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Why Lockheed Martin stock is sliding: Trump payout threat collides with PAC-3 missile ramp and a Goldman sell

Why Lockheed Martin stock is sliding: Trump payout threat collides with PAC-3 missile ramp and a Goldman sell

WASHINGTON, Jan 7, 2026, 16:04 EST Lockheed Martin shares slid about 4.5% in afternoon trading on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would block dividends and share buybacks for defense contractors until they speed up weapons production. Trump also urged new production plants and called defense executive pay “exorbitant,” while offering no details on enforcement; Northrop Grumman, RTX and General Dynamics shares were also lower. Reuters The threat lands as Washington pushes the industry to build more capacity, faster, after years of tight stockpiles and long delivery times. It also risks jolting a sector many investors buy for
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Microsoft stock rises as the AI trade returns — and a Midwest grid deal adds a fresh angle

Microsoft stock rises as the AI trade returns — and a Midwest grid deal adds a fresh angle

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 16:02 EST — After-hours Microsoft Corp shares rose 1.0% to $483.51 in late trading on Wednesday, after touching a session high of $489.68, as money flowed back into AI-linked megacaps. The S&P 500 ended up 0.03% at 6,946.92 and the Nasdaq climbed 0.48%, with Nvidia and Alphabet among the leaders. Reuters The move matters because Microsoft stock has become a proxy for the “AI trade” — bets on companies expected to profit from the surge in spending on chips, cloud computing and software. Traders have been quick to fade and chase that theme, especially when
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Apple stock dips as Alphabet briefly overtakes it in market value, with chip costs in focus

Apple stock dips as Alphabet briefly overtakes it in market value, with chip costs in focus

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 16:02 EST — After-hours Apple Inc (AAPL.O) shares fell 0.7% to $260.53 in late regular trade on Wednesday, still below their 52-week high of $288.62, with about 56 million shares changing hands. The dip left the iPhone maker briefly behind Alphabet as the No. 2 U.S. company by market value, trailing Nvidia, according to reports. Barron’s The shuffle matters because Apple and Alphabet sit at the center of U.S. equity indexes, where small moves can tilt benchmark performance. Alphabet rallied about 66% in 2025 versus Apple’s roughly 9% gain, helped by investor appetite for AI-related
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Micron Technology stock slips as UBS, Piper lift MU price target to $400 and New York megafab date is set

Micron Technology stock slips as UBS, Piper lift MU price target to $400 and New York megafab date is set

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 16:15 (EST) — After-hours Micron Technology Inc shares were down about 1.2% at $339.45 on Wednesday after trading between $335.10 and $346.24, even as Wall Street pushed price targets higher and the company set a date to break ground on a planned New York factory. The pullback comes as investors crowd into memory and storage names tied to artificial-intelligence spending, where servers need more DRAM — the working memory in computers — and high-bandwidth memory (HBM), a stacked chip used to feed AI processors. Sandisk shares surged 27.6% on Tuesday after Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen
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Nvidia stock ends higher as China pauses H200 chip orders, keeping investors on edge

Nvidia stock ends higher as China pauses H200 chip orders, keeping investors on edge

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 16:02 (EST) — After-hours Nvidia Corp (NVDA) shares ended the day up about 0.9% at $188.92, after trading between $186.60 and $191.26, as investors digested a report that China has asked some domestic tech companies to halt orders for Nvidia’s H200 artificial-intelligence chips. Reuters The tug-of-war matters because Nvidia is trying to reopen a lucrative channel into China at a time when U.S. export controls and Chinese industrial policy are both shifting. A pause, even a temporary one, risks turning a high-profile restart into another stop-start cycle. Investing.com The near-term trigger is regulatory, not engineering.
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Tesla stock steadies after selloff as Germany sales slide and Nvidia raises autonomy heat

Tesla stock steadies after selloff as Germany sales slide and Nvidia raises autonomy heat

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 15:47 EST — Regular session Tesla, Inc. shares were little changed on Wednesday, up 0.4% at $434.75 in afternoon trading, as investors weighed fresh signs of weakness in Europe against a renewed burst of interest in autonomous-driving tech. The stock has traded between $431.66 and $438.35 so far in the session. Germany’s road traffic agency KBA said Tesla sold 2,032 cars in December, down 48% from a year earlier, while its 2025 registrations in the country fell 48.4% to 19,390 units. The data underscored how quickly the U.S. automaker is losing ground in Europe even
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Auchan sells eight Polish shopping centres to Hungary’s Adventum — and stays as tenant

Auchan sells eight Polish shopping centres to Hungary’s Adventum — and stays as tenant

