In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and directors of a company tend to have a unique insider's view of the business, and presumably the only reason an insider would choose to take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy st...
In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and directors of a company tend to have a unique insider's view of the business, and presumably the only reason an insider would choose to take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both. So when stocks turn up that see insider buying, and are also top ranked, investors are wise to take notice. One such company is Expand Energy Corp (Symbol: EXE), which saw buying by Director Matthew Gallagher. Back on February 19, Gallagher invested $100,660.00 into 1,000 shares of EXE, for a cost per share of $100.66. In trading on Friday, shares were changing hands as low as $106.62 per share, which is 5.9% above Gallagher's purchase price. It should be noted that Gallagher has collected $0.57/share in dividends since the time of their purchase, so they are currently up 6.5% on their purchase from a total return basis. Expand Energy Corp shares are currently trading +1.07% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of EXE shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, EXE's low point in its 52 week range is $91.015 per share, with $126.6205 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $108.38. By comparison, below is a table showing the prices at which insider buying was recorded over the last six months: Purchased Insider Title Shares Price/Share Value 02/19/2026 Matthew Gallagher Director 1,000 $100.66 $100,660.00 The DividendRank report noted that among the coverage universe, EXE shares displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics. The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at Expand Energy C...
In trading on Friday, shares of Renasant Corp (Symbol: RNST) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $36.82, changing hands as low as $36.01 per share. Renasant Corp shares are currently trading down about 4.2% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of RNST shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, RNST's low point in its 52 week range is $26....
In trading on Friday, shares of Renasant Corp (Symbol: RNST) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $36.82, changing hands as low as $36.01 per share. Renasant Corp shares are currently trading down about 4.2% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of RNST shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, RNST's low point in its 52 week range is $26.97 per share, with $42.11 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $36.25. 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.
Last weekend, France launched a new shirt. Antoine Dupont, Louis Bielle Biarrey and Matthieu Jalibert, along with footballers Djibril Cisse and Hugo Ekitike, featured in a glossy advert, external for the powder-blue retro number France will wear against England on the final day of the Six Nations. By contrast, England, for this weekend against Italy, have opted for the bibs. Their new-look backlin...
Last weekend, France launched a new shirt. Antoine Dupont, Louis Bielle Biarrey and Matthieu Jalibert, along with footballers Djibril Cisse and Hugo Ekitike, featured in a glossy advert, external for the powder-blue retro number France will wear against England on the final day of the Six Nations. By contrast, England, for this weekend against Italy, have opted for the bibs. Their new-look backline's only experience together is in training singlets in practice. Look instead for smaller combinations within the whole and you find only thin threads of understanding. Fly-half Fin Smith and inside centre Seb Atkinson came up through the Worcester youth system and featured in six first-team games together half a decade ago. Smith and outside centre Tommy Freeman are both at Northampton, although Freeman is more usually deployed on the wing, rather than midfield, at club level. Atkinson and wing Tom Roebuck were both part of England's Test series win in Argentina. And, er, that's about it. Seven players from six different clubs and a whole lot of unknowns. Head coach Steve Borthwick has, in the past, zeroed in on the continuity, cohesion and the long-term lessons imprinted by the white heat of a Test match - but was citing different evidence this week. "Much of this backline has trained for four or five weeks together and trained very, very well," he said. "I say again how much I value what I see in training. I say it to the players, that I'm watching every bit of training and I value performance in training. This is a very strong message about the ethos within the England team, that you will be rewarded for performing in that sense." It is a stark shift. But then England's downturn over the past two games has been dramatic. England were not even close to Scotland and Ireland in the past two rounds, losing by 11 and 21 points. They didn't just chase the wrong gameplan, make poor decisions and show little signs of being able to switch strategies. Individually they were also...
From guns to ballots: FARC's campaign for votes in Colombia toggle caption John Otis/NPR BUGALAGRANDE, Colombia—Ten years ago, former Marxist guerrillas in Colombia signed a peace treaty with the government. The deal allowed them to lay down their weapons and run for elected office. Now, a decade later, they're discovering that winning votes can be harder than waging war. Among them is Luis Albán ...
From guns to ballots: FARC's campaign for votes in Colombia toggle caption John Otis/NPR BUGALAGRANDE, Colombia—Ten years ago, former Marxist guerrillas in Colombia signed a peace treaty with the government. The deal allowed them to lay down their weapons and run for elected office. Now, a decade later, they're discovering that winning votes can be harder than waging war. Among them is Luis Albán who is campaigning to keep his seat in Colombia's congress. At a get-out-the-vote rally in the western Colombian town of Bugalagrande. the stocky, bearded candidate seems shy and disoriented. He neglects to tell people that legislative elections are on Sunday or even to state his own name. Albán, 68, is more accustomed to hiding who he is. At age 12 he joined a clandestine communist youth group then spent 40 years on the run as a high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Known as the FARC, it used to be the country's largest, and most feared, guerrilla group. Speaking to NPR from a crowded coffee shop, Albán admits: "I never thought I'd be a congressman." Sponsor Message That changed after the FARC signed a 2016 peace treaty that ended more than a half century of fighting. The guerrillas agreed to lay down their weapons, face justice, and compensate their victims in exchange for political guarantees and government promises to develop poor, rural areas that gave rise to the FARC in the 1960s. To help the FARC transition to electoral politics, the accord gave the former guerrillas 10 seats in Colombia's Congress for two four-year legislative terms – a grace period that ends this year. As a FARC congressman for the past eight years, Albán learned how to write legislation and carry out debates. But to hang onto their jobs, Albán and other FARC lawmakers will have to win thousands of votes. "This is our first serious campaign," Albán says. "It's very difficult." Other former guerrillas have managed to pull this off -- chief among them Gustavo Petro. In t...
Over the past few months, several countries have announced plans to restrict social media access for children and teens. Australia became the first to implement such measures at the end of last year, setting a precedent that other countries are now closely watching. Australia’s regulations, along with other countries’ proposals, aim to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on so...
Over the past few months, several countries have announced plans to restrict social media access for children and teens. Australia became the first to implement such measures at the end of last year, setting a precedent that other countries are now closely watching. Australia’s regulations, along with other countries’ proposals, aim to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, which include cyberbullying, addiction, mental health issues, and exposure to predators. Of course, there are concerns about privacy regarding invasive age verification and excessive government intervention. Critics, including Amnesty Tech, have said such bans are ineffective and that they ignore the realities of younger generations. Despite this, many nations are moving ahead with proposed legislation. We’ve compiled a list of countries that are considering or have already moved forward with bans on social media for young users. Australia Australia became the world’s first country to ban social media for children under 16 in December 2025. The ban blocks children from using Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube, Reddit, Twitch, and Kick. It notably doesn’t include WhatsApp or YouTube Kids. The Australian government has said these social media companies must take steps to keep children off their services. Companies that fail to comply may face penalties of up to $49.5 million AUD ($34.4 million USD). The government says these platforms should use multiple verification methods to ensure that people using their services are older than 16. It also notes that they can’t rely on users simply entering their own age. Techcrunch event Disrupt 2026: The tech ecosystem, all in one room Your next round. Your next hire. Your next breakout opportunity. Find it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, where 10,000+ founders, investors, and tech leaders gather for three days of 250+ tactical sessions, powerful introductions, and market-defining innovation. Register now...
The surge in yield premiums on US investment-grade bonds of insurers, triggered by concerns around exposure to private credit, is “overdone,” according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ’s credit strategists. In recent weeks, worries around artificial intelligence’s disruptive potential and risks in private credit deals have pushed US high-grade spreads wider, with the latter particularly affecting life...
The surge in yield premiums on US investment-grade bonds of insurers, triggered by concerns around exposure to private credit, is “overdone,” according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ’s credit strategists. In recent weeks, worries around artificial intelligence’s disruptive potential and risks in private credit deals have pushed US high-grade spreads wider, with the latter particularly affecting life insurers’ bonds, strategists including Spencer Rogers wrote on Thursday. “The market narrative centers on life insurers as a conduit for private credit risk and on the growing web of ownership and distribution ties between insurers and alternative asset managers,” the strategists said. “Our review of a representative sample of life insurers suggests balance sheet positioning is less aggressive than feared.” Average yield premiums across US life insurer notes are about 45 basis points wider than those of broad US corporate investment-grade bonds , double the gap 12 months ago, Bloomberg indexes show. Spreads on life insurer debt widened to as high as 132 basis points earlier this week, the highest since May, but have trimmed the move since, the data shows. Private credit managers in the US have faced a spate of investor withdrawals on worries they have lent too much to software firms , which could be disrupted by rapid AI advances. Increased ties between insurance firms and US alternative asset managers since the global financial crisis has also exacerbated fears after insurers devoted more funds to private and structured credit to boost returns. Some of those concerns may be exaggerated, according to the Goldman strategists. Based on an examination of balance sheets of a representative sample of life insurers, they found that the median allocation to alternative assets was only 6%. Read also: Systemic Risk Fears Rise as Private Equity Reshapes Insurance Opaque investments in private credit may also not be as high as feared. Disclosures suggest that private securities of in...
