Retail investors, long considered one of the strongest pillars supporting the US stock market since the pandemic, are becoming increasingly selective as market leadership shifts rapidly and alternative investment opportunities gain traction. Recent data suggest individual investors are rotating between themes rather than making broad-based bets on the stock market. At the same time, a
Meta’s stock is down more than 7% year to date. The company spent much of this year defending its decision to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into AI infrastructure, and investors who followed the Q1 earnings call on April 29 watched the stock drop another 6% to 7% after the company raised its capital
Gold investors were bracing for a familiar problem. Higher real rates, a stronger dollar, and a Federal Reserve that could continue to hammer one of the year’s hottest trades. For context, according to GoldPrice.org, gold is trading in the early $4,100s per ounce, still up an impressive 23% over the past year, while its 30-day
Nvidia stock hit an all-time high on May 14, 2026. Since then, it has lost roughly $1 trillion in market value. The stock is down about 16% from that peak, trading around $204, while the broader market has mostly moved higher. For investors who bought in during the spring run-up, it has been a rough
Wall Street opened in green on Friday as investors awaited the Nasdaq debut of South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix while continuing to monitor renewed tensions in the Middle East and their potential impact on inflation and interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 70 points, or 0.14%, while the S&P 500 was
Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) stock has pulled back in the past few days as investors position themselves for the upcoming earnings report that will provide more color on its business. While growth expectations are low, the stock has formed the rare inverted head-and-shoulders pattern, pointing to a rebound. Illinois Tool Works is a dividend
NY-headquartered Citigroup has been the perennial laggard of Wall Street for years, burdened by the legacy of the global financial crisis and an unmanageable corporate structure. However, the narrative has flipped, with a renowned wealth manager, Josh Brown, recently calling Citi “one of the top bank stocks” to own – driven by a profound operational
OpenAI and Google have confirmed that they supplied advanced artificial intelligence services to Singapore-based subsidiaries of Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent, companies that the US government has accused of having links to China’s military. The disclosures have renewed debate over whether Washington should tighten export controls on advanced AI models in addition to restrictions on semiconductor
SK Hynix’s American depositary shares are set to make their Nasdaq debut after the South Korean memory-chip giant priced 177.9 million ADSs at $149 each, raising about $26.5 billion. Each ADS represents one-tenth of a Seoul-listed common share, giving US investors direct access to one of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI infrastructure boom. The
US stock futures were mixed on Friday as investors paused after a chip-led rally and turned their attention to SK Hynix’s Nasdaq debut. Dow futures edged higher, but S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures slipped as memory-chip stocks pulled back in premarket trading. The listing of South Korea’s SK Hynix is a major test of