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On June 25, Apple (AAPL) raised prices on iPads and MacBooks due to skyrocketing memory chip costs, according to Reuters. The stock dipped that same day, closing 6% lower and losing more than $260 billion in market cap. The price increases hit Apple’s MacBook Neo, raising its starting price to $699 from $599 just a […]

The AI data center boom has created an unusual power shortage, and oil companies are stepping in to supply the needed power using their extra natural gas. Chevron (CVX) became the latest to join that dynamic on June 22, when it announced a 20-year agreement with Microsoft (MSFT) to supply electricity to a massive data

The hardest thing in investing is not picking the bottom. It is admitting you cannot, then watching someone you respect announce that they just did. Every falling market eventually produces a confident voice declaring the turn is in. Most are early. Some are flat wrong. A few are loud enough that millions act on the

Oracle just had a week that made Wall Street nervous. The software giant’s stock fell 19% in a single week ending June 27, its steepest weekly drop in 25 years, according to CNBC.  The last time Oracle (ORCL) shed this much ground in a week was August 2001, right in the depths of the dot-com

Sought out by tourists from around the world for everything from its Gaudí architecture and Catalan history to its beach and party scene, Barcelona recorded 26.1 million visitors in 2025. With a permanent population of just 1.73 million, Barcelona is also one of the European cities that in the last year has started to see

Investors spent much of 2026 treating virtually every stock market wobble as a chance to pounce. Bank of America is not so sure the next one will be that simple. According to TheFly, following a sharp first-half rally that pushed the S&P 500 near the bank’s more aggressive upside levels, the firm’s technical team is

The annual stress test modeled a sharp economic shock, including steep declines in commercial real estate and home prices, with unemployment surging to 10%, the Fed detailed in its results. All 32 of the nation’s largest banks survived the hypothetical downturn, absorbing more than $708 billion in projected losses while maintaining minimum capital levels. Within

The best gadgets are the ones you stop noticing. They sit on your body, gather quietly, and ask nothing of your attention until you want it. That is the whole pitch of the modern health tracker, and it explains why a small Finnish ring has out-charmed a wrist computer that can take phone calls. For

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) is no longer simply another AI stock chasing the latest Wall Street craze. It’s emerging as one of the clearest tests of how much investors will pay for military AI. That’s significant for more than just hedge funds and defense analysts. A carefully watched stock among individual investors, Palantir is a government

As mortgage rates have remained consistently high since the middle of May, attention in the housing market continues to focus on the affordability crisis that began in 2022, as post-pandemic inflation became the primary focus of federal monetary policy. For homebuyers and sellers, that means business continues to be sluggish as the average person’s finances