Average short interest across consumer discretionary stocks at end-April remained concentrated in select names, with RH ( RH ) continuing to lead the most shorted list, while Amazon ( AMZN ) featured among the least shorted, based on short interest as a percentage of shares outstanding. The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ( NYSEARCA: XLY ) has gained 0.03% so far this year, compared with a 5.62% rise in the broader S&P 500 over the same period. Stocks with the largest and least short positions Stocks with the largest and least short positions (SeekingAlpha) Among the most shorted stocks, RH ( RH ) topped the list with 28.97% of shares outstanding sold short, followed by Under Armour ( UAA ) at 23.94% and Vail Resorts ( MTN ) at 20.59%. Duolingo ( DUOL ) and Advance Auto Parts ( AAP ) also saw elevated short positioning, with 19.38% and 19.10% of shares sold short, respectively. On the least-shorted end, Amazon ( AMZN ) recorded short interest of 0.86%, followed by MINISO Group ( MNSO ) at 0.88% and Vipshop Holdings ( VIPS ) at 0.92%. TJX Companies ( TJX ) and McDonald's ( MCD ) stood at 1.04% and 1.17%, respectively. Overall, short positioning in the consumer discretionary segment remained concentrated in select retail, apparel, and leisure-focused names, while several large-cap companies continued to carry relatively low short interest. More on State Street® Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR® ETF 3 Market Segments I'm Targeting When Iran War Ends How To Create A Wheel Strategy With Sector ETFs To Generate Income Retail Sector Recap: Consumers Pull Back On Weak Outlook Navan is best performing consumer discretionary stock in April Higher gas prices could lead to margin pressures in the consumer sector in Q2

The academy that controls the Oscars on Friday issued new award eligibility requirements around the use of artificial intelligence in film.

灣仔凌晨有一名私家車司機，涉嫌醉酒駕駛被捕。 涉事私家車停靠在路邊，警員調查。 消息指警方凌晨四時許，在中環蘭桂坊一帶展開執法行動，包括打擊濫收車資等，期間發現一名年約30歲男司機，帶有醉意登上私家車離開，懷疑他醉酒駕駛。 警員尾隨對方至灣仔告士打道5號對開將他截停，經酒精測試後證實超標，警方以酒後駕駛將他拘捕。

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Trump Pulling 5,000 US Troops From Germany In Punitive Move Amid Merz Spat In a huge late in the day Friday development, the Trump administration plans to pull some 5,000 troops from NATO member Germany , CBS is reporting. Citing senior defense officials, the Pentagon expects the troop draw down will happen over a six to twelve month period , Reuters has also separately reported, in what clearly appears a punitive measure aimed at Berlin by the Trump White House. Over several years, and stretching back decades, the US has maintained the most number of troops on the European continent in Germany - currently estimated at over 36,000 active duty personnel . So the 5,000 - while significant - is still somewhat of a symbolic move and number. Source: DPA The large US presence hearkens back to the post WWII division of Germany and post-war order, and is also a legacy of the Cold War. Ironically at this very moment European leaders have hyped a 'new Cold War' with Russia, as the Ukraine war continues raging. "The officials characterized the move as a signal of President Trump's discontent with the level of assistance that European allies have offered in the U.S.-Iran war ," CBS writes. The significance of the planned move also lies in the fact that America's German bases serve as headquarters of US European Command and Africa Command - with the historic Ramstein Air Base being the key hub. The announcement via US reporting comes just a day after Trump again lambasted German Chancellor Friedrich Merz : "The Chancellor of Germany should spend more time on ending the war with Russia/Ukraine (Where he has been totally ineffective!), and fixing his broken Country, especially Immigration and Energy, and less time on interfering with those that are getting rid of the Iran Nuclear threat, thereby making the World, including Germany, a safer place!" Trump wrote on Truth Social . Merz had in a rare moment torched US foreign policy and the Trump administration's Iran war gambit in Mon...

Shares of Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) spiked on Friday after the cloud communications leader boosted its full-year sales and profit forecast. Image source: Getty Images. Twilio's revenue jumped 20% year over year to $1.4 billion in the first quarter. Organic revenue, which excludes the impact of acquisitions, rose 16%. Continue reading

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彭博Markets Pulse调查显示，如果可能出任美联储新任主席的凯文·沃什取消包括所谓点阵图在内的经济预测摘要，则市场交易美联储将变得更加困难。 在4月29日至5月1日进行的调查中，85名受访者中近四分之三表示，失去这一反映美联储前瞻性思路的信息，将给交易带来挑战。 与此同时，通胀预期使受访者在投资组合调整上出现分歧 —— 27%表示不会因价格压力改变投资策略，20%表示将增加美国股票敞口，另有19%表示将减少相关敞口。还有少数受访者表示将增持通胀保值债券（TIPS）以对冲通胀预期。 责任编辑：何云

NuScale's SMR marks progress, but it's not operating in a vacuum. It's competing directly with energy solutions that are already cheaper and faster to deploy.

