Stocks slip in cautious trading after weak US retail sales data
Stock markets retreated in sparse summer trading Friday, with the uncertain outlook for the Middle East war and the US economy prompting investor caution ahead of the weekend.
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Read MoreCathie Wood Pours $27 Million Into Major AI Stock
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Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest made another aggressive rotation toward artificial intelligence last week, adding nearly $30 million of Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) and $27 million of Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) while unloading almost $60 million of Deere (NYSE:DE).
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Read MoreTeachers, Cops, and Firefighters Just Got Their Full Social Security Back. These 3 ETFs Turn the Back Pay Into a Raise
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The check has finally cleared. After decades of watching a chunk of their earned Social Security disappear thanks to the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, retired teachers, police officers,
Rates are heading higher “for all the wrong reasons”: Nations Indexes
Scott Nations, President of Nations Indexes,
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Read MoreBlackRock’s Koesterich sees energy stocks as top portfolio diversifier
The 60/40 portfolio, that trusty warhorse of institutional investing, is looking increasingly like a horse with a limp. Russ Koesterich, the portfolio manager behind BlackRock’s Global Allocation Fund, is making the case that bonds have essentially stopped doing the one job investors kept them around for: protecting portfolios when stocks stumble.
His preferred replacement?
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Read MoreThe Burst
Is This Under-the-Radar Stock Nuclear’s Next Big Thing?
Nuclear power is reentering the center of America’s energy strategy as AI, data centers, and mass electrification push electricity demand to levels not seen in decades. Since nuclear already produces more carbon free electricity than solar and wind combined, the U.S. cannot meet future demand without it.
This shift has put renewed attention on Centrus Energy.
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Read MoreThe Ivy
SoFi Is Up What’s Happening Under the Surface?
In a year when most analysts can’t look away from anything stamped “AI,” SoFi Technologies has become one of the market’s most surprising comeback stories.
The digital-first bank now commands a $30+ billion market cap, yet it still manages to slip past the radar of investors glued to megacap tech.
The stock is closing in on triple-digita gains this year,
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
Why Should Investors Pay Attention To This AI Powerhouse
Workiva built its name on simplifying complexity. Its platform acts as a connective layer between dozens of disconnected business tools, from Excel and SAP to cloud databases, bringing them together into one cohesive workspace.
Think of it as a control tower for enterprise reporting, where data flows seamlessly instead of being manually copied and pasted across spreadsheets and systems.
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