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美国最大的石油公司警告称，霍尔木兹海峡关闭时间越长，全球原油市场越可能逼近价格上行的拐点。 埃克森美孚 、 雪佛龙 和 康菲石油 本周表示，该水道多关闭一天，全球就会进一步消耗商业库存、战略储备以及在美以对伊朗发动战争前储存在油轮中的原油。埃克森美孚首席执行官Darren Woods周五在与分析师的电话会议上表示，这些供应在3月和4月帮助“缓解”了油价压力，但无法长期维持。 “大多数人都清楚，如果你看看这场前所未有的冲击以及全球石油和天然气供应，市场尚未完全反映其全部影响，”Woods表示，“如果海峡持续关闭，后续影响还会进一步显现。” 伊朗关闭霍尔木兹海峡长期以来被视为能源市场的噩梦情景，因为通常全球约五分之一的石油和液化天然气每天通过这一咽喉要道。尽管自两个月前伊朗实际上关闭该航道以来，油价已上涨逾50%，但目前每桶略高于100美元的水平仍远低于纪录高点。 “当商业库存降至最低运作水平时，这一供应来源将不复存在，”Woods表示，“我们预计，如果这种情况发生且海峡仍然关闭，市场价格将继续上升。” 周五，随着伊朗释放愿就这场已持续九周的冲突与美国继续进行外交努力的信号，WTI原油价格下跌约4%，结算价报每桶102美元左右。 康菲石油首席财务官Andy O’Brien周四在与分析师的电话会议上表示，自2月底以来至今，原油市场一直处于“缓冲期”，因为在战争爆发前装船的油轮需要数周时间才能完成航程，因此仍在持续交货。 “现在，这些货物都已抵达目的地，”他表示，“供应减少的影响将开始变得更加明显。” 迄今为止，冲击对亚洲的影响最为明显，当地炼油厂正在降低开工率，一些国家也建议民众减少驾车并居家办公。 “进入6月至7月，一些依赖进口的国家可能开始面临严重短缺，”O’Brien表示。 摩根大通 分析师Natasha Kaneva等人本周在报告中写道，如果海峡持续关闭，发达国家的商业库存到6月初将达到运营压力水平，并在9月降至最低水平。她指出，届时需求将不得不进一步下降才能维持系统平衡。 “随着这些缓冲垫被逐步消耗，其吸收冲击的能力也会减弱，”雪佛龙首席执行官Mike Wirth在接受CNBC采访时表示，“因此价格信号会变得更强。” 责任编辑：何云

据央视新闻 ，当地时间5月1日， 美国总统特朗普表示，由于欧盟未履行双方已达成的贸易协议，美国将于下周对进口自欧盟的汽车和卡车加征关税，税率提高至25%。特朗普称，若相关企业在美国本土设厂生产，则可免于关税。 消息出炉之际，标普500指数日内涨0.66%，道指持平，纳指涨1.1%；彭博电动汽车指数涨幅收窄至不足0.3%，美股开盘以来维持出V形走势——打乱亚太早盘以来在4070点附近高位持稳的状态。梅赛德斯ADR跌2%。 针对美国总统特朗普宣称将对欧盟汽车加征25%关税， 欧洲议会国际贸易委员会主席朗格表示 ， 特朗普的相关做法“不可接受”，并批评美方“多次违反协议”， 这一最新举措恰好证明了美方是多么不可靠。 朗格指出，欧盟方面将继续履行既有安排，并强调美方做法“不是对待亲密伙伴应有的方式”。朗格还表示，欧洲议会正在推进相关立法工作，已形成议会立场，目标是在今年6月前完成。 针对美国总统特朗普威胁提高欧盟输美汽车关税， 欧盟委员会发言人1日表示 ：“如果美国采取与欧美贸易协议不一致的措施，我们将保留一切选项，以维护欧盟利益。欧盟始终致力于建立可预见、互惠的跨大西洋关系。欧盟正按照标准立法程序落实协议中的承诺，并在整个过程中持续向美方通报情况，保持密切沟通。” 德国汽车工业协会（VDA）表示，美国总统宣布将从欧盟进口到美国的卡车和轿车关税提高至25%， 这代表着跨大西洋关系再次面临严重的紧张局势。 汽车行业紧急呼吁双方缓和局势并立即开展谈判。欧盟与美国之间签署的贸易协议必须由双方共同遵守。在当前已经极具挑战性的时期，这些额外关税带来的成本对于德国和欧洲汽车工业来说将是巨大的，并且很可能也会影响美国的消费者。 欧洲汽车游说组织Acea拒绝置评美国总统特朗普最新汽车关税论调，但呼吁欧盟议员们尽快批准相关立法。 风险提示及免责条款 市场有风险，投资需谨慎。本文不构成个人投资建议，也未考虑到个别用户特殊的投资目标、财务状况或需要。用户应考虑本文中的任何意见、观点或结论是否符合其特定状况。据此投资，责任自负。

