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Some of Wall Street's most legendary hedge fund managers quietly moved into SpaceX last quarter, but the size of those bets tells a story the headlines are missing.

Beauty products company Estée Lauder (NYSE:EL) reported Q2 CY2026 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 6.4% year on year to $3.63 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.39 per share was 23% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Marti Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:MRT) shares gained 5% in pre-market trading on Wednesday after the Turkish mobility super app delivered second-quarter revenue well above expectations and raised its full-year outlook, despite reporting a wider-than-expected adjusted loss per share.

The cosmetics company forecast fiscal 2027 adjusted EPS of $3.10 to $3.35, with the midpoint above analyst estimates

Marvell Technology said on Wednesday it has issued ‌Alphabet's Google a warrant to ‌buy a stake worth about $12.18 billion as ​part of a deal to help develop custom chips for the search giant. Shares of the custom chipmaker jumped ‌more than ⁠11% in premarket trading, while larger rival Broadcom was ⁠down over 3%. Demand for custom chips such as Google's tensor processing units (TPUs), ​used for ​AI workloads, ​has surged in ‌recent years as businesses seek alternatives to Nvidia's pricey graphics processors.

Payout target moves from within 50% of free cash flow to over 50% through 2027

The chipmaker's revenue jumped 40% to $4.02 billion in its fiscal third quarter, beating analyst expectations of $3.92 billion

FLEX and CLS both ride AI infrastructure demand, but their growth drivers, outlooks and valuations reveal different investment cases.

If humanoid robots are the future, then Elon Musk faces a formidable Chinese rival. China’s Unitree Robotics surged 460% on its trading debut in Shanghai Wednesday, giving the company a market capitalization of around $51 billion. Robots, of course, have been around for decades.

Chipmaker Analog Devices easily beat estimates for its fiscal third quarter and with its outlook for fiscal Q4. ADI stock rose on the news.

Alibaba Shares Rally on AI Platform Launch. Earnings Are Next

Moderna skyrocketed and Merck jumped on strong late-stage trial results for their cancer vaccine in melanoma patients Wednesday.

Energy Transfer stock performance snapshot after recent price move Energy Transfer (ET) has drawn fresh attention after a recent daily gain of 2.29%, taking the unit price to US$21.42. That move extends a 5.41% rise over the past month. See our latest analysis for Energy Transfer. For context, Energy Transfer’s recent move comes on top of a 29.11% year to date share price return and a 1 year total shareholder return of 32.70%, while the 5 year total shareholder return of 240.69% points to...

Investing.com - Investing.com -- U.S. stock futures edged lower in Asian trading on Wednesday, pointing to a cautious start on Wall Street after major indexes closed lower for a third consecutive session, as a global bond selloff and elevated oil prices kept investors wary and pressured rate-sensitive technology stocks.

Target now expects full-year net sales growth in a range around 5%, one percentage point higher than the prior guidance range.

As of 30 June 2026, LCN supervised about $3bn in assets, with most of its capital coming from institutions, insurers and HNWIs.

By Vibhuti Sharma Aug 19 (Reuters) - Global investment firm KKR will buy a stake of about 6% in Indian ticketing and entertainment platform BookMyShow for $40 million to $50 million, a source told

Pershing Square Holdings, an investment holding company, released its second quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Pershing Square is an alternative asset manager that primarily manages capital in publicly traded investment vehicles, with 98% of its capital structure dedicated to such assets, including Howard Hughes Holdings. This capital […]

Analog Devices forecast fourth-quarter revenue and profit above Wall Street estimates on ‌Wednesday, betting on continued demand for its power-management ‌chips used across data centers and industrial applications as AI ​investments ramp up. The company stands to benefit from surging investment in AI-driven computing, which has boosted demand for chips that regulate power and move vast amounts of ‌data. Its components ⁠are widely used in data centers, factory automation equipment and modern vehicles.

AMAT, CHYM and ITRI made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) momentum stocks list on August 19, 2026.

Investing.com -- Analog Devices shares climbed more than 1% in Wednesday premarket trading after the chipmaker reported fiscal third-quarter results and issued fourth-quarter guidance that topped Wall Street estimates, driven by strength in its data center and industrial businesses.

Shares of US vaccine-maker Moderna soared 60 per cent in pre-market trading after the company reported successful results for a melanoma cancer...

Alibaba and NetEase both report earnings the same morning, forcing a direct choice between two very different China tech bets. Analyst sentiment, price targets, and crowd prediction markets all point in conflicting directions, and only one stock survives the growth test.

Aurora Innovation operates the only driverless Class 8 trucks running at scale on U.S. public roads, and that monopoly position is drawing serious attention from some of the heaviest hitters in freight and tech.

SOUN and WK are AI-led mid-cap laggards with strong estimate revisions and potential upside, despite double-digit negative returns in 2026.

If humanoid robots are the future, then Elon Musk faces a formidable Chinese rival. China’s Unitree Robotics surged 460% on its trading debut in Shanghai Wednesday, giving the company a market capitalization of around $51 billion. Unitree’s new humanoid robot has gone viral recently, appearing to beat Usain Bolt’s fastest speed and jump higher than a human.

Analog Devices stock rises after the chip maker posts better-than-expected quarterly earnings and guidance.

Pierre Rochard, a director on the board of Bitcoin treasury company Strive, purchased 15,900 ASST shares. ASST stock price jumped more than 1% in premarket hours on Wednesday as SATA perpetual preferred stock approaches par value. Ad Ad Bitcoin Advocate Pierre Rochard Makes First Strive Stock Buy Pierre Rochard, CEO of The Bitcoin Bond Company,

After its IPO, X-Energy's shares are up nearly 20% so far this month. Will they crush Oklo's?

California Resources Corporation is cutting costs and improving well productivity, but a rich valuation and falling 2026 estimates keep the investment case mixed.