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BIDU

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years, producing an average annual return of 14.92%. If an investor had bought $100 of BIDU stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $806.74 today. The company currently has a market capitalization of $45.60 billion.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 17, 2023 | 3:30 pm

NUE

Over the past 20 years, Nucor (NYSE:NUE) has outperformed the market by 6.16% on an annualized basis, producing an average annual return of 13.84%. If an investor had bought $1000 of NUE stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $13,311.82 today.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 17, 2023 | 3:30 pm

WM

Waste Management's (NYSE:WM) short percent of float has fallen 17.09% since its last report, indicating a more bullish sentiment towards the stock. The company has 3.93 million shares sold short, which is 0.97% of all regular shares available for trading. Compared to its peers, Waste Management has less short interest, with the peer group average at 2.64%.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 17, 2023 | 3:30 pm

UBS

UBS Gr's (NYSE:UBS) short percent of float has fallen 5.8% since its last report, with 18.10 million shares sold short, which is 0.65% of all regular shares available for trading. It would take traders 8.22 days to cover their short positions on average. Compared to its peers, UBS Gr has less short interest as a percentage of float, with an average of 2.46%.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 17, 2023 | 3:30 pm

MCHP

Microchip Technology's (NYSE:MCHP) short percent of float has fallen 8.86% since its last report, with 18.26 million shares sold short, which is 3.91% of all regular shares available for trading. It would take traders 3.54 days to cover their short positions on average. The company has less short interest than most of its peers, with the peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float being 4.37%.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 17, 2023 | 3:30 pm

TKC

Trading of shares in Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS has been halted due to pending news.

Portfolio Pulse from Happy Mohamed

August 17, 2023 | 3:30 pm

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SPY

Former President Donald Trump's non-fungible token (NFT) collection, Trump Digital Trading Cards, has seen significant demand and price volatility. An initial investment of $1,000 in these NFTs would now be worth $2,117.50, a return of 111.8% in around eight months. This outperforms the same investment in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, which would have returned 14.3%. However, the second series of Trump NFTs has not performed as well, with investors down around 64.4% on their investment.

Portfolio Pulse from Chris Katje

August 17, 2023 | 3:27 pm

EMKR

EMCORE Corp (NASDAQ:EMKR) shares have dropped by 40% after the company announced the pricing of its $15.8 million public offering of 19,652,174 shares at $0.50 per share. The offering is expected to close on Aug. 21. An option for the underwriter to acquire up to 2,947,826 more common stock shares is also in place.

Portfolio Pulse from Henry Khederian

August 17, 2023 | 3:27 pm

CREX

Creative Realities Inc (NASDAQ:CREX) announced the pricing of its $6 million public offering of 3 million shares at $2 per share, causing its shares to drop by 37.5% to $1.87. The offering is expected to close around August 21. The company plans to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including debt repayment, capital expenses, and working capital.

Portfolio Pulse from Henry Khederian

August 17, 2023 | 3:25 pm

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Shibarium, the Layer 2 network of Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB), launched amidst technical issues due to an unprecedented surge in traffic. The developers assured that there are no bridge issues and all user funds remain secure. The launch of Shibarium, built on the Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) blockchain, aims to tackle issues related to slow transaction speeds and elevated gas costs in the blockchain domain. The Shiba Inu crypto is trading down 11.4% at $0.00000859.

Portfolio Pulse from Murtuza Merchant

August 17, 2023 | 3:24 pm