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Google wraps up best year on Wall Street since 2009, beating megacap peers as AI story strengthens
Google CEO Sundar Pichai waves as he arrives to attend the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, February 11, 2025. Benoit Tessier | Reuters After a tough start to the year, Google closed out 2025 with its strongest performance — from Wall Street’s perspective — since 2009, when the […]
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Warren Buffett’s exit leaves open question: Who runs Berkshire’s $300 billion equity portfolio?
As Berkshire Hathaway marks Warren Buffett ‘s official retirement Wednesday, attention is shifting to a less settled part of the succession plan: the fate of its $300 billion equity portfolio. For decades, Berkshire’s stock holdings have reflected Buffett’s long-term investing judgment and his willingness to deploy capital aggressively during market turmoil. With no obvious successor […]
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Apple needs to deliver an AI-charged Siri so good it gets older iPhone users to upgrade
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks as Apple holds an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California, U.S. Sept. 9, 2025. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Apple has one heck of a mulligan coming ahead of its 50th anniversary in 2026. After failing on its promise to launch an artificial intelligence-supercharged version […]
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Street analyst reveals 3 AI stocks set to dominate 2026 – plus, Meta’s next move
Wall Street analysts see more room to run for four Club stocks that shattered records in 2025. Fresh commentary from a Rosenblatt Securities analyst shows how a new deal from Meta Platforms could be a financial windfall. Meanwhile, Wedbush details exactly why CrowdStrike , Apple , and Microsoft are winners from the artificial intelligence build-out […]
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The blowout AI trades that surprised Wall Street in 2025
The artificial intelligence trade got tougher in 2025. While a significant capital expenditure cycle and earnings growth from the world’s biggest tech companies supported the market’s rally to record heights — with the S & P 500 to jumping more than 17% and the Nasdaq Composite gaining 22% year to date — the easy gains […]
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These 5 infrastructure stocks have more than tripled this year on the AI trade
Wires and cables in a server room. Thomas Northcut | Digitalvision | Getty Images Nvidia has been the biggest infrastructure winner in the artificial intelligence boom, soaring in value by almost thirteenfold since the end of 2022 to a market cap of $4.6 trillion. While Nvidia’s rally continued in 2025, investors betting on other AI […]
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U.S. pushes additional tariffs on Chinese chips to June 2027
A silicon wafer with chips etched into is seen as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris tours a site where Applied Materials plans to build a research facility, in Sunnyvale, California, U.S., May 22, 2023. Pool | Reuters The U.S. will increase tariffs on Chinese semiconductor imports in June 2027, at a rate to be determined at […]
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Novo Nordisk’s new obesity pill, Alphabet’s data center deal, the end of EV euphoria and more in Morning Squawk
The logo of pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is displayed in front of its offices in Bagsvaerd, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 24, 2025. Tom Little | Reuters This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading […]
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Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 notches three-day win streak: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock futures traded near the flatline Monday night after a strong start to a shortened trading week. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 5 […]
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We’re putting an AI giant in the Bullpen — not letting a mistake cloud our judgment
Alphabet can no longer be ignored. It is going back into our Bullpen list of stocks to watch after our unfortunate exit from the Google parent back in March. We got out of the name due to concerns that Google’s Gemini was not advancing quickly enough to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and because the Justice […]
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