Social media-savvy young swing voters are emerging as a key demographic for political parties, and some digital platformers are trying to curb the adverse impact of disinformation and fake news on Generation Z by sharing tips ahead of Sunday’s general election. Around 20 junior high and high school students took part in a recent workshop held in Tokyo designed to help them understand the importanc...
Social media-savvy young swing voters are emerging as a key demographic for political parties, and some digital platformers are trying to curb the adverse impact of disinformation and fake news on Generation Z by sharing tips ahead of Sunday’s general election. Around 20 junior high and high school students took part in a recent workshop held in Tokyo designed to help them understand the importance of knowing where information comes from and accessing primary sources, as the emergence of deepfakes has made things complicated. The participants, working in groups, discussed how to determine whether information is reliable, using real-life examples such as an image created by generative artificial intelligence, a composite made from multiple photos, and misleading edits and content. They also learned about the risks posed by fake accounts. Advertisement During the workshop, a lecturer asked the teenagers whether they noticed anything odd in an image showing a candidate giving a speech atop a campaign car in front of Shinjuku Station. The seemingly authentic image was created by generative AI and included a misspelled station name and fake banners hung on a wall of a building. Advertisement “I couldn’t find any errors in those AI-generated images. It made me realise I may have overestimated my ability [to spot fake news],” said an 18-year-old high school senior, who is voting for the first time in Sunday’s general election.
In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall breaks down the latest with QuantumScape (NASDAQ: QS), and what investors should know about the stock and the business for 2026. *Stock prices used were from the afternoon of Feb. 3, 2025. The video was published on Feb. 7, 2025. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called a...
In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall breaks down the latest with QuantumScape (NASDAQ: QS), and what investors should know about the stock and the business for 2026. *Stock prices used were from the afternoon of Feb. 3, 2025. The video was published on Feb. 7, 2025. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Should you buy stock in QuantumScape right now? Before you buy stock in QuantumScape, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and QuantumScape wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $436,126!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,053,659!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 885% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 192% for the S&P 500. Don't miss the latest top 10 list, available with Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of February 7, 2026. Jason Hall has positions in QuantumScape and has the following options: short January 2027 $5 puts on QuantumScape. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Jason Hall is an affiliate of The Motley Fool and may be compensated for promoting its services. If you choose to subscribe through their link they will earn some extra money that supports their channel. Their opinions remain their own and are unaffected by The Motley Fool. The views and opinions exp...
Getty Images Welcome back to my weekly investing-themed variety show! Every week, I seek to understand and explain market trends, especially those relevant to my fellow dividend investors, with the help of interesting and illuminating charts. Have I mentioned how much I love a good chart? Boy, I love a good chart. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a good chart is surely worth a thousand...
Getty Images Welcome back to my weekly investing-themed variety show! Every week, I seek to understand and explain market trends, especially those relevant to my fellow dividend investors, with the help of interesting and illuminating charts. Have I mentioned how much I love a good chart? Boy, I love a good chart. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a good chart is surely worth a thousand dollars. So let's get to it. Here's the agenda du jour : How dividend stocks (!!!) have mounted a serious comeback against AI-related tech stocks (!!!) over the last three months. Why I worry that dividend ETFs like SCHD might be experiencing too much winning, too quickly. Mr. Market's clear signal that software-as-a-service stocks are massively vulnerable to disruption from AI. Some key indicators that show we are definitively in a risk-off environment right now. Some comments on how the wealth effect is driving consumer spending, and why that is a risk to the economy. Laying out and commenting on my current buy list, including the cash-equivalent ETFs I'm using as dry powder vehicles. Onward! Dividend Payers Mount A Comeback Investor sentiment for AI-related technology stocks and boring dividend stocks seems to have diametrically flipped recently. For most of the last three years, tech-heavy growth stocks led the way while non-tech dividend payers/growers basically flatlined. But over the last three months or so, that dynamic has reversed. Just look at the massive performance gap between AI-tech stocks and moderate-yielding dividend stocks from mid-2023 through October 2025: Data by YCharts From mid-2023 through the Spring of 2025, AI-related technology companies ( CHAT ) performed about as well as the broader tech-oriented Nasdaq index ( QQQ ). But from last Summer through October, AI-tech stocks absolutely soared, rising over 60% in price from June through October. Meanwhile, the lowly dividend payers in the iShares Select Dividend ETF ( DVY ) and Schwab US Dividend Eq...
