Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel , one standout is the JBBB ETF (Symbol: JBBB) where we have detected an approximate $112.2 million dollar outflow -- that's a 10.0% decrease week over week (from 24,050,000 to 21,650,000). The chart below shows the one year price performance of JBBB, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, JBBB's low point in its 52 week range is $45.75 per share, with $48.9553 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $46.64. Comparing the most recent share price to the 200 day moving average can also be a useful technical analysis technique -- learn more about the 200 day moving average ». Exchange traded funds (ETFs) trade just like stocks, but instead of ''shares'' investors are actually buying and selling ''units''. These ''units'' can be traded back and forth just like stocks, but can also be created or destroyed to accommodate investor demand. Each week we monitor the week-over-week change in shares outstanding data, to keep a lookout for those ETFs experiencing notable inflows (many new units created) or outflows (many old units destroyed). Creation of new units will mean the underlying holdings of the ETF need to be purchased, while destruction of units involves selling underlying holdings, so large flows can also impact the individual components held within ETFs. Click here to find out which 9 other ETFs experienced notable outflows » 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.

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (Symbol: VT) where we have detected an approximate $838.2 million dollar inflow -- that's a 3.6% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 258,853,615 to 268,280,416). Among the largest underlying components of VT, in trading today Salesforce Inc (Symbol: CRM) is down about 4.4%, Adobe Inc (Symbol: ADBE) is down about 2.1%, and Lowe's Companies Inc (Symbol: LOW) is up by about 4.8%. For a complete list of holdings, visit the VT Holdings page » The chart below shows the one year price performance of VT, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, VT's low point in its 52 week range is $76.80 per share, with $108.94 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $88.32. Comparing the most recent share price to the 200 day moving average can also be a useful technical analysis technique -- learn more about the 200 day moving average ». Exchange traded funds (ETFs) trade just like stocks, but instead of ''shares'' investors are actually buying and selling ''units''. These ''units'' can be traded back and forth just like stocks, but can also be created or destroyed to accommodate investor demand. Each week we monitor the week-over-week change in shares outstanding data, to keep a lookout for those ETFs experiencing notable inflows (many new units created) or outflows (many old units destroyed). Creation of new units will mean the underlying holdings of the ETF need to be purchased, while destruction of units involves selling underlying holdings, so large flows can also impact the individual components held within ETFs. Click here to find out which 9 other ETFs had notable inflows » 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.

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel , one standout is the Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (Symbol: VYMI) where we have detected an approximate $1.1 billion dollar inflow -- that's a 6.3% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 178,687,378 to 190,024,986). Among the largest underlying components of VYMI, in trading today Vipshop Holdings Ltd (Symbol: VIPS) is up about 0.1%, Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. (Symbol: ITUB) is off about 1.4%, and ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd (Symbol: ASX) is lower by about 2%. For a complete list of holdings, visit the VYMI Holdings page » The chart below shows the one year price performance of VYMI, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, VYMI's low point in its 52 week range is $65.23 per share, with $101.71 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $94.25. Comparing the most recent share price to the 200 day moving average can also be a useful technical analysis technique -- learn more about the 200 day moving average ». Exchange traded funds (ETFs) trade just like stocks, but instead of ''shares'' investors are actually buying and selling ''units''. These ''units'' can be traded back and forth just like stocks, but can also be created or destroyed to accommodate investor demand. Each week we monitor the week-over-week change in shares outstanding data, to keep a lookout for those ETFs experiencing notable inflows (many new units created) or outflows (many old units destroyed). Creation of new units will mean the underlying holdings of the ETF need to be purchased, while destruction of units involves selling underlying holdings, so large flows can also impact the individual components held within ETFs. Click here to find out which 9 other ETFs had notable inflows » Also see: The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasd...

