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Russ Cohen

The 3 Best Stocks to Buy With $100 Right Now. Wall Street Says They Could Soar in 2026.

Key Points Circle Internet Group’s focus on regulatory compliance leaves the company well positioned to benefit as stablecoins reshape global finance. The Trade Desk is the largest indepedent demand-side platform in the digital advertising industry, and the stock is currently cheap. Netflix is the most popular streaming service as measured by subscribers due in large ...

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Is Ulta (ULTA) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?

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 ...

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1 Top Stock to Buy Instead of Ford in 2026

Key Points Ford’s Pro segment is performing well, and management is refocusing its EV efforts. However, there’s a leading car company that boasts superb profitability thanks to its strong brand and proven pricing power. Ford’s trailing-10-year total return significantly lags this luxury auto stock’s monster gain. 10 stocks we like better than Ferrari › For ...

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Tuesday's ETF with Unusual Volume: ILDR

The First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 530,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 49,000. Shares of ILDR were down about 0.6% on the day. Components of that ETF with the highest volume on Tuesday were Nvidia, trading up about 2.4% with ...

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The Fed Cuts – Will the Bond Market Finally Listen?

The Fed cuts again… but this might be the last one for a while… a different Fed curveball from Monday… why has the 10-year Treasury yield been rising?… Today, in a 9–3 vote, the Federal Reserve delivered a 25-basis-point rate cut at its December FOMC meeting – the first time in six years that three ...

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Is Amazon Stock Still a Buy After Hitting All-Time Highs?

Key Points AWS is enjoying robust multiyear revenue visibility. Advertising is also becoming a key profit engine. Amazon’s shares can continue to soar even above their all-time high levels. 10 stocks we like better than Amazon › Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) are hovering close to an all-time high of $254. Image source: Amazon. Where ...

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Notable Monday Option Activity: APPF, AMD, CRWD

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in AppFolio Inc (Symbol: APPF), where a total of 1,712 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 171,200 underlying shares. That amounts to about 80.3% of APPF’s average daily trading volume over the past month of 213,230 shares. Especially ...

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Broadcom's Semiconductor Growth Picks Up: A Sign of More Upside?

Broadcom’s AVGO Semiconductor revenues are benefiting from strong demand for XPUs, which are a type of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) necessary to train Generative AI (Gen AI) models. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, AI revenues surged 74% year over year to $6.5 billion. XPU adoption accelerated in the reported quarter as enterprises continue ...