An increasingly acrimonious spat between Hungary and Ukraine has escalated further, as Budapest impounded two Ukrainian armoured bank vehicles carrying millions of euros of hard cash as well as bars of gold. Seven Ukrainian citizens accompanying the convoy were also arrested. Hungarian officials said the detained Ukrainians had intelligence links and suggested the money could be of dubious origin,...
An increasingly acrimonious spat between Hungary and Ukraine has escalated further, as Budapest impounded two Ukrainian armoured bank vehicles carrying millions of euros of hard cash as well as bars of gold. Seven Ukrainian citizens accompanying the convoy were also arrested. Hungarian officials said the detained Ukrainians had intelligence links and suggested the money could be of dubious origin, while Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, accused Budapest of “taking hostages and stealing money”. Sybiha also accused the pro-Russian Hungarian president, Viktor Orbán, of cooking up the scandal for political gain, ahead of Hungarian elections next month. Hungary’s national tax and customs administration said it had opened a money-laundering investigation over the shipment, which it said was made up of $40m and €35m in cash, as well as 9kg of gold. It said one of those arrested was “a former Ukrainian intelligence service general”. Oschadbank, Ukraine’s state savings bank, said its staff were transporting cash and gold between between Austria and Ukraine in a “routine trip”, carried out by land because of restrictions on air travel in Ukraine. But Orbán’s political director, Balázs Orbán, cast doubt on the shipment: “Armoured vehicles full of cash and gold moving across Hungary is not how legitimate financial transactions usually work,” he wrote on X. “The real question is simple: who stands behind this money and what is it meant to finance?” The seizure follows a dispute over gas supplies, in which Hungary and Slovakia have accused Kyiv of deliberately stalling on repairs to an oil pipeline after it was hit in an apparent Russian drone attack. In response, Orbán vetoed further EU sanctions on Russia as well as an additional €90bn loan for Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to the loan veto on Thursday with what sounded like a physical threat to Orbán. “We hope that one person in the European Union will not block the 90 bn Otherwise we will give this person’s ...
A modest investment in SpaceX that thrust a niche fund into the limelight in recent months has morphed into a monster position, testing the very capacity of exchange-traded funds to hold unlisted assets. Around 37% of the ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF is now invested in Elon Musk ’s rocket ship maker, a figure that has climbed well above 40% in recent days, according to data compiled by Bl...
A modest investment in SpaceX that thrust a niche fund into the limelight in recent months has morphed into a monster position, testing the very capacity of exchange-traded funds to hold unlisted assets. Around 37% of the ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF is now invested in Elon Musk ’s rocket ship maker, a figure that has climbed well above 40% in recent days, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It’s practically unheard of for a private firm to account for so much of a single ETF, since the US Securities and Exchange Commission limits open-ended vehicles to investing just 15% of their assets in illiquid securities. That rule is intended to ensure they can meet redemptions, particularly at times of stress. The shift reflects the mechanics of managing a daily-traded fund that owns hard-to-sell assets. The SpaceX stake grew during a period of heavy inflows and a jump in the private company’s valuation. As investors later pulled money out, the fund met redemptions largely by selling liquid public stocks rather than the SpaceX holding, which isn’t easily traded. That left the portfolio increasingly dominated by the private investment. The rapid shift in the composition of XOVR , as the fund is known, threatens to re-energize a debate about whether the hyper-liquid ETF structure can safely contain private assets, as well as what classifies as illiquid and how such investments get valued. “It makes me more dubious about the proposition of stuffing hard-to-trade assets into daily-liquidity vehicles like ETFs,” said Jeffrey Ptak , managing director at industry data provider Morningstar Inc. , who wrote a report criticizing the fund last week. “The ETF is saddled with a huge concentration in a hard-to-trade-and-value security.” Trading Mismatch In the past two years, fund issuers have been racing to find ways to add unlisted assets into ETFs to give retail investors easy access to private markets. The major sticking point has been the liquidity mismatch: ETF shares ...
