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Russ Cohen

The 3 Best-Performing S&P 500 Stocks of the Last 3 Years Have 1 Key Commonality Other Than Being AI Stocks. Can You Guess It?

The three best-performing stocks on the S&P 500 index over the past three years, as of June 30, are Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) with a 1,403% return; Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI), 1,116%; and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), 943%. The S&P 500 returned 71.6% over this period. Beyond all being artificial intelligence (AI) stocks, these three ...

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Why Ford's EV Sales Could Hit a Speed Bump

When it comes to the global automotive industry, all signs point to an electrified future. Already, China’s automotive market is testing 50% market share of electrified vehicles, but electric vehicle (EV) sales progress has been slower to gain traction in the U.S. market. For Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) investors, the company’s recent EV sales ...

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June, Second Quarter 2025 Review and Outlook

Executive Summary The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 ended Q2at new all-time highs Industrials and Financials at new highs signals economic strength U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) with the biggest 6M decline in 16 years (2009) S&P 500 corporate EPS is forecasted to grow 5% in Q2 2025 Nine of 11 large-cap sectors are positive YTD ...

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AGI Incoming: Sooner Than You Think, Bigger Than You Can Imagine

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is no longer a distant dream. It stands to be one of the most disruptive – and profitable – technological shifts of our lifetime.  That’s right. It’s not something your grandkids will grapple with in 2080. It’s something you will see unfold within the next few years… perhaps before the next ...

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Baidu's AI-Push Gains Momentum: Is ERNIE Enough to Power Ambitions?

Baidu, Inc.’s BIDU push into AI is gaining momentum and the centerpiece of that effort is its ERNIE family of large language models. The latest iterations, ERNIE 4.5 and X1 Turbo, demonstrate remarkable progress in both reasoning and multimodal capabilities. Yet the key question remains: Is ERNIE alone enough to anchor Baidu’s broader AI strategy? ...

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Why Tesla Stock Is Plummeting Today

Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) are falling on Tuesday, down 4.3% as of 12:23 p.m. ET. The drop comes as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite lost 0.1% and 0.8%, respectively. Tesla CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump reignited their dormant social media conflict yesterday with Trump directly calling for the government to review ...

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DFUS, AAPL, GOOG, LLY: Large Inflows Detected at ETF

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF (Symbol: DFUS) where we have detected an approximate $286.9 million dollar inflow — that’s a 1.9% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 227,300,000 to 231,600,000). Among the largest underlying ...