Wall Street's most overbought stocks this week include one precious metals company and a handful of names involved in the artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout. U.S. equities were on a wild ride this week as developments continued on the geopolitical front. Although stocks rallied Wednesday and Thursday after President Donald Trump backed off his threat to impose fresh tariffs on a slew ...
Wall Street's most overbought stocks this week include one precious metals company and a handful of names involved in the artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout. U.S. equities were on a wild ride this week as developments continued on the geopolitical front. Although stocks rallied Wednesday and Thursday after President Donald Trump backed off his threat to impose fresh tariffs on a slew of European countries, the S & P 500 closed the week in the red. Despite the index-level weakness, some individual stocks may be running too hot. CNBC Pro used its stock screener tool to identify the most overbought stocks on the Street after this week as measured by their 14-day relative strength index, or RSI. Stocks with a 14-day RSI above 70 are generally considered overbought, indicating that a pullback could be on the horizon. A reading below 30 indicates that a stock is oversold and could get a near-term bounce, meanwhile. The following table shows several overbought stocks from the week: Gold mining giant Newmont topped the list with a 14-day RSI of 82.3. Shares rose more than 8% this week as gold prices surged amid geopolitical unrest and expectations of another U.S. interest rate cut. Spot gold touched a record high on Friday, nearing $5,000 per ounce. Memory products makers Sandisk and Micron also made the overbought group after rallying 16.6% and 10.7%, respectively, on the week. Sandisk's blowout performance comes after the research team at S3 Partners on Thursday warned of a mounting risk of a short squeeze in the stock. Shares have already doubled this year — and are up more than 1,200% over the past year — as demand for AI memory products has significantly outpaced supply. The stock has an RSI of 78.4, but remains a favored play in the market given the consensus buy rating from analysts covered by LSEG. Another popular AI play, chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices , is now considered overbought with an RSI of 76.9 after the stock's nine-day win streak. Shares of...
BYD Co. is aiming to increase deliveries to markets outside China by nearly 25% as the world’s largest electric-vehicle maker grapples with challenges in its home market. The company aims to sell 1.3 million cars outside China in 2026, Li Yunfei, general manager of BYD’s brand and public relations division, said at a media briefing in Shanghai on Saturday. That compares with the 1.05 million overs...
BYD Co. is aiming to increase deliveries to markets outside China by nearly 25% as the world’s largest electric-vehicle maker grapples with challenges in its home market. The company aims to sell 1.3 million cars outside China in 2026, Li Yunfei, general manager of BYD’s brand and public relations division, said at a media briefing in Shanghai on Saturday. That compares with the 1.05 million overseas deliveries it made last year. While surging overseas sales helped the Chinese automaker overtake Tesla Inc. to become the world’s No. 1 EV maker last year, demand at home is coming under pressure as China scales back some incentives supporting EV purchases and domestic competition heats up. Still, the target could disappoint some investors. Citigroup Inc. in November said BYD had set a goal to expand overseas sales to between 1.5 million to 1.6 million units in 2026, citing a meeting with the company’s management.
TLDR Nvidia director Persis Drell resigned from the board on Wednesday after more than 10 years of service Drell owns nearly 143,000 Nvidia shares worth about $26 million and sold 40,000 shares last year The resignation was to pursue a new professional opportunity, not due to company disagreements Drell served on the compensation committee and was paid $344,000 last year including stock awards The...
TLDR Nvidia director Persis Drell resigned from the board on Wednesday after more than 10 years of service Drell owns nearly 143,000 Nvidia shares worth about $26 million and sold 40,000 shares last year The resignation was to pursue a new professional opportunity, not due to company disagreements Drell served on the compensation committee and was paid $344,000 last year including stock awards The board now has 10 directors including CEO Jensen Huang after Drell’s departure 💥 Find the Next KnockoutStock! Get live prices, charts, and KO Scores from KnockoutStocks.com , the data-driven platform ranking every stock by quality and breakout potential. Nvidia announced Friday that board director Persis Drell resigned from her position effective Wednesday. The departure marks the second board exit in recent months for the chipmaker. NVIDIA Corporation, NVDA Drell, 70, stepped down to pursue a new professional opportunity according to an SEC filing. The company stated her resignation was not related to any disagreement with Nvidia’s operations, policies, or practices. The Stanford engineering professor had served on Nvidia’s board for just over 10 years. During her tenure, she was a member of the compensation committee which oversees executive pay and related matters. Drell’s departure follows former astronaut Ellen Ochoa’s resignation in June. The board now consists of 10 directors including CEO Jensen Huang. According to the latest holdings report, Drell owns close to 143,000 Nvidia shares. At current valuations, her stake is worth approximately $26 million. Last year, Drell received about $344,000 in compensation for her board work. This included nearly $259,000 in stock awards according to the company’s annual report. Financial Impact of Board Changes Drell sold roughly 40,000 shares during the past year. The timing of these sales coincided with Nvidia’s continued stock price surge driven by artificial intelligence demand. Nvidia’s stock has climbed over 22,000% since t...
Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT) and Bristol Myers Squibb launched a partnership focused on early lung cancer detection for underserved populations using Microsoft's Precision Imaging Network and AI tools. Microsoft entered a multi year collaboration with the Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team to integrate cloud and AI technologies into Formula 1 operations. Microsoft expanded its education relationship with ...
Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT) and Bristol Myers Squibb launched a partnership focused on early lung cancer detection for underserved populations using Microsoft's Precision Imaging Network and AI tools. Microsoft entered a multi year collaboration with the Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team to integrate cloud and AI technologies into Formula 1 operations. Microsoft expanded its education relationship with Seneca Polytechnic, adding an AI lab and hands on, agentic AI curriculum integration to prepare students for AI centric roles. For investors watching Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT), these new partnerships sit at the intersection of cloud, AI and real world problem solving. Healthcare imaging, high performance motorsport and applied education are all areas where AI workloads can be data intensive and operationally complex. This environment can favor large cloud and software platforms. These moves also illustrate how Microsoft is positioning its AI stack as an embedded layer inside other organizations, from hospitals to racing teams to colleges. For you as a shareholder or prospective investor, an important angle is how widely Microsoft can integrate its tools into everyday workflows across sectors rather than focusing on any single contract on its own. Stay updated on the most important news stories for by adding it to your or . Alternatively, explore our to discover new perspectives on Microsoft. NasdaqGS:MSFT Earnings & Revenue Growth as at Jan 2026 These alliances put Microsoft’s cloud and AI stack directly into data heavy settings, from medical imaging to race engineering and college classrooms, which can deepen usage of Azure, Precision Imaging Network and Foundry across very different end markets. For you, the key takeaway is that Microsoft is not just selling generic compute; it is embedding its tools into specific workflows where switching costs and long term relationships can be sticky if the technology performs well for partners like Bristol Myers Squibb, Mercedes AMG P...
Micron Technology (NasdaqGS:MU) plans to acquire Powerchip Semiconductor’s P5 fab in Taiwan for US$1.8b. The deal is intended to expand Micron’s DRAM manufacturing capacity to meet persistent AI driven demand. Micron has indicated its supply of certain AI related memory products is already committed through 2026. The acquisition targets a key bottleneck in high bandwidth memory availability for AI...
Micron Technology (NasdaqGS:MU) plans to acquire Powerchip Semiconductor’s P5 fab in Taiwan for US$1.8b. The deal is intended to expand Micron’s DRAM manufacturing capacity to meet persistent AI driven demand. Micron has indicated its supply of certain AI related memory products is already committed through 2026. The acquisition targets a key bottleneck in high bandwidth memory availability for AI data center customers. Micron is one of the largest memory manufacturers globally, with a core focus on DRAM and NAND used in data centers, PCs, mobile devices and automotive applications. The surge in AI training and inference workloads has put exceptional pressure on high bandwidth memory supply, and Micron’s plan to add Taiwanese fab capacity directly ties its business to that AI hardware build out. For investors, the Powerchip P5 transaction highlights how Micron is aligning its footprint with AI driven demand rather than relying on broad cyclical swings alone. The key questions from here relate to how efficiently Micron can bring the fab into its production network, and how this added capacity fits with contract commitments it is already making with hyperscale and enterprise AI customers. Stay updated on the most important news stories for by adding it to your or . Alternatively, explore our to discover new perspectives on Micron Technology. NasdaqGS:MU 1-Year Stock Price Chart For you as a shareholder or potential investor, the US$1.8b P5 fab purchase looks like Micron leaning into an already tight DRAM and high bandwidth memory market rather than simply riding short term pricing strength. With the first phase expected to supply more than 10% of Micron's global advanced process DRAM capacity from the second half of 2027, this Taiwan build out sits alongside large U.S. projects and suggests management is trying to secure long lived supply for AI data centers rather than stretching existing fabs. Advertisement Micron Technology narrative, reinforced by AI and capacity ...
