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AUGUST 14TH, 2026
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Today’s Top Stories
Is Lockheed Martin Gearing Up to Lead Defense Stocks?
BY RYAN HASSON
Why Are Analysts Freaking Out About Apple’s All-Glass iPhone?
BY SAM QUIRKE
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ALERT: Drop these 5 stocks before the market opens tomorrow!
The Wall Street Journal is already raising the alarm about a potential market crash, and Weiss Ratings research points to the first half of 2026 as a particularly rough stretch for certain holdings. Some of America’s most popular stocks could take serious damage as a radical market shift plays out. Analysts at Weiss Ratings have identified five names you may want to remove from your portfolio before this unfolds…
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Analysts’ Upgrades
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Neutral → OverweightPT $82.00
20.1% upsideMU Micron Technology
New Street Research
Neutral → BuyPT $1,250.00
28.3% upsideNYAX Nayax
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Market Perform → OutperformPT $75.00
39.7% upside
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Wall Street’s quietly buying these 3 AI infrastructure plays
Hedge funds are rotating out of AI hype and into the hardware layer powering it. New research identifies three profitable U.S. infrastructure companies leading this shift. One just posted 76% year-over-year data-center growth. Another holds a $12 billion backlog from global hyperscalers. A third is generating 59%+ gross margins on next-gen chips…
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Analysts’ Downgrades
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Overweight → NeutralPT $40.00 → $39.00
4.8% upsideCSCO Cisco Systems
HSBC
Buy → HoldPT $137.00 → $120.00
6.2% upsideEAT Brinker International
Northcoast Research
Buy → NeutralKLC KinderCare Learning Companies
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Neutral → UnderweightMUR Murphy Oil
Barclays
Equal Weight → UnderweightPT $34.00
2.3% downsideSSTI SoundThinking
Lake Street Capital
Buy → HoldPT $8.00
27.9% upside
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Small Colorado Company (Backed by Sam Altman) Could Save U.S. Power Grid
A small Colorado company has secured rights to technology that could prevent the U.S. public power grid from collapsing — and billionaire Sam Altman is now an investor. This under-the-radar firm is drawing serious attention from those watching the energy infrastructure space closely.
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Analysts’ New Coverage
Leerink Partners
OutperformPT $18.00
52.5% upside
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The $15 Gold Fund That Pays Up to $1,152/Month
Gold is hitting record highs, but most investors are leaving income on the table. A $15 fund is quietly paying out up to $1,152 a month to regular investors – no mining stocks, no options, no physical metal required. Chief Income Strategist Tim Plaehn calls it a breakthrough strategy that transforms gold’s rally into reliable monthly payouts…
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Apple
$306.67 +1.41 (+0.46%)
As of 8/14 9:32 AM ET
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1,439 shares @ $307.75Why Are Analysts Freaking Out About Apple’s All-Glass iPhone? 8/14Anthropic’s investor talks, Workday’s stock surge, Apple’s new facility and more in Morning Squawk8/14 – CNBCApple (AAPL) Enlists Rival Alibaba’s (BABA) Help to Train Its Own AI Model for China 8/14 – TIPRANKSAMZN
Amazon.com
$264.83 -0.30 (-0.11%)
As of 8/14 9:32 AM ETCOST, WMT, AMZN: How Politicians Are Trading Retail Stocks Ahead of Earnings 8/14 – TIPRANKSUPS: Amazon Scale Down Done, But Growth Still Capped 8/14 – SEEKINGALPHAGOOGL and AMZN: Top Analyst Weighs In on Amazon and Alphabet Stocks 8/14 – TIPRANKSGOOGL
Alphabet
$348.82 +2.46 (+0.71%)
As of 8/14 9:32 AM ETMeta And Alphabet Offer Incredible Value And No One Cares 8/14 – 247WALLSTThese Two ETFs Are the ‘No Hike’ Scenario Winners8/14 – BENZINGAAlphabet’s SpaceX bet grows 100-fold over a decade to $94 billion 8/14 – REUTERSMETA
Meta Platforms
$601.14 +6.17 (+1.04%)
As of 8/14 9:32 AM ETMeta Has $27 Billion That Isn’t On Its Balance Sheet8/14 – SEEKINGALPHAMeta And Alphabet Offer Incredible Value And No One Cares 8/14 – 247WALLSTZuckerberg’s $250 Billion Louisiana Data Center Will Create Just 1,000 Jobs. That’s $250 Million Spent Per Job 8/14 – 247WALLSTMSFT
Microsoft
$494.89 -1.99 (-0.40%)
As of 8/14 9:32 AM ETDividend roundup: Microsoft, Chevron, Dow, Chubb, and more 8/14 – MSNBetter Tech Behemoth: Alphabet vs. Microsoft Stock8/14 – FOOLMicrosoft: The $678 Billion Answer To The AI Skeptics8/14 – SEEKINGALPHA
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