Unpacking the Stock Market's Coiled Spring Set Up

A Beach Ball Held Underwater Year-to-date, the S&P 500 Index has registered average returns, gaining ~11% through mid-September. Despite the healthy gains, the 2026 market has been a complex environment for Wall Street investors to understand. Investors had to weigh positives, such as the booming …

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Should Investors Be Worried About an AI Bubble? Here's What History Says.

Key Points The last big technology bubble was the dot-com mania at the turn of the century. The AI bubble isn’t likely to avoid the same fate because Wall Street almost always pushes companies to extremes. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › Financial …

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Sam Altman Admits the AI Industry Has Done "a Terrible Job" Explaining Its Benefits Amid Growing Backlash. Should That Worry Nvidia and Microsoft Investors?

Key Points Most people know what modern-day artificial intelligence is. They just don’t understand why it matters to them. Like so many other new technologies, however, the crowd will eventually — and organically — figure this one out. The battle for AI supremacy shouldn’t crimp …

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Crypto Market Update: CFTC Files Federal Rules After Clarity Act Failure

Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ether and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrencymarket news Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Friday (September 18) as of 11:00 a.m. UTC. Bitcoin price update Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$78,215.49, trading 5.1 …

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Netflix Has $27 Billion Left to Buy Back Its Own Stock — About 8% of the Whole Company

Key Points Netflix bought back a record $4.7 billion of stock in the second quarter and ended it with $27.1 billion of authorization left. A $2.8 billion termination fee from Netflix’s collapsed Warner Bros. deal is helping to finance the buying. Netflix’s fully diluted share …

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Notable Two Hundred Day Moving Average Cross – Ford

In trading on Friday, shares of Ford Motor Co. (Symbol: F) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $13.53, changing hands as low as $12.94 per share. Ford Motor Co. shares are currently trading down about 4.2% on the day. The chart below shows …

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Tesla Stock Fell After Its Last 4 Delivery Reports, Even a Big Beat. Here's What History Says to Expect in October.

Key Points Tesla shares fell on each of its last four delivery report days, while the S&P 500 finished close to flat on all four. Second-quarter deliveries rose 25% year over year while operating income fell 57%. For third-quarter deliveries to grow at all, Tesla …

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31% of Berkshire Hathaway's Portfolio Is Concentrated in These 2 AI Stocks Under Greg Abel

Key Points For value-oriented Berkshire Hathaway, having significant tech concentration is a sign of adaptation. Its biggest holding, Apple, is well-positioned to control how consumers interact with AI in their daily lives. A new position, Alphabet is intensely focused on AI across its organization, from …

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The Fed Just Revealed Something Big About the AI Boom

One company’s investment bill can become another company’s sales. Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). Wall Street can handle bad news. What it really hates is uncertainty. And yesterday, one of the market’s biggest uncertainties disappeared. The Federal Reserve voted …

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New Strong Buy Stocks for September 18th

Here are five stocks added to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) List today: SharkNinja, Inc. SN: This is a diversified, product design and technology company which creates lifestyle solutions through products for consumers, has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings …

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