Analysis

Two quite different crypto-dependent securities both closed the day up nicely, mining business Mara Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) with a nearly 7% gain and exchange-traded fund iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (NASDAQ: ETHA) with a 9% rise.

Investing.com-- LinkendIn laid off about 200 employees over the past two weeks, The Information reported on Thursday, with the cuts happening within the engineering and customer support departments.

Morgan Stanley on Thursday raised price target on home furnishing retailer Williams-Sonoma Inc (NYSE:WSM) stock to $170 from $145, citing margins gains and steady top line growth.

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Nike (NYSE: NKE) is the largest U.S. footwear and apparel company by far. The brand has transcended its athletic gear origins and become a label of choice for loyal fans globally. However, that hasn't saved the company from experiencing some serious sales pressures over the past few years.

The S&P 500 started this year off on the right foot -- confirming the presence of a bull market -- and the good times have continued to roll from there for all three major benchmarks.

Last week yielded one of the most important data releases of the third quarter. Thursday, Nov. 14, marked the deadline for institutional investors with at least $100 million in assets under management to file Form 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Investing.com -- Baidu’s US-listed shares fell around 3% in premarket trading Thursday after the Chinese internet giant reported a 3% decline in third-quarter revenue, though the figure surpassed analyst expectations.

There's a lot of excitement around e-commerce company Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) of late. It reported some strong earnings numbers for the third quarter, and the stock has been rallying as a result of that.

The cybersecurity leader posted adjusted earnings per share of $1.56 for the fiscal first quarter ended October 31, surpassing analyst estimates of $1.48. Revenue grew 14% YoY to $2.1 billion, slightly below the consensus estimate of $2.12 billion.

Investing.com - Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said it was upgrading insurer Lemonade Inc (NYSE:LMND) to "equal-weight" from "underweight" and raised its price target to $42 from $23.

TradingKey - It was the moment that the stock market had been waiting for; Nvidia Corp’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) latest earnings. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) semiconductor behemoth reported its latest Q3 FY2025 results (for the three months ending 27 October) on Wednesday after the market closed in the

Investing.com-- Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN) fell from a three-year high on Wednesday as filings showed CEO Brian Armstrong sold nearly $300 million worth of shares this week, his second major sh

Snowflake Inc (NYSE:SNOW) on Wednesday lifted its 2025 product revenue forecast on the back of data cloud demand and analytics platform as improving economic conditions are enabling clients to allocate more of their budgets to technology spending.

OpenAI has entered a partnership with Common Sense Media to launch a free training course for teachers.

Investing.com -- Chipmaker Qualcomm said it feels “positive” about working with President-elect Donald Trump's administration, indicating it was not worried that proposed US tariffs on China would negatively affect its business there. China accounts for nearly half of Qualcomm's revenue.

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has fallen behind rival Advanced Micro Devices in the lucrative server CPU market over the past few years. It still has a leading market share, but AMD's server chips have been more powerful and more energy efficient.

With its shares down 52% since the start of the year, Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) seems to be a falling knife. Even though shares look cheap right now, they could fall even more due to the company's deteriorating fundamentals.

Investing.com -- Shares of ZTO Express (NYSE:ZTO) fell over 3% in pre-market trading after the company revised its annual guidance. 

Investing.com - President Capital Management downgraded Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) stock, citing mounting challenges, including regulatory risks, Apple’s shift to self-developed 4G/5G modem chips, a slowdown in its licensing (QTL) business, and weakness in the AI PC segment.