andresr/E+ via Getty Images Block's ( XYZ ) rally on Friday is putting payment fintechs in the spotlight, though momentum remains scarce. A screen of transaction and payment processing services stocks shows just three names with A-rated momentum grades. The Jack Dorsey-led company saw its shares surge double-digits after announcing that would slash its headcount to just under 6K from 10K, with Dor...
andresr/E+ via Getty Images Block's ( XYZ ) rally on Friday is putting payment fintechs in the spotlight, though momentum remains scarce. A screen of transaction and payment processing services stocks shows just three names with A-rated momentum grades. The Jack Dorsey-led company saw its shares surge double-digits after announcing that would slash its headcount to just under 6K from 10K, with Dorsey attributing the drastic change to AI. In addition, Block ( XYZ ) issued strong guidance for 2026 and the first quarter of the year, and Q4 earnings merely matched the Wall Street consensus. Against that backdrop, momentum leadership within payments remains highly concentrated. Only three stocks currently carry A-rated momentum grades: Sezzle ( SEZL ), StoneCo ( STNE ) and NCR Atleos Corp. ( NATL ). Each stock in the group is up at least 10% year-to-date and holds an overall Quant rating of Hold. XYZ, by comparison, is still down around 3% YTD and carries an overall Quant rating of Hold. More on Sezzle, StoneCo, etc. Blockbuster Q4 Earnings Confirm My Conviction As A Shareholder In Sezzle Sezzle: Credit Loss Reversal De-Risks The Subprime BNPL Thesis Tracking Cathie Wood's ARK Invest 13F Portfolio - Q4 2025 Update Brinks to acquire NCR Atleos in $6.6 billion deal Sezzle Q4 2025 Earnings Preview
Royal & Derngate, Northampton Emerging playwright Samson Hawkins takes on toxic influencers in an exuberantly directed drama with echoes of TV’s Adolescence The audience enters through a graffitied tunnel at one corner of the foyer. Inside, the auditorium is a life-size skate-park. It is a feat of set design by Rebecca Brower and tremendously atmospheric. The play is a blast of freshness, too. Wri...
Royal & Derngate, Northampton Emerging playwright Samson Hawkins takes on toxic influencers in an exuberantly directed drama with echoes of TV’s Adolescence The audience enters through a graffitied tunnel at one corner of the foyer. Inside, the auditorium is a life-size skate-park. It is a feat of set design by Rebecca Brower and tremendously atmospheric. The play is a blast of freshness, too. Written by local emerging talent Samson Hawkins, it is a dark comedy about toxic masculinity and the lure of misogynistic online influencer culture for young men struggling to find their place in the world. In this case, it is 18-year-old Aidan (Daniel Rainford) who is languishing in low-paid jobs and feeling powerless while his secretly adored friend, Mia (Fanta Barrie), prepares for university and begins a romance with the taller, richer Charlie (Finn Samuels). At its centre is an Andrew Tate-style alpha misogynist turned social media svengali, Hugo Bang (Danny Hatchard, of EastEnders fame). Dressed devilishly in a slick red suit, he emerges from among the snippets of social media that Aidan scrolls past, and which are dramatised, but slowly begins to gain his attention until he is in nose-to-nose dialogue with Aidan. Continue reading...
South Africa has offered Glencore Plc ’s ferrochrome smelting venture and Samancor Chrome Ltd.’s operations cheaper electricity in a bid to save jobs. Glencore’s joint business with Merafe Resources Ltd. , which processes chrome ore into ferrochrome, has been in talks for months with the government and state power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. about lowering its energy costs. In December, it ext...
South Africa has offered Glencore Plc ’s ferrochrome smelting venture and Samancor Chrome Ltd.’s operations cheaper electricity in a bid to save jobs. Glencore’s joint business with Merafe Resources Ltd. , which processes chrome ore into ferrochrome, has been in talks for months with the government and state power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. about lowering its energy costs. In December, it extended a consultation process on about 1,500 job cuts to the end of this month. Eskom and the government have proposed supplying the smelters with electricity priced at 62 South African cents per kilowatt-hour, a tariff requested earlier by the industry, Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa told reporters in the capital, Pretoria, on Friday. “We have no intention of socializing these costs” by passing them on to customers, he said. Read More: Glencore’s South African Smelters Near Job-Cut Deadline on Power Eskom Chief Executive Officer Dan Marokane said the companies will need to agree to the arrangement, which includes risk-sharing measures and will require regulatory approval. “The proposed contract and framework aim to provide stability to the ferrochrome industry by supporting its recovery, while Eskom identifies viable pathways toward a more appropriate price trajectory for industries in distress,” he said at the briefing. Only 11 of the South Africa’s 66 smelters remain operational, underscoring how rapidly rising electricity tariffs have impacted metals processing. Stabilized Supply While Eskom has stabilized supply, ending years of rolling outages that constrained economic growth, energy-intensive industries have continued to struggle as preferential pricing deals that originally attracted them to South Africa expire. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa approved a 35% reduction in prices for smelters for one year following an earlier round of talks. That decision allowed the startup of Glencore-Merafe’s Lion smelter in the northern Limpopo ...
'Soft' Data Soars To 2-Year Highs As Chicago PMI Smashes Expectations Market News International's Chicago Business Barometer smashed expectations this morning, print 57.7 - the highest since May 2022 - and above the highest analysts' expectation. This is the second straight month above 50 (signaling expansion) with new orders and employment surging (but prices also rising)... Prices paid rose at a...
