Stantec Stock Skyrockets 39% Year to Date: Has it Run Too Far? — Positive
STN Zacks Investment Research — July 09, 2025Stantec Inc. STN has delivered an impressive 39% year-to-date gain, sharply outperforming the industry's 6% decline. In contrast, U.S. peers have seen mixed results: Tetra Tech TTEK is down 9%, while AECOM ACM has surged 40.5%.

Hess Exits Suriname's Offshore Block 59 Amid Drilling Risks — Negative
HES Zacks Investment Research — July 09, 2025HES exits Suriname's offshore Block 59, capping years of risky exploration after XOM and EQNR pulled out earlier.

3 Crypto-Focused Stocks to Buy as Bitcoin Heads Toward New High — Positive
BLK CME V Zacks Investment Research — July 09, 2025With Bitcoin holding near $109K and optimism rising, V, CME, and BLK emerge as top crypto-exposed stocks to watch now.

Gray Media (GTN) Moves 10.4% Higher: Will This Strength Last? — Positive
GTN Zacks Investment Research — July 09, 2025Gray Media (GTN) witnessed a jump in share price last session on above-average trading volume. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions for the stock doesn't suggest further strength down the road.

Best Growth Stocks to Buy for July 9th — Positive
EWCZ OPRX QFIN Zacks Investment Research — July 09, 2025OPRX, EWCZ and QFIN made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) growth stocks list on July 9, 2025.

Las Vegas Sands Bets Big on Premium Mass: Is it a Long-Term Play? — Positive
LVS Zacks Investment Research — July 09, 2025LVS is doubling down on premium mass gaming in Macau to drive long-term growth despite rising competition.

CGIC: An Efficient International ETF That Can Outperform — Positive
CGIC Seeking Alpha — July 09, 2025CGIC offers true international diversification, prioritizing non-US companies and sectors like Financials, Industrials, and IT for global exposure. The ETF has delivered a strong 29.2% price return in its first year, but comes with a higher-than-average 0.54% expense ratio. CGIC focuses on high-quality, dividend-paying companies with healthy financials, aiming to reduce volatility and enhance long-term growth.

Alexandria Real Estate: A Rare Opportunity In Life Sciences Real Estate — Positive
ARE Seeking Alpha — July 09, 2025Alexandria Real Estate Equities is a best-in-class life sciences REIT trading at a deep discount, with fundamentals intact despite sector headwinds. The current nearly 7% dividend yield and a P/FFO at half its historical average create a compelling value opportunity for patient, long-term investors. Early signs of sector recovery—rising VC funding, employment, and leasing—suggest a bottoming and potential re-rating, especially if interest rates decline in 2026.

Kuehn Law Encourages Investors of Open Lending Corporation to Contact Law Firm — Neutral
LPRO GlobeNewsWire — July 09, 2025NEW YORK, July 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kuehn Law, PLLC, a shareholder litigation law firm, is investigating whether certain officers and directors of Open Lending Corporation (NASDAQ: LPRO) breached their fiduciary duties to shareholders.

Nvidia's dominant market share will be hard to dislodge, says Bank of America's Vivek Arya — Positive
NVDA CNBC Television — July 09, 2025Vivek Arya, Bank of America senior semiconductor analyst, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss concerns regarding Nvidia's market capitalization, if there are more 'DeepSeek moments' to come and much more.

Merck to buy Verona for $10 billion ahead of Keytruda patent expiration — Positive
MRK CNBC Television — July 09, 2025CNBC's Angelica Peebles reports on themes emerging in the pharma space.

Wipro Limited to Announce Results for the First Quarter Ended June 30, 2025, on July 17, 2025 — Neutral
WIT Business Wire — July 09, 2025EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. & BENGALURU, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $WIPRO #AI--Wipro Limited will announce results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2025, on Thursday, July 17, 2025, after stock market trading hours in India.

Glaukos Ramps Up iDose TR, Battles Legacy and Reimbursement Risks — Negative
GKOS Zacks Investment Research — July 09, 2025GKOS posts record Q1 on iDose TR strength, but reimbursement hurdles and legacy declines may hurt its near-term outlook.

Can New AI-Focused Leases Offset APLD's Cloud Segment Decline? — Positive
APLD Zacks Investment Research — July 09, 2025Applied Digital's AI data center leases show promise, but cloud losses and execution risk cloud its path to sustainable margin growth.

Yield Generators: 3 Stocks Enhancing Shareholder Value — Positive
DAN FICO THO MarketBeat — July 09, 2025Several stocks recently unveiled plans to significantly enhance shareholder value. These plans include the two major types of capital returns that investors often pay attention to: dividends and buybacks.

INTC, AMD and NVDA Forecast – Microchip Stocks Ready to Move? — Positive
AMD INTC NVDA FXEmpire — July 09, 2025The three major microchip stocks in this analysis all look as if they are going higher over the longer-term, but they are moving at different paces, as would be expected. Nvidia continues to run hot, while the other two are in the process of turning it up to higher levels.

Alphabet: Buying Opportunities Like This Don't Come Often — Positive
GOOG GOOGL Seeking Alpha — July 09, 2025GOOGL remains a strong buy, trading at just 19x P/E despite robust growth in cloud, AI, and digital ads. Waymo, YouTube, and Cloud businesses alone could conservatively justify a $1.7T valuation, excluding core ads and other segments. AI and cloud momentum are strong, but regulatory, capex, and moonshot risks remain key watchpoints for investors.

Stock Market Live July 9: S&P 500 (VOO) Shakes Off Worries of New Trump Tariffs — Negative
VOO 24/7 Wall Street — July 09, 2025President Trump warns of new tariffs that won't be tied to individual countries, but to specific product imports instead.

Pinnacle Financial Partners Earnings Are Imminent; These Most Accurate Analysts Revise Forecasts Ahead Of Earnings Call — Neutral
PNFP Benzinga — July 09, 2025Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. PNFP will release earnings results for the second quarter, after the closing bell on Tuesday, July 15.

A new era of regulation is bound to bring high hopes for the crypto bulls. House Republicans are now gearing up for “Crypto Week” — during which the committee has agreed to prioritize digital asset legislation and review several crypto-related bills.
