Advanced Micro Devices (NasdaqGS:AMD) and Samsung have expanded their collaboration in AI memory and computing. The agreement secures HBM4 supply for AMD's next generation Instinct accelerators and advanced DRAM for upcoming EPYC CPUs. Both companies are also exploring adding Samsung as a foundry partner for future AMD products. For investors watching NasdaqGS:AMD, this move links a key AI and dat...
Advanced Micro Devices (NasdaqGS:AMD) and Samsung have expanded their collaboration in AI memory and computing. The agreement secures HBM4 supply for AMD's next generation Instinct accelerators and advanced DRAM for upcoming EPYC CPUs. Both companies are also exploring adding Samsung as a foundry partner for future AMD products. For investors watching NasdaqGS:AMD, this move links a key AI and data center roadmap directly to Samsung's HBM4 and DDR5 technologies. The shares recently closed...
NVIDIA (NasdaqGS:NVDA) has certified VergeIO for RTX vWS, aiming to simplify deployment of GPU-accelerated cloud desktops for enterprises. The VergeIO certification targets professional virtual graphics use cases, including engineering and design workloads that rely on high-performance visualization. NVIDIA has also expanded its AI Factory partnerships, including work with SLB in the energy sector...
NVIDIA (NasdaqGS:NVDA) has certified VergeIO for RTX vWS, aiming to simplify deployment of GPU-accelerated cloud desktops for enterprises. The VergeIO certification targets professional virtual graphics use cases, including engineering and design workloads that rely on high-performance visualization. NVIDIA has also expanded its AI Factory partnerships, including work with SLB in the energy sector and FPT's AI Factory cloud in Southeast Asia built on HGX B300 systems. These developments...
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), designer and manufacturer of computer processors and related technologies, closed at $48.03, up 8.84% Wednesday. The stock moved higher after Intel agreed to spend $14.2 billion to repurchase Apollo Global Management‘s (NYSE:APO) 49% stake in its Fab 34 Irela
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), designer and manufacturer of computer processors and related technologies, closed at $48.03, up 8.84% Wednesday. The stock moved higher after Intel agreed to spend $14.2 billion to repurchase Apollo Global Management‘s (NYSE:APO) 49% stake in its Fab 34 Irela
ismagilov/iStock via Getty Images In early January of this year, I made a rather bold claim that buying Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ( SCHD ) would be an awful way to start 2026. To be honest with you, that has not aged well. Or at least, it hasn't aged well up to this point. From the time that article was published until the close of day on March 28th, the S&P 500 ( SP500 ) was down 6.9%. By com...
ismagilov/iStock via Getty Images In early January of this year, I made a rather bold claim that buying Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ( SCHD ) would be an awful way to start 2026. To be honest with you, that has not aged well. Or at least, it hasn't aged well up to this point. From the time that article was published until the close of day on March 28th, the S&P 500 ( SP500 ) was down 6.9%. By comparison, the total return of SCHD was up 10.7%. In the short run, this outperformance has been decisive. However, it does echo a previous article that I had written about the ETF last year. In April of 2025, I warned that SCHD would continue to be a bitter disappointment to investors in all scenarios other than the world falling apart. Fast forward to this year, and that seems to be happening. In the U.S., economic conditions are deteriorating thanks to tariffs and high interest rates. Consumer confidence is near all-time lows. Jobs data is looking worse and worse month after month. And now we have this war with Iran that is creating geopolitical uncertainty and rising oil prices that will further hurt the U.S. This helps to explain why SCHD, which is bolstered by its distributions and the fact that it's overall slate of assets are relatively low risk, outperformed the market leading up to this point. In the near term, this outperformance is likely to continue. I do think that economic conditions are worsening. And as I argued back in August of last year, the U.S. does seem to be nearing a recession. If economic conditions deteriorate, we could see SCHD deliver quite nicely. However, my focus when it comes to investing is not on the short run. Rather, it is the long term outlook. And when you look at the picture through that lens, SCHD still certainly deserves a Sell rating. Checking in on SCHD Author - Data from Charles Schwab At first glance, SCHD might seem to be an attractive opportunity for investors. The current yield that it offers right now stands at 3.45%. That's n...
Oil pushed lower as traders focused on signs President Donald Trump is seeking to end the Iran war that’s roiled markets, while the crucial Strait of Hormuz chokepoint remains largely closed to shipping. West Texas Intermediate fell as much as 1.8% to $98.37 a barrel after shedding 1.2% on Wednesday. Trump is scheduled to deliver a rare prime-time address to the nation at 9 p.m. Eastern time, wher...
