Consumers are growing tired of premium-priced coffee, often accompanied by poor customer service.Starbucks (SBUX -0.47%) has announced layoffs and store closures as the new CEO attempts to turn around the struggling coffee giant.*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Sept. 24, 2025. The video was published on Sept. 26, 2025. ...

Does the top warehouse retailer have a shot at joining the 12-zero club?Over the past few years, a handful of high-profile companies saw their market caps top $1 trillion. Many of those stocks -- including Microsoft, Nvidia, and Amazon -- were in the tech sector. Amazon, the top cloud infrastructure company, also became the first online retailer to join the 12-zero club.Yet not a single brick-and-mortar retailer has joined that elite group. Could Costco Wholesale (COST -2.92%), with a market cap of $420 bil ...

Palantir has been one of the best-performing S&P 500 stocks this year.Palantir Technologies (PLTR -0.83%) has been a genius investment this year. The stock is up over 140%, placing it in the top five best-performing stocks in the S&P 500. However, with a run like that, many investors may be questioning whether right now is a good time to invest in Palantir. I think there's one primary reason that makes it clear what investors should do, and it's only a matter of time before Palantir's stock makes a sizable ...

投资策略 - 投资股息股票和ETF是实现财务目标（如产生被动收入或补充退休收入）的有效途径，而非试图短期跑赢市场 [2] - 将28,000美元等额投资于埃克森美孚、惠而浦和Vanguard Utilities ETF，预计可产生至少1,000美元的年股息收入 [3] 埃克森美孚 - 公司连续42年增加股息支付，显示出管理层对股东回报的长期承诺 [5][6] - 管理层明确表示致力于维持可持续、有竞争力且不断增长的股息 [6] - 过去五年平均派息率为68%，表明股息支付较为保守，财务健康 [7] - 公司持续产生充足的自由现金流以支持股息支付 [9] - 股票远期股息率为3.4% [5] 惠而浦 - 近期股价因美联储降息消息而遭抛售，可能创造了买入机会 [10] - 投资逻辑不仅在于低利率环境刺激住房销售和家电需求，更在于关税政策将改善其相对于亚洲竞争对手的竞争地位 [11][12] - 尽管2025年因激烈价格竞争而调低盈利预期，但关税环境将长期利好惠而浦等国内生产商，预计2025年至2026年将显现效益 [12][13] - 股票股息率为4.7%，对收入型和投机型投资者均有吸引力 [13] 公用事业行业与Vanguard Utilities ETF - 人工智能对电力的巨大需求从根本上改变了公用事业行业的投资前景，电网受限无法满足AI的电力需求 [18] - 超大规模计算公司和芯片制造商（如Oracle、Nvidia）在数据中心和基础设施上投入巨资，推动了电力需求 [19][20] - 公用事业板块通常被视为安全但增长缓慢的板块，但在当前牛市中表现优异，甚至跑赢标普500指数 [14][17] - 该行业提供稳定的现金流，并受益于商业、工业和居民用户电力需求的增长 [17][21] - Vanguard Utilities ETF是投资该行业的简便方式，其费用率极低，为0.09% [22] - 该ETF股息率为2.8%，提供了稳定的被动收入来源，而许多AI成长股股息率很低或不支付股息 [22]

Costco is arguably the best brick-and-mortar retailer in the world.Costco (COST -2.92%) reported its quarterly financial results, which alleviated many concerns among stock market investors.*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Sept. 24, 2025. The video was published on Sept. 26, 2025. ...

