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Corporate earnings have surged at an extraordinary rate, but analysts and strategists increasingly warn the breakneck pace is unsustainable heading into next year. The S&P 500 was on track to deliver second-quarter earnings growth of 47% on a yearly basis, up sharply from around 20% prior to the start of the earnings season, according to…
Insiders at IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI), and D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS) have collectively sold approximately $863 million more stock than they have purchased over the last three years. The figure comes from an analysis of Form 4 filings cited by The Motley Fool, and carries a notable caveat: insider buying across all…
Dolly Parton, widely known as the “Queen of Country Music,” passed away at age 80 after what representatives described as a “brief battle with cancer.” She died at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, surrounded by loved ones, leaving behind a massive commercial and cultural legacy. Industry data and analytics company Luminate reported that audio and…
SpaceX has filed a formal complaint at the Federal Communications Commission challenging Iridium Communications (NASDAQ: IRDM) conduct as regulators review Rocket Lab’s (NASDAQ: RKLB) pending $8 billion takeover bid. Rocket Lab stock fell 6% to $63.82 on Friday, extending an already difficult week for the launch and space systems company heading into a critical shareholder…
RTX Corporation (RTX) has surged back into investor focus after its Raytheon business secured a massive US$22.9 billion, seven-year contract from the U.S. military. The deal calls for a dramatic ramp in Tomahawk cruise missile production, scaling output from just 60 units annually all the way up to 1,000 units per year. RTX shares were…
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has achieved something that has eluded many of his predecessors: a bond market that genuinely responds to and trusts his words. Warsh made a significant structural change to how the Fed communicates by eliminating forward guidance from Federal Open Market Committee statements entirely. The decision to strip out forward guidance…
Rigetti Computing (RGTI) sits roughly 71% below its 52-week high even after gaining 24.4% over the past month. The stock’s price-to-sales ratio stands at 410.2, compared to just 3.3 for the S&P 500 index, a gap that demands explanation. That multiple rests on only $13.4 million of trailing-twelve-month revenue, meaning the valuation prices an engineering…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed on August 28 that U.S. payrolls were overstated by 79,000 in the 12 months ending March 2026. Prior to these revisions, the BLS had reported that the economy created 272,000 jobs during that 12-month span, a figure now proven to be inflated. The preliminary annual benchmark revision came weeks…
CXMT, the Chinese memory-chip producer and direct rival to Micron Technology (MU), released its first financial results as a publicly traded company on Friday. The debut earnings report revealed that CXMT is benefiting significantly from the global surge in artificial intelligence services that has driven memory-chip prices higher. The rise of AI-powered applications has created…
Rigetti Computing’s (RGTI) robust cash position has become one of its most significant competitive advantages as the quantum computing race intensifies across the sector. The company exited the second quarter of 2026 with $541.3 million in cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments while carrying absolutely no debt on its books. This financial flexibility gives Rigetti…