Shares of the electric-vehicle maker rose 0.6% to $448 in premarket trading, while and futures were up 0.2% and 0.6%, respectively. Coming into Thursday trading, Tesla stock has risen five of the past six days, gaining more than 14% over that span. With CEO Elon Musk traveling with President Donald Trump in China, optimism about Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) approval in that country seems to be th...
Shares of the electric-vehicle maker rose 0.6% to $448 in premarket trading, while and futures were up 0.2% and 0.6%, respectively. Coming into Thursday trading, Tesla stock has risen five of the past six days, gaining more than 14% over that span. With CEO Elon Musk traveling with President Donald Trump in China, optimism about Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) approval in that country seems to be the main stock driver lately.
Shares of wireless chipmaker Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) jumped 7.6% in the afternoon session after a combination of strong fiscal second-quarter results, promising developments for its data center processors, and a favorable US-China tariff suspension fueled multiple analyst upgrades.
Shares of wireless chipmaker Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) jumped 7.6% in the afternoon session after a combination of strong fiscal second-quarter results, promising developments for its data center processors, and a favorable US-China tariff suspension fueled multiple analyst upgrades.
Wei Li, chief global investment strategist at BlackRock, discusses the market implications of the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping and how geopolitical fragmentation and AI demand will drive inflationary pressures. (Source: Bloomberg)
Wei Li, chief global investment strategist at BlackRock, discusses the market implications of the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping and how geopolitical fragmentation and AI demand will drive inflationary pressures. (Source: Bloomberg)
Sun Summit Minerals ( SMREF ) on Thursday said it received five new mineral claims totaling 6595 hectares in British Columbia’s Toodoggone Mining District, forming the new Orbit Project jointly owned with Eagle Plains Resources ( EGPLF). The companies said the Orbit Project is located about 18 km north of Sun Summit’s JD property and east of the Theory Project. Under a formal agreement, Sun Summit...
Sun Summit Minerals ( SMREF ) on Thursday said it received five new mineral claims totaling 6595 hectares in British Columbia’s Toodoggone Mining District, forming the new Orbit Project jointly owned with Eagle Plains Resources ( EGPLF). The companies said the Orbit Project is located about 18 km north of Sun Summit’s JD property and east of the Theory Project. Under a formal agreement, Sun Summit will hold a 51% stake and Eagle Plains 49%, with Eagle Plains acting as operator. The partners said they plan to form a definitive joint venture by Dec. 31, 2026, and are preparing an exploration program for the 2026 season alongside work at the Theory and JD projects. More on Sun Summit Minerals Corp. Financial information for Sun Summit Minerals Corp.
adventtr/iStock via Getty Images BETA Technologies ( BETA ) reported its first quarter earnings and updated its full-year outlook. I initiated coverage for BETA Technologies in February with a buy rating. That report noted that the surge in the stock price on a stake disclosure from Amazon ( AMZN ) was a false flag given that the company’s filings prior to the IPO already included information on t...
adventtr/iStock via Getty Images BETA Technologies ( BETA ) reported its first quarter earnings and updated its full-year outlook. I initiated coverage for BETA Technologies in February with a buy rating. That report noted that the surge in the stock price on a stake disclosure from Amazon ( AMZN ) was a false flag given that the company’s filings prior to the IPO already included information on the existence of the Amazon stake. At the same time, I did mark the stock a speculative buy with its integrated battery technology product portfolio and a stepwise eCTOL/eVTOL certification path as differentiating elements. The stock price is now down 2.3%, underperforming the S&P 500’s 7% gain. In my view, that fits the speculative buy nature. In this report, I discuss the Q1 2026 earnings for BETA Technologies, and the updated guidance, and I update my price target. BETA Technologies Losses Widen Earnings BETA Technologies (BETA Technologies) In some sense, the financial results are not major watch items at this moment. Revenues are currently small, with Q1 revenues increasing from $9.6 million to $10.1 million. At the same time R&D spending is increasing and adjusted EBITDA losses are widening. This also makes sense. Revenues are generated through product sales and services revenues. The product revenues decreased by $1.5 million to around $1 million, driven by lower deliveries of propulsion motors and batteries. Services revenues increased 29% to $2.1 million, driven by $6.2 million higher revenues for engineering and consulting services offset by the conclusion of a $4.2 million services contract. So, right now, we are seeing no consistent growth in performance. Gross profits decreased 26% to $5.8 million while R&D increased nearly 60% to $91.7 million and general expenses increased nearly 70% to $47.1 million, leading to losses increasing 70% to $133 million and $97.2 million on an adjusted EBITDA basis. The widening losses are attributable to the development, testing,...
