Datadog delivered a lot of good news for investors today. Datadog (DDOG +13.96%) stock posted huge gains in Tuesday's trading. The company's share price surged 13.7% despite a 0.4% drop for the S&P 500 and a 0.6% drop for the Nasdaq Composite in the session. Datadog published its fourth-quarter results before the market opened this morning and delivered sales and earnings that beat Wall Street's t...
Datadog delivered a lot of good news for investors today. Datadog (DDOG +13.96%) stock posted huge gains in Tuesday's trading. The company's share price surged 13.7% despite a 0.4% drop for the S&P 500 and a 0.6% drop for the Nasdaq Composite in the session. Datadog published its fourth-quarter results before the market opened this morning and delivered sales and earnings that beat Wall Street's targets. The company also issued strong forward guidance. Datadog posts Q4 beats Datadog posted non-GAAP (adjusted) earnings per share of $0.59 on sales of $935 million in the fourth quarter. Adjusted earnings per share beat the average analyst estimate by $0.04, and sales came in $34.8 million higher than anticipated. Datadog's revenue surged roughly 29% higher year over year. The business posted a gross profit of $776 million in the period -- representing a gross margin of 81.4%. Meanwhile, adjusted operating income came in at $230 million in the period -- good for a margin of 24%. Expand NASDAQ : DDOG Datadog Today's Change ( 13.96 %) $ 15.92 Current Price $ 129.93 Key Data Points Market Cap $40B Day's Range $ 123.31 - $ 133.42 52wk Range $ 81.63 - $ 201.69 Volume 1.1M Avg Vol 4.9M Gross Margin 79.91 % What's next for Datadog? Datadog is guiding for sales between $951 million and $961 million in the current quarter -- good for year-over-year growth of 25.5% at the midpoint of the guidance range. Meanwhile, full-year revenue is projected to be between $4.06 billion and 4.1 billion. Hitting the midpoint of that guidance range would mean increasing revenue roughly 19% on an annual basis. The company is taking a relatively conservative approach to modeling forward growth, so it wouldn't be surprising to see the business exceed that sales forecast.
FBI Confirms Vote-Counting Irregularities In Georgia 2020 Election Last month, FBI agents executed a search warrant in Union City, Georgia, marking a sharp escalation in scrutiny surrounding Fulton County’s handling of the 2020 election. The FBI has now reportedly substantiated major irregularities in vote counting from Fulton County, Georgia, during the 2020 election and is now investigating whet...
FBI Confirms Vote-Counting Irregularities In Georgia 2020 Election Last month, FBI agents executed a search warrant in Union City, Georgia, marking a sharp escalation in scrutiny surrounding Fulton County’s handling of the 2020 election. The FBI has now reportedly substantiated major irregularities in vote counting from Fulton County, Georgia, during the 2020 election and is now investigating whether those errors were deliberate violations of federal law. An affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent Hugh Raymond Evans last month, which was unsealed Tuesday, lays out five categories of confirmed problems in Fulton County's handling of ballots, raising questions that have simmered for over five years since Trump and his allies raised questions about the election in Georgia and other states where irregularities were alleged. According to a report from Just the News, Evans filed the affidavit last month to establish probable cause for a raid that seized around 700 boxes of ballots from an Atlanta-area storage warehouse. The investigation stemmed from a referral by Kurt Olsen, President Trump's election integrity czar. Evans interviewed roughly a dozen unnamed witnesses about allegations tied to the contested Georgia race, where Joe Biden edged out Trump by less than 12,000 votes in the official results. "Some of those allegations have been disproven while some of those allegations have been substantiated, including through admissions by Fulton County," Evans wrote. "This warrant application is part of an FBI criminal investigation into whether any of the improprieties were intentional acts that violated federal criminal laws." Fulton County admitted it lacks scanned images of all 528,777 ballots counted during the initial count and of the 527,925 ballots tallied during the state's first recount. County officials also confirmed that during the recount, some ballots were scanned multiple times. Ballot images obtained through public records requests show identical markings appe...
