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Bank of America and JPMorgan, along with Wells Fargo, received DOJ subpoenas in a probe of alleged political debanking. Trump's executive order and a separate lawsuit add pressure.
Unitree Robotics' Shanghai IPO signals a maturing sector. Panelists at the Wealth Management EDGE conference say investors should target the supporting ecosystem, infrastructure, software, and hardware, rather than pure-play robot makers.
SPY fell 1.57% after a CPI-led rally reversed on war headlines. Rate-cut bets faded. Gold rose. The PPI report is due Friday, offering the next test of the inflation trend.
PLTY sells covered calls on Palantir and pays dividends. The problem: Palantir keeps rallying, and the ETF keeps missing the upside.
Oracle's $12B capex quarter sent shares down nearly 11%, erased $80B+ in value, and dragged Nvidia and crypto lower. The AI buildout just got a reality check.
Globalt says the AI capex cycle has compressed the equity risk premium, making markets reward future growth over present cash flow. There is a risk that if AI returns disappoint, valuation compression could be sharp.
VIOV, the Vanguard small-cap value ETF, tracks 600 cheap U.S. stocks. The factor tilt has drawn inflows as growth names sell off, but a recession would test the portfolio.
ARKK kept crypto-stock bets through the S&P 500's $3 trillion slide. HOOD rose 3% after a Goldman Sachs price-target hike. Wood reiterated a $730K Bitcoin target by 2030.
ANZ trades at $35 with a 4.7% dividend yield and 14x trailing earnings. Ahead of half-year results due in May, two valuation methods help decide if the stock is cheap or dear.
OpenAI is weighing a 20-year lease for a 10-gigawatt Ohio campus with Nvidia backing. Construction could exceed $500B. First stage by 2028.
Old Dominion Freight Line leads TradePulse flow scores as AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and telecom names show broad institutional participation. The mix suggests capital allocation across sectors, not a narrow AI chase.
A shareholder group of Emerita Resources is suing Lithium Ionic over alleged misappropriation of the Bandeira lithium project. Lithium Ionic rejects the claim and will defend ownership. Court must grant leave to proceed.
Oracle beat Q4 earnings and revenue estimates, raised its profit forecast, and plans to raise $40 billion in debt and equity. The stock fell 6% after hours.
Polymarket odds on CLARITY Act approval fell from 62% to 48% in June as 60+ industry leaders push back on open-source developer rules. Novogratz cites three obstacles.
West Red Lake Gold Mines shareholders re-elected five directors and re-appointed auditors at the annual meeting, while director Hugh Agro did not seek re-election as the company's Madsen Mine ramps up.
Fennec shareholders voted 99.64% for auditor Haskell & White, 85.50% for say-on-pay, and 91.27% for the equity plan amendment at the annual meeting.
Greif raises URB paperboard $60/ton and tube-and-core products 6.5% starting July 6. The hikes test whether demand supports cost pass-throughs in the second half.
The ECB's quarter-point hike is priced in. The euro's next move depends on Lagarde's signals on September and the energy-driven inflation outlook,
Oracle's cloud revenue hit $5.1B, up 47%, with OCI at $2.1B. The company guided Q4 cloud to ~$5.5B and plans to double capex to $10B. RPO stood at $98B.
The delayed draw facility gives Amazon flexible funding for AI milestones. Its $200B capex plan and OpenAI commitments make the loan a timing bridge, not a distress signal.
New construction exposure ties Pool Corp to housing data. The next quarterly earnings report will test whether maintenance revenue offsets the cyclical drag.
Portugal's fan token, POL, is the only crypto play in Group K. Colombia, DR Congo, and Uzbekistan have no token or blockchain deal. Polymarket bets add another layer.
Moelis CEO Navid Mahmoodzadegan outlined priorities on culture and growth at the Morgan Stanley US Financials Conference. How the stock's setup looks.
The yuan hit a three-year high above 6.7 per dollar in May. The rally compresses carry costs and squeezes exporters, setting up a PBOC test at the June 15 MLF decision.
Tamar Remz, co-founder of Palm Philanthropy Advisors, succeeds Jonathan Haidt as board chair of the Constructive Dialogue Institute. The nonprofit has reached 500,000 students across 170 campuses.
Investors collectively lost $2.3B across four crypto ventures linked to Donald Trump's family. The ventures raised $2.3B for the family via token sales and stock deals. Senator Warren has requested an SEC investigation.
GMG shares have risen 2.8% since the start of 2025. PLS shares sit 15.4% from their peak. The valuation case for each stock reflects different cycles.
Ark Invest's ARKK ETF holds Robinhood at 4.75% of portfolio, while Coinbase and Circle lag. The split reflects different business models and regulatory timelines.
CoinShares research head James Butterfill called the $1.72B in weekly ETF outflows a sentiment shock, not a structural break. Geopolitics and shifting rate expectations drove the move.
Twistzz's Japan holiday is pure esports scheduling. FaZe's 2022 Web3 initiative raises no current token or NFT risk. No on-chain activity.