Inside one of Equinix’s internal operations at Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Virginia, on May 9, 2024. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades | The Washington Post | Getty Images The backlash against artificial intelligence data centers could prove a tailwind for real estate investment trusts in the sector. Protests have sprung up nationally as hyperscalers look to build […]
Global stock markets have been volatile as investors assess high bond yields and continued tensions between the U.S. and Iran. There are concerns about the impact of uncertainty in the Middle East on oil prices and consequently on inflation. Investors who prefer to look beyond short-term noise and buy stocks with attractive long-term growth potential […]
A drill rig stands at a Fervo Energy geothermal site under construction near Milford, Utah, Nov. 26, 2023. Ellen Schmidt | AP MILFORD, Utah — Deep in the Utah desert, down miles of gravel roads and hours from a major city, Fervo Energy bets it can economically harness heat from the Earth’s core for power, […]
BECKY QUICK: Welcome back, everybody. Berkshire Hathaway first invested in Japan’s five main “trading houses” just over six years ago, and it consistently increased its position. Berkshire now owns more than 10 percent of each of the top five. And the company’s CEO, Greg Abel, is in Japan right now. He joins us for a […]
Robinhood signage during a media event at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 4, 2026. Adam Gray | Bloomberg | Getty Images Robinhood could see a sizable boost to its prediction market revenue as football season begins next week, according to a Wednesday note from Piper Sandler. Earlier this summer, the World […]
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images New Jersey has asked the Supreme Court to review a case that could determine whether states or the federal government have oversight of prediction markets. “We’re calling on the Supreme Court to resolve this issue and recognize that Congress did not silently make the sports-betting […]
Men look at a a board with the BOVESPA index at the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (B3) in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 7, 2025. Nelson Almeida | Afp | Getty Images Brazilian stocks are rallying again after a monthslong sell-off from six-year highs reached in April. The iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ), which […]
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel noted the growing resistance to the construction of data centers across the U.S. in an interview with CNBC’s Becky Quick on Wednesday morning. “There is a lot more pushback in the communities across the U.S.,” Abel said. Berkshire’s interest in the ongoing computing facility buildout is mostly related to power […]
A job seeker holds a flyer as they receive information about education careers with the Los Angeles Unified School District while attending a job and resource fair in Los Angeles, California, July 29, 2026. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images After a disappointing July payrolls report that showed the economy lost jobs that […]
Inflation data, earnings reports and tensions in the Middle East have been influencing the market. In this volatile backdrop, investors seeking income can bolster their portfolios by adding dividend-paying stocks. The recommendations of top Wall Street analysts can help inform investors in their search for attractive stocks from the vast universe of dividend-paying companies. These […]