The Food and Drug Administration approved Ozempic for treating patients with chronic kidney disease on Tuesday, marking the latest authorized use for Novo Nordisk's popular drug known for diabetes and weight loss.
Popular (BPOP) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.51 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.04 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.94 per share a year ago.
Alphabet subsidiary Google recently announced two major technical achievements with its Willow quantum computing chip. In response to the news, shares of Rigetti Computing (RGTI -3.16%) and D-Wave Quantum (QBTS -3.52%) during the next three weeks advanced 280% and 110%, respectively.
Popular (BPOP) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
The total value of all cryptocurrencies in circulation currently stands at $3.5 trillion, which is near a record high. Bitcoin (BTC 1.25%) accounts for more than half of that value, thanks to its market capitalization of almost $2 trillion.
Apple (AAPL -2.41%) shares have advanced 34% during the past year, but that upside has been driven almost entirely by valuation multiple expansion rather than earnings growth. Consequently, some Wall Street analysts have turned bearish on the stock in the last couple of weeks.
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Shares of Palantir Technologies (PLTR -7.81%) advanced 1,110% during the last two years as the company benefited from strong demand for its artificial intelligence platform. But most Wall Street analysts see the stock as wildly overvalued.
Shares of Tesla (TSLA -3.46%) have surged 75% since the presidential election. But most Wall Street analysts now believe the stock is overvalued.
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tend to hold a lot of stocks, often 100 or more. That makes them very diversified investments, which helps reduce risk.
ETFs pulled in $35 billion in capital last week, with U.S. equity ETFs leading the way.
Shares of Deckers Outdoor Corporation (DECK), known for its popular HOKA and UGG brands (among others), are rising as sales and earnings shine.