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Here Are My 3 Biggest Concerns Over UPS Stock

Key Points UPS (NYSE: UPS) consistently appears in value-stock investors’ filters. After all, who doesn’t like the sound of a blue chip stock yielding 6.4% and trading at just 14.3 times 2026 earnings expectations? In addition, there’s an attractive strategic transformation underway that supports long-term …

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The Best Semiconductor Stock to Buy Isn’t AMD or Qualcomm: It’s Nvidia, and Our Data Proves It

Key Points Nvidia’s data center revenue suggests that it is the most dominant player in the semiconductor market. The company has been clocking outstanding growth despite its high revenue base, a trend that analysts believe will continue. Nvidia’s earnings growth potential and valuation suggest that …

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Nvidia Reports Earnings on Aug. 26. Here Are 3 Other Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chip Stocks I’ll Be Watching Instead.

Key Points Investors should pay close attention to the performance of Nvidia’s data center business. Strong data center results would be a growth signal for memory and data storage providers. Throughout this earnings season, CEOs from big tech have spoken about the rising cost of …

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Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Just Raised Its AI Spending Target to $220 Billion for 2026. Here’s What That Capex Hike Means for Investors.

Key Points Amazon’s high capital expenditures have translated into surging operating income, with Amazon Web Services playing a major role in recent results. Expensive infrastructure build-outs create a high barrier to entry that makes it more challenging for new cloud providers to gain market share. …

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Crypto Market Update: Bitcoin Price Rallies as Trump Backs 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 (August 21) as of 10:00 a.m. UTC. Bitcoin price update Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$77,864.10, up 8.3 …

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Billionaire Bill Ackman Just Invested in Netflix Stock. Here’s Why Investors Should Care.

Key Points After only holding Netflix shares for three months in early 2022, Pershing Square sold at a $400 million loss. Netflix’s scale advantage and impressive profitability make up the billionaire’s investment thesis. Competition for attention has never been so fierce, leading to decelerating revenue …

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Ford and Stellantis Make Brilliant Moves to Gain Market Share. Is It Too Little, Too Late?

Key Points New car prices continue to hover near record highs of $50,000, causing a near-affordability crisis in the U.S. auto market. Ford has new affordable models coming out, including its recently named Fathom, a $30,000 EV truck due in 2027. Stellantis has a significant …

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Space Stocks Crashed in July. Their Businesses Didn’t.

Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). July was a brutal month for space stocks.  BlackSky (BKSY) was down almost 20%. Rocket Lab (RKLB), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), and Planet Labs (PL) shed more than 30%. Even SpaceX (SPCX) – fresh off …

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How Altria’s Q2 Results and Guidance Shape Its 2026 Earnings Path

Altria Group, Inc. MO missed second-quarter consensus expectations, but adjusted earnings still increased year over year and management raised the low end of its 2026 earnings outlook. That combination puts more weight on execution in the second half. Pricing, smokeable margins and cigarette import and …

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Alibaba Q1 Earnings Preview: Should You Buy, Sell or Hold the Stock?

Alibaba BABA is scheduled to report first-quarter fiscal 2027 results on Aug. 20. For the fiscal first quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues is pegged at $38.63 billion, suggesting an 11.74% rise from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings …

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