Ashi Sae Yang/iStock via Getty Images Every stock in your portfolio plays a role. Most investors do not separate the workhorses from the bets they are still figuring out, and that confusion costs them the moment markets turn rough. At Dividend Stocks Rock, we sort every name into one of three buckets: core holdings, educated guesses, and falling knives. The label captures the role the stock plays ...
Ashi Sae Yang/iStock via Getty Images Every stock in your portfolio plays a role. Most investors do not separate the workhorses from the bets they are still figuring out, and that confusion costs them the moment markets turn rough. At Dividend Stocks Rock, we sort every name into one of three buckets: core holdings, educated guesses, and falling knives. The label captures the role the stock plays for me and how I expect to manage it. Get the role wrong, and a 30% drop will scare you out of a great business. Get it right, and the same drop becomes a buying opportunity. Here is how the three buckets work, with two current examples in each. What is a core holding? A core holding is a stock you can own for ten years without checking the screen (but you still should!). Strong dividend triangle, sustainable payout ratio, durable moat, and capital allocation you trust. These names should make up 70% to 80% of a retirement portfolio. I want the dividend triangle (revenue growth, earnings growth, dividend growth) clean. I want the payout ratio comfortable. I want a balance sheet that gives management room to keep paying through a recession. And I want a business model I can explain to a 12-year-old in two sentences. The Dividend Triangle is the Pareto Principle for Investors. Mastercard ( MA )( MA:CA ): A Real Tollbooth Mastercard sits at the top of its category. PRO rating 5 of 5, Dividend Safety 5 of 5. The dividend triangle is one of the cleanest in the market. Payout ratio sits under 20%. Cash payout ratio is 17%. The business model is a tollbooth. Every swipe puts a few cents in Mastercard’s pocket. The network effect runs decades deep. Cash, fraud, and crypto get the headlines, but the core machine keeps growing as commerce moves online and cross-border. MA’s yield is nearly non-existent, which can be unattractive to income-seeking investors. However, it exhibits a double-digit dividend growth rate over the past five years. The forward yield is currently above the 5-ye...
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) is set to be among the first PC makers to launch premium AI PCs powered by Nvidia's new RTX Spark chip starting in the fall. The company plans to introduce AI focused laptops and desktops that pair RTX Spark with Microsoft Windows on Arm. This move extends Dell's existing work in AI infrastructure into consumer and business PCs through deeper partnerships with Nvidia ...
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) is set to be among the first PC makers to launch premium AI PCs powered by Nvidia's new RTX Spark chip starting in the fall. The company plans to introduce AI focused laptops and desktops that pair RTX Spark with Microsoft Windows on Arm. This move extends Dell's existing work in AI infrastructure into consumer and business PCs through deeper partnerships with Nvidia and Microsoft. Dell Technologies, trading at $421.08, has drawn intense attention, with the...
CrowdStrike Holdings (NasdaqGS:CRWD) has appointed a former NVIDIA executive as Chief AI and Autonomous Systems Officer. The company has entered a new alliance with Cognizant to integrate its AI powered security across the enterprise AI lifecycle. These developments underline a company wide push to position CrowdStrike as a core security platform for enterprise AI deployments. CrowdStrike comes in...
CrowdStrike Holdings (NasdaqGS:CRWD) has appointed a former NVIDIA executive as Chief AI and Autonomous Systems Officer. The company has entered a new alliance with Cognizant to integrate its AI powered security across the enterprise AI lifecycle. These developments underline a company wide push to position CrowdStrike as a core security platform for enterprise AI deployments. CrowdStrike comes into these announcements with its share price at $747.61 and very large 3 year gains of about 7x,...
Broadcom shares fall in biggest drop since January 2025, after the chipmaker gave an outlook that was seen as underwhelming given the industry’s AI-related demand. Bloomberg's Mandeep Singh joined to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)
Broadcom shares fall in biggest drop since January 2025, after the chipmaker gave an outlook that was seen as underwhelming given the industry’s AI-related demand. Bloomberg's Mandeep Singh joined to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)
Soybeans are trading with 29 to 31 cents losses so far on Thursday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 30 1/4 cents at $10.64 1/4. Soymeal futures are $8.50 to $9 lower, with Soy Oil futures 220 to 250 points lower. Export Sales data from morning pegged...
Soybeans are trading with 29 to 31 cents losses so far on Thursday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 30 1/4 cents at $10.64 1/4. Soymeal futures are $8.50 to $9 lower, with Soy Oil futures 220 to 250 points lower. Export Sales data from morning pegged...
It may surprise some investors to see Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) described as "too cheap to ignore." The artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant is up by around 1,800% from its bear market low in fall 2022, and as the world is in the midst of a massive AI infrastructure build-out, the stock may appear invincible. Nonetheless, the state of Nvidia's stock probably still leaves investors with one pressing...
