Good MorningStocks pulled back last week as expectations for a December Fed rate cut faded. The S&P 500 slipped about 1%, led by modest declines in names like NVIDIA, Tesla, and JPMorgan. But this looks more like rotation than retreat, with defensive sectors such as Consumer Staples and Healthcare picking up the slack.
AI demand continues to drive markets behind the scenes. Micron and Samsung are raising DRAM prices amid tight supply—another sign of expanding AI infrastructure. That theme takes center stage this week with NVIDIA’s earnings. Wall Street expects a 57% jump in revenue, and strong results could trigger another wave of upgrades.
Investors will also be watching a packed retail earnings slate, with reports from Home Depot, Target, TJX, and BJ’s Wholesale offering a read on consumer resilience. Meanwhile, Fed minutes on Wednesday may clarify the central bank’s path forward—even if the data remains incomplete due to the government shutdown. Despite the dip, markets remain near record highs, and long-term tailwinds from tech and AI still dominate the outlook. Featured: This 38 Dollar Fund Holds Every Major AI Stock and Pays Weekly (Ad) 
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Love it or hate it, the cold weather is on its way. However, thinking like an investor, there’s an opportunity to invest in several companies whose revenues and earnings heat up when consumers get cold.
Retail stocks have been out of favor as even higher-income consumers look to make their ... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Fidelity are reportedly accumulating a scarce blockchain asset - one that gets burned with every transaction on what analysts are calling America's new financial grid.
The Nasdaq has received SEC approval to move stocks onto blockchain rails, and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink dedicated his entire 2026 annual letter to this infrastructure shift. Blockchain analyst Andy Howard is calling this asset 'Digital Oil' - and says institutional buyers are already positioned. | | Get the name, the ticker, and exactly how to buy it |
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The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) stock is down nearly 8% in early trading after a mixed earnings report, reflecting a company that is making progress but facing key structural challenges. Strong performance in its theme park business couldn't fully offset the misses in its linear TV business, e... Read the Full Story |
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Shares of the Magnificent Seven social media giant Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) have come under intense pressure lately.
Shares fell by over 11% after the company released its Q3 2025 earnings report. Selling has not let up. Through the Nov. 13 close, shares are down 19% since the company repo... Read the Full Story |
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Investors have become conditioned to buy dips in stocks since the Global Financial Crisis, a belief reinforced by the government’s aggressive market support during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2018 bear market? Buy the dip. A new virus shutting down the economy? Buy the dip. Fed starts raising... Read the Full Story |
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For millions of American families, the Thanksgiving holiday is defined by two traditions: a turkey feast and football. While the on-field rivalries capture the nation's attention, a different kind of competition is taking place on the balance sheets of the companies that broadcast, stream, and fac... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Porter Stansberry believes President Trump will use the December G20 Summit in Miami to unveil a radical monetary reset tied to executive order 14241 - one he says could draw a sharp dividing line between prepared investors and those left behind.
The last time America reset its money - under Nixon in the 1970s - it produced an average of 1,300 new millionaires per day for over 50 years. Stansberry's new documentary names a core group of assets he believes are positioned to surge as Trump's new dollar rolls out.
Watch Porter Stansberry's full briefing and get his three steps to prepare before December. | | Watch Porter Stansberry's full briefing and get his three steps to prepare before December. |
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Communication Services | | A wave of selling hit the market on Thursday, with the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA: SPY) closing down 1.66%, its sharpest decline since early October.
The move came just after the government shutdown ended, yet uncertainty only increased. The White House signaled that key October economic report... Read the Full Story |
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While concerns that the AI demand outlook is overblown and players like OpenAI will struggle to meet their commitments regarding GPUs are valid, these are bricks in a Wall of Worry built on a robust demand spike and the foundations of a multi-year memory chip supercycle.
Evidence of the supercy... Read the Full Story |
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Artificial intelligence continues to dominate investor attention—and with good reason. But as valuations swell and pullbacks emerge, smart money is shifting toward the infrastructure names quietly powering the trend behind the scenes.