franckreporter Michael Hartnett, chief investment strategist at BofA, said market corrections caused by “exogenous shocks at time of excess bullishness” typically end when a few conditions are met—and current price action hits at a few already happening. The first condition is when the “oversold” assets trough, reaching their lowest point in a market cycle or price movement. According to Hartnett, this is happening in software ( IGPT ), ( XSW ), ( IGV ), the Magnificent Seven stocks ( AAPL ), ( AMZN ), ( MSFT ), ( NVDA ), ( TSLA ), ( GOOGL ), ( META ), private credit, bank loans, and Bitcoin ( BTC-USD ). The second condition is met when the “overbought” assets sell. He said this is happening with gold ( XAUUSD:CUR ), ( GLD ), ( IAU ), ( SGOL ), ( OUNZ ), semiconductors ( SMH ), ( SOXX ), ( SOXL ), emerging markets ( EEM ), ( IEMG ), ( VWO ), European stocks ( VGK ), ( IEV ), ( IEUR ), and banks ( KBE ), ( KBWB ), ( KRE ). Third, when the “safe havens"—such as oil ( CL1:COM ), ( CO1:COM ) and the U.S. dollar ( DXY )—lose bid. Hartnett said that current price action is hinting that the first and second conditions are starting to happen, but oil and the U.S. dollar still “needed to give all-clear.” “Don’t expect big trading upside from here given yet to see proper price flush lower,” he added. He noted that the 100 top stocks within the S&P 500 ( SP500 ) are seeing a “peak liquidity” theme deepening with a December peak in global central bank cuts, which is pricing out 2026 interest rate cuts—the probability of a June 17 Fed cut was 100% back in Jan. 1; it is now 37%—flattening the yield curve and causing a potential inflationary oil shock. Global central bank policy rate cuts (24-month cumulative) (BofA Global Investment Strategy, Bloomberg ) More on the markets Early Impact Of Iran War Is Low, But Economic Risks Are Rising Did South Korea Just Pop The AI Bubble? February Jobs Report: Payrolls Decline As Strikes Impact Healthcare Sector U.S. stocks' decline persists a...

In early trading on Friday, shares of CF Industries Holdings topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 6.5%. Year to date, CF Industries Holdings registers a 52.6% gain. And the worst performing S&P 500 component thus far on the day is KKR, trading down 6.4%. KKR is lower by about 29.8% looking at the year to date performance. Two other components making moves today are Ares Management, trading down 6.3%, and Occidental Petroleum, trading up 2.8% on the day. VIDEO: S&P 500 Movers: KKR, CF The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

Artificial intelligence has moved from a promising idea to a massive buildout of real-world infrastructure, and the spending numbers are huge. Projections put the AI data center chip market at about 207 billion dollars in GPU and accelerator shipments in 2025, with total demand expected to reach 286 billion dollars by 2030 as AI infrastructure spending likely peaks around 2026. That kind of money is flowing through every part of the ecosystem, from power and cooling specialists like Vertiv (VRT), which is working through a roughly 15 billion dollar backlog tied to AI data centers, to high-speed networking and analog chip suppliers racing to keep up with the power and bandwidth needs of new AI clusters. It also helps explain why a well-known billionaire who built his reputation as one of Tesla’s (TSLA) largest individual shareholders has shifted more focus to Nvidia, the company many analysts now refer to as the “Godfather of AI.” He recently revealed the purchase of 1 million Nvidia (NVDA) shares, describing it as both a bet on AI’s long runway and a move to steady what he views as a nervous market that is starting to question how far this AI spending cycle can go. If institutional forecasts still point to AI chip spending climbing into the hundreds of billions over the next few years, and billionaire “AI insiders” are adding to Nvidia at this point in the cycle, should everyday investors be thinking about doing the same or wondering whether this is undoubtedly when caution matters most? Let’s find out. Inside Nvidia’s Numbers Nvidia (NVDA) makes most of its money from graphics processing units (GPUs) that power data centers, gaming, and AI infrastructure, which sit at the core of its business. Over the past year, the stock has been difficult to ignore, climbing 56.28% over the last 52 weeks , even though it is down 1.71% year-to-date (YTD) after a very strong 2025. Even with that recent pullback, Nvidia still trades at a premium. Its forward price-to-earnings ratio...

