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It’s been a tumultuous past year for our nation’s foremost financial institution, the Federal Reserve. We’ve witnessed an ongoing spat between President Donald Trump and now-former Fed Chair Jerome Powell over interest rates, and observed a historic level of division within the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) — the 12-person body responsible for setting U.S.
The Nvidia Corporation put up winning numbers against Wall Street expectations in the first quarter of its new fiscal year.
The NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) reported its earnings results for the recently finished Q1 FY27. It looked like another strong quarter for the company with its revenue and earnings-per-share (EPS) beating out Wall Street analyst estimates for the quarter.
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NVIDIA is buying back its own stock in an effort to return money to shareholders.
As part of NVIDIA’s latest earnings release, the company shared updates on other aspects of its business. This included the announcement that NVIDIA has added $80 billion to its share buyback program.
Cathie Wood built much of ARK‘s 2026 comeback on semiconductors. Now she keeps selling them.
On Monday, May 18, her ARK Invest funds sold more than $28 million of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Taiwan Semiconductor stock (TSM),
» Read more about: Cathie Wood dumps more semiconductor stocks in blindsiding move »
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) rose 1.08% to 7,432.97, the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) gained 1.54% to 26,270.36, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) advanced 1.31% to 50,009.34 as falling oil and easing yields buoyed markets.
AI hardware leaders lead the gainers,
» Read more about: Stock Market Today, May 20: Nasdaq Gains 1.5% as Risk Appetite Returns »
The issue is the timing. SpaceX’s IPO might draw more attention due to its freshness, rarity and accessibility. Tesla is already public, owned and debated. This can make SpaceX more exciting in the near term. However, the public investors have more direct exposure, more daily liquidity and a clearer trading market at Tesla.
» Read more about: Tesla Stock Faces Rotation Risk as SpaceX IPO Hype Builds »
As one of the foremost providers of the graphics processing units (GPUs) powering artificial intelligence (AI), Nvidia (NVDA +1.22%) has become a bellwether for the state of AI. As such, Wall Street and Main Street alike were pulling up their chairs, popcorn at the ready,
» Read more about: Nvidia Stock Investors Just Got Fantastic News From CEO Jensen Huang »
When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard.
Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences.
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When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard.
Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences.
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