Investing.com -- Goldman Sachs has begun coverage of Qualcomm with a Neutral rating and a 12-month price target of $135, saying the chipmaker’s push into automotive and industrial markets is being offset by headwinds in its core smartphone business, leaving the stock with limited near-term upside.
Investing.com -- Goldman Sachs has begun coverage of Qualcomm with a Neutral rating and a 12-month price target of $135, saying the chipmaker’s push into automotive and industrial markets is being offset by headwinds in its core smartphone business, leaving the stock with limited near-term upside.
asbe/iStock via Getty Images The S&P 500 ( SPX ) has dropped for four consecutive weeks, coinciding with the market-moving geopolitical event of the Iran war that began on 28 February 2026. In the fourth week since the Iran war began, the index dropped 2.1% to close out the week at 6,368.85 . Through these four weeks, the S&P 500 has been the strongest of the three major U.S. stock market indices ...
asbe/iStock via Getty Images The S&P 500 ( SPX ) has dropped for four consecutive weeks, coinciding with the market-moving geopolitical event of the Iran war that began on 28 February 2026. In the fourth week since the Iran war began, the index dropped 2.1% to close out the week at 6,368.85 . Through these four weeks, the S&P 500 has been the strongest of the three major U.S. stock market indices in losing 7.4% of its value since the close of trading on 27 February 2026. The S&P 500 is the only one that hasn't yet confirmed a correction, defined as a 10% decline from its last peak. The index last peaked at 6,978.59 on 27 January 2026 and is now a little over 8.7% below it. The market-moving headlines during the fourth week of March 2026 highlighted the problems Federal Reserve officials are having in reading the state of the U.S. economy to determine the path they will take in setting U.S. interest rates. For its part, the CME Group's FedWatch Tool cut through the Fed's foggy analytical clutter to anticipate no interest rate changes through the end of 2026. Instead, the tool indicates a low probability of rate hikes, giving about a 3 out of 10 chance of a quarter-point rate hike in the Federal Funds Rate being announced after the Fed's Open Market Committee meets on 28 October (2026-Q4). The latest update of the alternative futures chart shows the S&P 500 continued a downward trajectory below the redzone forecast range we added to the chart at the end of February 2026. The centerline of that forecast range is effectively functioning as a counterfactual, indicating where the trajectory the S&P 500 would have taken in the absence of the ongoing geopolitical event. Through the close of trading on 27 March 2026, the S&P 500 is about 7.3% below that level. Here are the week's market-moving headlines: Monday, 23 March 2026 Signs and portents for the U.S. economy: Oil falls over 13% on Trump postponing military strikes on Iran energy infrastructure US construction spending...
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / March 30, 2026 / Kidoz Inc. (TSXV:KDOZ)(OTCQB:KDOZF) (the "Company", "Kidoz"), a full-stack in-game AdTech platform powered by contextual AI, highlighted how it enables trusted customer engagement and better outcomes, ...
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / March 30, 2026 / Kidoz Inc. (TSXV:KDOZ)(OTCQB:KDOZF) (the "Company", "Kidoz"), a full-stack in-game AdTech platform powered by contextual AI, highlighted how it enables trusted customer engagement and better outcomes, ...
The Trump administration is turning to the nuclear option on endangered-species protections in the name of national security. A rarely tapped panel nicknamed the “God Squad” will meet Tuesday to discuss whether overriding Endangered Species Act regulations for all federally regulated fossil fuel operations in the Gulf of Mexico is more important than preventing the extinction of several imperiled ...
The Trump administration is turning to the nuclear option on endangered-species protections in the name of national security. A rarely tapped panel nicknamed the “God Squad” will meet Tuesday to discuss whether overriding Endangered Species Act regulations for all federally regulated fossil fuel operations in the Gulf of Mexico is more important than preventing the extinction of several imperiled species. That includes sea turtles and a whale species down to its last 51 individuals. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced the upcoming Endangered Species Committee meeting last week, with no details on specific projects in the Gulf or the basis for what would constitute an extraordinary action. Only twice in the panel’s nearly half-century has it ever lifted restrictions. Read full article Comments
Alvaro Fernandez Echeverria/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Bitmine ( BMNR ) announced total holdings of $10.7B, including 4.73M Ethereum ( ETH-USD ) tokens, $961M in cash, and other crypto investments, reflecting its long-term vision. Its ETH position alone accounts for ~3.9% of the total 120.7M supply, alongside ~302M in moonshot investments. The company had 3.14M tokens staked (worth ~$6.3B a...
Alvaro Fernandez Echeverria/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Bitmine ( BMNR ) announced total holdings of $10.7B, including 4.73M Ethereum ( ETH-USD ) tokens, $961M in cash, and other crypto investments, reflecting its long-term vision. Its ETH position alone accounts for ~3.9% of the total 120.7M supply, alongside ~302M in moonshot investments. The company had 3.14M tokens staked (worth ~$6.3B at $2,005 per ETH). This staking generated ~$266M yearly (~$177M current run-rate), with ~3.1M tokens staked at ~2.8% yield. Despite strong fundamentals, Bitmine Immersion Technologies ( BMNR ) shares fell 5.86% to $331.00 in intraday trading today, while Ethereum ( ETH-USD ) rose 4.21% to $2.07K over the past 24 hours. More on Bitmine Immersion Technologies Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (BMNR) Shareholder/Analyst Call - Slideshow Bitmine Immersion Technologies: This Could Be The Bottom As Legislation Becomes More Likely Bitmine Vs. Sharplink: One Is A Dilution Trap, The Other Is The Better Ethereum Proxy Bitmine Immersion Technologies acquires Pier Two to power MAVAN staking launch Bitmine launches Ethereum staking platform
Hong Kong will roll out a fully digital, paperless stock market from November 16, a move aimed at boosting efficiency and strengthening the city’s competitiveness, the market regulator said on Monday. About 2,600 listed companies will transition to the new system in phases over five years after the launch, while firms going public after November 16 would no longer issue physical share certificates...
