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Amazon.com and Krispy Kreme have been highlighted as Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – August 10, 2026 – Zacks Equity Research shares Amazon.com AMZN as the Bull of the Day and Krispy Kreme DNUT as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Charles Schwab SCHW, Interactive Brokers Group IBKR and Robinhood Markets HOOD. Here is a synopsis of all five stocks: Bull of the Day: Amazon.com, the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant, has broken out to new highs following a standout quarterly earnings report that appears to have materially improved the investment case. AWS growth accelerated sharply, margins expanded

Meta shares rise on Muse Glimmer launch and a radical AI vision

Investing.com -- Meta's stock popped 2.4% this morning following the launch of Muse Glimmer, a highly efficient, 30-billion-parameter AI model capable of running on a single GPU. Positioned as a lightweight, distilled version of the more powerful Muse Spark 1.2, Glimmer is tailor-made for "agent-like" tasks—think schedule management, rapid prototyping, and file organization. By releasing the model weights for free on Hugging Face, Meta is directly countering the permissive licensing strategies of Chinese rivals like DeepSeek and Alibaba, while carving out a distinct lane against US giants (Ama

Airbnb CEO: Why AI is the best thing to happen to us

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky reveals to Yahoo Finance Executive EditorBrian Sozzi how AI is driving the company's fastest growth in years, shares his bold predictions for the future of consumer tech, and confirms the existence of a secret internal AI lab. Video Transcript 0:02 spk_0 All right. Welcome to a new episode of Power Players, and I am so excited to, uh, welcome back on Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky, and this so happens to be the company's earnings day. Brian, thanks for, uh, squeezing me in somehow. I appreciate it. 0:15 spk_1 Oh, you're welcome. Happy 0:16 spk_0 to be here. And

JPMorgan Strategists Raise S&P 500 Target as AI Capex Pays Off

(Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists raised their S&P 500 Index forecast for a second time in two months, citing strong corporate earnings and the payoff from massive artificial intelligence spending. Most Read from Bloomberg Iran Shakes Up Security Team After Saying Oman Deal 'Very Close' China Unleashes $28 Trillion Capital Markets to Challenge US in AI Stocks Hold Near Record Highs, Oil Ticks Higher: Markets Wrap Trump Amps Up Pressure on Billionaire Sargeant to Exit Venezuela Iran Says Hormuz Deal Close But Its Conditions Must Be Met The team led by Dubravko Lakos-Bujas now sees

Ross Gerber Cites Data to Make a Point: Take Out Alphabet and Amazon, S&P 500 Earnings Growth Looks Far Less Impressive

Alphabet Inc.(NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) are responsible for a large share of the S&P 500'ssecond-quarter earnings growth, a concentration highlighted by investor Ross Gerber using FactSet (NYSE:FDS) data. Alphabet, Amazon Drive 71% of Earnings Increase Gerber highlighted FactSet data cited by the Wall Street Journal showing that Alphabet and Amazon account for about 71% of the dollar increase in S&P 500 blended earnings since July. 'Alphabet and Amazon alone account for about 71% of the increase in S&P 500 blended earnings since July. If excluded, the growt

UPS Completed Its Amazon Volume Pullback. Is the Turnaround Finally Working?

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) shares surged in premarket trading on July 28 after the package-delivery company reported a second-quarter beat and raised its 2026 outlook. Revenue reached $22.83 billion, above the $21.81 billion consensus estimate, while adjusted earnings of $1.76 per share exceeded the $1.66 estimate. UPS now expects full-year revenue of approximately $91.2 billion, up from $89.7 billion, and adjusted earnings of approximately $7.22 per share. The more important development was operational. Eighteen months after announcing an accelerated reduction in lower-margin Amaz

Electrovaya (TSX:ELVA) Stock Sees Fair Value Lift As Amazon And Jamestown Progress Draw Focus

Find winning stocks in any market cycle. Join 7 million investors using Simply Wall St's investing ideas for FREE. Electrovaya's fair value estimate has shifted from CA$12.55 to CA$13.99, pointing to an updated price target framework that investors are now parsing more closely. Recent analyst work links this change to fresh attention on the Amazon commercial agreement and progress at the Jamestown, New York facility, which are feeding into revised assumptions around growth and capital deployment. Read on to see how these moving pieces are shaping the current analyst narrative and what to watch

Micron (MU) Secures Strategic Auto Deals and AI Momentum to Offset Cyclical Pressures

Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) has experienced strong AI-driven demand through 2026, helping offset its historical exposure to cyclical market downturns. Earlier, on July 16, Micron completed Strategic Customer Agreements with a group of automotive Tier 1 suppliers, a smaller but telling sign that its customer relationships are stretching longer and becoming more predictable across more than one industry.Micron (MU) Secures Strategic Auto Deals and AI Momentum to Offset Cyclical Pressures Bull Case: Locking In Demand From Data Centers To Dashboards The automotive agreements, completed with Qual

Earnings beats ease concerns over record U.S. stock rally - WSJ

Investing.com -- Strong second-quarter earnings from major U.S. companies have pushed stock indexes to fresh highs and eased concerns that the rally relies too heavily on a small group of artificial intelligence companies, the Wall Street Journal reported. About 86% of the more than 440 S&P 500 companies that have reported results beat analysts' estimates, according to FactSet. The index is on course for its seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit earnings growth. Upbeat results from Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:PLTR), Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) help

What Does Amazon.com (AMZN) Backing A Texas Gas Plant Mean For Its Climate Pledge?

Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St's easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. Amazon.com (NasdaqGS:AMZN) has been confirmed as a key financial backer of a large private gas power plant built to supply its new data center campus in Texas. The project is expected to support Amazon's growing cloud and AI computing needs while relying on fossil fuel based generation. The scale of the plant means it could become one of the largest single sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the US, drawing scrutiny of Amazon's public climate targets. Investors now face fresh question

SentinelOne (S) Deepens AWS Ties As Growth Accelerates

On August 4, SentinelOne (NYSE:S) expanded its work with Amazon Web Services, folding its AI security tools into a single governance layer for Amazon Bedrock. The news arrives as the cybersecurity company's revenue growth is speeding up and its losses are shrinking, even as two of its top executives cashed out stock in the same stretch.SentinelOne (S) Deepens AWS Ties As Growth Accelerates Bull Case: A Platform Built For The AI Security Gap The new integration ties SentinelOne's Prompt Security, Singularity Cloud Security, and Singularity AI SIEM into Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, giving security

Bull of the Day: Amazon.com (AMZN)

Amazon.com (AMZN), the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant, has broken out to new highs following a standout quarterly earnings report that appears to have materially improved the investment case. AWS growth accelerated sharply, margins expanded and Amazon disclosed that its custom AI chip business has reached a roughly $25 billion annualized revenue run rate. Advertising growth also remained strong, while the company continues to invest aggressively in AI infrastructure. More importantly, the results provided some of the clearest evidence yet that hyperscaler AI spending can generate substan

Q2 Earnings: Robust Results and Positive Estimate Revisions Validate Market Fundamentals

The Q2 earnings season continues to validate our constructive view on corporate fundamentals. Rather than simply clearing reduced consensus hurdles, reporting companies are offering encouraging reads on order trends, margin resilience, and full-year demand. This fundamental health is filtering directly into analyst models, driving a steady stream of upward revisions for Q3 and future quarters, as the following chart highlights.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Crucially, these favorable revision patterns are not a new development; they extend a tailwind that has

Amazon behind massive private gas plant for new data centers

The Amazon logo is displayed at one of its booths at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6, 2026 (Caroline Brehman) Amazon confirmed Friday it is financially backing a massive, private gas power plant in Texas that could become the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. It is the latest example of tech giants going off the grid to get their AI operations online faster. The news was first reported by market intelligence company Cleanview, which reviewed satellite imagery to connect three data center construction permits fi

OpenAI developing $300+ AI speaker to challenge Amazon Alexa

Yahoo Finance Tech Editor discusses reports that OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) is developing a $300+ puck-sized smart home device designed to compete directly with Amazon (AMZN) Alexa and Google Home Video Transcript 00:00 Speaker A We got to talk about Open AI because they are coming after Alexa and Siri. They're going into the home market here. Uh reportedly developing a hockey puck-sized AI device that could cost more than $300 and uh they want to build more consumer or new consumer hardware built around artificial intelligence rather than apps. So, what are some of the details here? 00:24 Dan Yeah, th

Beyond NVIDIA and GPUs: The Next AI & Quantum Winners Leading 2026

The artificial intelligence boom has created enormous wealth over the past three years, with NVIDIA NVDA emerging as the undisputed leader of the AI infrastructure revolution. But as the market matures, investors are asking a different question: where will the next wave of AI winners come from? The answer may lie beyond traditional AI infrastructure. The momentum behind AI remains strong. According to the Stanford AI Index 2026, global private investment in AI continued to accelerate in 2025, with U.S. investment reaching $285.9 billion, far outpacing Europe ($20.9 billion) and China ($12.4 bi

‘Your refund: $0’: Companies claim billions in tariff refunds, months after Trump floated $2,000 checks

Brandon Bell/Getty Images Companies that collected higher prices on everything from TVs to school clothes are now getting billions back in tariff refunds. Your refund: $0. Even though the tariffs in question are gone, as the Supreme Court threw them out in February, the government is refunding the money to brands like Walmart, Apple, Ford and Amazon, among others. Must Read Jeff Bezos backs a platform that lets anyone invest in rental homes for as little as $100 — 6 ways to build wealth like a landlord without actually being one Dave Ramsey warns nearly 50% of Americans are making 1 big Social

Jim Cramer Reveals How Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Can Reverse Recent Weakness

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s shares are up by 80% over the past year and by 12.3% year-to-date. Cramer has turned increasingly positive on the firm over the past couple of months. Most of his praise has focused on Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s cloud computing business and its AI platform. The shares dipped after the firm reported its second-quarter earnings. The development didn't sit well with Cramer as he was "shocked" by the dip. The CNBC TV host also discussed Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) in a series of tweets after Amazon reported its second quarter earnings. He outlined that the shares s

Impact Investors Inc Raises Stock Position in Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN