Share price drifts as investors take a breatherAge of AI in full steam, states CEO Jensen HuangExpect analyst upgrades to flood inWhichever way you look at it, Nvidia's (NVDA:NASDAQ) Q3 earnings crushed it, surging past forecasts while continuing to demonstrate remarkable growth across its key business segments. 'The numbers speak for themselves', said AJ Bell investment analyst Dan Coatsworth. 'N

If it seems as though each week brings news of yet another takeover offer for a UK firm, the actual figures from the ONS (Office for National Statistics) are quite mind-boggling.Aside from the number of listed companies being bought, either by 'inward' investors or domestic buyers, hundreds of privately-owned firms are being snapped up every quarter.If you are in a position where a company you own

Surprisingly, one of the most talked-about US stocks of 2024 has nothing to do with AI (artificial intelligence), chips, gold or cryptocurrencies.It is a small tele-health company based in San Francisco called Hims & Hers Health (HIMS:NYSE), which provides prescription and over-the-counter medicines as well as personal care products through its online platform.When we say small, its market cap is

The result of the US presidential election has created shockwaves in the financial markets and beyond and I'm sure raised questions about your own portfolios.That's understandable and arguably this was among the more consequential elections of recent times. However, the occupant of the White House has historically made little difference to the long-term returns available from the financial markets

There was a certain degree of investor bemusement last month when shares in US electricity generation company Constellation Energy (CEG:NASDAQ) soared on news technology giant Microsoft (MSFT:NASDAQ) had signed a 20-year power purchase agreement.This was no ordinary deal, however, as it paves the way for the restart of Three Mile Island 1 ? not the reactor which famously melted down in 1979, but a

Calendar third quarter earnings from the so-called 'Magnificent Seven' revealed a stark divide this year, with the tech giants delivering mixed results that are reshaping stock performance expectations.Of the six 'Magnificent Seven' stocks that have reported results already, the market didn't like three; Apple (AAPL:NASDAQ), Microsoft (MSFT:NASDAQ), and Meta Platforms (META:NASDAQ), loved what Tes

Consolidation is a growing theme across the investment trust sector against a backdrop of stubbornly-wide NAV (net asset value) discounts and increasing pressure on sub-scale funds.2024 is already a record year for M&A (mergers and acquisitions) in a sector which has just seen the eleventh such deal announced, the value-oriented Invesco Asia Trust (IAT) planning to combine with Asia Dragon Trust (

On 12 November, the world's largest home improvement retailer Home Depot (HD:NYSE) will report third-quarter earnings. Year-to-date, shares in this US consumer bellwether have underperformed the S&P 500 with a rough 15% gain.Shares believes Home Depot will need to at least meet the $39.2 billion in quarterly revenue and EPS (earnings per share) of $3.63 Wall Street which expects for upwards stock

Turning a lacklustre 2024 on its head, Tesla (TSLA:NASDAQ) delivered stronger third-quarter profits than Wall Street expected after the close on 23 October 2024. Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker reported its first year-on-year bottom line growth of 2024 to the delight of investors, sparking a 22% rally in the share price, its biggest one-day jump in more than a decade.The share price rally added

Stock hits three-month high $181Cloud and YouTube shineAI a battlefield for AlphabetOut of the mega tech blocks first - excluding Tesla (TSLA:NASDAQ) ? Alphabet (GOOG:NASDAQ) calmed nerves on Wall Street after-hours Tuesday (29 Oct) with a sharp acceleration in Google Cloud's third-quarter growth rate, while election spending also boosted advertisement sales, especially on YouTube. Going from the

Stocks in London ended Tuesday in the red, weighed down by some pre-budget uncertainty, while indices on Wall Street were mixed following US economic data, ahead of earnings from Alphabet.The FTSE 100 index closed down 66.01 points, or 0.8%, at 8,219.61. The FTSE 250 ended down 212.31 points, or 1.0%, at 20,622.79, and the AIM All-Share closed down 5.31 points, or 0.7%, at 715.79.The Cboe UK 100 e

The S&P 500 snapped a three-day losing streak over the past week as Tesla (TSLA:NASDAQ) racked up its best day in over decade following the electric vehicle maker's better-than-expected quarterly results. Next week will be a big one for tech earnings with Alphabet (GOOG:NASDAQ), Microsoft (MSFT:NASDAQ), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and Amazon (MSFT:NASDAQ) and Amazon (AMZN:NASDAQ) are set to repo

The stock market was hungry for detail on Tesla's (TSLA:NASDAQ) robotaxi launch timelines and regulatory roadblocks, but all it got was a slick film-set demonstration vague on vital information leaving investors barely any the wiser.Elon Musk showcased Tesla's 'Cybercab' during the company's highly anticipated 'We, Robot' presentation (10 Oct), but investors were left underwhelmed and the stock pl

The US third-quarter earnings season is already upon us and with it earnings from the biggest drivers of the stock market rally this year, the so-called 'Magnificent Seven'.!function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var t in a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r

Given the rapturous response last week to results from two of Wall Street's biggest banks and the growing feeling the US economy is on track for a 'soft landing', it should be no surprise shares in leading credit-card provider American Express (AXP:NYSE) are trading at all-time highs ahead of its third-quarter results on 18 October.Revenue for the three months to September are expected to be up ar

Another winning week for US stocks shouldn't disguise the stickier than hoped for inflation that investors are seeing. US stocks retreated from record highs as headline inflation slowed on an annualised basis in September, but was still faster than expectations, providing the Federal Reserve with less impetus to cut interest rates at a fast pace. The consumer price index was 0.2% in September, unc

City-based headhunter Hays (HAS) has had a rough time over the last 12 months, posting four consecutive quarters of negative growth in fee income. Worse still, the rate of decline actually accelerated over that period to stand at minus 17% at the end of June.Therefore, investors and analysts will be looking for less-bad news when the company updates the market on its first-quarter performance (Jul

Justice Department leading the chargeGoogle's search dominance under fireBreak-up the ultimate optionIn a court filing on Tuesday, the US Justice Department said it was considering asking a federal judge to force tech giant Alphabet (GOOG:NASDAQ) to break up Google on competition grounds.The news emerged after US markets had closed, where Alphabet shares were up $0.80 at $165.70, leaving them flat

There are investors who believe that the world's three hyper-scale cloud computing firms ? Amazon (AMZN:NASDAQ), Microsoft (MSFT:NASDAQ) and Alphabet (GOOG:NASDAQ) ? have that market tied up. Shares believes that Oracle (ORCL:NYSE) has a very good chance of crashing the cloud party, that consensus growth estimates could prove too low, and that the stock ? up 60% already this year ? has a great cha

The world's leading companies from the software, investment and microchip industries are to join forces to set-up an enormous new investment vehicle aimed at developing next generation AI (artificial intelligence) infrastructure and datacentres.Microsoft (MSFT:NASDAQ) and BlackRock (BLK:NYSE), the world's largest software company and asset manager respectively, hope to pull in $30 billion in priva