Despite today’s market slide driven by investor jitters over the Middle East conflict and rapidly rising oil prices, Plug Power (PLUG +27.62%) stock is soaring. Plug shares jumped by 24% as of 11:56 a.m. ET. The move came after the hydrogen fuel cell system company released fourth-quarter and full-year results and announced a leadership change.

On Feb. 22, Citrini Research — an independent financial research firm on Substack — posted on X and published a report titled, “The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis.” The report forecasts incredible strides in artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and efficiency, at the expense of double-digit unemployment, as AI wreaks havoc on white-collar jobs. Under these hypothetical

Image source: Getty Images Could we be witnessing the start of a full-blown stock market crash? Only time will tell — guessing the near-term direction of share prices is notoriously difficult, and I’m not about to start! However, the red lights are flashing, and it pays for investors to get prepared for a correction. I’m

Shares of Altria Group (MO 0.84%) climbed 11.4% in February, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. A giant in the tobacco and nicotine sector, Altria Group’s steady sales are seen as a safe haven amid market uncertainties, such as the current panic over software stocks and geopolitical conflicts. Like other consumer staples, Altria

New York  —  The US war with Iran rippled through markets Monday: Oil spiked. Investors piled into gold. But stocks…shrugged? Barely a week earlier, a fictional “macro memo from 2028” hypothesizing on how AI could disrupt the economy sent the Dow down 800 points. Behold the stock market of 2026, where geopolitical conflict barely registers

Oracle (ORCL +2.70%) declined 11.7% in March according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock is down more than 23% in 2026 as I write. However, the key benchmark date is likely mid-September, when news of the $300 billion deal with OpenAI broke. The initial euphoria over the deal quickly faded, and Oracle’s

CSE: TEX | OTCQB: TRGEF | FRA: V6Y VANCOUVER, BC, March 3, 2026 /CNW/ – Targa Exploration Corp. (CSE: TEX) (FRA: V6Y) (OTCQB: TRGEF) (“Targa” or the “Company“) today announced the appointment of Bryce Roxburgh to its Board of Directors (“Board“), effective immediately, and the issuance of incentive stock options. Mr. Roxburgh brings five decades of

Warren Buffett is no longer the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, but the company just released its latest 13F filing detailing the last trades under his leadership. There were few trades and only one new position. Although Buffett maintained Berkshire’s position in Alphabet, he pared down its positions in the other artificial intelligence (AI) stocks in

DraftKings (DKNG +0.13%) is making a good business decision by expanding into prediction markets. That, however, doesn’t make this stock a buy in 2026. At least not if you have a long-term buy-and-hold mentality. Here’s why buying this sports betting company just because of its move into prediction markets could be a mistake. Image source:

The S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.04%) is generally considered the best benchmark for the U.S. stock market. The consensus estimate among Wall Street analysts says the index will climb to 8,305 in the next 12 months, implying 21% upside from its current level of 6,880. Analysts expect three market sectors to perform better during that period.

Today’s Change (3.49%) $0.62 Current Price $18.38 Key Data Points Market Cap $23B Day’s Range $17.10 – $18.41 52wk Range $8.60 – $32.73 Volume 2.3M Avg Vol 57M Gross Margin 61.06% SoFi Technologies (SOFI +3.49%), a digital banking and lending platform, closed Monday at $18.39, up 3.55%. The stock is rebounding after a recent decline,

The Morning Bull – US Market Morning Update Monday, Mar, 2 2026 US stock futures are pointing lower this morning, with E-mini S&P 500 futures down about 1.3% and Nasdaq futures off roughly 1.7%, as investors react to a mix of higher costs and geopolitical tension. Government bond yields in Italy, Germany and the UK

HEINEKEN NV Heineken N.V. reports the progress of transactions under its current share buyback programme Amsterdam, 2 March 2026 – Heineken N.V. (EURONEXT: HEIA; OTCQX: HEINY) hereby reports transaction details related to the second € 750 million tranche of its € 1.5 billion share buyback programme as communicated on 12 February 2026. From 23 February

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New York  —  Oil prices surged, global stocks sank and gold rose Monday as concerns about a broadening war with Iran began to ripple through financial markets. Investors are bracing for volatility in global energy markets as developments unfold in the Middle East. While markets saw sharp moves, the volatility so far has been largely

Despite three consecutive years of 15%+ gains from the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), most investors believe the good times aren’t over yet. The Motley Fool’s 2026 Investor Outlook and Predictions Report shows that the majority of investors expect further gains in U.S. stocks this year, powered again by enthusiasm around artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. Will

Optimist Fund, an investment management company, released its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Fund’s objective is to achieve capital growth at a rate in the mid-teens or higher over the course of several decades. In Q4 2025, the Fund declined 8.5%. The Fund, although not yet