'Soft' Data Soars To 2-Year Highs As Chicago PMI Smashes Expectations Market News International's Chicago Business Barometer smashed expectations this morning, print 57.7 - the highest since May 2022 - and above the highest analysts' expectation. This is the second straight month above 50 (signaling expansion) with new orders and employment surging (but prices also rising)... Prices paid rose at a faster pace; signaling expansion New orders rose at a faster pace; signaling expansion Employment rose and the direction reversed; signaling expansion Inventories fell and the direction reversed; signaling contraction Supplier deliveries rose at a faster pace; signaling expansion Production rose at a faster pace; signaling expansion Order backlogs fell and the direction reversed; signaling contraction This post-government-shutdown rebound in survey-based data has pushed 'soft' data to its highest since Jan 2024... ...and while 'hard' data has limped lower recently, its remains comfortably positive. Tyler Durden Fri, 02/27/2026 - 10:05
Pason Systems press release ( PSYTF ): Q4 FFO of $0.11 Revenue of $108.7M. More on Pason Systems Pason Systems renews normal course issuer bid Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Pason Systems Historical earnings data for Pason Systems Dividend scorecard for Pason Systems Financial information for Pason Systems
Pason Systems press release ( PSYTF ): Q4 FFO of $0.11 Revenue of $108.7M. More on Pason Systems Pason Systems renews normal course issuer bid Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Pason Systems Historical earnings data for Pason Systems Dividend scorecard for Pason Systems Financial information for Pason Systems
It's time to say goodbye to the Paldea region because a new generation of mainline Pokémon games are on the way. During today's big Pokémon Presents stream , Nintendo announced that Pokémon Wind and Waves are the next installments in the core game series. The games will launch in 2027 and are exclusive for the Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo also shared a trailer showcasing a new trio of starter pokém...
It's time to say goodbye to the Paldea region because a new generation of mainline Pokémon games are on the way. During today's big Pokémon Presents stream , Nintendo announced that Pokémon Wind and Waves are the next installments in the core game series. The games will launch in 2027 and are exclusive for the Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo also shared a trailer showcasing a new trio of starter pokémon - Browt, Pombon, and Gecua - and a number of different environments you'll be able to explore as you play through the games. In addition to establishing that Wind and Waves takes place in an island setting, the trailer really highlights how much … Read the full story at The Verge.
Willie B. Thomas Construction spending in December rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 0.3% M/M to $2,168.8B in December, compared to the 0.2% growth expected and 0.5% increase seen in November, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Friday. From a year ago, the figure advanced 0.4%. Developing... Check back for updates. More on U.S. Economy Chicago PMI rises more than ex...
Willie B. Thomas Construction spending in December rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 0.3% M/M to $2,168.8B in December, compared to the 0.2% growth expected and 0.5% increase seen in November, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Friday. From a year ago, the figure advanced 0.4%. Developing... Check back for updates. More on U.S. Economy Chicago PMI rises more than expected in February Producer Price Index comes in hotter than expected in January Long-term mortgage rates down to below 6%
Chartwell Retirement Residences press release ( CWSRF ): Q4 Revenue of $292.5M beats by $73.1M . Funds from operations ("FFO") (1) increased $23.6 million or 40.9% in Q4 2025, and $80.6 million or 40.8% for the year. Same property adjusted net operating income ("NOI") (1) increased 16.9% in Q4 2025, and 18.4% for the year. Same property adjusted operating margin increased 310 basis points ("bps") ...
Chartwell Retirement Residences press release ( CWSRF ): Q4 Revenue of $292.5M beats by $73.1M . Funds from operations ("FFO") (1) increased $23.6 million or 40.9% in Q4 2025, and $80.6 million or 40.8% for the year. Same property adjusted net operating income ("NOI") (1) increased 16.9% in Q4 2025, and 18.4% for the year. Same property adjusted operating margin increased 310 basis points ("bps") to 41.6% in Q4 2025, and 330 bps to 41.7% for the year. Weighted average same property occupancy increased 430 bps to 94.7% in Q4 2025, and 480 bps to 92.8% for the year, ending at 95.2% on December 31, exceeding our occupancy target of 95.0%. Same property adjusted NOI per occupied suite ("NOIPOS") (1) increased 11.6% in Q4 2025 on higher adjusted resident revenue per occupied suite ("REVPOS") (1) and lower adjusted direct property operating expense per occupied suite ("DOEPOS") (1) , and increased 12.2% for the year on higher REVPOS and lower DOEPOS. Distribution increase of 2.0% effective March 31, 2026. More on Chartwell Retirement Residences Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Chartwell Retirement Residences Historical earnings data for Chartwell Retirement Residences Dividend scorecard for Chartwell Retirement Residences Financial information for Chartwell Retirement Residences
RFU council approves change from 2026-27 season ‘The professional game must evolve if it is to thrive’ Promotion and relegation from rugby’s top flight is to be scrapped as part of a major restructure at the top of English club rugby after the Rugby Football Union council “overwhelmingly” voted to approve a move to a franchise model. From next season’s 2026-27 campaign, automatic promotion and rel...
RFU council approves change from 2026-27 season ‘The professional game must evolve if it is to thrive’ Promotion and relegation from rugby’s top flight is to be scrapped as part of a major restructure at the top of English club rugby after the Rugby Football Union council “overwhelmingly” voted to approve a move to a franchise model. From next season’s 2026-27 campaign, automatic promotion and relegation between the Prem and Championship will be replaced by a criteria-based expansion and demotion model with 12 teams planned to be in the division from the 2029-30 season. Continue reading...