The Invesco QQQ Trust ETF ( QQQ ) is delivering a standout performance in April, climbing 15.4% and positioning itself for its strongest monthly gain since 2002. The rally underscores renewed investor appetite for large-cap technology and growth-oriented equities, which dominate the fund’s
The Invesco QQQ Trust ETF ( QQQ ) is delivering a standout performance in April, climbing 15.4% and positioning itself for its strongest monthly gain since 2002. The rally underscores renewed investor appetite for large-cap technology and growth-oriented equities, which dominate the fund’s
Yahoo Finance anchor Josh Lipton tracks Thursday's top moving stocks and biggest market stories. Nvidia (NVDA) stock is moving lower after Wednesday's round of Big Tech earnings. Hertz (HTZ) stock is surging after the company announced its partnership with Uber (UBER) on autonomous robotaxis.
Yahoo Finance anchor Josh Lipton tracks Thursday's top moving stocks and biggest market stories. Nvidia (NVDA) stock is moving lower after Wednesday's round of Big Tech earnings. Hertz (HTZ) stock is surging after the company announced its partnership with Uber (UBER) on autonomous robotaxis.
Boeing (NYSE: BA) recently delivered one of its strongest quarterly earnings reports in years. Boeing is in the middle of a lengthy effort to improve its company performance; while the turnaround seems to be working, Boeing still has a long way to go to fully recover. Shares of Boeing have risen more than 20% in April as I write this. In the first quarter of 2026, Boeing's revenue jumped 14% year ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) recently delivered one of its strongest quarterly earnings reports in years. Boeing is in the middle of a lengthy effort to improve its company performance; while the turnaround seems to be working, Boeing still has a long way to go to fully recover. Shares of Boeing have risen more than 20% in April as I write this. In the first quarter of 2026, Boeing's revenue jumped 14% year over year to $22.2 billion. The company's defense segment reported a particularly strong quarter with its revenues rising 21% to $7.6 billion. Boeing's backlog is now a record high of $695 billion, with more than 6,100 commercial airplane orders. This is a sign of healthy and growing demand for Boeing. The company's balance sheet is gaining strength, and losses are narrowing. Continue reading
The Alberta government believes it will have Indigenous support for its plan to build a new oil pipeline to the Pacific coast when it’s unveiled in June. “The conversations I’m having with First Nations, and have had up to this time, have been very positive,” Energy Minister Brian Jean said in an interview with Bloomberg News. The loudest voices in opposition to the pipeline don’t necessarily spea...
The Alberta government believes it will have Indigenous support for its plan to build a new oil pipeline to the Pacific coast when it’s unveiled in June. “The conversations I’m having with First Nations, and have had up to this time, have been very positive,” Energy Minister Brian Jean said in an interview with Bloomberg News. The loudest voices in opposition to the pipeline don’t necessarily speak for the communities that live along the prospective routes, he said. Alberta, the province home to Canada’s largest oil deposits, signed an energy agreement with Prime Minister Mark Carney ’s government last November that included a potential new pipeline through British Columbia to supply crude to Asian markets. While the plan is for the private sector to eventually build and operate it, for now the Alberta government is developing the proposal itself. Jean said his government is working hard on both Indigenous consultations and environmental plans ahead of submitting its application to the federal Major Projects Office for review. “We’re making sure that those parts of the agreement or negotiations are well underway, if not completed,” he said. Asked directly if he expects to have Indigenous support for the pipeline application, he answered, “Yes, I do.” Gaining the support of affected Indigenous groups is important to building major infrastructure in Canada. While it’s possible to construct projects over the objections of First Nations, governments are legally required to deeply consult with impacted communities, and the path is smoother with their support. The federal government and provinces have also created funds to help Indigenous groups buy equity stakes in energy projects, and the agreement Alberta signed with Carney foresees Indigenous co-ownership of the proposed pipeline. Jean said a route through northern BC “only makes sense” in comparison to trying to build one south to Vancouver. Attempting to follow the same route as the Trans Mountain pipeline, as some ...
The stock market was gaining steam as a chip stock rally overcame some Mag 7 woes. The Nasdaq was up 0.6%. The S&P 500 was up 0.8%. THe Dow was up 724 points, or 1.5%. The S&P and Nasdaq were both on track for closing highs.
The stock market was gaining steam as a chip stock rally overcame some Mag 7 woes. The Nasdaq was up 0.6%. The S&P 500 was up 0.8%. THe Dow was up 724 points, or 1.5%. The S&P and Nasdaq were both on track for closing highs.
matdesign24/iStock via Getty Images This is a chart of a $3.4 billion ETF, iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF ( AOR ), that tracks a "60/40" portfolio model. That's the orange line. The ETF was built by iShares, which, along with other market
matdesign24/iStock via Getty Images This is a chart of a $3.4 billion ETF, iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF ( AOR ), that tracks a "60/40" portfolio model. That's the orange line. The ETF was built by iShares, which, along with other market
After a $300 billion AI debt binge that spanned every corner of the credit market, investors are starting to show some signs of fatigue. Make no mistake: There’s still appetite for those deals. But bankers have had to work harder to sell them lately, offering more incentives and higher compensation to investors who are spoiled for choice. Just on Thursday, they had the option of buying into Meta P...
