Mastercard vs. Visa: Which Payments Giant Has the Edge?
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Mastercard vs. Visa: Which Payments Giant Has the Edge?

Mastercard: Sustaining Revenue Momentum Mastercard (NYSE:MA) primarily generates revenue by processing, clearing, and settling digital transactions through its platform, while also providing cybersecurity and digital identity solutions to financial institutions and merchants globally. It recently announced an acquisition agreement for stablecoin provider BVNK, and reported nearly 46% net income margin for the quarter ended March…

Sickly Healthcare Stocks Are Perking Up. For Contrarian Investors, Buying Now Could Be Just the Remedy to Protect Your Portfolio.
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Sickly Healthcare Stocks Are Perking Up. For Contrarian Investors, Buying Now Could Be Just the Remedy to Protect Your Portfolio.

When macro volatility ticks up and tech momentum begins to feel fragile, the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) is routinely prescribed as the ultimate defensive remedy. This time around, XLV seems like an especially effective treatment for portfolio maladies. This daily chart is encouraging to me. That’s a very promising percentage price oscillator…

Scenes from the Memorial Day investing road: Takeaways on Walmart, Nvidia, and GameStop
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Scenes from the Memorial Day investing road: Takeaways on Walmart, Nvidia, and GameStop

In the spirit of Memorial Day weekend travels, I would like to take you through my investing week. It has been one chock-full of traffic, but also important clues on markets and the economy. About that Walmart quarter Walmart (WMT) reported an in-line first quarter, coupled with a slight second quarter warning. But that’s not…

Gates’ foundation sold all of its Microsoft shares. Bill Ackman is loading up on the stock. What is Wall Street missing?
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Gates’ foundation sold all of its Microsoft shares. Bill Ackman is loading up on the stock. What is Wall Street missing?

Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. The Gates Foundation Trust, founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, recently disclosed that it sold its final 7.7 million shares of Microsoft during the first quarter of 2026 — a roughly $3.2 billion exit that ends a…

Can November Soybeans Challenge Contract Highs? Strong Crush Demand and Seasonal Strength Say It’s Possible
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Can November Soybeans Challenge Contract Highs? Strong Crush Demand and Seasonal Strength Say It’s Possible

November soybean futures have pushed higher as the market continues to price in strong domestic demand tied to the renewable diesel sector. USDA’s May WASDE report projected U.S. soybean crush at a record 2.75 billion bushels for the 2025/26 marketing year, reflecting favorable processor margins and continued expansion in biomass-based diesel demand. Even with U.S….

Another pet supplies store operator files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Another pet supplies store operator files Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Economic challenges, such as rising labor and product costs driven by inflation and increasing lease rates, have impacted pet supplies retail operators, forcing several to file for bankruptcy protection, despite financial strength in the industry. The pet industry has shown economic strength after sales rose about 3.7% in 2025, reaching $158 billion, according to the American…

Why Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Remains One of the Most Traded Stocks
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Why Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Remains One of the Most Traded Stocks

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) is among the most traded US stocks so far in 2026. On May 19, Evercore ISI lifted the price target on Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) to $579 from $358 and maintained an Outperform rating. Following Q1 AI channel checks, the firm said that key themes center on AI workloads’…

Ryan Cohen Plans Aggressive Push to Buy eBay. GameStop’s Balance Sheet Says He Has the Firepower to Make It Happen.
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Ryan Cohen Plans Aggressive Push to Buy eBay. GameStop’s Balance Sheet Says He Has the Firepower to Make It Happen.

GameStop (GME) CEO Ryan Cohen is not backing down. He wants to buy eBay (EBAY) and is prepared to take the case directly to the company shareholders if the board keeps saying no. For investors trying to figure out whether this is a serious acquisition or a headline grab, the answer is increasingly the former….

Norway Doubles Down on Oil and Gas as Europe Scrambles for Supply
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Norway Doubles Down on Oil and Gas as Europe Scrambles for Supply

Norway, well known for its oil and gas production, has ramped up its fossil fuel output in recent weeks to fill the gap following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the ongoing energy trade disruptions. While some countries are grateful to Norway for helping alleviate oil and gas shortages, environmentalists have critiqued the…

Prediction: Quantum Computing Is 2026’s Most Underrated Tech Trend
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Prediction: Quantum Computing Is 2026’s Most Underrated Tech Trend

Quantum computing is often considered a speculative field, since those systems are still primarily used for niche government and research projects rather than mainstream computing applications. Quantum systems are much more powerful than classical computers, but they’re also bigger, pricier, consume more power, and make more mistakes. But from 2025 to 2030, Grand View Research…

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