Warsaw, Jan 7, 2026, 21:38 CET Auchan Polska and property partner Ceetrus have agreed to sell eight shopping centres in Poland to Hungary’s Adventum Penta Fund, a deal that keeps Auchan trading from the same sites. The buyer will take the real estate while Auchan remains the “anchor tenant” — the main store meant to draw shoppers — on long leases. The transaction gives Auchan fresh cash from property without pulling down shutters. It also underlines how big-box retailers are separating store operations from the land and buildings, a shift that can help shore up liquidity when margins get squeezed.
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Chevron stock price forecast: CVX slips as $22 bln Lukoil bid talk and Venezuela oil control jolt the outlook

Chevron stock price forecast: CVX slips as $22 bln Lukoil bid talk and Venezuela oil control jolt the outlook

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 15:29 EST — Regular session Chevron fell 0.9% to $155.17 in afternoon trade after Reuters reported private equity group Quantum Energy Partners is working on a bid that could involve the U.S. oil major for Lukoil’s international assets. A Chevron spokesperson said the company “continues to assess potential opportunities,” but declined to comment on commercial matters. Reuters The Chevron stock price forecast is suddenly less about refinery margins and more about politics, with Washington moving to take a hand in Venezuelan crude sales. “We need to have that leverage and that control of those oil
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SoFi stock price forecast: BofA’s $20.50 target clashes with Barclays’ $28 as earnings loom

SoFi stock price forecast: BofA’s $20.50 target clashes with Barclays’ $28 as earnings loom

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 15:46 ET — Regular session SoFi Technologies shares were down about 0.1% at $26.96 on Wednesday afternoon, with roughly 37.5 million shares traded. The stock ended Tuesday at $26.98, down 7.9% from Monday’s $29.28 close. Nasdaq The slide has put the SoFi stock price forecast back under a harsh light, with investors weighing dilution from the company’s latest equity raise against the case for faster growth into 2026. Earnings later this month are the next hard checkpoint, and the tape is telling traders to keep their seatbelts on. In a filing, SoFi said underwriters exercised
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Apple stock price forecast: AAPL slides as memory costs rise and earnings near

Apple stock price forecast: AAPL slides as memory costs rise and earnings near

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 15:49 EST — Regular session Apple shares fell 0.6% to $260.78 in afternoon trading on Wednesday, sliding to a session low. Evercore analyst Amit Daryanani stuck with a $325 target — about 25% above that level — even as he pointed to a projected 40%-50% jump in NAND flash and DRAM memory prices in early 2026, Barron’s reported. Barron’s The move matters because Apple remains a bellwether for big U.S. tech, and its next earnings report is close enough to shape positioning. Investors want proof the company can defend margins while selling expensive hardware into
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BBAI stock price forecast: BigBear.ai slips under $6 as downgrade meets Jan. 16 note deadline

BBAI stock price forecast: BigBear.ai slips under $6 as downgrade meets Jan. 16 note deadline

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 15:30 ET — Regular session Shares of BigBear.ai Holdings slid about 6.6% to $5.99 on Wednesday afternoon, as a brokerage downgrade cooled sentiment in the small-cap AI name. The stock was down about 42 cents from the prior close of $6.41 and traded between $5.99 and $6.35 in the session. Google The timing matters because BigBear.ai is heading into a Jan. 16 redemption of its 6% convertible notes due 2029 — debt that can turn into stock. The company said it expects to eliminate about $125 million of debt largely through conversions and plans to
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Google stock price forecast: Alphabet rises after Canaccord lifts target to $390

Google stock price forecast: Alphabet rises after Canaccord lifts target to $390

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 15:30 EST — Regular session Alphabet’s Class A shares rose 2.5% to $322.25 on Wednesday, near the day’s high, after Canaccord Genuity raised its price target for the Google parent. The stock hit an intraday high of $326.11 and was up $7.91 from Tuesday’s close. The move puts a new “Google stock price forecast” back in play just as investors rotate into the biggest AI-linked names again. Big targets matter more when a stock is already near record levels and the next leg higher needs steady earnings, not just a good story. U.S. stocks were
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GE Vernova stock price jumps toward $800 — what to know before Monday trade

GE Vernova stock price jumps toward $800 — what to know before Monday trade

7 February 2026
GE Vernova shares jumped 5.7% to $779.35 Friday after Baird upgraded the stock and the Dow closed above 50,000. The company’s onshore wind unit reported 1.1 GW in U.S. repower orders for 2025, a figure previously disclosed. GE Vernova also completed a $2.6 billion senior notes offering to help fund its Prolec GE stake purchase. Next earnings report is set for April 22.
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