SoundHound AI has built something rare in the voice-AI space: a platform that major automakers, restaurant chains, banks, and smart TV brands all depend on. Now, with shares down sharply and a transformative merger pending, several trillion-dollar companies have real reasons to consider writing a check.
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The video game retailer will cancel $1.4 billion in outstanding notes without using any cash, though shares fell in premarket trading
Online platform company Coupang (NYSE:CPNG) will be reporting results this Tuesday after market hours. Here’s what you need to know.
Increasing global energy demand and improvements in drilling technology have driven oil and gas majors to invest in geothermal.
Is it truly possible that artificial intelligence, the very technological wave promised to unlock trillions in enterprise productivity, could end up upending Oracle (ORCL), the staid, unshakeable, fifty-year-old titan of relational enterprise databases? The company that has quietly powered global banking, enterprise logistics, and government administration for half a century is now carrying a very different kind of balance sheet, one built on server racks, liquid cooling pipes, and high-interest
The maker of bulldozers and mining trucks has become a power supplier to the AI build-out. Tuesday tests how long the orders can keep coming.
COCO, KO, WLY and CSV stand out as defensive consumer staples picks since weak consumer confidence and market volatility fuel demand for safer stocks.
Tech investors hoping for less robust AI spending may have to wait until 2028 before the fog lifts on this balance sheet line item.
IREN stock has delivered a very large 3 year gain while the current valuation checks lean expensive, which raises questions about how much of the AI cloud story is already reflected in the share price. Recent AI contract wins and a rapid shift away from pure Bitcoin mining sit against a low value score and an overvalued read on market multiples. Over the past 3 years, IREN has returned roughly 5.6x. This is a very large move for investors to weigh against current expectations. Multi year AI...
Investing.com - Futures linked to Canada’s commodity-heavy main stock index inched lower on Monday, as investors assessed modestly firmer gold prices and a decline in oil prices stemming from renewed hopes for a diplomatic resolution to fighting in the Middle East.
Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) has received a New York limited purpose trust charter for Circle Internet Trust Company LLC. The charter was granted by the New York Department of Financial Services. The designation formalizes Circle’s regulatory status in one of the strictest financial jurisdictions globally. Circle Internet Group operates in the digital assets and payments space, with a focus on digital dollars used across crypto markets and traditional finance. As interest in tokenized...
Citigroup is taking a larger role in managing risks tied to leveraged ETFs, including the use of complex "crash put" options to hedge exposures. The bank is also highlighted as a key player in discussions about a possible entry of the US Treasury into the repo market. Both developments raise questions for financial stability and could influence how Citigroup funds and protects its trading activities. Citigroup (NYSE:C) sits at the center of several important market plumbing debates while...
AI-data center demand is boosting FIX, MTZ and EME as strong earnings, guidance and backlogs point to further gains in 2H.
AMD earnings are coming. Its AI chip push could be the key to the stock
Palantir Stock Is Down Nearly One-Third. Earnings Could Spark a Major Rebound
Combined group would rank fourth by market value
Fundsmith, an investment management firm based in London, has released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for its “Fundsmith Equity Fund.” A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Fund returned -2.9% in the first half of 2026, underperforming the MSCI World Index by 14.1 percentage points, driven by challenges from a momentum-driven market […]
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Fundsmith, an investment management firm based in London, has released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for its “Fundsmith Equity Fund.” A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Fund returned -2.9% in the first half of 2026, underperforming the MSCI World Index by 14.1 percentage points, driven by challenges from a momentum-driven market […]
Apple Stock Just Got a Brutal Reality Check From KeyBanc
Fundsmith, an investment management firm based in London, has released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for its “Fundsmith Equity Fund.” A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Fund returned -2.9% in the first half of 2026, underperforming the MSCI World Index by 14.1 percentage points, driven by challenges from a momentum-driven market […]
July wound up as the second-straight down month of the year for most S&P 500 investors. But some stocks rallied anyway.
ASML raised its interim dividend 17% year-over-year, with a payout ratio below 30%, signaling confidence as sales growth and 2026 guidance remain strong despite China market risks.
Low-beta stocks Ameren, Waste Management and Atmos Energy offer stability, low volatility, and reliable dividend growth as investors seek defensive plays amid the 2026 AI sell-off.
SpaceX began trading on June 12, 2026, with an IPO price of $135 per share, giving retail investors an opportunity to buy into one of the world’s most closely watched aerospace companies. A $5,000 investment at the IPO price would have purchased about 37.04 shares. By June 16, those shares had climbed to $225.64, increasing […] The post If You Invested $5K in the SpaceX IPO, How Much Do You Have Now? appeared first on SmartReads by SmartAsset.
Fundsmith, an investment management firm based in London, has released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for its “Fundsmith Equity Fund.” A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Fund returned -2.9% in the first half of 2026, underperforming the MSCI World Index by 14.1 percentage points, driven by challenges from a momentum-driven market […]
Brent crude fell more than 5% after President Trump said Sunday he canceled a planned attack and that talks would resume Monday
Fundsmith, an investment management firm based in London, has released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for its “Fundsmith Equity Fund.” A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Fund returned -2.9% in the first half of 2026, underperforming the MSCI World Index by 14.1 percentage points, driven by challenges from a momentum-driven market […]
Fundsmith, an investment management firm based in London, has released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for its “Fundsmith Equity Fund.” A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Fund returned -2.9% in the first half of 2026, underperforming the MSCI World Index by 14.1 percentage points, driven by challenges from a momentum-driven market […]