Forget Nvidia: The Best AI Chip Stock to Buy Right Now
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Tech companies design the chips they need for their products, but they rely on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to manufacture them.
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TSMC’s business is more diversified than Nvidia’s and less reliant on current AI hype and spending.
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TSMC continues to produce more power and energy-efficient AI chips.
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Read MoreBig Tech has become the market’s superpower — and its Achilles' heel
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The top 10 stocks in the S&P 500, led by the AI giants, have surged back to dot-com era levels of dominance,
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Read MorePrediction: This Dividend-Paying Dow Jones Growth Stock Will Beat the S&P 500 For the 6th Consecutive Year in 2026
American Express (NYSE: AXP) just rocketed to an all-time high after a blowout earnings report and a raised forecast.
At the time of this writing, the financial stock is up 20% year-to-date compared to 15% for the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) —
Dow Jones, Nasdaq and S&P futures flat even after record US index performances
Stock futures showed little movement Monday evening, following a strong rally in major US indexes earlier in the day. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up about 15 points, S&P 500 futures remained essentially flat, and Nasdaq 100 futures gained modestly by 0.1% as investors prepared for a critical week ahead.
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Read More3 Red-Hot Growth Stocks to Buy in 2025
These stocks are up 10% to 50% over the past month alone, and have room to run.
Technology stocks helped fuel a market rally that began in late 2022, when OpenAI’s ChatGPT was publicly launched. Since then, many tech stocks have thrived amid what has become an artificial intelligence (AI) boom.
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Read MoreThe Burst
How a 2nd Trump Presidency Will Affect Markets?
A second Trump presidency may have broad-reaching implications for the stock market, influenced by a mix of tax and economic strategies as well as geopolitical implications.
In his first-term, Trump oversaw significant corporate tax cuts, which boosted corporate earnings and stock prices. A second term is likely to continue or expand these tax policies,
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Why Did Trump’s Team Buy This Crypto?
On December 11, 2024 a wallet associated with President-Elect Donald Trump began buying a cryptocurrency, Chainlink (LINK) in spades. Within hours a full million dollars had been invested into the token, so what is it about this under-the-radar play that most investors are not seeing?
There’s a little-known piece of blockchain history that often goes overlooked: back in 2017,
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
Market Commentary: 1 Dividend Stock To Turn $35,000 Into $100,000
When you go hunting for dividend-paying stocks, a tenured growth streak offers a lot of confidence that the company can sustain its payout to shareholders. One stock that fits that bill is Enterprise Products Partners, a midstream energy company that offers a mouth-watering 7.44% dividend.
Key Points
- EPD is a monster cash producer,
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