Australia’s government will introduce revived legislation on Wednesday for an additional tax on its wealthiest retirement savers, seeking to implement it from July after a years-long push. The measure would impose an additional 15% levy on profits from pension balances surpassing A$3 million ($2.1 million), affecting about 90,000 Australians. The bill will be introduced Wednesday, according to a s...
Australia’s government will introduce revived legislation on Wednesday for an additional tax on its wealthiest retirement savers, seeking to implement it from July after a years-long push. The measure would impose an additional 15% levy on profits from pension balances surpassing A$3 million ($2.1 million), affecting about 90,000 Australians. The bill will be introduced Wednesday, according to a statement from Treasurer Jim Chalmers . The proposal was first introduced in 2023, but stalled due to a lack of Senate support. The Labor government revived it after its landslide election victory last year, but scaled back elements of the plan in October following mounting opposition - particularly to taxing unrealized gains and keeping key thresholds fixed as inflation rises. Listen and follow The Bloomberg Australia Podcast on Apple , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. The “government is working to address inflation, boost productivity and make the budget more sustainable and the legislation we’ve introduced today is an important part of our efforts,” Chalmers said in the statement Wednesday. The tax will also introduce a 40% levy on pension account balances surpassing A$10 million and update pension tax arrangements for workers on lower wages. The low-income superannuation tax offset, known as LISTO, will increase to ensure people don’t pay more tax on contributions than on their take-home pay.
The FBI seizure of Georgia 2020 election ballots relies on debunked claims toggle caption Mike Stewart/AP ATLANTA — An FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Georgia's Fulton County was initiated by a lawyer working for the Trump administration who also aided President Trump's efforts to try to overturn that election years ago, according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday. The affidavit, written ...
The FBI seizure of Georgia 2020 election ballots relies on debunked claims toggle caption Mike Stewart/AP ATLANTA — An FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Georgia's Fulton County was initiated by a lawyer working for the Trump administration who also aided President Trump's efforts to try to overturn that election years ago, according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday. The affidavit, written by FBI Special Agent Hugh Raymond Evans, led to a judge signing off on a search warrant of Fulton County's elections hub, just outside Atlanta. The FBI executed that search warrant on Jan. 28, seizing more than 650 boxes of ballots and other 2020 election materials. The affidavit relies on misleading and already-disproven claims about the 2020 election. Fulton County's 2020 ballots were counted three separate times, with the results affirmed. Sponsor Message "This warrant application is part of an FBI criminal investigation into whether any of the improprieties were intentional acts that violated federal criminal laws," the affidavit reads. "The FBI criminal investigation originated from a referral sent by Kurt Olsen, Presidentially appointed Director of Election Security and Integrity." Olsen played an integral role in Trump's failed efforts to overturn his narrow 2020 election defeat by challenging the results in Georgia and other swing states. The White House did not respond to NPR's questions Tuesday about Olsen's role in the administration. The FBI investigation, according to the affidavit, is focused on five "deficiencies or defects" with the election and the subsequent tabulation. But those claims include allegations that have been investigated and unsubstantiated by state officials, including claims about missing scanned images of ballots, though state law at the time did not require counties to maintain them as records. Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state who resisted Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, was cri...
Key Points The business that it's merging with just announced participation in a NASA mission. Infleqtion will help with a quantum sensor that's critical to the project's success. 10 stocks we like better than Churchill Capital X › Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Churchill Capital Corp X (NASDAQ: CCCX) was special to investors on Tuesday. The business set to merge into it (a trendy way ...
