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Alight Inc is a technology-enabled services company delivering human capital management solutions to many of complex organizations. This includes the implementation and administration of employee benefits (e.g., health, wealth and leaves benefits) solutions, currently operates under one reportable segment, Employer Solutions. The Company completed the Divestiture of Alight's Professional Services segment and Alight's Payroll & HCM Outsourcing business within the Employer Solutions segment. The company operates in USA states and International market too.

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Truist Securities analyst Greg Miller maintains DigitalBridge Gr (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/DBRG#NYSE">DBRG</a>) with a Buy and raises the price target from $13 to $15.

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Truist Securities Maintains Buy on DigitalBridge Gr, Raises Price Target to $15

Truist Securities analyst Michael Swartz maintains Camping World Holdings (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CWH#NYSE">CWH</a>) with a Buy and raises the price target from $16 to $20.

Truist Securities Maintains Buy on Camping World Holdings, Raises Price Target to $20

Truist Securities analyst Matthew Coad maintains Block (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/XYZ#NYSE">XYZ</a>) with a Sell and raises the price target from $60 to $61.

Truist Securities Maintains Sell on Block, Raises Price Target to $61

Walmart Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WMT#NYSE">WMT</a>) is the largest private-sector employer in the United States. As of 2024, the company had 2.2 million staff globally, down by 70,000 from five years earlier. According to its <a href="https://stock.walmart.com/financial-information/annual-reports">annual reports</a>, the <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/topic/walmart" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">retail giant&#8217;s</a> revenue has grown by over $157 billion in the last five years. 
If we compare several retailers&#8217; latest quarter revenue, Walmart reported $166 billion, compared to Costco Wholesale&#8217;s (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/COST#NASDAQ">COST</a>) $63.2 billion, Target Corp&#8217;s (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TGT#NYSE">TGT</a>) $24 billion and Home Depot&#8217;s (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/HD#NYSE">HD</a>) $40 billion.
Costco, Target and Home Depot each added tens of thousands of employees in the last five years.
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Amazon.Com Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AMZN#NASDAQ">AMZN</a>) nearly doubled its global workforce to 1.6 million.
Walmart aims to grow sales by 4% annually without increasing its headcount, marking a contrast in the hiring dynamics of U.S. retail trade, which employed one in 10 American workers, the Financial Times <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5be70b28-018d-42d7-af8d-ea5a4bed4d44" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reported</a> on Tuesday. Walmart&#8217;s U.S. workforce has remained at 1.6 million in the last ten years.
Wall Street analysts Neil Saunders of GlobalData and Steven Shemesh of RBC Capital highlighted to the Financial Times that Walmart&#8217;s expansion without job creation reflects the prioritization of e-commerce and automation of cumbersome tasks. Artificial intelligence will offer an additional boost to these initiatives. Paul Lewellen, senior vice president of operations at Walmart, said automation upstream has allowed the company to free up five full-time associates to work in other store areas.
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon and other executives snubbed the hiring concerns, citing that technology investments will lead to new roles for workers.
Meanwhile, critics argue that Walmart&#8217;s net sales in the U.S. have risen 36% in the past five years, while average U.S. hourly wages have increased by 28% to $18.25. Walmart stock surged over 146% in the last five years and 52% in the previous 12 months.
In April, Walmart showcased labor-saving technologies at two new warehouses outside Dallas, including a cold-storage hub for foods and a fulfillment center to enable speedy deliveries for e-commerce customers.
About 600 associates work inside the 730,000 sq ft refrigerated warehouse, implying one employee for every 1,200 sq ft. A multi-tiered geometry of lifts, conveyors and sorting machines handles perishables from suppliers and stores them in racks. Algorithms-guided robots later dispatch the foods to coolers at 175 regional stores. The centers can ship over twice the volume of traditional cold warehouses while cutting costs by 20%.
Two miles away, Walmart&#8217;s DFW-5 fulfillment center stocks items for a U.S. e-commerce business that grew by 21% in the latest quarter. The 1.5 million sq ft warehouse can hold up to two million individual products and employs 650 associates. Here, work that once took 12 steps has been reduced to five, helping to cut the cost by an expected 30% at the end of 2025.
DFW-5 replaced a Fort Worth, Texas, warehouse named DFW-1, where Walmart cut over 1,000 jobs.
According to annual reports, Walmart U.S.&#8217;s dedicated e-commerce fulfillment centers declined to 29, down from 40 in 2020.
In May, Walmart cut 1,500 global tech, U.S. operations and U.S. advertising staff.
WMT Price Action: Walmart stock was down 0.32% at $99.45 premarket at last check on Tuesday.
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Walmart Leverages Automation And AI To Cut Costs And Grow, Paving The Way For Other Retailers: Report

JMP Securities analyst Roy Buchanan maintains Enanta Pharma (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ENTA#NASDAQ">ENTA</a>) with a Market Outperform and raises the price target from $23 to $24.

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JMP Securities Maintains Market Outperform on Enanta Pharma, Raises Price Target to $24

JMP Securities analyst Patrick Walravens reiterates Docusign (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/DOCU#NASDAQ">DOCU</a>) with a Market Outperform and maintains $124 price target.

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JMP Securities Reiterates Market Outperform on Docusign, Maintains $124 Price Target

Truist Securities analyst Asthika Goonewardene reiterates BioNTech (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BNTX#NASDAQ">BNTX</a>) with a Buy and raises the price target from $151 to $155.

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Truist Securities Reiterates Buy on BioNTech, Raises Price Target to $155

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TSM#NYSE">TSM</a>)&nbsp;CEO&nbsp;C.C. Wei&nbsp;blamed traffic jams for delays in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/topic/tsmc" rel="noreferrer noopener">expanding its base</a> in southwest Japan, hampering the progress of its Tokyo signature chipmaking project.
Wei also reiterated their commitment to invest another $100 billion to ramp up manufacturing in Arizona over the next half-decade.
However, he also highlighted to President&nbsp;Donald Trump the difficulties in completing the monumental construction in five years due to the skilled labor crisis, Bloomberg <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-03/tsmc-blames-japan-delay-on-traffic-after-warm-talks-with-trump?srnd=phx-technology&amp;sref=TBDibEcD" rel="noreferrer noopener">reported</a> on Tuesday.
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Taiwan Semiconductor&#8217;s plan to build a second factory in Japan&#8217;s Kumamoto Prefecture remains vulnerable to the sudden inrush of workers from the contract chipmaker&#8217;s first plant, which is taking a toll on the rural infrastructure.
Interestingly, the chipmaker&#8217;s prioritization of the U.S. expansion reduced the urgency of production in Japan.
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/25/04/44597633/taiwan-semiconductors-stock-slides-18-amid-concerns-over-us-expansion-and-intel-rivalry" rel="noreferrer noopener">Prior reports indicated</a> President Trump&#8217;s tariff warning coaxed Taiwan Semiconductor to ramp up investment in the U.S. without incremental subsidies.
Japan&#8217;s connection to ancestral land has made it difficult to promptly improve infrastructure despite the availability of government subsidies to attract foreign factories.
Concerns also remain over the longer-term outlook for AI demand. Taiwan Semiconductor&#8217;s conviction over demand for chips critical to developing artificial intelligence helped reassure investors against the Trump administration&#8217;s tariff policies.
However, the company remains cautious about the outlook for the 2025 global economy and semiconductor industry.
Reportedly, Taiwan, Japan, and the U.S. are establishing <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/25/05/45224491/taiwan-semiconductor-at-the-heart-of-new-us-japan-taiwan-chip-alliance-former-japanese-minister-says" rel="noreferrer noopener">closer trilateral cooperation</a> in&nbsp;the semiconductor industry, forming a &#8220;semiconductor iron triangle.&#8221;
The Taiwanese contract chipmaker&#8217;s Arizona factory uses Japan-made manufacturing devices and materials.
Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura expects collaboration in advanced chips to help the countries develop 5G, self-driving vehicles, and generative artificial intelligence.
He also proposed closer Taipei-Tokyo exchanges in the energy sector.
Price Action: TSM stock is up 0.52% to $195.86 at last check on Tuesday.
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Taiwan Semiconductor's Japan Chip Factory Faces Delays, While US Expansion Takes Priority

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CrownPoint Partners Announces $3.6M Sale Of Net-Leased Kroger Property In Laurel, Mississippi

