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Banks use their capital and expertise to help businesses grow while offering consumers essential financial products like mortgages and credit cards. But worries about an economic slowdown and potential credit deterioration have kept sentiment in check, and over the past six months, the banking industry’s 8% return has trailed the S&P 500 by 5 percentage…

Banks play a critical role in the financial system, providing everything from commercial loans to wealth management and payment processing services. But concerns about loan losses and tightening regulations have tempered enthusiasm, limiting the banking industry’s gains to 8% over the past six months. This return lagged the S&P 500’s 13% climb.

AI related investment is helping lift growth expectations across parts of the Eurozone, even as inflation and rates stay in focus. That mix keeps attention on companies powering the ChatGPT and AI build out, from chips to cloud to software. Investors who ignore this may miss some of the clearest capital spending trends in markets…

As the Q2 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the diversified banks industry, including Citigroup (NYSE:C) and its peers.

The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who didn’t). Let’s take a look at how regional banks stocks fared in Q2, starting with Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP).

Euro Area GDP growth is reaffirmed around 1% year on year, with Q2 expansion linked to AI related investment. That keeps attention on companies tied to the ChatGPT and AI stocks theme. Capital is already flowing toward semiconductors, software and cloud tools that support large language models. This article highlights 3 AI stocks from the…

Trump Media & Technology Group, Strive, Harte Hanks, JOYY, JOYY, Sprout Social, and Weibo are the seven Social Media stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Social media stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that operate social networking platforms or generate significant revenue from social media services, such as advertising, subscriptions,…

Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Fortinet, Globant, and SentinelOne are the five Cybersecurity stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Cybersecurity stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that develop products or services designed to protect computer systems, networks, data, and digital infrastructure from cyber threats. For stock market investors, these companies may…

Before 2026 is over, I think a handful of artificial intelligence (AI)-related stocks will have a very strong finish to the year. On my short list of AI stocks that can rise 30% or more to finish 2026 are Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), MicronTechnology (NASDAQ: MU), and Sandisk(NASDAQ: SNDK). These three stocks are also among my…

Nebius Group NBIS, Sandisk SNDK, Wix WIX, SK Hynix SKHY, and Seagate Technology STX were the top performers among US-listed stocks covered by Morningstar analysts.