The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is down -0.26%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is down -0.80%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.16%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26) are down -0.20%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQH26) are up +0.18%. Stock indexes are under pressure today amid concerns about inflation, as oil prices climbed due to mounting disruptions to ene...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is down -0.26%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is down -0.80%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.16%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26) are down -0.20%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQH26) are up +0.18%. Stock indexes are under pressure today amid concerns about inflation, as oil prices climbed due to mounting disruptions to energy markets from the war in Iran. WTI crude (CLJ26) is up more than +4% at an 8.5-month high, fueling inflation concerns and sending bond yields higher. The 10-year T-note yield rose to a 3-week high today of 4.15%. Join 200K+ Subscribers: Stocks have underlying support from some positive economic and corporate news. Weekly US jobless claims rose less than expected, and Q4 nonfarm productivity rose more than expected. Also, Veeva Systems is up more than +5% after reporting better-than-expected Q1 adjusted EPS. Broadcom is up more than +5% after CEO Tan said the company expects its AI chip sales to top $100 billion next year. In addition, strength in software stocks today is keeping the Nasdaq 100 in positive territory. The US-Israeli war on Iran entered a sixth day with Iran pledging to escalate its retaliation. Arab states across the Persian Gulf reported interceptions of Iranian missiles and drones overnight and into today. Crude prices continued to climb and posted an 8.5-month high today as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, halting most energy shipments from the Persian Gulf. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned ships not to sail through the passageway, saying that vessels "could be at risk from missiles or rogue drones." The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which handles a fifth of the world's oil, has curbed exports and forced Gulf producers to stockpile the crude locally in storage tanks. Iraq, OPEC's second-largest producer, shut down oil production at its largest oil fields in Rumalia as local storage tanks filled up. Also, Kayrros reported on Wed...
As the earnings season winds down, investors are turning their attention to updated quant ratings following the latest round of corporate results. The scores provide a snapshot of how companies rank across key factors such as valuation, growth, profitability, momentum, and revisions after reporting their quarterly performance. Below is a snapshot of small-cap real estate companies with market capi...
As the earnings season winds down, investors are turning their attention to updated quant ratings following the latest round of corporate results. The scores provide a snapshot of how companies rank across key factors such as valuation, growth, profitability, momentum, and revisions after reporting their quarterly performance. Below is a snapshot of small-cap real estate companies with market capitalizations between $2B and $10B, highlighting those with the highest and lowest quant ratings after the earnings season, underscoring the stocks that strengthened their fundamentals as well as those that lagged behind. Top-quant rated stocks: DiamondRock Hospitality ( DRH ), Quant Rating: 4.81, Strong Buy. Getty Realty ( GTY ), Quant Rating: 4.71, Strong Buy. EPR Properties ( EPR ), Quant Rating: 4.68, Strong Buy. CareTrust REIT ( CTRE ), Quant Rating: 4.59, Strong Buy. NETSTREIT ( NTST ), Quant Rating: 4.28. Buy. Bottom quant rated stocks: Fermi ( FRMI ), Quant Rating: 1.00, Strong Sell. SL Green Realty ( SLG ), Quant Rating: 1.16, Strong Sell. Douglas Emmett ( DEI ), Quant Rating: 1.38, Strong Sell. Vornado Realty Trust ( VNO ), Quant Rating: 1.50, Sell. Medical Properties Trust ( MPT ), Quant Rating: 1.67, Sell. More on real estate stocks EPR Properties: The Ride Won't Last Forever, But I'm Holding (Rating Downgrade) EPR Properties: Preferreds Wildly Diverge On Value EPR Properties: While The Market Does Nothing, This High Yielder Is Outperforming EPR Properties to acquire portfolio of seven regional parks Most and least shorted REIT stocks with over $2B market cap
Campaigners have accused the UK government of in effect allowing child abuse to continue by having an “inconsistent and arbitrary” approach to implementing recommendations from a seven-year statutory inquiry. The claim was made at the high court in London, where a judge said a legal action against the Home Office could continue. The Maggie Oliver Foundation is taking action over the government’s a...
