Investors seeking to buy or sell Asian stocks following any spike in oil prices should aim to execute orders in the first few minutes of the trading day and then steer clear, according to UBS AG. That’s the finding of a study into how six regional equity markets performed in the first week of March […]
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has probably been the most consistently dominant tech company of the last 50 years. However, in the AI era, which Microsoft helped spark with its OpenAI partnership, Microsoft suddenly finds itself on the outside looking in. In less than five months, Microsoft stock has fallen by nearly a third, even as the […]
When a stock has been soaring in value, it can be difficult to determine if it’s still a good buy and has much more room to rise, or if it may be approaching a peak. This is especially true when investors are paying a premium for a business, as concerns may mount about its valuation. […]
Since peaking last fall, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares are down more than 25%. The sell-off accelerated in 2026, as fears that generative artificial intelligence (AI) software would render Microsoft’s expensive enterprise software suite obsolete led analysts to rerate how much Microsoft’s current earnings are actually worth. On top of that, Microsoft’s second-quarter earnings report in […]
The fallout from the surge in oil prices over the last three weeks is beginning to ripple more broadly through the global economy as higher energy costs raise pressure on businesses — and analyst forecasts are only climbing. Futures on Brent crude (BZ=F), the international benchmark, and US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) (CL=F) have […]
Wall Street initially priced in a swift US bombing campaign as President Trump made his move against Iran. What investors got was an oil war. Stocks pulled back again this week as oil prices remained elevated and the Pentagon again ramped up its capacity to strike at Iran, sending three warships to the Middle East […]
Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS) has made some big splashes over the past few weeks. There have been several monster deals announced which have caused its stock price to rise, but it still could be a great value and offer significant upside over the next few years. But could it be enough to set you up for […]
It’s been a brutal stretch for Nike (NYSE: NKE) shareholders. The stock has fallen sharply this year, bringing shares down to levels not seen in years. The athletic apparel and footwear giant has been grappling with intense competition from newer upstart brands and a challenging macroeconomic environment that has pressured discretionary spending. But despite the […]
Apple posted a 23% surge in China smartphone sales in the first nine weeks of 2026, bucking a broader market decline as some Android phone makers raised prices in response to higher costs for memory chips. China’s overall smartphone market fell 4% year-on-year in the January-to-early-March period, with government subsidies introduced at the start of […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved a Nasdaq (^IXIC) proposal to allow certain stocks to be traded and settled in tokenized form, according to a regulatory filing, marking a step toward integrating blockchain-based settlements into mainstream equity markets. Exchange operators have been doubling down on their push to capitalize on the boom […]
Roughly one month ago, on Feb. 17, institutional investors with at least $100 million in assets under management were required to file Form 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This formal-sounding filing provides investors with a way to track which stocks Wall Street’s savviest money managers bought and sold in the latest quarter (in […]
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) is no longer a stodgy database and data management software company. Aggressive investments in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) have made the cloud Oracle’s main growth driver. Demand for training artificial intelligence (AI) models on OCI benefits Oracle’s application software-as-a-service (SaaS) business by making it easier to integrate AI services and agents — […]
