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The funding will expand capacity, boost product innovation, and scale global deployments across enterprise, neo-cloud, sovereign AI, and providers.

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) is one of the 12 Best Dow Stocks to Invest In Right Now. On July 3, Matthew O’Neill of Bank of America Securities reiterated a Buy rating on Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) and set a target price of $410. The firm’s assigned price target implies a further 13% upside from current levels. This […]

(Bloomberg) -- Commitments for AI spending should sustain the investment theme around the technology for two to three years, even as tech giants gradually turn cash-flow negative and start raising debt to fund their buildouts, according to BlackRock Inc.’s Helen Jewell. Most Read from BloombergMicrosoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video GameTrump Vents Anger With Iran and Warns Ceasefire May Be ‘Over’Nvidia’s $1 Trillion Slide Sends Valuation to Pre-AI Boom LevelsUS Military

Blackrock announced the launch of IQQ, joining Invesco and State Street to offer a Nasdaq-100 tracking ETF.

BlackRock trimmed its most direct AI stock exposure, but Rick Rieder says the $13.9 trillion firm stays bullish on AI.

BlackRock Inc (NYSE:BLK) reports second-quarter results before the bell on July 15, and UBS is telling clients this is a good time to be holding the stock. The bank's case: an attractive valuation paired with a rare combination of growth and defensiveness. UBS expects strong ETF demand to...

Financial stocks were lower in Wednesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index dropping 1

BlackRock (BLK) is expected to deliver strong Q2 results driven by ETF demand, with shares supported

The iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (NASDAQ:ETHA) and the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (NASDAQ:IBIT) look like siblings from the same BlackRock nursery: identical wrappers, same Coinbase custodian, spot crypto exposure through a familiar ticker. The choice between them is not cosmetic. Since IBIT’s January 11, 2024 launch, it has returned 35.64%. ETHA, launched July 23, 2024, ... ETHA vs. IBIT: Does Ethereum or Bitcoin Belong in Your Portfolio?

BlackRock (BLK) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

Anastasia Amoroso, chief investment strategist at Partners Group, walked onto CNBC on July 7, 2026 with a target that would have sounded aggressive six months ago and now sounds almost consensus. The S&P 500 could reach roughly 8,500 on 2027 earnings, with 8,200 the more likely landing spot by the end of 2027. The index ... This Strategist Sees the S&P 500 Hitting 8,500, and One Thing Changed Her Mind

General Atlantic led the round, and JPMorgan Chase signed on as a customer to deploy SambaNova's chips for on-premises AI inference

If you just saw that America’s retirement “magic number” jumped 15% in a single year, you probably winced at your 401(k) balance. The story behind that number is more nuanced, and more actionable, than the shock value suggests. Americans now believe they need $1.46 million to retire comfortably, up $200,000 from $1.26 million from the ... The ‘Magic Number’ To Retire Comfortably Just Rose 15%. Most Americans Aren’t Even Close.

It was only a matter of time. Eventually someone would want a piece of $488 billion-in-assets Invesco QQQ Trust ETF.

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AI chip startup SambaNova said on Wednesday it has raised $1 billion in a late-stage funding round led ‌by General Atlantic at an $11 billion post-money valuation. The company makes custom ‌chips, hardware systems and cloud services tailored for inference - the process by which models respond ​to user queries. • The Series F round included significant investment from Seligman Ventures, T. Rowe Price Associates and Capital Group.

In crypto news today (July 8), Bitcoin has experienced a slight retracement, still sitting comfortably above $60,000, but down -1.1% over the past 24-hours and trading for around $62,600. Liquidations have slowed since yesterday, dropping from over $532M to $345M, with over $240M of that figure coming from long positions, ...

(Bloomberg) -- Chip startup SambaNova Systems Inc. has raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation, underscoring investors’ conviction in rising demand for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence.Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaChip Stocks Sink After Blistering Run as Oil Jumps: Markets WrapTwo Millennium Trading Pods Made About $3.7 Billion Last MonthUS Strikes Iran and Blocks Oil Sales, in New Test of TruceChina Sentences Officia

BlackRock stock in focus after new Nasdaq 100 ETF launch BlackRock (BLK) is back in the spotlight after unveiling the iShares Nasdaq 100 ETF (IQQ), a low cost fund aimed at investors seeking concentrated exposure to large cap growth and AI focused companies. See our latest analysis for BlackRock. BlackRock’s latest ETF launch comes as the stock trades at $1,009.43, with a 7 day share price return of 4.98% but a year to date share price decline of 6.97%. The 3 year total shareholder return of...

