Galway, Ireland-based Medtronic plc (MDT) develops, manufactures, and sells device-based medical therapies to healthcare systems, physicians, clinicians, and patients. Valued at $134.7 billion by market cap, the company's principal products include those for bradycardia pacing, tachyarrhythmia management, atrial fibrillation management, heart failure management, heart valve replacement, malignant and non-malignant pain, and movement disorders. Companies worth $10 billion or more are generally described as ...

As we head into the final stretch of 2025, it’s worthwhile for investors to take a deep look at our portfolios and consider allocations for 2026. Large cap U.S. growth stocks have been the core driver of gains this year, but with valuations stretched, thisWith combined experience of covering technology companies on Wall Street and working in Silicon Valley, and serving as an outside adviser to several seed-round startups, Gary Alexander has exposure to many of the themes shaping the industry today. He has b ...

Stock futures were halted by CME Group early Friday due to a data-center cooling issue but there were plenty of hot stocks making moves in premarket trading. ...

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Companies supplying data centers, chips, and “compute” processing power to OpenAI have taken on about $96 billion in debt to fund their operations, according to an analysis by the Financial Times. The news highlights the AI sector’s increasing reliance on debt and its growing dependence on loss-making AI startup OpenAI in particular.Currently, the revenues being generated by AI companies and many of the data center operators that are rapidly expanding in order to serve them, are nowhere near big enough to c ...

Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) is a leading aerospace, defense, security, and advanced-technology company. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. Lockheed Martin designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, and sustains a broad range of products and systems worldwide, including combat and support aircraft, missiles and fire-control systems, helicopters and naval systems, and space and satellite systems. Lockheed Martin’s market capitalization is $106 billion. Companies worth $10 billion or more are ...

As investors monitor crowd sizes at stores on Black Friday they will be shopping for a different kind of holiday deal: retailers that do well in a mixed economy characterized by high prices and limited shopping budgets. ...

Prosper Stars & Stripes, a long/short equity fund, recently released its third-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the third quarter of 2025, Prosper Stars & Stripes achieved a net return of +9.8%. In comparison, its long/short equity hedge fund peer group, as indicated by the HFRX Equity Hedge (Total) Index (the “HFRX”), reported a total return of +3.8%. Additionally, the long-only small-cap Russell 2000 Index (the “Russell”) had a total return of +12.4%. Year to ...

United Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE:UNFI) will release earnings results for the first quarter before the opening bell on Tuesday, Dec. 2.Analysts expect the Providence, Rhode Island-based company to report quarterly earnings at 40 cents per share, up from 16 cents per share in the year-ago period. The consensus estimate for United Natural Foods' quarterly revenue is $7.91 billion, compared to $7.87 billion a year earlier, according to data from Benzinga Pro.On Sept. 30, United Natural Foods reported better-tha ...