Category: Business

With federal regulators turning up the heat on Fox Corporation (NASDAQ: FOXA) and Roku Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU), trading desks on Wall Street are taking a fresh look at their enterprise exposure in digital entertainment. The matter has been made more of an issue by antitrust authorities putting out a secondary request for documents on the...

With corporate leaders drawing attention to deep-seated economic vulnerabilities of the long term, demographers and institutional financial planners have their eyes on the changing shape of population pyramids. The chief executive at TSLA was recently among those to put a spotlight on the worldwide worry over falling birth rates, citing figures that show older people...

There is a keen eye on Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) from those in the market with an interest in high-growth cloud infrastructure, particularly as derivatives traders put in place some aggressive positions before the company’s numbers are released. The picture is not uniform across the board; whereas the S&P 500 and Invesco QQQ Trust have...

There is close attention being paid by equities in the global technology and hedge fund space to the latest regulatory disclosures from billionaire Bill Ackman. The filings put out by Pershing Square show that the fund has made a clean break with its multi-class holding in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL), liquidating it in full. In...

There is a close watch being placed on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) by equities in the global technology space in the wake of the company’s formal introduction of the Duo, its first foldable handset. At his annual product presentation, chief executive John Ternus put the new device on display for all to see; it has...

The Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHD) is considered to be one of the most successful dividend stocks in the United States. With a return of 30.27% in the most recent year and a gain of 240.51% over the course of the previous decade, the entity has demonstrated strong historical performance and currently possesses net...

Equities operating within the global semiconductor and artificial intelligence sector are closely monitoring Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) as management prepares to distribute its next quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share. Shareholders recorded on the books as of the applicable record date will receive this distribution, marking the second consecutive period at this elevated payout...

Beating analyst expectations should send a stock higher. Casey’s General Stores did exactly that this week, posting a profit well above market forecasts and generating more revenue than the consensus expected. The stock fell anyway. Understanding why requires looking past the headline numbers and into how premium valuations process even positive information. A senior financial...

Snowflake and Palantir were among the best-performing software stocks in the most recent trading week, recovering from significant losses accumulated in the first half of 2026. Salesforce also participated in the rebound. The recovery in these names came as NVIDIA’s blockbuster quarter validated broad AI demand and lifted the entire technology stack, including software platforms...

Marathon Petroleum shares recently hit $381.15, a level not seen since June 2011, as the energy sector extended its position as the best-performing segment of the US market in 2026. Energy is the only sector in the S&P 500 that is up more than 40 percent for the year, while consumer discretionary is the only...