Oil pushed lower as traders focused on signs President Donald Trump is seeking to end the Iran war that’s roiled markets, while the crucial Strait of Hormuz chokepoint remains largely closed to shipping. West Texas Intermediate fell as much as 1.8% to $98.37 a barrel after shedding 1.2% on Wednesday. Trump is scheduled to deliver a rare prime-time address to the nation at 9 p.m. Eastern time, where he’s expected to stress operations may came to an end in two to three weeks, a White House official said. The conflict has effectively closed the strait, choking off supplies of crude, gas and products such as diesel to global markets, driving energy prices higher and raising fears of an inflation crisis . While oil futures have dipped in recent days, the US marker is still almost 50% higher than before the war. Even if the conflict ends in Trump’s desired timeframe, it will still take time for normal flows to resume through Hormuz, while some energy infrastructure has been damaged by the war and is facing lengthy repairs. A buildup of US troops in the region is also keeping the market on edge. On Wednesday, Trump posted on his Truth Social network that Tehran had asked for a ceasefire. The Islamic Republic retorted that the Strait of Hormuz won’t be reopened based on the US leader’s “absurd displays” and that the future of the key transit route will be decided by Iran and Oman. “Iran is very unlikely to agree to a temporary ceasefire if it opens the door to future rounds of conflict,” said Will Todman , senior fellow in Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “The Iranian regime feels that time is on its side — the longer it blocks the Strait of Hormuz, the more pain it imposes on the global economy,” To get Bloomberg’s Energy Daily newsletter in your inbox, click here . WTI for May delivery was 1.3% lower at $98.79 a barrel at 6:07 a.m. in Singapore. Brent for June settlement fell 2.7% to $101.16 a barrel on Wednesday.
International organizations, government leaders and Wall Street are attempting to divine the endgame of the US-Israel war with Iran amid increasingly chaotic and contradictory statements by President Donald Trump as his administration struggles to find a way out of the month-old conflict . The war has pushed US pump prices above $4 a gallon, threatening political pain for Republicans in a midterm ...
International organizations, government leaders and Wall Street are attempting to divine the endgame of the US-Israel war with Iran amid increasingly chaotic and contradictory statements by President Donald Trump as his administration struggles to find a way out of the month-old conflict . The war has pushed US pump prices above $4 a gallon, threatening political pain for Republicans in a midterm election year. Trump, 79, is said to realize the current situation is untenable, according to persons familiar with the matter. He has scheduled a televised speech about the war this evening . More than 5,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the war so far, almost three-quarters of them in Iran, according to government organizations and the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. Just over 1,300 people have been killed in Lebanon, where Israel opened a second front against Iran-allied Hezbollah following attacks by the militant group. A majority of Americans oppose the war , which Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began despite ongoing negotiations with Tehran. Trump cited a shifting set of justifications but no public evidence Iran presented a direct threat to America. Now, with Trump’s near-daily threats, entreaties and all-caps social media posts about the conflict—one in which Iran has managed to punish US allies and energy markets—leaders and investors may be looking elsewhere for clues as to what happens next . Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian issued a letter addressed to Americans on Wednesday, arguing that his country has no enmity with the US and has acted in self-defense. (One of Trump’s initial reasons for attacking was related to Iran’s killing of thousands of protestors in recent uprisings there.) Pezeshkian warned that “continuing along the path of confrontation is more costly and futile than ever before” and noted that attacks on infrastructure, which Trump has threatened, directly target the Iranian people. On Tuesday, Pezeshki...
Chinese companies and inventors filed a record 22,031 patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) last year, according to the EPO Technology Dashboard 2025 (formerly Patent Index) published today. Patent applications from China increased by 9.7% compared to 2024, the highest growth rate among the top ten filing countries. China now ranks 3rd globally, moving ahead of Japan for the firs...
Chinese companies and inventors filed a record 22,031 patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) last year, according to the EPO Technology Dashboard 2025 (formerly Patent Index) published today. Patent applications from China increased by 9.7% compared to 2024, the highest growth rate among the top ten filing countries. China now ranks 3rd globally, moving ahead of Japan for the first time, and accounts for 10.9% of total applications at the EPO. This confirms China's increasing pr