To no one’s surprise, a new report on the state of the tobacco industry showed continued decline in the sales volumes of traditional cigarettes. That drop was less steep than expected; however, by comparison, Altria Group‘s (MO +2.73%) business looked steadier than its peers’. The storied cigarette maker’s shares rose nearly 3% on Tuesday. Continued

Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Analysts have tweaked their fair value estimate for Pinnacle West Capital from about US$104.85 to about US$105.86 per share, while bullish price targets across firms now cluster in a range of roughly US$96 to

Shares of companies tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure fell Tuesday after a report that OpenAI has fallen short of internal growth expectations, raising fresh questions about whether the pace of spending across the sector is sustainable. Oracle, which has a $300 billion, five-year partnership to supply computing power to OpenAI for AI operations, dropped 4%.

Investors who have been in the market for years or decades know to take market pullbacks in stride. But new investors could find market volatility panic-inducing. It’s a great opportunity for beginner investors who might be all-in on artificial intelligence (AI) and hot tech stocks to take a step back and make sure they have

A report that OpenAI missed some key targets hit the tech sector hard on Tuesday. Loading audio narration… The ChatGPT maker fueled a big risk-off move, with investors dumping tech shares as they digested a report from The Wall Street Journal that said OpenAI missed on revenue and other key targets in 2025. Other metrics

The perfect dividend stock is reliable for payments and raises and has a high dividend yield. These kinds of stocks are essential to a retirement portfolio, which requires solid and reliable passive income so retirees can age without working and without worry. They’re often the “boring” stocks that have been around forever and can count

Shares in Oracle (ORCL 3.56%) declined by as much a 6.3% in early trading today. The move comes as the market stresses the latest updates from its partner, OpenAI. Oracle has a $300 billion cloud computing deal with OpenAI, in which it is spending heavily to build out AI infrastructure to generate future revenue from

Amid continued growth in the number of connected devices worldwide, an increase in geopolitical tensions and instability, and the expected rapid expansion of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) bots communicating over the internet, the long-term demand outlook for cybersecurity services is incredibly strong. Yet despite a demand picture that looks poised to benefit the leading cybersecurity

The winds may be starting to blow in the favor of struggling Microsoft (MSFT) bulls. What the chart is saying about Microsoft: Evercore ISI chief technical analyst Rich Ross said in a new note that Microsoft has one of the “best acting charts” in the tech space right now, noting that the stock has reclaimed

This week is one of the most notable on the stock market’s calendar this spring — we are now deep into earnings season, with more than 900 companies stepping up to the podium to announce their quarterly results. Among them are some of the biggest and most consequential companies central to critical investing themes. Several

These are times that can make an investor nervous. Our country is waging a war, while tariffs have disrupted the global economy, with some trade partnerships changing. With so much seemingly changing from month to month, it’s fair to worry about the effect of all this on our stock portfolios and to seek stocks that

The U.S. equity market is sending mixed signals right now. Inflation could stay higher for longer as war-driven energy price spikes push costs up across the board and delay central bank interest rate cuts. Despite these challenges, many stock valuations are becoming more reasonable. Corporate earnings have also remained resilient, especially in artificial intelligence-powered sectors.

Warren Buffett may have stepped down as Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO at the end of 2025, but his investing wisdom will live on forever. One of my favorite quotes came in his 2022 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. He said: Will AI create the world’s first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on a little-known

The “Magnificent Seven” moniker was coined by Wall Street in 2023 to describe a group of seven powerhouse technology companies. They are known for consistently producing better returns than the rest of the market thanks to their dominance in industries like consumer hardware, enterprise software, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (AI). But the Magnificent Seven

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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), along with many other tech giants, sank earlier this year during a difficult environment for growth stocks. Investors worried about the war in Iran as well as direct risks for artificial intelligence (AI) stocks — for example, the idea that the revenue opportunity could disappoint. But, in recent days, Amazon has recovered

It’s a new era for Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA)(NYSE: BRKB). After spending more than half a century leading Berkshire and seeing it grow into a trillion-dollar company, Warren Buffett hung up his work coat for the final time as CEO on Dec. 31. The Oracle of Omaha’s successor is his longtime understudy, Greg Abel, who’s

You would have to go back quite some time to find an initial public offering (IPO) as anticipated as SpaceX’s. The aerospace company is looking to IPO this summer with around a $1.75 trillion valuation (the highest in IPO history). How much it ultimately fetches will depend on the market, but the lead-up has sparked