Key PointsEurope’s first NuScale SMR is a big step, but with a 7-year timeline, meaningful revenue is still years away.

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JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU), a low-cost airline, closed Friday at $4.86, up 4.40%. The stock moved higher as traders reacted to news that beleaguered rival Spirit Airlines may not have secured its hoped-for bailout.

In human-to-human communication, the desire to be empathetic or polite often conflicts with the need to be truthful—hence terms like “being brutally honest” for situations where you value the truth over sparing someone’s feelings. Now, new research suggests that large language models can sometimes show a similar tendency when specifically trained to present a "warmer" tone for the user. In a new paper published this week in Nature , researchers from Oxford University’s Internet Institute found that specially tuned AI models tend to mimic the human tendency to occasionally “soften difficult truths” when necessary “to preserve bonds and avoid conflict.” These warmer models are also more likely to validate a user's expressed incorrect beliefs, the researchers found, especially when the user shares that they're feeling sad. How do you make an AI seem “warm”? In the study, the researchers defined the "warmness" of a language model based on "the degree to which its outputs lead users to infer positive intent, signaling trustworthiness, friendliness, and sociability." To measure the effect of those kinds of language patterns, the researchers used supervised fine-tuning techniques to modify four open-weights models (Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct, Mistral-Small-Instruct-2409, Qwen-2.5-32B-Instruct, Llama-3.1-70BInstruct) and one proprietary model (GPT-4o). Read full article Comments

财联社5月2日讯（编辑 赵昊） 周五（5月1日），美股三大指数涨跌不一，其中标普和纳指连两日收于新高。 截至收盘，标普500指数涨0.29%，报7230.12点；纳斯达克综合指数涨0.89%，报25114.44点，双双刷新了前一交易日创下的收盘纪录；道琼斯指数跌0.31%，报49499.27点。 三大指数盘初集体走高，因伊朗前一天向巴基斯坦提交了其最新谈判方案文本，由巴方作为与美国进行谈判的中间人。但特朗普在盘中表示，对伊朗最新提交的谈判方案“不满意”。 受该消息影响，国际原油价格从日内低点反弹，其中WTI原油期货价格从每桶99.30美元回升至100关口上方，现报每桶102.58美元，美股三大指数也从日内高点回落。 但受益于中东战事的整体降温，叠加强劲的第一季度财报季，道指本周累计上涨0.55%，标普累涨0.91%，纳指累涨1.12%，其中标普和纳指录得连续第五周上涨。 Mercer Advisors投资组合管理副总裁David Krakauer评论道，股市的积极走势有望持续一段时间，他预计中东冲突能在短期内结束，从而重新开放霍尔木兹海峡。 Krakaue同时认为，即使冲突持续，盈利增长的潜力也将为股市提供动力，“不排除会有不好的消息传来，股市之后可能会出现小幅回调，但我们总体上仍然看好股票市场。” Krakaue指出，科技领域也会出现赢家和输家，因为并非所有人工智能资本支出都会获得回报，但他补充道，“我们认为人工智能能够提高生产力的故事依然成立。” 热门股表现 科技巨头多数走高，谷歌A涨0.23%，谷歌C涨0.34%，双双收于新高；苹果涨3.24%，微软涨1.63%，亚马逊涨1.21%，博通涨0.92%，特斯拉涨2.41%；英伟达跌0.56%，Meta跌0.52%。 费城半导体指数涨0.87%，刷新了上周五的收盘纪录。英特尔收涨5.44%报99.62美元，盘中一度升至100.45美元，创下了盘中和收盘新高，市值突破5000亿美元。 存储股方面，闪迪、希捷和美光三家均收于新高。闪迪收涨8.25%，盘初该股一度跌超4.4%；希捷科技收涨7.91%，美光科技涨4.84%，西部数据跌0.69%。 光通信多数走高，Applied Optoelectronics涨11.65%，Credo Technology涨5.96%，Lumentum涨5.28%，Astera Labs涨...