If you are wondering whether Oracle's current share price reflects its true worth, you are not alone. This article will walk you through how that question can be tackled. Oracle shares last closed at US$177.16, with returns of a 7.3% decline over 7 days, a 10.3% decline over 30 days, a 9.5% decline year to date, a 2.5% decline over 1 year and gains of 106.4% over 3 years and 213.9% over 5 years. R...
If you are wondering whether Oracle's current share price reflects its true worth, you are not alone. This article will walk you through how that question can be tackled. Oracle shares last closed at US$177.16, with returns of a 7.3% decline over 7 days, a 10.3% decline over 30 days, a 9.5% decline year to date, a 2.5% decline over 1 year and gains of 106.4% over 3 years and 213.9% over 5 years. Recent coverage of Oracle has focused on its position in large scale enterprise software and cloud services, and how investors are weighing that against broader sector sentiment. Commentary has centered on whether the current share price reflects changing expectations for long term demand for its products and services. Oracle currently has a valuation score of . Next, we will walk through the main valuation approaches behind that score and then look at a simpler way to make sense of whether the stock lines up with your own view of fair value. Oracle scores just 2/6 on our valuation checks. See what other red flags we found in the . Advertisement Approach 1: Oracle Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Analysis The DCF model estimates what a company could be worth by projecting future cash flows and then discounting those back to today, using the time value of money. It is essentially asking what all of Oracle's future cash flows are worth in today's dollars. For Oracle, the model used is a 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity approach based on cash flow projections. The latest twelve month free cash flow is about $2.9b. Analyst inputs cover several years, and Simply Wall St then extrapolates further, with projected free cash flow of about $22.7b in 2030 and a series of annual estimates between 2026 and 2035. These future cash flows are discounted back to today to arrive at an intrinsic value. Using these inputs, the DCF model suggests an estimated fair value of about $164.60 per share, compared with the recent share price of $177.16. That implies Oracle is around 7.6% overvalued, which is ...
Chinese regulators have signaled in principle approval for major tech firms to prepare orders for Nvidia's H200 AI chips after about a year of uncertainty. Companies including Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance are reportedly preparing orders, with potential volume in the millions of units. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is currently in China, meeting customers and stakeholders as chip shipments to the mark...
Chinese regulators have signaled in principle approval for major tech firms to prepare orders for Nvidia's H200 AI chips after about a year of uncertainty. Companies including Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance are reportedly preparing orders, with potential volume in the millions of units. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is currently in China, meeting customers and stakeholders as chip shipments to the market look closer to resuming. NVIDIA (NasdaqGS:NVDA) is back in focus as China appears to reopen to its H200 AI chips, a product closely watched by investors tracking the global AI hardware race. The stock last closed at $187.67, with a value score of 2 and a very large 3 year return of more than 7x. Over 1 year, the shares are up 31.6%, while year to date the move has been relatively flat at a 0.6% decline. For investors, the key point is that China remains one of Nvidia's most important end markets for AI infrastructure, and fresh H200 orders could influence how demand is distributed across regions and customers. This development also sits against a backdrop of rising local competition and ongoing trade restrictions, so the quality and durability of any renewed China demand will likely be a central theme in how the Nvidia story develops from here. Stay updated on the most important news stories for by adding it to your or . Alternatively, explore our to discover new perspectives on NVIDIA. NasdaqGS:NVDA 1-Year Stock Price Chart For you as an investor, the potential reopening of China for H200s mainly speaks to the supply and demand balance that has kept Nvidia at the center of the AI buildout. After roughly a year of regulatory stop start, in principle approval for Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance to prepare orders suggests one of Nvidia's largest end markets could re enter the order book. This would occur at the same time that Western data center and sovereign AI projects are already drawing heavily on its hardware. Advertisement NVIDIA narrative, AI leader testing its China...
We now have some official numbers after the 2026 COLA went into effect. Social Security recipients just got a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026, and we've just received new data from the Social Security Administration. In this video, I'll break down the average Social Security benefits in 2026 for different types of beneficiaries. *Stock prices used were the morning prices of Jan 22, ...
We now have some official numbers after the 2026 COLA went into effect. Social Security recipients just got a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026, and we've just received new data from the Social Security Administration. In this video, I'll break down the average Social Security benefits in 2026 for different types of beneficiaries. *Stock prices used were the morning prices of Jan 22, 2026. The video was published on Jan 23, 2026.
Scotland have been handed a late call-up to the T20 World Cup after Bangladesh were removed following a refusal to play their matches in India over safety concerns. Amid increasing tensions with neighbouring India, Bangladesh repeatedly requested to move their group stage games next month – three in Kolkata, including one against England, and one in Mumbai – to co-hosts Sri Lanka. The Internationa...
Scotland have been handed a late call-up to the T20 World Cup after Bangladesh were removed following a refusal to play their matches in India over safety concerns. Amid increasing tensions with neighbouring India, Bangladesh repeatedly requested to move their group stage games next month – three in Kolkata, including one against England, and one in Mumbai – to co-hosts Sri Lanka. The International Cricket Council insisted it was “not feasible” to switch fixtures so close to the tournament, which starts on 7 February, adding there was an “absence of any credible security threat”. Bangladesh refused to budge from their position and the ICC has now taken the step of replacing the Tigers with Scotland, who are the highest-ranked T20 team that did not qualify for the tournament. Scotland take Bangladesh’s place in Group C, which features England, Italy, Nepal and West Indies. Scotland are 14th in the ICC T20 rankings. A statement from the ICC said: “The International Cricket Council today announced that Scotland will replace Bangladesh in the ICC men’s T20 World Cup 2026 after the Bangladesh Cricket Board refused to participate in the tournament per the published match schedule. “The announcement comes after the ICC, in the absence of any credible or verifiable security threat to the Bangladesh national team in India, rejected the BCB’s demand to move its matches from India to Sri Lanka, in the 20-team tournament to be played from 7 February to 8 March.” The Bangladesh Cricket Board and Cricket Scotland have been approached for comment.
China's top general under investigation in latest military purge toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP/AP BEIJING — The Chinese military's top general is being investigated for suspected serious violations of discipline and law the Defense Ministry said Saturday, Zhang Youxia, the senior of the two vice chairs of the powerful Central Military Commission, is the latest figure to fall in a long-running purg...
China's top general under investigation in latest military purge toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP/AP BEIJING — The Chinese military's top general is being investigated for suspected serious violations of discipline and law the Defense Ministry said Saturday, Zhang Youxia, the senior of the two vice chairs of the powerful Central Military Commission, is the latest figure to fall in a long-running purge of military officials. Analysts believe the purges are designed both to reform the military and to ensure loyalty to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who also chairs the military commission. They are part of a broader anti-corruption drive that has punished more than 200,000 officials since Xi came to power in 2012. Sponsor Message Another member of the commission, Liu Zhenli, has also been placed under investigation by China's ruling Communist Party, a Defense Ministry statement said. Liu is the chief of staff of the commission's Joint Staff Department. The commission is the top military body in China. The statement did not provide any details on the alleged wrongdoing. Zhang, who is 75, joined the People's Liberation Army in 1968 and is a general from its ground forces. The Communist Party expelled the other vice chair of the commission, He Weidong, last October and replaced him with commission member Zhang Shengmin. In 2024, the party expelled two former defense ministers over corruption charges. The Trump administration released a new National Defense Strategy on Friday acknowledging China as a military power that it said needs to be deterred from dominating the U.S. or its allies. "This does not require regime change or some other existential struggle," the strategy said. "Rather, a decent peace, on terms favorable to Americans but that China can also accept and live under, is possible."
Heavy snowfall and rain in Afghanistan have killed at least 61 people and injured 110 others, the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Saturday. Spokesman Mohammad Yousuf Hammad said 458 houses had been completely or partially destroyed over the past three days of severe weather, affecting at least 360 families. Losses of livestock were also reported. Hammad said the fig...
Heavy snowfall and rain in Afghanistan have killed at least 61 people and injured 110 others, the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Saturday. Spokesman Mohammad Yousuf Hammad said 458 houses had been completely or partially destroyed over the past three days of severe weather, affecting at least 360 families. Losses of livestock were also reported. Hammad said the figures were preliminary, adding that assessment teams were continuing surveys in affected regions and that the toll could rise. Advertisement In a separate announcement, the Ministry of Public Works said the Salang Tunnel, a key route linking the capital Kabul with northern provinces, has been closed to traffic for the past three days due to heavy snowfall. The tunnel is a vital corridor for trade and transport between the regions. Traffic grinds to a halt in Kabul on Friday. Photo: EPA Mohammad Nasim Moradi, head of meteorology at the Ministry of Transport and Aviation, said that forecasts for the next two days indicate snow and rain will continue in several parts of the country, likely causing further travel disruptions and road blockages in mountainous areas, including the Salang region.
