Sunday, 20 September 2026
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A lot of people go from working full-time to suddenly not working at all. That doesn't mean they rush into retirement rather than plan for it. Rather, it means they set a retirement date, give notice, work full-time up …
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is 48% below its October 2025 all-time high of $126,080, and the drawdown has, quite predictably, been rocket fuel for crypto skeptics. One critic, Jeremy Grantham, the billionaire co-founder of GM…
Lean hog futures posted mostly higher trad on Friday, with contracts up 25 cents to $1.37 at the close. August was up $2.65 this week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $99.32 Friday afternoon, down 94 cent…
The AI race is in full swing, and Meta has been aggressively building tech infrastructure.
The iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) and the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) are the two biggest funds in this space.
SpaceX and the Department of Defense are reportedly discussing a potential multi-billion-dollar computing contract.
The entity purchased ~100,000 shares for an estimated total value of ~$2.0 million.
Live cattle futures are trading with $1.77 to $2.17 losses across most contracts on Friday. Cash trade started to pick up, with a few light northern sales of $378-380 dressed and live action reported at $238-240 by USDA…
Brookfield Renewable expects to invest billions of dollars in the coming years to expand its renewable energy platform.
The company may want to wait until after the next cyclical slowdown to issue a stock split.
The Metals Company stock soared in 2025, but it performed poorly in the first half of 2026.
NuScale Power is a money-losing upstart attempting to build a business around small modular nuclear reactors.
All of the company's products are needed to support the build-out of AI infrastructure.
The Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has generated a total return of almost 13% this year.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday closed down -1.01%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.77%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -1.49%. September E-mini S&P futures (ES…
It wasn't a great week for tech stocks, but CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) severely underperformed the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index. Shares of the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure provider plunged 18% for the …
7,930 shares were sold at $53.05 per share for a total value of ~$420,700 on July 13, 2026.
The PHLX Semiconductor Index closed in a bear market on Friday, more than 20% below its June peak.
With the rise of agentic AI, the number of central processing units (CPUs) used within AI data centers is set to explode. While graphics processing units (GPUs) are good at providing raw computing power, CPUs act more l…
IBM pre-announced some of its second-quarter results and missed expectations on the top and bottom lines.
SPDR Gold Shares tracks the price of physical gold, whereas VanEck Gold Miners ETF invests in companies that extract the metal
Nvidia has developed new technology that uses a closed-loop liquid coolant instead of fans that require water.
State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF offers a significantly lower expense ratio of 0.08% compared to the 0.94% charged by ProShares - Ultra Financials.
United Parcel Service has been streamlining its business, with early signs of success already evident.