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Steel girders constructing a building ©Adobe Stock Images Boxabl Inc. (NASDAQ:BXBL) shares surged 20% on Monday during the company’s first trading session on the Nasdaq Stock Market after completing its business combination with FG Merger II Corp. (NASDAQ:FGMC). The modular housing manufacturer officially began trading under the ticker symbol “BXBL” after shareholders approved the merger,…

US stocks opened higher on Monday, July 20, with semiconductor stocks leading gains ahead of a crucial week of earnings from major technology companies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4%, the S&P 500 gained 0.6%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite advanced about 1%. Chipmakers rebounded after a weak performance last week, when the sector…

Apple Remains Berkshire’s Biggest Bet Apple continues to be Berkshire’s largest holding, making up close to 22% of its roughly $263 billion stock portfolio. Buffett first bought Apple shares between 2016 and 2018, investing about $35 billion. That investment grew to nearly $185 billion before taxes, including dividends and gains, Buffett was quoted as saying…

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock rose 1% on early Monday after it announced to plan to increase production at its Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg in Germany as demand for the Model Y strengthens across Europe. Tesla is targeting production of about 7,500 vehicles per week at the facility, equivalent to an annualized pace…

In her teens, Michelle Huynh, the eldest daughter of migrant parents in Australia, made a promise to her family that she would become a millionaire by the time she turned 30. The 26-year-old describes it as “a somewhat silly promise” inspired by the sacrifices her non-English-speaking parents made to raise the family. But she is…

Tesla and Alphabet are due to release results this week, followed by Microsoft, Meta, Apple and Amazon next week. Oil prices had risen Monday after fresh fighting over the weekend in which the United States announced three new US military fatalities and one service member missing in action. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they…

Shares of Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SPCX 1.90%) have been in a tailspin of late. The rocket company, which is also eyeing massive opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI), initially soared when its shares began trading last month, but the rally has since cooled significantly. Last week, the stock fell to below its IPO price of…

Quick Read AI could drive US unemployment from 4% to 15%, gutting the 80% of federal tax revenue that comes from individual income taxes. Goldman Sachs estimates 15 million AI-driven layoffs, pushing unemployment halfway between the Great Recession and Great Depression peaks. Even hundreds of billions in AI company profits cannot offset the federal revenue…

Investors interested in Utilities stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. NextEra Energy (NEE) is a stock that can certainly grab the attention of many investors, but do its recent returns compare favorably to the sector as a whole? By taking a look at the stock’s year-to-date performance in…

The first half of 2026 brought plenty of volatility, particularly in memory stocks, while Wall Street remained distracted by short sellers and geopolitical tensions. As investors look ahead to the second half of the year, here are five predictions to watch. Earnings growth will accelerate My highest-confidence prediction for the second half of 2026 is…