Finance news summaries — Page 12
Essential facts and source links for recent finance stories.
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Dodge & Cox opens a Thermo Fisher position in Q2 2026
Dodge & Cox Stock Fund said it opened a Thermo Fisher Scientific position in Q2 2026, citing a decade-low share valuation amid customers’ post-COVID inventory destocking. It pointed to recurring revenue and successful acquisitions in its long-term outlook. -
Rieder says bond sell-off is a warning, not a crisis
BlackRock fixed-income CIO Rick Rieder called the global bond sell-off “not a crisis, but an eye-opener,” citing refinancing risks for companies and describing housing as frozen amid affordability problems. He said there is no single yield level that marks a breaking point. -
Dodge & Cox starts a Visa position, calling shares undervalued below 24 times forward earnings
Dodge & Cox Stock Fund initiated a Visa position in Q2 2026, calling shares undervalued at less than 24 times forward earnings despite investor concerns over proposed caps on credit-card interest rates and fees. It cited high operating margins and strong free cash flow. -
Dodge & Cox adds KKR, saying its credit and software exposures are manageable
Dodge & Cox Stock Fund added KKR as a new holding in Q2 2026, saying its private-credit and software exposures were manageable and not overly concentrated. The fund also cited KKR’s diversified businesses and alignment between management and shareholders. -
How Coca-Cola, Realty Income and BlackRock compare with 5% Treasuries
Motley Fool weighs a 5% yield on 10-year Treasuries against Coca-Cola, Realty Income and BlackRock. Their forward dividend yields are 2.4%, 5.8% and 2.2%, respectively; Realty Income alone tops Treasuries on yield, while the article cites dividend growth for the other two. -
Vanguard report finds about half of 401(k) participants below savings targets
Vanguard's 2025 401(k) report found 51% of participants at target savings levels despite record 86% participation among eligible workers in its plans. Yet 38% of auto-enrollment plans default to 3% of pay or less; Vanguard recommends 12%–15% of pay, including employer match. -
Motley Fool says steady investing may pay off in bear markets
The Motley Fool says investors who keep regular contributions through bear markets can buy more shares at lower prices with dollar-cost averaging; it notes the S&P 500 recovered from every prior bear market and says consumer staples and healthcare tend to fare better. -
Tributary Capital cites recovery and AI demand in Kulicke & Soffa profit outlook
In its Q2 2026 letter, Tributary Capital Management said a powerful inflection was underway in Kulicke & Soffa’s profit outlook, citing semiconductor recovery, AI-related semiconductor packaging and assembly demand, and margin expansion from positive operating leverage. -
Sozzi says Nvidia’s falling valuation isn’t a warning about its business
Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi says Nvidia’s falling valuation is not a warning about its business. He cites earnings estimates lagging the company’s rapid growth and institutions already holding so much stock that they have limited room to buy more. -
Darden's comparable-sales growth falls short as costs outpace sales
Darden Restaurants posted 3.1% comparable-sales growth in its first quarter, below analysts’ 3.3% estimate, while operating costs rose 6.5% to nearly $2.9 billion, growing faster than sales. The company kept its full-year earnings-per-share guidance unchanged. -
Former Meta CTO sees Zuckerberg in ‘founder mode’ amid Muse AI push
Meta unveiled new smart glasses and Meta Charm, a keychain device with Muse’s real-time voice and avatar features. Former Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer called Mark Zuckerberg “in founder mode” and said he would not bet against the company. -
Stitch Fix FY26 sales rose 6.4%; FY27 revenue forecast is $1.31B-$1.36B
Stitch Fix said fiscal 2026 revenue rose 6.4% to $1.35 billion, with fourth-quarter sales up 4.2% to $324.4 million. For fiscal 2027, it forecasts revenue of $1.31 billion to $1.36 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $27 million to $42 million. -
Tributary cites three factors that could lift Avnet’s profit outlook
Tributary Capital’s Multi Cap Core strategy opened a position in Avnet in Q2 2026, citing three potential profit drivers: data-center component demand, a recovery in higher-margin Farnell sales, and improving industrial, automotive and aerospace markets after destocking. -
Tributary ties LivaNova profit outlook to launches and operating leverage
Tributary Capital's Multi Cap Core strategy said in its Q2 letter that LivaNova's new product launches, services and cloud platform could lift sales in both segments; operating leverage and manufacturing efficiencies may turn growth into larger operating-profit gains. -
USA Rare Earth begins work on a $1.2 billion South Carolina plant
