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Semiconductor stocks ripped higher in April, with several names posting one-month gains that would outperform one-year returns for most portfolios. On CNBC's Halftime Report episode “Can the Market Move Higher in May?” (5/1/26), the panel openly split on a single question: Do you keep buying after a move this large, or sell on the risk ... Chip Stocks Soared 70%+ in April. Have They Gone Too Far?...

Here is the absolute core of Paramount's (NASDAQ: PSKY) problem with the news channels it gets in its Warner Bros. Discovery buyout. Ancerson Copper is, by many measures, the most-watched show on CNN, which Warner owns. He stands 23rd overall in cable show ratings, with an audience of about 1.2 million. In sum, Paramount gets ... Joe Rogan's Audience Is 10 Times More Than Anderson Cooper's...

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) is back on every retail trader's radar after a 43.11% rip in a single month and a 20.1% single-day pop into May, fueled by a Reddit setup note pitching a “voice AI infrastructure play with an interesting setup” ahead of earnings on May 7. SoundHound trades near $10 with the stock still ... Skip the SoundHound Hype — These Three Titans Own the AI Infrastructure Layer That Actually Matters...

Amazon delivered a clean earnings report, and our model leans into the strength. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) trades at $265.06 after rising 27.27% over the past month, but our proprietary work suggests the rally has room. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target is $320.08 over the next 12 months, implying 20.76% upside. The recommendation is buy with ... Amazon Eyes $320 as AWS Growth Fuels Bullish Outlook...

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) just closed the books on Q4 2025, and the contrast is striking. Pfizer leaned on a diversified non-COVID portfolio and a fresh push into obesity drugs. Moderna leaned on cost cuts and international expansion to soften a steep COVID revenue cliff. Two very different pharma stories, both shaped by life ... Pfizer vs Moderna: Only One Pharma Giant Is a Winner In The Post-Covid Era...

The Pentagon's accelerating push to embed artificial intelligence across defense and national security operations has put a spotlight on a small group of pure-play federal AI vendors. With the U.S. Government's AI Acceleration Strategy now driving real bookings, two NYSE-listed names trading well under $20 have moved from speculative bets to credible defense AI plays. ... After Pentagon Inks Deal With AI Firms, Buy These Under $20 Stocks...

As the AI trade heats up again, the hard-hit neocloud plays might be in a spot to lead the march higher. CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) shares have shown signs of life in recent months, but the name is still off close to 35% from its highs just north of $183 per share. As investors warm up to ... CoreWeave's Anthropic Deal is Game Changing — The AI‑Infra Trade is Heating Up...

SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) sits in an unusual spot for a business development company in 2026. Shares trade at almost $16, up about 15% over the past year and 11% over the past month, while the broader BDC tape has been beaten down over private credit fears. The pitch for income investors is straightforward: a 10.4% ... The Unusual BDC Thriving While Private Credit Fears Spread Across the Sector...

April 2026 produced a striking four-way split across U.S. e-commerce stocks despite a shared consumer backdrop. Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) led the group with a 29% gain, narrowly edging out Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) at 27%. eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) climbed 14%, while Shopify (NASDAQ:SHOP) barely budged at 2%. The same macro inputs produced wildly different outcomes, which tells investors something ... Etsy, Amazon, eBay, and Shopify in April: Why E-Commerce Stocks Diverged So Dramatically...

The CNBC Halftime Report panel spent its May 1, 2026, show wrestling with two big questions that tech investors are asking: Is Apple's current valuation sustainable? Have chip stocks run too far, too fast? Apple: A 34x Forward Multiple Versus a 23x Decade Average Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) closed the session within 1% of a new record ... Apple Hits Near-Record High, While Chip Stocks Face Pullback Risk After Massive Rally...

Live Updates The analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocksThis analyst's 2025 picks are up 106% on average. He just named his top 10 stocks to buy in 2026. Get them here FREE. Crypto Comeback 3 minutes ago Live Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) added 2.5% after lawmakers reached a bipartisan ... Live Nasdaq Composite: Tech Holds Its Ground as M&A and AI Boom Drown Out Oil Noise...

ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKX) has rewarded patient holders lately, with shares near $33 after a 74% one-year run and a 13% year-to-date gain. That kind of move tends to bury the risk conversation. It shouldn't. ARKX is an actively managed, non-diversified thematic equity ETF that launched in March 2021. Its mandate covers ... ARKX Faces a Concentration Crisis as SpaceX IPO Looms Over Space ETF Holdings...

Few issues unite voters across party lines like housing. According to a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll from earlier this year, roughly 8 in 10 Americans say they support banning Wall Street firms and large institutional investors from buying single-family homes. That kind of consensus is rare in 2026 — and it's about to collide with the ... 80% of Americans want Wall Street banned from buying single-family homes. Here's what could actually happen after November....

Passive investing's central promise is hard to argue with: low costs, broad diversification, and returns that match the market. Vanguard built an empire on that promise, and funds like the Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSE:VUG), the Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (NYSE:VEA), and the Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (NYSE:VB) remain among the most widely held in the ... Fidelity Built 3 ETFs That Quietly Outpace Their Vanguard Rivals, and Cost Almost Nothing...

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) opened the energy sector's earnings season with a sharp upside surprise on profitability, even as headline GAAP figures were dragged lower by derivative timing effects and Middle East supply disruptions. The integrated major posted adjusted EPS of $1.16 versus the $1.0074 consensus, a 15.15% beat, while revenue of $85.138 billion came in ... ExxonMobil Crushes Q1 2026 EPS Estimates by 15% — Here's What Investors Need to Know...

The Federal Reserve's 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances recorded the largest three-year gain in median household net worth in the survey's modern history. Between 2019 and 2022, the typical American family's net worth climbed 37% to $192,900. Over the same window, the typical family's income barely moved, rising 3% to $70,300. The two figures sit ... American Families' Net Worth Jumped 37% Since 2019, But Their Paychecks Barely Moved...

The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) is leaning on its biggest tech names this morning to absorb a fresh oil shock, with index futures hovering near flat after climbing well off their overnight lows. A 3% spike in crude on renewed Iran tensions is the main drag, but blowout earnings from Alphabet and Amazon late last week ... Tech Giants Prop Up Nasdaq Composite as Oil Shock Tests Market Resilience...

Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) is back atop every retail watchlist, riding a 70% revenue quarter and a CEO who keeps reminding everyone he runs an “n of 1” business. The setup carries real risk underneath the momentum. The case against the crowded trade Palantir trades at a trailing P/E of 229, a forward P/E of 112, and ... Forget Palantir — Serious Investors Are Placing Their Bets on the AI Chokepoints Right Now...

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) shares have ripped roughly 398.6% over the past year, climbing from $19.98 on May 1, 2025, to $99.62 on May 1, 2026, with the move only accelerating. The stock is up 107.4% in the past month alone and trades within pennies of its 52-week high of $100.45. For a retirement-focused investor who ... Intel Stock Has Quintupled From Lows: Is the Easy Money Already Gone?...

Shares of GameStop (NYSE:GME) are sliding in early Monday trading, indicated to open down roughly 6% at around $25. The pullback follows Friday's rally, when the stock closed at $26.53, up 6% on the session. The catalyst is a surprise, non-binding proposal from chief executive officer (CEO) Ryan Cohen for GameStop to acquire eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) ... GameStop Slides After 6% Friday Rally: Can Ryan Cohen Really Pull Off an eBay Buyout?...