Earnings Call Insights: Hamilton Insurance Group (HG) Q1 2026 Management View “Hamilton delivered very solid results in the first quarter with net income of $134 million equal to an annualized return on average equity of 19%,” said Giuseppina Albo (CEO & Director), adding results were “underpinned by an attritional loss ratio of 54.5%, strong investment income of $94 million and thoughtful growth with gross premiums written increasing by 11% for the quarter.” Albo framed market conditions as increasingly competitive: “Pricing across parts of the industry continues to come under pressure,” and said Hamilton responded by “writing the business we wanted to write at pricing and terms that met our return requirements and stepping away from business that did not.” On renewals and pricing pressure, Albo said of midyear: “Given robust capital positions, we expect pricing pressure to be similar to what we experienced so far this year,” while also stating, “It is important to note that softening is coming off historic highs.” Albo highlighted capital strategy tied to casualty growth: “I also want to highlight our recently announced casualty reinsurance sidecar,” describing it as “a proactive approach to capital and portfolio management” that “allows Hamilton to support targeted casualty reinsurance growth while providing us with an additional source of fee income,” with “ceded premium over the duration of the structure projected to be about $300 million.” Craig Howie (Group CFO & Chief Investment Officer) said, “Hamilton is off to a strong start for 2026 with net income of $134 million or $1.31 per diluted share,” and added, “We had operating income of $167 million, equal to $1.64 per diluted share.” Outlook Albo said midyear renewals are expected to stay pressured: “As for the upcoming midyear renewals, which are largely property driven, given robust capital positions, we expect pricing pressure to be similar to what we experienced so far this year.” On growth posture, Albo ...

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Nearly 2,000-year-old artifact handed over by FBI matches piece missing from museum near Rome for decades A nearly 2,000-year-old Roman grave marker discovered in a New Orleans backyard has now been returned to Italy. The marble epitaph – dating back roughly 1,900 years – was officially handed over to Italian officials in Rome on Wednesday during a ceremony led by the FBI. The event also marked the repatriation of another antiquity recovered in the US, the agency said. Continue reading...

Shares of Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) dropped 13.8% this week, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence . Releasing earnings on Wednesday, the insurance upstart posted strong growth but continues to miss on profitability, which likely led investors to sell some shares. Despite this week's drop, the stock is still up roughly 100% in the last twelve months. Here's why Lemonade stock fell this week, and whether investors should buy the dip. Lemonade is a new insurer that focuses on being a digital-first provider, utilizing artificial intelligence ( AI ) to price plans and lower overhead costs. It offers rental, homeowners, and car insurance, but pet insurance has been the niche where Lemonade has grown the largest, crossing $500 million in premiums last quarter. Continue reading

Rep. Mike Haridopolos, representing Florida's 8th Congressional District joins Balance of Power to discuss the ending of the DHS shutdown as well as the ongoing war in Iran and the future of space exploration. (Source: Bloomberg)

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The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ( COMP:IND ) hit multiple record highs during the week, crossing the 25,000 milestone for the first time, driven by strong gains in the technology and communication services sectors following robust earnings. The broader index ended the week up 1.11%, closing at a fresh record high. Data showed the latest 1,000-point move to 25K took 184 days, reflecting a steadier pace compared with the sharp bursts seen in 2025, when multiple milestones were achieved in under two months. The Nasdaq 100 saw more gainers than losers over the week, with 55 advancing and 45 retreating. Top gainers of the week: Seagate Technology Holdings plc ( STX ) +24.0% . NXP Semiconductors N.V. ( NXPI ) +21.0% . Intel ( INTC ) +20.7% . Sandisk ( SNDK ) +19.9% . QUALCOMM ( QCOM ) +18.9% Top gainers of the week: GE HealthCare Technologies ( GEHC ) -11.3% . KLA ( KLAC ) -10.8% . Arm Holdings plc ( ARM ) -10.1% . Meta Platforms ( META ) -9.8% . PACCAR ( PCAR ) -8.6% . More on NASDAQ Composite Index 2026 Inflation Outlook Makes Rule Of 20 Particularly Misleading The Market's All-Time High Is A Warning Sign Macro Insights: The 'Spoils Of The Iran War' Hidden In The Market Stocks rise to fresh record highs as May trading starts with oil falling Nasdaq crosses 25K for first time as tech stocks power gains

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In trading on Friday, shares of Axos Financial Inc (Symbol: AX) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $87.74, changing hands as low as $85.86 per share. Axos Financial Inc shares are currently trading off about 10.4% on the day. The chart below shows the one year perfo

