The IBM logo at the headquarters of IBM Germany in the Highlight Towers in Parkstadt Schwabing in Munich (Bavaria). Mattias Balk | Picture Alliance | Getty Images In a time of geopolitical tensions and macro uncertainty, dividend-paying stocks can offer investors some steady portfolio income. In this regard, recommendations of top Wall Street analysts can…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer detailed his approach to investing in high-quality growth stocks, telling investors it’s vital to search for companies with an impressive track record. “It’s only hard to find these hero stocks if you’re picking randomly,” he said. “For anyone with eyes to see, we’re talking about obvious winners that tend to keep winning…
Wires and cables in a server room. Thomas Northcut | Digitalvision | Getty Images Nvidia has been the biggest infrastructure winner in the artificial intelligence boom, soaring in value by almost thirteenfold since the end of 2022 to a market cap of $4.6 trillion. While Nvidia’s rally continued in 2025, investors betting on other AI…
Sad female worker carrying her belongings while leaving the office after being fired Isbjorn | Istock | Getty Images Layoffs have been a defining feature of the job market in 2025, with several major companies announcing thousands of job cuts driven by artificial intelligence. In fact, AI was responsible for almost 55,000 layoffs in the…
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna speaks at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, on March 11, 2025. Andy Wenstrand | Sxsw Conference & Festivals | Getty Images IBM announced Monday that it is acquiring data streaming platform Confluent in a deal worth $11 billion. Shares of Confluent soared 29% premarket. IBM stock sank about 1%. IBM…
Inside Horizon Quantum’s office in Singapore on Dec. 3, 2025. The software firm claimed it is the first private company to deploy a commercial quantum computer in the city-state. Sha Ying | CNBC International Singapore-based software firm Horizon Quantum on Wednesday said it has become the first private company to run a quantum computer for…
Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images November has been quite volatile, with the high valuations of artificial intelligence stocks and expectations of an interest rate cut in December impacting investor sentiment. Those seeking stable income in this uncertain backdrop can consider strengthening their portfolios by adding some dividend paying stocks. Given the…
Chicken and egg? Cart before the horse? Six of one, half dozen of the other? After a while, you realize there isn’t a simple phrase to capture the linkages between alternative investments that cloud the landscape of money-making opportunities. What kind of alternative investments am I alluding to? They could be any number of things:…
We had some big wins this week from investing in stocks and managing a portfolio — not speculating, not betting, not risking it all on a wing and a prayer that would make Vegas casino owners green with envy. Honeywell delivered with a terrific quarter in aerospace — and you can, at last, see that…
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices jumped more than 6% on a report that IBM can utilize the company’s chips to run certain quantum computing algorithms. IBM gained about 6%. Reuters reported on Friday that a paper will publish next week showing that IBM can run a quantum error-correction algorithm on AMD’s field-programmable gate array chips….
