GE's 3 Offspring Are All Grown Up and Making Waves. The Best Is Yet to Come. — Positive
GE Barrons — July 18, 2025The former GEs should get no small amount of credit for the industrial strength of the industrial sector.

Unmatched 7% Q2 U.S. Sales Spike: Behind General Motors' Resilience (Earnings Preview) — Neutral
GM Seeking Alpha — July 18, 2025General Motors tackles steep tariff challenges with targeted U.S. plant shifts and a $4 billion investment playbook. Behind the scenes, GM is pushing hard on the vertical integration of its EV supply chain. In this article, we unpack together why GM's sales release was so strong and what to expect from the upcoming earnings release.

Regions Financial Q2 Earnings Beat on Solid NII & Fee Income, Stock Up — Positive
RF Zacks Investment Research — July 18, 2025RF beats Q2 EPS estimates on strong NII and fee income growth; shares climb 5.1% in early market as profits and capital improve.

Pegasystems Set to Report Q2 Earnings: Is the Stock a Buy? — Neutral
PEGA Zacks Investment Research — July 18, 2025PEGA's Q2 2025 results are expected to reflect cloud and GenAI momentum, aided by strong cash flow, despite forex and competitive pressures.

United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) Business Update Call Transcript — Neutral
UNFI Seeking Alpha — July 18, 2025United Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE:UNFI ) Business Update Call July 16, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Giorgio Tarditi - President & CFO James Alexander Miller Douglas - CEO & Director Steven J. Bloomquist - Vice President Investor Relations Conference Call Participants Alexander Russell Slagle - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Charles Edward Cerankosky - Northcoast Research Partners, LLC John Edward Heinbockel - Guggenheim Securities, LLC, Research Division Leah Dianne Jordan - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Scott Andrew Mushkin - R5 Capital LLC William Joseph Kirk - ROTH Capital Partners, LLC, Research Division William Michael Reuter - BofA Securities, …

FedEx tech executive departs after probe into claims his unit inflated its performance: report — Negative
FDX New York Post — July 18, 2025The executive and FedEx "mutually agreed" that he would immediately step down, according to a securities filing.

How Vertical Integration Is Fueling Affirm's Profitability in BNPL — Positive
AFRM Zacks Investment Research — July 18, 2025AFRM bets on vertical integration to cut costs, boost margins, and gain an edge in the challenging BNPL landscape.

KARO Gears Up to Post Q1 Earnings: What's in Store for the Stock? — Positive
KARO Zacks Investment Research — July 18, 2025Karooooo gears up for fiscal Q1 results with momentum from the Cartrack-Tag rollout and Southeast Asia expansion in focus.

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth: Hess acquisition is good for the industry — Positive
CVX HES CNBC Television — July 18, 2025Chevron CEO Mike Wirth on Friday said the company's acquisition of Hess, which it completed this week after winning a legal dispute with Exxon Mobil, is good for the oil and gas sector and creates the "strongest upstream portfolio in the industry."

Xcel Energy Announces Portfolio of New Power Projects to Meet Growing Demand in Texas and New Mexico — Neutral
XEL Business Wire — July 18, 2025AMARILLO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xcel Energy has announced new generation resource additions as part of an overall portfolio to meet the rapidly rising energy needs of its Texas and New Mexico service area. The portfolio includes extensions of 521 megawatts of existing generation as well as the addition of 17 new power projects that will add 5,168 megawatts of new nameplate capacity to the region's generation fleet by 2030. Technologies selected include 3,200 megawatts of dispatchable generati.

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Nasdaq statement on the preliminary proxy filed by Invesco QQQ Trust and the proposals contained within it — Neutral
NDAQ GlobeNewsWire — July 18, 2025NEW YORK, July 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Nasdaq issued the following statement on the preliminary proxy filed by Invesco QQQ Trust and the proposals contained within it.

Final Trades: RTX, Netflix and Freeport-McMoran — Neutral
FCX NFLX RTX CNBC Television — July 18, 2025The Investment Committee give you their top stocks to watch for the second half.

Regions Financial Corporation (RF) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript — Neutral
RF Seeking Alpha — July 18, 2025Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 18, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Dana Nolan - EVP & Head of Investor Relations David Jackson Turner - Senior EVP & CFO John M. Turner - President, CEO & Chairman Conference Call Participants Betsy Lynn Graseck - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Ebrahim Huseini Poonawala - BofA Securities, Research Division Gerard Sean Cassidy - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division John G.

MEI Pharma, Inc. MEIP stock is trading higher on Friday, with a session volume of 35.64 million compared to the average volume of 29.8K, as per data from Benzinga Pro.

Surging Earnings Estimates Signal Upside for Virtu Financial (VIRT) Stock — Positive
VIRT Zacks Investment Research — July 18, 2025Virtu Financial (VIRT) shares have started gaining and might continue moving higher in the near term, as indicated by solid earnings estimate revisions.

American Express Company (AXP) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript — Neutral
AXP Seeking Alpha — July 18, 2025American Express Company (NYSE:AXP ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 18, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Christophe Y. Le Caillec - Chief Financial Officer Kartik Ramachandran - Corporate Participant Stephen Joseph Squeri - Chairman & CEO Conference Call Participants Brian D.

Schlumberger Limited (SLB) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript — Neutral
SLB Seeking Alpha — July 18, 2025Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call July 18, 2025 9:30 AM ET Company Participants James R. McDonald - Senior Vice President of Investor Relations & Industry Affairs Olivier Le Peuch - CEO & Director Stephane Biguet - Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Arun Jayaram - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division J.

Trade Tracker: Kevin Simpson's covered call strategy on Netflix — Neutral
NFLX CNBC Television — July 18, 2025Kevin Simpson, Capital Wealth Planning founder and CIO, joins CNBC's "Halftime Report" to detail his covered call strategy with Netflix.

Trade Tracker: Kevin Simpson buys Apple and sells covered calls on Nvidia — Neutral
AAPL NVDA CNBC Television — July 18, 2025Kevin Simpson, Capital Wealth Planning founder and CIO, joins CNBC's "Halftime Report" to detail his latest portfolio moves.
