Software Stocks Are Getting Wrecked by AI Fear and That May Be the Trade

Something unusual is happening in tech. The very companies that were supposed to ride the AI wave to infinity — the software-as-a-service names that minted millionaires over the past decade — are getting absolutely hammered. And the weapon doing the damage? AI itself. Salesforce is down 32.7% in 2026 alone, and 42.1% over the past twelve months. The fear is straightforward: if businesses can throw a few prompts into an AI chatbot and build their own CRM alternative at minimal cost, ...
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Retail’s Biggest Earnings Week Could Decide the Consumer Trade

This week is the final exam for the American consumer — and the retail stocks that live or die by their wallets. Target, Best Buy, and Costco all report earnings over the next five days, and the results will tell us whether the "consumer resilience" narrative has any legs left or whether tariff headwinds and cumulative inflation have finally broken the shopper. Target kicks things off Tuesday morning, and it's a big one. This is the first full earnings report under ...
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Oil Could Hit $100 a Barrel by Monday and Nobody Is Ready

Barclays just issued the kind of note that makes energy traders spill their coffee: Brent crude could test $100 per barrel when markets open Monday. That would be a 37% spike from Friday's close of $72.48. The trigger? The U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran over the weekend — and Iran's response of attempting to close the Strait of Hormuz. If you don't follow oil markets, here's why this matters to every investor on the planet. The Strait of Hormuz handles more than ...
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Fintech Stocks Are Down 48% in Five Years and Analysts Say That Is the Opportunity

Here’s a stat that should stop every value investor in their tracks: the Global X FinTech ETF (FINX) has dropped 48% over the past five years. In the same period, the S&P 500 has risen 80% and the financial sector has climbed 59%. Fintech went from being the most overhyped corner of the market to one of the most overlooked. And that’s exactly when the smart money starts sniffing around. Two names sit at the center of this setup: PayPal and ...
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Greg Abel Just Wrote His First Berkshire Letter and Wall Street Should Read Between the Lines

For the first time in 60 years, the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder letter didn’t come from Warren Buffett. Greg Abel, the 63-year-old Canadian who officially took over as CEO at the start of 2026, published his inaugural letter Saturday — and it was as revealing for what it didn’t say as for what it did. The headline number: Berkshire’s cash pile sits at $373.3 billion, down slightly from the $382 billion reported in Q3. Abel called it "dry powder" and "a ...
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Defense Stocks Are Quietly Becoming the New Subscription Business

The U.S. and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran Saturday morning, and investors are scrambling to figure out what Monday’s open will look like. The S&P 500 fell 0.43% on Friday in anticipation, the Dow dropped 521 points, the Nasdaq shed nearly 1%, and Dow futures sank another 622 points after the news broke. Oil jumped above $72 a barrel. Gold surged 11% in February alone. Classic risk-off chaos. But here’s what most traders are missing: the real story isn’t the ...
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Oil Markets Are About to Get Spicy: Iran Drama Could Send Crude to $100

Well, well, well. Just when you thought 2026 couldn't get any more interesting, here comes some good old-fashioned geopolitical drama to shake up your portfolio. The weekend attacks on Iran have oil traders reaching for their stress balls and energy stocks doing a little happy dance. Here's the deal: Iran is reportedly moving to close the Strait of Hormuz, which is basically the world's most important oil highway. We're talking about 13 million barrels of crude flowing through there daily – ...
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Dollar General Just Pulled a Plot Twist While Everyone Else Was Having a Bad Day

So here's a fun Thursday story: while the rest of the stock market was basically having an existential crisis, Dollar General decided to be the main character and jumped 5%. Because apparently, someone didn't get the memo about having a terrible day. Here's what happened: Dollar General dropped their Q4 earnings, and it was... well, let's call it "complicated." Like that friend who says they're "fine" but clearly has some stuff going on. The Good News (Revenue Was Actually Decent) Revenue hit $10.3 ...
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