Key Points The business that it's merging with just announced participation in a NASA mission. Infleqtion will help with a quantum sensor that's critical to the project's success. 10 stocks we like better than Churchill Capital X › Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Churchill Capital Corp X (NASDAQ: CCCX) was special to investors on Tuesday. The business set to merge into it (a trendy way to go public) reported some very encouraging news, leading investors to load up on the SPAC. Its price closed the day 15% higher. A SPAC in space The company maneuvering to park itself into Churchill Capital is Infleqtion, which has attracted notice as a differentiated, pure-play quantum computing business. Tuesday morning, Infleqtion announced that it has been selected as a collaborator on a mission headed by the federal government's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 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 » In the company's words, the Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder (QGGPf) mission "will fly the first quantum sensor capable of measuring the Earth's gravitational field and its gradients; signals that are used today to monitor mass dynamics on the planet's surface." The sensor's role will be to monitor dynamics across the Earth, measuring such factors as changes in water and land. Infleqtion added that by operating in a microgravity environment, the quantum sensor will have longer interaction times. This should improve the sensitivity of its measurements. Reputation enhancer Infleqtion's role in the mission is, unsurprisingly, to design and integrate the quantum core of the sensor. It did not specify how much revenue it would earn from the project. Regardless, the tie-up with a major federal agency, and a high-profile one at that, will go far in burnishing the company's reputation as a go-to quantum partner. Should you bu...
Don't fall into a common trap. When you choose to save for retirement in a traditional IRA or 401(k), you get the benefit of tax-free contributions. On the other hand, you don't get the most flexibility with your money. Not only do you have to wait until age 59 and 1/2 to start tapping your savings or else face early withdrawal penalties, but you also have to start taking required minimum distribu...
Don't fall into a common trap. When you choose to save for retirement in a traditional IRA or 401(k), you get the benefit of tax-free contributions. On the other hand, you don't get the most flexibility with your money. Not only do you have to wait until age 59 and 1/2 to start tapping your savings or else face early withdrawal penalties, but you also have to start taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) once you turn 73 or 75, depending on the year you were born. If you're on the hook for an RMD this year, you might tell yourself you might as well make the most of that mandatory withdrawal. But if you don't need the money, spending it could be a huge mistake. You may not have a need for your RMD today. But what if you run into a string of home repairs in three or four years? Or what if you eventually end up needing to pay for long-term care without insurance? Suddenly, the money you were forced to withdraw now could come in very handy later. For this reason, don't force yourself to spend your RMD. There's nothing wrong with using the money to treat yourself to something nice. But if there's nothing in particular that speaks to you, don't just blow through the RMD because the money had to come out of your retirement plan. Instead, save or invest it. Use to start a CD ladder, purchase bonds, or even buy some broad market exchange-traded funds, which might help that money grow. It's annoying enough to have to remove funds from your retirement savings when you don't want to. But don't squander an opportunity to put that money to work if you can't identify a meaningful way to use it.
Broadcom could be the biggest winner from Alphabet's surge in capex spending. Alphabet (GOOGL 1.77%) (GOOG 1.79%) shocked investors when the company set a capital expenditure (capex) budget of between $175 billion and $185 billion for 2026 when it reported its fourth-quarter results. That's a massive increase from the $91 billion in capex it spent in 2025. About 60% of its spending will go toward ...
Broadcom could be the biggest winner from Alphabet's surge in capex spending. Alphabet (GOOGL 1.77%) (GOOG 1.79%) shocked investors when the company set a capital expenditure (capex) budget of between $175 billion and $185 billion for 2026 when it reported its fourth-quarter results. That's a massive increase from the $91 billion in capex it spent in 2025. About 60% of its spending will go toward servers and about 40% toward longer-duration assets such as data centers and networking equipment. Within servers, much of that spending will go toward semiconductor chips. Meanwhile, networking equipment, such as Ethernet switches and fiber optic cables, along with buildings and power substations, are included in long-duration assets. The biggest winner from this spending will likely be Broadcom (AVGO 1.01%). Benefiting from custom chips and networking Broadcom is the co-developer of Alphabet's tensor processing units (TPUs), which Alphabet uses to run its internal AI workloads. While Alphabet provides the designs, Broadcom supplies the critical intellectual property and manages the relationship with foundries, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, to turn the designs into physical chips that can be manufactured at scale. Broadcom, meanwhile, books the revenue for each chip produced. This is estimated to be around $13,000. While a lot, it's less than half the cost of one of Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs). Meanwhile, Broadcom is also a leader in networking as well. Its Tomahawk Ethernet switches are the industry standard for large-scale data centers. It also provides high-performance fiber optical interconnect solutions and other components that AI data centers need. Broadcom's networking portfolio also carries higher gross margins than its custom AI application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip business. Based on Citigroup estimates, Alphabet accounted for nearly $13 billion in Broadcom's ASIC revenue in fiscal 2025. That would have accounted for nea...
