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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) Up 5.3% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue?

A month has gone by since the last earnings report for JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM). Shares have added about 5.3% in that time frame, outperforming the S&P 500. But investors have to be wondering, will the recent positive trend continue leading up to …

Fastenal (FAST) Up 15.1% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue?

A month has gone by since the last earnings report for Fastenal (FAST). Shares have added about 15.1% in that time frame, outperforming the S&P 500. Will the recent positive trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is Fastenal due for …

Micron Stock Keeps Rallying. Watch Out for This New Memory-Chip Rival.

Despite Thursday’s surge, the company fell behind in the second quarter among suppliers of NAND memory chips. Continue Reading

Déjà Vu. Why Intel Is Eyeing a Return to Memory.

Intel’s CEO said this week that the chip maker may return to the memory market, potentially making it a challenger to Micron and SK Hynix. Continue Reading

VeriSign CEO James Bidzos Sells 3,300 Shares for $979,000

D. James Bidzos, Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO of VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN), sold 3,300 shares of common stock on Aug. 4, 2026, according to a recent SEC Form 4 filing. Transaction summary Metric Value Shares sold 3,300 Transaction value $979,000 Post-transaction shares (directly held) 409,639 …

Sam Altman Told the White House He Supports Slowing AI Development. Here's Why That Matters for AI Stocks.

In late July, Sam Altman went to Washington, D.C., to brief lawmakers on OpenAI's next-frontier model after one of its systems autonomously hacked another artificial intelligence (AI) platform, Hugging Face, and then pivoted to attack a customer's cloud account. Coming out of those meetings, …

Stock Market Today: Dow's Gain Vanishes; Credo Technology Approaches New Entry (Live Coverage)

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises Thursday after surprise key inflation data. Cisco and AI stock Cerebras plunge on earnings. Continue Reading

Why Sandisk Stock Popped Again Today

Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) stock is heading into its fourth straight day of gains Thursday -- up 6.2% through 10:50 a.m. ET -- and has Evercore ISI to thank for it. In a note this morning, Evercore analyst Amit Daryanani reiterated his outperform rating and …

General Motors Gains 13% in a Month: Buy, Sell or Hold the Stock?

General Motors Company GM shares have risen 13.1% in a month amid the company's continued restructuring efforts in China, growth in software and digital business and expansion of its business beyond traditional vehicle manufacturing. In the second quarter of 2026, General Motors' adjusted earnings …

Meta (META) Deletes 756,000 Teen Accounts, But Is It Enough?

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) says it has taken down 756,000 accounts it believes belonged to Australians under 16 since a nationwide ban on teen social media use took effect on December 10. The company disclosed the figure on August 13, splitting it into 462,000 suspect …

IREN Rallies 6% as Microsoft Signs Off on Horizon 1, NVIDIA Grants Exemplar Cloud Status

Quick Read IREN surged 6% after Microsoft formally accepted Horizon 1, triggering monthly invoicing under a five-year, $9.7 billion cloud services agreement. NVIDIA's Exemplar Cloud designation validates Horizon 1's AI performance, potentially helping IREN attract hyperscalers beyond Microsoft for its 480MW 2026 capacity target. …

Applied Materials Stock Nearly Tripled On Orders It Cannot Ship Fast Enough

Image from Pixabay The stock is priced on a multi-year fab build-out whose pace is set by supply chains rather than by demand. Applied Materials (AMAT) stock has nearly tripled over the past year, returning 193% while the S&P 500 gained 21%. Revenue over …

Canary Technologies Named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 List

Canary ranks among the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., fueled by global adoption of its hospitality-specific AI platform. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Canary Technologies, the leading AI platform for hotel and guest management, has been named to the 2026 Inc. 5000, …

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Chipotle Eyes Low-Single-Digit 2026 Comps: Is the Worst Over?

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. CMG is showing early signs of recovery after a difficult start to 2026. The company raised its full-year comparable sales outlook to the low-single-digit range, supported by improving traffic and stronger execution. In the second quarter, comparable sales increased 2.2%, …

Strength in Defense & Propulsion Unit Drives GE Aerospace: Can It Sustain?

GE Aerospace GE is witnessing strong momentum in its Defense & Propulsion Technologies segment. After experiencing growth of 19% in first-quarter 2026, revenues from the segment increased 16% year over year in the second quarter. The surge in revenues was driven by the growing …

3 Reasons CHWY is Risky and 1 Stock to Buy Instead

3 Reasons CHWY is Risky and 1 Stock to Buy Instead Over the past six months, Chewy's shares (currently trading at $22.58) have posted a disappointing 12.9% loss, well below the S&P 500's 11.7% gain. This may have investors wondering how to approach the …

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Can IBM's Together AI Cloud Deal Boost Its Growth Prospects?

