Author: arthursheikin@gmail.com

[ad_1] (This is a wrap-up of the key money moving discussions on CNBC’s “Worldwide Exchange” exclusive for PRO subscribers. Worldwide Exchange airs at 5 a.m. ET each day.) Investors are looking at ways to play Nvidia earnings in the options market ahead of the latest report for the AI chip giant. Plus, a look at the industrial sector. Worldwide Exchange Pick: Industrials Stephanie Aliaga of JPMorgan sees more upside in industrials ahead of Nvidia earnings even with the sector gaining more than 16% year to date. Key to Aliaga’s bull case are the capex investments by megacap tech names — with…

Read More

[ad_1] Cantor Fitzgerald sees CoreWeave as a big artificial intelligence beneficiary in the coming years. The investment firm initiated coverage of the cloud computing company at an overweight rating and $116 per share price target, which implies upside of 27%. Analyst Thomas Blakely noted CoreWeave’s compelling profile. The company’s target market opportunity is around $399 billion, and CoreWeave has expanded at an compounded annual growth rate of 38% since 2023. He also emphasized the company’s focus on building out its AI model training and infrastructure as a major catalyst for the stock. “Our rating is driven by our view of…

Read More

[ad_1] It’s time to move to the sidelines when it comes to Deutsche Bank , according to Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs analyst Chris Hallam downgraded the bank stock to neutral from buy. The analyst said that Deutsche Bank’s rally this has made its valuation now look “broadly fair.” U.S.-listed shares of Deutsche Bank have surged 116% in 2025, putting them on pace for their best year ever. DB YTD mountain DB YTD chart “Deutsche Bank’s share price has re-rated from 6.1x P/E at the end of 2024 to 10.1x P/E currently,” Hallam wrote. “This stands slightly ahead of the market…

Read More

[ad_1] One month ago, I was a communications executive with a six-figure salary. Today, I deliver sandwiches for DoorDash, sometimes for nearly minimum wage.The first time I accepted a DoorDash order, I nearly cried. Just weeks earlier, I had been managing crisis communications for an entire industry.Now, I was delivering people’s lunches and dinners — all because one person decided to eliminate my job. One person. One decision.I wasn’t prepared for that gut punch, or for the cashier at a store where I was picking up an order who unknowingly voiced my shame: “You don’t look like a DoorDasher.”I started…

Read More

[ad_1] When I was 18, I had a lot of interests. It was difficult for me to choose a major. I just knew I wanted to study something that I was passionate about. I ended up choosing philosophy as my major, as it was broad, and I could explore other subjects through my electives.But I took a summer film class my first year in college, and fell in love with the art of filmmaking. I then realized that my school offered a program in film production technology.Once the summer semester was over, I decided to pursue a double major and…

Read More

[ad_1] What if lawyers could read a judge’s mind?A startup says its AI can get close, promising lawyers a glimpse into how judges think before a single argument is made. That’s what investors are buying into with legal tech startup Bench IQ, which just raised $5 million to bring the idea to market.Jimoh Ovbiagele, the company’s cofounder and chief executive, said Bench IQ has built a proprietary dataset and layered in large language models to forecast how judges tend to think and rule. He wouldn’t disclose the sources, citing competitive reasons, but the company’s terms of service suggest the data…

Read More

[ad_1] 2025-08-27T09:48:02Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. 40-year-old Ben Goodwin is the cofounder and CEO of prebiotic soda brand Olipop. A typical day for Goodwin involves a packed lineup of meetings and testing flavors at the lab. Goodwin balances work with time cold-plunging and sauna-ing. He DJs on the weekends. This as-told-to essay is based…

Read More

[ad_1] I recently visited KFC for the first time in 15 years, chasing nostalgia — and left with no desire to return. A week later, another location surprised me with a fried feast that actually hit the spot. Then, at a third stop, the food landed somewhere in between.The problem, I realized, isn’t what’s on the menu. It’s that KFC can’t seem to serve the same meal twice.In mid-July, the company launched its “Kentucky Fried Comeback” turnaround campaign after years of losing ground to competitors like Popeyes and Raising Cane’s.Executives know this is a critical moment for the 72-year-old chain…

Read More

[ad_1] All hail the separately managed account.Hedge fund launches had been steadily declining until SMAs, portfolios that investors can oversee directly instead of being pooled with others, became commonplace in recent years. Last year, according to Hedge Fund Research, there were nearly 500 launches, a figure that harkens back to the pre-pandemic days, and there were 121 new funds in the first quarter of this year.After years of steadily becoming more complex and requiring hundreds of millions of startup dollars and operational and compliance know-how, there are now more avenues for getting a new fund off the ground, with the…

Read More

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Blair Lonergan, author of “The Seasoned Mom Cookbook.” It has been edited for length and clarity.When I went to Princeton for undergrad, there was a clear path to success laid out for me. In the fall of my senior year, big consulting firms and investment banks came to campus, hoping to offer jobs to new graduates. But that version of success was not what I wanted for myself.I wanted to teach underprivileged children and feel like I was making a difference, so that’s what I did. I never felt like…

Read More