When CEO Elon Musk reported Tesla’s latest earnings results this week, few were excited by the numbers.
In fact, the share price immediately fell off a cliff in after-hours trading to $356 per share but within minutes a sharp bounce back occurred and, in the virtual blink of an eye, the share price was back over $400 per share.
Planet Labs combines satellite imaging and data analytics technologies to provide a service valuable to government agencies, corporations, and non-governmental organizations. The company has been developing its unique technology for 14 years, but it didn’t become a publicly traded company until 2021.
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Stanley Druckenmiller may be best known for his role with George Soros in shorting the British pound in 1992, which famously became known as breaking the Bank of England. That position resulted in a cumulative profit of over a billion dollars, and all while Druckenmiller was only in his late 30s.
At a time when many professional investors consider themselves in their early innings of their careers,
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Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller has been shaking up his portfolio lately, selling his entire stake in NVIDIA and most of his Palantir shares in order to diversify into more value-oriented stocks.
One of the most interesting buys Druckenmiller has made has been a 1.43 million share stake in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE:TEVA).
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If you only look at consumer trends within the United States, it might seem odd that Philip Morris’s stock has done so well. Aren’t people giving up cigarettes?
For the most part, they are, but the company has planned for the effects of smoking cessation programs. The share price speaks to Philip Morris’s success.
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Following comments by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang about the probable timeline for practical quantum computing, quantum startups have had a rocky start to 2025.
Huang, himself an expert in cutting-edge computing technologies, said he believed that it could take about 20 years for quantum computers to become a useful technology.
While the comment attracted criticism from some technologists and quantum bulls,
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Last year, Warren Buffett surprised practically everyone when he acquired more than 30% of embattled internet radio giant Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI).
At first, Buffett appeared to be taking advantage of an arbitrage opportunity, but subsequent purchases have suggested that the Oracle of Omaha is more interested in building a long-term position in Sirius XM.
Earlier this month, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang seemingly dashed the hopes of speculative tech investors banking on quantum computing to become the next big thing in the ever-advancing race for faster and faster computer processing. Huang, speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show, stated his view that practical quantum computers were still about two decades away,
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The last several years have seen a series of tech cycles drive up the stock market. From Metaverse technology to the rise of generative AI, everyone from retail investors to hedge fund managers is looking to get in on the next huge tech development.
Going into 2025, it appears that the technology to go long on may be quantum computing.
Donald Trump was the first president in modern U.S. history to take office without holding a prior public office or serving in the military. This non-traditional path to the White House came with a distinctly corporate approach to economic and fiscal policy, one that both excited and unnerved investors in equal measure.
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