It may surprise some investors to see Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) described as "too cheap to ignore." The artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant is up by around 1,800% from its bear market low in fall 2022, and as the world is in the midst of a massive AI infrastructure build-out, the stock may appear invincible. Nonetheless, the state of Nvidia's stock probably still leaves investors with one pressing question: Does its "low" valuation mean they should buy the chip stock , or do the gains it has already made imply investors should prepare for slower stock price appreciation from here? Image source: The Motley Fool. Continue reading
Dell’s record earnings prove that the corporate AI hardware buildout is finally in full swing. As new localized data centers plug in, they will inevitably need open-source "brains" to protect corporate data, making Meta's Llama the default and setting up META stock for a long-term breakout.
Dell’s record earnings prove that the corporate AI hardware buildout is finally in full swing. As new localized data centers plug in, they will inevitably need open-source "brains" to protect corporate data, making Meta's Llama the default and setting up META stock for a long-term breakout.
A surge in electricity demand from artificial intelligence and data centers is reshaping North America’s power markets, creating a “renaissance” for natural gas after decades of limited new development, according to KKR & Co. partner Brandon Freiman . The power sector has moved from years of flat demand into a new growth cycle, with AI emerging as one of the clearest drivers, Freiman, who is also ...
A surge in electricity demand from artificial intelligence and data centers is reshaping North America’s power markets, creating a “renaissance” for natural gas after decades of limited new development, according to KKR & Co. partner Brandon Freiman . The power sector has moved from years of flat demand into a new growth cycle, with AI emerging as one of the clearest drivers, Freiman, who is also head of North American infrastructure at KKR, said during the Sohn Montreal investment conference on Thursday. Publicly traded power producers such as Vistra Corp. , Constellation Energy Corp. , NRG Energy Inc. and Talen Energy Corp. have already benefited from owning merchant generation in a market where electricity demand and prices are rising, he said on panel with executives from Blackstone Inc. , Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec and PSP Investments . “It’s become one of the clearer ways to express an AI bet on infrastructure,” Freiman said. Investors do not need to pick the winning AI model or semiconductor company, he added: “They’re going to need more power.” The next phase, however, will be more capital intensive. Freiman said new gas-fired plants that once cost about $1,000 per kilowatt can now cost closer to $3,000 per kilowatt, making it unlikely that developers will build without long-term contracts. That shift is expected to pull more activity into private markets, where large infrastructure investors can finance projects backed by hyperscalers and other major customers. “If you look at industries going through an inflection where there’s just a massive need for capital, it’s really hard to do that in public markets,” he said. Read more: Jane Street Plans New Data Center as Compute Power Runs Scarce Unlike previous power booms, however, investors are showing little appetite for speculative construction. Robert Horn, senior managing director and global head of infrastructure at Blackstone Credit and Insurance said most new gas-fired projects are being back...
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Cathie Wood and Warren Buffett couldn’t be more different when it comes to investing styles. Wood’s ARK Invest is known for betting on disruptive tech like AI and robo-taxis, while Buffett spent his 55 years as Berkshire Hathaway CEO buying old-fashioned, reliable companies at fair prices. Google parent Alphabet appears to be the rare stock that fits both strategies.
Cathie Wood and Warren Buffett couldn’t be more different when it comes to investing styles. Wood’s ARK Invest is known for betting on disruptive tech like AI and robo-taxis, while Buffett spent his 55 years as Berkshire Hathaway CEO buying old-fashioned, reliable companies at fair prices. Google parent Alphabet appears to be the rare stock that fits both strategies.
aprott/iStock via Getty Images We keep hearing Nvidia Corporation's ( NVDA ) name in AI bubble discussions constantly, but I believe that many are looking at it through a very simple angle. To be fair, from what I find, the market is mixing two different things. One thing is whether hyperscalers will get enough AI ROI from all that capex. The other is whether NVDA in this phase is still selling in...
aprott/iStock via Getty Images We keep hearing Nvidia Corporation's ( NVDA ) name in AI bubble discussions constantly, but I believe that many are looking at it through a very simple angle. To be fair, from what I find, the market is mixing two different things. One thing is whether hyperscalers will get enough AI ROI from all that capex. The other is whether NVDA in this phase is still selling into a real infrastructure deficit. My thesis, as with previous articles , is still bullish. I think that while the biggest buyers are racing for compute, networking, and data center capacity, NVDA is getting the money before the market can actually evaluate AI ROI. The Bubble Let me start by saying that I do not think that AI bubble fear is dumb. Currently I believe that one of the biggest problems is not demand itself, but how this demand is financed. In the market, we already see a lot of so-called "circular financing" deals, where one AI ecosystem player is investing in another, and then they buy each other's products or rent infrastructure. Nvidia is investing in AI clients; those clients are buying Nvidia chips. Microsoft ( MSFT ) has a huge stake in OpenAI, which uses Azure, and Azure is buying Nvidia infrastructure. This is why I believe that the bear case has logic. Part of this demand could actually look like a closed money circle and not really a clean demand, so this is still a risk worth considering. But my opinion on this is a little different from this bear case. Because even if part of AI ecosystem financing is closely related, this does not mean that all of the demand is just going in circles. The main question for me is whether main buyers still do not have enough compute, networking, and data center capacity. While we have this deficit, Nvidia is still getting cash flows, which for growth stocks is what matters the most, in my opinion. Bottleneck Monetization Another argument of mine against the AI cycle starting to break is Nvidia's numbers. I believe that...