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另类资产管理公司和银行股周五大跌，包括 贝莱德 和Blue Owl在内，因一系列负面私人信贷事件引发市场对行业健康状况的新担忧。受就业数据弱于预期及中东冲突扩大影响，整体股市亦同步下挫。 个股动向：贝莱德跌逾5%；Ares Management跌6.3%，KKR & Co Inc跌6.3%，Blue Owl跌6%， 黑石 跌5.6%，阿波罗全球管理跌5.5%。 美国富瑞金融集团跌逾10%；Western Alliance下跌13%。 KBW银行指数下跌逾4%，23家银行股全线下跌至少2.9%。 责任编辑：李肇孚

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In early trading on Friday, shares of Chevron topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 0.5%. Year to date, Chevron registers a 25.2% gain. And the worst performing Dow component thus far on the day is Goldman Sachs Group, trading down 3.8%. Goldman Sachs Group is lower by about 8.6% looking at the year to date performance. Two other components making moves today are American Express, trading down 3.6%, and Microsoft, trading up 0.5% on the day. VIDEO: Dow Movers: GS, CVX The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

其主要市场为北约国家，尤其是德国，为莱茵金属公司供货 国防与航空供应商 Vincorion 宣布，计划在法兰克福证券交易所上市，以抓住欧洲国防预算增加带来的机遇。 这家德国军工企业周五表示，预计 首次公开募股（IPO）将于 2026 年上半年完成 ，公司已做好充分准备，受益于欧洲不断增长的国防开支。 Vincorion 主要产品包括： 混合动力能源系统、微电网、应急发电机 坦克等军用平台的稳定系统 美制 “爱国者” 导弹等防空系统 这家 2001 年成立的德国企业还提供维修、检测、技术升级等售后市场服务。 公司主要市场为 北约成员国 ，尤其是德国，是国防巨头 莱茵金属（Rheinmetall） 的供应商。其他客户还包括法德坦克制造商 KNDS 与航空航天集团 空中客车 。 首席执行官卡耶坦・冯・门青根表示，此次上市公告是基于 2025 年的良好业绩，公司去年营收约 2.4 亿欧元（合 2.786 亿美元） 。 此前不久，东欧军火制造商 CSG 在阿姆斯特丹上市，按募资规模和市值计算，均为全球史上规模最大的国防行业 IPO，1 月末上市首日股价大幅上涨，受益于市场对国防股的持续追捧。 据报道，其他欧洲国防企业也计划在法兰克福上市，包括 KNDS 与德国无人机制造商 Quantum Systems 。 多家欧洲国防初创企业已完成大额融资，估值突破 10 亿美元成为独角兽，被分析师视为潜在上市对象，例如芬兰 Iceye、德国 Helsing、葡萄牙 Tekever。 自 2022 年起持有 Vincorion 的私募股权公司 Star Capital ，将出售部分公司股份。Vincorion 表示， 富达、景顺、普信 旗下账户已预先承诺认购，整体预认购金额达 1.05 亿欧元 。 Vincorion 已聘请 贝伦贝格银行、法国 巴黎银行 、 摩根大通 负责此次 IPO 事宜。 责任编辑：郭明煜

