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I like tracking Home Depot (NYSE:HD) stock given just how important housing is to the broader economy (and I like that they sell lumber!). That’s why its fourth-quarter earnings report is particularly interesting. Home Depot reported a decline in same-store sales of 3.5% in the fourth quarter of 2023, with a notable 4% decrease observed

“Many companies, including giants Nvidia and Qualcomm, will likely partner with Intel for packaging and/or wafer capacity, and this seems to be going somewhat unnoticed.” I’m bullish on Intel for three main reasons: the leadership of Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger, the company’s strong ecosystem and Intel’s INTC, +2.32% ambitious foundry business — which has perhaps found

Earnings season for the fourth and final quarter of 2023 is drawing to a close, with many big names having already reported. Earnings season has been strong so far. In fact Q4 has proven to be the strongest quarter of 2023. With 79% of companies in the S&P 500 index having reported their financial results,

Intuitive Machines’ stock fell more than 30% after hours Friday after the space-exploration company said that its Odysseus lunar lander had fallen on its side while landing near the moon’s south pole, hampering its communications with Earth. Intuitive Machines LUNR, +15.82% Chief Executive Steve Altemus said Friday that Odysseus “caught a foot in the surface

Since the late 1970s, when the former options trader and arbitrageur moved into activist investing (then called “corporate raiding”), Carl Icahn has built a multi-billion dollar fortune investing in (and pushing for profitable changes at) undervalued companies. With this track record, it’s no surprise that Wall Street and Main Street investors alike are always curious

Nvidia’s shares are up in premarket trade Friday. End of message. It seems the job of a macro-market analyst has never been easier. As go Nvidia’s fortunes so goes the S&P 500 SPX. AI mind control is already here. It wasn’t too long ago that it was the Magnificent Seven who corralled, then drove sentiment.

Stanley Druckenmiller is a former hedge fund manager and famed investor whose moves are carefully watched on Wall Street. From 1981 to 2010, he ran Duquesne Capital, a hedge fund that had more than $12 billion in assets at the time it was closed. Druckenmiller also managed money for George Soros as the lead portfolio

Block Inc. has been focused on getting leaner, and that paid off for the Square parent company in the latest quarter as it posted a surprise profit. Shares climbed more than 13% in Thursday’s extended session as Block also delivered an upbeat bottom-line forecast. The company on Thursday recorded fourth-quarter net income of $10 million,

Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) initially focused on serving the defense and intelligence sectors but has since expanded its customer base to include various industries such as healthcare, energy, and finance. The company has made impressive strides to improve profitability, and the new AI platform rolled out last year is accelerating top-line growth. As a result, there are

Surging U.S. stock-index futures show Wall Street eyeing fresh record highs as another blowout earnings report from Nvidia lifts technology stocks. How ae stock-index futures trading S&P 500 futures ES00, +1.36% rose 58 points, or 1.2% to 5054 Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, +0.53% added 103 points, or 0.3%, to 38780 Nasdaq-100 futures NQ00,

Warren Buffett stocks always spark immense curiosity in the investing world. The Oracle of Omaha’s investment moves are closely watched, with his quarterly filings offering valuable insights. In the latest update, Berkshire Hathaway’s (NYSE:BRK.A,NYSE:BRK.B) 13F filing reveals a quiet fourth quarter marked by more selling than buying. Berkshire Hathaway, known for its wide-moat investment approach, reported

Following a quarter when Nvidia Corp. grew data-center revenue and earnings each by more than 400%, another number illustrates the company’s dominance even more.  Among the record-setting elements of Nvidia’s NVDA, -2.85% stunning fiscal fourth quarter was its 76% GAAP gross margin, which was up from 66% a year before. Nvidia forecasts that margin will

Michael Burry is an investing legend and one of Wall Street’s biggest bears. The investor is best known for betting against the U.S. housing market during the subprime mortgage meltdown that led to the 2008/09 financial crisis, an event chronicled in the book and film “The Big Short.” However, while Burry continues to issue warning

The stock market can be fickle, and it doesn’t always reward the pioneers of a new technology over the long term. That is one important lesson from the telecom bubble of the late 1990s and early 2000s that investors in the artificial-intelligence boom of today would be well-served to remember, according to Deutsche Bank analyst

Retail stocks are poised for transformation as artificial intelligence (AI) redefines shopping. AI is at the forefront of innovation in the retail sphere, elevating the consumer experience by personalizing marketing. For investors, this spells opportunity. Integrating AI in retail, from optimizing prices to automating inventory management, is a seismic shift that will likely reshape the

Dear Quentin, I have a $1.5 million account with one of the major investment managers in the United States. In the fall of 2021, the stock market was weakening and the Federal Reserve was projecting that its benchmark rate would increase significantly from zero in the following months. I contacted my account manager and asked

Though it may not seem so, this year’s stock market trends have yet to materialize fully. Artificial intelligence drove 2023’s stock market trends; in years past, electric vehicles, meme stocks, and even blockchain tech drove market movements. And, of course, macroeconomic cycles and monetary policy shoulder their share of the burden when it comes to

Dear MarketWatch,  I am a 62-year-old man married to my 60-year-old spouse. We have two children, 25 and 23 years old. We own four houses — two in California and two in Virginia — worth about $6 million but owe only $500,000 total in mortgages. Three houses are rented out while we live in one

Al Jazeera has called 2023 “the year of the layoffs.” As the news organization pointed out recently, it started badly in 2023, when Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) cut 10% of its global staff. CEO Marc Benioff might be a big believer in stakeholder capitalism, but 2023 proved that even he wouldn’t stand for an excessive work force. 

Former president and 2024 Republican contender Donald Trump may potentially be in the hole for $355 million after losing his latest court case. But his newly announced line of Trump-branded sneakers is proving to be a financial hit, at least in the short term. Now, the question remains if the shoe will be a long-term