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Gas prices woke up. Gas stocks stayed asleep. The reckoning is coming. Hello, Reader. Nine months ago, I realized a strange disconnect in the natural gas market: Gas prices rose, yet natural gas stocks fell. The First Trust Natural Gas ETF (FCG) captured this mismatch …
Community banks are navigating a backdrop shaped by competitive deposit pricing, elevated operating costs and a renewed emphasis on disciplined credit oversight. In this environment, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. PEBK and Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. BOTJ stand out as two …
Key Points Nvidia is the market leader in AI accelerators, and its full-stack strategy means its systems often have the lowest total cost of operation. Broadcom is the industry standard in Ethernet switching and routing chips, and it is the market leader in custom AI …
Key Points When investing, it’s often a great idea to consider the moves of billionaire fund managers. They’ve demonstrated their knowledge of the stock market over the years, so by following their lead on certain occasions, you might score an investing win too. This doesn’t …
Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Friday (January 2) as of 9:00 a.m. UTC. Get the latest insights on Bitcoin, Ether and altcoins, along with a round-up of key cryptocurrencymarket news Bitcoin and Ether price update Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$89,036.29, …
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (Symbol: GS), where a total volume of 14,804 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately …
Despite a lackluster performance in the first half of 2025, Intel Corporation INTC stock hit a purple patch in the later stages of the year to script a remarkable turnaround. It gained 84.1% in 2025 compared with the industry’s growth of 35.9%, outperforming peers Advanced Micro …
It’s not often that investors have heard the words Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and “market laggard” in the same sentence. But that’s the situation with MSFT stock with just a few trading sessions left in 2025. To be clear, Microsoft is up more than 15% in …
The US stock market is all set to start the new year on a positive note. Investor confidence has improved after the reached new record highs during the Christmas period, trading clearly above 6,900 points. Although those highs did not hold for long and the …
Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, January 2nd: Pan American Silver PAAS: This mining company, which is focused exclusively on silver, has a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its …