While analysts chase the next hot AI chipmaker, one company has become indispensable to the AI boom itself, not through computing, but through power.
Bloom Energy, long known for its on-site solid oxide fuel cells, has suddenly become the market’s stealth AI infrastructure play. Shares have rocketed more than 6x this year, and for reasons most investors haven’t yet grasped.
Leonardo DRS is one of those under-the-radar defense companies powering some of the most advanced military systems in the world. From sensors and tactical computing to ruggedized networking gear and combat vehicles, DRS builds much of the U.S. military’s digital backbone.
Shares are up more than 20% over the past year but have slipped nearly double digits since Q3 earnings.
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After an extraordinary run that sent shares soaring nearly 300% over the past year, AppLovin suddenly lost momentum in early October. The sell-off came as a shock to investors who had watched the ad-tech company become one of Wall Street’s brightest stars.
The trigger was a Bloomberg report revealing that the SEC had opened an investigation into AppLovin’s data-collection practices.
Shares of SoFi Technologies have rocketed more than 165% over the past year as the company’s fundamentals have improved dramatically. But with the stock now well above Wall Street’s targets, investors are wondering: has the market gotten ahead of itself?
It’s no longer just a student-loan lender,
IonQ has become one of the hottest names in quantum computing. The Maryland-based firm is pioneering trapped-ion technology, which uses charged atoms to process information in ways classical computers can’t.
Since its 2021 debut, IonQ’s stock has rocketed roughly 450%, including nearly 300% over the past year. Such explosive gains raise a tough question of whether IonQ the future of computing,
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In the second quarter, Warren Buffett quietly added nearly 1.4 million shares of Constellation Brands, bringing Berkshire Hathaway’s total stake to roughly just shy of $2 billion.
That’s a bold move at a time when the entire alcohol industry is facing a slump in consumption. But if history is any guide, Buffett tends to buy when sentiment is sour and value hides in plain sight.
Berkshire Hathaway quietly raised its stake in Heico by over 11% last quarter, bringing its total position to about 1.3 million shares. That move turned heads because Heico isn’t a typical Buffett pick. It’s not cheap by traditional value metrics, and it doesn’t sell iconic brands like Coca-Cola or Geico.
So why did Berkshire,
Over the past decade, the tech sector has tended to rebound after bouts of underperformance, about 80% of the time, historically. This year looked like another chapter in that same story: short-term skepticism giving way to renewed conviction.
Now, as we move into the final quarter of 2025, several massive forces are quietly re-shaping the landscape.
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For years, IBM has worn the “missed opportunity” label in artificial intelligence. The company that built Deep Blue, the chess-playing computer, and Watson, the supercomputer, seemed perfectly positioned to dominate AI before anyone else saw it coming.
And yet, while those early breakthroughs made headlines, IBM failed to cash in.
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Analysts had written off Nike heading into its latest earnings report. The previous quarter was a mess, sales fell 10%, inventories piled up, and the brand that once defined performance and style looked a little out of step with both.
Yet this quarter, Nike did something investors didn’t expect by starting to look like Nike again.
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