Fashion brand Abercrombie & Fitch advertising on a large scale digital billboard on the exterior of the Outernet building on 4th November 2024 in London, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Abercrombie & Fitch posted mixed first-quarter results on Wednesday and weaker-than-expected guidance after the conflict in the Middle East "directly impacted" sales, the company said. Despit...
Fashion brand Abercrombie & Fitch advertising on a large scale digital billboard on the exterior of the Outernet building on 4th November 2024 in London, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Abercrombie & Fitch posted mixed first-quarter results on Wednesday and weaker-than-expected guidance after the conflict in the Middle East "directly impacted" sales, the company said. Despite those challenges, shares jumped about 13% in morning trading as the company easily topped Wall Street's earnings estimates. Sales in Abercrombie's Europe, Middle East and Africa region fell 10% during the quarter, driven by a slowdown in demand at the brand's Hollister banner that came as the conflict ramped up, finance chief Robert Ball said on a call with analysts. Overall, it reduced first-quarter total company net sales growth by more than 0.5 percentage points relative to the retailer's outlook, he said. "We're focused on what we can control, including our inventory levels and marketing investments, ensuring we can respond to what's happening in real-time," CEO Fran Horowitz added on the call. "Despite these EMEA headwinds, we expect total sales growth for the second quarter, along with full-year 2026, which would be our fourth consecutive year of net sales growth." In the current quarter, Abercrombie expects earnings per share to be between $1.80 and $2, well behind estimates of $2.54, according to LSEG. Though the company's outlook for the current quarter was worth than analysts expected, it reaffirmed its full-year guidance. Abercrombie anticipates net sales will rise 3% to 5% for the fiscal year, with earnings per share of $10.20 to $11. Despite the slowdown in EMEA, which represents about 15% of total company sales, Abercrombie's companywide sales climbed 2%. Still, that growth didn't come from organic consumer demand and was instead driven by new store openings and favorable foreign exchange rates, Ball said. Here's how the apparel company did in its first fisc...
Tony Blair’s criticism of the Labour party fails to engage with inequality and the “extremes of austerity”, senior party figures have said. Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, who is widely expected to launch a leadership challenge if he wins next month’s Makerfield byelection, said the essay merited a “considered response” and he would set one out on Thursday. But he said Blair had fai...
Tony Blair’s criticism of the Labour party fails to engage with inequality and the “extremes of austerity”, senior party figures have said. Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, who is widely expected to launch a leadership challenge if he wins next month’s Makerfield byelection, said the essay merited a “considered response” and he would set one out on Thursday. But he said Blair had failed to engage with how inequality was at the heart of Britain’s political issues. “He doesn’t mention inequality once,” Burnham told the Observer. “If you don’t get how that’s driving politics now, if you are not rooting your analysis in the fact that people are unable to live and that things that were taken for granted are no longer affordable, then you are not understanding what’s going on.” Torsten Bell, the DWP minister who was a key author of Labour’s last budget, said the former prime minister had made a compelling political argument but one that did not engage in serious policy. Bell said Blair was right to call out “shallow personality politics” but added: “The challenge for the essay is that it doesn’t have a project that remotely fits the time and place we are living in. Saying ‘AI’ is not the same as having a plan for Britain.” Overnight, Blair published a lengthy critique of Labour’s time in office under Keir Starmer – and warned the party not to rush headlong into a new leadership contest before properly testing ideas that could revive the party’s fortunes. Blair argued for the government to crack down on welfare spending, abandon restrictions on oil and gas and smooth relations with Donald Trump. “The Labour party is playing with fire; or, more accurately with its future, and that of the country. Whether there is a leadership change or not is irrelevant if it doesn’t start with a policy debate,” he wrote, in an essay which also criticised the proposals of leadership hopefuls Wes Streeting and Burnham. Senior Labour figures have accused Blair of being out of to...
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) drew a higher price target from Bank of America on Tuesday after the broker said the company could benefit from agentic artificial intelligence, where digital assistants handle tasks such as search, payments and scheduling. Analyst Wamsi Mohan lifted his target to $380 from $330 and kept a Buy rating on Apple. Apple's advantage, Mohan s...