Hong Kong will roll out a fully digital, paperless stock market from November 16, a move aimed at boosting efficiency and strengthening the city’s competitiveness, the market regulator said on Monday. About 2,600 listed companies will transition to the new system in phases over five years after the launch, while firms going public after November 16 would no longer issue physical share certificates, according to the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). Investors will still be able to retain...
The recent surge in US service members in the Middle East suggested the Iran war could become a protracted, low-intensity conflict as Donald Trump eyes his trip to China in May, Chinese military analysts said. The deployment of elite forces and the American president’s recent tactics in Venezuela indicated Washington was highly aware of and seeking to avoid a costly drawn-out war like Vietnam, the...
The recent surge in US service members in the Middle East suggested the Iran war could become a protracted, low-intensity conflict as Donald Trump eyes his trip to China in May, Chinese military analysts said. The deployment of elite forces and the American president’s recent tactics in Venezuela indicated Washington was highly aware of and seeking to avoid a costly drawn-out war like Vietnam, they added. On Sunday, The New York Times and The Washington Post reported that several hundred US Army...
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JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Lithia Motors, Inc. ( LAD ) is an American automotive dealership group. Founded in 1946, Lithia is now a $6 billion (by market cap) car dealership aggregator that employs approximately 30,000 people. Lithia operates more than 450 dealerships representing more than 50 OEM brands across the US, the UK, and Canada. About 75% of annual revenue comes from Imp...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Lithia Motors, Inc. ( LAD ) is an American automotive dealership group. Founded in 1946, Lithia is now a $6 billion (by market cap) car dealership aggregator that employs approximately 30,000 people. Lithia operates more than 450 dealerships representing more than 50 OEM brands across the US, the UK, and Canada. About 75% of annual revenue comes from Import and Luxury brands, with its top two brands (by annual sales) being Toyota and Honda. The company reports results across five categories: New Vehicle Sales, 50% of FY 2025 revenue; Used Vehicle Sales, 36%; Aftersales, 11%; and Finance & Insurance, 3%. The interesting thing is that the two smallest categories by revenue are actually the main profit drivers, as service/parts and finance/insurance combine to comprise about 70% of annual gross profit. And that brings me to the crux of the investment thesis. The dealership business model is ingeniously lucrative due to a self-reinforcing ecosystem. Only OEM-backed dealerships are allowed to sell new vehicles. Better yet, an OEM will only allow one branded dealership per geographic area, which creates a localized monopoly. This creates the initial sales opportunity. And since most people don’t have enough liquid capital to buy a car in cash, that leads right to high-margin financing and insurance opportunities. Once a customer actually owns a vehicle after financing, a long-lasting, sticky relationship is immediately cemented due to the fact that the customer must return to the dealership for maintenance and repairs. Only OEM-backed dealerships are allowed to provide warranty updates/repairs, further reinforcing the relationship between the customer and the dealership. Moreover, because of how complex vehicles have become over the years (they’re practically computers on wheels nowadays), it’s often only OEM-backed dealerships that have the technological know-how (via trained technicians, access to certain factory information, ...
onimate/iStock via Getty Images Investment Thesis Intel’s ( INTC ) has outperformed the market year-to-date, and the recent ~5.5% pullback since my last coverage looks less like a break in the narrative and more like a reset in expectations. The narrative remains compelling as a bullish thesis continues to develop. Notably, I see a new catalyst emerging in the form of CPU demand from agentic AI. T...
onimate/iStock via Getty Images Investment Thesis Intel’s ( INTC ) has outperformed the market year-to-date, and the recent ~5.5% pullback since my last coverage looks less like a break in the narrative and more like a reset in expectations. The narrative remains compelling as a bullish thesis continues to develop. Notably, I see a new catalyst emerging in the form of CPU demand from agentic AI. The market is underestimating the role of CPUs in the next phase, where orchestration, memory coordination and system control are just as important as compute. Intel already has strong server demand, supply constraints and the beginnings of pricing power, which has not been seen in the space for quite some time. As 18A continues to ramp and supply improves into the second half I see the ability to earn can accelerate more quickly than the market is pricing. Data by YCharts The Market Misread Intel’s Role in AI Intel has been stuck in a cycle of trying to catch up to a leader it’s already lost to for a long time. It’s a great narrative, one that has been true for a while. It goes something like this: GPUs dominate AI, AMD ( AMD ) keeps taking share, ARM ( ARM ) is reshaping the architecture and Intel is stuck playing catch-up. I think this narrative is no longer true because it ignores where the bottlenecks are occurring and how AI infrastructure is really changing beyond the initial hype cycle. What’s happening right now is a little more subtle. AI is going from experimentation to deployment. It’s going from individual workloads to systems and when that happens, the conversation is no longer about compute power. It’s about orchestration, memory management, data transfer and control of the system. These are not secondary aspects of a computer or a processing platform, these are primary aspects of a computer or a processing platform and that is where Intel sits, almost quietly at the core of the entire ecosystem. futurumgroup.com I see that the market is starting to understand...