kevinj/iStock via Getty Images Six Democratic senators, including Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), have sent letters to more than 10 major pharmaceutical companies this week seeking information on the recent pricing deals they signed with the Trump administration. The letters were addressed to the CEOs of AbbVie ( ABBV ), Amgen ( AMGN ), Bristol Myers Squibb ( BMY ), Roche’s ( RHHBY ) Genentech unit, Gilead ( GILD ), GSK ( GSK ), Johnson & Johnson ( JNJ ), Merck ( MRK ), Novartis ( NVS ), Sanofi ( SNY ), and Boehringer Ingelheim. In a series of deals over the past few months, the companies agreed to lower prices of their brand-name prescription medicines in the U.S. under President Donald Trump's most-favored-nation (MFN) pricing policy. Specifically, the senators sought information on how those deals benefit American patients and taxpayers through savings for the Medicaid healthcare program. “It is difficult to discern what American patients and taxpayers stand to gain from your agreement with the Trump Administration,” said the group , which included Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). Dear readers, we recognize that politics often intersect with the financial news of the day, so we invite you to click here to join the separate political discussion. More on Pfizer, Merck, etc. Pfizer: Obesity Hype And Vaccine Policy Shocks AbbVie: Stabilizes Near $233 While Testing Resistance Pfizer's Portfolio Renewal In Progress - High Yields For The Patient China approves Pfizer’s GLP-1 drug for weight management, intensifying market competition J&J wins FDA nod for multiple myeloma therapy

Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images Introduction It has been a rather great ride for LyondellBasell ( LYB ) since the start of the year, as the stock has appreciated nearly 43% since, and nearly 20% since my last Buy rating on the company . And that came despite LYB cutting its dividend by 50% to $0.69 per share . While this was painful for income-focused shareholders, I’ll say that it was the right call and one that I explicitly advocated for. With the Q4 FY2025 earnings now behind us and several macro developments playing directly into LYB’s strengths, I want to reassess whether the company at these beaten-down levels represents the deep value opportunity that I believe it does. Current Dynamics LYB’s Q4 FY2025 results were rough on the surface, with total revenue at $7.09B beating consensus by around 4% while the bottom line came in at a non-GAAP -$0.26 per share. For the FY the company posted a net loss of $738MM with revenue declining to $30.15B, down roughly 10% Y/Y. For the full year, LYB generated $2.5B in EBITDA excluding identified items, which is not bad for what I consider the absolute trough of the cycle. Though I believe that we need to look ahead to grasp what inherent value you could get from the company. One of the most significant recent developments for the chemical space has been the spike in crude oil prices driven by the escalating situation in Iran, with Brent pushing above $83 per barrel and WTI crossing $77. Now, most investors would assume that rising crude is bad for a chemical producer, but for LYB specifically, higher oil prices actually widen the competitive moat. Here is why. LYB operates around 70% of its production capacity in the US, where crackers run on ethane derived from natural gas. European and Asian competitors generally use naphtha as their feedstock. To put some numbers on it, US ethane-based crackers operate at roughly $200 to $350 per ton, while European naphtha crackers run at around $885 per ton and Asian ones ...

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‘We wanted to put on something as big as possible,” says the musician and actor Olly Alexander. He’s talking about Trans Mission, a night of solidarity with the transgender community that he’s put together with Mighty Hoopla director Glyn Fussell in aid of the Good Law Project and the charity Not a Phase. The jam-packed Wembley Arena bill includes Christine and the Queens, Sugababes, Romy and Wolf Alice. For Alexander, Trans Mission is about “celebration, joy, unity”. For Christine and the Queens, it will be “a place of collective empathy”. For Not a Phase founder Dani St James, “it’s basically a super sped-up Royal Variety Performance, but with me and Olly double-kissing them and not Charles shaking their hands”. View image in fullscreen ‘It was really important to get on the front foot’ … Dani St James The concert was born out of a moment of dismay for the organisers. On 16 April last year, the UK supreme court ruled that “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, creating shock and uncertainty in the trans community. The government has yet to approve or reject guidelines by the Equality and Human Rights Commission that could exclude trans people from spaces such as public toilets, but trans women and girls have already been forced out of institutions like the Women’s Institute and the Guides. “That ruling made a lot of people wake up,” says St James. “It was not only damaging for what it was, but also for the confusion it caused, the social stigma it heightened and the anti-trans voices it empowered. It was really important to get on the front foot and do something.” Immediately after the ruling, the musician and writer Tom Rasmussen began drafting an open letter calling for solidarity from the music industry. “I feel like trans people and queer people are always on guard for another serious attack on our rights,” Rasmussen says. “You’re sort of ready to go.” By 2 May, the letter was online, with signatories including Charli xcx, Sam Smith, C...