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) drew a higher price target from Bank of America on Tuesday after the broker said the company could benefit from agentic artificial intelligence, where digital assistants handle tasks such as search, payments and scheduling. Analyst Wamsi Mohan lifted his target to $380 from $330 and kept a Buy rating on Apple. Apple's advantage, Mohan said, comes from the iPhone ecosystem. He argued that Apple controls user intent, identity, app access, authentication and payments, which could give Apple leverage over model providers, app developers, merchants, advertisers and payment networks if AI assistants become the new entry point for consumer software. Apple's next Siri overhaul could be a key test of that thesis. Mohan said a more capable Siri, built into the iPhone and able to understand context and complete workflows, could add $15 billion to $30 billion to fiscal 2030 revenue, or as much as $40 billion to $65 billion if adoption is stronger. Apple stock recently touched a record high near $311.82 and traded around $308 on Tuesday, as investors looked ahead to its Worldwide Developers Conference and a fuller AI strategy.
The head of the World Health Organization has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to help tackle the Ebola outbreak there. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on social media that the region was in the midst of a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response”. Tedros said on Monday that h...
The head of the World Health Organization has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to help tackle the Ebola outbreak there. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on social media that the region was in the midst of a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response”. Tedros said on Monday that he would travel to the DRC this week. As of Sunday there had been 900 suspected cases and 223 suspected Ebola deaths in the DRC and seven confirmed cases and one death in Uganda, WHO data shows. The outbreak was confirmed on 15 May in Ituri, the DRC’s most north-eastern province, which borders South Sudan and Uganda. Eastern DRC has a number of armed groups. Though the government still largely controls Ituri, insecurity had been worsening there before the Ebola outbreak. Almost 1 million people in the province have been displaced by conflict, according to the UN humanitarian office. The outbreak has spread south to rebel-held areas of North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, where the Rwandan-backed M23 group controls large swathes of the region. View image in fullscreen A handwashing checkpoint in DRC’s North Kivu province. Photograph: Marie Jeanne Munyerenkana/EPA Tedros said: “Stopping this Ebola transmission depends entirely on humanitarian access. Yet ongoing clashes are driving mass displacement, pushing exposed contacts into overcrowded camps and severing critical containment corridors. “Frontline workers are risking everything, while attacks on health facilities make tracking cases and their contacts nearly impossible. We cannot build community trust or isolate the sick while bombs are falling. We urge all warring parties to agree to an immediate ceasefire to contain this outbreak.” The response to the outbreak has been complicated by the transient nature of many communities in Ituri, where goldmines attract migrant workers, as well as by international aid cuts. Philippe...
Key Points Northland Capital downgraded Intel to hold yesterday. Intel sells AI computer chips, but AI buyers are running out of money. 10 stocks we like better than Intel › On a generally "up" day for semiconductor stocks, shares of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) stock are slumping Wednesday morning, down 3.5% through 10:15 a.m. ET. You can probably blame Northland Capital for that. Will AI create the worl...
Key Points Northland Capital downgraded Intel to hold yesterday. Intel sells AI computer chips, but AI buyers are running out of money. 10 stocks we like better than Intel › On a generally "up" day for semiconductor stocks, shares of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) stock are slumping Wednesday morning, down 3.5% through 10:15 a.m. ET. You can probably blame Northland Capital for that. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Beware the AI pullback As StreetInsider.com reports, Northland downgraded Intel stock to "market perform" (i.e., hold) yesterday, citing valuation concerns and worries about the health of the artificial intelligence economy. AI stocks depend on a virtuous cycle, you see, in which demand for AI services causes AI companies to build giant data centers, and outfit them with AI chips manufactured by companies like Intel. Problem is, the AI companies themselves -- the so-called "hyperscalers" -- are running into a cash crunch. With 100% of operating cash flow already committed to buying chips, hyperscalers have loaded up with $260 billion in industrywide debt and stopped buying back their own stock. This suggests there's no spare cash left to spend on buying even more AI chips -- in which case, there may be a ceiling on how much Intel can grow. What this means for Intel Now it's important to note that this is not a problem limited to Intel. (Northland actually downgraded two other semiconductor stocks at the same time it was cutting Intel.) Still, after running up more than 500% in share price over the past year, Intel stock does look particularly vulnerable to a pullback based on overvaluation. As Northland points out, Intel's data center business might still grow 40% in 2027, and Intel stock currently trades at 38 times its projected 2027 earnings. The stock's even more expensive whe...
