The Trader


Otis Worldwide Stock Is Set to Get a Lift

The elevator company is poised to benefit from increased demand, thanks to a building boom in China, South Korea, and India.

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Tariffs Be Damned. Stocks Flirt With a New Record High.

Is Wall Street too sanguine about the near-term outlook? There are still too many reasons to be bullish about this market.

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Palo Alto Networks Stock Got Hammered After CyberArk Deal. Earnings Offer a Chance at Redemption.  

The risks of the deal are already priced in; the rewards aren’t.

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Healthcare Stocks Have Been Beaten Up. The Case for Buying Now. 

Every corner of the sector is feeling the pain tis year. It’s well-positioned for a turnaround.

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Strong Earnings Can’t Save the Stock Market From Jobs and Tariffs

“What is good for the Magnificent Seven names is not necessarily good for the rest of the equity market,” one strategist said, as stocks suffered their worst week since May.

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2 Utilities That Stand to Gain From Big Tech’s Power Play

Entergy and American Electric Power are well-positioned to service power-hungry data centers while skirting a regulatory backlash.

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Warner Bros. Discovery and 3 Other Hollywood Stocks to Ride the Box-Office Boom

Superhero flicks, videogame adaptations, and sports dramas have all thrived in a blockbuster summer for the film industry.

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De-Trumpify Your Thinking and Learn to Love the Stock Market

Yes, the market is superconcentrated, and Nvidia is critical to the entire market edifice. But stocks aren’t as expensive as they might appear.

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Visa, CVS, and 4 More Oversold Stocks Worth a Look Before Earnings

Stocks that have gained too much are more susceptible to big drops than companies that dropped heading into their results.

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GM Is Loading Up on Its Own Shares. Investors Should Follow Suit.

Tariffs masked what would have been record GM profit performance in North America.

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The Stock Market Has a ‘Breadth’ Problem

The poor breadth is a sign the market is growing nervous about several related risks—tariffs chief among them.

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Boston Scientific Stock Is on Pause. Its Earnings Could Get It Moving Higher Again.

The company, which has spent billions over the past decade to acquire dozens of smaller companies, has a long track record of strong growth.

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Tesla, MicroStrategy, and 5 More Stocks to Bet Against Heading Into Earnings  

Tariff troubles may be making a comeback. It’s the kind of backdrop that almost demands investors start taking profits.

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How Second-Quarter Earnings Could Push the S&P 500 Even Higher

Earnings should get a boost from all the spending Big Tech is doing on artificial intelligence. “We’re still building AI with reckless abandon,” says one strategist.

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Oil Prices Have Gone Nowhere. This Energy Stock Is Looking Up.

investors should look for oil companies that are relying on more than higher prices to boost profits. Chord Energy fits the bill.

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Okta and 2 Other Software Stocks That Provide Shelter From Tariffs

Okta, Autodesk, and CrowdStrike are the three software stocks that benefit the most from the new tax law, according to Morgan Stanley.

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What’s Behind the Rally? We Have a Few Thoughts.

From Liberation Day to Independence Day, stocks have powered back, and then some. Credit a deluge of good news.

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Financial Stocks Are Flying—and They Don’t Look Ready to Stop

Capital One has the Discover kicker to help juice upside, and also has strong technical trends, with recent gains suggesting it can keep rallying.

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AT&T, Telecom Stocks Have Rallied This Year. Why Trump’s Immigration Policy Could End That.

The stocks were a good place to hide amid the tariff turmoil, but the administration’s deportation drive could end up being a significant headwind.

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Crocs Are Back. The Stock Looks Undervalued.

Crocs stock is cheap relative to its own history, its peers, and the S&P 500. Assuming profit growth resumes next year, this could be a buying opportunity.  

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The Stock Market Has Roared Back to Record Highs. What to Do Now.

Investors shouldn’t forget that valuations look frothy once again, geopolitical jitters have a way of lingering, and higher tariffs are a very real possibility.

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Circle Stock Could Set Off an IPO Frenzy. How to Avoid Getting Burned.

he stablecoin company surged nearly 170% on its first day of trading, and shares are now up almost 600%.

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Berkshire Is Loading Up on This Stock. You Should Be Too.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has more than doubled its stake in Constellation Brands to 12 million shares.

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The Stock Market Has Taken a Lot of Pain for Not Much Gain. 3 Stocks to Buy Now.

How frustrating has this year been? On a risk-adjusted basis—that is, by measuring stock gains against volatility—owning stocks has been beyond irksome.

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Cameco Stock and Other Ways to Play the Overseas Nuclear Energy Boom

There are currently no new reactors under construction in the U.S., but American companies have plenty of international business.

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