Toward the end of the week that ended on April 25, I covered a piece on Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet, calling the current defense environment a “golden opportunity,” and a rare moment of unguarded enthusiasm from the leader of the world’s largest defense contractor. The market, apparently, needed more convincing. Lockheed Martin (LMT) shares
Exxon Mobil is possibly making one of the biggest moves of 2026. The oil giant is in talks to sell its Hong Kong fuel-station networkin a deal that could fetch$500 million to $600 million, according to a Reuters report. Exxon has hired a financial adviser, and four to five bidders are potentially reviewing the assets.
AT&T has been rapidly revamping its wireless offerings as it struggles to keep customers from switching to growing competitors. After months of facing elevated churn in its wireless business, the carrier is betting big on its latest strategy to reverse this trend. In the first quarter of 2026, AT&T’s postpaid phone churn, the percentage of
Cathie Wood, head of Ark Investment Management, often takes advantage of market swings. That’s what she just did, selling shares of a semiconductor stock after it jumped 25% in a week. Last year, Wood’s flagship Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) gained 35.49%, far outpacing the S&P 500’s return of 17.88% in the same period. But the
Intel just delivered one of the most surprising earnings beats in the semiconductor sector this year. Revenue came in at $13.58 billion, well above the $12.32 billion analysts had expected. EPS hit $0.29, beating the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.28, according to Intel’s Q1 press release. Still, not everyone on Wall Street is convinced
Options trading keeps breaking volume records, and retail investors now drive a growing share of the daily activity once dominated by Wall Street desks. Most people still assume every single options trade carries the kind of outsized risk that could wipe out a brokerage account in one bad session. One widely used approach mitigates that
Apple is heading into its April 30 earnings report, with investors focused on iPhone demand, outlooks, and what’s next for its AI strategy under its upcoming new CEO. The iPhone maker’s stock has lagged this year, down about 0.64% year to date compared with a 4.67% gain for the S&P 500 index, Yahoo Finance data
For years, Tesla sold millions of cars with a promise attached: Pay extra for Full Self-Driving, and your vehicle would eventually drive itself. Software updates would get it there. The hardware was ready. On April 23, Elon Musk finally said out loud what Tesla owners had suspected for a long time. And the fallout is
The American economy is changing faster than most people expected. Jobs that seemed secure a few years ago are now under pressure. And the people feeling that pressure are looking for answers that the current policy conversation has not yet delivered. Elon Musk just offered one. It is bold, it is controversial, and it has
There’s a particular kind of Wall Street moment that tends to confuse retail investors when a company reports solid earnings, raises nothing alarming, and the stock falls anyway. Northrop Grumman (NOC) just had one of those. The 32-year-old defense and aerospace giant reported first-quarter 2026 results that, by most measures, were fine. A modest earnings