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WEC

WEC Energy Group (NYSE:WEC) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years, producing an average annual return of 9.29%. If an investor had bought $100 of WEC stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $602.73 today.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 17, 2023 | 6:30 pm

AXP

American Express (NYSE:AXP) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 1.52% on an annualized basis, producing an average annual return of 9.98%. If an investor had bought $1000 of AXP stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $4,366.39 today.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 17, 2023 | 6:30 pm

CCI

Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years, producing an average annual return of 12.22%. If an investor had bought $100 of CCI stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $984.03 today. The company currently has a market capitalization of $43.70 billion.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 17, 2023 | 6:00 pm

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A total of 6,425.96 Ether (ETH) worth $11,171,409 was burned from Ethereum transactions on Wednesday. This follows the implementation of the Ethereum improvement proposal EIP-1159, which changes the fee model and burns a variable base fee from each transaction. Ethereum is currently issuing new Ether at a rate of 4% per year, expected to decrease to around 0.5-1% with the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade. The net annualized issuance rate for Ether was -7.66% yesterday.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 17, 2023 | 6:00 pm

PDD

Unusual options activity has been observed for PDD Holdings (NASDAQ:PDD), with a large position indicating a bullish stance. The options scanner at Benzinga spotted 11 options trades for PDD Holdings, with 63% bullish and 36% bearish sentiment. Whales have been targeting a price range from $65.0 to $100.0 for PDD Holdings over the last 3 months. The price of PDD is up 1.4% at $80.13, with RSI indicators suggesting the stock may be approaching overbought.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 17, 2023 | 5:46 pm

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DHI

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NKE

SBUX

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TSLA

WHR

Benzinga's options activity scanner has identified significant trading activity in the options of 10 consumer discretionary stocks. The stocks include Tesla (TSLA), Starbucks (SBUX), Nike (NKE), Carvana (CVNA), NIO (NIO), Whirlpool (WHR), D.R. Horton (DHI), TJX Companies (TJX), Booking Holdings (BKNG), and Lowe's Companies (LOW). The trading activity includes both bullish and bearish sentiments, with varying expiration dates and strike prices.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 17, 2023 | 5:35 pm

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NVDA

PANW

SIMO

Benzinga's options activity scanner has identified significant trading activity in 10 information technology stocks. The stocks include NVDA, SIMO, CSCO, PANW, ZM, MARA, ZS, AMD, AAPL, and MSFT. The scanner tracks large transactions, known as 'whale alerts', which can indicate potential trading opportunities. The report details the type of options activity (put or call), the trade type, sentiment, expiration date, strike price, total trade price, open interest, and volume for each stock.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 17, 2023 | 5:35 pm

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Estes, a rival company, has placed a $1.3 billion asset bid for Yellow. The news could potentially affect Yellow's stock price.

Portfolio Pulse from Happy Mohamed

August 17, 2023 | 5:33 pm

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Cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Binance Coin (BNB), Ripple (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL), Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Unu (SHIB), and Shibarium governance tokens (BONE, LEASH) experienced a downturn following the Federal Reserve's signal of a potential rate hike. The Fed's July meeting minutes indicated concerns about 'upside risks' to inflation, leading to the steepest rise in the primary interest rate in over two decades.

Portfolio Pulse from Murtuza Merchant

August 17, 2023 | 5:21 pm

Ford Motor Company, SK On Co Ltd, and EcoProBM have formed a consortium to invest C$1.2 billion (~$887.51 million) in building a cathode manufacturing facility in Becancour, Quebec. The facility will supply materials for Ford's future electric vehicles, with production targeted to begin in 2026. The project is part of SK On's efforts to secure a stable supply of key battery materials in North America and marks EcoProBM's entry into the North American market.

Portfolio Pulse from Nabaparna Bhattacharya

August 17, 2023 | 5:07 pm