I am growing tired of the endless bubble talk about all of the data center spending. It’s obvious from this quarter that the bubble talk has been proven wrong; try getting someone to say that, though. So, who do I think I am to go there? Just an observer. One who believes that this was…
The S & P 500 kept its record run alive last week, boosted by a strong batch of earnings reports that showed the artificial intelligence spending boom isn’t slowing down. Even more earnings are on the way in the coming week. Plus, the jobs market will be under the microscope. The market’s blistering rally in…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said the market just powered through the toughest week of earnings “with flying colors,” but warned that next week could be even more treacherous. “All the big techs did well … Everything connected with the data center went bonkers,” the “Mad Money” host said. However, he cautioned against complacency. “That doesn’t mean…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. It’s a new month, but it’s more of the same for the S & P 500. The broad index is on its way to another record…
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet. Source: Alphabet Meta and Alphabet both beat expectations in their earnings reports on Wednesday, each recording their fastest growth in years. They also lifted their guidance for capital expenditures for the year, telling investors that they’re going to keep pouring money into artificial intelligence infrastructure. But despite their similarly upbeat…
A view shows a logo at NXP semiconductors computer chip fabrication plant in Nijmegen, Netherlands March 14, 2024. Piroschka Van De Wouw | Reuters NXP Semiconductors shares rose 26% Wednesday, on track for its best day ever since the company went public in 2010. The semiconductor manufacturer reported first-quarter earnings Tuesday that blew away Wall…
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of companies tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure tumbled in early trading Tuesday after a report that OpenAI has fallen short of internal growth expectations, raising fresh questions about whether the pace of spending across the sector is sustainable. Oracle dropped about 7.5% in premarket trading Tuesday. Oracle…
The Micron Memory Japan K.K. booth at the Semicon Japan exhibition in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of memory companies Micron and Sandisk jumped on Monday, continuing their extended runs, after Melius Research said demand could remain high through the end of the decade. Memory…
We do not have enough money coming into this market. The funds flow only to stocks tied to the data center buildout and a few others. Even the most tangential of the data center “stories,” such as the warehouse REITs and machinery stocks like Cummins and Dover, manage to sustain themselves if they have healthy…
The busiest week of earnings season is here. But that’s not all investors have on their plate. There’s a Fed meeting, and a still-uneasy situation in the Middle east. Let’s get right into it. All estimates for revenue and earnings per share are sourced from LSEG. 1. Earnings Optical cable maker Corning kicks off our…
