Sunday, April 12, 2026 4:10 PM Photo: By User:Mlang.Finn – Self-photographed, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113919559 Zak Thomas-Akoo, Next.io Email, LinkedIn, and more The Finnish government has said a public offering of state-owned gambling monopoly Veikkaus Oy remains a possibility, but would not happen until several prerequisites had been met. As previously reported, Finland will become the latest Nordic

The last 10 years have been an excellent run for the stock market. Despite two bear markets (2020 and 2022) and two nearly bear markets (2018 and 2025), the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.11%) has produced a total return of 282% over the last decade, a compound annual return of 14.4%. That’s well above the historical

Usually, the playbook for when an asset drops 46% from its peak is to stop buying it. Strategy (MSTR 0.17%) — formerly known as MicroStrategy — missed that memo, and the company now holds 766,970 Bitcoin (BTC 2.64%) after purchasing another 4,871 BTC in the first week of April alone, despite the cryptocurrency’s price of $68,536

The first quarter of 2026 has been rough on artificial intelligence (AI) stocks … or has it? On the one hand, share prices of some of the biggest AI stocks, after years of explosive growth, are actually down so far this year. Nvidia (NVDA +2.59%), for example, is down nearly 5% year to date. Today’s

Get insights on thousands of stocks from the global community of over 7 million individual investors at Simply Wall St. If you are wondering whether Patterson-UTI Energy is attractively priced at its recent levels, this article walks through what the current share price might mean for you as an investor. The stock recently closed at

For most of President Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House, the stock market has excelled. The widely followed Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI 0.56%), benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.11%), and technology-dominated Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +0.35%) surged 57%, 70%, and 142%, respectively, during his first term, and were all up by double digits through year

With tens of millions of funded accounts, Robinhood is one of the most popular online brokerages for retail investors. Each month, the company posts the top 10 most-owned stocks on the platform. This list is updated monthly and usually includes large tech and artificial intelligence stocks found in the “Magnificent Seven.” Due to the sell-off

In recent days, Willdan Group has come under scrutiny as new analysis suggested its shares are trading above intrinsic value, alongside reports that insiders sold about US$500,000 of stock over the past three months. This combination of perceived overvaluation and insider selling adds a layer of caution to an otherwise solid operational picture, raising fresh

I feel like it’s time for a confession, so here it is: Not every stock that I love is a winner right now. But I tend to fall hard for companies that I know are solid and will rebound when the time is right. Case in point: During the COVID-19 pandemic, travel restrictions meant nobody

President Trump watches the stock market. If you want proof, all you have to do is look through his social media posts. Or you can watch his 2026 State of the Union message, where he proclaimed, “The stock market is at 53 all-time record highs since the election.” The president has seemed in the past

From the attention they received after President Donald Trump issued executive orders to secure the nation’s supply of critical minerals to the interest that rare-earth stocks like MP Materials (MP +2.49%) and USA Rare Earth (USAR 3.41%) received after the government announced equity investments in them, it’s clear that rare-earth stocks are having their day

Find your next quality investment with Simply Wall St’s easy and powerful screener, trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. If you are wondering whether Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) is still offering value at today’s levels, this breakdown will help you see what the current share price really reflects. The stock last closed at US$69.73, with

A Palantir sign displayed on an office building by Poetra_RH via Shutterstock Retail trader darling and AI-led data analytics company Palantir’s (PLTR) stock should have been an expected beneficiary of the U.S./Israel and Iran war in the Middle East. Thanks to its advanced suite of products that aid decision-making and its proximity to the U.S.

Despite its volatility and occasional bear markets, the U.S. stock market remains one of the best long-term wealth-creation tools for everyday investors. It represents the potential, growth, and possibilities of the global economy in a way that nothing else really does. What’s interesting is that it often rewards those who do the least with it.

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Nvidia (NVDA +2.59%) and Broadcom (AVGO +4.69%) are two of the top AI computing companies to invest in right now. Each of their stocks has done incredibly well over the past few years, with Nvidia up 36% since the start of 2025 and Broadcom up over 50%. Each stock has risen so much over the

The market is, completely understandably, focused on artificial intelligence (AI) hyperscalers to determine whether there’s an AI bubble brewing. Those concerns are magnified by the share price performance of the leading hyperscaler companies in 2026 (see chart). The two that stand out the most are Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), and

Stock market volatility is the new norm, Goldman Sachs says, and it’s not as simple as markets being upset by geopolitical turmoil like the Iran war. Loading audio narration… The conflict in the Middle East has fueled the recent spike in equity volatility, Goldman says, but the firm’s macro strategy research team sees an ongoing

Dow Inc. (NYSE:DOW) is among the stocks Jim Cramer reviewed while discussing the Iran ceasefire that triggered a relief rally. Cramer explained why stocks like Dow are benefiting, as he commented: LyondellBasell and Dow, commodity chemical makers, they’re benefiting from the man-made petrochemical shortage caused by the war… you know what? I’m not so sure

Nvidia (NVDA +2.59%) remains the leader in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry thanks to its market-leading advanced chips that are ideal for training AI models, as well as its CUDA software platform that unlocks the power of its chips and makes it hard for competitors to lure developers away, which has given Nvidia a competitive