I happily own stock in Medtronic (MDT -2.25%), one of the largest medical device makers in the world. Of late, the company is struggling through a rough patch that has Wall Street worried about the future.

CrowdStrike (CRWD -1.25%) has been a market favorite in 2025. There's a lot to like.

DigitalOcean (DOCN -0.76%) is a provider of cloud computing services, similar to Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, except it mostly caters to small and mid-size businesses (SMBs).

Realty Income (O -0.56%) and Agree Realty (ADC 0.20%) are competitors in the net lease niche of real estate investment trust (REIT) arena. Realty Income is still down around 25% from its pre-coronavirus pandemic highs, while Agree Realty has rallied back some and is now just 10% below its peak.

Gold fell, though prices were largely rangebound as traders eased expectations for imminent U.S. rate cuts.

Brent crude eyes $70 amid bullish momentum, while natural gas futures face downside risks with sellers in control under key EMAs.

SINGAPORE , Aug. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Allison Worldwide and Stagwell are turbocharging their Asia Pacific communications capabilities and client support with the appointment of industry veteran Margaret Key as Chief Executive Officer, Allison Asia and Stagwell's Executive Director, Asia Pacific. Joining Oct. 1, Key brings more than two decades of strategic expertise and visionary leadership to the dual role.

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Lake Street Private Wealth, a U.S. asset manager with $700 million in reportable assets under management (AUM), disclosed in its latest 13-F filing with the SEC that it purchased 47,089 additional shares of Palantir Technologies (PLTR 0.01%) in the second quarter of 2025.

Dividend-paying stocks don't get the credit they deserve. Over the past 50 years, the average dividend-paying stock in the S&P 500 has outperformed non-payers by more than 2-to-1.

Oaktree Specialty Lending's weak net investment income coverage raises concerns about portfolio quality and future payouts. Non-accruals remain elevated, though slightly improved Q/Q in Q3'25, driving a persistent discount to net asset value and reflecting investor caution. Despite a material discount to NAV, weak dividend coverage and continual credit issues justify a downgrade from 'Strong Buy' to 'Hold'.

Starbucks has asked a short-listed group of potential bidders to submit non-binding bids for a stake in its China business within the next two weeks, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

In case you missed it, last week marked one of the most important data dumps of the entire quarter. August 14 was the deadline for institutional investors with at least $100 million in assets under management to file Form 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This year has been quite a roller-coaster ride for semiconductor specialist Nvidia (NVDA -0.40%). After rallying to a new all-time high to start the year, the stock plunged 37% from that level before regaining its footing and climbing to even greater heights.

Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, ETR:NVD) has instructed suppliers to pause production of its H20 artificial intelligence chip, a model developed specifically for the Chinese market, according to industry reports. The company told US-based Amkor Technology, which handles advanced packaging, and South Korea's Samsung Electronics, which provides high-bandwidth memory, to suspend work on the chip this week.

Littelfuse has shown strong long-term revenue growth, but recent years have seen declines in revenue per share and gross profit margin. Return on invested capital has sharply declined to 3.4%, well below my preferred mid-to-high teens range, raising concerns about capital efficiency. The company increased its dividend by 7.1%, yet the forward yield remains modest at 1.2% and dividend growth has slowed post-pandemic.

Google has signed a six-year cloud computing deal with Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, ETR:FB2A, SWX:FB) valued at more than $10 billion, according to a source cited by Reuters. The agreement will see Meta use Google Cloud's servers, networking and storage as it races to expand its artificial intelligence capabilities.

Meta has made a cloud computing deal with Google worth more than $10 billion over the course of six years, a source close to the transaction told AFP Thursday.

Shipping Nvidia's H20 chips to China was "great" for Beijing and Washington and not a security threat, the tech giant's chief said Friday.

Nio's U.S.-listed shares rallied, climbing 9.27% to close at $5.54. In Hong Kong, shares rose as much as 10% in Friday morning trading.