Constellation Energy Corp (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CEG#NASDAQ">CEG</a>) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/META#NASDAQ">META</a>) announced on Tuesday that they had <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/25/06/b45742156/constellation-meta-sign-20-year-deal-for-clean-reliable-nuclear-energy-in-illinois" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">inked a 20-year</a> power purchase agreement (PPA).
The PPA will support Meta&#8217;s clean energy goals and regional operations with 1,121 megawatts of emissions-free nuclear energy. Constellation Energy stock gained after the announcement.
Beginning in June 2027, the agreement supports the relicensing and continued operations of Constellation&#8217;s high-performing Clinton nuclear facility for another two decades after the state&#8217;s ratepayer-funded zero emission credit (ZEC) program expires.
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The deal will expand the output of the Clinton Clean Energy Center by 30 megawatts through plant uprates. The deal is also expected to deliver $13.5 million in annual tax revenue.
The Clinton Clean Energy Center was slated for premature closure in 2017 after years of financial losses despite being one of the best-performing nuclear plants in Illinois. However, the Future Energy Jobs Act prevented Clinton&#8217;s retirement by establishing a Zero Emission Credit program that financially supported the plant through mid-2027.
The Clinton Clean Energy Center&#8217;s economic and environmental impacts are significant. The Center employs over 530 people, contributes approximately $13.5 million in annual taxes, and generates enough carbon-free electricity to power over 800,000 homes.
An&nbsp;analysis&nbsp;by The Brattle Group found that shuttering Clinton would raise emissions by more than 34 million metric tons of carbon over 20 years, the equivalent of putting approximately 7.4 million gasoline-powered cars on the road for a year.
Cathie Wood&#8217;s&nbsp;Ark Invest&nbsp;highlighted in its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/general/market-summary/25/05/45541408/cathie-woods-ark-invest-says-nuclear-energy-could-overtake-solar-as-cheapest-power-source-heres-a-list-of-nuclear-energy-linked-etfs-to-consider" rel="noreferrer noopener">new research that</a> nuclear energy can potentially emerge as the lowest-cost source of electricity, outcompeting solar.
Price Action: CEG stock is up over 4.5% at $327 at last check Tuesday.
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Ollie&#8217;s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/OLLI#NASDAQ">OLLI</a>) reported first-quarter 2025 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/cannabis/25/06/45728262/ollies-bargain-outlet-likely-to-report-lower-q1-earnings-these-most-accurate-analysts-revise-forecasts-ahead-of-earnings-call" rel="noreferrer noopener">earnings on Tuesday</a>.
The U.S. discount store chain reported adjusted earnings of 75 cents per share, beating the consensus of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/calendars/earnings" rel="noreferrer noopener">71 cents per share</a>.
The company reported sales of $576.77 million, beating the consensus of $565.95 million.
Net sales increased 13.4%, driven by new store unit growth and an increase in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/25/06/g45742869/ollies-bargain-outlet-holdings-inc-announces-first-quarter-fiscal-2025-results" rel="noreferrer noopener">comparable store sales</a>.
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<li>Comparable store sales increased 2.6%, driven by an increase in transactions.</li>
<li>Ollie Army loyalty members increased by 9.2% to more than 15.5 million.</li>
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Adjusted EBITDA&nbsp;was $72.2 million, and adjusted EBITDA margin&nbsp;was 12.5%.
&#8220;As consumers seek out value and the current environment weighs on retailers and suppliers, we believe we are well positioned to benefit&#8230; Our unique operating model gives us a ton of flexibility when it comes to navigating a choppy environment, and this puts us in a very strong position versus most retailers,&#8221; said Eric van der Valk, president and CEO.
The company opened 25 new stores, including 18 former Big Lots locations acquired through bankruptcy auction, and ended the quarter with 584 stores in 32 states, an increase of 13.2% year over year.
Guidance: The company is reaffirming its earnings outlook for fiscal 2025.
Ollie&#8217;s Bargain Outlet expects fiscal year 2025 adjusted earnings of $3.65-$3.75 per share compared to consensus of $3.73 per share.
The company expects a comparable store sales increase of 1.4%-2.2% compared to prior guidance of 1.0%-2.0%.
It raises 2025 sales guidance from $2.56 billion to $2.58 billion, compared to the consensus of $2.58 billion.
Price Action: OLLI stock is down 1.7% at $110.00 at last check on Tuesday.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Stock Prediction For 2025</h2>
Equity research analysts on and off Wall Street typically use earnings growth and fundamental research to value and forecast stocks. However, many traders turn to technical analysis to form predictive models for share price trajectory.
Some investors look to trends to help forecast where they believe a stock could trade at a certain point in the future. Looking at Ollie&#8217;s Bargain Outlet, an investor could make an assessment about a stock's long term prospects using a moving average and trend line. If they believe a stock will remain above the moving average, which many believe is a bullish signal, they can extrapolate that trend into the future using a trend line. 
For Ollie&#8217;s Bargain Outlet, the 200-day moving average sits at $103.46, according to <a href="https://pro.benzinga.com/">Benzinga Pro</a>, which is below the current price of $110.70. For more on charts and trend lines, <a href="https://pro.benzinga.com/">see a description here.</a>
Traders believe that when a stock is above its moving average, it is a generally bullish signal, and when it crosses below, it is a more negative signal. Investors could use trend lines to make an educated guess about where a stock could trade at a later date if conditions remain stable.
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Ollie's Beats Q1 Expectations, Lifts Sales Outlook As Shoppers Hunt for Discounts

