The American Dream according to Bill Ackman The billionaire investor on reviving Americans’ faith in capitalism—and the family crisis reshaping his legacy. Fortune · Jul 20
Buyback Boom: These 3 Companies Are Betting Billions on Their Own Stocks Dollar Tree, Morgan Stanley, and Accenture recently announced $2.5 billion, $20 billion, and $2 billion buyback plans, respectively, totaling $24.5 billion amid a record year for S&P 500 repurchases. MarketBeat · Jul 20
Ross Gerber Says Apple Should Buy Disney or 'Stop Wasting Time' in Entertainment Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) should either make a bold move by acquiring The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) or abandon its entertainment ambitions altogether, investor Ross Gerber said as the latter’s shares continue to lag the broader market. Benzinga · Jul 20
Top Analysts are Extremely Bullish on 3M Stock Ahead of Earnings: Here’s Why 3M (NYSE:MMM) stock has had a tough year. It has barely moved from its January level and is up by less than 2% over the past 12 months. With its earnings due this week, top analysts from JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), and Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) expect the stock to rebound. Benzinga · Jul 19
Strait of Hormuz Tensions Spike Tanker Trade: These 2 Stocks Are Set to Benefit Amid the Iran war's shipping disruptions, tanker stocks Frontline and DHT Holdings have posted strong revenue growth as elevated rates boost VLCC operators despite market volatility. MarketBeat · Jul 19
Consumer Tech (Jul 13-17): IBM Sees Worst Day On Record, Gemini 3.5 Pro Release Delayed, Uber Acquires Delivery Hero & More President Donald Trump, hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman and entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano criticized New York’s decision to temporarily halt approvals for new large-scale data centers. Benzinga · Jul 19
Why These 3 Nuclear ETFs Are Getting a Fresh Look as AI Power Demand Rises Amid a 2026 nuclear-sector sell-off, ETFs like NLR, URNM, and URA offer investors exposure to uranium miners and nuclear power stocks, each with distinct holdings, fees, and dividend yields. MarketBeat · Jul 19
3 Aerospace Suppliers That Could Benefit as Aircraft Makers Face Bottlenecks Amid strong aerospace and defense demand, Ducommun, StandardAero, and HEICO post solid revenue growth and margin gains, drawing analyst attention as smaller industry players outpace larger peers. MarketBeat · Jul 19
US Debt Surpasses 100% of GDP, AI's Impact on Wealth Inequality and More: This Week in Economy As the week wraps up, let’s take a look at the top stories that made headlines. From the U.S. debt surpassing 100% of GDP to the warning issued by a top European venture capitalist, here’s a quick round-up of the week’s key events. Benzinga · Jul 19
Oracle Has a Massive Revenue Backlog: Why is the Stock Plunging? Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) stock remains in a steep freefall, wiping out billions of dollars in market value and emerging as one of the worst-performing stocks in the Nasdaq 100 Index this year. Benzinga · Jul 18
Why Intuitive Surgical’s Strong Quarter Still Spooked Investors Intuitive Surgical shares fell about 10% after Q2 2026 revenue rose 19% but guidance for da Vinci procedure growth wasn't raised, pushing ISRG below its 200-week moving average. MarketBeat · Jul 18
MarketBeat Week in Review – 07/13- 07/17 A tech selloff hit the S&P 500 and NASDAQ this week while energy and financial stocks gained; MarketBeat analysts recap Micron, Netflix, Broadcom, Apple and more ahead of Alphabet's earnings. MarketBeat · Jul 18
Taylor Farms, Sysco Remove Mexico Iceberg Lettuce After FDA Traces Massive Cyclospora Outbreak to Taco Bell Supply Chain Taylor Farms and food distributor Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY) have pulled Mexico-sourced iceberg lettuce from circulation after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration linked the product to a widespread cyclospora outbreak associated with Taco Bell restaurants. Benzinga · Jul 18
Senator Who Opposes Ban on Congress Trading Discloses First Trades of 2026: Here’s What He’s Selling The trading activity of members of congress is closely followed by investors, especially when it’s the trades from a member who had millions of dollars in transactions in recent years. Benzinga · Jul 17
MarketBeat · Jul 17 GE Aerospace Faces a Prove-It Moment in Q2 Earnings GE Aerospace shares fell despite Q2 2026 earnings beats and raised full-year guidance, as investors weigh a rich 46x forward earnings valuation against a $210 billion backlog.
Benzinga · Jul 17 Exclusive: Skip USO and BNO? Louis Navellier Explains Why Traders Should 'Prefer Individual Stocks' Like PSX As the U.S.-Iran conflict injects massive volatility into global energy markets, renowned investor Louis Navellier is urging traders to skip popular energy ETFs like United States Oil Fund LP (NYSE:USO) and United States Brent Oil Fund LP (NYSE:BNO)
Benzinga · Jul 17 ASTS Punished Over 1.5% Dilution? Shay Boloor Bought the Dip, Calls Fundraise 'Completely Misunderstood' While the market crushed AST SpaceMobile Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS) over a $1 billion convertible note offering, the actual shareholder equity hit is effectively capped at roughly 1.5%—prompting Future Equities’ Strategist Shay Boloor to add to his position on what he calls a severely misjudged market reaction.
Benzinga · Jul 17 Netflix's Ted Sarandos Shrugs Off Lionsgate, NBCUniversal Buyout Buzz While Reiterating 'We Are Primarily Builders, Not Buyers' On Thursday, Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) co-CEO Ted Sarandos reaffirmed the streaming giant’s long-standing preference for building and partnering over large-scale acquisitions as speculation continues over potential deals involving Lionsgate Studios Corp. (NYSE:LION), NBCUniversal and other media companies.
Benzinga · Jul 16 UnitedHealth Hits 15‑Month High: Congressional Trades That Suddenly Look Brilliant UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) shares are trading higher Thursday morning after the company beat analyst estimates and reported guidance ahead of expectations.
MarketBeat · Jul 16 AI’s Power Crunch Fuels a Pivot for These 2 Oilfield Stocks SLB and Liberty Energy are deploying modular natural gas power to data centers via a 2026 alliance, positioning the oilfield service firms as AI infrastructure vendors amid grid constraints.
Benzinga · Jul 16 Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Rise, S&P 500 Falls As Trump Says Iran Wants To Negotiate— AtaiBeckley, J B Hunt, AST SpaceMobile in Focus (UPDATED) (Editor’s note: The lede, futures, ETFs and economic data were updated.)
Benzinga · Jul 16 Dara Khosrowshahi Says $14.8 Billion Delivery Hero Deal Will Double Uber's Mobility, Delivery Markets Ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE:UBER) has reached an agreement to acquire German food delivery platform Delivery Hero SE in a deal worth $14.8 billion.
Benzinga · Jul 16 Jamie Dimon Backs Philadelphia Navy Yard With $24 Million as US Defense Spending Surges, Says 'The Arsenal of Democracy Has Been Reignited' Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), has announced a $24 million initiative aimed at rejuvenating the American shipbuilding industry.
Benzinga · Jul 15 Warren Buffett Takes Credit for Berkshire’s Alphabet Stock Buy: ‘I Initiated It’ One of the newest stocks added to the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK)(NYSE:BRK) investment portfolio is Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL). While the position started towards the end of Warren Buffett’s time as CEO of Berkshire, the legendary investor wants people to know he gets the credit for buying the stock.
MarketBeat · Jul 15 2 Quantum Stocks That Could Challenge IonQ’s Leadership As IonQ shares slide amid a lofty valuation, Quantinuum and Quantum Computing Inc. emerge as speculative alternatives with strong cash positions but minimal revenue and rising expenses.