Campaigners have accused the UK government of in effect allowing child abuse to continue by having an “inconsistent and arbitrary” approach to implementing recommendations from a seven-year statutory inquiry. The claim was made at the high court in London, where a judge said a legal action against the Home Office could continue. The Maggie Oliver Foundation is taking action over the government’s alleged failure to adopt all the changes recommended by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA), which conducted investigations between 2015 and 2022. At a hearing on Thursday, Mr Justice Kimblin allowed the legal action to continue, saying it was arguable that the foundation had a “legitimate expectation” that the government would implement the recommendations. The Home Office is defending the claim. Oliver set up her foundation after quitting her job as a detective with Greater Manchester police to become a whistleblower and speak out about police failings in child exploitation. Christopher Jacobs, for the foundation, told the court that 17 of the 20 recommendations made by the IICSA had not been implemented as of 8 July 2025. The three recommendations at the centre of the claim relate to recording the age, ethnicity, religion and occupation of perpetrators of child sexual abuse, ending the use of pain-inducing restraint on children in custody and ensuring those in care have greater access to justice. Jacobs said about 500,000 children were sexually abused every year and that the government had “effectively allowed the abuse to continue” by taking an “inconsistent and arbitrary approach” to the recommendations. In written submissions, he said: “The claimant maintains that the obfuscations, denials and delays by successive governments in implementing the thorough and extensively reasoned recommendations of the seven-year inquiry must have contributed to thousands of otherwise preventable cases of sexual abuse and exploitation of children over the last three ...
Key Points Dipping into your long-term savings to cover surprise bills could cost you. In addition to penalties, you could risk a retirement savings shortfall. Aim for a three- to six-month emergency fund -- or higher, depending on your situation. The $23,760 Social Security bonus most retirees completely overlook › Life can be unpredictable. Even if you're great at following a budget, you may hav...
Key Points Dipping into your long-term savings to cover surprise bills could cost you. In addition to penalties, you could risk a retirement savings shortfall. Aim for a three- to six-month emergency fund -- or higher, depending on your situation. The $23,760 Social Security bonus most retirees completely overlook › Life can be unpredictable. Even if you're great at following a budget, you may have periods when your bills come in higher than expected. If your roof springs a leak, for example, that's not the sort of thing you can plan for. Neither is a broken leg and hefty hospital bill to follow. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » That's why it's so important to have an emergency fund at all times. That money can cover not only unplanned bills, but a period of unemployment. If you don't have a dedicated emergency fund but you do have a nice pile of money sitting in an IRA or 401(k) plan, you may be inclined to use your retirement nest egg as your backup plan. But here's why having a separate emergency fund is a much better bet. Raiding retirement savings early has consequences If you're sitting on a pretty nice sum of money in your IRA or 401(k), then you may inclined to skip the emergency fund. After all, if you have $240,000 socked away for retirement and need $2,400 in pinch to cover a car repair, that's just 1% of your nest egg. Surely you can replenish that money over time, right? Well, it's not that simple. First, you should know that when you raid an IRA or 401(k) before turning 59 1/2, you're generally subject to a 10% early withdrawal penalty. That $2,400 car repair withdrawal? It'll cost you $240 off the bat. Secondly, when you take a withdrawal from a traditional IRA or 401(k) plan, that distribution is taxable. This holds true whether you're tapping your savings early or n...
The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) had been largely left for dead by Wall Street investors over the past year. The ad-tech pioneer, once a high-flying darling of the programmatic advertising space, shed some 60% of its value as Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) increasingly encroached on its market share in retail media and connected TV (CTV). Slowing growth and ... Back From the Dead: The Trade Desk Soars as Hope Is...
The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) had been largely left for dead by Wall Street investors over the past year. The ad-tech pioneer, once a high-flying darling of the programmatic advertising space, shed some 60% of its value as Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) increasingly encroached on its market share in retail media and connected TV (CTV). Slowing growth and ... Back From the Dead: The Trade Desk Soars as Hope Is Resurrected
A comic book featuring a “flan cannon”, thermal underwear and “hairy” jam topped the overall UK book chart last week, in the run-up to World Book Day on 5 March. Bunny vs Monkey: Total Chaos!, an instalment of Jamie Smart’s bestselling series, is one of 13 World Book Day children’s books being sold for £1 in the UK for this year’s event, 10 of which make up the entirety of the most recent overall ...
