The previously named Screen Actors Guild (Sag) awards also saw wins for the ensemble casts of Sinners and The Studio, while Harrison Ford took home lifetime achievement Actor awards 2026 red carpet – in pictures Michael B Jordan, Jessie Buckley and the late Catherine O’Hara were among the big winners at this year’s newly titled Actor awards. Previously known as the Screen Actors Guild awards, the ...
The previously named Screen Actors Guild (Sag) awards also saw wins for the ensemble casts of Sinners and The Studio, while Harrison Ford took home lifetime achievement Actor awards 2026 red carpet – in pictures Michael B Jordan, Jessie Buckley and the late Catherine O’Hara were among the big winners at this year’s newly titled Actor awards. Previously known as the Screen Actors Guild awards, the Actors are voted on by a membership of more than 160,000 actors. The name change was to provide “clearer recognition in terms of what the show is about”. Continue reading...
Getty Images In this month's article I wanted to review my retirement holdings associated with my Thrift Savings Plan retirement account. This account allows me to choose from four funds which are designed to match the performance of the following: SPDR S&P 500 ETF ( SPY ), the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF ( EFA ), the Vanguard Extended Market ETF ( VXF ), and the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ( A...
Getty Images In this month's article I wanted to review my retirement holdings associated with my Thrift Savings Plan retirement account. This account allows me to choose from four funds which are designed to match the performance of the following: SPDR S&P 500 ETF ( SPY ), the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF ( EFA ), the Vanguard Extended Market ETF ( VXF ), and the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ( AGG ). I last wrote about my retirement account allocation in January. My strategy is that of a trend trader. If the trend is up, I want to own the trend. If the trend is down, I want to avoid owning that asset. I start by looking at the S&P 500 index. I want to own the market if it is trading above its 10-month EMA as I find the 10-month EMA to be a good filter for defining a bullish trend. When the market is above its 10-month EMA the market is bullish. If the market is trading below its 10-month EMA, then the market is bearish, and I don't want to own the market. Chart 1 - S&P 500 Monthly with 10-Month EMA www.stockcharts.com For the month of February, the S&P 500 declined 0.87%. Chart 1 says that the S&P 500 index is bullish. It is trading above its upward sloping 10-month EMA. It is also up slightly year-to-date by 0.49%. The market is off to a slow start, but still positive for the year. Chart 2 - SPY Monthly with 10-Month EMA www.stockcharts.com Chart 2 of SPY mirrors the S&P 500 chart as expected. Since this chart shows 5 years of price versus 20 years of price, it does give more clarity on how responsive the 10-month EMA is to price movement. The pullback in February was not unexpected per se. Previously, the market was up nine consecutive months. That is the longest consecutive streak I see on Chart 2. Perhaps March will see the market continue its decline. Only time will tell. Right now, SPY is bullish as it is trading above its 10-month EMA. Because of that, I have 70% of my retirement assets in SPY and that is how I will keep them for the month of March. Chart 3...
Amazon Web Services Inc . suffered a disruption to its services after unidentified objects struck one of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates, causing a fire. While it is unclear if the incident is related to the conflict between the US and Iran, the fire broke out on the same day Iranian projectiles struck the UAE in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatol...
Amazon Web Services Inc . suffered a disruption to its services after unidentified objects struck one of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates, causing a fire. While it is unclear if the incident is related to the conflict between the US and Iran, the fire broke out on the same day Iranian projectiles struck the UAE in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior officials. AWS said the incident took place around 4:30 p.m. Dubai time on Sunday and the fire department shut off power to the facility and generators as they worked to extinguish the blaze, according to a post on its Health Dashboard . “One of our Availability Zones ... was impacted by objects that struck the data center, creating sparks and fire,” the company said, referring to regional groups of data centers. Iran’s retaliation has spread across the Middle East, with waves of missile and drone attacks launched against US bases and allies around the region, including in the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Read More: Iran Strikes: The Latest on US-Israel Conflict With Tehran AWS said it didn’t have an estimated time for when power would be restored to the data center. It said other groups of data centers weren’t impacted by the incident and it was routing traffic away from the affected data center. The company operates 123 such groups across 39 regions globally.
While it is unclear if the incident is related to the conflict between the US and Iran, the fire broke out on the same day Iranian projectiles struck the UAE in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior officials. AWS said the incident took place around 4:30 p.m. Dubai time on Sunday and the fire department shut off power to the facil...
While it is unclear if the incident is related to the conflict between the US and Iran, the fire broke out on the same day Iranian projectiles struck the UAE in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior officials. AWS said the incident took place around 4:30 p.m. Dubai time on Sunday and the fire department shut off power to the facility and generators as they worked to extinguish the blaze, according to a post on its Health Dashboard.
AndreyPopov/iStock via Getty Images U.S. stock futures slid sharply on Sunday evening, with Dow Jones contracts down more than 500 points after the conflict between the U.S. and Iran escalated over the weekend following heavy American strikes on Iran. Investors pushed gold ( XAUUSD:CUR ), usually viewed as a safe haven for investment in times of uncertainty, up by more than 1.5%, while crude oil p...
AndreyPopov/iStock via Getty Images U.S. stock futures slid sharply on Sunday evening, with Dow Jones contracts down more than 500 points after the conflict between the U.S. and Iran escalated over the weekend following heavy American strikes on Iran. Investors pushed gold ( XAUUSD:CUR ), usually viewed as a safe haven for investment in times of uncertainty, up by more than 1.5%, while crude oil prices climbed over 5% in early trading on Monday. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average ( DJI ) were down 521.2 points, or 1.1%. S&P 500 futures ( SPX ) shed 0.7%, and Nasdaq 100 futures ( US100:IND ) were trading 0.8% lower at press time. The U.S. dollar index ( DXY ), on the other hand, climbed 0.5% to 98 as investors scaled back their equity exposure and shifted capital toward safer assets such as Treasuries and precious metals. The 10-year Treasury yield ( US10Y ) stood at 3.98 %, the 2-year Treasury yield ( US2Y ) rose to 3.42 %, and the 30-year Treasury yield ( US30Y ) moved to 4.66% . Wagers on the fate of Iran’s Supreme Leader reportedly surged on prediction platforms Kalshi and Polymarket just hours before U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, drawing political criticism and complaints from traders after the markets resolved. Iran exports roughly 1.6 million barrels of oil a day, mostly to China, which may need to look elsewhere for supply if Iran’s exports are disrupted, another factor that could increase energy prices. Brent crude was last up 6% at $77.01, and WTI crude ( CL1:COM ) was trading around $70.71, up 5.5%. Brent ( CO1:COM ) climbed as much as 13%, briefly topping $82 a barrel, its highest level since early 2025. President Donald Trump, in a video posted to Truth Social, said that combat operations in Iran are continuing and would carry on until all of Washington’s objectives are achieved. 'Combat operations continue at this time in full force, and they will continue until all of our objectives are achieved. We have very strong o...