When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important?
The VanEck Digital Native Economy ETF (NASDAQ:GENZ) is the same fund that traded for years as the VanEck Gaming ETF, VanEck Vectors Gaming ETF (NASDAQ:BJK), until VanEck flipped its mandate on April 9, 2026.
DraftKings has launched a proprietary, vertically integrated foundation for its prediction markets experience, DraftKings Predictions, and integrated it into the DraftKings: Sports & Casino app. This proprietary exchange, DKeX, and its integration into the app and will enable DraftKings to innovate more rapidly, the digital sports and gaming company said in a Friday (June 26) press release.
A similar class-action lawsuit against FanDuel and DraftKings in Massachusetts state court alleges the sportsbooks track user behavior and use that data to target them to keep betting “precisely when they're most susceptible,” ESPN reported earlier this year. That was the second litigation filed in a week targeting the sportsbooks, after an earlier complaint alleged the companies, the NFL and the data company Genius Sports offered a “known addictive product.
The 2026 World Cup is being celebrated worldwide by soccer fans and others who pay attention to this tournament that happens every four years and brings countries and people together. One of the companies likely celebrating the tournament is DraftKings Inc (NASDAQ:DKNG), which has had record engagement.
DraftKings Inc. (NASDAQ:DKNG) shares are trading higher Thursday after the company announced the launch of DKeX, its proprietary prediction markets exchange, integrated directly into the unified DraftKings: Sports & Casino app.