Key Points Vanguard Information Technology ETF offers a significantly lower expense ratio and higher trailing dividend yield than iShares U.S. Technology ETF. iShares U.S. Technology ETF maintains a more concentrated portfolio than the Vanguard Information Technology ETF. Vanguard Information Technology ETF excludes communication services stocks like Alphabet, which is a major component of the iSh...
Key Points Vanguard Information Technology ETF offers a significantly lower expense ratio and higher trailing dividend yield than iShares U.S. Technology ETF. iShares U.S. Technology ETF maintains a more concentrated portfolio than the Vanguard Information Technology ETF. Vanguard Information Technology ETF excludes communication services stocks like Alphabet, which is a major component of the iShares U.S. Technology ETF. 10 stocks we like better than Vanguard Information Technology ETF › Comparing iShares U.S. Technology ETF (NYSEMKT:IYW) and Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEMKT:VGT) reveals differences in cost structure, diversification, and sector boundaries that could impact long-term portfolio efficiency. Both funds target the growth-heavy tech sector but utilize different classification standards. While the iShares fund includes communication services giants like Alphabet, the Vanguard fund focuses more strictly on information technology. Choosing between them requires balancing specific sector exposure against the drag of management fees on total returns. Snapshot (cost & size) Metric IYW VGT Issuer iShares Vanguard Expense ratio 0.38% 0.09% 1-yr return (as of May 20, 2026) 50.5% 49.2% Dividend yield 0.1% 2.1% Beta 1.33 1.32 Assets under management (AUM) $23.7 billion $144.2 billion Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year monthly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. Dividend yield is the trailing-12-month distribution yield. Vanguard Information Technology ETF is more affordable with an expense ratio of 0.09% compared to 0.38% for iShares U.S. Technology ETF. This cost difference is accompanied by a higher payout, as the Vanguard fund offers a 2.1% yield while the iShares fund provides 0.1%. Performance & risk comparison Metric IYW VGT Max drawdown (5 yr) (39.4%) (35.1%) Growth of $1,000 over 5 years (total return) $2,689 $2,575 What's inside Vanguard Informatio...
Lokibaho/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Ahead of the June 26 release of DC Studios’ ( WBD ) Supergirl , Ulta Beauty ( ULTA ) announced a partnership with Warner Bros Pictures ( WBD ) to include ad spots on social media, in-store experiences, and a line of products centered around the feature film. “Our partnership with Supergirl connects Ulta Beauty to one of this year's biggest cultural momen...
Lokibaho/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Ahead of the June 26 release of DC Studios’ ( WBD ) Supergirl , Ulta Beauty ( ULTA ) announced a partnership with Warner Bros Pictures ( WBD ) to include ad spots on social media, in-store experiences, and a line of products centered around the feature film. “Our partnership with Supergirl connects Ulta Beauty to one of this year's biggest cultural moments, while empowering our guests to express themselves boldly through beauty,” said Kelly Mahoney, Chief Marketing Officer of Ulta Beauty. Supergirl (IMDb) As part of the campaign, Ulta ( ULTA ) will market three Supergirl -inspired beauty looks, including Power Glam, Grunge Romance, and Iconic Shimmer through an interactive buying guide on Ulta’s website. The company will also feature dedicated retail displays organized by three signature Supergirl looks and play promotional spots featuring Supergirl star Milly Alcock across cinema, social media, cable TV, and streaming channels. In celebration of the June 22 world premiere of the film, Ulta ( ULTA ) will host events in New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Chicago. Ulta Beauty ( ULTA ) shares are in the plus column for a sixth consecutive day. More on Ulta Beauty, Warner Bros. Discovery Netflix, Disney, FuboTV, WBD And The Streaming Media Landscape Warner Bros. Discovery: Actually Soft, Not Strong, Earnings; But The Merger Would Cure All, Will It Close? Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Paramount appears to sway DOJ staff on Warner Bros. takeover: Semafor Warner Bros. falls after report Paramount hiring lawyer for possible court battle
