Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Symbol: USHY) where we have detected an approximate $492.9 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.0% in
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Symbol: USHY) where we have detected an approximate $492.9 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.0% in
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the MOAT ETF (Symbol: MOAT) where we have detected an approximate $75.6 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.6% decrease week over week (from 119,250,00
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the MOAT ETF (Symbol: MOAT) where we have detected an approximate $75.6 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.6% decrease week over week (from 119,250,00
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Direxion Daily NVDA Bull 2X Shares (Symbol: NVDU) where we have detected an approximate $78.3 million dollar outflow -- that's a 11.8% decrease week
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Direxion Daily NVDA Bull 2X Shares (Symbol: NVDU) where we have detected an approximate $78.3 million dollar outflow -- that's a 11.8% decrease week
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF (Symbol: IWR) where we have detected an approximate $181.7 million dollar inflow -- that's a 0.4% increase week over week
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF (Symbol: IWR) where we have detected an approximate $181.7 million dollar inflow -- that's a 0.4% increase week over week
Amazon stock jumped Friday to a record high following news it will provide its Graviton processors to Facebook parent Meta Platforms. Meta stock gained as well. Amazon said Meta will use "tens of millions" of Amazon Web Services' Graviton CPUs (central processing units) to power its AI offerings, according to the announcement.
Amazon stock jumped Friday to a record high following news it will provide its Graviton processors to Facebook parent Meta Platforms. Meta stock gained as well. Amazon said Meta will use "tens of millions" of Amazon Web Services' Graviton CPUs (central processing units) to power its AI offerings, according to the announcement.
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (Symbol: BITO) where we have detected an approximate $72.7 million dollar outflow -- that's a 3.6% decrease week over
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (Symbol: BITO) where we have detected an approximate $72.7 million dollar outflow -- that's a 3.6% decrease week over
COMP360, a synthetic psilocybin-based drug for treatment-resistant depression from COMPASS Pathways ( CMPS ), is the latest therapy to receive an FDA Commissioner's National Priority Voucher. As a result, the candidate will have a review time of one to two months once an NDA is filed, as well as improved communications with the agency. The FDA has also granted the company's request for a rolling s...
COMP360, a synthetic psilocybin-based drug for treatment-resistant depression from COMPASS Pathways ( CMPS ), is the latest therapy to receive an FDA Commissioner's National Priority Voucher. As a result, the candidate will have a review time of one to two months once an NDA is filed, as well as improved communications with the agency. The FDA has also granted the company's request for a rolling submission. In February, COMPASS Pathways announced a late-stage trial of COMP360 reached the primary endpoint. More on COMPASS Pathways Compass Pathways: Red Hot Psychedelic Market For Pioneer With Near Term Psychedelic Filing In TRD Compass Pathways: The Bull Case Is Early, Not Wrong COMPASS Pathways plc (CMPS) Discusses Positive Phase III Results for COMP360 in Treatment-Resistant Depression Trials Transcript Cybin stands out as the most undervalued psychedelic stock as Trump signs on faster PTSD research Psychedelic stocks rally after Trump orders faster PTSD research; Compass Pathways, Atai lead gains
The US Justice Department has ended its probe into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, clearing a major roadblock to the confirmation of his successor, Kevin Warsh. US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeannine Pirro said on X on Friday that her office was ending its probe into the Fed’s extensive building renovations because the Fed’s inspector general would scrutinise them instead. The deci...
The US Justice Department has ended its probe into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, clearing a major roadblock to the confirmation of his successor, Kevin Warsh. US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeannine Pirro said on X on Friday that her office was ending its probe into the Fed’s extensive building renovations because the Fed’s inspector general would scrutinise them instead. The decision ends an investigation, one of several undertaken by the Justice Department into President...
Richard Drury/DigitalVision via Getty Images Investment Overview Quest Diagnostics ( DGX ) announced its Q1 2026 earnings earlier this week. Before we take a detailed look at the numbers, let's remind ourselves of the New Jersey-based Life Sciences core business activities - as per its Q1 2026 quarterly report/ 10Q filing : Our diagnostic information services ("DIS") business provides diagnostic i...
