Here are Five Themes Wall Street Left Behind While Chasing a Single Trade
Research firm Citrini sees airlines, assisted living and other sectors as overlookedInternational World Cup fans have been falling in love with America. Citrini says that's a boost for beleaguered air
Apple's Price Hike: The Trigger for an AI Storage Bubble Burst?
On June 26th, South Korea's KOSPI index plunged over 8%, triggering a 20-minute trading halt—its fifth suspension this year and third this week.The catalyst was not a new regulatory crackdown or a...
Apple's Price Hike: The Trigger for an AI Storage Bubble Burst?
On June 26th, South Korea's KOSPI index plunged over 8%, triggering a 20-minute trading halt—its fifth suspension this year and third this week.The catalyst was not a new regulatory crackdown or a...
The Biggest Risks Threatening This Highflying Stock Market
Corporate earnings are surging. Economic data are solid. And oil prices are tumbling in the wake of the interim U.S.-Iran peace agreement. U.S. stocks have the wind at their back and new records within reach.Yet lurching drops in some recent sessions betray investors' underlying jitters. Many note that big rallies tend to precede a slide. Once stocks have logged huge gains, the question becomes: How much further can they go?At a time of unusual optimism -- with SpaceX shares soaring into orbit and big tech companies plowing hundreds of billions of dollars into the artificial-intelligence build-out -- here are some of the biggest risks that investors are monitoring:. The S&P 500 has already delivered double-digit returns in each of the past three years and is up 9.6% this year, leaving many investors skeptical that the current pace of gains is sustainable.Optimists note the S&P 500's forward-looking price/earnings ratio has actually declined this year. That is because, as much as prices
The Next Hot Quantum Stock Is An AI Data-Center Play, Too
IQM, already a European leader in quantum computing, is on the verge of its biggest milestone yet.But first the Finnish quantum firm must pass a crucial test at the end of the month, when Real Asset Acquisition Corp. shareholders decide whether to approve a merger with IQM. If it passes, the combined company will trade on the Nasdaq in New York and Helsinki under the ticker IQMX, marking the first time a European quantum firm has listed on a major U.S. exchange."The ultimate goal is to build a sustainable, healthy, growing business which stands on its own feet, but there's still some steps in between," IQM CEO Jan Goetz said in an interview with Barron's.Growth relies heavily on a company's ability to secure fresh funding. Building and scaling physical quantum computers is an extremely capital-intensive business, meaning a dominant market position doesn't automatically translate to profitability."It's an interesting development because in Europe, we've always had this," Goetz said. In
U.S. Weekly Review|Nasdaq Marked Its Worst Week Since April As AI And Semiconductor Stocks Face Pressure From Broadcom And Ciena Results, SpaceX IPO Looms
The Nasdaq marked its worst week since April—mostly driven by Friday’s selloff as enthusiasm for artificial intelligence and semiconductor stocks cooled following quarterly reports from Broadcom...
Option Focus | Institutions See Limited Upside in Microsoft, Sell $500/$550 Calls and Shift Toward Premium-Collection Strategies
Microsoft shares closed at $428.05 on Thursday, up 0.17%. With the stock continuing to consolidate near record highs, unusual activity has emerged in the options market. A notable transaction...
Stocks Just Flashed a Rare Market Signal. Here's What It Could Mean. -- Barrons.com
Wall Street is making room for a big wave of new stock listings, capital raises, and new investment themes this week, much of it linked to the AI investment theme that has powered markets higher for much of the past three years.And that has stocks doing something they haven't done in a very long time.The NYSE Tick Index, little-known outside of Wall Street but closely tracked within it, measures market breadth by comparing the number of stocks trading on upticks with those trading on downticks.That suggests a worrying loss of short-term buying momentum for a market that has gained more than 15% over the past two months, powered by a near 20% advance for an index of the so-called Magnificent Seven tech stocks and a stunning 68% advance for the PHLX Semiconductor Index."It's too early to say if this is simply a mild bout of profit-taking, or a harbinger of a more protracted and deeper retreat," said David Morrison, senior market analyst at Trade Nation. "But investors will be mindful of
Bill Ackman Sees Investors Repeating a Mistake of 2000: Flocking to the "New New" and Ignoring Quality Names
Hedge-fund manager says investors are ignoring Microsoft and other Big Tech names for the sake of the "new new thing," like chip stocks.Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, shown...