In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A snow removal machine is seen working while a Boeing 737 American Airlines passenger aircraft is parked at gate on the tarmac of LaGuardia airport in New York on January 25, 2026. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images American Airlines ' promised turnaround is off to a rocky start this year. Pilot and flight attendant unions hav...
In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT A snow removal machine is seen working while a Boeing 737 American Airlines passenger aircraft is parked at gate on the tarmac of LaGuardia airport in New York on January 25, 2026. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images American Airlines ' promised turnaround is off to a rocky start this year. Pilot and flight attendant unions have called CEO Robert Isom's leadership into question as the airline's performance has trailed its rivals by a wide margin, a trend that has translated to lower profit-sharing for American's more than 130,000 employees. Adding to employee frustration, the airline struggled to recover from major winter storms in recent weeks and crews were left stranded — some without a place to sleep beside the airport. Late Friday, the pilots' union wrote to the airline's board, seeking a meeting to discuss the carrier's financial and operational challenges. "Our airline is on an underperforming path and has failed to define an identity or a strategy to correct course," the board of directors of the Allied Pilots Association wrote. The union called for "leaders who are willing, equipped, and empowered to get the house in order." American made $111 million last year, an amount eclipsed by profits from Delta Air Lines and United Airlines , which brought in $5 billion and more than $3.3 billion, respectively, even though American flew similar capacity in 2025. "I know that it is a meager profit-sharing, a very small profit-sharing pool this year. Again, when you break even, that's the kind of profit-sharing you have," Isom told employees after releasing earnings results on Jan. 27, according to a recording of the event that was reviewed by CNBC. "I'm disappointed in that." '2026 can't just feel different' American is trying to catch up to rivals with premium products that bring in higher fares, a bright spot in the industry as coach cabin revenue growth has been elusive. It has also worked to r...
Key Points GE Vernova's gas turbine orders and backlog are surging due to AI-driven power demand. Slot reservation agreements for gas turbine equipment signal robust future demand and customer commitment. Management expects earnings to double from 2026 to 2028. 10 stocks we like better than Ge Vernova › No company typifies the change in sentiment over the clean energy transition and the surge in p...
Key Points GE Vernova's gas turbine orders and backlog are surging due to AI-driven power demand. Slot reservation agreements for gas turbine equipment signal robust future demand and customer commitment. Management expects earnings to double from 2026 to 2028. 10 stocks we like better than Ge Vernova › No company typifies the change in sentiment over the clean energy transition and the surge in power demand driven by the AI application boom more than GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV). The positive changes were confirmed in the company's latest results, and it's making a strong start to 2026 with no sign of any slowdown. GE Vernova is an under-the-radar AI stock The stock rose 11.1% in January, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence ,and is currently up 12.9% in 2026 and more than 100% over the last year. It's a remarkable turnaround from the days when it was the problematic part of the former General Electric. At the end of the 2010s, there was a real fear that the clean energy transition would result in a structural shift to solar and wind power, leaving GE Vernova's core gas turbine equipment and services (where the real money is made) facing mediocre growth prospects. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » Fast forward a few years, and the realization that renewable energy's intermittency, soaring costs, and significant logistical difficulties (moving massive blades around, for example), combined with soaring demand for power to support AI-led data center demand, has rejuvenated the company. That much is evident in its growing gas turbine orders, measured in gigawatts (GW). Power Segment 2022 2023 2024 2025 Gas Turbine Orders (GW) 9.8 9.5 20.2 29.8 The surge in orders has led to a growing backlog of gas power equipment, rising from 33 GW at the end of 2024 to 40 GW at the end of 2025. However, that's only part of the story...
The stock may have gotten ahead of the business in 2025, but the opportunity for investors to make money looks fantastic in 2026 and beyond. In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall breaks down the latest with SoFi Technologies' (SOFI +7.19%) financial results and stock, and makes the case for its prospects going forward. *Stock prices used were from the afternoon of Feb. 3, 2026. The vid...
