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President Donald Trump reversed course on Walmart Monday, calling the retail giant patriotic after it agreed to lower prices on hundreds of products. Trump posted on Truth Social that Walmart would be cutting prices “by a lot” at his administration’s request to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary. “I have just been informed that one of…
SpaceX is set to join the Nasdaq-100 before markets open on July 7, bringing with it one of the most volatile profiles of any publicly traded stock. The Nasdaq exchange announced on June 26 that SpaceX would be added to the index, marking a significant moment for the tech-heavy benchmark. SpaceX carries an implied volatility…
The artificial intelligence boom has generated staggering wealth for a small number of technology companies, but ordinary Americans are seeing none of the financial returns. The core argument gaining traction in policy circles is that everyday people effectively subsidized the AI revolution through their personal data, browsing habits, and digital behavior accumulated over decades. Big…
Shares of leading space stocks are pulling back sharply on Monday, with the sector’s top performers giving up a significant portion of last week’s outsized gains. Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) is leading the decline, falling 7% to $93.28 as traders move to lock in profits after a blistering stretch of momentum-driven buying. AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:…
Quantum computing stocks remain speculative, pre-profit instruments sitting well outside core-portfolio territory, with extreme price-to-sales multiples across the sector. NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang once suggested large-scale commercialization of quantum computing is likely at least 15 years away from becoming a reality. Despite that long runway, operating data underneath the hype has materially improved…
The iShares U.S. Aerospace and Defense ETF (NYSEARCA:ITA) has climbed 13.74% year to date without owning a single share of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) or any Magnificent Seven stock. Over the same period, Tesla shares have fallen 12.51%, making ITA’s sector-focused exclusion look prescient from a pure performance standpoint. ITA is BlackRock’s iShares fund tracking large- and…
Microcap stocks have long attracted investors willing to accept higher risk in exchange for the potential of outsized returns over a compressed timeframe. Companies in this category typically carry market capitalizations below $300 million, making them far more volatile than their large-cap counterparts but also far more nimble. Analysts tracking this corner of the market…
After reaching an all-time high of $121.62 on January 29, 2026, silver suffered one of its sharpest short-term collapses in recent memory. The white metal plummeted to around $64 by February 6, a drawdown of nearly 47% in just over a week following a single policy development. President Trump’s nomination of inflation-hawk Kevin Warsh as…
Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) is riding a powerful wave of investor enthusiasm, with its stock delivering one of the most explosive performances in the semiconductor sector this year. Shares of MU have surged 241% in 2026, making it the second-highest gainer in the Nasdaq-100 and a standout story across financial markets. The driving force behind…
President Donald Trump rang the opening bells for both the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq from the Oval Office on Monday, marking a historic first for both exchanges. Neither the NYSE nor the Nasdaq had previously held the opening bell ceremony at the White House, nor had both exchanges ever launched the trading…