While Everyone’s Obsessing Over AI, This Boring Stock Just Crushed Nvidia

Look, I get it. Everyone's still drooling over Nvidia and its AI magic tricks. The chip giant is up 36% this year, which is nothing to sneeze at. But while you were busy watching robots learn to paint and write poetry, something hilarious happened: Dollar General just ate Nvidia's lunch. Yeah, you read that right. The place where you buy off-brand cereal and questionable energy drinks is up 74% in 2025. That's double Nvidia's gains. Sometimes the most boring investments are ...
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LPL Financial’s Crystal Ball Says S&P 500 Will Hit 7,400 by 2026 (Spoiler: It’s All About AI)

So LPL Financial just dropped their 2026 market outlook, and surprise surprise – they think the S&P 500 is going up. Revolutionary stuff, right? But before you roll your eyes, their prediction is actually pretty reasonable: they're calling for the index to hit somewhere between 7,300 and 7,400 by the end of 2026. That's about a 7-8% gain, which in today's market feels almost... modest? Remember when we used to get excited about 10% annual returns? Those were simpler times. The AI ...
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Morgan Stanley Just Gave Tesla the Corporate Equivalent of ‘It’s Not You, It’s Me’

Well, well, well. After two years of being Tesla's biggest cheerleader on Wall Street, Morgan Stanley just pulled the classic "downgrade" move. You know, that thing where your bank analyst friend suddenly gets "realistic" about your favorite stock right when everyone else is having FOMO. Here's what went down: Morgan Stanley's Andrew Percoco (great name for a finance guy, honestly) moved Tesla from "buy" to "hold" – which in Wall Street speak translates to "maybe pump the brakes on this one, ...
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When Robots Take Over the Factory Floor (And Your Job)

Remember when "going dark" meant your phone died or Netflix crashed? Well, welcome to 2025, where entire factories are going dark on purpose – and it's actually genius. Meet the "dark factory" – manufacturing plants that literally operate in pitch black because, plot twist, they don't need humans anymore. No coffee breaks, no bathroom runs, no Karen from accounting complaining about the thermostat. Just robots doing robot things, 24/7. Take Xiaomi's Beijing facility: this bad boy cranks out one smartphone every second ...
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When Robots Take Over the Factory Floor (And Your Job)

Remember when "going dark" meant your phone died or Netflix crashed? Well, welcome to 2025, where entire factories are going dark on purpose – and it's not because they forgot to pay the electric bill. Meet the "dark factory" – manufacturing plants that literally operate in complete darkness because, plot twist, they don't need humans anymore. No coffee breaks, no bathroom runs, no Karen from HR complaining about the thermostat. Just robots doing robot things in the dark like some kind ...
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Oil’s About to Get Messy: Why 2026 Could Be a Total Supply Nightmare

Remember when everyone was freaking out about oil shortages? Yeah, well, plot twist: we might be drowning in the stuff next year. Trafigura—one of those massive commodities trading firms that basically moves half the world's oil around—just dropped some news that should make anyone with a gas-guzzling SUV pretty happy. They're predicting what they're calling a "super glut" of oil in 2026. And honestly? The math checks out. Here's the deal: Oil projects are like that friend who takes forever to get ...
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This Eyewear Stock Could 10x Your Money (Thanks to Google AI Glasses)

Warby Parker (NYSE: WRBY) just got a major catalyst that has one analyst calling it a potential 10-bagger over the next five years. The eyewear company announced a partnership with Google to launch AI-powered glasses in 2026. These aren't clunky prototypes - they're "all-day wear" glasses powered by Google Gemini with real-time search, maps, and translation capabilities. Brian McGough from Hedgeye is calling WRBY the "retail stock to own in 2026." The stock jumped 14% on Monday when this news dropped. Google isn't ...
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When Wall Street Plays Musical Chairs: DoorDash Gets a Promotion While Microsoft Gets Benched

You know that feeling when your favorite restaurant suddenly gets a Michelin star while the fancy place down the street loses theirs? That's basically what happened in the stock world this week, except instead of food critics, we're talking about Wall Street analysts shuffling their rankings like a deck of cards. The big headline? DoorDash just got upgraded from "neutral" to "strong" – which in Wall Street speak means "hey, maybe this food delivery thing isn't just a pandemic fad after ...
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