A comic book featuring a “flan cannon”, thermal underwear and “hairy” jam topped the overall UK book chart last week, in the run-up to World Book Day on 5 March. Bunny vs Monkey: Total Chaos!, an instalment of Jamie Smart’s bestselling series, is one of 13 World Book Day children’s books being sold for £1 in the UK for this year’s event, 10 of which make up the entirety of the most recent overall Top 10 book chart for the first time. Smart’s book came in at No 1, having sold 36,479 copies in the week to 28 February, according to the Bookseller. “It’s really amazing to see comics enjoying this boom in popularity right now,” said Smart. “They’re such a fun and immersive way to read a story, and can be really inspiring to help [children] start telling their own stories too.” For many children, “that visual reading is their way in”, said World Book Day executive director Fiona Hickley. “Generally, comic books are funny, and children get the reward of a laugh when they read those books.” Other books that are proving popular this year are “highly illustrated chapter books”, which are a “really good stepping stone between picture books and chapter books”, added Hickley. Coming in behind Bunny vs Monkey are Peppa Pig: One Big Family, published under the name of the titular hog, at No 2; Chaos at the Chocolate Factory, written by Sibéal Pounder and illustrated by Emily Jones, at No 3; and Pablo and Splash: The Castle Quest by Sheena Dempsey, at No 4. The World Book Day charity is selling a total of 16 books at a discounted price this year, with 12 available UK wide, one for sale in Wales only, and three available in the Republic of Ireland only. World Book Day is one of the main partners of the government’s national Year of Reading campaign for 2026, launched in response to a sharp decline in reading for pleasure among adults and children in recent years. “One in three children are saying that they don’t enjoy reading,” said Hickley. World Book Day’s response is “offering ch...
In trading on Thursday, shares of Sotera Health Co (Symbol: SHC) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $15.32, changing hands as low as $15.14 per share. Sotera Health Co shares are currently trading off about 3.7% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of SHC shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, SHC's low point in its 52 week range is ...
In trading on Thursday, shares of Sotera Health Co (Symbol: SHC) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $15.32, changing hands as low as $15.14 per share. Sotera Health Co shares are currently trading off about 3.7% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of SHC shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, SHC's low point in its 52 week range is $9.53 per share, with $19.85 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $15.28. Click here to find out which 9 other stocks recently crossed below their 200 day moving average » Also see: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
In trading on Thursday, shares of Reynolds Consumer Products Inc (Symbol: REYN) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $23.20, changing hands as low as $22.87 per share. Reynolds Consumer Products Inc shares are currently trading off about 1.9% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of REYN shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, REYN's low...
In trading on Thursday, shares of Reynolds Consumer Products Inc (Symbol: REYN) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $23.20, changing hands as low as $22.87 per share. Reynolds Consumer Products Inc shares are currently trading off about 1.9% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of REYN shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, REYN's low point in its 52 week range is $20.91 per share, with $26.25 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $22.94. Click here to find out which 9 other dividend stocks recently crossed below their 200 day moving average » Also see: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
BlackRock’s sudden write-down of a loan tied to an Amazon aggregator is reviving concerns about transparency and risk in the rapidly growing private credit market.
BlackRock’s sudden write-down of a loan tied to an Amazon aggregator is reviving concerns about transparency and risk in the rapidly growing private credit market.
Until the conflict with Iran broke out, President Donald Trump was getting — by design or by chance — what he appeared to want in three pivotal financial markets: lower oil prices and Treasury yields, and a weaker dollar. The air strikes that the US and Israel launched over the weekend, and Iran’s counterattacks, are unraveling that. Crude prices have soared as war enveloped the Mideast, ramping u...
Until the conflict with Iran broke out, President Donald Trump was getting — by design or by chance — what he appeared to want in three pivotal financial markets: lower oil prices and Treasury yields, and a weaker dollar. The air strikes that the US and Israel launched over the weekend, and Iran’s counterattacks, are unraveling that. Crude prices have soared as war enveloped the Mideast, ramping up inflation concerns and complicating the Federal Reserve’s path to cutting interest rates again. Treasury yields have jumped as a result, counter to the administration’s stated wish for lower rates on the 10-year note — a benchmark for loans to companies and home-buyers. The greenback, meanwhile, has reclaimed its status as the ultimate haven asset , gaining against almost all world currencies. If that trend persists, it could make American exports less competitive and undermine Trump’s agenda of bolstering the manufacturing industry. US stocks have mostly held up this week. But the peril for the president is that a protracted war leaves energy prices elevated, weakening the investment outlook and consumer sentiment at a time when Democrats are focusing on the issue of affordability as they seek to retake Congress. “These unintended consequences pose a speed-brake on what Trump can achieve, particularly in a midterm year,” said Mina Krishnan , a portfolio manager at Schroder Investment. “The barometers he cares about are the S&P 500, gas prices and mortgage rates. He’s attributed his success to these metrics, which means he’s now tied to any failures.” It’s hardly the first time Trump has upended markets this term, and the reaction this week has been far more tempered than after his April rollout of steep tariffs. The big difference now, however, is that with the war he’s helped unleash, Wall Street is warning Trump may have a tough time containing the fallout . 2022 Scenario The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index has gained more than 1% this week, while 10-year yields are up rou...
Meta is facing a new lawsuit over its AI smart glasses and their lack of privacy, after an investigation by Swedish newspapers found that workers at a Kenya-based subcontractor are reviewing footage from customers’ glasses, which included sensitive content, like nudity, people having sex, and using the toilet. Meta claimed it was blurring faces in images, but sources disputed that this blurring co...
Meta is facing a new lawsuit over its AI smart glasses and their lack of privacy, after an investigation by Swedish newspapers found that workers at a Kenya-based subcontractor are reviewing footage from customers’ glasses, which included sensitive content, like nudity, people having sex, and using the toilet. Meta claimed it was blurring faces in images, but sources disputed that this blurring consistently worked, reports noted. The news prompted the U.K. regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office, to investigate the matter. Now, the tech giant is facing a lawsuit in the United States, as well. In the newly filed complaint, plaintiffs Gina Bartone of New Jersey and Mateo Canu of California, represented by the public interest-focused Clarkson Law Firm, allege that Meta violated privacy laws and engaged in false advertising. The complaint alleges that the Meta AI smartglasses are advertised using promises like “designed for privacy, controlled by you,” and “built for your privacy,” which might not lead customers to assume their glasses’ footage, including intimate moments, was being watched by overseas workers. The plaintiffs believed Meta’s marketing and said they saw no disclaimer or information that contradicted the advertised privacy protections. The suit charges Meta and its glasses manufacturing partner Luxottica of America with conduct that violates consumer protection laws. Meta has not yet responded to TechCrunch’s request for comment. Clarkson Law Firm, which over the years has filed other major lawsuits against tech giants, including Apple, Google, and OpenAI, points to the scale of the issues at hand. In 2025, over seven million people bought Meta’s smartglasses, which means their footage is fed into a data pipeline for review, and they can’t opt out. Meta told the BBC that when people share content with Meta AI, it uses contractors to review the information to improve people’s experience with the glasses, which is explained in its privacy policy, a...
Rasi Bhadramani/iStock via Getty Images Nvidia's ( NVDA ) $4B supply-chain investment and multi-year InP bottlenecks at Coherent ( COHR ) and Lumentum Holdings ( LITE ) signal that photonics manufacturing, not GPUs, may limit AI scaling. Introduction Within roughly a 48-hour window , two developments reshaped the photonics backdrop surrounding Aeluma, Inc. ( ALMU ). First, Nvidia announced approxi...
Rasi Bhadramani/iStock via Getty Images Nvidia's ( NVDA ) $4B supply-chain investment and multi-year InP bottlenecks at Coherent ( COHR ) and Lumentum Holdings ( LITE ) signal that photonics manufacturing, not GPUs, may limit AI scaling. Introduction Within roughly a 48-hour window , two developments reshaped the photonics backdrop surrounding Aeluma, Inc. ( ALMU ). First, Nvidia announced approximately $4 billion in strategic investments and supply arrangements tied to optical interconnect infrastructure for AI data centers. The agreements include $2 billion equity investments and multiyear purchase commitments with major photonics suppliers, including Coherent Corp. and Lumentum Holdings (NVDA - COHR and LITE investment) . One day later, at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, Coherent’s CEO (Coherent Transcript from the Conference) delivered an unusually direct assessment of the industry’s materials bottleneck: “The industry is constrained on indium phosphide capacity… most likely constrained through next year… it could be years that the industry is constrained.” These remarks landed immediately after Nvidia’s supply-chain move, underscoring the urgency emerging across the sector. Coherent’s leadership also made a broader architectural point: “Physics demands that we switch to optical… the end state is almost every connection in the data center fully optical.” This is not incremental improvement — it is a structural shift in how AI infrastructure will be built and scaled. Taken together, commentary from Nvidia, Coherent, and Lumentum highlights two realities: Optical demand in AI infrastructure is inflecting upward. The III-V materials used to manufacture many optical devices — particularly indium phosphide — are increasingly supply-constrained. That combination creates a favorable backdrop for photonics architectures capable of delivering III-V-class performance while riding silicon manufacturing rails. That is precisely the direction Aelum...
Arjun Raghavan, the CEO of Partners Capital, a firm that manages $75 billion for families and foundations worldwide — and he says AI is the largest risk factor in markets right now. Arjun joined Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about the technology and where he seeks the cracks and opportunities in private credit. (Source: Bloomberg)
Arjun Raghavan, the CEO of Partners Capital, a firm that manages $75 billion for families and foundations worldwide — and he says AI is the largest risk factor in markets right now. Arjun joined Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about the technology and where he seeks the cracks and opportunities in private credit. (Source: Bloomberg)
Key Points An insider bought a sizeable chunk of The Trade Desk stock. Reports emerged of a potential groundbreaking partnership. This double dose of good news sent The Trade Desk stock soaring. 10 stocks we like better than The Trade Desk › Shares of The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) stock roared out of the gate on Thursday, spiking as much as 30.7%. As of 10:56 a.m. ET, the stock was still up 18.4%. ...
Key Points An insider bought a sizeable chunk of The Trade Desk stock. Reports emerged of a potential groundbreaking partnership. This double dose of good news sent The Trade Desk stock soaring. 10 stocks we like better than The Trade Desk › Shares of The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) stock roared out of the gate on Thursday, spiking as much as 30.7%. As of 10:56 a.m. ET, the stock was still up 18.4%. The catalyst that sent the adtech specialist higher was a combination of insider buying and a potential groundbreaking partnership. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » A potential turnaround? The first bit of good news was a report that The Trade Desk had held talks with OpenAI regarding a strategic partnership. The artificial intelligence (AI) start-up is looking to expand into advertising, relying on partnerships to place its ads. The Trade Desk was named as one of its potential partners. The second bit of good news was a record-breaking stock purchase by CEO Jeff Green. The chief executive bought 6 million shares of The Trade Desk stock at prices ranging between $23.49 and $25.08, according to a regulatory filing. That puts the value of the new stake at more than $151 million. This adds to Green's already sizable holdings. As recently as last year, he owned roughly 47 million shares, or roughly 48% of the company, putting his total stake at roughly $1.3 billion. There's an old Wall Street adage that suggests that while there are plenty of reasons to sell a stock, there's only one reason to buy -- the belief that the stock will rise from here. The Trade Desk stock has been pummeled recently as investors grew concerned about decelerating growth and the possibility that AI is having a negative impact on its adtech business. These fears have weighed on the stock, sending shares down 63% over th...