'Rescued men still owe hotel bill three weeks later' It took volunteers seven hours to bring the two walkers back to safety Three weeks later the bill remains unpaid and the two made no contact. Once off the mountain, a manager at nearby Wasdale Head Inn offered to provide the walkers with snacks and let them stay in a room with a 35% discount, the team said. Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team said it w...
'Rescued men still owe hotel bill three weeks later' It took volunteers seven hours to bring the two walkers back to safety Three weeks later the bill remains unpaid and the two made no contact. Once off the mountain, a manager at nearby Wasdale Head Inn offered to provide the walkers with snacks and let them stay in a room with a 35% discount, the team said. Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team said it was called to an "avoidable" seven-hour rescue of two young men on Scafell Pike in the Lake District on 29 December, in "treacherous" conditions. A mountain rescue team has issued a plea for two walkers it rescued to send money they promised to pay a hotel that took them in late at night. Despite the hotel waiving the fee for the team, they said they felt "obliged to reimburse" them to be able to rely on their support in the future. A spokesman for the Wasdale team said: "We avoid judging those we rescue but struggle to understand when the rescued take advantage of hospitality provided by our supporters in the valley." They added the walkers claimed they had left their money in a tent, which was left near Green Gable when they were rescued, but had agreed to send the £130 later. The rescue team said: "Disappointingly, in the morning they offered no thanks for the efforts of the hotel, asked for further reductions to the cost, pushed hard for a breakfast and asked if they could arrange transport to get them out of the valley." A phone number they left with the hotel did not work. The team said the pair also failed to return headtorches lent to them by volunteers when descending the mountain. "We have tried contacting the two walkers to encourage them to settle their debt with the hotel but also to return the head torches," a team spokesman said. "We also would like to return their hospital crutch left in our vehicle that one of them with a previous leg injury had used on the ascent but again, sadly no replies to date."
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TLDR Microsoft reports Q2 FY26 earnings on January 28 with analysts expecting EPS of $3.91 and revenue of $80.28 billion Multiple analysts lowered price targets but maintained Buy ratings, with targets ranging from $600 to $675 MSFT stock jumped 4.1% Friday after UBS maintained Buy rating despite cutting target to $600 Analysts expect record quarter-over-quarter RPO increase driven by $250 billion...
TLDR Microsoft reports Q2 FY26 earnings on January 28 with analysts expecting EPS of $3.91 and revenue of $80.28 billion Multiple analysts lowered price targets but maintained Buy ratings, with targets ranging from $600 to $675 MSFT stock jumped 4.1% Friday after UBS maintained Buy rating despite cutting target to $600 Analysts expect record quarter-over-quarter RPO increase driven by $250 billion OpenAI and $30 billion Anthropic deals Azure growth remains strong with new Fairwater AI data centers in Atlanta and Wisconsin as key catalysts 💥 Find the Next KnockoutStock! Get live prices, charts, and KO Scores from KnockoutStocks.com , the data-driven platform ranking every stock by quality and breakout potential. Microsoft reports its fiscal second-quarter results on January 28. Wall Street is watching closely as the tech giant navigates AI investments and cloud growth. Microsoft Corporation, MSFT Analysts expect earnings per share of $3.91, representing 21% year-over-year growth. Revenue estimates sit at $80.28 billion, up 15.3% from last year. The stock has gained about 5% over the past year. Multiple analysts recently adjusted their outlooks on MSFT. Citi’s Tyler Radke cut his price target to $660 from $690 but kept his Buy rating. He called Microsoft a top mega-cap pick despite mixed signals from reseller surveys. Radke expects Azure to beat Street expectations in Q2. However, he lowered estimates for non-Azure businesses due to weaker PC forecasts. His reseller survey showed more mixed results than previous quarters. Mizuho’s Gregg Moskowitz reduced his target to $620 from $640 while maintaining a Buy rating. He adjusted targets across large-cap software stocks as part of his December quarter preview. Channel checks showed overall strength according to Moskowitz. Public cloud data points looked generally good and AI adoption remained very strong. Some checks indicated a slower-than-usual spending pace though. Moskowitz noted growing investor concerns about AI dis...