The stock may have gotten ahead of the business in 2025, but the opportunity for investors to make money looks fantastic in 2026 and beyond. In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall breaks down the latest with SoFi Technologies' (SOFI +7.19%) financial results and stock, and makes the case for its prospects going forward. *Stock prices used were from the afternoon of Feb. 3, 2026. The video was published on Feb. 7, 2026.
Sometimes, you need to know when to quit. It's been nearly a decade since Canada legalized recreational cannabis (marijuana), helping set off a boom in cannabis stocks. Today, roughly half of U.S. states have legalized cannabis for recreational use, and most states at least permit it for medicinal purposes. Canopy Growth Corp. (CGC +2.78%) was among a class of cannabis stocks that surged from 2017...
Sometimes, you need to know when to quit. It's been nearly a decade since Canada legalized recreational cannabis (marijuana), helping set off a boom in cannabis stocks. Today, roughly half of U.S. states have legalized cannabis for recreational use, and most states at least permit it for medicinal purposes. Canopy Growth Corp. (CGC +2.78%) was among a class of cannabis stocks that surged from 2017 through 2019, peaking at a market cap of nearly $18 billion. The investment results have been disastrous since then, despite cannabis use continuing to rise to the point that it has pressured the alcohol industry. Expand NASDAQ : CGC Canopy Growth Today's Change ( 2.78 %) $ 0.03 Current Price $ 1.11 Key Data Points Market Cap $372M Day's Range $ 1.08 - $ 1.14 52wk Range $ 0.77 - $ 2.38 Volume 452K Avg Vol 30M Gross Margin 18.25 % So, what has gone wrong, and should investors finally dump Canopy Growth stock? Here is what you need to know. How overly ambitious plans ruined the stock Canopy Growth's storyline would probably be about a company that tried doing too much, too soon. After beginning in Canada, the company expanded into the United States and Europe. It also moved beyond cannabis flower and into related products, such as cannabis creams and beverages. Canopy Growth tried to be everywhere all at once, buying up competitors and other cannabis-related businesses over the past decade. Canopy Growth made two catastrophic mistakes. First, it misread the cannabis market. Legalizing cannabis didn't prevent illicit sales, which put pricing pressure on legal suppliers due to the various taxes and regulations tied to legal retail sales. It also rushed its expansion efforts. Instead of funding deals with profits, Canopy Growth continuously issued stock and debt. As a result of that and poor business execution, Canopy Growth's business isn't growing, and it's still losing money. Meanwhile, the share count has increased by more than 3,700%. The stock's enormous dilution is why t...
Trump Endorses Orbán As Budapest Warns Brussels "Keep Your Hands Off Our Elections" Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, U.S President Donald Trump has endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for re-election ahead of Hungary’s April 12 parliamentary election, praising him as “a truly strong and powerful leader” and saying he has his “complete and total” backing. In the message posted T...
Trump Endorses Orbán As Budapest Warns Brussels "Keep Your Hands Off Our Elections" Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, U.S President Donald Trump has endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for re-election ahead of Hungary’s April 12 parliamentary election, praising him as “a truly strong and powerful leader” and saying he has his “complete and total” backing. In the message posted Thursday on Trump’s Truth Social account, Trump credited Orbán with improving bilateral ties and framed him as a law-and-order nationalist leader. “Relations between Hungary and the United States have reached new heights of cooperation and spectacular achievement under my administration, thanks largely to Prime Minister Orbán,” Trump wrote. “I was proud to endorse Viktor for re-election in 2022, and am honored to do so again,” he added. Donald J. Trump Truth Social Post 12:51 PM EST 02.05.26 Highly Respected Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, is a truly strong and powerful Leader, with a proven track record of delivering phenomenal results. He fights tirelessly for, and loves, his Great Country and… pic.twitter.com/rnz1AIIuyW — Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) February 5, 2026 Praise between the two leaders stretches back years. In March 2024, after meeting Orbán at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, the U.S. president claimed that, unlike much of Europe, “Hungary is a safe country because of [Orbán’s] strong immigration policies.” “There’s nobody that’s better, smarter, or a better leader than Viktor Orbán,” Trump added during a presidential campaign rally later that year. Orbán has repeatedly returned the favor, portraying Trump as the indispensable champion of peace and sovereignty. At CPAC Hungary in 2024, Orbán rallied conservatives around Trump as he backed him to return to the White House. Orbán has previously cast Hungary as an outpost surrounded by what he describes as a hostile liberal mainstream in Brussels and West...
