Rocket Companies (Nasdaq: RKT) reports Q2 earnings after the close with a call scheduled for 4:30 PM ET. Analysts expect revenue of $1.28 billion and normalized EPS of $0.03 — down 50% YoY despite a slight 4% increase in sales. With mortgage rates largely rangebound through Q2, the market will look for signs that purchase…
High Death Toll In Kiev From Overnight Strikes As Russia Reports Major Advance In East Russia launched another missile and drone strike on Ukraine’s capital overnight, killing at least eight people – which is an unusually high death toll for strikes on the city – including a 6-year-old boy and injuring over 100 others, according to…
Blue-chip dividend stocks offer cash flow and low volatility. These investments make more sense as you get closer to retirement and want an extra income source. However, even the most secure stocks enter corrections and become more desirable for patient investors. These three dividend stocks have been receiving more attention due to their high yields…
It seems like more than just a handful of income investors on social media seem to view YieldMax ETFs as one of the best new things to hit the ETF scene in a while. Undoubtedly, these are exotic and exciting yield-heavy ETFs that seem to be “innovating” in ways that most traditional ETF providers haven’t….
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Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Let’s Get This Party Started 4:01 pm The market has closed and we’re watching for earnings. We’ll update this live blog as soon as we see Apple earnings. Mag 7 Year-to-Date Returns 3:48 pm by Eric Bleeker How does the Magnificent 7 stack up…
WNBA Forced To Stop Game After Lime Green Dildo Thrown On Court How soon until the “Pay that dildo what it’s worth!” t-shirts come out? Just days after a player’s wig fell off mid-game, a lime green dildo was thrown on the court at Gateway Center Arena at College Park, when the Atlanta Dream and…
On July 26, Joshua Rauh, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, testified at the Reagan Library before the House Ways and Means Committee. I learned a lot from his testimony and want to share it. Here are some highlights. A growing economy is essential for expanding economic opportunity for all Americans. It is deeply…
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Here We Go 4:00 pm The market is closed, we expect Amazon earnings very shortly and will be providing updates. It’s All About AWS Tonight 3:44 pm by Eric Bleeker Amazon shares are up 2% in late trading after Microsoft’s outstanding earnings last night….
Meta and Microsoft both posted strong earnings yesterday, easily surpassing expectations. Meta reported EPS and revenue well above analyst forecasts, driven by strong user engagement and advertising growth. Microsoft also delivered better-than-expected results, fueled by robust cloud and AI demand, particularly in Azure. These earnings helped drive a powerful after market — then early morning…
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Picking individual stocks takes a lot of work, and for all of that effort, you still may underperform the stock market. That’s why more investors are pouring their money into ETFs. You can find funds that fulfill specific objectives that align with your long-term financial goals. Invesco (NYSE:IVZ) is one of the financial firms that…
The Nasdaq has enjoyed an incredible recovery run off the Trump tariff-fueled sell-off that dragged stocks into a correction earlier in the year. Undoubtedly, tech and AI stocks continue to be in the driver’s seat, but they’re certainly not the only game in town. In the background, a handful of higher-yielding stocks have been gaining…
Ethereum Turns 10: Here’s How Its Booms & Busts Shaped History Authored by Yohan Yun via CoinTelegraph.com, Ethereum celebrated its 10-year anniversary on Wednesday, with renewed institutional momentum fueling hopes that Ether could challenge its all-time high that was set in November 2021. Over the past decade, Ethereum has become the largest decentralized finance (DeFi)…
China Probes Nvidia Over Alleged H20 AI Chip’s “Backdoor” Security Risks China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) summoned Nvidia officials to address alleged “backdoor” security vulnerabilities with the H20 AI chip, just weeks after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s diplomatic visit to Beijing, and days after US and Chinese officials met in Stockholm to extend their tariff truce. Nvidia was asked…
Destroying Brennan And Clapper’s Desperate Op-Ed Authored by Techno Fog via The Reactionary, In the face of recent revelations concerning intelligence abuses that took place at the end of the Obama Administration, former CIA Director James Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper took to The New York Times to defend themselves and…