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will make an early visit to Paris ahead of the Group of Seven leaders summit next month to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron , according to people familiar with the matter. The visit is another sign of the close relationship between the two leaders. After Carney was sworn into office last spring, his first trip was to France to meet with Macron. The two...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will make an early visit to Paris ahead of the Group of Seven leaders summit next month to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron , according to people familiar with the matter. The visit is another sign of the close relationship between the two leaders. After Carney was sworn into office last spring, his first trip was to France to meet with Macron. The two know each other in part from Carney’s time governing the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020. Carney is planning to meet with Macron on June 12, said people with knowledge of the visit who spoke on condition of anonymity. The Canadian leader is then expected to leave for a visit to Ireland before returning to France for the G7 summit in Evian, in the French Alps. Macron’s office said that the pre-G7 agenda has yet to be finalized. Carney’s office declined to comment. During his time as leader, Carney has prioritized building a deeper relationship between Canada and Europe, particularly on defense and energy. The two leaders talk to each other on a regular basis, one of the people said. Canada is the only non-European country to join the EU’s military procurement program known as SAFE, and on Wednesday Carney announced his government is entering talks to buy GlobalEye military surveillance planes built by Sweden’s Saab AB — a contract that was also pursued by American firms. Canada Enters Talks to Buy Saab GlobalEye, Spurning US Bids Canada Strikes Germany LNG Deal as Carney Seeks New Markets Germany Seeks New Alliances to Counter Trump-Dominated World Carney Warns of Authoritarian Rise, Rebuts Trump After Davos This week also saw Germany reach a deal for a supply of liquefied natural gas off of Canada’s west coast, a move that comes as Europe looks for reliable sources of the fuel after the Iran war cut off supplies from the Middle East. While the French privately lament that Canada isn’t a major buyer of French military equipment, Macron views Carney as a close ally in the ...
bestravelvideo/iStock Editorial via Getty Images In the midst of the rising prices, non-essential products, services, and solutions are facing the risk of softer demand, weaker pricing power, and tighter margins. And watching movies in a cinema theater might not be a priority for many people as their budget gets squeezed. IMAX Corporation ( IMAX ) is susceptible to these threats, but its well-dive...
bestravelvideo/iStock Editorial via Getty Images In the midst of the rising prices, non-essential products, services, and solutions are facing the risk of softer demand, weaker pricing power, and tighter margins. And watching movies in a cinema theater might not be a priority for many people as their budget gets squeezed. IMAX Corporation ( IMAX ) is susceptible to these threats, but its well-diversified business model and high adaptability to digitalization allow it to protect its business and cope with the changing trends in the movie/series industry. With the anticipated buyout from tech and streaming app giants, the price surge despite my Hold rating before was justifiable. Now, it is trading at about $40, and valuation appears a bit too high for a Buy. Yet, I think this has already priced in the potential premium after the buyout. Technicals adhere to it as the uptrend still holds. IMAX Q1 2026: Challenges Were Evident But Bearable The movie industry has faced several challenges amid stubborn inflation and softer discretionary spending. And despite its branding, IMAX Corporation is not fully shielded from the headwinds. On a lighter note, its strong customer base continues to help it maintain secure revenue streams. This was evident in its most recent performance. In Q1 2026, its operating revenue amounted to $81.38M , down by -6.0% YoY from $86.66M. All revenue components weakened, which showed its softer performance across all the solutions and services it offers. If we focus on its core business, content and technology solutions decreased. And I believe we can point it to the rising prices, affecting the capacity of moviegoers to watch movies in cinema theaters. Producing a movie has become expensive, providing solutions and services to movie projects has become costlier for IMAX. And so, movie ticket prices had to increase, which may have affected movie grosses and the percentage that IMAX gets from them. Segments (IMAX Q1 ) Likewise, the operating costs in...
ESET TALLIN, Estonia, May 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ESET is proud to announce that it is joining a strategic partnership with NATO alongside Microsoft and Palo Alto Networks. This collaboration is an important step to strengthen collective resilience in cyberspace in the face of present and emerging cyber threats. Deterrence and defense in cyberspace and the digital sphere are not only a matter...
