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Why Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF Keeps Crashing

Key Points Pity investors in the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares ETF (NYSEMKT: SOXL) — they just can’t catch a break. For three days running, this ETF has fallen 10% or more. (It’s actually fallen for four straight days, but Thursday’s decline was rather …

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Dow Jumps 520 Points While Nasdaq Struggles Through Chip Stock Panic

Key Points Sherwin-Williams surged 8.3% on earnings while Caterpillar fell 3.8% on AI spending concerns. Oil dropped 2.2% to $84 per barrel as the U.S. paused Iran strikes to pursue diplomatic talks. Microsoft and Meta will report on Wednesday, followed by Apple and Amazon on …

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Bloom Energy Shares Soar on Back of AI Power Demand

Bloom Energy BE delivered rock-solid results in its earnings release, easily beating our consensus expectations. The company posted record quarterly revenue of $1.07 billion, surpassing the $1 billion milestone for the first time ever, translating to a massive 166% year-over-year increase. The surge was driven …

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Earnings Expected to Grow: Should You Buy?

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is expected to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended June 2026. This widely-known consensus outlook gives a good sense of the company’s earnings picture, but how the actual results compare …

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Buy Texas Instruments as a Momentum Play After Solid Q2 2026 Earnings

Texas Instruments Inc. TXN — a major original equipment manufacturer of analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits — reported strong second-quarter 2026 earnings results, easily surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate with respect to both the top and bottom lines. TXN continues to deliver …

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Crypto Market Update: Senate Pressed for Action on CLARITY Act

Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ether and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrencymarket news Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Friday (July 24) as of 11:00 p.m. UTC. Bitcoin price update Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$64,148.47 , down …

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Microsoft Plans $190 Billion of Capital Spending This Year. Wednesday Shows Whether Azure Is Keeping Up.

Key Points Microsoft expects about $190 billion of capital expenditures in calendar 2026, up 61% from last year. Management said about $25 billion of the spending reflects higher component prices, not added capacity. Azure and other cloud services revenue grew 39% in constant currency last …

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Notable Friday Option Activity: NFLX, LITE, XOM

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Netflix Inc (Symbol: NFLX), where a total of 325,076 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 32.5 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 62.9% of NFLX’s average …

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Visa and Mastercard Earnings: How Quarterly Estimates Have Evolved

The 2026 Q2 earnings season is in full swing, with this week’s reporting docket jam-packed with notable companies. Among them are two peers: Mastercard MA and Visa V.  Visa Estimates Estimates for Visa’s release have been decently positive, as shown below, with both EPS and …

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VLUE, GM, F, CVS: ETF Outflow Alert

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF (Symbol: VLUE) where we have detected an approximate $400.8 million dollar outflow — that’s a 4.1% decrease week over …

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