Richard Drury/DigitalVision via Getty Images Investment Overview Quest Diagnostics ( DGX ) announced its Q1 2026 earnings earlier this week. Before we take a detailed look at the numbers, let's remind ourselves of the New Jersey-based Life Sciences core business activities - as per its Q1 2026 quarterly report/ 10Q filing : Our diagnostic information services ("DIS") business provides diagnostic insights from the results of our laboratory testing to empower people, physicians, and organizations to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from one of the world's largest databases of de-identifiable clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors and improve healthcare management. We provide services to a broad range of customers within our primary customer channels - physicians (including those associated with accountable care organizations and Federally Qualified Health Centers), hospitals, and patients and consumers. Our other customers include health plans, employers, emerging retail healthcare providers, government agencies, pharmaceutical companies and other commercial clinical laboratories. Quest reported revenues of $2.9 billion in Q1, up 9.2% year-on-year, and diluted earnings per share of $2.24, up 15.5% year-on-year. Operating income was $399 million - margin of ~14% - cash provided by operations was $278 million, down 12% year-on-year, cash and equivalents were reported as $393 million, total current assets were $2.57 billion, current liabilities were $2.2 billion, and long-term debt was $5.2 billion. After results were reported, Quest stock dropped in value from ~$208 per share, to ~$199.5, which is the current traded price (at the time of writing), reflecting a market cap valuation of $22.1 billion. Stock is up ~15% year-to-date, >50% on a five-year basis, and >160% on a 10-year basis. Guidance for 2026 has been provided by the company as follows: Quest 2026 guidance (earnin...
Earnings Call Insights: Financial Institutions, Inc. (FISI) Q1 2026 Management View "Our first quarter results underscore the strength of our community banking franchise, reflecting disciplined execution by our team and a continued focus on sustainable profitability." (President, CEO & Director Martin Birmingham) "We delivered net income available to common shareholders of $20.6 million or $1.04 p...
Earnings Call Insights: Financial Institutions, Inc. (FISI) Q1 2026 Management View "Our first quarter results underscore the strength of our community banking franchise, reflecting disciplined execution by our team and a continued focus on sustainable profitability." (President, CEO & Director Martin Birmingham) "We delivered net income available to common shareholders of $20.6 million or $1.04 per diluted share" and highlighted "return on average assets of 137 basis points" and "an efficiency ratio of 57%." (President, CEO & Director Birmingham) "In January, we completed the refinancing of $65 million of legacy sub-debt issuances" and "we repurchased a little over 163,000 shares" with "the total repurchase since December" at "approximately 500,000 shares or half the 5% authorization"; the Board also approved "a 3.2% increase in our quarterly cash dividend to $0.32 per common share." (President, CEO & Director Birmingham) "Based on the size and health of the pipelines we have today, we expect to see loan growth rebound through the second half of the year and continue to expect full year loan growth of 5%, driven by commercial." (President, CEO & Director Birmingham) "We offboarded the remaining $7 million of BaaS-related deposits in the first quarter, marking the completion of our Banking-as-a-Service wind-down" and reported "Period-end total deposits were $5.34 billion"; management also said it continues to "target low single-digit deposit growth for the full year." (President, CEO & Director Birmingham) "Our business lines came together to achieve profitable financial performance in the first quarter, highlighted by NIM expansion, durability of key noninterest income categories and disciplined expense management." (Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer Jack Plants) Outlook "We still anticipate modest incremental NIM expansion for the rest of the year and now expect to achieve full year net interest margin in the upper 360s" and added, "our guidance is based on a spot rat...
blackdovfx/iStock via Getty Images Investment Thesis Intel’s ( INTC ) outlook is no longer overlooked but still not fully understood. It’s not a matter of turning things around, it’s a matter of a fundamental shift in where value creation lies in the AI domain. The CPUs have quietly become indispensable once again and Q1 results showed that the demand is not only recovering but is actually limited...
