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Russ Cohen

Wall Street Week in Review: Stocks Notch Highs Despite Pessimism

Investor Sentiment Remains Bearish The S&P 500 Index is up 12.5% year-to-date, 17% over the past six months, and is at an all-time high. In fact, small caps, large caps, and tech stocks are all hovering near all-time highs. However, the one item not near new highs is investor sentiment. Despite the stellar market performance ...

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Palantir’s Defense Partnerships Fuel Its Growth Story

Investors have many reasons to believe in Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) as a long-term growth stock. One of the original chapters of the company’s bull thesis is its proximity and superiority in the defense sector. Palantir is quickly becoming the operating system of the U.S. government, including the Pentagon. In the 20th century, defense ...

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Is Apple Stock as Good as Nvidia?

Key Points Apple’s powerful ecosystem has been key to its success, driving incredible profitability. Nvidia continues to register strong demand for its data center GPUs, as AI capital expenditures balloon. The stock that each investor will prefer comes down to individual goals. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › There’s no denying that Nvidia ...

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Why Rivian Stock Dropped Today

What happened Yesterday was a great day to own shares of electric start-up Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN), with the stock revving 3.7% higher after MotorTrend named its R1T electric truck its Truck of the Year. Today, however, Rivian’s giving back all of those gains — and more — and is down 4.2% as of 12:20 p.m. ...

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Congress: The Biggest Trades Impacting Markets Today

Congress members are at it again. They are trading stocks, and the data is more than suggestive. Assuming this influential group of legislators has an inside edge, stocks like NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) and other tech leaders are on track to move higher in 2025 and in the longer term. Congress Bets Big on NVIDIA, AI, and ...

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Best Momentum Stocks to Buy for September 12th

Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, September 12: Mr. Cooper Group Inc. COOP: This mortgage servicing company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.2% over the last 60 days. MR. COOPER GROUP INC Price ...

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Zoom's Voice Strategy Evolves: Is Phone Now a Core Growth Driver?

Cloud-based telephony adoption is accelerating as enterprises move toward unified platforms that streamline voice, video and collaboration. Zoom Communications ZM is emerging as a key beneficiary through Zoom Phone, which continues to gain traction across large enterprise accounts and international markets. Zoom Phone is evolving beyond voice replacement into a core layer of enterprise infrastructure. ...