Key Points Broadcom should be a huge beneficiary of Alphabet's increased capex spending. The company should see both its TPU and networking revenue climb. 10 stocks we like better than Broadcom › Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) shocked investors when the company set a capital expenditure (capex) budget of between $175 billion and $185 billion for 2026 when it reported its fourth-quarter re...
Key Points Broadcom should be a huge beneficiary of Alphabet's increased capex spending. The company should see both its TPU and networking revenue climb. 10 stocks we like better than Broadcom › Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) shocked investors when the company set a capital expenditure (capex) budget of between $175 billion and $185 billion for 2026 when it reported its fourth-quarter results. That's a massive increase from the $91 billion in capex it spent in 2025. About 60% of its spending will go toward servers and about 40% toward longer-duration assets such as data centers and networking equipment. Within servers, much of that spending will go toward semiconductor chips. Meanwhile, networking equipment, such as Ethernet switches and fiber optic cables, along with buildings and power substations, are included in long-duration assets. 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 » The biggest winner from this spending will likely be Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO). Benefiting from custom chips and networking Broadcom is the co-developer of Alphabet's tensor processing units (TPUs), which Alphabet uses to run its internal AI workloads. While Alphabet provides the designs, Broadcom supplies the critical intellectual property and manages the relationship with foundries, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, to turn the designs into physical chips that can be manufactured at scale. Broadcom, meanwhile, books the revenue for each chip produced. This is estimated to be around $13,000. While a lot, it's less than half the cost of one of Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs). Meanwhile, Broadcom is also a leader in networking as well. Its Tomahawk Ethernet switches are the industry standard for large-scale data centers. It also provides high-performance fiber optical interconnect solutions and other components that AI data centers need. B...
Britney Spears has sold the rights to her music catalog, which includes hits such as Toxic, Baby One More Time and Gimme More, according to media reports. The music publisher Primary Wave is said to have purchased the pop star’s music rights on 30 December, TMZ reported on Tuesday, citing legal documents. An unnamed source “familiar with the deal” confirmed the sale to the New York Times. The term...
Britney Spears has sold the rights to her music catalog, which includes hits such as Toxic, Baby One More Time and Gimme More, according to media reports. The music publisher Primary Wave is said to have purchased the pop star’s music rights on 30 December, TMZ reported on Tuesday, citing legal documents. An unnamed source “familiar with the deal” confirmed the sale to the New York Times. The terms of the sale and the price of the catalog have not been made public, but such deals have been lucrative for artists in recent years. High-profile artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Shakira, Justin Bieber and Justin Timberlake have sold their catalogs. Springsteen sold his songs to Sony in 2021 for $500m, and that company purchased Queen’s catalog for more than $1bn in 2024. Spears has released nine studio albums since her debut in 1999 and is one of the bestselling female artists. She was at the forefront of pop music for nearly two decades, and her personal struggles have been widely publicized. The 44-year-old spent nearly 14 years under a conservatorship that required her to pay attorneys to manage her life and did not allow her to make decisions about her personal affairs, career or finances. A judge terminated the legal arrangement in 2021. She recounted how the conservatorship shaped her life, controlling decisions about her diet and family planning, and “stripped me of my womanhood [and] made me into a child” in a 2023 memoir The Woman in Me. Spears has not yet publicly commented on the sale of music catalog. She has previously said she has no plans to return to the music industry or perform in the US.
Astera Labs NASDAQ: ALAB reported sharp growth in its fiscal fourth quarter of 2025, citing broad-based demand across its connectivity portfolio and continued momentum tied to AI infrastructure spending by hyperscalers. Management also outlined a higher investment posture to pursue what it described as an expanding market opportunity, and announced a CFO transition alongside a new warrant agreemen...
