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4/8, 3:56 PMWhy Palantir Technologies Stock Tanked on Wednesday
Famed "Big Short" investor Michael Burry fired his latest salvo at Palantir.
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Famed "Big Short" investor Michael Burry fired his latest salvo at Palantir.
Amazon is preparing to end support for Kindle devices released before 2012 — cutting them off from the Kindle Store and making them virtually unable to load any new content. The company set a cutoff date set for May 20, 2026.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. delivered Q1 operating profit 50% above consensus, driven by a historic supply deficit in high-bandwidth memory for AI. HBM demand and structural wafer constraints have created a multiyear boom, with longer-term contracts providing earnings visibility and reducing downside risk. Despite an elevated price-to-book ratio, I find SSNLF valuation justified given outsized profits and robust market dynamics, reiterating my Buy rating.
Walmart Inc. (WMT) Presents at J.P. Morgan Retail Round Up Forum 2026 Transcript
Blackstone Strategic Credit 2027 Term offers a widened discount exceeding 5.5%, now above our "Buy" threshold, prompting an upgrade. BGB's term structure and anticipated 2027 liquidation create a tactical opportunity, with a recent investment from a large institutional CEF investment group. The fund's floating-rate, senior secured loan portfolio provides diversification but carries leveraged below-investment-grade credit risk.
AtaiBeckley maintains a "Buy" rating, driven by key pipeline advances in psychedelic-based treatments for treatment-resistant depression. The company's BPL-003 achieved robust, rapid, and statistically significant reductions in MADRS scores in phase 2b, supporting upcoming parallel phase 3 ReConnection studies. The company secured FDA alignment for two pivotal phase 3 trials, with first patient dosing targeted for Q2 2026 and topline data expected in 2029.
Delta Air Lines (DAL, Financials) is cutting back on its goals for growth since jet fuel prices have gone up sharply. This shows that airline margins are under
Alibaba (BABA) rose about 4% on Wednesday after the e-commerce giant said it and China Telecom are building a data center in southern China using the company's
Achieving a high-water mark for sales has a funny way of drawing investors' attention.
Alibaba and China Telecom are launching a data center in southern China powered by the e-commerce giant's own chips, as the country ramps up its focus on homegrown AI infrastructure. CNBC's Kristina Partsinevelos has the details.
Verizon, Best Buy, and VICI Properties offer dividend yields above 5% and are still increasing payouts despite market uncertainty.
Fiserv is undervalued. The investment thesis is driven by durable high-margin segments, strong FCF generation, and a market overreaction to management-related headwinds. Merchant and Financial Solutions, which constitute the vast majority of revenue, continue to provide stable, recurring, fee-based cash flows, with Clover acting as a key growth driver. Fiserv maintains a dominant position in U.S. financial infrastructure space, serving over 10,000+ institutions and ~95% of top U.S. banks, reinforced by high switching costs, long-term contracts, and deep ecosystem integration.
The Invesco China Technology ETF tracks 169 Chinese technology companies, with Tencent, PDD, and Meituan as the top three holdings at over 26% combined. The fund is down 11.5% YTD in 2026, better than KWEB's -16.5% but still a rough ride in a tariff-escalation environment. A five-year annualized return of -10.7% vs. QQQ's +12.4% is the sobering long-run context.
FedEx (FDX) is starting to put real structure around its freight separation, and the early signals suggest management is positioning the unit as a standalone co
Vor Biopharma Inc. has pivoted to immunology, raising over $500m in 2025 to advance telitacicept for U.S. approval. VOR holds $530m cash, extending its runway into 2029, but faces significant dilution risk from outstanding warrants and equity plans. Telitacicept, already approved in China for multiple indications, must now clear pivotal Phase 3 US trials, with data not expected until 2027.
VinFast Auto shares have recently surged thanks to a large Q4 revenue beat. While featuring impressive sales growth, VinFast is generating very large losses and cash burn. The recent rise in VFS stock puts the valuation quite a bit ahead of the average of non-Tesla peers.
Alphabet‘s (NASDAQ:GOOGL | GOOGL Price Prediction) stock is up 4% in Wednesday's session, moving from $305.46 to $317 as investors cheer the latest geographic expansion of Waymo's autonomous ride-hailing service.
Flying is about to get pricier for some travelers as Delta and Southwest hike checked baggage fees to $45 for the first bag amid surging jet fuel costs.
eVTOLs are flying air taxis focused on alleviating congested, high-traffic transportation routes. The U.S. military has also expressed interest in leveraging low-altitude eVTOLs for stealth missions.
Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) is reaping the benefits of risk-on attitude today, no matter how temporary it may end up being.
Cinthia Murphy, investment strategist at VettaFi, joined Nate Geraci on this week's ETF Prime to discuss record ETF flows in the first quarter despite challenging market conditions. The industry exceeded $460 billion in total flows, a 50% year-over-year increase from Q1 2025, according to Murphy.