If you're searching for value in this expensive market, consider these two value stocks today. By historical standards, the stock market has gotten incredibly expensive. The Shiller price-to-earnings ratio, also known as the cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio (CAPE), shows that we're in one of the priciest markets in history. This steep valuation could make investors nervous, but there ar...
If you're searching for value in this expensive market, consider these two value stocks today. By historical standards, the stock market has gotten incredibly expensive. The Shiller price-to-earnings ratio, also known as the cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio (CAPE), shows that we're in one of the priciest markets in history. This steep valuation could make investors nervous, but there are still deals to be found. If you're on the hunt for solid value in this historically expensive market and have $2,000 to invest, here are two stocks that deserve a spot in your portfolio today. This oil and gas giant has high-quality assets Chevron (CVX +1.03%) operates in the historically volatile oil and gas industry, which is always vulnerable to declining oil and gas prices. However, it operates an integrated oil and gas business model that helps smooth out its earnings. Its upstream business, which explores and produces oil, benefits from rising oil and gas prices. Meanwhile, its downstream operations focused on refining crude oil into fuels, lubricants, and petrochemicals. Expand NYSE : CVX Chevron Today's Change ( 1.03 %) $ 1.84 Current Price $ 181.07 Key Data Points Market Cap $364B Day's Range $ 179.47 - $ 182.10 52wk Range $ 132.04 - $ 182.59 Volume 472K Avg Vol 10M Gross Margin 13.79 % Dividend Yield 3.78 % Chevron has done a really good job of focusing on efficient operations and creating a mix of short-cycle and long-cycle assets. The company's acquisition of the Stabroek Block in Guyana (as part of its 2025 Hess acquisition) provides it with huge, low-cost, multidecade production capabilities and has a low break-even price of $30 per barrel. Meanwhile, the company's presence in the Permian Basin allows it to quickly ramp up production if oil prices rise. Chevron is trading at about 25 times this year's projected earnings. This appears expensive, but analysts see strong growth ahead, with earnings per share projected to reach $9.09 in 2027 and $11.01 in 2028. ...
Key Points The broader stock market trades at a historically expensive valuation. Chevron's investment in the low-cost Stabroek Block in Guyana provides it with low breakevens. Progressive delivered stellar results last year, but the stock has fallen amid a softening insurance market. 10 stocks we like better than Chevron › By historical standards, the stock market has gotten incredibly expensive....
Key Points The broader stock market trades at a historically expensive valuation. Chevron's investment in the low-cost Stabroek Block in Guyana provides it with low breakevens. Progressive delivered stellar results last year, but the stock has fallen amid a softening insurance market. 10 stocks we like better than Chevron › By historical standards, the stock market has gotten incredibly expensive. The Shiller price-to-earnings ratio, also known as the cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio (CAPE), shows that we're in one of the priciest markets in history. This steep valuation could make investors nervous, but there are still deals to be found. If you're on the hunt for solid value in this historically expensive market and have $2,000 to invest, here are two stocks that deserve a spot in your portfolio today. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » This oil and gas giant has high-quality assets Chevron (NYSE: CVX) operates in the historically volatile oil and gas industry, which is always vulnerable to declining oil and gas prices. However, it operates an integrated oil and gas business model that helps smooth out its earnings. Its upstream business, which explores and produces oil, benefits from rising oil and gas prices. Meanwhile, its downstream operations focused on refining crude oil into fuels, lubricants, and petrochemicals. Chevron has done a really good job of focusing on efficient operations and creating a mix of short-cycle and long-cycle assets. The company's acquisition of the Stabroek Block in Guyana (as part of its 2025 Hess acquisition) provides it with huge, low-cost, multidecade production capabilities and has a low break-even price of $30 per barrel. Meanwhile, the company's presence in the Permian Basin allows it to quickly ramp up production if oil prices rise. Chevron is trading at about 25 times this year's pro...
