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GM Beat and Added a $20 Billion Buyback—Why Did the Stock Fall?
GM beat Q3 estimates and announced a $20 billion buyback, but shares fell nearly 7% as unchanged EBIT guidance and North America-reliant profit raised growth concerns.
Intercepting Growth: Karman Secures $218M Lockheed Martin Deal
Karman Space & Defense secured a seven-year, $218 million Lockheed Martin contract for missile defense shrouds, offering revenue visibility as insiders buy shares ahead of Q3 earnings.
Tech Stocks Took a Hit—These 2 Pharma Stocks Are Near New Highs
Biotech and pharma stocks, tracked by the iShares Biotechnology ETF, have shown relative strength amid the tech sell-off, with Eli Lilly and Pfizer standing out as top performers.
Chip Stocks Have Pulled Back—Here's How 3 Semiconductor ETFs Stack Up for Investors
Semiconductor stocks have pulled back amid rate concerns and AI buildout worries. SMH, SOXX, and XSD offer differing ETF approaches to gaining exposure as the industry potentially recovers.
Higher Rates Are Sending Investors to These 3 Dividend Kings
As rates stay elevated, investors favor dividend kings Walmart, Procter & Gamble, and Coca-Cola, each showing real business momentum alongside decades of consecutive dividend increases.
Synchrony Aces The Quarter As Credit Fears Fade
Synchrony Financial beat Q3 earnings estimates with improved credit quality, record purchase volume, and $1.1 billion in buybacks, despite trading at a discounted valuation.
Steel Dynamics Eyes New Highs Despite Earnings Miss
Steel Dynamics missed Q3 earnings estimates but posted double-digit growth, record shipments, and wider margins, with analysts maintaining a Moderate Buy rating.
SpaceX Earnings Launch: High Margins Fund AI Ambitions
SpaceX topped Q3 earnings estimates with 35 cents per share, as its new Super Intelligence AI segment drove $14.58 billion in revenue, up 161% year over year, amid plans for $35-$40 billion in Q4 capex.
2 Steel Giants Just Reported Earnings—and Told Very Different Stories
Steel Dynamics and Cleveland-Cliffs posted Q3 earnings showing higher prices and shipments boosting results, with STLD gaining stability while CLF pursues a riskier, higher-upside turnaround.
Swiping to Record Highs: Why Visa Remains a Fortress
Visa shares hit all-time highs near $409 as investors favor defensive payment networks; the firm also launched an AI-driven commercial payments pilot with BILL Holdings ahead of Q4 earnings on Oct. 27.
Salesforce Fuels AI Engine With $5.66B Braze Buyout
Salesforce's $5.66 billion all-cash deal to buy Braze at a 58% premium is expected to close in fiscal 2028, pending antitrust review, as it builds real-time data infrastructure for Agentforce.
Drone Stocks Have Burned Investors—Are These 4 Different?
Drone stocks have struggled amid shifting U.S. policy, but AXON, AVAV, SWMR, and UMAC offer differing ways to play counter-drone, software, and component demand.
ServiceNow Orchestrates AI's Next Act—Can Earnings Deliver?
Analysts have raised ServiceNow price targets ahead of its Oct. 28 earnings, citing AI-driven workflow tools, 24% revenue growth, and a Street-high $266 target from Bernstein.
3M's Legal Troubles Are Fading. Is the Best Part of Its Rally Still Ahead?
3M's Q3 growth, widening margins, and rising free cash flow support capital returns and stock gains, even as legal risks persist.
The AI Buildout Is Only 15% Complete—Here Is Where the Next Dollar Actually Goes
AI spending is less than 15% complete in Dan Ives' view, with NVIDIA, Palantir, Meta and the neoclouds anchoring a bull run he sees lasting 2 to 3 more years.
Cleared For Takeoff: Boeing's 737 MAX 10 Approval Sets Up a Major Cash Flow Recovery
FAA certification of Boeing's 737 MAX 10 clears a key delivery bottleneck, while the new Microsoft-backed Dataliner AI platform aims to bolster services margins ahead of 2027 cash flow gains.
Pending Home Sales Plunge to Record Low
And these mortgage rates too shall pass? It’s been four years of mortgage rates in a historically normal range. What’s high is inflation and home prices.
Aurora Rejects Curaleaf's Higher Bid, But the Takeover Fight Isn't Over
Curaleaf raised its hostile bid for Aurora Cannabis to about $5 per share, citing a 217% ex-cash premium, as the two cannabis firms clash over board access and valuation.
Centrus Energy Is Building a Nuclear Fuel Powerhouse—Why Is Its Stock Struggling?
Centrus Energy's stock has slid on dilution concerns after its $116 million Westerman Holdings acquisition and $500 million stock offering, despite a $3.7 billion uranium backlog and new nuclear fuel contracts.
Halliburton Gains Traction: Multiyear Upcycle Ahead
Halliburton topped Q3 revenue and earnings estimates on international strength, maintaining its dividend and buybacks as analysts and institutions support a bullish long-term outlook for HAL stock.
Meta Platforms' AI Comeback Faces an Earnings Test—And a $10 Billion Charge
Ahead of Meta's Q3 2026 earnings, analysts expect $63.34 billion in revenue and $6.58 EPS, while investors watch CapEx guidance and commentary on its new Muse AI agent.
IonQ's Bold Expansion Could Leave Shareholders Paying the Price
IonQ's acquisition of Elisity and $2-billion equity offering raise dilution concerns, even as the deal positions the quantum firm to expand into cybersecurity alongside its SkyWater chip venture.
Powering Up: Applied Digital Execs Buy $6.7M in Stock
Applied Digital's CEO and president bought over $6.6 million in shares after a stock selloff, even as the company reports a $36 billion contracted backlog and surging AI revenue.
Chip Stocks Are Sliding—Why Is Smart Money Buying?
SOXL fell about 20% in a month, but short interest dropped 65.6% and institutions like JPMorgan expanded holdings, signaling bets on a semiconductor sector rebound.