piranka/E+ via Getty Images The interesting part about Lumentum ( LITE ) right now isn’t that the AI optics business is growing strongly. Everyone can see that. What’s interesting is that Lumentum is starting to look like a capacity rationed utility in the AI buildout while the stock trades like a growth stock that can’t possibly fail. The quarter was real, the guide is real, and it’s legitimately loud. Revenue came in at $665.5 million for the fiscal second quarter and the company guided fiscal third quarter revenue of $780 to $830 million with the operating margin rising again. This is the kind of growth that makes customers stop negotiating and start asking for allocations. The language out of the call was telling: sold out fabs, allocations, LTAs, price step-ups, and customers asking for more than contracted. It’s a very different narrative from the typical optical component narrative. But I also don’t want to confuse a great business opportunity with a great entry point. I think Lumentum is being priced as a stock that can’t possibly fail, not as a stock that’s a key supplier. And that’s because at $48 billion of equity value, Lumentum is not priced as a key supplier but as the chokepoint. Q2FY26 Earnings Presentation The Real AI Bottleneck Isn’t GPUs, It’s Indium Phosphide If I had to distill this all down to a single edge case, it is a question of indium phosphide supply with execution credibility behind it. Lumentum can be fully allocated and mean it. They’re shipping a record amount of EMLs, accelerating their 200G ramp ahead of plan and bringing forward a significant portion of their planned capacity expansions. And that’s important because we’re unit-constrained in the market, not share-constrained. And the current limiter in the market is not demand creation but demand allocation. So why is all of this important? It’s why the Nvidia ( NVDA ) relationship is not just a PR headline for me. It’s a $2 billion investment alongside multi-year commitments to pr...

hapabapa/iStock Editorial via Getty Images BlackRock ( BLK ) has curbed withdrawals from its private credit fund after a surge in redemption requests, becoming the latest to be highlighted in the broader private credit issue. BLK shares were 5.31% lower at $974.58 during Friday morning trading. Earlier this month, Blackstone ( BX ) had said its $82B private credit fund's repurchase requests for the quarter exceeded the 5% of shares typically available for repurchase, and the board elected to upsize the offer to 7% of shares, the maximum amount permitted without changing the terms of the repurchase offer. In February, Blue Owl Capital ( OWL ) permanently restricted withdrawals from a $1.6B private credit vehicle and sold $1.4B in loans to pension funds and its own insurance company. The news comes amid growing concerns about systemic risks in the $1.8T private credit market. HPS Corporate Lending Fund, one of BlackRock's biggest private credit funds, said its shareholders requested 9.3% of their shares in the first quarter of 2026. However, it will be fulfilling the repurchase request for 5% of the shares outstanding as of December 31, 2025. The amount comes to ~$620M. The New York-based investment manager noted in the HLEND letter that redemption requests exceeded the 5% framework for the first time since its inception. "We have made this decision, like all prior decisions regarding the fund's capital, with the best interest of all shareholders in mind," the letter said. "Historically, periods of uncertainty and volatility have created some of the most compelling investment opportunities within private credit markets. We believe that we are entering into that type of environment," said the letter. HLEND noted it has over $4.4B in liquidity as of February 28, and raised ~$840M of subscriptions in the first quarter. More on BlackRock BlackRock: Paying A Premium For Index-Like Returns BlackRock: A Quality Compounder To Buy Now BlackRock, Inc. (BLK) Presents at Bank of ...

AMD Stock and Nvidia Are on a Tough Run. New U.S. Chip Export Rules Won’t Help. Barron's

Possible new rules on chip exports could complicate the chip companies’ hopes of capitalizing of the estimated $1.5 trillion “sovereign AI” market.

