A runner jogs past the Cisco Systems headquarters in San Jose, California, Feb. 8, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Cisco Systems — Shares of the computer networking giant gained about 2.5% after posting fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations. The
Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and as FOMO sets in, investors are flocking to little-known AI stocks. However, that doesn’t mean investors aren’t becoming weary and even skeptical about the way different companies are touting their use of AI.   For example, since Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) reported earnings in early August, the stock is down
For the ultimate contrarian, few market categories exist that induce white-knuckled pressure quite like stocks with high short interest. At its most simplistic level, bullish traders targeting highly shorted securities believe that the underlying volatility has gone too far. As a result, going against the grain may yield astounding returns. Such massive rewards are possible
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Target – Target shares added 4% even after the retailer cut its full-year earnings forecast and second-quarter sales fell short of expectations. The company reported earnings of $1.80 per share on revenues of $24.77 billion. Wall Street analysts surveyed by Refinitiv had expected earnings of $1.39
In June, I introduced five stocks that AI predicted could double a portfolio in a year. Here’s how they’ve done in the first month. Applied Digital (NASDAQ:APLD). +8.8% Fastly (NYSE:FSLY). +16% Mobileye (NASDAQ:MBLY). 12.3% FiscalNote Holdings (NYSE:NOTE) +4.4% Cloudflare (NYSE:NET). +4% On average, the stocks have risen 9.1%, an incredible 184% annualized rate of return!
If you are a public equities investor betting on the digital economy, semiconductor stocks would have to be in your portfolio. Semiconductors are tiny electronic devices powering everything from our smartphones and personal computers to cars and commercial airplanes. If you take any run-of-the-mill semiconductor exchange-traded fund (ETF), say, the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX), many