It was a busy quarter for the energy industry, and Forum benefited from the activity.
It should continue doing well even if the current volatility lasts for some time.
There’s a great deal of investor attention being paid to oil and gas companies these days,
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The Bancorp (TBBK +3.54%) had a fine Friday on the stock market, thanks in no small part to a second-quarter earnings report enhanced by a bottom-line beat and a raise in earnings guidance. That sent the company’s shares to a more than 3% gain on the day,
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TOPSHOT – Currency dealers monitor exchange rates in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on February 2, 2026. South Korea’s benchmark index Kospi tumbled more than five percent on February 2, in line with a sell-off across Asian markets amid fresh worries about an AI-fuelled tech rally that has sparked fears of a bubble in the sector.
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) reports its fiscal second-quarter results on August 26, and
the setup heading into the print is remarkably one-sided. Nearly the entire
analyst coverage rates the stock a strong buy, the company guided revenue to $91
billion, and its most recent quarter delivered 85% growth on the back of
relentless data center demand.
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Cboe Global Markets reported a surge in second-quarter profit on Friday, benefiting from strong options trading volumes at a time of elevated market volatility.
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates unchanged, despite pressure to tackle growing inflation and three dissenting votes. Are markets sending a message to the central bank — and Chair Kevin Warsh — to address inflation?
“Marketplace” host Reema Khrais discusses that decision, as well as the reasons behind an uptick in consumer sentiment this week and the AI buildout’s role in growing the U.S.
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Warren Buffett was critical of a stock market that he said is increasingly driven by speculative trading, as opposed to investing for the long term.
“It’s tough to find values when everybody is preferring gambling,”
Ending both the week and the month on a bearish note, shares of Perimeter Solutions (PRM -17.78%) are plunging today after the company reported disappointing second-quarter 2026 financial results this morning before the market opened. While there were some bright spots in the company’s report,
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Experts have long speculated about a merger between SpaceX and Tesla.
New reports suggest a merger could be on the way soon.
Speculation about a potential merger between SpaceX(NASDAQ:SPCX) and Tesla(NASDAQ:TSLA) is nothing new.
Even if they go mostly unnoticed, energy businesses are the backbone of our country, providing the energy we need to power our lives and businesses.Their momentum is also rising as lower interest rates, as well as AI energy needs,