Why Meta Platforms Stock Crashed Thursday Morning

Key Points Meta Platforms is reportedly getting into the cloud computing business. However, the potential spending required has spooked investors. This could be a boon to shareholders, who are missing the forest for the trees. 10 stocks we like better than Meta Platforms › Shares …

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The S&P 500 Just Had Its Best Quarter Since 2020. The Stock Market Will Make a Big Move Next if History Repeats.

Key Points The S&P 500 added 15% during Q1 2026, the benchmark index’s best quarterly performance in nearly six years. Following quarterly gains of at least 10%, the S&P 500 has historically returned an average of 13% in the next year. The Wall Street consensus …

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Is Ford Stock a Buy Right Now While It's Down From Its Peak?

Key Points Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is down nearly 20% from its late-May peak. A weak sales report, uncertainty around tariffs, and another recall largely triggered the pullback. The news wasn’t great, but Ford has an unrelated catalyst investors should pay attention to. Ford …

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Grantham’s 70% Crash Call Has a Problem

Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). Is a 70% crash coming?… Grantham’s track record problem… what a 1992 magazine cover got right… the FOMO that isn’t there… the earnings pushback against bears Last week, Jeremy Grantham, British investor, billionaire, and …

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Eastern Soars 41% Year to Date: Should You Buy the Stock?

The Eastern Company EML shares have soared 41.4% year to date against the industry’s 18.1% decline. The company has outperformed other industry players, including Allegion plc ALLE and Cadre Holdings, Inc. CDRE. Shares of ALLE and CDRE have declined 11.8% and 30.2%, respectively, in the …

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Can Alibaba's Digital Commerce Ecosystem Drive FY2027 Growth?

Alibaba‘s BABA digital commerce strategy is evolving into a more integrated, AI-enabled retail ecosystem that could support growth in fiscal 2027. Rather than relying solely on gross merchandise volume expansion, Alibaba is enhancing merchant productivity, consumer engagement and platform monetization across Taobao, Tmall and its …

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A Big Red Flag for Lucid — Is it Speeding Toward Bankruptcy?

Key Points Last week, Lucid announced its second round of layoffs within a four-month span. Lucid’s new CEO is an industry outsider, and executive turnover could be sounding alarms. Supplier issues and production hiccups continue to plague the automaker’s operations. 10 stocks we like better …

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Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: AAPL, META, ENPH

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Apple Inc (Symbol: AAPL), where a total volume of 892,596 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 89.3 million …

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"Magnificent Seven" Showdown: Amazon or Alphabet for Long-Term Investors?

Key Points Amazon’s AI strength runs through AWS and enterprise cloud infrastructure demand. Alphabet has more AI monetization paths across search, YouTube, Android, and cloud. Alphabet looks slightly cheaper, but analysts project higher upside for Amazon. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of …

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S&P 500 Earnings Depend on AI Infrastructure Doing the Heavy Lifting

The second quarter wraps up today, and it was a good one. With the having returned more than 14% (including dividends) with just one trading day left, it will almost certainly end up being the best quarter for the index since the second quarter of …

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