News

Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO) is the world’s second-largest pharmaceutical company, with a market capitalization of $538 billion. The Danish firm’s shares have performed well so far in 2024

When you make a large purchase, like a house or an automobile, you often need to borrow money to balance your finances. Not everyone has a liquid $400,000 set aside for home ownership, but a more

Is this sell-off closer to the beginning or closer to the end? That’s what many investors may be feeling after a week that saw a sharp, tech-led sell-off. However, after the July jobs report, the

Shares in chipmakers and the semiconductor sector have recently experienced a significant pullback. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NYSE: SMH), a leader with over 37% gains year-to-date, has entered

Markets finished the week with big gains fueled by in-line news on the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index that offset a robust first read on the second-quarter gross national product

Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ: CDNS) is a software company that makes programs essential to semiconductor design. The firm announced Q2 2024 earnings on July 22, 2024. Let’s break down

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM), known by the acronym TSMC, is the world’s second-largest company in the semiconductor industry. Let’s examine TSMC's operations and review the

Stocks took investors on quite a ride this week, with the S&P 500 hitting a new record high, then falling back on Thursday before rallying to end the week. The driving force continues to be the hope

Investors will find that most of the market’s attention has centered on today's technology sector, particularly stocks dealing with artificial intelligence and its growing adoption throughout the

The lion's share of market attention is now mainly concentrated in the technology sector, particularly around stocks related to artificial intelligence and its quick rise to adoption and expansion

The June jobs report came in slightly higher than expected, but the number wasn't significant enough to move markets in the holiday-shortened week. For now, investors continue to climb the wall of

The semiconductor sector has been a standout performer in 2024, but recent trends suggest that its momentum might be slowing. So, let's examine the overall state of the sector, focusing on the Van

The Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) index came in as expected. That didn’t do much to move the market higher, but it may be enough to keep the momentum in equities going.  

But which

Summer is here, and investors seem to be taking it easy. The markets were calmer this week, with all the indexes pointing slightly higher. The Dow index ended the week with the biggest gains. Is

Markets pulled back to end the week, but this comes after the S&P 500 set a new high on Thursday. After the Fed's decision to hold interest rates at their current level, investors appear more than

As the two largest economies in the world, the United States and China, have been battling over ownership of the semiconductor manufacturing space, leading to access to the world’s latest

After dropping initially, equity markets are shrugging off a much hotter-than-expected jobs report. While not a full-fledged rally, the market seems to be ignoring the headline number and paying

The current economic environment is characterized by a complex and volatile mix of inflation, shifting consumer preferences and persistent whispers of a potential recession. The earnings reports

The major exchanges closed the week quietly after a sharp sell-off to start the week. Friday’s reading of the April 2024 Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index aligned with expectations. This

If you're a shareholder of Nvidia, you had a great week. If you're holding some of the Dow 30 stocks, your experience may have been very different. The market rallied sharply ahead of Nvidia's

Markets are mostly flat to end a week in which the Dow hit the 40,000 mark for the first time. Investors may be taking a breather to digest mixed news about inflation. The larger question is whether

Sell in May, then go away got pushed to the side during the first full week of trading for the month. Investors were mostly in a buying mood, pushing the S&P 500 to within 60 points of its all-time

The market rally to close the week was brought to you by the letter "A." Two Dow components, Apple and Amgen, accounted for about 50% of the gains in the NYSE as markets opened over 400 points

Tech earnings led by Alphabet and Microsoft were lifting stocks higher to end the week. Prior to that, the multi-week sell-off was still in place as several key economic indicators cast doubt on the

The semiconductor sector, usually a beacon of market strength, found itself in a storm last Friday. Shares of NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) closed the day down 10%, wiping out nearly $200 billion in