Palantir Technologies Inc's (NYSE:PLTR) short interest as a percent of float has risen 13.53% since its last report. According to exchange reported data, there are now 51.37 million shares sold short, which is 2.35% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 1.0 days to cover their short positions on average. Why Short Interest Matters ...
Palantir Technologies Inc's (NYSE:PLTR) short interest as a percent of float has risen 13.53% since its last report. According to exchange reported data, there are now 51.37 million shares sold short, which is 2.35% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 1.0 days to cover their short positions on average. Why Short Interest Matters Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises. Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish. See Also: List of the most shorted stocks Palantir Technologies Inc Short Interest Graph (3 Months) As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Palantir Technologies Inc has grown since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to fall in the near-term but traders should be aware that more shares are being shorted. Comparing Palantir Technologies Inc's Short Interest Against Its Peers Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis. According to Benzinga Pro, Palantir Technologies Inc's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 5.46%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its p...
(Sire) Dodgy conspiracy theories are thankfully kept to one track, but the rest is not much better, lacking insight even when Morrissey returns to his specialist subjects Pretend that you don’t know a single thing about Steven Morrissey . Then play his recent single Notre-Dame . First you’ll hear a stutter of the kind of noirish, poptimised disco that might herald a new Harry Styles number, then a...
(Sire) Dodgy conspiracy theories are thankfully kept to one track, but the rest is not much better, lacking insight even when Morrissey returns to his specialist subjects Pretend that you don’t know a single thing about Steven Morrissey . Then play his recent single Notre-Dame . First you’ll hear a stutter of the kind of noirish, poptimised disco that might herald a new Harry Styles number, then a tremulous, faintly glitchy voice singing about the Paris cathedral. You will probably be aware that Notre-Dame was partly destroyed in a fire in 2019. You will quickly glean that Morrissey and anonymous others believe it was no accident. “We know who tried to kill you,” he coos. “We will not be silent.” You may need to do some research to realise he is referring to the baseless claim that the fire was a deliberate act of arson covered up by the French government. You will soon be reading about conspiracy theories fuelled by rightwing commentators who suggested Islamist terrorism as a possible cause. Continue reading...
visualspace/E+ via Getty Images Despite a fairly consistent financial performance in recent quarters, Upwork's ( UPWK ) share price has come under pressure from AI fears. This is a potentially interesting setup as it will likely be years before Upwork's business is genuinely threatened. It is also a risky situation, as I am not optimistic about Upwork's attempts to integrate AI into its platform. ...
visualspace/E+ via Getty Images Despite a fairly consistent financial performance in recent quarters, Upwork's ( UPWK ) share price has come under pressure from AI fears. This is a potentially interesting setup as it will likely be years before Upwork's business is genuinely threatened. It is also a risky situation, as I am not optimistic about Upwork's attempts to integrate AI into its platform. In addition, the perception of the AI threat is more important than the actual impact. I previously suggested that macro weakness was more important than AI in the short-term. As a result, I felt there could be upside when the demand environment improved. While Upwork's stock increased by more than 30% after this, it has since come under pressure due to growing AI concerns. Despite AI being a widely acknowledged threat, it is not clear to me that it has been priced in to a meaningful extent yet though. As a result, I expect Upwork's stock to remain under pressure as AI progresses. Market Conditions In addition to AI fears, Upwork has faced a fairly challenging macro environment since the COVID pandemic. The labor market is still generally soft and Upwork has suggested that low-value contracts (<$300) on its platform remain under pressure. Headwinds appear to be easing, even if this isn't really clear from Upwork's financial performance yet. Upwork is growing while many traditional staffing firms are still reporting negative growth though. Figure 1: Temporary Help Services Employment Growth and Upwork Revenue Growth (source: Created by author using data from The Federal Reserve and Upwork) The number of job openings at Upwork has trended higher over the past 12 months, which could be suggestive of improving demand. The rapid rise in Upwork's margins over the past few years suggest the company is now running fairly lean though, meaning stronger hiring should probably be expected. Figure 2: Upwork Job Openings (source: Revealera.com) The more important question for Upwork at t...
Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bear 3x Shares, where 58,350,000 units were destroyed, or a 10.2% decrease week over week. And on a percentage change basis, the ETF with the biggest outflow was the APLZ ETF, which lost 35,000 of its units, representing a 35.0% de...
Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the Direxion Daily Semiconductors Bear 3x Shares, where 58,350,000 units were destroyed, or a 10.2% decrease week over week. And on a percentage change basis, the ETF with the biggest outflow was the APLZ ETF, which lost 35,000 of its units, representing a 35.0% decline in outstanding units compared to the week prior. VIDEO: SOXS, APLZ: Big ETF Outflows The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Nvidia (NVDA) closed the last trading session at $183.34, gaining 6.7% over the past four weeks, but there could be plenty of upside left in the stock if short-term price targets set by Wall Street analysts are any guide. The mean price target of $264.8 indicates a 44.4% upside potential. The mean estimate comprises 46 short-term price targets with a standard deviation of $43.31. While the lowest ...
Nvidia (NVDA) closed the last trading session at $183.34, gaining 6.7% over the past four weeks, but there could be plenty of upside left in the stock if short-term price targets set by Wall Street analysts are any guide. The mean price target of $264.8 indicates a 44.4% upside potential. The mean estimate comprises 46 short-term price targets with a standard deviation of $43.31. While the lowest estimate of $140.00 indicates a 23.6% decline from the current price level, the most optimistic analyst expects the stock to surge 92% to reach $352.00. It's very important to note the standard deviation here, as it helps understand the variability of the estimates. The smaller the standard deviation, the greater the agreement among analysts. While the consensus price target is a much-coveted metric for investors, solely banking on this metric to make an investment decision may not be wise at all. That's because the ability and unbiasedness of analysts in setting price targets have long been questionable. But, for NVDA, an impressive average price target is not the only indicator of a potential upside. Strong agreement among analysts about the company's ability to report better earnings than they predicted earlier strengthens this view. While a positive trend in earnings estimate revisions doesn't gauge how much a stock could gain, it has proven to be powerful in predicting an upside. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise Here's What You Should Know About Analysts' Price Targets According to researchers at several universities across the globe, a price target is one of many pieces of information about a stock that misleads investors far more often than it guides. In fact, empirical research shows that price targets set by several analysts, irrespective of the extent of agreement, rarely indicate where the price of a stock could actually be heading. While Wall Street analysts have deep knowledge of a company's fundamentals and the sensitivity of its business to economic and indu...
The Conservative peer Peter Gummer has said he will leave the House of Lords after an investigation found he committed five breaches of standards over Covid PPE deals and failing to cooperate with previous inquiries. The Lords standards commissioner, Martin Jelley, also found that Gummer, whose peerage title is Lord Chadlington, “did not act on his personal honour” by failing to cooperate with the...
The Conservative peer Peter Gummer has said he will leave the House of Lords after an investigation found he committed five breaches of standards over Covid PPE deals and failing to cooperate with previous inquiries. The Lords standards commissioner, Martin Jelley, also found that Gummer, whose peerage title is Lord Chadlington, “did not act on his personal honour” by failing to cooperate with the previous investigations, which cleared him. Chadlington’s introduction to the government in April 2020 of a company in which he had a financial interest as a potential supplier of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the NHS, his contact with the then health minister Matt Hancock, and further advice to the company, were all found to be breaches of the code governing peers’ conduct. He was found to have committed three breaches of the rule that peers “must not seek to profit from membership of the house by accepting or agreeing to accept payment or other incentive or reward in return for providing parliamentary advice or services”. A 12-month suspension, which was upheld by the conduct committee after Chadlington appealed, is at the upper end of penalties for peers’ misconduct. Chadlington said in response that he would retire from the House of Lords and quit the Conservative party. In April 2020, Chadlington introduced a company in which he had a financial interest to the government as a potential supplier of PPE. The company, SG Recruitment, a small, loss-making agency, was awarded £50m in PPE contracts within weeks, processed by the then Conservative government’s “VIP lane” for politically connected people. Despite the government contracts, however, SG Recruitment, which was later renamed, went into liquidation in December 2023 owing £1.1m in taxes to HMRC. It then emerged that the Department of Health and Social Care had entirely rejected the PPE supplied under the first contract as “unusable”. It had paid the company £24m. Chadlington is an influential Tory grandee ...
Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF, which added 24,200,000 units, or a 24.4% increase week over week. Among the largest underlying components of IGV, in morning trading today Microsoft is up about 0.1%, and Palantir Technologies is higher by about 1.2%. And on ...