Truist Securities analyst Jamie Cook upgrades Oshkosh (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/OSK#NYSE">OSK</a>) from Hold to Buy and raises the price target from $93 to $127.

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Truist Securities Upgrades Oshkosh to Buy, Raises Price Target to $127

The king of all blockchains – Ethereum (<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/ETH-USD">ETH</a>) – was once slow and costly. It led to the quick development of rival blockchains. But now Ethereum has corrected much of its problems, developed its own layer 2 chain like Optimism, is <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/crypto/25/06/45716370/ethereums-l1-will-be-scaled-by-10x-over-the-next-year-says-vitalik-buterin">improving the capabilities of its layer 1 chain</a>, and its gas fees have fallen from a June 2020 high of around 709 Gwei (the price in blockchain lingo) to 5.08 Gwei as of May 29. <a href="https://ycharts.com/indicators/ethereum_average_gas_price">Gas fees</a> have fallen 67% from this time last year, reducing prices for complex smart contracts hundreds of dollars.&nbsp; Why bother investing in an alt-chain now?&nbsp;
"The predicted developer exodus from Ethereum never materialized," said Alex Loktev, Chief Commercial Officer at P2P.org, a blockchain infrastructure company that provides staking services primarily for institutional clients.
Ethereum consistently supports <a href="https://www.developerreport.com/ecosystems/ethereum">over 6,000 monthly active developers</a>, dwarfing the combined developer activity of layer 1 chain rivals Solana (<a href="https://www.developerreport.com/ecosystems/solana">~3,200</a>) and Avalanche (<a href="https://www.developerreport.com/ecosystems/avalanche">~406</a>). Monthly active developers numbers reflect the number of software engineers that are building applications on a particular blockchain, opposed to monthly active users, which measures things like active wallets, or trading and gaming on the blockchain. "Ethereum&#8217;s has a deep bench of talent and they are not chasing transient yield farms," Loktev said. "They are focused on building scalable infrastructure with real-world use cases."
Loktev said Ethereum still offers "unmatched benefits" for users. He named a unified security model and integrated liquidity layers. "When you&#8217;re staking (coins) or securing billions in value, architecture isn&#8217;t a footnote—it's the main story," he said. "Ethereum continues to make the right choices for long-term institutional trust."
Unfortunately investors have not done well holding ETH this year, and over the last 12 months, despite relatively strong news for Ethereum. Spot Ethereum exchange traded funds recorded cumulative net inflows of $493 million in May, with <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/crypto/cryptocurrency/25/06/45718946/ethereum-books-record-institutional-inflows-xrp-sees-outflows-what-is-going-on">a record streak</a> of 9 consecutive days of positive inflows and $321 million in just the last week of May.
Technological advancements like the <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/25/05/45260729/ethereums-pectra-upgrade-goes-live-reshapes-wallet-logic-and-raises-security-and-bandwidth-concerns">Pectra upgrade </a>have not helped investors here. Ethereum has experienced a significant decline of approximately 31.9% over the past year. Within its big rivals, only Avalanche (<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/avax-USD">AVAX</a>) has done worse, down around 38%.
Solana (<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/sol-USD">SOL</a>): -5.7%
Cardano (<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/ada-USD">ADA</a>): +54.2%&nbsp;
Binance Smart Chain (<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/bnb-USD">BNB</a>): +7.4%
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What&#8217;s Good for Ethereum, is Good for All</h2>
Falling gas prices on Ethereum are a welcome improvement, said Shahaf Bar-Geffen, Chief Executive Officer of COTI (<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/COTI-USD">COTI</a>), a fintech platform for digital payments, "but Ethereum&#8217;s transactions per second limitations persist."&nbsp;
This and other bottlenecks keep competitive blockchains going, making it easier for them to attract developers and commercial clients. Most of them will have their own specific spin on what makes their blockchain unique. Privacy is a favorite for Coti users.
COTI developers were <a href="https://medium.com/cotinetwork/coti-joins-cbdc-project-as-pioneer-of-ecbs-digital-euro-d0083bc3806b">involved </a>in the design of the Digital Euro, and is a <a href="https://sabc.ai/">founding member </a>of the $140 billion Saudi Arabia AI &amp; Blockchain Center.&nbsp;
"Ultimately, developers need infrastructure that scales with their ambitions, so using a blockchain goes beyond just worrying about fees," he said. "Our approach isn&#8217;t just about being a cheaper option to Ethereum; it&#8217;s about creating a privacy infrastructure that is needed if you want to scale open (public) systems," he said.
The COTI token is down 39% year-to-date.
Progress in the industry is always a good thing, said John Wang, Head of Neo Ecosystem Growth and Managing Director of Neo Ecofund.&nbsp;
"Healthy competition drives innovation, and that benefits everyone," Wang said.
For Neo, a better Ethereum isn't a threat, though the NEO token has taken a hit this year worse than ETH. "It reinforces what we've believed from the start, that developers deserve performance, affordability, and a user-friendly infrastructure. Some blockchains may have gained attention purely due to Ethereum's high gas costs, but our value proposition goes beyond being an alternative," he said.&nbsp;
Falling Ethereum gas prices are not undercutting its rivals, even if their token prices are underperforming. The speculative nature of the cryptocurrency market doesn't always match the fundamentals of the company that issued the token in the first place.&nbsp;
As of now, there are 472 smart contracts built on Neo N3, and 1,842 smart contracts on Neo X — following the launch of their Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible sidechain.
Solana attracted interest from institutional investment houses lately, the Financial Times reported. Several major banks are now working with Solana to tokenize traditional financial assets like stocks and bonds; another sign that the Ethereum alternatives are viable.
BlackRock, VanEck Global and Wisdom Tree are working with the Avalanche blockchain to tokenize real world assets, Avalanche <a href="https://www.avax.network/about/blog/defi-grows-up-rwas-scalable-liquidity-and-institutional-access-on-avalanche?utm">said </a>on April 30.
"Ethereum has raised the bar now," said Wang. "We're more than ready to meet their challenge."
Disclosure: The writer of this article is an investor in Cardano.