International Business Machines Corporation IBM has entered into a multi-year, $240 million agreement with Together AI to support the growing demand for enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) inference. The partnership will enable IBM to expand its cloud infrastructure offerings for open-source AI workloads and strengthen …

European Equities Traded in the US Rise in Thursday Trading

European equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were higher late Thursday morning, rising 0.45% to 1,969.72 on the S&P Europe Select ADR Index. From continental Europe, the gainers were led by biopharmaceutical company Cellectis (CLLS) and biotech firm Evaxion Silver Upgrade …

AMD to Raise as Much as $5 Billion From Debt Offering

(Bloomberg) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is planning to raise as much $5 billion in what could be the chipmaker's biggest-ever investment-grade bond sale, adding to a wave of debt tied to the artificial intelligence boom. Most Read from Bloomberg Walter Sells Lakers, Seeks …

IREN (IREN) Is Up 12.3% After Microsoft Accepts Horizon 1 AI Cloud Deployment - What's Changed

IREN Limited recently confirmed that Horizon 1, the first of four 50MW direct-to-chip liquid-cooled AI cloud deployments, has been delivered to and accepted by Microsoft under their five-year, US$9.70 billion cloud services contract. In parallel, IREN secured NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud status for its GB300 …

How Pfizer’s Higher 2026 Guidance And LITFULO Trial Results At Pfizer (PFE) Have Changed Its Investment Story

In early August 2026, Pfizer Inc. reported second-quarter results showing revenue of US$15,034 million and a net loss of US$248 million, alongside US$4.30 billion in non-cash intangible asset impairments and a modest increase in full-year 2026 revenue guidance to US$60.50–US$62.50 billion. A key offsetting …

Novo Nordisk (CPSE:NOVO B) Sees New Pressure In Weight Loss Drugs

Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Novo Nordisk (CPSE:NOVO B) faces fresh competition as the UK's MHRA approves Eli Lilly's oral weight loss therapy Foundayo for use in the …

Google becomes latest company to raise prices thanks to memory shortage

You can blame AI for yet another price hike in the tech industry. Google (GOOG, GOOGL) on Wednesday revealed its Pixel 11 family of smartphones, a collection that includes the company's latest foldable phone, the Pixel 11 Pro Fold. But each phone also gets …

Nvidia’s new $500B plan is risky but brilliant, especially for aging GPUs

Nvidia announced this week that Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR were willing to commit up to $500 billion to build AI data centers. That eye-popping figure got a lot of the attention, but the bigger story is Nvidia's effort to create …

Things are looking up for AI infrastructure companies, for now

The AI build-out doesn't appear to be slowing anytime soon. At least that's what you can glean from a trio of earnings after the bell on Tuesday. CoreWeave (CRWV), Nebius (NBIS), and Supermicro (SMCI) each reported strong quarterly results, sending shares soaring on Wednesday …

Morgan Stanley doubles down on SpaceX stock for investors

There is a number making the rounds on Wall Street right now that would have seemed disconnected from reality 12 months ago: a $600 price target for a company that went public at $135 in June and briefly fell below that listing price within …

Pershing Square H1 Earnings Call Highlights

Pershing Square (LON:PSH) held its first earnings call as Pershing Square Inc., with Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Bill Ackman outlining a strategy centered on long-term compounding in its existing investment vehicles, potential new fund launches and efforts to improve trading in Pershing Square …

3 Reasons to Hold Netflix Stock Despite a 20.9% YTD Decline

Netflix NFLX shares have plunged 20.9% year to date, a decline steep enough to test the patience of long-term holders. Shares of Netflix have underperformed the broader Zacks Consumer Discretionary sector's decline of 7.5% Yet a close reading of the company's own second-quarter 2026 …

Cisco Sees Strong Enterprise, AI Demand as Market-Share Momentum Builds, Morgan Stanley Says

Cisco Systems (CSCO) is benefiting from broad-based strength across its core enterprise business and hyperscaler AI infrastructure, with improved supply availability helping drive market-share gains and stronger growth, Morgan Stanley said Thursday in a report.Cisco's core Silver Upgrade to read this MT Newswires article …

Tesla Is Down 26% in 2026 and Trailing Every Magnificent Seven Peer. Here's What Could Turn It Around.

Key Points Tesla's vehicle sales are slowing, which is causing the stock to drop. Its margins are compressing rapidly while it embarks on a massive capital expenditures plan. SpaceX may merge with it in the future. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave …

ATI Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates on Aerospace Demand, Outlook Raised

ATI Inc. ATI posted adjusted earnings of $1.23 per share for the second quarter of 2026, up 66.2% from the year-ago quarter. The figure beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.03 by 19.4%. Sales of $1.26 billion rose 10.6% year over year and topped …

CoreWeave's $35-$39B Capex Plan: Can AI Demand Justify the Spend?

CoreWeave (CRWV is aggressively expanding its AI infrastructure to meet increasing customer demand, necessitating massive capacity additions. 2026 capital expenditures are now projected to be between $35 billion and $39 billion (up from $31-$35 billion), indicating the scale of its AI infrastructure ambitions. Second-quarter …

The Advertising Research Foundation Announces 2026 ARF David Ogilvy Awards Finalists

NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) today announced the finalists for the 2026 ARF David Ogilvy Awards, honoring excellence in research-driven advertising and marketing. For more than 30 years, the ARF David Ogilvy Awards have recognized campaigns that …

EL Stock to Post Q4 Earnings: Here's What Investors Should Know

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. EL is likely to register growth in both top and bottom lines when it reports fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings on Aug. 19, 2026. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal fourth-quarter revenues stands at $3.55 billion, indicating 4.1% growth from …