blackdovfx/iStock via Getty Images Investment Thesis Intel’s ( INTC ) outlook is no longer overlooked but still not fully understood. It’s not a matter of turning things around, it’s a matter of a fundamental shift in where value creation lies in the AI domain. The CPUs have quietly become indispensable once again and Q1 results showed that the demand is not only recovering but is actually limited. It means that the company is still earning below its true worth. In my last coverage I emphasized Intel's CPU comeback that nobody sees and in less than a month the stock has rallied 53%. Data by YCharts EPS Inflection Is Here But the Real Upside Hasn’t Even Started Not only did EPS exceed expectations but it demonstrated that operating leverage was back sooner than expected. With $0.29 non-GAAP EPS , Intel essentially shortened a multi-year recovery to a number of quarters on the strength of a mix shift towards data center and pricing power. My takeaway is that EPS was still supply-driven, not demand-based. This has significance since it implies that potential for upside to EPS has not been reached yet. The risk is in quality since GAAP loss and high CapEx make this EPS rebound incomplete. As for the Data Center and Artificial Intelligence group, it is now becoming quite exciting to me. The group managed to grow revenues up by 22% which led to an increase in operating margin of 31%. Indeed, even in competition with AMD ( AMD ), Intel was able to show fairly impressive results regarding revenue growth rate and this was due to the continuous growth of the addressable market. Q1 Earnings Moreover, this is related to the shift in demand pattern. With training taking place using GPU chips, more tasks require the usage of CPUs. These tasks include such things as model management, pipeline control and real-time decision-making process. This, I believe, is the moment where the shift occurs, yet the market has not fully realized it. As far as the Client Computing Group there was ...
If your portfolio only holds U.S. stocks, you are excluding around 40% of the global equity market by market capitalization. That means giving up exposure not only to developed international markets like Japan, the U.K., Canada, France, and Switzerland, but also to emerging markets such as China, India, Taiwan, Brazil, and South Korea. A lot ... Diversify your portfolio internationally and earn a ...
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The State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (NYSEMKT:SPSM) carries a lower expense ratio and higher assets under management than the iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (NYSEMKT:ISCB) , while ISCB offers greater diversification by number of holdings and a slightly higher risk profile. Both SPSM and ISCB aim to deliver broad exposure to U.S. small-cap stocks, but they differ in their approa...
The State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (NYSEMKT:SPSM) carries a lower expense ratio and higher assets under management than the iShares Morningstar Small-Cap ETF (NYSEMKT:ISCB) , while ISCB offers greater diversification by number of holdings and a slightly higher risk profile. Both SPSM and ISCB aim to deliver broad exposure to U.S. small-cap stocks, but they differ in their approach, portfolio depth, and trading characteristics. This comparison looks at how each ETF stacks up on cost, returns, risk, portfolio composition, and practical trading considerations. The 1-yr return represents price appreciation plus dividends over the trailing 12 months. Continue reading
This week's announcement by OpenAI ( OPENAI ) of its latest model, GPT-5.5, is indicative of the ongoing frontier model race, investment firm HSBC said. “LLMs are engaged in a race to delivering the most intelligent platform,” analysts at the firm wrote in a note to clients. “Leading positions are unstable, with the latest iteration usually beating older frontier models.” Nearly a year ago, Google...
This week's announcement by OpenAI ( OPENAI ) of its latest model, GPT-5.5, is indicative of the ongoing frontier model race, investment firm HSBC said. “LLMs are engaged in a race to delivering the most intelligent platform,” analysts at the firm wrote in a note to clients. “Leading positions are unstable, with the latest iteration usually beating older frontier models.” Nearly a year ago, Google's ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ) Gemini was thought to be a laggard but is now considered one of the leaders, HSBC added. The same goes for Meta ( META ) after it released Muse Spark earlier this month, which is now competitive against Anthropic ( ANTHRO ) Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3.1, or GPT-5.4. And given the fact that Western companies are focused on reaching artificial general intelligence, the race is unlikely to slow down anytime soon, HSBC added. “In Asia, we see a trend for open source, lighter and cheaper models that have the capacity to penetrate production processes rapidly (DeepSeek just launched its V4),” HSBC added. “In the West, given the high sunk costs, only a handful of models may have the capacity to pursue AGI. The most likely outcome for the market structure could be an oligopoly, yielding good returns in the long run. But in the meantime, massive compute power is required, leading to funding gaps.” More on OpenAI Nadella's Flip-Flop OpenAI's Dilemma Wall Street Lunch: ChatGPT Tops 800M Weekly Active Users Nvidia's 10K staff got early access to OpenAI’s new AI model GPT-5.5 OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 as UK looks to Anthropic's Mythos for banks, business
Amazon’s stock jumped toward a record high Friday, after the company announced that Meta plans to use tens of millions of the company’s Graviton chips for agentic AI workloads.
Amazon’s stock jumped toward a record high Friday, after the company announced that Meta plans to use tens of millions of the company’s Graviton chips for agentic AI workloads.