Get insights on thousands of stocks from the global community of over 7 million individual investors at Simply Wall St. Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) is expanding its AI presence in healthcare as Lumeo Regional Health Information System adopts Oracle tools to streamline clinician workflows and reduce administrative tasks. The company is pursuing a large capital raise of about $45b to $50b through a mix of de...
Get insights on thousands of stocks from the global community of over 7 million individual investors at Simply Wall St. Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) is expanding its AI presence in healthcare as Lumeo Regional Health Information System adopts Oracle tools to streamline clinician workflows and reduce administrative tasks. The company is pursuing a large capital raise of about $45b to $50b through a mix of debt and equity to fund cloud infrastructure for hyperscale AI customers. These moves highlight Oracle's push into real world AI applications in healthcare alongside a sizable financing effort for cloud capacity. For investors watching Oracle at a share price of $142.82, this combination of healthcare-focused AI deployment and a planned multi billion capital raise points to meaningful activity across both products and financing. The stock has seen a 27.0% decline year to date and a 17.3% decline over the past year, while its 3 year and 5 year returns of 69.9% and 142.4% present a very different picture over longer periods. Looking ahead, investors may focus on how Oracle converts its AI tools in healthcare into broader customer adoption and recurring usage, and how efficiently it deploys the planned $45b to $50b for cloud infrastructure. The scale of funding aimed at hyperscale AI clients also raises questions about future capacity, pricing power, and the balance sheet impact of combining debt and equity to support this build out. Stay updated on the most important news stories for Oracle by adding it to your watchlist or portfolio. Alternatively, explore our Community to discover new perspectives on Oracle. NYSE:ORCL 1-Year Stock Price Chart Why Oracle could be great value For you as an investor, the key takeaway is that Oracle is pairing very visible real world AI deployments in healthcare with a large scale funding plan that leans on both equity and long dated bonds. The Ontario and Saudi healthcare wins show Oracle trying to embed AI-powered tools directly into clinicians...
Welcome to a special issue of India Edition, Bloomberg’s daily dive into what’s moving the worlds of business, markets and politics in this dynamic, fast-paced economy. I’m Menaka Doshi . If you didn’t receive this directly in your inbox, you can subscribe here , and share feedback with us here . Today I am interrupting your Saturday with a reading recommendation — it’s a potboiler. Deals Within D...
Welcome to a special issue of India Edition, Bloomberg’s daily dive into what’s moving the worlds of business, markets and politics in this dynamic, fast-paced economy. I’m Menaka Doshi . If you didn’t receive this directly in your inbox, you can subscribe here , and share feedback with us here . Today I am interrupting your Saturday with a reading recommendation — it’s a potboiler. Deals Within Deals I’m a big fan of Keigo Higashino. The India-US interim trade agreement reads like something the acclaimed Japanese mystery novelist could have written — with its slow-burning reveal of machinations between the two countries and their muscular leaders. The latest chapter suggests a capitulation by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi as last year’s deal breakers turn into 2026’s deal makers. US President Donald Trump has via an executive order , effective Feb. 7, lifted the punitive 25% tariff on the promise of no further Russian oil purchases by India — though Modi’s government remains silent on this. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal ducked the question in a Saturday afternoon press briefing, passing the buck to the Foreign Ministry who has yet to comment. Critics may read Modi’s bowing to US pressure on this matter as a dilution of its strategic autonomy-led foreign policy. Admirers may say India has remained faithful to the tenet by ditching yesterday’s gains (cheap Russian crude oil) for tomorrow’s profits (access to the world’s largest market). To me, it seems like pragmatism has finally overcome political egos to ensure India keeps its biggest trading partner and source of capital; and the US continues to hedge China’s rise. Notably, Trump seems to have conceded, at least partly, his strident position on higher US agricultural exports to India. Goyal read out a long list of produce, including dairy, that he said remains protected from US competition. India, however, has allowed the import of dried distillers’ grains, which is widely known to be produced from genetic...
