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91% of Upstart's Loans Were Fully Automated Last Quarter. No Bank Can Underwrite That Cheaply.

Key Points Shares of Upstart have slumped about 31% year to date. The bank had a strong Q2 with 91% of its loan originations handled by AI. Upstart recently got approval for a bank charter, which should improve its unit economics. 10 stocks we …

Robinhood's co-founder wants to build AI data centers in space, not in people's backyards

Listen and subscribe to Power Players with Brian Sozzi on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. The not-in-my-backyard, anti-AI data center crew has at least one prominent supporter: Robinhood (HOOD) co-founder and space racer Baiju Bhatt. Bhatt …

From Campus to Career: Schwab Advisor Services™ Names 2026 RIATA Student Scholarship® Recipients

WESTLAKE, Texas, August 13, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Schwab Advisor Services, in partnership with Charles Schwab Foundation, announced the 15 recipients of its 2026 Registered Investment Advisor Talent Advantage (RIATA) Student Scholarship. In its sixth year, the program continues its commitment to expanding access to the advisory …

Robinhood's second venture fund debuts, drawing retail money into private markets

By Manya Saini Aug 13 (Reuters) - Robinhood's second venture fund debuted on Thursday, giving retail investors access to early-stage startups that have traditionally been ‌out of reach for all but venture capital firms and wealthy ‌investors. The fintech company raised $225.5 million in …

MetLife (MET) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Image source: The Motley Fool. DATE Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS President and Chief Executive Officer - Michel Khalaf Chief Financial Officer and Head of MetLife Investment Management - John McCallion Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations - John …

OPKO Health Expands Strategic Relationship with HealthCare Royalty Through $125 Million Notes Issuance Secured by Mazdutide Royalty Interests

OPKO Health, Inc. Transaction provides additional non-dilutive capital and enhanced financial flexibility while preserving meaningful long-term royalty upside MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OPKO Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPK) today announced the expansion of its financing relationship with HealthCare Royalty, a business …

3 Hyped Up Stocks That Fall Short

3 Hyped Up Stocks That Fall Short Each stock in this article is trading near its 52-week high. These elevated prices usually indicate some degree of investor confidence, business improvements, or favorable market conditions. But not every company with momentum is a long-term winner, …

Morgan Stanley Sees Sea's Spending Building Earnings Power

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Sea (NYSE:SE), the Singapore-based operator of the Shopee e-commerce platform, Garena gaming business, and Monee digital finance arm, had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley to $153 from $130, with the firm maintaining an Overweight rating. Morgan …

Ackman adds Netflix, Visa and Mastercard in portfolio revamp

Investing.com -- Bill Ackman disclosed six new portfolio holdings on Thursday, including Netflix, Visa, and Mastercard, representing his largest portfolio restructuring in several years. The billionaire investor said he began purchasing the shares during the second quarter for his investment funds, including Pershing Square …

BofA Issues Urgent Message for Intel Stock After $20 Billion Offering

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Shares of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) climbed more than 3% Wednesday after Bank of America maintained a Buy rating on the chipmaker, saying its $20 billion stock offering could support the company's push to expand its foundry operations. The offering …

Ackman unveils six new investments including Netflix, Visa, Mastercard in biggest portfolio overhaul in years

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Bill Ackman unveiled six new holdings including Netflix, Visa and Mastercard, marking the billionaire investor's biggest portfolio overhaul in years. Ackman said on Thursday he acquired shares ‌starting in the second quarter that will be …

Risk-On Momentum in Bank Stocks Echoes Aftermath of Dot-Com Bust

(Bloomberg) -- The recent weakness in artificial intelligence high-flyers has investors rotating into the less glamorous corner of the market: financial stocks. Most Read from Bloomberg Walter Sells Lakers, Seeks More Cash to Pay Loans Amid DOJ Probe Phoebe Gates Knew Phia Shopping App …

Studio City International Holdings Limited Announces Unaudited Second Quarter 2026 Earnings

Studio City MACAU, Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Studio City International Holdings Limited (NYSE: MSC) ("Studio City" or the "Company"), a world-class integrated resort located in Cotai, Macau, today reported its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2026. Total operating revenues …

BofA lifts server CPU TAM to $210bn+ on the rise of AI agents

Investing.com -- Bank of America raised its forecast for the server CPU market, saying the rise of AI agents is expanding the opportunity for central processing units in data centers. Analyst Vivek Arya lifted the firm's 2030 server CPU total addressable market to more …

How Steve Potash Digitized The World's Libraries

Steve Potash was fed up with shuffling forms and documents when he began his career as a lawyer. So he developed technology to do the job for him. Continue Reading

Only 12% of family businesses stay in the family by the third generation. A Goldman Sachs chairman says optimism is the reason

Only about 12% of family-owned businesses make it to a third generation still under family control, according to a new Goldman Sachs playbook aimed at the founders and dynasties the bank counts among its most prized clients. It's a statistic Goldman itself put in …

American Express Expands Virtual Card Capabilities to Help Businesses Utilize Fast-Growing Commercial Payment Method

NEW YORK, August 13, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Express today announced new capabilities to help U.S. commercial customers simplify payments and give them more options to efficiently manage spending in their financial software of choice with American Express® Virtual Cards. Virtual cards are a fast-growing commercial …

Bank of America to acquire 49.9% of India’s Jio Credit

Bank of America is set to take as much as a 49.9% holding in Jio Credit, the lending arm of Jio Financial Services, through a preferential issue of equity shares and warrants. The deal will bring together Jio Financial Services' digital distribution and its …

