The artificial intelligence trade got tougher in 2025. While a significant capital expenditure cycle and earnings growth from the world’s biggest tech companies supported the market’s rally to record heights — with the S & P 500 to jumping more than 17% and the Nasdaq Composite gaining 22% year to …
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — Merry Christmas, everyone. Let me show you something: FedEx (FDX) sold off at the open on Friday and institutional money came pouring in to buy the …
Planet A Foods’ ChoViva chocolate alternative Planet A Foods If you’re unwrapping chocolate this holiday season, it might not contain any actual cocoa. Market turbulence, ethical concerns and sustainability questions have sparked a movement among some chocolate makers to scrap cocoa in favor of alternative ingredients — prompting calls that …
Remember Nvidia? I want to do the unthinkable: give you the rap on Nvidia spouted by the myriad short sellers who seem to want to break this company’s stock and its intellectual property abilities. It’s daunting and, to some degree, beleaguering even for me, its principal supporter in the media. …
Volatility is nothing new for crypto investors, and 2025 has been a wild ride, with bitcoin climbing above $125,000 in October before experiencing several sharp drops — peak to trough, a decline of over $40,000 from its record high. “Crypto is a volatile asset class, and in some sense, there …
When it comes to projecting a year ahead for stocks, all the probabilities and most of the incentives rest with the bulls. The S & P 500 has been positive in three-quarters of all calendar years since 1958, when the index was created in its modern form. The market has …
Nike stock sank Thursday evening, even after the sportswear maker delivered better-than-expected quarterly results. While management said it is in the middle innings of its turnaround, severe issues in China and a weak outlook discouraged investors. Total revenue in the company’s fiscal 2026 second quarter increased 1% year over year …
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh – When First Republic blew up in the summer of 2023, the news media made a big deal of the fact that JPMorgan ended up with the …
Sometimes the stakes are so high, the degree of difficulty so immense, that it simply may be too hard to game. When that’s the case, no amount of formal research will help you fathom the stock implications. Yet, you have inherited the issues and they must be dealt with — …
(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Todd Combs’ surprise departure from Berkshire Hathaway got most of the attention when it was announced this week. There were …