Outgoing Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic tells Bloomberg’s Michael McKee that it’s ‘paramount’ for the Fed to get inflation back to its 2% target. In a wide-ranging interview, Bostic also discusses the argument of so-called ‘mission creep’ at the Fed, Kevin Warsh’s nomination as Fed Chair, and the K-shaped economy. (Source: Bloomberg)
Outgoing Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic tells Bloomberg’s Michael McKee that it’s ‘paramount’ for the Fed to get inflation back to its 2% target. In a wide-ranging interview, Bostic also discusses the argument of so-called ‘mission creep’ at the Fed, Kevin Warsh’s nomination as Fed Chair, and the K-shaped economy. (Source: Bloomberg)
After the Fall: How Olympic figure skaters soar after stumbling on the ice toggle caption Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Europe MILAN - After decades of practice and competition, American skaters Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea were finally on Olympic ice Friday, floating and twisting in perfect harmony in the team pair short program. Then it happened. Faster than you can snap your fingers, Kam fell wit...
After the Fall: How Olympic figure skaters soar after stumbling on the ice toggle caption Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Europe MILAN - After decades of practice and competition, American skaters Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea were finally on Olympic ice Friday, floating and twisting in perfect harmony in the team pair short program. Then it happened. Faster than you can snap your fingers, Kam fell with a bump. "We wish we were perfect every single time we step out on the ice," the 21-year-old Kam said after the performance with a melancholy smile. "But you know, ice is slippery." What's fascinating about Kam and O'Shea's performance in Milan isn't that they stumbled. No amount of work or training can remove every variable every time. The history of Olympic figure skating is shaped almost as much by epic falls as by soaring pirouettes. Sponsor Message What's remarkable is how fast they recovered. In another snap of the fingers, with k.d. Lang's version of "Hallelujah" as their soundtrack, Kam leapt back off the hard ice, spinning into rhythm with O'Shea. "(Kam) didn't need me to pick her up. She got up and went after the next thing," said O'Shea, who's 34. "We put the past in the past, and stepped right into the next element." How do skaters do it? How do they find grace in the moments after the physical and emotional punishment of an Olympic fall? "I mean it's a lot of practice, for sure," Kam said. "We focus [in training], so that if something does go wrong in competition, we don't have to question anything. I'm going to be where he is." There's also communication: "We definitely look at each other," O'Shea said. "I do a lot of talking throughout our program. In that moment, it's a deep breath. It's like, all right, calm, one more thing, spin." "We just fell down, it's very strange" They weren't the only ones to hit the ice on Friday. China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong won a gold medal in pairs figure skating at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Sponsor Message But durin...
Swiss skiers had held all three podium positions before the Italians entered the start gate, with Franzoni and Paris knocking off Alexis Monney and then Odermatt with impressive performances in sunny Bormio. Paris is seen as a king of this course, having won seven World Cup titles across both downhill and the Super-G, and he won a first Olympic medal at his fifth Games. "Getting the first medal in...
Swiss skiers had held all three podium positions before the Italians entered the start gate, with Franzoni and Paris knocking off Alexis Monney and then Odermatt with impressive performances in sunny Bormio. Paris is seen as a king of this course, having won seven World Cup titles across both downhill and the Super-G, and he won a first Olympic medal at his fifth Games. "Getting the first medal in front of the home crowd, that's really special," he said. But for the Italians, their medal success comes in what has been an emotionally difficult season, five months after the death of their team-mate Matteo Franzoso in a training crash. Franzoso suffered a head injury in a collision with a fence in La Parva, Chile, in September. Last month, after winning World Cup gold at prestigious Kitzbuhel, Franzoni said he had raced with Franzoso "in his mind" after the two had shared a room at the course a year previously. "To share the podium with Franjo, after [doing so at] the junior world championships [in 2022], he's such a great guy," said Franzoni. "Also with Domi, I really wanted to share a podium with him. I don't know if he'll continue racing next year but this is the biggest stage to share." As a junior, Franzoni used to race against Jannik Sinner, who was a standout skier before pursuing tennis. In fact, Sinner, now a four-time Grand Slam champion, once beat Franzoni in 2009, something he was made aware of after the latter's super-G victory in Wengen earlier this year. Sinner followed Franzoni on social media and the pair have since struck up a friendship. "Receiving a message from a champion like him gave me a lot of motivation," said Franzoni after his Kitzbuhel win. "I thought, 'If he wrote to me, it means I'm doing something right'. It's been something really, really nice for me."
