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    What’s Next in AI Infrastructure?

    Vertiv Holdings Co. NYSE: VRT has experienced a remarkable surge over the past year, but its stock price jumped approximately 15% in a single day following a well-received investor event. This significant price movement, coupled with a flurry of Vertiv Holding’s analyst community upgrades throughout the week, positions the company as a compelling investment opportunity within the growing artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) sectors.  Get Vertiv alerts: Sign Up Understanding Vertiv’s Core Business Vertiv Today $140.15 -1.34 (-0.95%) (As of 11/22/2024 ET) 52-Week Range $41.01 ▼ $145.67 Dividend Yield 0.07% P/E Ratio 93.43 Price Target $138.50 Vertiv is a…

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    S&P Global and MSCI Stocks: 2 Financial Market Titans

    In business analysis, finding key competitive advantages helps identify firms that can sustain their market position over time. Competitive advantages can come from many sources. This includes things like network effects, where the value a service provides to users increases as the number of users increases. Social media applications are a great example of this. The more people who use social media services like Facebook, Instagram, or X, the more information users can access. This makes these platforms more valuable to users than new social media networks that are still building their user bases. Over time, businesses controlling a massive…

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    Stock Market Week in Review – 11/18 – 11/22

    Stocks moved higher this week, with all the major exchanges on track for a weekly gain of at least 1%. The rally started on Tuesday when retail sales showed a surprisingly strong consumer. It picked up steam on Wednesday when NVIDIA reported earnings. Initially, investors sold the news from the report but quickly jumped back in, reigniting the tech trade.  Investors are also looking past geopolitical concerns as they become more confident that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 25 basis points in December. However, that’s also stoking concerns about higher inflation. That is showing up in the…

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    Stock Market Week in Review – 11/18 – 11/22

    Stocks moved higher this week, with all the major exchanges on track for a weekly gain of at least 1%. The rally started on Tuesday when retail sales showed a surprisingly strong consumer. It picked up steam on Wednesday when NVIDIA reported earnings. Initially, investors sold the news from the report but quickly jumped back in, reigniting the tech trade.  Investors are also looking past geopolitical concerns as they become more confident that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 25 basis points in December. However, that’s also stoking concerns about higher inflation. That is showing up in the…

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    Tesla Stock Gains on Trump’s Self-Driving and EV Policy Shifts

    Tesla Today $352.56 +12.92 (+3.80%) (As of 11/22/2024 ET) 52-Week Range $138.80 ▼ $361.53 P/E Ratio 96.59 Price Target $230.18 Tesla Inc. NASDAQ: TSLA stock has been up 56.2% since Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. But the recent move of 6.6% the week of November 18, 2024, has investors thinking that the stock may be going to $400 or even higher.  News broke that the Trump administration is planning to prioritize the creation of a regulatory framework for fully self-driving vehicles (i.e., autonomous vehicles) at the federal level as opposed to leaving it up to individual states. …

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    MicroStrategy Shares Drop While Coinbase Eyes a Rally

    Most of the stock market’s attention has been directed to cryptocurrency, the hottest and most popular niche of the technology sector today. The idea behind most decisions is that, as the price of Bitcoin keeps rallying near an all-time high of $100,000 per coin, most—if not all—of the names related to cryptocurrencies will rally along with Bitcoin. That’s the one flaw most investors are coming to realize today. For better or for worse, there is a major divide in the cryptocurrency stock universe today, even after signs from the gold market gave way to a buy signal for Bitcoin and…

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    Snowflake Stock Soars on Q3 Beat, Analysts Predict Further Upside

    Snowflake NYSE: SNOW shares wallowed near long-term lows for years as concerns about slowing growth and financial health weighed on sentiment, but the times have changed. The Q3 results reveal persistent strength, swelling client counts, and depending penetration of services, revealing its industry-leading position in data management and value for investors. The news includes significant increases in all metrics that provide leverage to the bottom line and greatly improve the financial outlook. The company will face headwinds as it grows and scales the business but is well-positioned to do so, and the stock price now has the support of analysts. …

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    Netflix Stock Surges on Live Sports Success and Growth Potential

    Netflix Today $897.79 +0.31 (+0.03%) (As of 11/22/2024 ET) 52-Week Range $445.73 ▼ $908.00 P/E Ratio 50.81 Price Target $764.82 Netflix NASDAQ: NFLX recently jumped into the ring of live sports broadcasting with the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul boxing match. This new offering from Netflix marks a significant shift from its established on-demand content model. While the event drew record-breaking viewership, it also exposed meme-worthy technical vulnerabilities. Undeterred by technical issues, Netflix is doubling down with upcoming live broadcasts of NFL games on Christmas Day (featuring a Beyoncé halftime performance), 52 weeks of live WWE action, and a new John…

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    Shipping Stocks with Huge Upside

    Plenty of vertical industries will see increases in volatility when and if oil prices begin to move away from the cyclical lows they currently trade at. While some investors might see volatility as potentially dangerous, those who have been in the stock market long enough understand that volatility allows money to be made as long as the original idea behind a trade is sound enough. Today, there are plenty of tailwinds behind oil and the rest of the energy sector. These tailwinds could send oil prices back to levels not seen since 2022. One of the main factors for a…

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    250% Gains in 3 Years, More to Come?

    Symbotic Today $38.78 +2.51 (+6.92%) (As of 11/22/2024 ET) 52-Week Range $17.11 ▼ $59.82 Price Target $44.31 Symbotic NASDAQ: SYM is a revolutionary robotics company whose stock is on the rise big time over the past three months. Shares are up 52% over that period. Despite that, shares are still down nearly 30% through all of 2024. A big contributor to the company’s recent rise is its Q4 earnings report released on Nov. 18. This analysis highlights an industrial stock that delivered over 250% total returns in three years. It reviews key earnings report details, examines Symbotic’s expanded deal with the…