Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) is one of the best defense contractor stocks to buy right now. On March 11, Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:LDOS) announced it is poised to modernize the US Air Force Cloud One Platform to enhance the deployment of secure cloud capabilities. Leidos Holdings, Inc. (LDOS) Partners with Cloud Giants to Modernize US Air Force Cloud One Platform Joe Ravi/Shutterstock.com Under a $454.9 million contract, the company is to work with Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud Platfor ...

About 2 minutes away from the end of the trading day, Katie Greifeld and David Gura. And here to help take us through the closing bell, we have a global simulcast. Joined now by Isabelle Li.She's in for Carol Massar and Tim Stankovic. We welcome in all of our different audiences across all the various platforms right now. And Tim, I mean, you take a look at the S&P 500.We're not going to finish quite at session lows, but pretty dang close. And boy, it was ugly out there today. Yeah, just a cross assets, rea ...

Although artificial intelligence has been the hottest trend on Wall Street in recent years, it's not the only game-changing technology that's turning heads and enticing investors to open up their wallets. The advent of quantum computing has definitely intrigued investors.As of mid-October 2025, quantum computing stocks IonQ (IONQ 6.63%), Rigetti Computing (RGTI 4.82%), and D-Wave Quantum (QBTS 9.51%) had gained between 670% and 6,217% over the trailing 12-month period. This overwhelming optimism was fueled ...

The stocks of Microsoft (MSFT 1.40%), Meta Platforms (META 8.00%), and Alphabet (GOOG 3.02%)(GOOGL 3.45%) are all taking a beating right now. As of this writing, Meta shares had plunged more than 8% on Thursday alone, while Alphabet and Microsoft are also sliding sharply. And this puts the stocks' total year-to-date returns at declines of 24% for Microsoft, 17% for Meta, and 10% for Alphabet.The sell-off likely reflects a continued broader market reevaluation of the massive capital expenditures required to ...

During its second-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings call in January, Microsoft said roughly two-thirds of its $37.5 billion in quarterly capital expenditures is spent on short-lived assets such as graphics processing units and central processing units. The higher spending weighed heavily on Microsoft's free cash flow, which was just $5.9 billion in its latest quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2025, and has been steadily trending down as Microsoft builds out its AI data center infrastructure.Microsoft is generating s ...

Market Overview and Afternoon ActionU.S. equity markets are experiencing a significant pullback during afternoon trading this Thursday, March 26, 2026, as investors grapple with escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and a resilient labor market that suggests interest rates may remain "higher for longer." The optimistic rally seen during Wednesday's session has largely evaporated following reports that Iran rejected a 15-point U.S.-led ceasefire proposal, labeling it "one-sided and unfair."As o ...

This hasn't been a great year for artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. While I'm still confident that AI is a solid long-term play, it appears many AI stocks will finish the first quarter in the red for 2026. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is down nearly 7% so far this year. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » When you cons ...

Quick Read The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) is down nearly 4% year-to-date and off 5% from a month ago, while the Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) has fallen 6% in the past month as the VIX climbs toward the 30 threshold amid geopolitical tensions and rising oil prices above $100 a barrel. The 10-year Treasury yield has risen from 4% to 4.4%, indicating inflation and supply disruption fears rather than a traditional risk-off flight to safety. The Iran conflict is driving immediate volatility through crude oil spikes and in ...

Quick Read Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) declined 4% year-to-date and 2% over the past week, while SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) is down 5% over the past month and SPDR Dow Jones ETF (DIA) fell nearly 7% since late February; iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) showed relative resilience with less than 1% decline over five days. JPMorgan cut Fair Isaac’s (FICO) price target from $1,825 to $1,325 citing concerns about pricing power erosion in mortgage credit scoring and potential regulatory pressure. The Iran conflict is ...

Investors should be familiar with the fact that the stock market is arguably the best means of building significant wealth. It won't happen overnight, and it requires patience and discipline. But the rewards are worth it. In the past decade, the S&P 500 index generated a total return of 283% (as of March 19). There are many companies, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) being a great example, that have performed even better. So you might be interested in learning how to filter the sea of potential opportunities into a ...