AMD and Nvidia Are on a Tough Run. New U.S. Chip Export Rules Wouldn’t Help. Barron's

TheKaran/iStock via Getty Images Ring Energy ( REI ) is one of the companies that I follow that is slowly working its way out of a debt straitjacket. The main indicator was the increase in free cash flow that management pointed out during the conference call despite lower commodity prices (on average). One unintended side effect was the increase in the debt ratio as commodity prices declined (and debt was repaid). However, the acquisition strategy has also been aided by technology advances. For a rare conventional company located in the Permian, such technology advances have two parts. The first part is the usual suspects of well design and completion techniques. In this modern era, a lot of the unconventional well designs are also used in conventional areas. The same goes for some extent to completion techniques. But this company also drills vertical wells. Now there has always been and will continue to be experimentation as to when a horizontal well is indicated rather than a vertical well. This is actually the first time that I heard that discussion. Lower Costs Along with these advantages comes the idea that much of the acquired acreage was competitive for capital dollars right away. The quality of the acquisitions (in general) has allowed a cost cutting campaign in excess of what technology advances would be expected to produce. Ring Energy Summary Of Results For Fiscal Year 2025 Compared To Fiscal Year 2024 (Ring Energy Corporate Presentation Fourth Quarter 2025) The lower costs are shown above compared to fiscal year 2024. Capex needed to maintain production levels has declined materially. That is at least partially due to the acquisitions. Keep in mind that this happened even though the company acquired production with the acquisition. Similarly, the all-in cash operating costs are also decreasing. Now that process is a weighted average process where new lower cost wells slowly gain in significance as legacy production declines. It is therefore very possible...

据美国国家公路交通安全管理局消息，福特因车辆 倒车影像故障 （会增加碰撞风险），宣布召回近 200 万辆 汽车。 部分车型（包括 2021 至 2026 款福特 Bronco、2021 至 2024 款福特 Edge）可能出现 倒车影像无法显示 的问题，此次相关召回涉及 849，310 辆 汽车。 美国国家公路交通安全管理局表示，在部分 2020 至 2022 款 Escape、林肯海盗船、2020 至 2024 款林肯飞行家及探险者车型上，倒车影像画面可能 颠倒或反转 ，“挂倒挡时显示错误画面”。 此次召回涉及 889，950 辆 汽车。 责任编辑：郭明煜

A US judge will reportedly meet government lawyers to agree how to refund up to $175bn in tariffs that were collected illegally from more than 300,000 importers. Judge Richard Eaton of the US court of international trade would hear from lawyers for the customs agency responsible for the repayments on Friday, Reuters reported. The supreme court decided last month that a 1977 law designed to address national emergencies did not provide the legal justification for most of the Trump administration’s global tariffs. The closed-doors meeting would be a “closed conference”, the court’s website said. Gina Justice, the trade court’s clerk, said it was a “settlement conference”. The judge told Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Wednesday that it must start paying back importers using its existing systems – with interest – in an order covering all affected importers, not just those who had taken their cases to court. The supreme court struck down Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs on 20 February, ruling that he had exceeded his authority when issuing them last year. The decision gave no detail on how importers would get their money back, leading to a swathe of lawsuits. “Customs knows how to do this,” Eaton told a court hearing on Wednesday. He said the agency should be able to issue refunds simply on its system, which are regularly provided when importers are found to have overpaid initially. When goods are brought into the US, an importer pays an estimated amount that is eventually finalised a little over 10 months later, in a process called liquidation. Eaton has said CBP should finalise the entry cost on shipments without the tariff – effectively issuing refunds. “They do it every day. They liquidate entries and make refunds,” he said. The order by Eaton came in a case brought by the manufacturer Atmus Filtration, which said in court filings it had paid about $11m in illegal tariffs. Atmus’s lawyers are expected to be able to attend Friday’s meeting remotely, acco...

