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As AI propels semiconductor stocks, Cantor analysts said Nvidia is their favorite choice. Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald believe that artificial intelligence is “the only meaningful growth driver” for chip stocks, and they have predictions about which ones will gain the most from the projected increase in spending on AI infrastructure by major cloud providers, sovereigns, neoclouds, and enterprises. Analysts at Cantor said in a note on Wednesday that they anticipate these trends “to continue driving the AI trade” as tech giants revise capital expenditures upward and cite the need to spend more on AI infrastructure, and as businesses that make…

Google must permit qualified competitors to syndicate its search and text ad services, but it will not be compelled to sell off Chrome. Although the long-awaited search remedies for Alphabet Inc.’s antitrust case turned out better than anticipated, Google’s (GOOGL) (GOOG) business still faces more difficult obstacles in the future. Following the Justice Department’s recommended structural remedy during the hearing—Google’s decision to divest Chrome—Judge Amit Mehta’s decision on Tuesday caused investors to rejoice. Alphabet’s stock is expected to close at a record $228.90, up 8.3% in morning trading. However, Ben Reitzes, an analyst at Melius Research, questioned whether the ruling’s…

Although they are not yet included in 401(k) plans, private-credit exchange-traded funds are Wall Street’s most recent attempt to make private assets accessible to the general public and eventually included in retirement plans. At least three ETF creators have introduced funds intended to access private credit, either directly or through collateralized loan obligations: StateStreet, BondBloxx, and Virtus. With yields of up to about 10%, which are significantly higher than those of publicly traded debt instruments like bonds or Treasurys, these funds represent the most recent attempt to make a well-liked Wall Street product accessible to retail investors. They will enable…

Dan Ives, who worked on Wall Street for 25 years, gained notoriety for promoting technology stocks on business television shows while sporting brightly colored shirts and coats. Ives then took a fresh approach in June, putting his name on his own exchange-traded fund, the Dan IVES Wedbush AI Revolution ETF, which consists of 30 equities. In a phone interview, Ives stated, “There are thousands of ETFs, but there is only one Dan Ives.” The new ETF IVES, according to Ives, head of technology research at Wedbush Securities, combines all of his expertise into a portfolio of “winners” that he has…

Capital Group’s $200 billion+ Investment Company of America fund has kept pace with the changes since its inception in 1934. Anita Patel, an investment director and public spokesperson for the strategy, told MarketWatch in an interview that the fund “has evolved alongside the U.S. economic landscape,” moving from a manufacturing-based economy in the post-World War II era to a services-based one in the 1980s, and from the old economy to the new one. The fund has a “long track record of protecting in periods of market volatility and market declines,” according to Patel. According to Lipper data, the five-star Morningstar-rated…

At Monday’s opening bell, U.S. equities are attempting to regain some of the significant decline from the previous session. Concerns that more weakening was imminent were aroused by the S&P 500’s 1.6% dip on Friday, which was its largest percentage drop since May 21 and followed by dismal jobs data and a revival of tariff worry. Nevertheless, despite the possibility of short-term challenges, many of the market’s more bullish analysts maintain their optimism. A window of about seven weeks will now exist, according to Jefferies’ equity strategy team, “during which the economy may have to contend with a weakening labor…

In 1881, 63% of the total value of the U.S. stock market was made up of railroad companies, which represented the cutting-edge technology of the day. Why, therefore, are the Magnificent Seven, who now account for 35% of the S&P 500, unable to achieve the same level? In his weekly Flow Show note, Michael Hartnett, global strategist at Bank of America, asks for that. He notes that comparable extreme positioning concentrations have occurred in past bull markets, such as the outsize weighting of the tech sector in 2000, Japan’s rise to 45% of the MSCI ACWI ACWI in 1989, and…

Early Tuesday trading saw a decline in Enphase Energy Inc.’s stock after the manufacturer of solar-power inverters received a downgrade from analysts following President Donald Trump’s decision to eliminate clean-electricity tax incentives sooner than anticipated. Shares of electricity-generating firms exposed to the wind and solar markets also declined, as did other solar-power stocks. Late Monday, Trump issued an executive order that mandated the termination of clean-electricity tax incentives within 45 days of the Republican megabill’s implementation, which he signed into law last week. This is anticipated to occur prior to the year’s end. First Solar Inc.’s stock (FSLR) plummeted 4.1%,…

Laura Mayfield of Fort Washington Investment Advisors specializes in asset-backed securities (ABS) – a space that offers opportunities that might be overlooked by income-seeking investors. She co-manages funds designed to keep volatility risk at a minimum while providing yields that are higher than investors can get at their bank or in money-market funds. Fort Washington Investment Advisors subadvises for the $822 million Touchstone Ultra Short Duration Income Fund, which we will call the mutual fund, and the $172 million Touchstone Ultra Short Income ETF TUSI, which was established in August 2022. Fort Washington Investment Advisors and Touchstone Investments are based…

American businesses have been increasing their orders when the Trump administration temporarily lowers tariffs and delaying purchases when trade tensions are at their greatest. In July, the U.S. goods trade deficit increased 22.1% to $103.6 billion from $84.9 billion, the Commerce Department said in its advance estimate on Friday. It was a far larger deficit than anticipated. The Econoday research group predicted that the deficit will increase to $87.7 billion. Imports jumped ahead of the Trump White House’s deadline for country-specific tariffs in early August, according to economists. Stephen Stanley, Santander’s senior U.S. economist, stated, “We are still not entirely…