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The Kiplinger Letter’s argument is uncomfortable for anyone overweight artificial intelligence: almost none of the GDP growth Washington has been celebrating actually came from AI. The mechanics are counterintuitive. When hyperscalers buy NVIDIA chips manufactured by TSMC in Taiwan and servers assembled overseas, that spending lands in the import column, which subtracts from GDP. The ... The Kiplinger Letter Says Almost None of the GDP Growth Washington Is Celebrating Actually Came From AI and f

Nvidia earnings report is expected to be the main event for tech investors this week.

Nvidia earnings report is expected to be the main event for tech investors this week.

Nvidia earnings report is expected to be the main event for tech investors this week.

The Chinese search-engine operator recorded another sharp profit drop and a fourth straight quarter of revenue declines.

Stanley Druckenmiller is one of the most-watched money managers on Wall Street, and his Duquesne Family Office Q1 2026 13F filing just landed. The headline number is brutal for Alphabet bulls. Duquesne sold all 385,000 shares of Alphabet (GOOGL) Class A stock during the quarter. That same stake had ...

Cash is suddenly king again on Wall Street. With recession fears lingering, interest rates still elevated, and consumers showing signs of fatigue, corporate America has been preparing for rougher weather ahead. Few companies have prepared more aggressively than Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A)(NYSE:BRK-B). The conglomerate ended the first quarter sitting on a staggering $397.6 billion cash pile, ... Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Just More Than Tripled Its Stake in Alphabet

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Investing.com -- Artificial intelligence is beginning to account for a significantly larger share of corporate workforce reductions, according to a UBS Global Research report issued on May 13, 2026.

AI companies are boosting the U.S. economy, but it doesn’t tell the full story about inflation, wages, and the labor market.

Broadcom (AVGO) stock has gained about 36% since the April 6 closing price of $314.43, trading at $428.61 according to Yahoo Finance at the time of writing, Friday afternoon, May 15. Meanwhile, the SPDR S&P 500 index (SPY) is up about 12.5% in the same period. Why has Broadcom outpaced the ...

There's a lot of enthusiasm about this Nvidia competitor. What exactly is drawing investors?

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Stock market investors await Nvidia earnings and the Google I/O Conference, as well as a key conference from the Atlanta Federal Reserve.

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said on ‌Saturday that the sale ‌of Google parent Alphabet's shares was ​not a bet against the company. Ackman on Friday said his firm Pershing Square had built ‌a new ⁠position in tech giant Microsoft after its stock ⁠price dropped recently, and sold his long-owned investment in ​Alphabet to ​help ​pay for it.

Netlist (OTCMKTS:NLST) reported record quarterly revenue for the first quarter of 2026, citing strong demand for memory products, tight industry supply and higher DRAM pricing as key drivers of its performance. Chief Executive Officer Chuck Hong said the company delivered “a strong first quarter pe

Alphabet's YouTube and Snap have reached settlements in the first case set for trial in litigation seeking to force ‌social media platforms to cover the costs school districts incur to combat a youth ‌mental health crisis they say the companies fueled. The settlements were detailed in court filings on Friday in federal court in Oakland, ​California, and resolve claims by a Kentucky school district that is still due to take Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms and TikTok to trial on June 15. Terms of the settlements with Breathitt County School District in rural Eastern Kentucky were not disclosed.

Two of Wall Street's most closely watched billionaire stock pickers, both once voluble activist investors, took ‌opposite tacks this year when Bill Ackman bet on Microsoft and exited ‌Google parent Alphabet and Daniel Loeb did the opposite. Ackman said on X his firm Pershing Square ​began building a new position in software giant Microsoft in February after shares dropped, saying investors weren't giving it enough credit for its Microsoft 365 office suite and artificial intelligence investments.

Elon Musk‘s rocket company, SpaceX and Alphabet Inc are reportedly negotiating a launch deal to put data centers into orbit. The speculative technology would bypass Earth’s massive power grid constraints just as SpaceX gears up for what may become the...

Berkshire Hathaway more than tripled the size of its investment in Google's parent company and bought over $2.6 billion worth of Delta Airlines stock as Greg Abel settled into the CEO job after taking over from Warren Buffett at the start of the year. The conglomerate also dumped a number of other stocks, including Visa, Mastercard, Domino's Pizza, Amazon and United Healthcare after the departure late last year of Todd Combs, who was one of the two investment mangers Buffett hired to help manage the portfolio. Buffett was always reluctant to invest in tech companies because he said he didn't understand them well enough to predict the long-term winners.

Here's what investing conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway was buying and selling during the first quarter, the first period for Greg Abel at the helm since succeeding Warren Buffett as CEO. Delta Air Lines: Berkshire bought a sizable stake worth around $2.

US benchmark equity indexes were lower intraday as Treasury yields jumped amid inflation concerns, w

Epistrophy Capital Research Chief Market Strategist and The Drill Down Podcast host Cory Johnson joins Market Catalysts to discuss the Cerebras IPO and key factors to watch in Nvidia’s (NVDA) upcoming earnings report.

Investing.com -- Pershing Square disclosed a new position in Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Friday, with billionaire investor Bill Ackman citing the recent market volatility as an opportunity to acquire what he described as a dominant franchise at an attractive valuation.

Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square will disclose a ‌new position in Microsoft later in ‌the day, the billionaire investor said on Friday, arguing ​that the tech giant sits at a "highly compelling valuation". Ackman's new closed-end fund Pershing Square USA, which debuted on the NYSE ‌last month, has ⁠also recently made Microsoft a core holding, he said in a ⁠post on social media platform X. Pershing's bet on Microsoft comes amid Ackman's growing ​appetite for ​tech holdings.

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A group of digital-savvy Gen-Zers try to pull off a crypto caper in the impressively entertaining feature debut from writer-director Ronan Corrigan.

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Few stocks have whipsawed investors in 2026 the way Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) has. Shares plunged from $126.03 in July 2025 to a $77 trough in February 2026, then clawed back to $88.27 as of May 6. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Netflix is $338.63, implying 283.63% upside. The recommendation is buy at 90% confidence. ... Netflix Just Raised Guidance. The Market Sold It Off. We See 283% Upside

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), one of the older big tech companies in America, said in its earnings announcement that it would cut 4,000 jobs as it moves its businesses toward AI. Cisco calls itself “The critical infrastructure for the AI era.” That is a way to drive a stock up without really saying much. Cisco’s results ... AI Causes Another 4,000 Layoffs