A huge aluminum options trade has come into the money this week as the war in Iran sparked a sharp rally in prices, delivering a windfall after the appearance of the position stunned dealers last week. Aluminum prices have rallied as much as 8.9% this week, hitting a four-year high of $3,418 a ton on Wednesday after Aluminium Bahrain — one of the world’s top producers — suspended sales due to the effective halt of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Qatar’s state-owned producer had been forced to stop production a day earlier due to a domestic shortage of gas, and traders have warned of worldwide disruptions to supply unless the vital waterway reopens soon. Amid the turmoil, April-expiry options with a notional value of several billion dollars have rapidly come into the money on the London Metal Exchange, with dealers identifying the massive position as a call spread targeting a price of between $3,300 and $3,500 a ton. Dealers and traders in the LME market have said the trade is likely to have been placed by a deep-pocketed hedge fund, with the upfront cost estimated at about $40 million. Exchange data shows open positions entitling holders to buy 663,800 tons of aluminum at $3,300 in April contracts, which were trading at about $3,389 a ton by midday on Friday. That price would yield gross profits of about $59 million, and a move to $3,500 would deliver a $133 million windfall. Investors have been placing even bolder wagers in copper, gold and silver markets in recent months, with call spreads — where the purchase of calls at one target level is partially funded by selling contracts at a higher strike price — surging in popularity as a relatively cheap way to bet on rallies. Read More: Gold Options Traders Boost Long-Shot Bets Even After Correction Such large options positions are a rarity in the aluminum market, where prices rallies often quickly run into resistance as producers look to capitalize by selling futures. But investors have been turning more bullis...

If the only thing you had to go off was Apple's string of product announcements this week, you'd have little reason to believe that there is a historic AI-driven memory and storage supply crunch going on. Some products saw RAM and storage increases at the same prices as the products they replaced; others had their prices increased a bit but came with more storage than before as compensation. And there's the MacBook Neo , which at $599 was priced toward the low end of what Apple-watchers expected. But even a company with Apple's scale and buying power can't totally defy gravity. At some point between March 4 and now, Apple quietly removed the 512GB RAM option from its top-tier M3 Ultra Mac Studio desktop. Pricing for the 256GB configuration has also increased, from $1,600 to $2,000. The Tech Specs page on Apple's support site still acknowledges the existence of the 512GB configuration, but both the Apple Store page and the list of available configurations have removed any mention of it. We've asked Apple to comment on the disappearance of the 512GB Mac Studio and will update this article if we receive a response. Read full article Comments

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 3/10/26, Ingram Micro Holding Corporation (Symbol: INGM), Brightstar Lottery PLC (Symbol: BRSL), and VF Corp. (Symbol: VFC) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Ingram Micro Holding Corporation will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.082 on 3/24/26, Brightstar Lottery PLC will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.23 on 3/24/26, and VF Corp. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.09 on 3/19/26. As a percentage of INGM's recent stock price of $26.36, this dividend works out to approximately 0.31%, so look for shares of Ingram Micro Holding Corporation to trade 0.31% lower — all else being equal — when INGM shares open for trading on 3/10/26. Similarly, investors should look for BRSL to open 1.68% lower in price and for VFC to open 0.49% lower, all else being equal. Below are dividend history charts for INGM, BRSL, and VFC, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared. Ingram Micro Holding Corporation (Symbol: INGM): Brightstar Lottery PLC (Symbol: BRSL): VF Corp. (Symbol: VFC): In general, dividends are not always predictable, following the ups and downs of company profits over time. Therefore, a good first due diligence step in forming an expectation of annual yield going forward, is looking at the history above, for a sense of stability over time. This can help in judging whether the most recent dividends from these companies are likely to continue. If they do continue, the current estimated yields on annualized basis would be 1.24% for Ingram Micro Holding Corporation, 6.74% for Brightstar Lottery PLC, and 1.97% for VF Corp.. In Friday trading, Ingram Micro Holding Corporation shares are currently up about 0.3%, Brightstar Lottery PLC shares are up about 0.6%, and VF Corp. shares are off about 2.4% on the day. Click here to learn which 25 S.A.F.E. dividend stocks should be on your radar screen » Also see: • Dividend Stock Screener • LEI Historical Stock...

President Donald Trump said he won’t seek a negotiated end to the war with Iran, demanding in a post on social media that Tehran capitulate as US and Israeli airstrikes continue. Michelle Jamrisko reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 3/10/26, TEGNA Inc (Symbol: TGNA), ICL Group Ltd (Symbol: ICL), and Evergy Inc (Symbol: EVRG) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. TEGNA Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.125 on 4/1/26, ICL Group Ltd will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.0465 on 3/25/26, and Evergy Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.695 on 3/20/26. As a percentage of TGNA's recent stock price of $20.98, this dividend works out to approximately 0.60%, so look for shares of TEGNA Inc to trade 0.60% lower — all else being equal — when TGNA shares open for trading on 3/10/26. Similarly, investors should look for ICL to open 0.95% lower in price and for EVRG to open 0.84% lower, all else being equal. Below are dividend history charts for TGNA, ICL, and EVRG, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared. TEGNA Inc (Symbol: TGNA): ICL Group Ltd (Symbol: ICL): Evergy Inc (Symbol: EVRG): In general, dividends are not always predictable, following the ups and downs of company profits over time. Therefore, a good first due diligence step in forming an expectation of annual yield going forward, is looking at the history above, for a sense of stability over time. This can help in judging whether the most recent dividends from these companies are likely to continue. If they do continue, the current estimated yields on annualized basis would be 2.38% for TEGNA Inc, 3.79% for ICL Group Ltd, and 3.35% for Evergy Inc. In Friday trading, TEGNA Inc shares are currently up about 0.1%, ICL Group Ltd shares are up about 0.2%, and Evergy Inc shares are down about 1.7% on the day. Click here to learn which 25 S.A.F.E. dividend stocks should be on your radar screen » Also see: • Advertising Dividend Stocks • ETFs Holding PKI • Top Ten Hedge Funds Holding ICLR The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

Investors in Dimensional U.S. Equity Market Etf (Symbol: DFUS) saw new options begin trading this week, for the April 17th expiration. At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the DFUS options chain for the new April 17th contracts and identified the following call contract of particular interest. The call contract at the $75.00 strike price has a current bid of 55 cents. If an investor was to purchase shares of DFUS stock at the current price level of $73.08/share, and then sell-to-open that call contract as a "covered call," they are committing to sell the stock at $75.00. Considering the call seller will also collect the premium, that would drive a total return (excluding dividends, if any) of 3.38% if the stock gets called away at the April 17th expiration (before broker commissions). Of course, a lot of upside could potentially be left on the table if DFUS shares really soar, which is why looking at the trailing twelve month trading history for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market Etf, as well as studying the business fundamentals becomes important. Below is a chart showing DFUS's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $75.00 strike highlighted in red: Considering the fact that the $75.00 strike represents an approximate 3% premium to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the covered call contract would expire worthless, in which case the investor would keep both their shares of stock and the premium collected. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 53%. On our website under the contract detail page for this contract, Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change and publish a chart of those numbers (the trading history of the option contract will also be charted). Should the covered call contract expire worthless, the premium wo...

Investors in RTX Corp (Symbol: RTX) saw new options become available today, for the April 24th expiration. At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the RTX options chain for the new April 24th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. The put contract at the $200.00 strike price has a current bid of $7.60. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $200.00, but will also collect the premium, putting the cost basis of the shares at $192.40 (before broker commissions). To an investor already interested in purchasing shares of RTX, that could represent an attractive alternative to paying $205.94/share today. Because the $200.00 strike represents an approximate 3% discount to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract would expire worthless. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 61%. Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change, publishing a chart of those numbers on our website under the contract detail page for this contract. Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 3.80% return on the cash commitment, or 28.33% annualized — at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost. Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for RTX Corp, and highlighting in green where the $200.00 strike is located relative to that history: Turning to the calls side of the option chain, the call contract at the $215.00 strike price has a current bid of $5.05. If an investor was to purchase shares of RTX stock at the current price level of $205.94/share, and then sell-to-open that call contract as a "covered call," they are committing to sell the stock at $215.00. Considering the call seller will also coll...