Eaton delivered an excellent quarter on Friday, reinforcing our view that the AI data center buildout remains alive and well. The power management company also raised its sales outlook to reflect a bigger-than-expected contribution from a recent acquisition. Revenue for the second quarter ended June 30 increased over 21% year-over-year to a record $8.53 billion,…
I sure didn’t want what happened to occur, at least not during my vacation, of all things. But it did, and we have to deal with the fallout head-on because it came as such a surprise to many. Imagine for a moment there were five geese — Amazon , Alphabet , Microsoft , Meta Platforms ,…
Coal could come back. That was my insight, or more, my instinct, after interviewing Kenny Young, the CEO and seven-year veteran of Babcock & Wilcox , the 160-year-old boiler manufacturer turned engineering and construction company. Young wanted to talk about the surging demand for power spurred by the data center boom. So did I. B…
Here we go again: Nvidia earnings week is upon us. The world’s most valuable company and the leading maker of artificial intelligence chips will deliver first-quarter earnings on Wednesday night. Of course, it will drive a ton of the action on Wall Street this week. But it’s certainly not the only thing on our radar….
My top 10 things to watch Monday, May 11 1. Usual oil price rally of 2%, which is standard now. Stocks are flat. Maybe that’s what makes this such a standoff. U.S. refineries are now processing 16.3 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude, up from the average 13.5 million bpd. This is unsustainable, but…
Late. Late. Late. That’s how I felt when I saw the Roundhill Memory ETF — symbol DRAM, of course — take in more than $5 billion in a month. Super late when I saw it took in $1.1 billion on Thursday alone, all to play what the press is hailing as the memory supercycle. But…
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…
When the stock market opens on Monday, we will once again face the interaction between bonds and oil. Over the weekend, we saw the breakdown of the Strait of Hormuz opening deal and the ramp-up of President Donald Trump ‘s willingness to go back to bombing mode. I read that there are no more targets,…
Wall Street’s scorching rally off its wartime lows back to new highs faces a big test this week: a jam-packed earnings calendar. The list of companies reporting stretches from linchpins of the AI trade like Club name GE Vernova to battleground software stocks such as ServiceNow to companies with their pulse on the industrial economy…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday laid out his game plan for the week ahead after what he called one of the most “remarkable” rallies he’s ever seen. “If you didn’t believe we could have still one more week where we’d rally 3%, you’d be right,” Cramer said. “We actually rallied 4% thanks to today’s gigantic…