Rigetti Computing investors have received some bad news in the past few weeks. Rigetti Computing (RGTI +17.96%) is a popular pure-play stock pick in the investment world. Its prominence has risen throughout the past year or so, but the stock is down around 70% off of its all-time high. The market is either turning on this once-popular investment, or it's a generational buying opportunity due to it...
Rigetti Computing investors have received some bad news in the past few weeks. Rigetti Computing (RGTI +17.96%) is a popular pure-play stock pick in the investment world. Its prominence has risen throughout the past year or so, but the stock is down around 70% off of its all-time high. The market is either turning on this once-popular investment, or it's a generational buying opportunity due to its presence in the quantum computing world. Where will Rigetti stock be three years from now? Let's find out. Rigetti Computing is competing against some stiff competition Quantum computing isn't a niche technology sector. There are dozens of companies vying to become the go-to option in this field, and Rigetti is one of them. There are essentially two types of companies competing in this sector. The first are pure plays like Rigetti Computing that are starting from scratch and have to rely on contracts and outside investors to fund operations. The second are legacy tech companies that have massive cash flows available to fund quantum computing research. In a normal setting, all the money would be on the legacy tech players, as their resources should allow them to develop quantum computing technology rapidly. However, these tech companies are also heavily spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, so their resources are thinner than they would normally be. This could open the door to a pure play like Rigetti Computing, but only if it can develop a viable computing solution. And it's not doing well at that. Understanding quantum computing isn't easy. However, many of the quantum computing companies offer a benchmark test that allows investors to compare one offering to another. It's known as the two-qubit gate fidelity test, and it essentially sees how accurate a quantum calculation is after passing through two processing operations. The higher the number, the better the result. Recently, Rigetti announced that its 108-qubit system is taking longer to achieve 99...
00:00 Speaker A Um, how well positioned is Lisa Su's company here with those new products on the way? 00:04 Speaker B I think they're very well positioned. I think in the back half of the year, we'll see the first real viable competition uh with Nvidia's uh Blackwell platform. Uh now this is still not behind it's still a a generation behind uh Nvidia's most advanced systems, but it's the first via...
00:00 Speaker A Um, how well positioned is Lisa Su's company here with those new products on the way? 00:04 Speaker B I think they're very well positioned. I think in the back half of the year, we'll see the first real viable competition uh with Nvidia's uh Blackwell platform. Uh now this is still not behind it's still a a generation behind uh Nvidia's most advanced systems, but it's the first viable competitor uh for a rack system in the industry. And uh and AMD's um uh uh products are likely to test Nvidia's market share at a a more price sensitive uh entry point. 00:39 Speaker A What about other competition, Cody? You know, you think about uh AMD's uh own customers. You think about the hyperscaler scalers, the big cloud giants, the Microsofts, the Amazons. What kind of competition could that pose for AMD long-term? 00:55 Speaker B Yeah, I think it's it's a valid argument. Uh, Broadcom is the leader in the ASIC industry as they're working with the many of the hyperscalers. Um, you're seeing really all of the hyperscalers invest in their own custom ASICs for a portion of their uh really their workloads. it's it's more of an inference game uh for ASICs. Um, and AMD and Nvidia are going to have their place in the industry with high-performance GPUs. 1:24 Speaker B I think there's room for both in a capacity constrained data center environment. Um, but it is an area that uh we're watching as as uh the ASIC, the like you said, AMD's customers are motivated to use their own internal silicon. 1:44 Speaker A Cody, uh to your very good point, listen, expectations here were high. I mean, heading into this print, this stock had been a rocket ship, right? It was up more than 100% over the past 12 months. Just a remarkable run. 2:00 Speaker A I know you got a buy on the name, Cody. I'm sure you get questions though about valuation. You still argue, listen, it's attractive at these levels. 2:10 Speaker B Yeah, I do. I think that as we ramp through 26 and they look at success of...
While Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stock falls in spite of topping fourth quarter estimates and revenue guidance forecasts, Benchmark Company managing director and senior semiconductor research analyst Cody Acre discusses how AMD is positioned to compete with rival chipmakers like Nvidia (NVDA) and Broadcom (AVGO) To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out mo...
While Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stock falls in spite of topping fourth quarter estimates and revenue guidance forecasts, Benchmark Company managing director and senior semiconductor research analyst Cody Acre discusses how AMD is positioned to compete with rival chipmakers like Nvidia (NVDA) and Broadcom (AVGO) To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination Overtime.
00:00 Speaker A Um, how well positioned is Lisa Su's company here with those new products on the way? 00:04 Speaker B I think they're very well positioned. I think in the back half of the year, we'll see the first real viable competition uh with Nvidia's uh Blackwell platform. Uh now this is still not behind it's still a a generation behind uh Nvidia's most advanced systems, but it's the first via...
00:00 Speaker A Um, how well positioned is Lisa Su's company here with those new products on the way? 00:04 Speaker B I think they're very well positioned. I think in the back half of the year, we'll see the first real viable competition uh with Nvidia's uh Blackwell platform. Uh now this is still not behind it's still a a generation behind uh Nvidia's most advanced systems, but it's the first viable competitor uh for a rack system in the industry. And uh and AMD's um uh uh products are likely to test Nvidia's market share at a a more price sensitive uh entry point. 00:39 Speaker A What about other competition, Cody? You know, you think about uh AMD's uh own customers. You think about the hyperscaler scalers, the big cloud giants, the Microsofts, the Amazons. What kind of competition could that pose for AMD long-term? 00:55 Speaker B Yeah, I think it's it's a valid argument. Uh, Broadcom is the leader in the ASIC industry as they're working with the many of the hyperscalers. Um, you're seeing really all of the hyperscalers invest in their own custom ASICs for a portion of their uh really their workloads. it's it's more of an inference game uh for ASICs. Um, and AMD and Nvidia are going to have their place in the industry with high-performance GPUs. 1:24 Speaker B I think there's room for both in a capacity constrained data center environment. Um, but it is an area that uh we're watching as as uh the ASIC, the like you said, AMD's customers are motivated to use their own internal silicon. 1:44 Speaker A Cody, uh to your very good point, listen, expectations here were high. I mean, heading into this print, this stock had been a rocket ship, right? It was up more than 100% over the past 12 months. Just a remarkable run. 2:00 Speaker A I know you got a buy on the name, Cody. I'm sure you get questions though about valuation. You still argue, listen, it's attractive at these levels. 2:10 Speaker B Yeah, I do. I think that as we ramp through 26 and they look at success of...
The world’s fastest air-launched anti-ship cruise missile appears to be in service in the Chinese navy. A photo of a carrier-based J-15T fighter equipped with two YJ-15 missiles has surfaced online in what seems to be a highly operational configuration. The South China Morning Post cannot verify the authenticity of the widely circulated image but, if genuine, the photo would confirm that the missi...
The world’s fastest air-launched anti-ship cruise missile appears to be in service in the Chinese navy. A photo of a carrier-based J-15T fighter equipped with two YJ-15 missiles has surfaced online in what seems to be a highly operational configuration. The South China Morning Post cannot verify the authenticity of the widely circulated image but, if genuine, the photo would confirm that the missile was designed for the People’s Liberation Army’s naval and air force tactical aircraft, such as the J-15 and J-16. Advertisement The missile was first seen during last year’s Victory Day military parade but there was no mention at the time of its intended launch platform. The weapon is a big leap in the PLA Navy’s anti-ship warfare abilities and, in some ways overtakes the missile technology of the United States, which still relies on subsonic anti-ship missiles. Advertisement Military analysts estimate the YJ-15 has a range of up to 500km (310 miles) and a penetration speed of Mach 4 to 5. This means it is faster than Russia’s Kh-31AD and India’s BrahMos-A, both of which fly at under Mach 4, making it the world’s quickest air-to-surface cruise missile. The YJ-15 integrates advanced satellite, radar and infrared imaging guidance to boost precision, with strong anti-jamming and potentially terminal manoeuvring abilities to evade enemy close-in weapon systems.