IBM stock was heading for its largest same-day plunge in nearly 40 years on Tuesday after the company’s preliminary second-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue missed analysts’ targets. In a letter to shareholders, CEO Arvind Krishna explained that the shortfall was largely driven by the company’s infrastructure business. “What played out was worse than our expectations,” Krishna wrote.
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The Dow just closed out its best first half since 2021, up 8.7% year-to-date, yet Wednesday’s open felt like a nervous glance at the door. CNBC’s Dominic Chu kicked off July with mixed earnings, one big M&A shrug, and a jobs report that gave the bulls something to chew on. Chu flagged the labor data. ... The Dow Just Had Its Best First Half Since 2021, but This Jobs Number Is Flashing Yellow
ServiceNow is scheduled to announce its second-quarter results soon, with analysts anticipating a single-digit earnings decline.
Burke Wealth Management, an investment management company, released its “Focused Growth Strategy” first-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Fund returned -10.6% in Q1 2026, significantly lagging the S&P 500’s -4.3% returns. The letter noted the quarter as the worst for equities since 2022, with strong corporate earnings being […]
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Wednesday closed down -1.21%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.99%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -1.19%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
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June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM26) are up +0.54% this morning, signaling a rebound from yesterday’s selloff, while investors await the first Federal Reserve rate decision under Kevin Warsh.
Investing.com -- Orlando Bravo, founder and managing partner of Thoma Bravo, said fears of an AI-driven "SaaSpocalypse" have ended, describing AI as an "enormous tailwind" for software companies.
The software sector is currently caught in a tug-of-war between profound optimism and existential dread over the future of artificial intelligence. After a brief period of euphoria, reality—and algorithmic trading—bit back hard, sending major software stocks tumbling in a sudden reversal. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF fell 3%, wiping out half of the 6% gains it had recorded just a day prior. The bleeding was widespread across the industry’s biggest names: Atlassian plunged 8%, Hu
"A lot of people have said, Jensen, AI is coming. Agentic AI is coming. Therefore, all of the software companies are going to go out of business. I said it's exactly the opposite because there are going to be so many agents.
Investing.com -- Wall Street hit new record highs this week, buoyed by reports that the U.S. and Iran had reached a deal to extend their ceasefire and remove restrictions on vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz.
CoStar (CSGP) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock? We take a look at earnings estimates for some clues.
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Experian (LON:EXPN) reported what Chief Executive Officer Brian Cassin called a “record year” for the year ended March 31, 2026, with organic revenue growth at the top end of expectations, margin expansion ahead of guidance and a new GBP 1 billion share buyback program. Cassin said the company deli
U.S. software stocks headed toward their fourth consecutive session of gains on Tuesday, attempting a comeback after being battered for much of the year on fears of disruption from artificial intelligence. The iShares Expanded Tech‑Software Sector ETF rose 1.1%, hitting its highest level since January. Workday, ServiceNow and Salesforce rose between 3.7% and 4.3%.
Radcom (NASDAQ:RDCM) reported a stronger first quarter of 2026, with management highlighting revenue growth, expanded profitability and continued investment in AI-driven telecom service assurance. Chief Executive Officer Benny Eppstein said the company delivered revenue of $18.6 million in the quar
Wall Street sometimes loves to misread particular kinds of stocks. And it is always the ones that look disrupted from the outside but are actually getting more deeply embedded on the inside. ServiceNow (NOW) has spent much of 2026 carrying that misread. The stock fell roughly 38% year to date the ...
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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed down -0.16%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.11%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.87%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -0.16%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
Freshworks said on Tuesday it would cut 11% of its workforce, or about 500 jobs, as the business-software company grapples with an industry being reshaped by artificial intelligence. Shares of the company were down around 5% in extended trading. Peer Atlassian, last month, said it would slash roughly 10% of jobs.
Nvidia and ServiceNow are teaming up to launch a new kind of AI agent.
Wall Street has been watching ServiceNow closely. The enterprise software giant has gone on a buying spree, snapping up the artificial intelligence firms Moveworks, Veza, and Armis in quick succession. Some investors wondered whether the company was papering over a growth gap. ServiceNowCEO ...
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) is the stock dominating every retirement account discussion, every cable hit, and every chart on Twitter, and the multi-year run is precisely why. The more important signal sits elsewhere. Semiconductor revenue is cyclical. Always has been. The Bureau of Economic Analysis already shows the math: manufacturing’s share of GDP fell from 9.7% in ... While NVDA Dominates Headlines, Here’s Where the Real AI Economics Are Hiding
