Friday's US non-farm payrolls, PMI data metrics are among the key points to watch out for in the coming week starts on April 1st. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will take the stage again on Wednesday. His remarks will be worth watching to see if he strikes a dovish tone like he did at last week's monetary policy meeting or takes a more hawkish stance.
Earnings for $BlackBerry(BB.US)$ will b...

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$NVIDIA(NVDA.US)$shares rose by 4%, closing at $822.79. Its options trading volume is 2.28 million. Call contracts account for 57.9% of the total trading volume. The most traded calls are contracts of $820 strike price that expire on Mar 1st. The total volume reaches 187,189 with an open interest of 10,424. The most traded puts are contracts of a $815 strike price that expires on M...

The surge in artificial intelligence has ignited a wave of excitement across the tech industry, with the upstream semiconductor sector gaining fervent attention. In 2024, global chip stocks have continued their meteoric ascent, rightfully earning the adulation of Wall Street and powerfully bolstering the $Nasdaq Composite Index(.IXIC.US)$to record-breaking closes.
In the first two months of 2024, $NVIDIA(NVDA.US)$'s shares have been persisten...

In February, NVIDIA's explosive earnings sparked a global stock market rally, with the $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ and $Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ indices hitting new highs and the Nasdaq approaching a historic peak. Now, the U.S. stock market is poised for a series of significant events in March:
March 5, 2024, will mark "Super Tuesday" in the U.S. presidential election, the day of the primary elections. On this day, ...

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$Shopify(SHOP.US)$ Shares in Shopify rose by 4% in premarket trading after the e-commerce group said its merchants had posted an all-time high of $4.1 billion in combined sales on Black Friday.
Ottawa-based Shopify, which provides software and services to online sellers, said global sales by businesses using the platform had grown by 22% compared to the prior year during the annual post-Thanksgiving ...

Over the last five quarters, tech giants are investing heavily in R&D on the heels of AI disruption and the rapid speed of innovation. As these technologies become more pervasive in our daily lives, so too has investment in R&D across major companies.
This graphic shows the scale the 'magnificent seven' companies are spending on R&D:
$Amazon(AMZN.US)$invested over $21 billion in R&D the latest quarter, more th...