Astera Labs NASDAQ: ALAB reported sharp growth in its fiscal fourth quarter of 2025, citing broad-based demand across its connectivity portfolio and continued momentum tied to AI infrastructure spending by hyperscalers. Management also outlined a higher investment posture to pursue what it described as an expanding market opportunity, and announced a CFO transition alongside a new warrant agreement with Amazon tied to future purchases. Get Astera Labs alerts: Sign Up Q4 and full-year results CEO and co-founder Jitendra Mohan said Astera Labs delivered fourth-quarter revenue of $270.6 million, up 17% sequentially and 92% year-over-year. For the full fiscal year 2025, revenue was $852.5 million, up 115% from the prior year. Mohan said growth was “broad-based,” spanning signal conditioning, smart cable modules, and switch fabric products, supported by new design wins across multiple customers. On a non-GAAP basis, CFO Mike Tate reported: Q4 non-GAAP gross margin: 75.7%, down 70 basis points sequentially due primarily to higher mix of hardware sales 75.7%, down 70 basis points sequentially due primarily to higher mix of hardware sales Q4 non-GAAP operating expenses: $96 million, up $16 million sequentially as the company expanded R&D and closed the Xscale acquisition during the quarter $96 million, up $16 million sequentially as the company expanded R&D and closed the Xscale acquisition during the quarter Q4 non-GAAP operating margin: 40.2%, down 150 basis points sequentially 40.2%, down 150 basis points sequentially Non-GAAP diluted EPS: $0.58, on fully diluted shares of 181.2 million $0.58, on fully diluted shares of 181.2 million Operating cash flow: $95.3 million $95.3 million Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities: $1.19 billion at quarter end Product commentary: Scorpio, Aries, Taurus, and Leo Mohan highlighted continued ramping of the company’s Scorpio PCIe switching portfolio. He said Scorpio P-Series exceeded the company’s target of 10% of revenue in...
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) has announced updates to the company's Semi truck, with CEO Elon Musk confirming that the EV giant would scale production this year. Tesla Semi Trims The automaker, on its official website on Sunday, shared that the Semi would be available in two trim levels: Standard and Long Range. The Standard trim gets up to 325 miles of range with an energy consumption of 1.7 kWh per ...
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) has announced updates to the company's Semi truck, with CEO Elon Musk confirming that the EV giant would scale production this year. Tesla Semi Trims The automaker, on its official website on Sunday, shared that the Semi would be available in two trim levels: Standard and Long Range. The Standard trim gets up to 325 miles of range with an energy consumption of 1.7 kWh per mile and a gross combination weight of 82,000 lbs. The Long Range trim features similar specs, but has an increased curb weight of 23,000 lbs — likely due to a larger battery — and offers a range of 500 miles. Both trims can recover 60% of driving range from a 30-minute charge, Tesla says. Don't Miss: Missed Nvidia and Tesla? RAD Intel Could Be the Next AI Powerhouse — Just $0.85 a Share Deloitte's #1 Fastest-Growing Software Company Lets Users Earn Money Just by Scrolling — Accredited Investors Can Still Get In at $0.50/Share. Elon Musk Confirms Production Ramp In a post on the social media platform X on Sunday, Musk confirmed that the Semi production was going to be ramped up. "Tesla Semi starts high volume production this year," Musk said in the post. Tesla Semi starts high volume production this year https://t.co/yZLDmkA9EP See Also: Blue-chip art has historically outpaced the S&P 500 since 1995, and fractional investing is now opening this institutional asset class to everyday investors. Tesla's Semi Deliveries The automaker had delivered the first unit of the Semi to German multinational logistics company DHL, with the company saying that the truck is operating within California and travels 100 miles per day, requiring charging once a week. Tesla had also struck a deal with ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc.‘s (NYSE:UBER) Freight division, with Tesla's Director of Semi Program, Dan Priestley, hailing the deal as a driver for EV adoption among various companies, touting it as a move that would help "operators realize the cost and maintenance benefits Semi offers...