The gun industry's impact on the U.S. economy
The gun industry contributed $52 billion to the U.S. economy in 2018, in spite of U.S. firearms sales falling by 6.1% in the same year
Steward Health Care System, the largest U.S. physician-owned hospital operator, is planning to file for chapter 11 protection as soon as Sunday, people familiar with the matter said, marking one of the biggest hospital bankruptcies in decades.
"Rarely have I seen such a true win-win scenario for the government, Wall Street and the U.S. consumer."
One of Buffett's favorite stocks of all time topped his list of buys in 2023.
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Palantir shares have surged 36% this year—and more than 200% over the last 12 months—as the data analytics software company gains traction with its artificial intelligence applications, in particular with U.S. commercial customers. Investors will get fresh insights on how Palantir’s AI push is going when the company reports first-quarter financial results after the close of trading on Monday. Palantir’s fourth-quarter results were impressive, driven by strength in the company’s U.S. commercial business, which were, as CEO Alex Karp put it in an interview with Barron’s three months ago, “bombastic, baller, incomprehensibly good.”
Nvidia's momentum might not keep going for too much longer.
M2 money supply hasn't done this in nine decades.
Berkshire Hathaway's first quarter profits plummeted along with the paper value of its investments, but the company said Saturday that most of the businesses it owns outright performed well. The figures were heavily influenced by a large drop in the paper value of Berkshire’s investments. Buffett encourages investors to pay more attention to the conglomerate’s operating earnings that exclude the investment figures.
These stocks have rock-solid businesses and they have impressive track records for paying dividends.
The market rally made a bullish move, with Nvidia flashing a buy signal. Palantir leads five AI stocks near buy points with earnings due.