel demand stays uneven. The company’s latest quarter showed progress in direct-to-consumer channels, digital commerce and inventory control. The stock’s next move may depend on whether those gains can offset tariff pressure, weaker wholesale trends and softer demand in Europe, the Middle ...

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Can SpaceX Deliver Tesla-Level Returns? The Bull and the Bear Case

Key Points Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) went public in 2010. One of the company’s missions (though by no means the only one) was to revolutionize the auto industry. The electric vehicle (EV) maker has had tremendous success in that department. It has helped make EVs more mainstream, pioneered a vertically integrated model that some competitors in ...

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Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: ACN, AMD, TTWO

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Accenture plc (Symbol: ACN), where a total volume of 55,450 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 5.5 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying ...