Short sellers, those swashbuckling investors who profit from betting against stocks and who sometimes expose corporate fraud along the way, have faced an uphill battle as stocks have generally marched higher since the end of the 2008 financial crisis.

A slew of Wall Street analysts covering Nvidia Corp. are boosting their expectations for the chipmaker’s stock ahead of its quarterly earnings release due Aug. 27.

Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday after a mixed finish on Wall Street, where shares in Nvidia, Palantir and other superstar stocks pared their earlier steep losses.Traders are looking ahead for cues about U.

Wall Street is edging lower following drops for Palantir and other stars that had been riding the mania surrounding artificial-intelligence technology.

Incyte has outperformed the broader market over the past year, and analysts are moderately optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is holding near its record heights on Monday, ahead of a week likely to be dominated by updates from the head of the Federal Reserve and from some of the biggest U.S. retailers.

The S&P 500 slipped 0.4% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 152 points, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3%. To continue reading, log in or subscribe.

Jane Street has owned CoreWeave shares as far back as the first quarter, when the popular AI play went public. A SEC filing in May revealed the New York-based firm held about 9.4