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 ...
For some Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:) investors, it seems like the thrill is gone as it relates to PLTR. The stock is down about 20% in 2026. But dating back to its 52-week high in November 2025, PLTR is down about 30%. Furthermore, the stock has been trading in a defined range since early February. Even a ...
For the past few weeks, investors have been trapped in a “fog of war.” They’ve been fixated on the headlines, worrying about oil prices, inflation and the implications for future rate cuts. That is understandable. The good news is that the first-quarter earnings season has arrived just in time. Because after weeks of anxiety, rumor ...
Takeaways Equities are no longer broadly based; the entire tape is being driven by one force, AI spend, with everything else orbiting that single gravity well Hyperscaler capex is the fuel line, as long as Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta Platforms keep spending aggressively, the AI flywheel remains intact Semiconductors have become the purest expression ...
Key Points Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) soared during most of this artificial intelligence (AI) boom, but one thing prompted caution at certain times, and that’s the stock’s valuation. It skyrocketed, reaching a peak of more than 240x forward earnings estimates last year. So, as investors became increasingly worried about the formation of an AI bubble ...
What history suggests about future returns – and how to stay invested anyway… The S&P is back in record territory… are all the risks gone?… what one valuation metric says about forward returns… how to remain in the market despite valuation risk… next week’s event with TradeSmith CEO Keith Kaplan As I write on Thursday, ...
Investors in have had a sweet run recently, with shares rising more than 22% year to date. But based on Wall Street estimates, much of the upside may already be baked in. The stock hit an all-time intraday high near $70 in July before dropping into the $40s by November, as investors grew concerned about ...
Most investors focus on market direction, but the real edge comes from something else entirely. Editor’s Note: Most investors spend their time trying to answer a simple question: Is the market going up… or down? But that question can actually lead you astray. Some of the most successful investors in history didn’t focus on predicting ...
Key Points Microsoft has invested over $13 billion in OpenAI since 2019 and holds a 27% stake in the company as of late 2025. Microsoft has served as OpenAI’s primary cloud provider, licensed its models exclusively, and had revenue-sharing agreements in place. Now, things are about to change. 10 stocks we like better than Microsoft ...
The recent 50% rally in the , with an unprecedented 18 consecutive up days, has been a sight to behold, pushing many forecasts and indicators to their limits. As such, on Friday, April 24, the 5-day and 14-day relative strength indicators (RSI5, RSI14) registered at 98.7 and 85.1, respectively. The former has never been this ...
