Articles for category: Market News

Russ Cohen

Palantir Is Down 30%: Noise? Or a Signal to Accumulate?

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 ...

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What Big Bank Earnings Aren’t Telling Investors Right Now

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 ...

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Goldman’s Delta One Desk: Equities Driven By AI Spend

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 ...

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The Market Is at Highs… but the Returns May Not Be

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, ...

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The Question Every Investor Gets Wrong

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 ...

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Stop Guessing the Market. Use AI Trading Signals Instead

Why the best investors don’t predict direction – they follow patterns hidden in data Editor’s Note: Most investors are trained to ask a simple question: Is the market going up… or down?  While it seems logical, that can actually lead you in the wrong direction. Because the best investors – the ones who consistently win ...

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S&P 500 Reacts to AI-Driven Misinformation Before Facts Emerge

Within minutes of the April 25, 2026, White House Correspondents Dinner shooting, in which Secret Service neutralized 32-year-old Malik Thompson within 45 seconds of three shots being fired, with two attendees sustaining non-life-threatening leg wounds. At the same time, social media platforms were generating a parallel information event that would prove more consequential for markets ...

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Oracle Is All-In on AI, and That’s Exactly the Problem

Hello, Reader. Oracle Corp. (ORCL) seems to be “blessed by the Fates” this week. The stock jumped 13% on Monday and more than 4% on Tuesday, helped by a broader, short-lived rally in software stocks and a new deal with Bloom Energy Corp. (BE), which sent that stock up 22%. Building on an existing partnership, ...