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Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, speaks during an event in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 2, 2024.Annabelle Chih | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNvidia shares closed at a record on Monday as Wall Street gears up for earnings season and updates from all of the chipmaker's top customers on their planned spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure.The stock climbed 2.4% to close at $138.07, topping its prior high of $135.58 on June 18. The shares are now up almost 180% for the year and have soared more than nine-fold since the beginning of 2023.Nvidia, widely viewed as the company selling the picks and shovels for the AI gold rush, has been the biggest beneficiary of the generative AI boom, which started with the public release of OpenAI's ChatGPT in November 2022. Nvidia's graphics proc...

Recent geopolitical tensions and election-related noise have caused volatility in the markets that are outside an investor's control. When investing in such times, Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners, has certain principles she follows to ensure a successful portfolio. During an interview with CNBC's " The Exchange " on Monday, Forrest advised investors to look for companies that consistently outperform their peers. She also owns names with solid balance sheets. In addition, she said to seek out companies that focus on product marketing, or keep their customers' needs central to ensure retention. These factors combined ensure that a company can outperform against its peers, according to Forrest. "That's what we look for — not who's going to be president and then...

Shares of Trump Media closed up more than 18% on Monday, extending the Truth Social owner's dramatic recovery from recent stock price lows and adding hundreds of millions of dollars to Donald Trump's on-paper net worth.The recent DJT surge came as multiple online election betting markets appeared to show betting odds shifting in Trump's favor, after weeks of tilting toward the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.Monday's surge also coincided with Trump Media's launch of a new site for its TV streaming app, Truth+.Trump Media was trading above $30 per share at its intraday peak, and closed at $29.95.The stock has experienced a wild flurry of trading in recent sessions, with shares being exchanged at multiple times the company's 30-day average volume. More than 57 million shares...

Collect Trump CardsSource: Collecttrumpcards.comWith shares of his nascent social media business in the midst of a sharp rebound and with just three weeks until the presidential election, Donald Trump is bringing his latest proposed money-making endeavor to market, this time in crypto.On Tuesday, the former president and current Republican nominee aims to launch WLFI, the token accompanying his new crypto project called World Liberty Financial. Over the weekend, Trump pumped the sale in a post on X, telling his followers that it's a "chance to help shape the future of finance."Prospective investors can be forgiven for having little idea about what they're being asked to support.People involved with WLF have described it as a sort of crypto bank, where customers will be encouraged to borrow...