Quick reading Energy reserves are being depleted due to the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz with WTI crude oil at $112.25 a barrel (98.4th percentile of the 12-month range). The ECB and the Bank of Japan are set to raise rates in June, creating synchronized G7 rate-hike pressure that could compress financial conditions through…
Quick reading Intel (INTC) has existing U.S. manufacturing plants, decades of semiconductor experience, tens of thousands of engineers and deep ties to Washington — assets that could accelerate construction of a planned $122 billion SpaceX semiconductor factory much faster than building new facilities from scratch. Nvidia’s (NVDA) data center revenue rose 92% year over year…
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VanEck Gold Miners (GDX): Gained 95% in one year amid geopolitical tensions from the conflict with Iran. Gold miners benefit from operating leverage when gold prices rise, but higher oil costs simultaneously compress margins. GDX Concentration Risk: Three holdings represent almost a third of the portfolio. The analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named…
Okta (OKTA) earned an upgrade equivalent to Buy from Raymond James to Outperform with an $85 price target, as the identity security company’s net income retention hurdle due to bloated COVID-era contracts is expected to fade as those deals fade over the next three years. Okta’s fundamentals have strengthened (the company achieved its first year…
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stock rose on strong Q4 data center revenue of $5.38 billion (+39% YoY) and Meta Platforms’ (META) 6GW GPU deal. Broadcom (AVGO) shares rose today, boosted by a long-term TPU supply deal from Google through 2031 and first-quarter AI chip revenue of $8.4 billion (+106% YoY). The analyst who called NVIDIA…
Demis Hassabis declared AI competition “wartime” in 2023, when Google (GOOGL) and Microsoft (MSFT) had fallen behind OpenAI, pushing both companies to transform their research and engineering operations into comprehensive competitive efforts. Google backs up its wartime stance with a CapEx forecast of between $175 billion and $185 billion by 2026 (nearly double the $91.45…
IBM (IBM) has lost 15.9% so far this year after Anthropic’s Claude Code tool threatened to automate COBOL modernization, IBM’s highest-margin consulting work, although fourth-quarter revenue grew 12% to $19.69 billion and generative AI bookings surpassed $12.5 billion. Franklin Resources (BEN) added 849,500 shares and Invesco (IVZ) increased its stake by 2.2%, indicating institutional confidence…
Nvidia (NVDA) invested $4 billion in Lumentum (LITE), a laser company, and Coherent (COHR), a maker of optical transceivers. Nvidia targets AI infrastructure bottlenecks as industry moves from copper wire to silicon photonics. The analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks. Get them here for FREE. Just when you…
As we enter March 2026, it’s time to think about which stocks fit into an investor portfolio and which companies may be worth shelving to raise capital and take advantage of new opportunities. HubSpot (HUBS) Revenue +20%, EPS up 10%, PEG ratio 1; Sanmina (SANM) Revenue +7%, Earnings +17% to $1.67 EPS; GoDaddy (GDDY) $1.27B…
