Cathie Wood drops surprising message on oil prices
There’s so much drama taking place in the world. Last week alone, investors watched the U.S.-Iran war escalate, sending energy prices sharply higher.
The Strait of Hormuz was closed after massive airstrikes by the U.S. and Israel killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. About one-third of the world’s seaborne oil exports passed through the Strait in 2025,
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Read MoreSIFs explained: Where these new funds fit in an investor’s portfolio
Quantitative or factor-based strategies:
These follow rule-based investment models that select stocks based on measurable characteristics such as value, momentum, quality or low volatility. Instead of discretionary judgment, capital is allocated systematically to stocks scoring highly on predefined parameters, aiming to capture structural return premia over time.
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Read MoreCrude oil price to US dollar: Top three items that may come on Donald Trump's agenda after US-Iran war
The US-Iran war has sent global crude oil prices surging past $100 a barrel, rattling the global economy and posing a political challenge for US President Donald Trump at home, especially ahead of the crucial midterm elections due in November.
Higher oil prices are already rippling through the US economy,
The Biggest Risk to Nvidia Stock That Nobody Is Talking About
Nvidia (NVDA +0.64%) stock has been a major winner during this artificial intelligence (AI) boom — it’s soared 1,300% over the past five years as this story began to develop and gain momentum. This is because Nvidia offers the key product necessary for AI to take shape: the AI chip.
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Read More3 AI Tech Stocks Worth Buying the Dip on With Triple-Digit Upside
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Tech stocks and “dip” don’t go together in this environment. However, stocks like Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH), Reddit (NYSE:RDDT),
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Forget Billionaire’s Amazon Buy, Time For This Mag 7 Stock?
Stanley Druckenmiller’s Q3 purchase of nearly half a million Amazon shares drew attention, but the move is more interesting when viewed in context.
Druckenmiller has a long habit of trading Amazon in cycles, buying heavily when sentiment softens and trimming when momentum returns. His last cycle didn’t produce much upside, making his decision to jump back in at a higher cost especially noteworthy.
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Is This AI Stock a Buy Heading Into 2026?
CoreWeave sits in a new category analysts now call the neocloud. Rather than operating like traditional cloud providers built for broad, generalized workloads, neoclouds specialize in dense clusters of GPUs designed purely for AI training and inference.
In practical terms, CoreWeave is building industrial-scale AI factories, meaning customized data centers filled with Nvidia’s highest-end accelerators,
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Berkshire’s $9.7 Billion OxyChem Deal Means What?
Buffett’s firm has spent years amassing a giant stake in Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), starting with a $10 billion preferred stock and warrant package in 2019 that helped Occidental fund its acquisition of Anadarko.
By mid-2025, Berkshire had built that into a 32.7% equity position, making OXY one of its six largest holdings.
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