USA Rare Earth said Sept. 9 it was breaking ground on a $1.2 billion, 800,000-square-foot plant in Blacksburg, South Carolina. The facility is designed to add annual capacity for 6,400 metric tons of magnets and 5,000 metric tons of strip-cast metal. -
AI memory demand underpins Motley Fool call for Micron to double in two years
Motley Fool contributor Harsh Chauhan says Micron shares could double within two years, citing AI-related memory shortages and rising earnings. His scenario values the stock at $3,572 if fiscal 2028 EPS reaches $178.59 and shares trade at 20 times earnings. -
Nvidia leads semiconductor losses as Treasury yields climb and stocks retreat
Stocks extended losses in early Thursday trading as rising bond yields raised concerns about more Federal Reserve rate hikes. The 10-year Treasury yield was near 5.10%; tech shares fell, with Nvidia leading semiconductor declines. Amazon and Microsoft also traded lower. -
Caterpillar’s lower multiples contrast with Corning’s AI-linked growth in 2026
Motley Fool says Caterpillar had lower forward multiples and higher free cash flow than Corning, while Corning’s FY2025 revenue grew faster amid AI demand. Neither stock is cheap; it sees Corning as the AI play and Caterpillar as the diversified option. -
Oracle shares drop 4% amid report of force majeure move on New Mexico site
Oracle shares fell 4% Thursday after Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that the company told Project Jupiter’s developer it was invoking force majeure to delay payments if construction setbacks push the New Mexico data center’s opening to 2028. -
Motley Fool writer backs Taiwan Semiconductor on AI-chip demand
Motley Fool writer Keithen Drury recommends Taiwan Semiconductor as an AI-linked investment, citing its 72.5% Q2 revenue share of the chip-fabrication market and a planned extra $100 billion investment in Arizona; he says the stock is reasonably priced. -
US current-account deficit grows 15.7% on second-quarter import surge
The US current-account deficit widened by $33.4 billion, or 15.7%, to $246 billion in the second quarter, Commerce Department data showed. Goods imports rose $67.4 billion to $931.6 billion, outpacing a $27.1 billion increase in goods exports. -
Tributary says strong demand lifts Applied Materials' profit outlook
Tributary Capital Management named Applied Materials a notable addition in its Q2 2026 investor letter, saying strong demand is lifting the chip-equipment maker's profit outlook. The Multi Cap Core equity allocation returned 12.5%, below the S&P 1500's 15.3%. -
Tributary fund opens Snowflake position, citing stronger customer adoption
Tributary Capital Management’s Multi Cap Core strategy opened a position in Snowflake during Q2 2026. In its investor letter, the fund said new products were improving customer consumption, adoption and net revenue retention, lifting its profit outlook. -
Social Security at 70 brings bigger checks, but not always more lifetime income
Delaying Social Security past full retirement age raises monthly checks by 8% a year until 70, but may not maximize lifetime benefits. In the article’s example, a $2,500 benefit at 67 grows to $3,100 at 70; a claimant must live to 82½ to break even. -
Tributary opens an Amer Sports position, citing sales and margin potential
Tributary Capital Management’s Multi Cap Core strategy took a position in Amer Sports in Q2 2026, citing expected sales growth from wider geographic reach, new stores and online traffic. It said a shift to direct-to-consumer sales could lift margins and operating profit. -
Nordson launches Vantage XL as advanced packaging demand rises
Nordson launched its ASYMTEK Vantage XL, expanding precision-dispensing capabilities for advanced semiconductor packaging. The article estimates that market has grown 10%–12% annually and identifies cyclical chipmaker spending and competition as risks. -
Tributary adds AMD, sees its GPUs as a viable second option to Nvidia
Tributary Capital Management’s Multi Cap Core strategy added AMD in Q2 2026. Its investor letter said AMD is positioning its GPUs as a viable second option to Nvidia; customer sampling is underway, with a continued ramp planned for the second half of 2026 and into 2027. -
Tempus AI accounting chief retains 60,804 shares after $529,650 sale
Tempus AI accounting chief Ryan M. Bartolucci sold 7,062 Class A shares on Sept. 17, 2026, for $529,650, according to an SEC Form 4. The sale was under a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted June 5, 2026; he retained 60,804 directly held shares. -
O’Leary says Bitcoin could reach $1 million if quantum risks are addressed
Kevin O’Leary says Bitcoin could hit $1 million only if it addresses fears that quantum computers may break its encryption. He says he is buying new positions for the next cycle and expects Bitcoin to make up 1% to 3% of alternative-asset allocations. -
Emerald Wealth sees H World reaching about 20,000 hotels by decade’s end
Emerald Wealth Partners’ Q2 2026 letter said H World Group had more than 13,000 hotels and could reach about 20,000 by the end of the decade, with a longer-term opportunity to exceed 30,000 as China’s branded lodging market consolidates.