After a $300 billion AI debt binge that spanned every corner of the credit market, investors are starting to show some signs of fatigue. Make no mistake: There’s still appetite for those deals. But bankers have had to work harder to sell them lately, offering more incentives and higher compensation to investors who are spoiled for choice. Just on Thursday, they had the option of buying into Meta Platforms Inc. ’s jumbo investment-grade offering, or take more risk and look at the latest leveraged loan deal from CoreWeave Inc. But there are signs of waning enthusiasm. Meta racked up a peak order book of about $96 billion for a bond sale that’s expected to raise as much as $25 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The last time it tapped the corporate bond market in October, it drew $125 billion of demand for a $30 billion deal. And lately, investors are demanding more protection. Borrowers are agreeing to repay some or all of the principal on debt before it matures, a clause called amortization that removes risk down the line. More issuers — especially in the junk-bond market — are getting so-called backstops from Alphabet Inc. ’s Google, a covenant guaranteeing that a data center lease will be paid even if a tenant defaults. There are also provisions that place a ceiling on building costs. It all suggests an undercurrent of anxiety around a market that has held up well so far — but is still relatively new and untested. And with estimates that the AI buildout could cost some $3 trillion, the size of the borrowings is only likely to balloon from here. Read More: AI’s $3 Trillion Build-Out Spurs Debt Boom and Creates New Risk “At the end of the day, these companies are selling a lot of debt and they’re going to have to pay up to borrow,” said Robert Tipp , head of global bonds at PGIM Fixed Income. “The market, after a spectacular narrowing in corporate spreads to historical tights, is seeing a wall of worry piled up before it.” Many money managers ...
The stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green, north-west London, has become the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks. So is rising antisemitism now a national emergency? And is more security for the Jewish community really the answer? Helen Pidd is joined by columnist Rafael Behr Continue reading...
The stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green, north-west London, has become the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks. So is rising antisemitism now a national emergency? And is more security for the Jewish community really the answer? Helen Pidd is joined by columnist Rafael Behr Continue reading...
July ICE NY cocoa (CCN26 ) today is up +164 (+4.81%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK26 ) is up +93 (+3.69%). Cocoa prices are sharply higher today, with NY cocoa posting a 2-week high and London cocoa posting a 2.5-month high. Signs that consumer demand for chocolate remains...
July ICE NY cocoa (CCN26 ) today is up +164 (+4.81%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK26 ) is up +93 (+3.69%). Cocoa prices are sharply higher today, with NY cocoa posting a 2-week high and London cocoa posting a 2.5-month high. Signs that consumer demand for chocolate remains...
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26 ) today is down -0.08 (-0.54%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) is down -4.50 (-1.01%). Sugar prices gave up an early advance today and turned lower after the USDA said it expects a 2026/27 sugar surplus in India by 2.5...
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26 ) today is down -0.08 (-0.54%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) is down -4.50 (-1.01%). Sugar prices gave up an early advance today and turned lower after the USDA said it expects a 2026/27 sugar surplus in India by 2.5...
Shares of Hertz (NASDAQ:HTZ) are up 13% on Thursday at roughly $6.35, while Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) stock is only up 2% to around $184.50. The contrast here is notable. Yesterday, both names cratered together, with Avis stock down 18% and Hertz stock down 5% in sympathy. Today, the two stocks are moving at different ... Hertz Gains 13% on Uber Robotaxi Deal While Avis Rises 2%: A Tale of Tw...
Shares of Hertz (NASDAQ:HTZ) are up 13% on Thursday at roughly $6.35, while Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ:CAR) stock is only up 2% to around $184.50. The contrast here is notable. Yesterday, both names cratered together, with Avis stock down 18% and Hertz stock down 5% in sympathy. Today, the two stocks are moving at different ... Hertz Gains 13% on Uber Robotaxi Deal While Avis Rises 2%: A Tale of Two Rental Car Stocks
The German artist lived through Nazism and communism – and his horrific, shaming works, including a masturbating Hitler, forced his country to face its past. Yet in later life, he beautifully captured human frailty, portraying himself and his wife nude Georg Baselitz was a living thread of history and his death robs us of the truth he knew when we need it more than ever. He was one of the only two...
The German artist lived through Nazism and communism – and his horrific, shaming works, including a masturbating Hitler, forced his country to face its past. Yet in later life, he beautifully captured human frailty, portraying himself and his wife nude Georg Baselitz was a living thread of history and his death robs us of the truth he knew when we need it more than ever. He was one of the only two people I have spoken to for whom Nazi Germany was a living memory: Baselitz was born in 1938, making him far too young to bear any personal guilt but old enough – seven when the Third Reich fell – to retain direct experience and images of it. In his art, he cut those images up, gored and eviscerated them in paintings of uniformed young enthusiasts with blood spurting from mangled limbs or entire bodies fed through some hellish grinder and roughly remade. Into the woods they went, these ironically titled “Heroes”, chopping and being chopped in the guilty depths of the German forest. Continue reading...
The price of WTI crude oil has risen nearly 75% this year. Most of that spike occurred over the past two months, as the Iran War curbed oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. Those rising oil prices boosted the margins of big oil companies, but they crushed the margins of other companies that depend on oil, natural gas, and related chemical products. Those headwinds are particularly tough for...
The price of WTI crude oil has risen nearly 75% this year. Most of that spike occurred over the past two months, as the Iran War curbed oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. Those rising oil prices boosted the margins of big oil companies, but they crushed the margins of other companies that depend on oil, natural gas, and related chemical products. Those headwinds are particularly tough for packaged food companies already operating on thin margins in commoditized markets. Rising natural gas prices are driving up fertilizer prices, while higher oil prices are making it more expensive to run tractors, harvesters, and other farming equipment. Those crops also become more expensive to ship, and the plastic packaging for those finished products -- which comes from petroleum -- becomes pricier to manufacture. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
KKR ( KKR ) has secured over $10B in financing for the launch of Helix Digital Infrastructure, a company that develops AI infrastructure, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg News . Helix Digital is set to partner with hyperscalers, according to the people
KKR ( KKR ) has secured over $10B in financing for the launch of Helix Digital Infrastructure, a company that develops AI infrastructure, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg News . Helix Digital is set to partner with hyperscalers, according to the people