ESET TALLIN, Estonia, May 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ESET is proud to announce that it is joining a strategic partnership with NATO alongside Microsoft and Palo Alto Networks. This collaboration is an important step to strengthen collective resilience in cyberspace in the face of present and emerging cyber threats. Deterrence and defense in cyberspace and the digital sphere are not only a matter of reliable hardware and software, but they are also about shared norms and principles, as articulated by Jean Ellermann-Kingombe, NATO ASG for Cyber and Digital Transformation. This is particularly true at a time when critical infrastructure essential for our societies to function is under attack, and malicious actors take advantage of technological developments to rapidly evolve their tactics. These strategic, non-commercial partnerships were formally announced today at the International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon) in Tallinn, Estonia, building new momentum for NATO-industry cyber cooperation. The partnerships will help facilitate dialogue, information sharing, exchange of best practices, as well as coordinated activities to address issues of common interest. “Sadly, we live in a time of increasing cyber threats that seek to undermine our society and challenge our values, so we are delighted to join this important initiative that aims to collaboratively increase resilience against these threats,” said Martin Talian, Chief Corporate Solutions Officer at ESET. ESET is committed to its role of making cyberspace more secure, drawing on our unique global visibility into the threat landscape, expertise supporting cyber defenders protecting critical infrastructure, including in conflict zones such as Ukraine, and our continuously expanding research teams aided by the most advanced technologies. About ESET ESET® provides cutting-edge cybersecurity to prevent attacks before they happen. By combining the power of AI and human expertise, ESET stays ahead of emerging global...
Eoneren/E+ via Getty Images Overview The John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund ( HTD ) provides investors with a way to get instant diversification across a high-quality portfolio of equities while collecting a monthly distribution. I previously covered HTD and issued a buy rating because of its attractive valuation and solid dividend coverage at the time. Since then, the share price ha...
Eoneren/E+ via Getty Images Overview The John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund ( HTD ) provides investors with a way to get instant diversification across a high-quality portfolio of equities while collecting a monthly distribution. I previously covered HTD and issued a buy rating because of its attractive valuation and solid dividend coverage at the time. Since then, the share price has increased, and the total return has outpaced the S&P 500 Index. However, I wanted to revisit the fund and reassess its growth outlook for the remainder of the year. I believe that the fund is directly positioned to capitalize on the rising demand for AI data centers, despite it not necessarily being the main focus of its portfolio. I believe that this has the potential to increase the rate of its NAV growth, and there are already active examples within its portfolio. When I previously covered HTD, the fund traded at a discount to NAV of 7.38%. Despite the share price rising by more than 9% since then, HTD still trades at a compelling discount to NAV of 6.33%. Referring to the red line on the graph below, the fund still sits somewhere in the middle of its historical price to NAV range. For instance, the fund has traded at an average discount to NAV of 5.53% over the last five-year period. With a renewed growth catalyst of AI data centers, I believe that this is still an attractive time to accumulate shares. CEF Data Despite the increase in share price, HTD now offers a starting dividend yield of about 7.4%, while issuing those payouts on a monthly basis. The potential for tax-advantaged dividend income is a great motive for income investors to continue accumulating shares. However, there are specific trade-offs that investors should consider as well. Despite the attractive growth outlook, HTD may be limiting its own growth by prioritizing distributions above total returns. Fund Strategy According to the latest available fact sheet , HTD has total managed assets of $1.39B t...
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCSH +0.04%) and iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (IGSB +0.04%) both provide low-cost exposure to high-quality debt with nearly identical risk-adjusted returns. Investors seeking to balance income and price stability often turn to short-term corporate bonds. Both funds focus on investment-grade securities with maturities between one and f...