On Wednesday, April 8, 2026, Morgan Stanley announced the launch of the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust ETP (MSBT). As Morgan Stanley notes, the launch of MSBT marks the first time a U.S. bank-affiliated asset manager is offering a crypto ETP.
The convergence of artificial intelligence and physical manufacturing is creating a unique offensive and defensive investment profile for the robotics sector, according to Zeno Mercer, Head of Robotics and AI Research at VettaFi. Key Takeaways Projects are validating the shift from digital AI to physical manufacturing, aerospace, as well as defense applications.
A surge in biotech M&A activity drove sharp gains across holdings in the ALPS Medical Breakthroughs ETF (SBIO) during March, with two of the fund's holdings becoming acquisition targets in deals worth a combined $8.1 billion. SBIO gained 8.4% over the past month and rose 9.4% over the past three months.
Stocks in Japan have been hamstrung by the war in Iran and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz. In fact, recent flows data indicate foreign investors have been trimming exposure to Japanese equities.
Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) is well-positioned to sustain its recent business momentum while bringing its operating cost growth under tighter control, UBS analysts have highlighted in a recent research note. “We think Ulta can maintain its momentum while moderating its investment spend ahead,” the analysts wrote, adding that “the answer is resoundingly yes” to whether the retailer can balance growth and cost control.
Brown & Brown's acquisition-driven growth lifts revenues 22.8% to $5.9B, fueled by 43 acquisitions and a $9.83B Accession buy, but integration costs weigh on margins.
Nvidia and Broadcom will have to provide more computing units to handle the coming workloads created by the use of AI agents. Alphabet just released its best agentic AI model to date.
Delta Air Lines (DAL) is moving into a far more volatile cost environment, with management flagging more than $2 billion in incremental fuel expenses through Ju
Meta Platforms (META) unveiled Muse Spark, its first AI model since CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched a sweeping AI spending push. The model, described by Meta as "p
Samsung Electronics (SSNLF) is coming into focus after a sizeable block trade tied to the founding family's estate obligations surfaced, potentially introducing
Tesla (TSLA) is heading into what could be a difficult earnings setup with a massive reset in forward expectations that is hard to ignore. Consensus projections
Cheaper U.S. natural gas is a bright spot for consumers in otherwise dim energy markets. But the contrast is so stark it has created an anomaly.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) is heading into its first-quarter print with a growing disconnect between operational disruption and commodity tailwinds, as the Iran war begi
FSLY rides on strong enterprise growth to record revenues, but rising competition and rich valuation raise questions about how much upside remains.
New details reveal where tech titan Oracle's layoff axe will fall in the Golden State: 318 workers in Redwood City, 184 in Santa Clara, 158 in Pleasanton and 50 in Santa Monica — a brutal statewide tally of 710 layoffs, per state filings.
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Shares of Advanced Micro Devices rose sharply on Wednesday, supported by a broader market rally following a two-week ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, as well as renewed bullish sentiment from Wall Street analysts. The stock gained more than 4% in trading, extending its strong performance in recent months.
RPM International Inc. (RPM) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Most retirement income conversations start and end in the same place. The Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSE:VYM) at 2.26%, the Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSE:VNQ) at around 3.5%, and maybe the Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF if someone is feeling adventurous.
Zacks Property and Casualty Insurance players like RNR, AXS, FAF, MCY and PLMR are likely to benefit from digitalization and catastrophes that drive policy renewal rate and pricing.
Investors should examine the potential benefits of this spending before panicking over its scope.
Big U.S. banks may be able to release up to $320 billion in capital under revised draft rules unveiled by regulators last month, Morgan Stanley analysts estimated on Wednesday.
The recent selloff of Palantir Technologies Inc. shares, together with the overall software sector, reflects a misjudgment of its role in the incoming agentic AI era. PLTR is positioned as a disruptor in the agentic AI era, not a casualty of the SaaSpocalypse-driven software sector selloff. DevCon5 showcased PLTR's Orchestrator tool with the potential of enabling enterprise autonomy.
Six days ago, cruise stocks were sinking. On April 2, shares of Carnival (NYSE:CCL) and Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) stock fell roughly 4% on fuel cost fears as WTI crude oil surged from around $80 per barrel in early March to above $113 per barrel by late March, squeezing the outlook for two of the most fuel-intensive businesses in travel.
Eased tensions in the Middle East mean easy money for gold investors—for now.
GE Vernova's stock has skyrocketed since its market debut. It's getting pricey, but it could still deliver multibagger gains over the next decade.
Intel (INTC) advanced about 8% on Wednesday, lifted by a positive analyst assessment and broad strength in technology shares.Analyst KC Rajkumar said the chipma