Key Points in This Article: Arm Holdings‘ (ARM) turned in a solid fiscal first quarter, but weak Q2 guidance is triggering a 12% drop in ARM stock. Arm’s CEO revealed the chip designer would be striking out in a new direction, a plan to that threatens its neutral ecosystem. ARM’s high valuation is unsustainable amid…
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Roku Shares are Surging Ahead of Earnings 1:10 pm by Eric Bleeker Roku shares are jumping before earnings today. It’s a great day for tech stock sin general with the Nasdaq Composite up .83% today following outstanding earnings from Meta (Nasdaq: META) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). What Wall…
Rep. Greene Introduces Clean Skies Act Banning Weather Modification, Geoengineering Via American Greatness, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has introduced the Clear Skies Act of 2025 calling for an end to what she calls the “dangerous and deadly practice of weather modification and geoengineering.” The bill, designated H.R. 4403, would prohibit weather modification through the use of geoengineering,…
This post Building Eurasia’s New Fortress appeared first on Daily Reckoning. For over a century, two dead advisors have shaped the way great powers view the world. On one side, we have Alfred Thayer Mahan—the American naval officer who believed sea power determined global supremacy. According to Mahan, controlling the oceans means controlling trade. If…
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. What I will be watching tonight 1:39 pm With MicroStrategy’s value now overwhelmingly tied to Bitcoin, investors will look beyond traditional financials. Here’s what analysts will focus on tonight: BTC $ Gain Trajectory — The company had already logged $5.8B in BTC $ Gain…
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The World’s Most Dysfunctional Body? Cory Booker Captures The Decline Of The US Senate Authored by Jonathan Turley, When President James Buchanan declared that the United States Senate is the “world’s greatest deliberative body,” he clearly had not envisioned Sen. Cory Booker (D., N.J.). In yet another tirade on the floor, Sen. Booker attacked not…
Shares of Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) gained 5.46% over the past month after gaining 2.10% the month prior. So far in 2025, the Dividend King isn’t just outpacing its the S&P 500 with a 17.75% gain, it’s continuing to reward shareholders with a dividend currently yielding 6.60%. The company has now increased its distribution 59 times…
So far this year, one of the better performers among the Magnificent 7 has been Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META). Its shares have outperformed the broader market and are currently up 12.8% from six months ago and just hit an all-time high of $784.70. For comparison, other Magnificent 7 members have fared much worse. Look…
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. How Coinbase Stock Performed After Recent Earnings 12:29 pm COIN shares have shown sharp volatility around earnings, with massive upside in Q4 2024 but notable drawdowns in more recent reports. The market remains highly reactive to subscription trends and crypto liquidity. Quarter EPS Surprise…
Nuclear Energy Renaissance? Mark Nelson And Doomberg Face Off Governments worldwide are racing to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050 — but is that even close to enough? Tonight at 7 pm ET, ZeroHedge Debates and MacroVoices host Erik Townsend bring you the first in a new energy-focused series: What’s the true potential of nuclear power…
Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) popped 4.78% over the past five trading sessions, bolstered largely by the company’s strong Q2 earnings, which were announced after the market close on July 30. The Magnificent Seven mainstay reported EPS of $3.65 versus analysts’ expectations of $3.35, while quarterly revenue came in at $76.44 billion. MSFT is now up 28.25%…
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A 34-year-old recently reached the $1 million threshold due to a mix of regular investments, good stock picks, and financial discipline. This individual recently turned to the Dividends subreddit for some guidance to refine their investments. The Redditor’s only regret was not investing more aggressively during the pandemic. The original poster regularly invests in dividend…
Powellarization Ahead Of T-Day By Benjamin Picton, Senior Market Strategist at Rabobank The FOMC surprised nobody yesterday by opting to keep the upper band of the Fed Funds rate target unchanged at 4.50% while continuing to tighten monetary policy through balance sheet runoff. While the decision was completely predictable, the meeting was notable for the…
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. How Reddit Stock Performed After Recent Earnings 12:30 pm Reddit shares have traded lower after two of the last four earnings calls, despite strong revenue growth and positive surprises. The most favorable stock response came after Q4 results, suggesting investors are still calibrating expectations….