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCSH +0.04%) and iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (IGSB +0.04%) both provide low-cost exposure to high-quality debt with nearly identical risk-adjusted returns. Investors seeking to balance income and price stability often turn to short-term corporate bonds. Both funds focus on investment-grade securities with maturities between one and five years, making them suitable for conservative portfolios that want higher yields than cash without the volatility of long-term debt. Snapshot (cost & size) Metric VCSH IGSB Issuer Vanguard iShares Expense ratio 0.03% 0.04% 1-yr return (as of May 20, 2026) 4.60% 4.70% Dividend yield 4.40% 4.60% Beta 0.13 0.12 AUM $49.5 billion $22.0 billion Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year monthly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. Dividend yield is the trailing-12-month distribution yield. The Vanguard fund offers a slightly lower expense ratio of 0.03% compared to 0.04% for its peer. While the cost difference is minimal, IGSB has provided a slightly higher trailing-12-month distribution yield of 4.60%. Performance & risk comparison Metric VCSH IGSB Max drawdown (5 yr) (9.50%) (9.50%) Growth of $1,000 over 5 years (total return) $1,120 $1,125 Expand NASDAQ : IGSB iShares Trust - iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Today's Change ( 0.04 %) $ 0.02 Current Price $ 52.44 Key Data Points Day's Range $ 52.42 - $ 52.46 52wk Range $ 52.12 - $ 53.25 Volume 425.4K What's inside The iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF is a massive, highly diversified fixed-income fund that holds 4,601 individual bonds. It focuses on U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade corporate debt with remaining maturities between one and five years. Its top holdings are exceptionally spread out, with no single position exceeding 0.31% of the portfolio. Launched in 2007, the fund has paid $2.3...
designer491/iStock via Getty Images It’s dividend income update time. One of my favorite things to do as a dividend income investor. I am still playing catch-up with my monthly dividend income reporting and providing the first three months of 2026 as one post. As we all know, the market may move up and down irrationally and seemingly on a whim while our dividends remain much more stable, reliable ...
designer491/iStock via Getty Images It’s dividend income update time. One of my favorite things to do as a dividend income investor. I am still playing catch-up with my monthly dividend income reporting and providing the first three months of 2026 as one post. As we all know, the market may move up and down irrationally and seemingly on a whim while our dividends remain much more stable, reliable and predictable. It seems that an errant tweet, comment, or blog post sends the market roaring higher or falling like a rock. What’s an income investor to do? Well, largely nothing. With that being said, let’s take a look at my Q1 2026 total dividend income. Date Symbol Description Amount 01/02/2026 UGI UGI CORP NEW $213.75 01/05/2026 KMB KIMBERLY CLARK CORP $43.50 01/06/2026 PEP PEPSICO INC $54.89 01/09/2026 MO ALTRIA GROUP INC $1,095.88 01/09/2026 ITW ILLINOIS TOOL WKS INC $97.16 01/14/2026 PM PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC $228.70 01/15/2026 MAIN MAIN STR CAP CORP $7.05 01/16/2026 UTG REAVES UTILITY INCOME $16.17 01/16/2026 JCI JOHNSON CONTROLS INT F $47.60 01/30/2026 UTF COHEN AND STEERS INFRAST $10.89 01/30/2026 BST BLACKROCK SCIENCE TECHNO $18.12 02/02/2026 GIS GENERAL MILLS INC $17.63 02/02/2026 PTY PIMCO CORPORATE OPPORTUN $4.75 02/02/2026 VZ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS I $201.63 02/09/2026 APD AIR PRODS & CHEMS INC $76.94 02/13/2026 ABT ABBOTT LABS $51.60 02/13/2026 MAIN MAIN STR CAP CORP $7.05 02/13/2026 EPD ENTERPRISE PRODS PART LP $129.25 02/17/2026 PG PROCTER & GAMBLE CO $32.17 02/17/2026 MPLX MPLX LP $21.53 02/17/2026 ABBV ABBVIE INC $400.83 02/17/2026 HRL HORMEL FOODS CORP $13.35 02/19/2026 CAT CATERPILLAR INC $115.46 02/19/2026 ET ENERGY TRANSFER L P LP $261.30 02/26/2026 CAG CONAGRA BRANDS INC $24.34 02/27/2026 UTF COHEN AND STEERS INFRAST $10.89 02/27/2026 BST BLACKROCK SCIENCE TECHNO $18.12 02/27/2026 UTG REAVES UTILITY INCOME $16.17 02/27/2026 ADX ADAMS DIVERSIFIED EQUITY $21.36 02/27/2026 ADX ADAMS DIVERSIFIED EQUITY $32.04 02/27/2026 ADX ADAMS DIVERSIFIED EQUITY $1...
