Nvidia earnings are set to make or break the chip stock rally
By Ryan Vlastelica and Carmen Reinicke, Bloomberg
For much of the year, chip stocks have been powering the market higher. Now, Nvidia Corp.’s earnings have a chance to confirm that the rally has more room to run — or add another brick to investors’ wall of worry.
The Santa Clara-based leader in artificial intelligence semiconductors reports its results after the market close on Wednesday.
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Maybe it’s time for Nvidia (NVDA) and CEO Jensen Huang to up cash giveaways to lure in new investors. It wouldn’t hurt to offer an enticement.
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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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Amazon shares surged nearly 9% within a week of its latest earnings report, extending a 31% gain over the past year.
The strong results reignited investor confidence but the real story goes beyond quarterly numbers to Amazon’s growing role at the center of the AI boom.
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Amazon’s earnings beat was impressive,
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For retirees or anyone focused more on stability than swing-for-the-fences growth, the S&P 500 isn’t always the most comforting choice. It’s heavily weighted toward large-cap tech names, and when those names fall out of favor, the whole index can wobble.
That’s why many investors approaching retirement gravitate toward dividend-focused funds. And one ETF in particular has emerged as a go-to is the Schwab U.S.
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