DALLAS, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strive, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASST; SATA) (“Strive” or the “Company”) today announced that it will begin paying dividends on its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (the "SATA Stock") on a daily basis. This change will take effect on June 16, 2026, with dividends paid each business day to stockholders of record on the immediately preceding business day...
DALLAS, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strive, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASST; SATA) (“Strive” or the “Company”) today announced that it will begin paying dividends on its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (the "SATA Stock") on a daily basis. This change will take effect on June 16, 2026, with dividends paid each business day to stockholders of record on the immediately preceding business day. Dividend, if and when declared, will be declared on a monthly basis for the following month's monthly dividend period. The Company's board of directors maintained the regular dividend rate per annum on the Company's SATA Stock at 13.00%, effective for the monthly periods commencing on or after May 16, 2026. The Company also announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
Rate Hikes Are Coming... Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance What a week for macroeconomic data. We got two horrific datapoints this week that, when combined with some key comments from days ago, seem to be pushing the Fed closer to rate hikes than they’ve been in a long while. The case for rate hikes is no longer some fringe tail risk like it felt it was a year ago as inflation numbers (though stil...
Rate Hikes Are Coming... Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance What a week for macroeconomic data. We got two horrific datapoints this week that, when combined with some key comments from days ago, seem to be pushing the Fed closer to rate hikes than they’ve been in a long while. The case for rate hikes is no longer some fringe tail risk like it felt it was a year ago as inflation numbers (though still high) appeared to be coming down. For most of last year, markets were operating under a very clean narrative that inflation would continue cooling, growth would gradually slow, and the Federal Reserve would eventually be in position to cut rates further. That framework is starting to crack. Regardless of whether investors were focused on a potentially more dovish policy direction under figures like Kevin Warsh or Stephen Miran, the Fed ultimately cannot sidestep hard inflation data. If price pressures are clearly reaccelerating, policymakers risk losing massive credibility if they continue signaling easing while inflation moves in the opposite direction. The market is being forced to confront that reality in real time. And this chart from Charlie Bilello yesterday shows exactly what that reality looks like: inflation got away from the Fed in 2020, and we haven’t been anywhere near close to returning it toward the baseline trend we have tried to revert to. In fact, the chart shows the delta between the 2% baseline target and current inflation as widening. That pressure intensified today after a major upside surprise in wholesale inflation. The latest producer price index report showed wholesale prices rose 1.4% in April, nearly triple expectations of 0.5% and well above March’s upwardly revised 0.7% increase. On an annual basis, producer prices climbed 6%, marking the biggest increase since December 2022. This matters because producer prices often serve as an early warning signal for future consumer inflation. Rising input costs eventually work their way through supply cha...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Fiserv ( FISV ) ( FISV:CA ) has launched agentOS, an agentic AI operating system that helps financial institutions deploy AI agents across their banking workflows. The operating system is expected to be widely available by August 2026. Shares were 3.25% higher pre-market to $54.07 during Thursday morning trading. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based company sa...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Fiserv ( FISV ) ( FISV:CA ) has launched agentOS, an agentic AI operating system that helps financial institutions deploy AI agents across their banking workflows. The operating system is expected to be widely available by August 2026. Shares were 3.25% higher pre-market to $54.07 during Thursday morning trading. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based company said it will initially feature four Fiserv agents: Commercial Loan Onboarding, Daily Operational Analysis and Reporting, Agentic Deposit Intelligence, and Agentic AML Triage Analysis. Six financial institutions have partnered with the financial technology solutions provider to co-develop the system - Salem Five , City National Bank, Bank OZK ( OZK ), and SouthState ( SSB ) , with two running agents - First Interstate Bank ( FIBK ) and Boulder Dam Credit Union - in beta today. agentOS is the industry's first agent marketplace built natively for banking workflows.