Key Points AMD has a big opportunity as the market shifts to inference and agentic AI. Broadcom is set to see huge growth from an explosion in custom AI chips. 10 stocks we like better than Advanced Micro Devices › The market loves growth, and two of the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure names with the biggest growth opportunities still ahead are Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) and ...
Key Points AMD has a big opportunity as the market shifts to inference and agentic AI. Broadcom is set to see huge growth from an explosion in custom AI chips. 10 stocks we like better than Advanced Micro Devices › The market loves growth, and two of the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure names with the biggest growth opportunities still ahead are Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO). That's why both semiconductor stocks have the potential for 50% or more upside over the next year. Right now, AI infrastructure spending is booming, with the five largest hyperscalers (owners of massive data centers) alone expected to spend $700 billion this year building out data center capacity. At the same time, there are clear shifts in the market set to benefit both AMD and Broadcom. That's why these are the two top stocks to own moving forward. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » AMD: An inference and agentic AI opportunity Trading at a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 63.5 times 2026 analyst estimates, AMD's stock does not appear cheap. However, the growth in front of it could be enormous, which could easily send its stock up more than 50% over the next year. In the AI accelerator market, AMD is benefiting from the shift toward inference and hyperscalers looking to diversify their chip suppliers away from just using Nvidia. The company's chiplet design, which can package more memory, is particularly well-suited for inference, which is now starting to grow faster than the market for AI model training. AMD already has two large $100 billion deals in place for its graphics processing units (GPUs), and it's believed that Anthropic will also begin using its next-generation chips. At the same time, the company has a huge opportunity in the data center central ...
Taiwan Semiconductor ADR Taiwan Semiconductor ADR TSM $ 420.39 $8.07 1.96% 64% IBD Stock Analysis Stock clearing shelf area TSM Relative Strength line at new high on weekly chart IBD Composite Rating 99/99 Industry Group Ranking 3/197 Emerging Pattern Consolidation Consolidation A sideways pattern that doesn’t fit traditional base definitions. Sometimes will have a handle. * Not real-time data. Al...
Taiwan Semiconductor ADR Taiwan Semiconductor ADR TSM $ 420.39 $8.07 1.96% 64% IBD Stock Analysis Stock clearing shelf area TSM Relative Strength line at new high on weekly chart IBD Composite Rating 99/99 Industry Group Ranking 3/197 Emerging Pattern Consolidation Consolidation A sideways pattern that doesn’t fit traditional base definitions. Sometimes will have a handle. * Not real-time data. All…
The market loves growth, and two of the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure names with the biggest growth opportunities still ahead are Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO). That's why both semiconductor stocks have the potential for 50% or more upside over the next year. Right now, AI infrastructure spending is booming, with the five largest hyperscalers (owner...
The market loves growth, and two of the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure names with the biggest growth opportunities still ahead are Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO). That's why both semiconductor stocks have the potential for 50% or more upside over the next year. Right now, AI infrastructure spending is booming, with the five largest hyperscalers (owners of massive data centers) alone expected to spend $700 billion this year building out data center capacity. At the same time, there are clear shifts in the market set to benefit both AMD and Broadcom. That's why these are the two top stocks to own moving forward. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on a little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly," providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Image source: Getty Images. AMD: An inference and agentic AI opportunity Trading at a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 63.5 times 2026 analyst estimates, AMD's stock does not appear cheap. However, the growth in front of it could be enormous, which could easily send its stock up more than 50% over the next year. In the AI accelerator market, AMD is benefiting from the shift toward inference and hyperscalers looking to diversify their chip suppliers away from just using Nvidia. The company's chiplet design, which can package more memory, is particularly well-suited for inference, which is now starting to grow faster than the market for AI model training. AMD already has two large $100 billion deals in place for its graphics processing units (GPUs), and it's believed that Anthropic will also begin using its next-generation chips. At the same time, the company has a huge opportunity in the data center central processing (CPU) market, where it has established itself as a strong leader. With agentic AI, the ratio of GPUs to CPUs is expected to go from 8:1 to 1:1, with Nvidia recently saying this is a...