Comparing units outstanding versus one week ago at the coverage universe of ETFs at ETF Channel, the biggest inflow was seen in the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF, which added 24,200,000 units, or a 24.4% increase week over week. Among the largest underlying components of IGV, in morning trading today Microsoft is up about 0.1%, and Palantir Technologies is higher by about 1.2%. And on a percentage change basis, the ETF with the biggest increase in inflows was the UECG ETF, which added 10,000 units, for a 40.0% increase in outstanding units. VIDEO: IGV, UECG: Big ETF Inflows The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Following the recently launched InfinityBook Max 16 - INTEL with Core Ultra 9 275HX, the AMD-based variant of the thin and light Linux gaming workstation is now ready to hit the market.Despite its robust high-quality full-metal chassis, the InfinityBook Max 16 weighs just over 2 kg and is powered by up to a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 or 5070, and a 99 Wh battery, while the 500 n...
Following the recently launched InfinityBook Max 16 - INTEL with Core Ultra 9 275HX, the AMD-based variant of the thin and light Linux gaming workstation is now ready to hit the market.Despite its robust high-quality full-metal chassis, the InfinityBook Max 16 weighs just over 2 kg and is powered by up to a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 or 5070, and a 99 Wh battery, while the 500 nits, 100 % DCI-P3 display qualifies the Linux ultrabook workstation for software development, professional media design, and gaming.Despite featuring a sturdy all-aluminium build, a maximally large 99 Wh battery, and slightly larger and heavier cooling compared to the lower-tier InfinityBook Pro 15, the new Max 16 comes in at just over 2 kg, combining a particularly lightweight and thin form factor with high performance for software development, content creation, and gaming.For this, the color-adjustable keyboard backlight adds a fancy touch of gaming aesthetics, while offset full-size arrow keys improve ergonomic navigation, the full-featured number pad ensures high productivity in number-crunching tasks, and rear power and monitor ports allow for clean and distraction-free cable management.The TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 relies on AMD Ryzen AI 300 processors, which are designed to provide a great balance of performance and low power consumption.The entry-level model, the Ryzen AI 7 350, features 8 CPU cores processing up to 16 threads at 10 to 90 W of power. It offers far more than enough speed for all everyday usage scenarios and even provides performance headroom for more demanding projects.The Ryzen AI 9 365 provides 10 cores and around 15 % faster multicore speed at 10 to 90 W, while the similarly powered Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with 12 processing cores places itself ahead by another 15 %.The Ryzen AI engine performs AI calculations for image or text generation, AI assistance functions, and much more, with up to 66 (AI 7 350), 73 (AI 9 365), and 80 trillion operations per se...
Love Employee/iStock via Getty Images Market Review Emerging markets equities continued to advance in the fourth quarter. Additional U.S. Federal Reserve rate cuts and steady-state policies from the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of Japan (BOJ) provided greater clarity on the global monetary policy backdrop. Continued U.S. dollar weakness also provided a solid tailwind. While tariffs remaine...
Love Employee/iStock via Getty Images Market Review Emerging markets equities continued to advance in the fourth quarter. Additional U.S. Federal Reserve rate cuts and steady-state policies from the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of Japan (BOJ) provided greater clarity on the global monetary policy backdrop. Continued U.S. dollar weakness also provided a solid tailwind. While tariffs remained elevated, they became more predictable as longer-term trade agreements reduced uncertainty around global supply chains. Artificial intelligence (AI) remained a dominant growth driver, lifting technology-leading markets such as South Korea and Taiwan. India’s market also began to rebound over easing trade tensions and strong domestic demand. Chinese stocks broadly lagged amid profit-taking, particularly in AI-related names that have delivered impressive gains through much of 2025. Portfolio Review The Virtus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund returned +7.34% (Class INST) for the quarter, compared to MSCI Emerging Markets Index’s return of +4.73%. Financials and information technology stock selection and an overweight and stock selection in materials contributed the most to performance. An overweight and stock selection in communication services and stock selection in industrials detracted the most from returns. Positive Contributors SK Hynix (HXSC.F) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. ( TSM ) were among the strongest stock contributors. South Korean semiconductor giant SK Hynix outperformed, driven by continued AI momentum. The company is one of the world’s largest suppliers of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips, which have experienced tremendous demand growth and significant price increases. We trimmed the position for risk control based on the stock’s strong gains, though it remains the Fund’s largest active overweight holding. Taiwanese contract semiconductor maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. rose on similar dynamics, benefiting from intense d...