RTX ( RTX ) received a $441.6M contract modification for procurement of PATRIOT GEM-T missiles supporting Operation Epic Fury. The modification brings the total contract value to $441.6M, fully aligned to this award tranche. The work will be executed in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, with completion expected by Sept. 30, 2026. The full $441.6M in FY26 special funds was obligated at award; the contract is being handled by Army Contracting Command. More on RTX Corporation RTX Corporation: The Paradox Of Perfection - Why A Fortress Balance Sheet Meets A Valuation Wall RTX Corporation: Patience Will Be Rewarded RTX Corporation: Gift Exit Despite Solid Results RTX lands $335M contract modification for SM-6 missile production boost RTX wins $833 million U.S. Navy missile systems contract

Key PointsVolatile cryptocurrencies like XRP are usually not appropriate for investors who need their money soon.

格隆汇5月2日｜据央视，美国国防部当地时间5月1日表示，美国国防部长赫格塞思已下令从德国撤出5000名驻军，撤军工作将在未来6至12个月内完成。

格隆汇5月2日｜游戏驿站（GameStop）或最快于本月提交对易贝（eBay）的收购要约。游戏驿站美股盘后涨超4%。

PayPal Holdings (NasdaqGS:PYPL) has introduced PayPal Store Sync, connecting BigCommerce merchant catalogs to AI shopping tools including Microsoft Copilot, Meta and Perplexity. The launch is designed to make merchant products more easily discoverable and purchasable inside these AI powered experiences. This move extends PayPal's role beyond payment processing into AI driven retail channels and new partner based commerce flows. For investors watching NasdaqGS:PYPL at a share price of...

美元匯價上升，但全個星期計則下跌。 反映美元兌六隻主要貨幣的美匯指數，升百分之0.1，至98.211收市。 由於日本政府干預匯市，美元兌日圓一度跌至155水平，其後回升至157以上，倒升近百分之0.3。每百日圓兌港元亦由5算，回落至4.98水平。英鎊兌美元跌百分之0.2。歐元兌美元變動不大。全個星期計，美匯指數跌百分之0.3。

伊朗提出新的和平方案，市場憧憬霍爾木茲海峽有望重啟，原油期貨價格持續下跌。 紐約期油收市報101.94美元一桶，跌3.13美元，跌幅近百分之3。倫敦期油收市報108.17美元一桶，跌2.23美元，跌幅百分之2。全個星期計，紐約期油升近百分之8。倫敦期油升近百分之2.7。

In late April 2026, Bloom Energy Corporation reported first-quarter revenue of US$751.05 million and net income of US$70.65 million, and raised its full-year 2026 revenue guidance to a range of US$3.40 billion to US$3.80 billion. Oracle and BorderPlex Digital Assets also confirmed that Bloom’s fuel cells will fully power Oracle’s Project Jupiter AI data center campus in New Mexico, underscoring Bloom’s growing role as an on-site power provider for energy-intensive computing. We’ll now...

市場關注中東局勢發展，金價變動不大。 紐約期金收市報4,644.5美元一盎司，升14.9美元，升幅百分之0.3。現貨金收市報4,614.21美元，跌3.64美元。 全個星期計，就跌近百分之2。主要受到持續高油價，將引發全球通脹，令利率企於高位所致，因為持有黃金沒有利息回報。

美股三項主要指數在五月首個交易日個別發展，當中標準普爾500指數及納斯達克指數再創新高。 道瓊斯工業平均指數收市報49,499點，跌152點。標普500指收市報7,230點，升21點。 油價下跌利好投資氣氛，但市場更關注企業業績表現。當中道指開高180點後，升幅一度擴大至336點，逼近5萬點，但隨即掉頭回落，並以接近全日低位收市，跌152點，跌幅百分之0.3。全個星期計就升了268點，升幅百分之0.5。 標普500指數開高25點後同樣在早市見高位，最多升63點，創新高，收市升21點，再創收市新高。全個星期計升了65點。 生物科技公司安進只是輕微上調業績指引，股價跌近半成，成為跌幅最大的道指成分股。蘋果上季業績勝預期，升超過百分之3。同樣業績勝預期的網上社交媒體Reddit，更升超過一成三。 美國總統特朗普宣布提升歐洲進口車關稅，斯泰蘭蒂斯跌百分之2。 納斯達克指數最多升330點，創新高，收市報25,114點，升222點，再創收市新高。全個星期計升了277點。反映中國概念股表現的納斯達克中國金龍指數收市報6,887點，跌40點。全周計跌了65點。