The rig count in the Permian Basin was up one this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 269 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 254 rigs were active in the region. Nationally, the oil and gas rig count is up four from last week at 595 rigs. A year ago, 542 rigs were active. The count shows that 452 rigs sought oil, up two from the previous week, and 134 explored for ...
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A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after markets remained volatile during the last trading session of the week, reflecting growing uncertainty, with the broad market retreat erasing the sector's gains from the previous day.

It's plugging into a state-of-the-art research tool developed by a major pharmaceutical company.

REVIEW PREVIEW NEWSLETTER Spooky Season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average really needs to shake off this bad juju. The blue-chip index fell 122 points, or 0.2%, on Friday, wrapping up its worst week since March, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

Sept 18 (Reuters) - Withdrawal requests at a Morgan Stanley private credit fund remained elevated in the third-quarter repurchase offer, according to a regulatory filing on Friday, as the investment

Shares of materials and photonics company Coherent (NYSE:COHR) jumped 4.1% in the afternoon session after the company announced the expansion of its Pluggable Optical Line System portfolio designed to support artificial intelligence datacenter networks. According to a company press release, the expanded Pluggable Optical Line System portfolio features a full C-band, high-power variable-gain amplifier in a compact QSFP form factor. Designed for 800G ZR and ZR+ digital coherent optics, the hardwar

A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after markets remained volatile during the last trading session of the week, reflecting growing uncertainty, with the broad market retreat erasing the sector's gains from the previous day. As detailed by CNBC, major market averages initially dropped on Wednesday following the Federal Reserve's first interest rate hike in three years, then staged a strong tech-led comeback on Thursday, before falling once more. According to market commentators, aft

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan reversed a months-long warning about the CLARITY Act within 24 hours of its Senate defeat, and the market celebrated his pivot. But three quiet caveats buried in his memo tell a different story about what he actually believes.

Wall Street analysts are turning more bullish on AI infrastructure names after the summer selloff, with IREN and Cipher Digital receiving higher price targets tied to contract growth, power availability…
A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after markets remained volatile during the last trading session of the week, reflecting growing uncertainty, with the broad market retreat erasing the sector's gains from the previous day.

In SEC filings for a $2.2B debt raise, CleanSpark revealed that Meta holds the lease for its $6.6B deal at Sandersville, plus exclusivity rights for 885 MW in Texas.

Cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD)’s shares are up by more than 100% year to date. With AI continuing to dominate the market narrative, the firm has found itself at the center of the industry’s concerns about cybersecurity. While some, such as Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, have claimed that their AI software is sufficient for cybersecurity […]

GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE:GEV) is one of Jim Cramer’s favorite stocks. Throughout 2025, the CNBC TV host continued to heap praise on the firm. Cramer’s praise came at a time when new-age nuclear power and quantum computing stocks were experiencing strong gains. Throughout this period, he continued to assert that GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE:GEV) was […]

For custom chip designer Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO), the debate is all about whether the demand for AI products will sustain and grow. It is among the few firms capable of designing custom AI chips that big technology firms rely on to supplement NVIDIA’s high-power and expensive AI chips. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s latest remarks about […]

Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT)’s shares closed higher between September 11th and September 14th. On the 11th, before market open, grocery firm The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) had reported its second quarter earnings, following which the stock closed 2.7% higher. Cramer has discussed Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT) several times over the past couple of months. In particular, the CNBC […]

Oil refiner Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO)’s shares are up by more than 140% over the past year. It is among the handful of oil stocks that have benefited due to the ongoing tensions in the Middle East. Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO)’s refining operations mean that as long as it is guaranteed a steady supply of crude […]

Oil giant Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) is one of Cramer’s top stocks in the space as he has repeatedly praised the firm for more than a year. While his earlier remarks about the company focused on factors such as its dividend and operational presence, more recently, Cramer has also started to discuss Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) CEO […]

Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) has started to regularly feature on Jim Cramer’s watchful radar lately. The reason is clear as the shares are down by more than 18% since their peak in May. For Cramer, the share price movement is important since not only is Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) a part of his charitable trust […]

Merck (NYSE:MRK) received a positive opinion from the EMA’s CHMP for KEYTRUDA plus Padcev in muscle-invasive bladder cancer. The CHMP backed the combination as perioperative therapy for adults with resectable muscle-invasive bladder cancer in the European Union. If endorsed by the European Commission, the regimen would be the first PD-1 inhibitor plus antibody-drug conjugate option for this setting in Europe. The CHMP verdict on KEYTRUDA plus Padcev is only one piece of the wider Merck story...

Stablecoin rewards are payments for holding dollar-pegged tokens, similar to interest on savings accounts. These payments continued even after the CLARITY Act, which aimed to limit them, failed in the Senate on September 15, 2026. The lack of a cap did not boost Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) or Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) stock. Millions of people collect […]

Cybersecurity companies were having a moment on the exchange.

Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL)’s shares closed 1.7% higher on September 15th, the day Cramer made these remarks. The day was important for AI stocks as investors were still digesting comments made by Anthropic’s Dario Amodei. Cramer weighed in on the movement and used the stock as an example to point out that sentiment about AI […]

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) is quite important when it comes to the AI buildout. The shares are down by more than 20% year-to-date. Cramer mentioned Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) in a tweet made close to midday on the 17th. The shares closed 5% higher that day: “Strength in Oracle is a very positive sign…” What Cramer meant […]

Shares of electricity storage and software provider Fluence (NASDAQ:FLNC) fell 5.3% in the afternoon session after Jefferies downgraded the company from Buy to Hold with a price target of $7.00.

Chip maker Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has become one of the hottest stocks in today’s market with year-to-date gains and valuation both being richer than AI GPU giant NVIDIA. The shares are up by more than 170% year-to-date while the forward P/E ratio of 54.64 is also higher than NVIDIA’s 23.58. In his morning appearance on […]

Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) used to be a regular feature on Jim Cramer’s radar in 2025. The CNBC TV host praised the firm with no end as he remained optimistic about its ability to help businesses reduce costs and also play a role in the Trump administration’s cost cutting efforts. Cramer also […]

AI can write, design, brainstorm and automate work in seconds. Anyone with a laptop can open an online store, create digital products, reach people through social media and accept payments almost instantly. By that logic, making money should be easier...

JPMorgan pegs Bitcoin's production cost above its current market price, and miners have already broken records to stay afloat. What built-in network forces determine whether this becomes a prolonged bleed or a setup for recovery?

A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after the SEC announced a five-year conditional Innovation Exemption allowing eligible platforms to trade tokenized U.S. equities without standard exchange registration.
