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It’s a billion-dollar question that’s been in analysts’ minds, but Nvidia’s earnings brought it to the forefront: Who’s actually making money with AI?

Multiple buy-side analysts asked about the AI return on investment (ROI) in Nvidia’s most recent earnings call; it’s a billion-dollar question.

The Chinese ETF KWEB has been on fire, and it’s tempting to join the fray. But you’re better off stock picking, especially when it comes to Chinese stocks.

Ulta Beauty (ULTA) has likely formed an intermediate-term top after sinking on earnings during the past three days.

Over the past few weeks, the market has given us a bunch of presents—and now the market is trying to take some of our presents away. But this should come as no surprise. The only “surprise” is what excuse the media finds to pin the blame on, whether it’s China or Russia or Italy or interest rates or Trump or simply an economy that’s too good to last.
I’ll leave the finger-pointing to someone else. Instead, I’ll keep picking high-potential stocks and managing the portfolio to maximize gain and minimize risk.

Thursday’s massive rally in Intel (INTC), a Cabot Turnaround Letter portfolio holding, did more than just underline the just-announced $5 billion stake that Nvidia (NVDA) initiated in the company. It also highlighted the degree to which growing federal involvement in tech- and defense-related companies—particularly those used to enable AI and other “mission critical” applications—has been driving the seemingly endless rallies of many leading tech sector stocks.

The independence of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s position is important, and uncertainty over his role is impacting market sentiment. Dynamism and stability is America’s golden goose. Stay a bit on the defensive and conservative and keep adding some international stocks through the summer.

Data showed consumer inflation keeping pressure on the 30-year bond’s yield which touched 5% for the first time since early June. And in Japan, the trend is the same, with rising government bond interest rates raising the costs of paying interest on its debt equal to 250% of its GDP.

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) stock sank more than 19% yesterday after the troubled AI server maker’s results underperformed Wall Street’s expectations.

Super Micro reported adjusted earnings per share of $0.41 for its 2025 fiscal fourth quarter, less than the $0.44 expected by Wall Street analysts, according to Bloomberg consensus estimates. Its quarterly revenue of $5.76 billion was below the $6 billion expected, while its roughly $551 million gross profit for the period fell a little short of the estimated $601 million.

With today’s recommendation, I swing back to the aggressive side, with a technology company that is revolutionizing (well, maybe that’s too strong a word) the marketing industry. In any case, it’s growing very fast and it’s expected to turn profitable this year.

Finding your “investor profile” (your risk tolerance, investing style and preferences) is crucial for achieving your financial goals. Here’s how to do it.

Before we get into this week’s covered call idea, we have two positions we need to address coming out of expiration Friday.

Because the market has somewhat lost its momentum recently, we are going to exit our WDC and WSC stock positions, as the March calls we sold expired worthless on Friday.

Spotting a “top” in in high-flying stocks is impossible but sticking to a system of taking partial profits on a very fast-moving stock is pretty darn easy, if you can manage your emotions.

Focusing on a sector can miss the real picture, which is why I dive deeper into the “themes” powering the best stocks, like these three undiscovered software stocks.

Despite some under-the-surface concerns, it was another strong week for the market as the S&P 500 gained 1.5%, the Dow was mostly unchanged and the Nasdaq added 1%.

The world of crypto is new and exciting, but there are some important things to learn before you start trading cryptocurrencies.

Despite some more worrisome price action throughout the week, the three leading indexes were able to eke out gains last week. For the week, the S&P 500 gained 0.5%, the Dow rallied 1.2% and the Nasdaq advanced by 0.2%.