IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) just delivered huge growth, stronger commercial traction, and a much bigger backlog, yet the stock is still trading far below its high. That disconnect could be the biggest opportunity in the story right now.
IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) just delivered huge growth, stronger commercial traction, and a much bigger backlog, yet the stock is still trading far below its high. That disconnect could be the biggest opportunity in the story right now.
An Actual Smart Fix: How Waymo And Waze Are Tackling Potholes In San Francisco A smart new approach to fixing road issues is taking shape in San Francisco—and honestly, it’s finally a good idea. Waymo, known for putting driverless cars on city streets, is now teaming up with Waze to help identify potholes. Using data from its self-driving vehicles, Waymo can detect rough road conditions and automa...
An Actual Smart Fix: How Waymo And Waze Are Tackling Potholes In San Francisco A smart new approach to fixing road issues is taking shape in San Francisco—and honestly, it’s finally a good idea. Waymo, known for putting driverless cars on city streets, is now teaming up with Waze to help identify potholes. Using data from its self-driving vehicles, Waymo can detect rough road conditions and automatically flag them in the Waze app, according to a new report from NBC . Drivers using Waze can already see these reported potholes, but the bigger impact comes from Waze’s “Waze for Cities” program. Thousands of cities use it to collect real-time road hazard data, giving local agencies a clearer picture of where repairs are needed. The report notes that San Francisco officials say this won’t replace existing systems like 311 reports, but it adds another valuable layer of information. Crews still aim to fix major issues within a few days, while also making sure all neighborhoods—not just high-traffic areas—get equal attention. This kind of tech-driven system actually makes a lot of sense. Bringing something like this to places like New Jersey or New York could seriously improve how quickly and fairly road repairs get handled. Before partnering with Waymo, Waze had already developed a crowd-sourced approach to identifying road hazards like potholes. Drivers using the app could manually report issues in real time, tagging exact GPS locations of potholes, debris, or rough road conditions, which were then shared with other users to improve routing and safety. Over time, Waze also leveraged passive data—such as repeated sudden decelerations or erratic vehicle movement patterns—to infer the presence of road irregularities without explicit reports. This combination of active user input and behavioral data allowed Waze to build a dynamic, continuously updated map of road quality, laying the groundwork for more automated detection methods later explored in collaborations with autonom...
The prospect that the Iran war will reintensify after the failure of peace talks threatens to spark fresh volatility across global markets , after a week that saw a fragile ceasefire drive stocks up and oil down by the most this year. After the US and Iran were unable to reach a deal in negotiations over the weekend, President Donald Trump said the US will blockade the Strait of Hormuz. He posted ...
The prospect that the Iran war will reintensify after the failure of peace talks threatens to spark fresh volatility across global markets , after a week that saw a fragile ceasefire drive stocks up and oil down by the most this year. After the US and Iran were unable to reach a deal in negotiations over the weekend, President Donald Trump said the US will blockade the Strait of Hormuz. He posted on social media that “Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!” About a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas flowed through the waterway before the conflict. The escalating rhetoric heightens the focus on the truce between the two sides, which triggered a sharp rally for risky assets last week, with the S&P 500 Index climbing more than 3.5%, an MSCI gauge of emerging-market equities rising 7.4%, and Bitcoin surging almost 10%. Futures on West Texas Intermediate oil tumbled 13.4% through Friday, while Brent ended at around $95 a barrel, down from roughly $112 in March. Trading resumes in earnest for US stocks, Treasuries and oil at 6 p.m. New York time on Sunday. In early trading in Sydney to start the week, haven demand boosted the US dollar against major peers. “The ‘peace dividend’ many traders priced in last Thursday and Friday is likely to evaporate” at the start of this week, said Francis Tan , Asia chief strategist at Indosuez Wealth in Singapore. “The failure of the talks shifts the mood back to defensive.” Trump said the US will interdict any vessel that has paid a toll to Iran for safe passage through Hormuz and will clear mines in the strait. A blockade will add pressure to global oil markets by choking off the remaining trickle of shipments that have continued to move through the waterway. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, meanwhile, responded by saying that any military vessels attempting to approach the strait “under any pretext” would be considered a violation of the ceasefire, according to Iranian state TV. ...
Russia and Ukraine accused each other of violating a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire on Sunday, as Orthodox Christians gathered to celebrate the holiday despite Moscow’s four-year-long war against its neighbour. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire over the Easter weekend, ordering Russian forces to halt hostilities from 4pm on Saturday until the end of Sunda...
Russia and Ukraine accused each other of violating a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire on Sunday, as Orthodox Christians gathered to celebrate the holiday despite Moscow’s four-year-long war against its neighbour. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire over the Easter weekend, ordering Russian forces to halt hostilities from 4pm on Saturday until the end of Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised to abide by the ceasefire but warned there would...