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Ethereum Gas Fees Are Falling. Why Bother Investing In Ethereum Alternatives?

JMP Securities analyst Greg Miller maintains Applied Digital (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/APLD#NASDAQ">APLD</a>) with a Market Outperform and raises the price target from $12 to $18.

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JMP Securities Maintains Market Outperform on Applied Digital, Raises Price Target to $18

Scott Galloway, the <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/personal-finance/financial-advisors/25/05/45337334/scott-galloway-wants-to-cut-checks-for-rich-retirees-but-critics-say-his-fix-could-break-social-security">outspoken professor</a> and entrepreneur, says he gets it wrong all the time—and he doesn't try to hide it. &#8220;I bought Netflix at $12 and sold it at $10. Now it's at $1,100,&#8221; he said on a recent episode of the &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwdaYTvncwk">My First Million</a>&#8221; podcast. &#8220;I can&#8217;t stand people who are constantly taking pictures of all their wins and posting them on social.&#8221;
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Distressed Investing Over Hype Stocks</h2>
Despite that Netflix (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NFLX#NASDAQ">NFLX</a>) miss, Galloway has racked up some big wins, mostly by betting on unpopular, overlooked assets. He says the best returns don't come from trendy stocks, but from distressed situations that smell, as he put it, &#8220;like urine.&#8221;
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One of his best trades? Buying $10 million in <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/top-stories/25/05/45448569/ftx-to-distribute-over-5b-to-creditors-in-second-round-of-payouts-on-may-30">FTX bankruptcy claims</a> for $2.2 million after digging through the exchange&#8217;s filings. He figured their investment in <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/25/01/43127416/anthropic-gains-big-with-google-backing-aiming-for-60-billion-valuation-and-surging-ai-revenue">AI company Anthropic</a> was worth much more than creditors realized. "Crypto took off, everything they had invested in went crazy," he said. &#8220;Looks like we&#8217;re going to get 160 cents on the dollar.&#8221;
He admits there was risk, but also effort. &#8220;I&#8217;m that guy who reads bankruptcy filings,&#8221; he said.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">From Vape Startups To Yellow Pages</h2>
Galloway&#8217;s biggest return came from helping bring vape company NJOY out of bankruptcy. He initially put in $2.5 million. After the company received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval and was bought by Altria (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MO#NYSE">MO</a>), his stake turned into $75 million.
&#8220;We almost went to zero two or three times,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But that was hands down my best investment.&#8221;
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Another win came from dying yellow pages company Dex Media. He got in for about $4 million and sold after the business successfully pivoted into software. "What is less sexy than Yellow Pages?" he said.
Still, he doesn't shy away from his losses. He once invested $5 million in a healthcare texting company that went to zero in just 18 months. And he left $2 million on the table after selling covered calls on a stock that jumped right after earnings.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Shift Away From U.S. Stocks</h2>
Galloway is now moving away from U.S. equities, citing sky-high valuations and political instability. "[If] you think you're diversified because you're in an <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/what-is-an-index-fund">index fund</a>, you're not, because I believe the U.S. is going to go flat in the next decade," he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m going to be almost entirely out of the U.S. market within three or four months.&#8221;
He&#8217;s especially bullish on Europe, clarifying how everyone thinks Europe is overregulated and boring, but that&#8217;s exactly when you invest. &#8220;When something&#8217;s been left for dead,&#8221; he said.
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Piper Sandler analyst Jessica Tassan maintains UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/UNH#NYSE">UNH</a>) with a Overweight and lowers the price target from $552 to $353.