公司技术优势 - IonQ的囚禁离子方法在精确度上相比大多数竞争对手的量子计算机具有显著优势 [1] - IonQ在1量子比特门保真度测试中达到99.999%的世界纪录，在2量子比特门保真度测试中达到99.97%的世界纪录 [6] - 大多数竞争对手的2量子比特门保真度在99%至99.9%之间，IonQ比其量子计算竞争对手领先约一个数量级 [6] - 尽管IonQ的处理速度比使用超导量子比特技术的竞争对手慢，但潜在客户可能更倾向于选择更精确的解决方案 [8] 行业背景与机遇 - 人工智能是当前大规模的投资主题，而传统计算在该技术发展中已取得长足进步 [2] - 许多人认为量子计算可以提升人工智能系统的能力 [2] - 量子计算尚未商业化的主要原因是缺乏精确度，传统计算机芯片的错误率约为1百亿亿分之一，而当今最佳量子计算机的错误率接近10万分之一 [5] - 量子计算机在某些计算上远超传统机器，但量子计算机的潜在用例数量要少得多 [12] 市场潜力与战略定位 - IonQ是首家公开上市的纯量子计算公司，在过去一个月获得了大量投资者关注 [3] - 如果IonQ能在量子计算成为主流时拥有最佳技术，它有潜力成为下一个英伟达 [11] - 英伟达的图形处理单元已成为处理人工智能工作负载的首选主要计算硬件，其数据中心市场份额估计仍超过90% [10] - 率先进入重要行业是一个巨大优势，IonQ需要早期赢得市场份额以复制英伟达的成功 [7][9] 商业化路径与影响 - 假设IonQ能保持其精确度领先，它将有机会比竞争对手更快地发布商业可行的量子计算机 [7] - 混合量子计算方法将IonQ的技术与英伟达GPU等传统计算硬件结合，可提升性能并显著节省能源，这对人工智能超大规模供应商而言是巨大的输入成本和增长瓶颈 [11] - IonQ需要在量子计算变得商业可行的初期就使其技术被广泛采用，才能成为2030年代的英伟达 [12] - 如果IonQ能率先将其机器商业化并主导量子计算市场，它有可能为有耐心的投资者带来巨大收益 [12]

These stocks have reacted to AI in surprising ways, but investors should also consider their future prospects.As tech investors have observed, artificial intelligence (AI) propelled many stocks higher since the release of OpenAI's GPT-4. Thanks to the gains sparked by this technology, several individual stocks and the stock indexes reached record highs in recent trading sessions.This has to many AI stocks setting new all-time highs. Also, Grand View Research forecasts a 32% compound annual growth rate (CAGR ...

投资环境背景 - 美联储近期已下调短期利率并暗示未来几年将进一步降息使得从储蓄账户等工具获取高利率变得更具挑战性[2] - 在低利率环境下股票股息应在被动收入投资组合中扮演更重要的角色而交易所交易基金是实现这一目标的工具[3] 基金产品概述 - SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF是寻求被动收入的投资者应优先考虑的候选产品[1][4] - 该ETF追踪标普500高股息指数该指数包含80只高股息率股票并对每只股票采用等权重配置而非市值加权[6] 投资组合与行业配置 - 该ETF最大的投资配置在房地产行业占比22.4%其他主要行业包括必需消费品166%金融155%公用事业129%以及医疗保健80%[6] - 相比之下追踪标普500指数的SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust最大配置在信息技术行业占比346%其次为金融136%非必需消费品105%通信服务104%和医疗保健88%[7] 收益与成本 - SPDR S&P 500 High Dividend ETF的股息收益率为47%而SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust的收益率为11%[8] - 该ETF采用被动管理其费用率仅为007%远低于2024年股票指数ETF 014%的平均费用率[9][10] 历史表现与风险特征 - 截至8月31日的过去五年该ETF年化回报率为148%略高于标普500 ETF的146%[11] - 同期其标的指数标普500高股息指数的波动率为182%高于标普500指数的160%导致后者的风险调整后回报更优[11]

Are investors falling out of love with Astera Labs stock?Astera Labs (ALAB -1.43%) stock got hit with a double-digit sell-off across this week's trading. The company's share price fell 19.3% over the period. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.3% and 0.7%, respectively. While there wasn't any fresh, business-specific news behind Astera Labs' sell-off this week, the company's valuation headed lower in response to widespread valuation concerns that impacted the market. Declines for the ...

AST SpaceMobile managed to defy stock market gravity this week.Despite bearish trading for the broader market, AST SpaceMobile (ASTS -0.61%) stock managed to close out this week's trading with big gains. The company's share price rose 9% compared to where it stood at the end of the previous week's trading. Across the same stretch, the S&P 500 fell 0.3%, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7%.The stock market faced pressures this week as investors honed in on macroeconomic risk factors and the possibility that t ...