Palantir (PLTR) Stock Climbs After Mizuho Upgrade, $195 Price Target 

Palantir (PLTR) Stock Climbs After Mizuho Upgrade, $195 Price Target 

Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) closed at $135.38, up $2.36 (+1.77%) at 4:00 PM EST, and gained another $0.89 (+0.66%) in after-hours trading to $136.27, reflecting continued investor momentum following the recent bullish upgrade and strong U.S. commercial AI growth narrative. Mizuho Securities upgraded the stock to Outperform, citing an improving risk/reward profile and sustained momentum … Read more

OpenAI News Today: EVMBench Boosts Ethereum AI Security

OpenAI News Today: EVMBench Boosts Ethereum AI Security

In a groundbreaking move to fortify the increasingly vulnerable world of decentralized finance (DeFi), OpenAI, in partnership with crypto venture capital firm Paradigm, has officially launched EVMbench – a high-stakes digital arena where advanced AI agents are pitted against each other, acting as both relentless attackers and vigilant defenders of smart contracts. The initiative aims … Read more

Stock Market Today: NVDA Stock Rallies As Meta Deal Boosts Confidence

Stock Market Today: NVDA Stock Rallies As Meta Deal Boosts Confidence

U.S. stocks closed higher as renewed enthusiasm around artificial intelligence powered a rally in megacap technology shares. Leading the advance was Nvidia (NVDA), which gained roughly 1.8% to 2.6% after securing a sweeping multi-year agreement to supply “millions” of chips to Meta Platforms (META). NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) closed at $187.98, up $3.01 (+1.63%) at 4:00:01 … Read more

S&P 500, Dow Futures Climb as AI Buzz Builds

S&P 500, Dow Futures Climb as AI Buzz Builds

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 0.4%, S&P 500 futures gained 0.5%, and Nasdaq 100 index futures climbed 0.6% today. Investors reacted to a trading session and looked ahead to key economic data. The rally was driven by optimism around artificial intelligence (AI) growth and expectations of a potential Federal Reserve rate cut later in … Read more

MSTR News: Saylor Calls Crypto Winter ‘Milder’ Than Past

MSTR News: Saylor Calls Crypto Winter ‘Milder’ Than Past

Michael Saylor, Bitcoin maximalist and Executive Chairman of Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), appeared on Fox Business on Tuesday to address the growing anxiety surrounding the ongoing “crypto winter.” Despite a significant market correction for bitcoin, which caused its price to dip below $67,000, the billionaire remained undeterred, characterizing the downturn as a mere prelude to a … Read more

Getty Realty Corp. Announces Pricing of Public Offering of 4,000,000 Shares of Common Stock

Getty Realty Corp. Announces Pricing of Public Offering of 4,000,000 Shares of Common Stock

Getty Realty Corp., a net lease Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) that is focused on convenience and automotive retail real estate, announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 4,000,000 shares of its common stock on February 17, 2026, for gross proceeds of approximately $131 million. The offering includes a 30-day option for underwriters … Read more

Amazon Stock Drops 13% on $200B AI CapEx Plan

Amazon Stock Drops 13% on $200B AI CapEx Plan

Amazon shares dropped approximately 13% year-to-date in 2026, despite reporting strong fourth-quarter revenue and earnings, primarily due to the $200 billion CapEx plan for 2026. This spending target, significantly higher than the $150 billion expected by Wall Street, is driven by aggressive investments in artificial intelligence (AI), AWS, custom AI chips (Trainium2 and Graviton), robotics, … Read more

Bitwise, Rounhill, GraniteShares File for Election Prediction ETFs

Bitwise, Rounhill, GraniteShares File for Election Prediction ETFs

As the U.S. political landscape grows increasingly polarized, Wall Street is preparing to let investors trade that volatility directly in their brokerage accounts.  Major exchange-traded fund issuers Bitwise, Roundhill, and GraniteShares have filed prospectuses with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a first-of-its-kind suite of “prediction market” ETFs, aiming to bring the speculative … Read more

Stock Market Explained: Core Terms Every Beginner Should Learn

Stock Market Basics Terms Every Beginner Must Know

The stock market offers one of the biggest wealth creation opportunities. According to Alpha Architect, “ U.S. stock market investments increased shareholder wealth on net by $47.4 trillion between 1926 and 2019.” Moreover, the market’s performance has shown a consistent improvement: The market’s performance average over the last 10 years is 12.57%, whereas the performance … Read more