Earlier this afternoon, Apple (AAPL) unveiled its latest iPhone model to the world. Though, for its part, the world was largely unimpressed. And Apple stock dropped more than 1% after the iPhone 16’s debut. But while Wall Street wasn’t roused by these latest developments, we were. In fact, we think today’s announcement sets the stage
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Tom Yeung here with your Sunday Digest. In 1885, the first modern roller coaster opened to the public. “Gravity Pleasure Road” was an instant success, generating $600 a day in revenues – roughly $20,000 in today’s money. The Coney Island ride featured a lift hill that would pull a bench-like car up a slope, and
Ever since the AI stock bull market began in early 2023, it has been dominated by the Magnificent 7 tech stocks of Apple (AAPL), Nvidia (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta (META), Amazon (AMZN), and Tesla (TSLA). Those seven stocks rose nearly 150% from early 2023 to summer 2024. The rest of the market –
Happy Saturday! I hope you’ve had a great week. Though, unfortunately, stocks certainly did not. The market ended a rough week on a sour note after receiving August’s weak jobs report. Broadly speaking, the data missed expectations and reinforced worries about a weakening labor market and potential incoming recession. And that’s led the S&P 500
Following the arrival of a less-than-stellar jobs report, the stock market is now wrapping up a bad week on a sour note. Broadly speaking, August’s jobs data missed expectations and showed a big slowdown in hiring last month. That disappointing print only stoked investors’ fears about a potential recession on the horizon. But that same
The stock market has found itself in a bout of volatility recently – but that all could change in about two weeks when the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the first time in this cycle. While the S&P 500 is up more than 15% so far in 2024, pretty much all those gains came
September is historically a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month for stocks – and Tuesday certainly lived up to the reputation. Over the past roughly 100 years, stocks have averaged a 1.2% drop in September, making it the worst month for stocks by a wide margin. The past five years have been especially bad
Nearly two years ago, OpenAI debuted ChatGPT, its next-gen AI-driven chatbot. And with that launch, the firm kickstarted an AI frenzy that has since reshaped the global economy, the stock market, even parts of our daily lives. Now it appears that OpenAI is gearing up to do it all over again with a brand-new iteration.
With the release of this morning’s inflation report, the last piece of the current economic puzzle has now fallen into place. And it’s got the stock market buzzing with enthusiasm – for good reason. Indeed, July’s personal consumption expenditures (PCE) data revealed that the core PCE Price Index — a key measure of inflation that
Today, stocks are rallying to fresh record highs. Though, that’s not necessarily news; it’s been happening all year long. But I’d argue that today is much more than just your average “good day” on Wall Street. In fact, this could be the Street’s best day of 2024. Now, that’s not because stocks are posting their
We’ve been pounding the table on AI stocks for a long time now, and we’re still pounding the table on them today. But they aren’t the only good stocks to buy in the market right now. We’re also huge fans of consumer stocks at the current moment. Today, Nordstrom (JWN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Foot
Whether inspired by science fiction or true technological progress, people have long feared that human workers will one day be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence (AI). To some, that future may be generations away. But ever since ChatGPT’s debut in late 2022, AI has progressed at unfathomable speeds. And over the past few quarters,
For years now, Americans have endured one of the most fast-and-furious rate-hiking cycles in modern history. But today – thanks to U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell – they can finally breathe a sigh of relief. That’s because this morning, at a highly anticipated conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo., Powell confirmed that the Fed
Tom Yeung here with this week’s Sunday Digest… where each week I bring you the best stories and investment ideas from the analysts across InvestorPlace. Over the past several weeks, you’ve heard me talk a lot about artificial general intelligence (AGI). That’s the moment when AI becomes smarter than humans in a broad variety of
This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released an economic report to very little fanfare. Yet, in our view, that new data may just prime stocks to soar to all-time highs by the end of the month. Of course, we’re talking about the BLS’ Current Employment Statistics Preliminary Benchmark Announcement report. In it, the
Big things are happening right now at Alphabet’s self-driving unit, Waymo – the world’s most important autonomous vehicle (AV) company. And being at the forefront of these impressive developments could help you pick the next batch of superstar tech stocks. Waymo has been around publicly since December 2016. In that time, it has made substantial
Editor’s Note: This article was previously published under the title, “Monumental Funding Has Elon Musk AI Venture Primed For Takeoff” but has been updated to include the most recent information. For years, one of the world’s richest men and arguably most influential tech visionary – Elon Musk – has mostly watched the AI Boom unfold
We all know by now that compound interest is hard to visualize. As early as 1256 AD, storytellers began recording the wheat and chessboard problem. It’s a story where a king agrees to reward a subject with one grain of wheat on the first square of a board, two on the second square… and continues
Editor’s note: This article was previously published under the headline, “New Survey Shows Companies Are ‘All In’ on AI”. It has since been updated with new information. AI has taken the world by storm, becoming the hottest sector on Wall Street, dominating media headlines, and leading conversations. Bain & Company, one of the world’s largest
Over the past few weeks, the stock market has whipsawed between crashing and soaring. It’s been quite a rollercoaster ride for investors. Yet, through it all, we have remained resolutely bullish. And it all has to do with earnings. Why? Well, because above all else, earnings matter the most when it comes to a stock’s