BlackRock is preparing to launch the iShares Nasdaq 100 ETF (IQQ), offering low-cost exposure to Nasdaq-100 companies. The ETF targets large U.S. growth companies across technology, healthcare, and other sectors. IQQ is set to compete directly with existing Nasdaq-100 products, including Invesco’s long-established ETFs. The launch comes as interest in U.S. large-cap and technology exposure has been elevated. BlackRock, ticker NYSE:BLK, is moving to widen its ETF lineup with IQQ as it seeks...

(Bloomberg) -- Momenta Global Ltd., a Chinese autonomous-driving firm, opened 1.8% higher in Hong Kong on Wednesday after raising HK$5.9 billion ($752 million) in an initial public offering, testing market appetite for loss-making firms that offer promising technologies.Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaChip Stocks Sink After Blistering Run as Oil Jumps: Markets WrapTwo Millennium Trading Pods Made About $3.7 Billion Last MonthMicrosoft’s Xbo

BlackRock joins State Street and Invesco in offering investors ETFs that track the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index.

(Bloomberg) -- Private credit is poised to take on an even bigger role in financing the “massive amount of infrastructure investment” for artificial intelligence as companies look for capital to fund outsized expenditures, according to the head of BlackRock Inc.’s research arm.Most Read from BloombergGreece Offers Bounty to Catch Ravenous Fish Lured by Warming SeaChip Stocks Slide on Worries Rally Has Run Too Far: Markets WrapTwo Millennium Trading Pods Made About $3.7 Billion Last MonthMicrosof

Dallas’ Texas Stock Exchange launches with limited securities, new trading hours and a broader push to turn Y’all Street into a Wall Street rival.

By Karen Roman Anteris Advisors said Ken Bertsch joined the firm as Senior Advisor, having previously served as Executive Director of the Council of Institutional Investors and as President and CEO of the Society for Corporate Governance. Mr. Bertsch is a recognized voice in corporate governance with more than 30 years of experience, and will […] The post Governance Veteran Ken Bertsch Joins Anteris Advisors as Senior Advisor appeared first on CorpGov.

Chinese robotaxi firm Momenta Global said on Tuesday it had priced its Hong Kong ‌listing at the top end of its marketed ‌range, aiming to raise HK$5.89 billion ($751.02 million), joining a wave of tech ​listings reviving the city's capital markets. Here are more details: • The self-driving technology firm is offering 19.9 million shares at an issue price of HK$295.60 per share, an exchange filing ‌showed. It plans ⁠to use about 60% of the net proceeds from the offering to boost research and ⁠development, including upgrading its artificial intelligence computing power, expanding data storage, and scaling up its engineering team, the firm said ​in its ​prospectus.

Microstrategy Michael Saylor posted “Bitcoin is Digital Energy” on X, attaching Strategy’s orange-dot Bitcoin acquisition chart showing 847,363 BTC accumulated across 113 purchase events. Right now, traders are watching for a new SEC filing disclosing another BTC purchase. The post pulled 910,304 views and 14,552 likes within 24 hours, according ...

Binance has introduced a new product that offers yield to owners of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: $BTC). ...

BlackRock's fund tracking the Nasdaq-100 index will begin trading Thursday, bringing new competition to a segment long dominated by Invesco's QQQ. The iShares Nasdaq 100 ETF is set to trade under ticker IQQ and charge an expense ratio of 0.

BlackRock said on Tuesday it would launch an exchange-traded fund tracking the technology-heavy Nasdaq-100 index, as it ‌seeks to tap surging investor demand for exposure to the ‌AI-driven stock market rally. The iShares Nasdaq 100 ETF, offered by the world's largest asset ​manager, will track the flagship U.S. index and start trading under the ticker on Thursday, just months after the Nasdaq revised its criteria to accelerate the inclusion of newly listed companies such as SpaceX.