Richard Drury/DigitalVision via Getty Images Back in January of this year, I decided to reaffirm Northeast Bank ( NBN ) as a soft "Buy" candidate. I found myself impressed with the asset quality and earnings growth that the company had exhibited. However, the stock was not as attractively priced as it was in the past. This stemmed from the fact that the business had, during the time that I had been bullish about it, experienced incredible upside compared to the S&P 500. Since I had upgraded the stock to a "Buy" back in June of 2025, the stock had jumped 31.4%. That was meaningfully higher than the 16.9% increase that the market saw. Since then, we have seen it perform more along the lines of the market, rising 3.6% while the S&P 500 is up 3.9%. But that doesn't change the fact that, since I upgraded it , it has jumped 49.8%. That's massively higher than the 20.2% rise that the S&P 500 experienced. Looking at the data that's available today, I see continued expansion on the top and bottom lines. The company's balance sheet continues to grow. On top of this, changes in the composition of its balance sheet, combined with changes in the interest rate environment, have improved things quite a bit. Asset quality remains strong, and, at least in relation to earnings, the business is appealing from a valuation standpoint. When you add all of this together, it makes perfect sense to me to reaffirm it as a "Buy" candidate. I Can't Stop Banking On Northeast Bank Author - SEC EDGAR Data The only new data that investors have regarding Northeast Bank since I last wrote about it covers through the third quarter of the company's 2026 fiscal year. The first thing I would like to touch on in this article, as opposed to the balance sheet when I last wrote about the business, would be changes in interest rates and how they are affecting the company. In the chart above, you can see that from the third quarter of 2025 to the third quarter of 2026, Northeast Bank saw a rise in net interes...

格隆汇5月2日｜标普：霍尔木兹海峡的长期有效封锁可能会在2027年前对卡塔尔的财政和外部状况造成压力。

Wedbush said it doesn't expect Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI ( OPENAI ) to have a major impact on the company or its chief executive officer, Sam Altman. "We continue to believe that any major damage to OpenAI and Altman will be more scrapes and bruises than real consequences for the company and his role as CEO," Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in a note on Friday. The case is being heard by a federal court in Oakland, Calif., with the liability phase of the trial expected to last into mid-May. If OpenAI is found liable, the remedy phase should begin on May 18, according to Wedbush. Musk wrapped up his testimony on Thursday. Musk is suing OpenAI ( OPENAI ) for allegedly misleading him into thinking the company would remain a non-profit focused on safe AI development when he provided $38M in start-up funding. He has asserted that OpenAI's eventual conversion into a for-profit entity was an abandonment of its charitable mission and done to enrich certain individuals associated with the company. Codefendants in the suit include Altman and OpenAI President Greg Brockman, along with Microsoft ( MSFT ), a major investor in the company. Musk is reportedly seeking over $130B in damages, along with the removals of Altman and Brockman from their corporate positions. He's also asked the court to unwind OpenAI's conversion into a for-profit entity. Musk co-founded OpenAI with Altman, Brockman, and several other technologists in 2015 and served on its board until 2018. After leaving the board, Musk went on to found his own AI company, xAI ( X.AI ), which was eventually merged into Musk's SpaceX ( SPACE ). OpenAI, meanwhile, has denied Musk was misled, asserting he left the board after failing to convince OpenAI's leadership that it should be merged with Tesla ( TSLA ). OpenAI has also accused Musk of filing the suit to slow down its progress, as the company competes in the same space as xAI. Both SpaceX and OpenAI are reportedly looking to hold massive IPOs later this year. O...

Kenneth Cheung/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Introduction Per my February article , AI is transforming Meta Platforms, Inc. ( META ). We now have the Q1 '26 release , and revenue growth continues to be excellent. Also, Meta’s March 2026 Four MTIA Chips in Two Years blog post gives us new insight into Meta’s distinct approach with custom silicon. My thesis is that Meta does things in a unique way, which enables them to drastically simplify the advertising world. Meta’s Unique Thinking In addition to the new resources mentioned above, three older sources help complete the picture with respect to Meta’s one-of-a-kind thinking. Meta’s approach is documented across the 2023 Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (“MTIA”) paper (Firoozshahian et al.), the January 2025 infrastructure writeup (Tang), and the June 2025 MTIA 200 paper (Coburn et al.). Together, these show a consistent pattern of tight co-design of models, hardware, and infrastructure. The naming has since evolved as the first-gen MTIAs from the 2023 paper are now called MTIA 100s, and the second-gen chips from the 2025 paper went from being called MTIA 2i to MTIA 200. As the 2023 paper explains, Meta’s feed and ad systems rely on deep learning recommendation models (“DLRMs”), and sometimes these recommendation systems are referred to internally as RecSys. These models ran on CPUs back in the day before moving to GPUs, which were well-suited for LLM training at the time but overkill for the type of inference Meta needed. Those GPUs were like using race cars to deliver pizzas. MTIA 100 was designed specifically for this workload. It operated at ~25W versus ~250 to 500W for GPUs like the Nvidia ( NVDA ) A100s and ~350W for the Nvidia H100s. Rather than using high-bandwidth memory (“HBM”), MTIA relies on lower-cost memory and a large on-chip cache, which is effective because recommendation models reuse data frequently. This approach continued with the MTIA 200. One tradeoff is software, as Nvidia’s CUDA eco...