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Zacks Research Daily has released its latest analyst reports, spotlighting 16 major stocks including Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), and RTX Corp. (RTX). Alphabet shares have outperformed the Zacks Internet – Services industry over the past year, gaining 67.3% compared to the industry’s 58.6% return. The company’s AI-led product cycle continues to…
Three major space sector stocks have collapsed dramatically from their highs, raising serious concerns among investors tracking the industry’s volatile momentum. Planet Labs (PL), Rocket Lab (RKLB), and AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) have all followed a strikingly similar trajectory, surging earlier before reversing course with painful speed. Each of these three companies reached a notable peak…
The AI infrastructure trade faced significant pressure in July as investors questioned whether hyperscalers can maintain high capital spending while delivering attractive returns. Those concerns deepened after Alphabet (GOOGL) raised its 2026 capital expenditure guidance to $195-$205 billion, up from a prior range of $180-$190 billion. Reports that NVIDIA (NVDA) is considering financing guarantees for…
RTX Corporation (NYSE: RTX) lifted its full-year 2026 sales and profit guidance, citing sustained demand for commercial aircraft maintenance and military weapons systems across global markets. The aerospace and defense giant now projects adjusted sales between $95 billion and $96 billion, up sharply from its prior estimate of $92.5 billion to $93.5 billion, beating Wall…
D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) shares slipped in Tuesday premarket trading as investors locked in gains following Monday’s nearly 20% rally. The retreat came after D-Wave announced an agreement with AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) to expand quantum computing across AT&T’s network operations. That deal served as a powerful commercial endorsement for D-Wave, signaling growing enterprise…
SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) shares are down 3% to $109.96, extending a slide that now totals 30% since the June 12 IPO. The broader space sector is selling off sharply in Tuesday’s session, with peers falling even harder despite fresh positive catalysts at the company level. Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) stock has dropped 9% to $60.63,…
US stock futures surged early Monday as traders welcomed the pause in Middle East fighting just as one of the busiest earnings weeks of the year gets underway. Dow futures gained about one percent, the S&P 500 added nearly one percent, and Nasdaq 100 futures jumped roughly one point four percent. The rally follows a…
Two House lawmakers from opposite parties introduced legislation last week that would give federal regulators new power to block the deployment of the most powerful AI models when they pose an imminent catastrophic risk. Reps. Jay Obernolte, a California Republican, and Lori Trahan, a Massachusetts Democrat, unveiled the bill on Thursday. The measure is formally…
An insider has placed a bet on vessel traffic in the Strait of Hormuz returning to “normal” levels before the end of August. They placed the bet on Saturday evening, just three hours before Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei announced they had made “progress” toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz after holding talks with…
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) shares jumped more than 4% in premarket trading Monday, even as a prominent satellite analyst cast serious doubt on the company’s competitive future. Satellite analyst Tim Farrar argued on X that AST SpaceMobile could arrive “too little, too late” in the direct-to-device race against Starlink’s expanding satellite network. Farrar said AST’s low-band…