Today is Thursday, May 14, 2026.

The Early Bird Index today is 88.19.

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Strong earnings results and restructuring news propelled Cisco $CSCO ( ▲ 2.6% ) shares by 19.76% in after-hours trading on Wednesday.

Financials: Cisco reported earnings of $1.06 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $15.8 billion. Both were better than expected.

Powering the Story: Skyrocketing AI orders forced the company to raise its 2026 AI order expectations from $5 billion to $9 billion on Wednesday, but Cisco also announced plans to lay off 4,000 employees.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Cisco is getting more demand in AI-related infrastructure, but it is also shrinking or reshaping parts of the business that are slower-growing or less strategic.

Final Thoughts: The stock was already up nearly 34% this year.

Notable Earnings Today: Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT), Figma (NYSE: FIG), Klarna Group plc (NYSE: KLAR), YETI Holdings (NYSE: YETI), Intuitive Machines (Nasdaq: LUNR), Rumble (Nasdaq: RUM), Canada Goose (NYSE: GOOS), Canadian Solar (Nasdaq: CSIQ), Viking Holdings Ltd (NYSE: VIK), Aveanna Healthcare (Nasdaq: AVAH), Beeline (Nasdaq: BLNE), Bitdeer Technologies (Nasdaq: BTDR), Brookfield (NYSE: BN), Blaize (Nasdaq: BZAI), Bullish (NYSE: BLSH), Co-Diagnostics (Nasdaq: CODX), CorMedix (Nasdaq: CRMD), dLocal Limited (Nasdaq: DLO), Gemini Space Station (Nasdaq: GEMI), Globant (NYSE: GLOB), Heartflow (Nasdaq: HTFL), KinderCare Learning Companies (NYSE: KLC), Legence Corp. (Nasdaq: LGN), NextNav (Nasdaq: NN), NIQ Global Intelligence plc (NYSE: NIQ), Nova Measuring (Nasdaq: NVMI), Nu Holdings (NYSE: NU), Ondas (Nasdaq: ONDS), SBC Medical Group Holdings (Nasdaq: SBC), Terrestrial Energy (Nasdaq: IMSR), Versant (Nasdaq: VSNT), Wolverine (NYSE: WWW), York Space Systems (NYSE: YSS).

Notable IPOs Today: Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Inc. (NYSE: BXDC), Tap US Private Equity Fund of Funds (NYSE: USPE), EagleRock Land, LLC (NYSE: EROK), AIAI Holdings Corporation Class A Common Stock (Nasdaq: AIAI), Micware Co., Ltd. American Depositary Shares (Nasdaq: MWC), Cerebras Systems Inc. Class A Common Stock (Nasdaq: CBRS), Apeiron Acquisition Vehicle I Units (Nasdaq: APNAU), Patriot Acquisition Corp. Units (Nasdaq: PTACU).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Green Liberty Notes by Connecticut Green Bank - 16th Offer (Honeycomb).

Notable Economic Events Today: Jobless Claims (8:30 a.m. ET), Retail Sales / Core Retail Sales (8:30 a.m. ET), Export Price Index / Import Price Index (8:30 a.m. ET), Business Inventories (10:00 a.m. ET), Retail Inventories Excluding Autos (10:00 a.m. ET), Fed's Balance Sheet (4:30 p.m. ET).

Mixed financial earnings results caused shares of Doximity $DOCS ( ▼ 11.57% ), an online networking service for medical professionals, to plunge 18.14% in after-hours trading on Wednesday.

Financials: Doximity reported earnings of 26 cents per share in the past quarter, which were lower than expected. Revenue was $145.4 million, which was better than expected.

Final Thoughts: The company only expects sales between $151 million and $152 million in the current quarter, which is lower than expected.

The price of Solana $SOL ( ▼ 3.8% ) fell by about 3% on Wednesday and was the laggard among major cryptocurrencies.

Final Thoughts: Solana is down nearly 27% this year.

Energetic: Ford stock surges 13% on investor optimism for new energy storage business (Reuters)

Fall Behind: Ethereum app builder Consensys has delayed its potential IPO until fall (CoinDesk)

Cleared for Landing: Allegiant CEO makes case for low-cost airline model as Sun Country acquisition closes (CNBC)

Bitcoin Bullish: Bitcoin traders expect ‘fast move’ to $90K following CLARITY Act vote (Cointelegraph)

Supply Pains: The world lost nearly 1 billion barrels in oil supply over the past 75 days. Why investors aren’t worrying enough. (MarketWatch)

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