Server racks inside fragile, cracked bubbles, symbolizing a tech-bubble risk. Key Points Valuations in the AI sector remain high, but historical patterns suggest a bubble is unlikely to burst while caution prevails. Black Hills Corp. is positioned to benefit from AI-related energy demands through its utility footprint in rural data center boomtowns. Nutrien offers a defensive AI hedge, with stable demand driven by global agriculture and minimal AI sector exposure. Interested in Black Hills Corporation ...

ConocoPhillips Inc. (COP) stock has a 3.63% annual yield and could be up to 18% undervalued. Another play here is to sell short out-of-the-money OTM) puts as an income play. For example, 5% OTM COP puts have a 1% monthly yield. This article will show how this works. COP stock is at $92.67 midday on Friday, December 19. COP has been relatively flat over the last 6 months. Moreover, its $3.36 annual dividend per share (DPS) provides a long-term holder with a yearly yield of 3.626%. More News from Barchart ...

A new Bitcoin price model suggests the base case for the leading cryptocurrency in 2035 is a price of $1.42 million per coin—a more than 1,500% surge from its recent trading price—or potentially more than twice that mark. The probability-weighted model from analysts Gabriel Selby and Mark Pilipczuk at Kraken-owned company CF Benchmarks implies that Bitcoin would grab around 33% of gold’s market capitalization, delivering an expected annualized return of 30.1%. “As institutional participation deepens, volat ...

This live blog is refreshed periodically throughout the day with the latest updates from the market.To find the latest Stock Market Today threads, click here. Happy Friday. This is TheStreet’s Stock Market Today for Dec. 19, 2025. You can follow the latest updates on the market here in our daily live blog. Update: 4:01 p.m ET Closing Bell That'll be the end of the last full trading week of 2025. The Nasdaq (+1.31%) finished out the day near day-highs, boosted by the staying power of the tech comeback. ...

Core Viewpoint - Nike Inc. is facing challenges in profitability and market performance, particularly due to underperformance in the Chinese market and a decline in digital revenues, despite exceeding earnings expectations for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026 [2][3][6] Financial Performance - Nike's second-quarter earnings for fiscal year 2026 exceeded analysts' expectations, but the earnings per share (EPS) have declined, indicating potential profitability issues [2][6] - The company experienced a 14% drop in digital revenues, which is contributing to challenges in maintaining profit margins [2][6] Market Conditions - The Chinese market, a significant revenue source for Nike, is currently underperforming, which is impacting the company's profit margins and leading to a decline in gross margins for two consecutive quarters [3][6] - Analysts have revised forecasts for Nike due to concerns over future profitability stemming from the challenges in the Chinese market [3] Stock Performance - Despite a positive earnings report, Nike's stock price dropped over 10% in premarket trading, attributed to challenges in the Chinese market and rising costs [4][6] - Nike's current stock price is $65.63, reflecting a slight decrease of 0.09% or $0.06, with a market capitalization of approximately $97 billion [5]

Adam Breeden/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET's key takeawaysSmart TVs track viewing habits with ACR tech.Collected data fuels billions in targeted ads.Turning off ACR protects privacy but takes effort.Did you know that whenever you turn on your smart TV, you invite an unseen guest to watch it with you?These days, most mainstream TVs use automatic content recognition (ACR), a type of ad-tracking technology that collects data on everything you watch and sends it to a central ...

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Deep-pocketed investors have adopted a bullish approach towards ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ:ON), and it's something market players shouldn't ignore. Our tracking of public options records at Benzinga unveiled this significant move today. The identity of these investors remains unknown, but such a substantial move in ON usually suggests something big is about to happen.We gleaned this information from our observations today when Benzinga's options scanner highlighted 11 extraordinary options activities for ON S ...

Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bullish stance on AppLovin.Looking at options history for AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) we detected 160 trades.If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 47% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 28% with bearish.From the overall spotted trades, 38 are puts, for a total amount of $4,195,786 and 122, calls, for a total amount of $7,179,483.Predicted Price RangeAfter evaluating the trading volumes and Open ...

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR).And retail traders should know.We noticed this today when the positions showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with PWR, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 8 options trades for Quanta Services.This ...