Investing.com -- Chinese outbound shipments staged a stronger-than-anticipated recovery in April, as the global investment boom in artificial intelligence helped the trade sector navigate significant shipping disruptions caused by the war in Iran.
Investing.com -- Chinese outbound shipments staged a stronger-than-anticipated recovery in April, as the global investment boom in artificial intelligence helped the trade sector navigate significant shipping disruptions caused by the war in Iran.
Bangkok-based SiamAI said on Saturday it had not exported AI servers to China and that it complies with U.S. export and re-export control laws. • The firm has faced allegations of circumventing exports of advanced chips from U.S. firms Super Micro Computer and Nvidia to China. • "SiamAI has not engaged in the export of AI servers to China," it said in a statement.
Bangkok-based SiamAI said on Saturday it had not exported AI servers to China and that it complies with U.S. export and re-export control laws. • The firm has faced allegations of circumventing exports of advanced chips from U.S. firms Super Micro Computer and Nvidia to China. • "SiamAI has not engaged in the export of AI servers to China," it said in a statement.
Although the technology itself isn't new in itself, the reemergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm and boosted plenty of tech stocks along the way. Instead of trying to pick a single winner in the AI race, you can benefit from investing in a tech ETF that gives you exposure to many of the AI heavyweights. Vanguard's flagship tech ETF, the Vanguard Information Technolo...
Although the technology itself isn't new in itself, the reemergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm and boosted plenty of tech stocks along the way. Instead of trying to pick a single winner in the AI race, you can benefit from investing in a tech ETF that gives you exposure to many of the AI heavyweights. Vanguard's flagship tech ETF, the Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEMKT: VGT) , is a popular go-to for people wanting to invest in tech stocks, but it might not be the best option if you're looking to invest in AI stocks . Let's take a look at why. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
One of the most highly anticipated initial public offerings (IPOs) of 2026 is SpaceX, the rocket and spacecraft manufacturer and transport company owned by Elon Musk. While a date has not yet been set for the SpaceX IPO , it is expected to occur sometime this summer. When it does, it is likely to be the largest, most valuable IPO in history. The SpaceX IPO will receive a massive amount of investor...
One of the most highly anticipated initial public offerings (IPOs) of 2026 is SpaceX, the rocket and spacecraft manufacturer and transport company owned by Elon Musk. While a date has not yet been set for the SpaceX IPO , it is expected to occur sometime this summer. When it does, it is likely to be the largest, most valuable IPO in history. The SpaceX IPO will receive a massive amount of investor interest. But as the Motley Fool's Trevor Jennewine pointed out in a recent article, history has shown that the largest, most valuable IPOs typically don't come charging out of the gate. Continue reading
Tim Robberts/DigitalVision via Getty Images The S&P 500 has soared over 12% since the start of April and 7% since the start of the Iran war, thanks to a +40% rebound in chip stocks. Half the rally has been accounted for by five companies - Alphabet ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ), Nvidia ( NVDA ), Amazon ( AMZN ), Broadcom ( AVGO ), and Apple ( AAPL ). At the same time, broader sectors like financials have pos...
Tim Robberts/DigitalVision via Getty Images The S&P 500 has soared over 12% since the start of April and 7% since the start of the Iran war, thanks to a +40% rebound in chip stocks. Half the rally has been accounted for by five companies - Alphabet ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ), Nvidia ( NVDA ), Amazon ( AMZN ), Broadcom ( AVGO ), and Apple ( AAPL ). At the same time, broader sectors like financials have posted near-flat earnings growth, and healthcare has negative growth. If we weight all 500 companies equally, the index has actually fallen slightly. Consumer sentiment in May fell to a fresh record low of 48.2 as the US 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose above 6.5%. Homebuilder stocks are off about 20% from their 2024 highs, and consumer companies are feeling the gloom. Consumer discretionary bellwethers like Whirlpool ( WHR ) are down 58% since last July, and McDonald’s ( MCD ) hit a new 52-week low today, -18% since February and now back to the same level as April 2023. “War in Iran resulted in recession-level industry decline in the U.S. as consumer confidence collapsed in late February and March.” — Marc Bitzer, CEO of Whirlpool, May 7, 2026 Consumer staples companies are generally more defensive, but the sector is down 6% since February, with companies like Heinz ( KHC ) down 18% since last July. Kraft Heinz CEO Steve Cahillane cited struggling consumers in his earnings call this week: “They’re literally running out of money at the end of the month. We’re seeing negative cash flows in the lower-income brackets while they’re dipping into savings.” Gains in semiconductor stocks have pushed high-beta shares to record outperformance relative to the lower-volatility, more economically sensitive sectors of the S&P 500 (as shown below since 2014, courtesy of The Daily Number). The market cap of so-called “defensive” sector stocks has fallen to a record low 15% of the S&P 500 market cap (below since 1975, courtesy of Augur Infinity). It’s not that defensive sectors are deeply disc...
Derick Hudson/iStock Editorial via Getty Images NEW YORK (April 7) - We've long thought that hopes for a Starbucks ( SBUX ) stock recovery to its long-past its α glory days were sanguine and based more on promises than performance. We reiterate that view today. Last week's earnings release of the Second Quarter of fiscal 2026 numbers, with an earnings call at 4:15 EDT April 28, boosted the SBUX sh...
Derick Hudson/iStock Editorial via Getty Images NEW YORK (April 7) - We've long thought that hopes for a Starbucks ( SBUX ) stock recovery to its long-past its α glory days were sanguine and based more on promises than performance. We reiterate that view today. Last week's earnings release of the Second Quarter of fiscal 2026 numbers, with an earnings call at 4:15 EDT April 28, boosted the SBUX share price from $97 to $103 by the close at 4:00 EDT; then, up to over 106 the next day, April 29th. The stock prices has since receded, somewhat, to a closing price of $105 at a recent closing. The stock has been meandering around that price the last several days. SBUX Closing Prices 4/26 to 5/4 (Starbucks Investor Relations) At least one media outlet last week attributed the spike in the share price to the earnings beat. But if you set the hurdle low enough, even the Achilles could clear it after being hit with the arrow. As you can see below, the SBUX "estimate" for last weeks earnings release was the lowest EPS estimate in seventeen quarters! Indeed, if you look at this linke of the source data of this chart, the EPS estimate was the lowest since 2020Q3, when the estimate was just $0.33, coming out of the worst of the pandemic. (This chart of 17 quarters is just to show detail.) The Stuyvesant Square Consultancy from Alpha Query data. There are other issues with the SBUX earnings, too. Cash provided by operations is down 17% from the same quarter in 2025, yet the dividend is up nearly 2%. In 2025Q2, SBUX distributed about 59% of its $2,364 million cash flow from operations. But in 2026Q2, it distributed nearly 72% of a lower cash flow from operations, $1,962.2 millions. Despite the lower year-on-year quarterly operating cash flow, SBUX nevertheless distributed $26.5 million more in dividends last quarter than the same quarter in 2025. Although same store sales, or comparable sales - or "comps", for short - were reportedly up 6.2% globally, year-on-year, just 3.8% of comp...