Trevor Srednick/iStock Editorial via Getty Images One of the worst performing stocks in recent years has been Lucid ( LCID ). The luxury electric vehicle maker has failed to meet long term growth targets, resulting in significant financial problems. While the company unveiled its latest plan on Thursday as it looks for a major financial turnaround, a lack of concrete details along with past execut...
Trevor Srednick/iStock Editorial via Getty Images One of the worst performing stocks in recent years has been Lucid ( LCID ). The luxury electric vehicle maker has failed to meet long term growth targets, resulting in significant financial problems. While the company unveiled its latest plan on Thursday as it looks for a major financial turnaround, a lack of concrete details along with past execution issues keeps me skeptical for now. Previous coverage of the name I last took a look at Lucid back in early January, right after the company reported its preliminary Q4 production and delivery figures. I mentioned that there were a lot of big questions for 2026, including how much growth the company would see and whether or not losses and cash burn could be reduced in any meaningful way. Since that article, shares have lost nearly 15% (to Friday's close), a bit worse than the 4.5% loss in the S&P 500. A look at the Q4 results Back in late February, Lucid reported its Q4 results , detailing revenues of nearly $523 million. This number was up nearly 123% year over year, and it handily beat the street's estimate average by $63 million. The company had only showed about 72% delivery growth for the period, but thanks to the more expensive Gravity SUV, average selling prices rose nicely. Lucid's income statement continued to look rather ugly, however. While its negative 80.7% gross margin percentage was the best since deliveries of the Air started a number of years back, the gross margin dollar loss of $422 million was the company's worst yet. Margin percentages only improved due to a much larger revenue base. The same can be said about the operating line, where Lucid reported a more than $1.06 billion quarterly loss, but the quarterly operating margin of negative 203.7% was the best yet and a meaningful improvement over recent quarters. Balance sheet and cash flow update Primarily due to its large losses, Lucid has burned through a tremendous amount of cash over time. In Q4 2...
Key Points CoreWeave recently entered a strategic, multi-year collaboration with Perplexity to enhance its inference workloads. Nvidia made another big investment in cloud AI infrastructure this week. 10 stocks we like better than CoreWeave › Stocks in general had a rough week, with the major U.S. indexes all dropping at least 1% this week. One stock that resisted those headwinds was artificial in...
Key Points CoreWeave recently entered a strategic, multi-year collaboration with Perplexity to enhance its inference workloads. Nvidia made another big investment in cloud AI infrastructure this week. 10 stocks we like better than CoreWeave › Stocks in general had a rough week, with the major U.S. indexes all dropping at least 1% this week. One stock that resisted those headwinds was artificial intelligence (AI) name CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV). Shares of the specialized cloud provider jumped 11.1% this week, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Company news from the prior week and sector news this week helped push the stock higher. 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 » Cloud infrastructure demand remains high Regardless of economic and geopolitical changes, the need for cloud compute capacity remains very strong. CoreWeave recently announced a deal with AI-powered research company Perplexity to power that company's newest inference workloads. Perplexity chief business officer Dmitry Shevelenko stated, "We were impressed by the combination of CoreWeave's technical aptitude and partner-first mindset that help AI-native companies accelerate their growth and scaling goals." Another catalyst for the stock was news that Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), already a significant minority stakeholder in CoreWeave, invested $2 billion in competing AI infrastructure company Nebius Group this week. Considering its existing relationship with CoreWeave, investors took that news as a sign of confidence from the AI leader that demand for data center capacity is still accelerating. CoreWeave should continue to fill its capacity, which might bode well for the stock in the short- and medium-term, at least. Should you buy stock in CoreWeave right now? Before you buy stock in CoreWeave, consider th...
Donald Trump has said the UK should send warships to help keep the strait of Hormuz open. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, the US president urged the UK and other countries to deploy vessels to the strait amid the conflict with Iran. The strait is a key trading artery between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, through which a fifth of the world’s oil passes. Last year, about...
Donald Trump has said the UK should send warships to help keep the strait of Hormuz open. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, the US president urged the UK and other countries to deploy vessels to the strait amid the conflict with Iran. The strait is a key trading artery between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, through which a fifth of the world’s oil passes. Last year, about 20m barrels of oil passed through the strait each day. Since the US and Israel first launched strikes on Iran a fortnight ago, numerous ships travelling through the strait have been attacked. It is now effectively closed, driving up oil prices and putting intense pressure on the global economy. Trump wrote: “Many Countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the Strait open and safe. “We have already destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military capability, but it’s easy for them to send a drone or two, drop a mine, or deliver a close range missile somewhere along, or in, this Waterway, no matter how badly defeated they are. “Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated. “In the meantime, the United States will be bombing the hell out of the shoreline, and continually shooting Iranian Boats and Ships out of the water. One way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE!” View image in fullscreen Tankers sail in the Gulf, near the strait of Hormuz, as seen from Ras al-Khaimah, a city in the United Arab Emirates. Photograph: Reuters In response to Trump’s post, Iran said that claims its military capabilities had been destroyed were based on “fabricated lies”. An Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: “As we’ve said previously, we are cur...