Viktor Orbán’s 16-year grip on Hungary is over. The Hungarian Prime Minister had conceded the election in a phone call with Péter Magyar, the leader of the main opposition Tisza Party. “The election result is painful but clear, I congratulated the winning party,” Orban said from his election headquarters in Budapest. The result is a resounding rebuke to a government marked by authoritarianism and ...
Viktor Orbán’s 16-year grip on Hungary is over. The Hungarian Prime Minister had conceded the election in a phone call with Péter Magyar, the leader of the main opposition Tisza Party. “The election result is painful but clear, I congratulated the winning party,” Orban said from his election headquarters in Budapest. The result is a resounding rebuke to a government marked by authoritarianism and corruption, and closer ties with Beijing, Moscow and Donald Trump’s Washington over...
Overnight joint leader Rory McIlory struggles with his putter on the fourth hole and ends with a double bogey to gift the lead to Cam Young on the final day of the 2026 Masters at Augusta.
Overnight joint leader Rory McIlory struggles with his putter on the fourth hole and ends with a double bogey to gift the lead to Cam Young on the final day of the 2026 Masters at Augusta.
We have so many struggles going on right now that it's hard to believe the market can stay up at this level for much longer. It's a visceral moment where the losses mount quickly if you are on the wrong side of the trade. We all know that it's time to embrace the bear, right? But we always recall that when we declare we cannot take it anymore and sell — whether it be in the days after "Liberation ...
We have so many struggles going on right now that it's hard to believe the market can stay up at this level for much longer. It's a visceral moment where the losses mount quickly if you are on the wrong side of the trade. We all know that it's time to embrace the bear, right? But we always recall that when we declare we cannot take it anymore and sell — whether it be in the days after "Liberation Day" or the days leading up to last week's Iran war truce — we're immediately proven wrong. The result: The selling that can go from a trickle to a flood stays at a trickle longer than we think, aided, of course, by a brain-dead bond market that doesn't seem to care about the fundamentals, even as that's all it is supposed to care about. The benign bond market, though, masks some cogent themes. They need to be looked in to. So, let's do this. Let's examine the three most salient battlegrounds in play right now: Iran, software and earnings, not because they are emblematic of the market, but because there is nothing emblematic about this market at all. Instead it is just tugs-of-war that are surprisingly disparate and surprisingly separate from each other. Iran war First, we know the Iran war basically caused oil to double from where it started the year — that is, before last week's big decline on the two-week ceasefire news . Nevertheless, if history was our guide , the S & P 500 should be down some 20% from its highs right now. Not only is history being disobeyed, but since the market rally began in all of it pessimistic glory two weeks ago, we are capable of punching to new highs with another strong week. The S & P 500 ended Friday 2.3% below its Jan. 27 all-time closing high. At its lows of the year on March 30, the index was off 9% from the highs. Why is that? First, we use less oil than we used to for a variety of industries, including the refining of gasoline. Interestingly, it is not our continental self-sufficiency that has helped keep down the price of oil or gasoli...
When a hedge fund or institutional investor shorts a stock, it means that they are essentially betting on the stock to go down. Every month, Hazeltree, a Treasury and liquidity management firm that tracks alternative asset managers, publishes a list of the most shorted stocks. In February, with the latest report, Hazeltree revealed that cloud-computing firm Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) was among the most s...
When a hedge fund or institutional investor shorts a stock, it means that they are essentially betting on the stock to go down. Every month, Hazeltree, a Treasury and liquidity management firm that tracks alternative asset managers, publishes a list of the most shorted stocks. In February, with the latest report, Hazeltree revealed that cloud-computing firm Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) was among the most shorted large-cap stocks in North America. Oracle stock has been moving lower this year due to its high valuation, high AI spending and debt, and concerns about its reliance on OpenAI (which is unprofitable and has high cash burn, among other issues). Add to that the recent geopolitical conflicts, and Oracle's stock has been steadily moving lower since February. The stock is down about 29% year to date. Over the past year, its price has been effectively flat (down 1.3%), which significantly trails the S&P 500 's 25% gain over the past year. Furthermore, it did not make the list of AI stocks that hedge funds are buying the most, according to Motley Fool research . Continue reading
IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) just delivered huge growth, stronger commercial traction, and a much bigger backlog, yet the stock is still trading far below its high. That disconnect could be the biggest opportunity in the story right now. Stock prices used were the market prices of April 2, 2026. The video was published on April 11, 2026. Continue reading
IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) just delivered huge growth, stronger commercial traction, and a much bigger backlog, yet the stock is still trading far below its high. That disconnect could be the biggest opportunity in the story right now. Stock prices used were the market prices of April 2, 2026. The video was published on April 11, 2026. Continue reading