This Move Might Reshape the Future of the Chip Industry
Lip-Bu Tan hasn’t been in the driver’s seat at Intel for long, but the new CEO is already making it clear that the era of open-ended spending is over. If Intel’s bleeding-edge chip manufacturing can’t justify its existence with real customer demand, it won’t get more money, period.
That kind of financial discipline might sound like corporate buzzkill,
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Paul Tudor Jones Is Betting Big Against the Bond Market: How You Can Too.
Stan Druckenmiller and Paul Tudor Jones, both among the most successful traders ever, are now on the same side of a trade: shorting long-duration bonds.
This move is more than just a hedge but rather it’s a bet that interest rates are headed higher, and when these legendary traders make such strong statements,
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Why Is Warren Piling Into This Monster Insurer?
Imagine a business that has quietly dominated its industry for decades, steadily outperforming its rivals while keeping an impeccable balance sheet.
Add to the fact that it has thrived during economic downturns and periods of rising interest rates when its peers faded.
In recent years, it’s seen its earnings surge, boosted by both disciplined underwriting and a strong investment portfolio.
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The ONLY Fund Buffett Recommends (hint, it’s not his own)
As probably the world’s best-regarded stock picker, Warren Buffett isn’t usually associated with ETFs. Nevertheless, the legendary value investor’s portfolio at Berkshire Hathaway contains two ETFs, both of which track the S&P 500 index.
These two funds, namely SPY and VOO, account for a little over $45 billion of Berkshire’s total holdings. Why does Buffett own the S&P 500,
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Is It Finally Time to Buy Walgreens?
Walk into just about any town in America, and chances are you’ll spot a Walgreens. The pharmacy chain is one of the most ubiquitous retail brands in the country, with over 8,000 locations across the U.S. alone.
But while its storefronts are everywhere, the same can’t be said for investor confidence in its stock.
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Why 1 Insider Just Bet Big on Palantir Near Its All-Time High
In a world flooded with hype about artificial intelligence, few companies have the real-world track record to back it up but Palantir Technologies certainly does. Yet skeptics keep pointing to valuation as overhyped so why is one insider still buying?
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Palantir’s 20-year lead in data analytics puts it in a good spot to dominate enterprise AI.
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1 Seriously Overlooked Healthcare Stock That Could Soar
Sometimes the seemingly most boring companies in the world produced the most extraordinary returns. One healthcare firm that hasn’t shot up – yet – but which has attracted the attention of a multi-billion dollar fund with a pristine track record may be set to do so.
Better yet, it’s trading close to the estimated price paid by the fund,
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Wall Street lingers around record highs; precious metals rise
Dec 26 : Major U.S. stock indexes oscillated around record peaks on Friday in muted post-Christmas trading, while expectations of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and safe haven appeal pushed precious metals prices to all-time highs.
Public holidays kept markets closed in Australia, Hong Kong and most of Europe, but the bourses that were open pushed towards ending the year in positive territory,
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