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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company's market share in China has fallen to zero.

GameStop has publicly offered to buy eBay, as CEO Ryan Cohen makes a big move to turn around the struggling video game retailer.

Clinical-stage biotech is one of the few corners of the market where a sub-$30 share price genuinely matters: small-cap oncology names can re-rate violently around a single Phase 3 readout or FDA decision, and 2026 is stacked with catalysts. For retail investors scanning headlines, the question is rarely about valuation multiples (most of these companies ... Buy These 3 Clinical-Stage Biotechs Under $30 With Solid Cash Runways

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) stock received an analyst downgrade from HSBC on Monday, May 4, with the firm cutting its rating to Hold from Buy while nudging the price target to $340 from $335. The call lands one day before AMD reports its Q1 2026 earnings on May 5, and after a blistering 77% rally ... HSBC Downgrades AMD to Hold After 77% Rally: Is the AI Chip Trade Out of Steam?

After a brutal year for shareholders, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) just delivered its first quarter of positive transaction growth in over a year. With the stock down 34.46% over the past 12 months and trading near multi-year lows, I think the setup looks compelling. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Chipotle is $43.34, implying ... Chipotle Stock Is Just Getting Started As Sales Rebound In Q1

The headline thesis sounds airtight: West Texas Intermediate crude pushed back toward $100 a barrel in late April, even briefly touching almost $115 on April 7. A Permian Basin royalty vehicle should be minting money. Instead, units of PermRock Royalty Trust (NYSE:PRT) closed at almost $3, down about 13% in the past month and 21% ... The structural problem no oil price recovery can fix for PRT investors

On a recent Motley Fool Money segment titled Nvidia’s Next Big Market, the host described Jensen Huang’s first 15 years running a public company in vivid terms: “If you look at the first 15 years, even as a publicly traded company, it looks like an electrocardiogram of somebody having a heart attack. The stock went down ... Nvidia’s Stock Plunged 90% Twice Before Becoming Most Valuable Company

Wedbush upgraded Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) to Neutral from Underperform on Monday with a $23 price target, marking bear case capitulation rather than fresh bullish conviction. The firm argues that heightened competitive pressure should be largely offset by World Cup advertising spending this summer and likely upside on political ad budgets in the back half of ... Wedbush Upgrades The Trade Desk From Underperform: Is the Worst Behind the Ad Tech Leader?

The industrial giant has gone on a tear. Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) sits at $890.11 after a blowout Q1 2026 earnings report, up 25.88% in the past month and 190.94% over the past year. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Caterpillar is $874.20 over the next 12 months, implying -1.79% downside. Our recommendation is hold, with ... Caterpillar Surges 190%—Analysts Say Hold for Now

It is unusual for the Treasury Secretary to call the heads of the largest Wall Street banks into a room to discuss a software system. It is even more unusual when the Federal Reserve Chair joins him. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell recently gathered the CEOs of major Wall Street banks ... “The Nuclear Weapons of Cybersecurity”: Why Treasury Just Warned Banks About AI’s New Power

Amazon delivered a clean earnings report, and our model leans into the strength. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) trades at $265.06 after rising 27.27% over the past month, but our proprietary work suggests the rally has room. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target is $320.08 over the next 12 months, implying 20.76% upside. The recommendation is buy with ... Amazon Eyes $320 as AWS Growth Fuels Bullish Outlook

The CNBC Halftime Report panel spent its May 1, 2026, show wrestling with two big questions that tech investors are asking: Is Apple’s current valuation sustainable? Have chip stocks run too far, too fast? Apple: A 34x Forward Multiple Versus a 23x Decade Average Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) closed the session within 1% of a new record ... Apple Hits Near-Record High, While Chip Stocks Face Pullback Risk After Massive Rally

April 2026 produced a striking four-way split across U.S. e-commerce stocks despite a shared consumer backdrop. Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) led the group with a 29% gain, narrowly edging out Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) at 27%. eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) climbed 14%, while Shopify (NASDAQ:SHOP) barely budged at 2%. The same macro inputs produced wildly different outcomes, which tells investors something ... Etsy, Amazon, eBay, and Shopify in April: Why E-Commerce Stocks Diverged So Dramatically

SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) sits in an unusual spot for a business development company in 2026. Shares trade at almost $16, up about 15% over the past year and 11% over the past month, while the broader BDC tape has been beaten down over private credit fears. The pitch for income investors is straightforward: a 10.4% ... The Unusual BDC Thriving While Private Credit Fears Spread Across the Sector

ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKX) has rewarded patient holders lately, with shares near $33 after a 74% one-year run and a 13% year-to-date gain. That kind of move tends to bury the risk conversation. It shouldn’t. ARKX is an actively managed, non-diversified thematic equity ETF that launched in March 2021. Its mandate covers ... ARKX Faces a Concentration Crisis as SpaceX IPO Looms Over Space ETF Holdings

Gas prices have squeezed consumers' wallets, but that presents a buying opportunity for companies with strong underlying fundamentals.

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) opened the energy sector’s earnings season with a sharp upside surprise on profitability, even as headline GAAP figures were dragged lower by derivative timing effects and Middle East supply disruptions. The integrated major posted adjusted EPS of $1.16 versus the $1.0074 consensus, a 15.15% beat, while revenue of $85.138 billion came in ... ExxonMobil Crushes Q1 2026 EPS Estimates by 15% — Here’s What Investors Need to Know

Semiconductor stocks had a banner month in April.

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The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) is leaning on its biggest tech names this morning to absorb a fresh oil shock, with index futures hovering near flat after climbing well off their overnight lows. A 3% spike in crude on renewed Iran tensions is the main drag, but blowout earnings from Alphabet and Amazon late last week ... Tech Giants Prop Up Nasdaq Composite as Oil Shock Tests Market Resilience

Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) has gained 597.2% over the past year, closing May 1 at $542.21 after starting last May at $77.58. That is nearly a 7× move in 12 months, and the stock now trades roughly 1% from its all-time high of $545.91. For a retirement-focused investor watching from the sidelines, the question is ... Think It’s Too Late to Buy Micron? Here’s the Case for Getting In Now

Dividend stocks can be a pillar for long-term investing, generating passive income and offering stability even during tough environments. The current market volatility and geopolitical unrest have attracted investors to dividend stocks. However, every dividend stock isn’t the same. You might find several high-yield companies, but it makes sense to pick stocks that have consistently ... 10 Years, Zero Regrets: The Dividend Stocks I Keep Buying

Is Intel the comeback kid of the chip industry? After its Q1 results it looks like it might be.

Nvidia's CEO says U.S. chip restrictions may be accelerating China's shift toward domestic AI hardware

Income investors holding PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE:PFLT) face a direct question: can a business development company that has under-earned its distribution for four straight quarters keep paying $0.1025 a month? The data points in two directions, and the answer hinges largely on a single joint venture. PFLT is a BDC that functions as a ... Can PennantPark’s First-Lien Loans Keep Funding Income Payments

Nvidia is still the market leader in AI processors, but it's facing stiff competition from custom chipmakers.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index dropped Monday on the latest U.S.-Iran news. Oil prices continued to rally, topping $105 a barrel.

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is rewriting its own playbook in the closing chapter of the Tim Cook era. The company just delivered a record March quarter, authorized a fresh $100 billion buyback, and on the earnings call confirmed a leadership transition that places John Ternus into the CEO seat effective September 1, with Cook moving to ... Why Apple’s Rumored AI Mega-Deal Could Define Tim Cook’s Successor