In a recent conversation with analyst Marc Chaikin of Ch... Read the Full Story |
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Semiconductor giant Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) has had a very strong 2025.
As of the Nov. 13 close, shares have provided a total return of 47% on the year. This handily beats out the 16% return of the S&P 500 Index.
Broadcom is also outperforming the semiconductor industry, as evidenced by th... Read the Full Story |
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Fintech stock Fiserv Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV) has been going through one of its sharpest selloffs ever. Shares have fallen almost 50% in two weeks, adding to an already horrendous year, and sending the stock back to 2017 price levels. Fiserv shares are now down roughly 70% from March’s all-time h... Read the Full Story |
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Monday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Qualcomm Incorporated engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry worldwide. It operates through three segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). The QCT segment develops and supplies integrated circuits and system software based on 3G/4G/5G and other technologies for use in wireless voice and data communications, networking, computing, multimedia, and position location products. The QTL segment grants licenses or provides rights to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which include various patent rights useful in the manufacture and sale of wireless products comprising products implementing CDMA2000, WCDMA, LTE and/or OFDMA-based 5G standards and their derivatives. The QSI segment invests in early-stage companies in various industries, including 5G, artificial intelligence, automotive, consumer, enterprise, cloud, IoT, and extended reality, and investments, including non-marketable equity securities and, to a lesser extent, marketable equity securities, and convertible debt instruments. It also provides development, and other services and related products to the United States government agencies and their contractors. The company was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. | Should I Buy Qualcomm Stock? QCOM Bull and Bear Case Explained
These insights were generated using artificial intelligence. They are based on proprietary MarketBeat data, news articles, and custom LLM A.I. algorithms. This analysis of Qualcomm was last updated on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 6:22 PM.
Qualcomm Bull Case -
QUALCOMM Incorporated has secured a multi-generational custom-silicon partnership with Amazon Web Services, a major AI infrastructure customer, which provides significant validation for its challenge to Nvidia in data-center computing and supports a CFO target of roughly $5 billion in future data-center revenue.
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The stock is currently trading at $181.97, which is below the average analyst target price of $204.10, suggesting potential upside as investors increasingly view automotive and data-center chips as growth engines that can offset slowing handset sales.
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QUALCOMM Incorporated offers a dividend yield of 2.09% with a payout ratio of 42.59%, providing a steady income stream for investors while the company maintains a strong return on equity of 38.36% and a net margin of 21.01%.
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Institutional investors own 74.35% of the company's stock, with significant recent increases in stakes by major funds such as California State Teachers Retirement System and BlackRock, indicating strong confidence in the company's long-term diversification story.
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The company's financial health is supported by a current ratio of 2.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, providing a solid balance sheet to fund its expansion into automotive, IoT, and data-center markets.
Qualcomm Bear Case -
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro includes Apple's in-house C2 modem, signaling continued efforts to reduce reliance on QUALCOMM Incorporated, which presents a long-term risk to the company's handset revenue and margins as further modem insourcing occurs.
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QUALCOMM Incorporated's latest quarterly results showed weaker year-over-year earnings and revenue, with revenue down 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year and earnings per share of $2.21 missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.23.
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The consensus rating for the stock is "Hold" with an average target price of $204.10, reflecting limited certainty about near-term earnings growth despite optimism about the longer-term diversification story, as seen in mixed analyst actions like Piper Sandler moving the stock to "Hold."
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Insider selling has been notable, with EVP Akash Palkhiwala selling 2,500 shares on September 11th and other executives like CAO Patricia Y Grech selling all their shares, which may signal a lack of confidence in the current stock price or near-term outlook.
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The company's revenue growth has slowed significantly, with year-over-year growth sliding from 10.0% to declines of 3.5% and 4.0% in recent quarters, leaving investors dependent on automotive, IoT, and data-center expansion to sustain the recovery.
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