aprott/iStock via Getty Images We keep hearing Nvidia Corporation's ( NVDA ) name in AI bubble discussions constantly, but I believe that many are looking at it through a very simple angle. To be fair, from what I find, the market is mixing two different things. One thing is whether hyperscalers will get enough AI ROI from all that capex. The other is whether NVDA in this phase is still selling in...
aprott/iStock via Getty Images We keep hearing Nvidia Corporation's ( NVDA ) name in AI bubble discussions constantly, but I believe that many are looking at it through a very simple angle. To be fair, from what I find, the market is mixing two different things. One thing is whether hyperscalers will get enough AI ROI from all that capex. The other is whether NVDA in this phase is still selling into a real infrastructure deficit. My thesis, as with previous articles , is still bullish. I think that while the biggest buyers are racing for compute, networking, and data center capacity, NVDA is getting the money before the market can actually evaluate AI ROI. The Bubble Let me start by saying that I do not think that AI bubble fear is dumb. Currently I believe that one of the biggest problems is not demand itself, but how this demand is financed. In the market, we already see a lot of so-called "circular financing" deals, where one AI ecosystem player is investing in another, and then they buy each other's products or rent infrastructure. Nvidia is investing in AI clients; those clients are buying Nvidia chips. Microsoft ( MSFT ) has a huge stake in OpenAI, which uses Azure, and Azure is buying Nvidia infrastructure. This is why I believe that the bear case has logic. Part of this demand could actually look like a closed money circle and not really a clean demand, so this is still a risk worth considering. But my opinion on this is a little different from this bear case. Because even if part of AI ecosystem financing is closely related, this does not mean that all of the demand is just going in circles. The main question for me is whether main buyers still do not have enough compute, networking, and data center capacity. While we have this deficit, Nvidia is still getting cash flows, which for growth stocks is what matters the most, in my opinion. Bottleneck Monetization Another argument of mine against the AI cycle starting to break is Nvidia's numbers. I believe that...
Yoshua Bengio, Founder & Scientific Advisor at Mila Quebec AI Institute and Co-President & Scientific Director at LawZero discusses AI safety, agent risks and governance frameworks with Bloomberg’s Shirin Ghaffary at Bloomberg Tech 2026 in San Francisco. (Source: Bloomberg)
Yoshua Bengio, Founder & Scientific Advisor at Mila Quebec AI Institute and Co-President & Scientific Director at LawZero discusses AI safety, agent risks and governance frameworks with Bloomberg’s Shirin Ghaffary at Bloomberg Tech 2026 in San Francisco. (Source: Bloomberg)
Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joined Balance of Power to discuss the latest developments from the Iran War. He said he thinks Israel is not going to have much say in how the Iran war ends. (Source: Bloomberg)
Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joined Balance of Power to discuss the latest developments from the Iran War. He said he thinks Israel is not going to have much say in how the Iran war ends. (Source: Bloomberg)
Jeremy Rossen, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, reported the sale of 4,347 shares of Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) for a total of ~$199,000 on May 28, 2026, according to a SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 reported price ($45.75); post-transaction value based on the transaction date closing price. * 1-year performance as of May 28, 2026. Continue reading
Jeremy Rossen, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, reported the sale of 4,347 shares of Ziff Davis (NASDAQ:ZD) for a total of ~$199,000 on May 28, 2026, according to a SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 reported price ($45.75); post-transaction value based on the transaction date closing price. * 1-year performance as of May 28, 2026. Continue reading
SpaceX has officially kicked off its road show, in which it will market its colossal initial public offering to prospective institutional investors. Media outlets have reported that SpaceX is officially planning to raise $75 billion. Underwriters will have the option to purchase an additional $11.2 billion in shares, with a target valuation of $1.77 trillion. To pitch the largest IPO ever, investm...
SpaceX has officially kicked off its road show, in which it will market its colossal initial public offering to prospective institutional investors. Media outlets have reported that SpaceX is officially planning to raise $75 billion. Underwriters will have the option to purchase an additional $11.2 billion in shares, with a target valuation of $1.77 trillion. To pitch the largest IPO ever, investment bankers at Goldman Sachs are reportedly throwing out some pretty enormous growth projections for the company’s artificial intelligence unit, according to a report from the Financial Times. Continue reading