The Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEMKT:VDC) offers broader diversification across 103 holdings, while the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEMKT:XLP) provides a more concentrated portfolio at a slightly lower cost. Both funds target the defensive consumer staples sector, providing exposure to non-discretionary goods like food, beverages, and household items. While they s...
The Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEMKT:VDC) offers broader diversification across 103 holdings, while the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEMKT:XLP) provides a more concentrated portfolio at a slightly lower cost. Both funds target the defensive consumer staples sector, providing exposure to non-discretionary goods like food, beverages, and household items. While they share similar goals, differences in index construction and concentration levels create distinct risk-reward profiles for investors seeking stability in volatile markets. VDC and XLP remain popular choices for those prioritizing capital preservation. Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year monthly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. Dividend yield is the trailing-12-month distribution yield. Continue reading
At a New York City ballroom late last month, a crowd of hi-tech luminaries gathered at an honours ceremony. The biggest draw for the assembled tech geniuses was Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, the superstar head of one of the world’s most valuable companies, set to receive the night’s top award. In some ways, engineers have been at the centre of every industrial revolution, Huang told the crowd, from...
At a New York City ballroom late last month, a crowd of hi-tech luminaries gathered at an honours ceremony. The biggest draw for the assembled tech geniuses was Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, the superstar head of one of the world’s most valuable companies, set to receive the night’s top award. In some ways, engineers have been at the centre of every industrial revolution, Huang told the crowd, from steam to electricity to information technology. But this one, artificial intelligence (AI), will be...
Forget Nvidia Inc. (NASDAQ:NVDA) or Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), cryptocurrency may be the best way to ride the AI boom, according to Pantera Capital founder and CEO Dan Morehead. Speaking during Alchemy’s CoBuild conference in New York on Tuesday, the OG investor...
Forget Nvidia Inc. (NASDAQ:NVDA) or Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), cryptocurrency may be the best way to ride the AI boom, according to Pantera Capital founder and CEO Dan Morehead. Speaking during Alchemy’s CoBuild conference in New York on Tuesday, the OG investor...
Allegro Microsystems ( ALGM ) was in focus on Friday as Mizuho upped its price target to $54 from $44 after the semiconductor company reported results earlier this week. “We rate ALGM Outperform with a $54 PT, ~9x F28E (Mar) P/S,” analyst Vijay Rakesh wrote in a note to clients. “We see ALGM positioned well with secular multi-year tailwinds in xEV/ADAS, good execution, and a strong portfolio expan...
Allegro Microsystems ( ALGM ) was in focus on Friday as Mizuho upped its price target to $54 from $44 after the semiconductor company reported results earlier this week. “We rate ALGM Outperform with a $54 PT, ~9x F28E (Mar) P/S,” analyst Vijay Rakesh wrote in a note to clients. “We see ALGM positioned well with secular multi-year tailwinds in xEV/ADAS, good execution, and a strong portfolio expanding end-market opportunities including AI DCs, robotics/automation, clean energy and medical.” For the coming quarter, Allegro expects to earn between $0.19 and $0.23 per share, compared to the analyst estimate of $0.20 per share. Sales are forecast to be between $245M and $255M, with the $250M midpoint above the $246.9M estimate. Gross margin is expected to be between 50% and 51%, while operating expenses are expected to be $80M, plus or minus $2M. The guidance comes after Allegro reported better-than-expected results for the period ending March 27. Adjusted earnings of $0.17 per share topped estimates of $0.16, while revenue rose 6.1% year-over-year to come in at $243.19M. Analysts had expected sales of $235.94M. More on Allegro MicroSystems Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (ALGM) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Allegro MicroSystems: Why It's Time To Take Profits Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (ALGM) Analyst/Investor Day Transcript Allegro MicroSystems forecasts Q1 FY 2027 EPS of $0.19 to $0.23 with sales of $245M to $255M Allegro Microsystems sinks after offering up in line guidance
Claims of nimbyism are a misunderstanding: the movement is about whether regular people have a say in fundamental decisions Since the surreal scene at the 2024 presidential inauguration, when a row of big tech titans took their VIP seats and signaled their new alliance with Maga, the Trump administration has rolled out the red carpet for Silicon Valley’s AI ambitions and shareholder priorities. Wa...
Claims of nimbyism are a misunderstanding: the movement is about whether regular people have a say in fundamental decisions Since the surreal scene at the 2024 presidential inauguration, when a row of big tech titans took their VIP seats and signaled their new alliance with Maga, the Trump administration has rolled out the red carpet for Silicon Valley’s AI ambitions and shareholder priorities. Washington has doled out billions in lucrative federal subsidies and contracts to the cash-rich sector, bloating an AI bubble that experts warn may imperil the entire economy while prohibiting any guardrails on the fast-moving technology. Continue reading...
Beauty products have never been more advanced. But as people layer them up, experts have seen a rise in perioral dermatitis. What is the too-much-skincare rash, and what can you do about it? It often starts innocuously: a small cluster of spots around the mouth, easily dismissed as a hormonal breakout or a reaction to something you have eaten. But this is how perioral dermatitis shows up – quietly...
Beauty products have never been more advanced. But as people layer them up, experts have seen a rise in perioral dermatitis. What is the too-much-skincare rash, and what can you do about it? It often starts innocuously: a small cluster of spots around the mouth, easily dismissed as a hormonal breakout or a reaction to something you have eaten. But this is how perioral dermatitis shows up – quietly, persistently and seemingly more frequently. “It’s quickly become one of the most common inflammatory conditions I treat,” says Dr Anjali Mahto, a consultant dermatologist and founder of the Self London clinic. Reddit threads on the subject run to thousands of posts, TikTok is awash with people documenting flare-ups, and actor Amanda Seyfried has spoken publicly about dealing with it. A recent report in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology confirmed the condition is on the rise. Meanwhile, the global market for perioral dermatitis treatments is growing. Continue reading...
This Florida-set revenge thriller swings between being boring and ludicrous. It’s riddled with awkward dialogue and convenient plotting Miami, Florida is the US at its extreme. Ostentatious wealth is everywhere, some legal, some very illegal, most of it in a grey area between the two. All of it is propped up by the hard work and cherished dreams of immigrants, people whose fight for a better life ...
This Florida-set revenge thriller swings between being boring and ludicrous. It’s riddled with awkward dialogue and convenient plotting Miami, Florida is the US at its extreme. Ostentatious wealth is everywhere, some legal, some very illegal, most of it in a grey area between the two. All of it is propped up by the hard work and cherished dreams of immigrants, people whose fight for a better life is getting harder – those few who make it to the top having to decide if, now they are no longer being exploited, they are willing to exploit others. All that provides the serious subtext for MIA, a new drama created by Bill Dubuque (Ozark). But any thoughtful treatment of the immigrant experience it might have to offer is overwhelmed by the sheer silliness of the main story, a revenge thriller starring Shannon Gisela as Etta Tiger Jonze, a woman in her early 20s whose entire family is slaughtered by a drug cartel. Raging with grief and with nothing to lose, Etta restarts from zero, lying low in Miami’s Haitian community while plotting to kill precisely 12 gangsters: the bad guys she witnessed murdering her loved ones. Continue reading...
As the Trump administration stokes anxiety about US birthrates, Karoline Leavitt and Katie Miller have touted motherhood as the ultimate ‘blessing’ On a Sunday in late March, dozens of White House staffers dressed in florals and pastels gathered at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia to celebrate the impending arrival of Karoline Leavitt’s second child. “I feel blessed to have so many strong ...
As the Trump administration stokes anxiety about US birthrates, Karoline Leavitt and Katie Miller have touted motherhood as the ultimate ‘blessing’ On a Sunday in late March, dozens of White House staffers dressed in florals and pastels gathered at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia to celebrate the impending arrival of Karoline Leavitt’s second child. “I feel blessed to have so many strong and loving women in my life,” the White House press secretary would later post on Instagram, “and can’t believe we will welcome our little lady into the world in a few weeks.” The vibes of the pink-themed baby shower, as documented in a New York Post exclusive , were soft, bordering on twee – a sharp contrast to the professional persona of a woman the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán once joked about hiring after witnessing her cage matches with the press. Continue reading...
Sadler’s Wells East, London Courtney Deyn and Jacob Samuel conjure a bleak world of excess, ritual and power in a visually striking but limited piece of dance-theatre It’s like the aftermath of the bleakest office party. A giant boardroom table, a naked man on the floor, another with his suit trousers round his ankles and someone urinating into a whisky glass. What follows feels like a surreal, le...
Sadler’s Wells East, London Courtney Deyn and Jacob Samuel conjure a bleak world of excess, ritual and power in a visually striking but limited piece of dance-theatre It’s like the aftermath of the bleakest office party. A giant boardroom table, a naked man on the floor, another with his suit trousers round his ankles and someone urinating into a whisky glass. What follows feels like a surreal, less glossy version of the TV show Industry: menacing games of power and domination in a coldly lit, hollow-feeling place. Meanwhile, a cleaner arrives to mop up the body fluids then sings Ave Maria. This is a wildly unpredictable world from Bullyache, the creative duo of Courtney Deyn and Jacob Samuel (plus five dancers on stage), who make darkly intense dance theatre. The set by Tor Studio has a wall of broken glass, as if someone has driven a truck through it, but it turns out A Good Man Is Hard to Find is about the people who drove a truck through the global economy in 2008. Halfway through, in a sudden mood switch, it turns into a gameshow and tells us these wasted cretins are the bankers who caused the financial crisis. What will their fate be? The piece is inspired by the secretive San Francisco institution Bohemian Club, a gathering of rich and powerful men who take part in various rituals including the cremation of care, where members cast off their worries – or, in Bullyache’s eyes, absolve themselves of guilt. The reference isn’t explicit in the show, but there does follow a Rite of Spring-ish ritual, set to Shostakovich’s chamber symphony in C minor, the grim mood shot through with classical leaps and Latin American swivel and a bit of punchy folk dance plus quasi-religious imagery. Continue reading...
Whether it’s the Met Gala or the start of holiday dressing, May is big news in the fashion world • The best wedding guest dresses for every budget May starts with a bang, in fashion. The Met Gala, which happens on the first Monday in May every year, is the most outrageous, most high-concept red carpet of the year. The Met looks don’t offer much in the way of real-life style, but they are a nice re...
Whether it’s the Met Gala or the start of holiday dressing, May is big news in the fashion world • The best wedding guest dresses for every budget May starts with a bang, in fashion. The Met Gala, which happens on the first Monday in May every year, is the most outrageous, most high-concept red carpet of the year. The Met looks don’t offer much in the way of real-life style, but they are a nice reminder that fashion in the summer should be fun. Bank holiday weekends are the perfect time to road test your holiday-season style, and longer evenings make a breezier kind of dressing up feel doable. There are some gems out there right now: read on for the Cos trousers that might just be your new wardrobe staple, and the high-street flats that I’ve had compliments on every time I’ve worn them. Continue reading...
China’s top remote sensing expert Ke Tao died from an illness on Wednesday at the age of 48, according to an obituary from Wuhan University. “Comrade Ke Tao made outstanding achievements in national defence science and technology and remote sensing mapping,” the obituary released on Thursday by the university’s School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering said. Ke, a professor at the schoo...
China’s top remote sensing expert Ke Tao died from an illness on Wednesday at the age of 48, according to an obituary from Wuhan University. “Comrade Ke Tao made outstanding achievements in national defence science and technology and remote sensing mapping,” the obituary released on Thursday by the university’s School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering said. Ke, a professor at the school, completed his undergraduate through doctoral degrees there before joining the faculty in 2008. In...
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Tappy connects to various devices over Bluetooth, not just Boox’s hardware. | Image: Boox Boox has announced its own alternative to the Kobo Remote that offers more functionality than just turning the page while reading on its tablets and e-readers. The Tappy can also be used to scroll vertical content in browsers or social media apps and skip to the next or previous track when listening to music ...
Tappy connects to various devices over Bluetooth, not just Boox’s hardware. | Image: Boox Boox has announced its own alternative to the Kobo Remote that offers more functionality than just turning the page while reading on its tablets and e-readers. The Tappy can also be used to scroll vertical content in browsers or social media apps and skip to the next or previous track when listening to music or audiobooks. It's available now through Boox's online store and Amazon for $25.99, making it slightly cheaper than Kobo's, but Boox says the Tappy will work with more than just its own devices. While Kobo's remote is reminiscent of a game controller like the Wiimote, Tappy looks more like a retro typewriter that's been distilled down … Read the full story at The Verge.
Fitness bands can’t be as simple as they once were before the AI health boom. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge This is Optimizer , a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here . A fitness band is for bettering yourself, but...
Fitness bands can’t be as simple as they once were before the AI health boom. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge This is Optimizer , a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here . A fitness band is for bettering yourself, but casually. It's lightweight, easy to wear, and not something you have to think too hard about. It's cheaper than a smartwatch. You get your steps, basic heart rate, and some sleep tracking. Maybe you can see the time, maybe you can't. But unlike many wearables today, a fitness tracker wasn't truly meant to be a companion for your phone and all the overwhelm that comes wit … Read the full story at The Verge.