Key Points The company did post an EPS loss of 41 cents, which missed estimates by five cents. However, revenue soared 21% to $1.08 billion, with bookings of $1.44 billion. Analysts at Bank of America raised their price target by $30 to $133 a share, with a buy rating. Are you ahead, or behind, on…
Key Points Applied Digital signed a 15-year, 400 MW lease with CoreWeave worth $11 billion. Shares are up more than 35% as analysts raise targets and investors reposition APLD as a serious AI infrastructure provider. Get Our Top AI Investment Ideas for Free: Nvidia made early investors rich, but there is a new class of…
Key Points in This Article: President Trump’s decision to limit copper tariffs to semi-finished products caused a sharp price drop, impacting U.S. miners’ profitability. Despite short-term declines, copper’s role in electrification and infrastructure supports long-term demand growth. Investors must weigh operational strengths against global competition and smelting constraints when considering miners. Nvidia made early investors…
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Shares of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) are trading for almost 5% more than a week ago, even though the electric vehicle (EV) maker posted disappointing second-quarter results and warned of rough quarters to come. The share price is still 21.0% lower than six months ago, underperforming the broader markets in that time. 24/7 Wall St….
Apple Retreats In China: Closes Flagship Store Opened In 2008 Amid iPhone Erosion Whether it’s the rise of Chinese rivals like Huawei, Xiaomi, and Vivo, the deepening deflation and softening consumer sentiment across China, or the elevated Sino-U.S. trade tensions, Apple is feeling the squeeze in the world’s largest smartphone market. State-run media outlet Securities Times (abbreviated…
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. What Wall Street Expects When Cloudflare Reports Today 10:14 am Here’s Wall Street’s consensus expectations for Q2 earnings. Revenue: $501.6 million Adjusted EPS: $1.8 Gross Margin: 77.8% Free Cash Flow: $29.9 million More importantly, Cloudflare will likely need to raise forward guidance if shares are going…
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Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Roblox a Winner! 11:08 am Roblox (Nasdaq: RBLX) — not an S&P 500 component — is up a big 14% this morning despite reporting worse than expected “earnings.” Actually, a loss of $0.41 per share. Bookings, however, came in at $1.4 billion, nearly $200 million ahead…
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Key Points in This Article: Meta Platforms‘ (META) Q2 revenue reached $47.5 billion, with ad revenue up 21% to $46.5 billion, driving a 36% net income increase to $18.3 billion. Capital expenditures hit $17 billion, with full-year spending projected at $66 billion to $72 billion to support AI infrastructure and Meta Superintelligence Labs. Zuckerberg’s vision…
If any investor has stood the test of time, it’s Warren Buffett, and with good reason. For years, the Oracle of Omaha has had a rock-star-like presence in the investing world. His annual Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) shareholders meeting draws thousands of loyal fans who are investors. They were stunned at this year’s meeting…
“Oh Canada!” Trump Threatens To Blow Up Trade Talks As Carney To Recognize Palestinian State Another G7 member is set to add its name to a growing list of nations planning to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations summit in September, following France pledging to do so, and after the UK only this week…
CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) enjoyed an incredible rally after its IPO. Shares have almost tripled, but the music has also been fading. CRWV stock is down by more than 30% over the past month. Some investors believe it is a good buying opportunity, while others are still skeptical about the company’s valuation. The stock has a lot…
Tobacco company and Dividend King Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) has a 6.6% yield, among the highest of S&P 500 stocks. Its shares recently hit a six-year high, which is rare among corporations with big payouts. A day ago, its stock rose 4.8% to $62.61 a share. It has not traded there since November 2018….
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has joined Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) in the $4 trillion market cap club, only the second company ever to be valued that high. Based on a surge after earnings, its stock is up 26% this year. The S&P 500 is up 8%. Its earnings beat expectations. Its cloud operations and a…
In our forthcoming paper at the Review of Law & Economics, “The Long-Term Impact of Kelo v. City of New London: Comparing State Legislative and Judicial Responses”, my former Western Carolina University colleagues Ed Lopez and H. Justin Pace and I discuss justifications for eminent domain.[1] Primarily, we discuss the holdout problem. The holdout problem…
Key Points China commands the largest naval fleet on the planet, with an impressive 754 vessels in active service China’s fleet widely surpasses other regional fleets in Russia and India, practically double that of either one individually This massive naval force is the result of a decades long mandate for rapid naval expansion from the…
The tariff-driven market volatility has been rough on shares of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio Inc. (NYSE: NIO), which in April fell to a multiyear low of $3.02. Shares rebounded afterward, but they are now up 3.4% year to date, after a 6.4% pullback in the past week ahead of the launch of its…