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VERO stock has given up its prior loss. Venus Concept shares were trading lower after the company announced it reached an agreement with Madryn Health to waive certain loan agreements for liquidity relief.

Carvana (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CVNA#NYSE">CVNA</a>) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 11.53% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 24.43%. Currently, Carvana has a market capitalization of $45.76 billion. 
Buying $100 In CVNA: If an investor had bought $100 of CVNA stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $292.49 today based on a price of $338.91 for CVNA at the time of writing.
<h3>Carvana's Performance Over Last 5 Years</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1748960114_0.png" alt="comp_fig" />
Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.
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Joby Aviation Inc (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/JOBY#NYSE">JOBY</a>) shares are trading higher Tuesday after the company announced a new agreement to explore distribution and service partnerships in <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/25/06/b45743529/abdul-latif-jameel-and-joby-agree-to-explore-opportunities-for-electric-aircraft-in-saudi-arabia">Saudi Arabia with Abdul Latif Jameel</a>.
What Happened: Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi company Joby Aviation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Abdul Latif Jameel to explore a potential distribution agreement for its electric aircraft in Saudi Arabia. 
The deal could lead to the delivery of up to 200 aircraft and related services valued at approximately $1 billion over the coming years. The companies noted that they also see potential long-term revenue opportunities across the Middle East.
"This collaboration is about bringing America&#8217;s leadership in electric air mobility to the world," said JoeBen Bevirt, founder and CEO of Joby Aviation.
&#8220;Together with Abdul Latif Jameel, we&#8217;re not just imagining a cleaner, safer, more efficient future—we&#8217;re building it. And there is no better partner to help unlock the extraordinary opportunity for air travel in the region.&#8221;
The collaboration is focused on enabling local air taxi services and building support infrastructure, including pilot training and MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul) facilities. Joby and Abdul Latif Jameel will also work together to explore distribution and sales collaborations.
<h3 class="wp-block-heading">How To Buy JOBY Stock</h3>
By now you're likely curious about how to participate in the market for Joby Aviation &#8211; be it to purchase shares, or even attempt to bet against the company.
Buying shares is typically done through a brokerage account. You can find a list of <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/best-stock-trading-platforms">possible trading platforms here.</a> Many will allow you to buy &#8220;fractional shares,&#8221; which allows you to own portions of stock without buying an entire share.
In the case of Joby Aviation, which is trading at $8.35 as of publishing time, $100 would buy you 11.98 shares of stock.
If you're looking to bet against a company, the process is more complex. You'll need access to an options trading platform, or a broker who will allow you to &#8220;go short&#8221; a share of stock by lending you the shares to sell. The process of shorting a <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-short-a-stock">stock can be found at this resource.</a> Otherwise, if your broker allows you to trade options, you can either buy a put option, or sell a call option at a strike price above where shares are currently trading &#8211; either way it allows you to profit off of the share price decline.
JOBY Price Action: Joby Aviation shares were up 8.6% at $8.13 at the time of publication Tuesday, according to <a class="" href="https://pro.benzinga.com/">Benzinga Pro</a>. The stock is now up over 60% over a one-year period and has seen heightened volume following news of its Middle East expansion efforts. Tuesday&#8217;s trading volume had already exceeded the company&#8217;s average session volume of approximately 13.8 million over the last 100 days at the time of publication.
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