Israel said the war against Iran was entering its “decisive phase” on Saturday, as explosions rocked cities across the Middle East, with strikes on the US embassy in Baghdad and a major Emirati energy facility. Washington’s embassy in Iraq was hit by a drone, security sources said, the second time it had been targeted since February 28, when the United States and Israel attacked Iran and plunged t...
Israel said the war against Iran was entering its “decisive phase” on Saturday, as explosions rocked cities across the Middle East, with strikes on the US embassy in Baghdad and a major Emirati energy facility. Washington’s embassy in Iraq was hit by a drone, security sources said, the second time it had been targeted since February 28, when the United States and Israel attacked Iran and plunged the Gulf into a conflict that has sent shock waves through the global economy. Millions have been displaced by waves of drone, missile and aerial bombing, while more than 1,200 people have reportedly been killed in Iran, with little sign of the conflict slowing as it entered its third week. Advertisement Oil prices have surged by 40 per cent as Iran chokes off the vital Strait of Hormuz with threats to shipping and strikes on Gulf energy facilities. A video grab shows smoke billowing from the US embassy in Baghdad’s fortified “Green Zone” following a reported drone strike on Saturday. Photo: various sources / AFP Clouds of black smoke rose on Saturday over Fujairah, home to a major Emirati oil storage and export terminal, shortly after Iran’s military warned UAE civilians to avoid port areas. Advertisement Fujairah, outside the Strait of Hormuz, is the outlet for about 1 million barrels per day of the United Arab Emirates’ Murban crude oil – a volume equal to about 1 per cent of world demand.
Alexander Shapovalov/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Carnival Corporation ( CCL ) stock has been in freefall since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran a couple of weeks ago. From around $32, the stock has fallen to less than $24 as of this writing, representing a sharp decline of 25%. This market selloff has erased almost all gains since my previous article on Carnival, which was published in May ...
Alexander Shapovalov/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Carnival Corporation ( CCL ) stock has been in freefall since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran a couple of weeks ago. From around $32, the stock has fallen to less than $24 as of this writing, representing a sharp decline of 25%. This market selloff has erased almost all gains since my previous article on Carnival, which was published in May 2025. Back then, I thought Carnival's fleet modernization efforts were underappreciated in the market. I pointed to strong revenue growth and a meaningful improvement in ROIC as a result of these investments. These expectations materialized in H2 2025 with Carnival reaching record profitability of $3.1 billion for FY 2025. Revenue also hit a record high of $26.6 billion. Balance sheet improvements were noteworthy too. After years of struggling with pandemic-related debt, Carnival's net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio improved to 3.4x in 2025. From a high of $32 billion in 2022, Carnival's long-term debt balance has declined to a more reasonable $24 billion thanks to aggressive debt repayments. All these improvements paved the way for Carnival to reinstate its dividend as well. Everything was going well for Carnival until two weeks ago. Rising Middle East tensions present two different challenges for Carnival. Carnival does not hedge its exposure to energy prices, unlike some of its closest rivals. Energy prices have shot through the roof in March. The rosy demand outlook painted by the management during the last earnings release may not hold true anymore. Itinerary changes are already happening. When it comes to demand challenges, Carnival can avoid the Middle East and redirect the demand to some of its other popular destinations. I'm not saying that Carnival will not feel the impact of a demand shock in the Middle East, but this is comparatively more manageable than fuel cost inflation. Therefore, in this analysis, I will try to quantify the impact of rising fuel prices on C...
Key Points The cryptocurrency industry enjoys long-term tailwinds from increasingly favorable U.S. government policy. Dogecoin's infinitely rising supply is cause for concern. 10 stocks we like better than Dogecoin › While Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) initially started as a parody of Bitcoin, the original meme coin is far from a joke today. With prices up by over 45,000% since its inception in late 201...
