• Walmart (WMT) Gets Shirofune Integration For Easier Walmart Connect Ad Management | 2026-07-17
  Shirofune has launched an integration with Walmart Connect, allowing centralized management of Walmart advertising campaigns. The integration enables brands and agencies to automate Walmart ads alongside other retail media channels from a single platform. This development reflects ongoing expansion of Walmart Connect’s tools for self-serve and agency users of NasdaqGS:WMT. For investors tracking Walmart, the Shirofune integration adds another data point on how the company is building out...
• The $10 Billion Reason META Stock Is in Focus Today | 2026-07-17
  Meta stock extends gains on reports Anthropic is interested in buying computing power from it. Does that warrant buying META shares? Let’s find out!
• Billionaire Investor Bill Ackman’s Top 5 Bets: Buy, Hold, or Steer Clear? | 2026-07-17
  Pershing Square's five-stock book is quietly beating the market while four of those names bleed red year to date, and one just dropped a $14.8 billion takeover bid this week. Here is whether Ackman's conviction holds up or leaves you holding the bag.
• Qualcomm (QCOM) Slips 2% After GF Securities Starts Coverage With Hold Rating | 2026-07-17
  Qualcomm Faces Fresh Wall Street Warning Despite Ambitious AI Growth Plans
• ConocoPhillips Taps Into Billion-Barrel Iraq Asset In Strategic BP Deal | 2026-07-17
  ConocoPhillips stock rises after acquiring a 42% stake in BP's Iraq venture amid a broader market rotation into energy.
• ConocoPhillips to Buy 42% Stake in BP's Iraq Kirkuk Oil Venture | 2026-07-17
  ConocoPhillips has agreed to acquire a 42% stake in bp's Kirkuk oil joint venture, gaining exposure to more than 3 billion barrels of recoverable resources in northern Iraq.
• GraniteShares YieldBOOST BABA ETF announces weekly distribution of $0.0922 | 2026-07-17
  
• BP, ConocoPhillips to back Iraq with major investment as U.S. seeks to cut Iran's energy hold | 2026-07-17
  BP and ConocoPhillips are set to announce billions of dollars of new investments in Iraq on Friday.
• Will Baidu’s Hong Kong Dual-Primary Listing and Apple AI Deal Change Baidu's (BIDU) Narrative | 2026-07-17
  Baidu’s board previously approved pursuing a voluntary conversion to a dual-primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, while the company also joined Apple’s effort to deploy artificial intelligence tools in China through a new partnership. Together, the Hong Kong dual-primary listing plan and Apple AI collaboration could reshape how global investors view Baidu’s access to capital and its role in China’s AI ecosystem. We’ll now examine how Baidu’s planned Hong Kong dual-primary listing...
• Baidu (BIDU) Stock Could Be Undervalued On Hong Kong Listing Shift | 2026-07-17
  Baidu stock sits at an interesting valuation crossroad, with the share price recovering over the past year but still showing a 36.8% decline over five years, while its broader valuation checks lean more expensive than cheap. Over the last five years, Baidu has delivered a cumulative return that is down 36.8%, which means long term holders are still under water despite the recent rebound. Recent headlines around Baidu's AI partnerships and expansion in robotaxis can support higher growth...
• Here's How Much $1000 Invested In Kratos Defense & Security 10 Years Ago Would Be Worth Today | 2026-07-17
  Kratos Defense & Security (NASDAQ:KTOS) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 13.02% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 26.21%. Currently, Kratos Defense & Security has
• Cathie Wood buys $36.1 million of tumbling tech stock | 2026-07-17
  Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Investment Management, is known for buying high-growth stocks soon after they go public, especially when share prices pull back after an early rally. That's exactly what she's doing with SpaceX this week, adding more than $36 million worth of the newly public stock as it ...
• Rocket Lab Stock Plunges After Piper Sandler Starts Coverage at Neutral | 2026-07-17
  Rocket Lab Slides After Piper Sandler Warns Upside May Be Limited
• SpaceX Delayed Its Starship Launch and the Stock Fell Below Its IPO Price. One of Those Things Matters. The Other Doesn't. | 2026-07-17
  The rocket launch leader scrapped its much-anticipated Starship launch, and there's a lot investors should know.
• Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO Reset the Entire Space Sector. Here Are 2 Space Stocks I Would Buy the Dip On Without Hesitation. | 2026-07-17
  The post-IPO SpaceX sell-off created an attractive buying opportunity in Rocket Lab and AST SpaceMobile, whose long-term fundamentals remain stronger than recent stock performance suggests.
• Premium teaser: This space stock just triggered a rare bearish breakdown signal | 2026-07-17
  Our Bearish Breakdown model has just flashed a high-priority short trigger on Rocket Lab Corp (NASDAQ: RKLB). Trading at a spot price of $67.35, the stock is exhibiting severe technical deterioration as key trend corridors fail under accelerating institutional distribution.
• AST SpaceMobile vs. Rocket Lab: Which Stock Is The Superior SpaceX Competitor? | 2026-07-17
  Shares of SpaceX have fallen back to the $135 IPO price; should you look at these competitors instead?
• Chip stocks fall globally, pulling U.S. stock futures lower | 2026-07-17
  The semiconductor ETF iShares SMH is down nearly 7% for the week as investors question AI spending sustainability
• Morning Bid: Chips and ships | 2026-07-17
  By Anna Szymanski July 17 (Reuters) - From the Editor Hello Morning Bid readers! We can’t seem to get away from semiconductors and straits.
• Chips and ships | 2026-07-17
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