I am tired of the lies, exaggerations, and dispersions that are constantly told in the assault on the stocks of companies tied to generative artificial intelligence and accelerated computing: They will dominate in 2026, just as they have since ChatGPT came on the scene four years ago. I want to straighten out some of these…
The holiday season is over, and it’s back to the grind as we look forward to the first whole trading week of 2026. We’re still a few weeks away from the start of the fourth-quarter earnings season, so many companies are in a corporate blackout period. Our focus will be on macroeconomic updates and geopolitical…
Friday marked the end of a lackluster week for stocks and the first trading session of 2026. The market was mixed for the holiday-shortened week: The Dow and Nasdaq shed 0.1% and 1.5%, respectively, while the S & P 500 edged roughly 1% lower, its third back-to-back loss since Monday. It’s unclear what caused the…
Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, speaks to the Economic Club of New York at The Plaza Hotel in New York, Nov. 21, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s flagship hedge fund at Citadel climbed double digits in 2025, navigating a volatile year marked by sharp market swings, trade tensions and…
Warren Buffett and Greg Abel at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 3, 2025. David A. Grogen | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway shares slipped Friday as investors digested the formal end of Warren Buffett’s six-decade tenure as chief executive and the start of a new era under successor Greg Abel. Class A…
For investors looking for a cybersecurity comeback story, Palo Alto Networks may be quietly writing one. 2025 performance: 1.2% Forward price-to-earnings multiple: 43.7 versus a five-year average of 53, according to FactSet data. Our rating: Buy-equivalent 1 Our price target: $225 a share PANW YTD mountain PANW stock performance YTD. With a roughly 1% gain…
Wayfair store in Wilmette, Illinois. Courtesy: Wayfair Stock Chart IconStock chart icon RH and Wayfair, 1-day Trump on Wednesday issued a yearlong pause on increased levies on upholstered furniture, along with kitchen cabinets and vanities. Instead, the duties on upholstered furniture will remain at 25% — the level Trump set in September. Before Trump’s 11th-hour…
Warren Buffett tours the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. David A. Grogen | CNBC In his final interview as CEO, Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway is better positioned than any company to endure for the next century and gave his successor Greg Abel a strong endorsement. “It has…
Warren Buffett and Greg Abel walkthrough the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. David A. Grogen | CNBC The investing world’s north star is beginning to dim. Warren Buffett has handed over the CEO reins to Greg Abel after a six-decade run that turned an unremarkable textile company into…
D3sign | Moment | Getty Images A key year-end deadline is here for many investors — and skipping it could trigger an IRS penalty of up to 25%. But there’s a way to reduce or even eliminate it, experts say. Most retirees must start so-called required minimum distributions, or RMDs, from pretax accounts at age 73….
