IBM Plunged After Issuing a Warning on the Software Sector. Time to Buy?
IBM's revenue growth slowed to a crawl in Q2 due in large part to hardware costs crowding out software spending.
Saturday, 18 July 2026
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IBM's revenue growth slowed to a crawl in Q2 due in large part to hardware costs crowding out software spending.
(RTTNews) - Elevance Health, Inc. (ELV) is scheduled to report its second-quarter results today (Wednesday, July 15, 2026).
Investors and analysts alike expected JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) to do quite well this earnings season, but not this well. The powerful bank delivered a fine second quarter that crushed analyst estimates, thanks in no s…
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF offers a lower expense ratio and higher trailing dividend yield than VanEck Short Muni ETF.
Soybeans closed Tuesday with contracts 1 to 4 cents lower, as July expired with a 5 ¼ cent gains at $12.07 ¼. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 3 3/4 cents $11.46. Soymeal futures saw late strength…
The wheat complex is trading with gains across the three exchanges at midday. Chicago SRW contracts are up 10 to 12 cents higher so far on the day. KC HRW futures are 10 to 12 cents at midday. MPLS spring wheat is tradi…
(RTTNews) - Asian stock markets are mostly higher on Friday, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight, as the markets reacted positively to earnings-driven rally among US technology stocks and offs…
Corn futures closed out the Tuesday session with contracts ¾ ti 2 ¾ cents lower, as July expired 4 cents lower at $4.33 3/4. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was 2 1/4 cents lower at $4.08 3/4.
(RTTNews) - The Taiwan stock market headed south again on Monday, one session after ending the three-day losing streak in which it had dropped almost 350 points or 1.5 percent. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now rests just b…
Corn futures are trading with contracts down 2 to 2 ½ cents so far at midday. July futures expire today. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is 2 cents lower at $4.08.
It's apparent that customers are prioritizing capex on hardware these days, rather than the software solutions provided by the likes of Salesforce.
Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood, whose 2030 base case for Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is $730,000, said on July 3 on Ark Invest's podcast that the coin has entered a "bottoming process" and that it will "resume the very volatile b…
October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26) on Tuesday closed up +0.13 (+0.88%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26) closed up +0.30 (+0.06%).
(RTTNews) - Today's top gainers in the biotech space include NextCure, ahead of its planned merger with a private company that will create a newly branded public entity; Basel Medical, which recently regained Nasdaq com…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Tuesday closed up +0.38%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +0.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +1.10%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) …
Management reported fiscal 2026 included the expansion of the commercial footprint and the clinical evidence base for **Kestra Medical Technologies, Ltd.** (KMTS 2.34%). The company increased its sales presence to 130 t…
October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26) today is up +0.13 (+0.88%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26) closed up +5.30 (+1.14%).
Corn futures closed out the Tuesday session with contracts ¾ ti 2 ¾ cents lower, as July expired 4 cents lower at $4.33 3/4. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was 2 1/4 cents lower at $4.08 3/4.
Management reported that **Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)** (ERIC 13.48%) maintained margin resilience during the second quarter despite a challenging macroeconomic environment and rising component costs. The co…
Time and the amount you can initially invest will be two key factors in whether SpaceX makes you a millionaire.
August WTI crude oil (CLQ26) on Tuesday closed up +1.20 (+1.54%), and August RBOB gasoline (RBQ26) closed up +0.0610 (+1.93%).
The dollar index (DXY00) fell by -0.32% on Tuesday. The dollar retreated on Tuesday after US June consumer prices rose less than expected, a dovish factor for Fed policy. Also, the benign CPI report has reduced the chan…
At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 55 most recent 13F filings for the 06/30/2026 reporting period, and noticed that International Business Machines Corp (Symbol: IBM) was held by 30 of these f…
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.30%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.60%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.97%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.28%, an…