HSBC backs AI financial services software firm Model ML

Model ML has secured funding from HSBC Asset Management through its venture capital vehicle. The new capital is intended to aid the company's growth at a time when enterprise use of AI is moving beyond standalone models towards the broader infrastructure needed to deploy …

Las acciones de U.S. Bancorp (USB) parecen baratas según su valor razonable, aunque los resultados siguen siendo dispares

Shuttered Colleges Are Selling The Only Asset They Have Left: Their Campuses

(Bloomberg) -- Trinity Christian College moved fast. Even before its final graduating class walked the stage in May, the private school put its 60-acre Illinois campus on the market. Most Read from Bloomberg Walter Sells Lakers, Seeks More Cash to Pay Loans Amid DOJ …

JPMorgan gets bullish on Salesforce, says concerns are "overblown"

Investing.com -- JPMorgan initiated Salesforce (CRM) at Overweight, saying concerns weighing on the stock are "overblown" and that the shares are pricing in further deceleration rather than progress toward the company's Rule of 50 target. Analyst Samik Chatterjee moved CRM to an Overweight rating …

Converging Trade in Nansha, Connecting the Globe: The Heart of the GBA Shapes a New Landscape for the Global Cross-Border Trade Ecosystem

GUANGZHOU, China, Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Recently, the Global Cross-Border Trade Industrial Cluster Ecosystem Conference, themed "Converging Trade in Nansha, Connecting the Globe," was held at the Guangzhou Nansha International Convention & Exhibition Center. Industry giants including Google, Midea, Guangzhou Port, and …

Brookfield Corporation Reports 15% Increase in Earnings

Brookfield Corporation Record Fundraising Increases Deployable Capital to $210 Billion Completed Acquisitions of Oaktree and Just Group While Continuing Share Repurchases BROOKFIELD, NEWS, Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield Corporation (NYSE: BN, TSX: BN) announced strong financial results for the quarter ended June …

1 Russell 2000 Stock on Our Watchlist and 2 That Underwhelm

Small-cap stocks in the Russell 2000 (^RUT) can be a goldmine for investors looking beyond the usual large-cap names. But with less stability and fewer resources than their bigger counterparts, these companies face steeper challenges in scaling their businesses. Picking the right small caps …

Should Goldman Sachs MarketBeta U.S. 1000 Equity ETF (GUSA) Be on Your Investing Radar?

If you're interested in broad exposure to the Large Cap Blend segment of the US equity market, look no further than the Goldman Sachs MarketBeta U.S. 1000 Equity ETF (GUSA), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on April 5, 2022. The fund is …

Robinhood Co-founder's plans to take over space

Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt explains to Yahoo Finance Executive EditorBrian Sozzi his $275 million plan for Cowboy Space Corporation to build its own rockets and launch AI-powering data centers into space by 2028. Video Transcript 0:00 spk_0 We're building our own rocket program to …

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ITS TENDER OFFERS FOR FOUR SERIES OF NOTES

LONDON, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- HSBC Holdings plc (the 'Company', 'we' or 'us') today announces the results of its previously announced four separate offers to purchase for cash the outstanding series of notes listed in the table below, which were made upon the …

Jensen Huang Says Nvidia’s 2020 A100 GPUs Can Stay ‘Mission-Capable’ Through 2029—Here’s Why It Matters for the AI Boom

Nvidia Corp.(NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that the company's older AI chips can remain economically useful for nearly a decade, pushing back against concerns that rapid advances in AI could quickly make GPUs obsolete. Jensen Huang Says A100 GPUs Can Last Nearly a …

Why Is Coinbase Global (COIN) Juggling New York Legal Risk And Abu Dhabi Growth?

Get insights on thousands of stocks from the global community of over 7 million individual investors at Simply Wall St. Coinbase Global (NasdaqGS: COIN) faces heightened regulatory scrutiny as the New York City Council opens an investigation and the New York Attorney General pursues …

Transaction in Own Shares

Transaction in Own Shares August 12, 2026 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Shell plc (the 'Company') announces that on 12 August 2026 it purchased the following number of Shares for cancellation. Aggregated information …

Bank of America (BAC) Stock Still Looks Like A Bargain Following Its 139% Run

Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St's easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. Bank of America stock has delivered a 138.5% return over the past three years, yet current valuation checks indicate the shares still sit below an intrinsic value …

Amid NEC's Rollout of AI-Driven Open RAN and Private 5G Solutions in Industrial DX, New Report Outlines Japan Local 5G Market Expansion

Company Logo Rapid commercial maturity across the country's industrial and enterprise sectors highlighted by NTT DATA's recognition as a 2026 Leader in private mobile networks, Fujitsu's expanding subscription-based Local 5G models, and NEC's Open RAN smart factory deployments is accelerating dedicated private spectrum adoption …

Las acciones de BBVA ganan un 58 % tras la opa fallida: recompras y resultados

Affirm Holdings (AFRM) Could Be 7% Undervalued On Its Growth Narrative

Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St's easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. Affirm Holdings (AFRM) has drawn fresh attention after recent share price moves, with the stock closing at US$73.40. Investors are rechecking the company's fundamentals and recent performance …

Interactive Brokers Adds Access to the Bucharest Stock Exchange, Offering Access to One of Europe's Strongest-Performing Markets of 2025

Eligible clients can now trade Romanian stocks on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, alongside products from over 170 global markets, on one platform GREENWICH, Conn., August 13, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global broker, today announced access to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB). …