Key Points The cryptocurrency industry enjoys long-term tailwinds from increasingly favorable U.S. government policy. Dogecoin's infinitely rising supply is cause for concern. 10 stocks we like better than Dogecoin › While Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) initially started as a parody of Bitcoin, the original meme coin is far from a joke today. With prices up by over 45,000% since its inception in late 2013, a $10,000 position would be worth an eye-popping $4.5 million today, assuming you were able to hold through all the ups and downs. That's much easier said than done. However, while Dogecoin's long-term performance has been positive, recent months have seen the asset give back much of its gains. Prices have already dropped 48% year to date as the election rally fades. Let's explore the pros and cons of Dogecoin to decide if it can bounce back. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » The larger cryptocurrency industry looks solid While Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 election turned out to be a buy-the-rumor, sell-the-news event for Dogecoin, it has proven to be a tremendous boon for the industry as a whole. The new administration has sharply pivoted away from the Biden era's litigation-heavy approach to regulation, instead prioritizing clarity and dialogue. New legislation, such as the Genius Act, established clearer rules around stablecoins. At the same time, the establishment of a U.S. Bitcoin strategic reserve boosts the asset class's legitimacy in the eyes of international investors. The U.S. may be poised to take things a step further with a possible bipartisan Crypto Market Structure bill that aims to classify some cryptocurrencies as digital commodities and could lay the groundwork for how institutions can integrate them into their business models. While these regulatory tailwinds won't necessarily boost cryptocurrency prices immediat...
iQoncept As Q4 earnings season draws to a close, investors are shifting focus to the updated quant ratings following the latest wave of corporate results. These scores offer a snapshot of how companies rank across key factors, including valuation, growth, profitability, momentum, and revisions. Below is an overview of large-cap consumer discretionary companies with market capitalizations above $10...
iQoncept As Q4 earnings season draws to a close, investors are shifting focus to the updated quant ratings following the latest wave of corporate results. These scores offer a snapshot of how companies rank across key factors, including valuation, growth, profitability, momentum, and revisions. Below is an overview of large-cap consumer discretionary companies with market capitalizations above $10B, highlighting those with the highest and lowest quant ratings. The comparison underscores which stocks strengthened their fundamentals and which ones lagged. Top quant-rated stocks: General Motors ( GM ) , Quant Rating: 4.83 , Strong Buy. Ford Motor ( F ) , Quant Rating: 4.81 , Strong Buy. Amazon ( AMZN ) , Quant Rating: 4.74 , Strong Buy. Industria de Diseño Textil ( IDEXY ) , Quant Rating: 4.69 , Strong Buy. Bridgestone ( BRDCY ) , Quant Rating: 4.57 , Strong Buy. Bottom quant-rated stocks: Flutter Entertainment ( FLUT ) , Quant Rating: 1.20 , Strong Sell. Sea Limited ( SE ), Quant Rating: 1.72 , Sell. adidas ( ADDYY ), Quant Rating: 1.83 , Sell. Accor ( ACCYY ), Quant Rating: 1.98 , Sell. Genuine Parts Company ( GPC ), Quant Rating: 2.60 , Hold. More on consumer discretionary stocks Amazon: I'm Pounding The Table On This Misunderstood Opportunity Sea Limited Is Too Cheap To Ignore Industria De Diseño Textil, S.A. (IDEXY) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Retail jolt: Amazon plans to move Prime Day into June for the first time Genuine Parts touts breakup plan, AI push at UBS conference; shares swing higher
Key Points The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF invests in every single company listed on American stock exchanges. A high degree of diversification can reduce risk, but it typically leads to lower returns compared to investing in a more concentrated ETF. Nevertheless, the Vanguard ETF can help patient investors join the millionaire's club over the long term. 10 stocks we like better than Vanguard ...
Key Points The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF invests in every single company listed on American stock exchanges. A high degree of diversification can reduce risk, but it typically leads to lower returns compared to investing in a more concentrated ETF. Nevertheless, the Vanguard ETF can help patient investors join the millionaire's club over the long term. 10 stocks we like better than Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF › The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEMKT: VTI) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the performance of the CRSP U.S. Total Market Index, which invests in all 3,498 companies listed on American stock exchanges. That means the ETF offers exposure to multitrillion-dollar technology powerhouses like Nvidia and Microsoft, in addition to small-cap growth stories like DigitalOcean and Lemonade. This high degree of diversification is typically great for producing steady returns with low volatility, but it also means the Vanguard ETF doesn't perform as well over the long run as ETFs that track more concentrated indexes like the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) or the Nasdaq-100. 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 » With that said, the Vanguard ETF can still produce life-changing results for investors who buy it in 2026. Here's how it could create a million-dollar fortune over the long run. Large caps, small caps, and everything in between The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF is weighted by market capitalization, so companies with the highest values have a much greater influence over the fund's performance than companies with the smallest values. As a result, its top five holdings are Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon, which have a combined market capitalization of $17 trillion. Therefore, despite having around 3,500 holdings, a whopping 25.8% of the Vanguard ETF...