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Chip stocks have been doing well in recent years due to artificial intelligence (AI), and while Nvidia has typically outperformed AMD, the tide has turned over the past year.

Quantum computing is still in its early innings, but IonQ and IBM are already building the hardware and infrastructure that could power the next decade of growth.

Accenture (ACN) stock has returned about 51% over the past three months. Yet the shares are still down nearly 20% over twelve months and trade at roughly half their three-year high. At about $186 a share, the easy read is that the quick money has been made.

The U.S. stock market held near its record high after oil prices eased again. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.5% to its own record. The Nasdaq composite rose 122.18 points, or 0.5%, to 27,244.28.

GameStop stock rallies as CEO Ryan Cohen loads up on another $26.4 million of it. But retail investors are advised to exercise caution in following Cohen in his footsteps.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has introduced a new private credit reference data service, using its ICE IDs system and data infrastructure to structure and deliver information on private credit instruments to institutional clients. Intercontinental Exchange has seen mixed momentum recently, with the share price down 3.65% over the past month but up 16.82% over 90 days. The 1-year total shareholder return has declined 7.45%, while the 3-year total shareholder return sits at 47.72%,...

Verizon Communications (VZ) has been busy on the product front in September, with initiatives ranging from a new 5G push-to-talk handset with Siyata to expanded 6G research partnerships and fresh iPhone 18 lineup promotions. Recent trading has been choppy, with Verizon Communications’ share price slipping 7.04% over the past week and 3.58% over the past month. At the same time, the 90 day share price return is 2.03% and the year to date share price return is 17.67%, alongside a 1 year total...

Roku (ROKU) remains in focus after recent trading, with the share price near $154.33. Performance over the past year, past 3 months, and the past month gives investors fresh data to reassess valuation. Recent trading leaves Roku with mixed momentum, with the share price return up 14.27% over the past 90 days and the total shareholder return at 55.81% over one year, while the five year total shareholder return remains down 51.96%. This points to a recovery story that is still being...

Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT) partner OpenAI is reportedly seeking a valuation above US$1.2 trillion in a new funding round. The AI group is forecast to burn roughly US$278 billion in cash as it scales infrastructure and product development with Microsoft support. The prospective deal would reinforce OpenAI's role inside Microsoft's broader AI ecosystem, from Azure infrastructure to Copilot branded services. OpenAI's push for a US$1.2 trillion valuation and heavy cash burn is important, but it...

Index reshuffle puts Bloom Energy back on the radar Bloom Energy (BE) just moved into the FTSE All-World Index and the S&P 500 Equal Weighted Index after being dropped from a Russell small cap benchmark, putting the stock in front of a different group of institutional investors. Recent trading has been lively for Bloom Energy, with a 1-day share price return of 2.73%, a 7-day gain of 6.16% and a 30-day share price return of 35.46%, even though the 90-day share price return declined 15.25% as...

Starbucks shares have quietly delivered a 14.1% gain over the past year, even as recent weeks have been choppier. This puts a fresh spotlight on whether the current valuation still lines up with the cash the business can generate over time. Over the last 12 months, Starbucks has delivered a 14.1% share price return, so anyone looking at the stock today is effectively asking whether that move already reflects its underlying cash flows. Management is focusing on store remodels and a "Back to...

A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after investors kept bidding the group lower after last week’s Federal Reserve hike. On September 16, the Fed raised the federal funds target range by 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00%, its first increase since 2023, according to the Federal Reserve’s FOMC statement. The Fed said economic activity and domestic spending remain resilient, but stressed that inflation is still elevated and that the increase is intended to support a return to its 2% infla

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Cohen's direct stake now totals 40.5 million shares, representing 9% of GameStop's equity and valued at $921.75 million as of the transaction date.

Viking Therapeutics and Roche are developing drugs for obesity and diabetes to challenge Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk’s market duopoly.

Synopsys (SNPS) sells the electronic design automation software and design IP that chipmakers use to build new chips. Its stock has lost 16.3% over the past year, while the S&P 500 gained 18.5%. A Needham analyst said on the fiscal Q3 2026 earnings call that the question investors keep asking is whether AI could learn to design chips without those tools. The biggest risk is not a sudden break. It is that Ansys revenue could hide the threat inside the headline totals while it builds.

Grail stock rose 35% this week as the Food and Drug Administration considers the company’s cancer blood test.

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen added another trove of shares to his stake in the videogame retailer, and investors have again reacted positively to his purchases. Cohen bought 1.1 million shares for about $22.93 each on Monday, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Director Alain Attal also purchased 17,600 shares, raising his stake to about 619,000 shares, according to a regulatory filing.

Shopify stock rallies as Meta expands its partnership with the e-commerce platform. Options traders believe SHOP shares will rip higher from here in the weeks ahead.

Investing.com -- President Donald Trump purchased between $15,001 and $50,000 in SpaceX shares on July 10, according to a financial disclosure he signed on September 8. The president sold between $1,001 and $15,000 in the company on July 17, the same disclosure shows.

Sandisk jumped on a new Buy rating, while Lennar shares popped on Berkshire's latest buy.

The transaction would value Sandals at $6 billion, making it Royal Caribbean’s largest-ever acquisition.

Energy stocks were lower late Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index down 0.5% and the

Healthcare stocks rose late Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Healthcare Index adding 0.5% and the St

Financial stocks fell Tuesday with the NYSE Financial Index falling 1.3% and the State Street Financ

Cloudflare (NET) has returned about 61% in three months and trades at or near its three-year high. The question on holders' minds is plain: what happens if its growth cools? The company has guided revenue growth for the third quarter of 2026 to 31%, and its CFO says the way customers now pay makes each quarter harder to forecast.

Head of cryptography Yehuda Lindell says the exchange is designing custody that can adapt to whatever post-quantum signing scheme Bitcoin adopts.

Three stocks firmly tied to the AI infrastructure buildout - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), CoreWeave (CRWV), and Arm Holdings (ARM) - have all been drawing extra investor attention lately. But why?

Qualcomm said that its new top chip can run 30B mixture-of-expert model locally.

Qualcomm debuted its newest smartphone chips.