Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI) shares have started gaining and might continue moving higher in the near term, as indicated by solid earnings estimate revisions.
Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI) shares have started gaining and might continue moving higher in the near term, as indicated by solid earnings estimate revisions.
US Senator Urges Delay Of CLARITY Act Senate Markup Until May: Report Authored by Brayden Lindrea via CoinTelegraph.com, A US senator has reportedly urged Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott to delay the markup for the crypto market structure bill until May, as banking and crypto representatives need more time to resolve disagreements over stablecoin yield provisions. US Republican Thom Tillis of North...
US Senator Urges Delay Of CLARITY Act Senate Markup Until May: Report Authored by Brayden Lindrea via CoinTelegraph.com, A US senator has reportedly urged Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott to delay the markup for the crypto market structure bill until May, as banking and crypto representatives need more time to resolve disagreements over stablecoin yield provisions. US Republican Thom Tillis of North Carolina told reporters Monday that he does not expect the Senate Banking Committee to mark up the legislation, also known as the CLARITY Act, in April and has recommended that Scott schedule it for next month, according to Punchbowl News. Tillis, who has been leading discussions between crypto and banking members, reportedly told Scott: “It’s very important to me not to accelerate things, to hear everybody, and give them a rational basis for what we do accept.” Continued delays have sparked concern that the CLARITY Act may not pass before the US midterms in November, an event that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said could reverse momentum of the bill. Source: Brendan Pedersen “I think if the Democrats were to take the House, which is far from my best case, then the prospects of getting a deal done will just fall apart,” Bessent said in March. CLARITY Act cannot wait any longer, crypto group says It comes the same day crypto advocacy group The Digital Chamber sent a letter to the Senate Banking Committee asking it to move the crypto market structure legislation forward to a Senate markup “as soon as the calendar allows.” The banking industry has raised concerns that allowing stablecoin yield could trigger significant deposit outflows from the traditional banking system, particularly at community banks. It argues that those banks may not have enough balance-sheet flexibility to absorb such outflows without relying on higher-cost wholesale funding. Meanwhile, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and others have pushed for more favorable stablecoin provisions. Last month, member...
You just cannot convince me this is how people order coffee. | Image: Starbucks Venti iced coffee, light skim milk. That's what I get at Starbucks. It is what I have gotten at Starbucks every time I've been to Starbucks for as long as I can remember, other than a brief love affair with the caffe misto a few years ago. In person, my brain barely needs to activate to say the words aloud; in the app,...
You just cannot convince me this is how people order coffee. | Image: Starbucks Venti iced coffee, light skim milk. That's what I get at Starbucks. It is what I have gotten at Starbucks every time I've been to Starbucks for as long as I can remember, other than a brief love affair with the caffe misto a few years ago. In person, my brain barely needs to activate to say the words aloud; in the app, it's four taps and I'm ready to go. My first time ordering Starbucks through its new ChatGPT integration, which launched last week , was comparatively a complete mess. Getting started is easy enough, if not exactly obvious: Just open ChatGPT and type "@Starbucks" plus your order. You can probably guess what happens next, right … Read the full story at The Verge.
Karren Brady, who is stepping down as vice-chair at West Ham after 16 years, leaves a questionable legacy The “No More BS” campaign led by dissenting West Ham fans needs an update. One half of the double act has left the building but the protesters do not see it as job done. They are celebrating the departure of Karren Brady, who has stepped down as vice-chair after 16 years, and will not stop pus...
Karren Brady, who is stepping down as vice-chair at West Ham after 16 years, leaves a questionable legacy The “No More BS” campaign led by dissenting West Ham fans needs an update. One half of the double act has left the building but the protesters do not see it as job done. They are celebrating the departure of Karren Brady, who has stepped down as vice-chair after 16 years, and will not stop pushing for change in the way their dysfunctional club is run until David Sullivan has followed her out of the door. That, though, is not happening yet. No sooner had Brady’s departure been announced than some fans started predicting that Sullivan would not be far behind. But a move by the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky to increase his West Ham stake by lining up a deal to buy a chunk of the Gold family’s shares is not expected to lead to Sullivan going. Kretinsky, it is said, is merely strengthening his hand. Sullivan, who is also planning to buy some of the Gold shares, is not going anywhere. Kretinsky will match the 77-year-old’s old stake, slightly diluting the era of Sullivanism, but the outcome could have been different. Continue reading...
Getty Images The beginning of the Q1 earnings season is upon us, and we finally have more company-specific catalysts to focus our attention on beyond the volatile backdrop of the Iran conflict. For the past two quarters now, Netflix ( NFLX ) has been a major earnings disappointer to kick off the tech earnings season. Like last quarter, investors zeroed in on Netflix’s implied guidance deceleration...
Getty Images The beginning of the Q1 earnings season is upon us, and we finally have more company-specific catalysts to focus our attention on beyond the volatile backdrop of the Iran conflict. For the past two quarters now, Netflix ( NFLX ) has been a major earnings disappointer to kick off the tech earnings season. Like last quarter, investors zeroed in on Netflix’s implied guidance deceleration for Q2. Q1 brought additional complications from the exit of Reed Hastings, the company’s visionary co-founder, from his role as chairman of Netflix’s board. So far, shares of Netflix are down ~10% post earnings, though the stock remains marginally positive from a YTD standpoint as investors are still cheering the termination of the deal to buy Warner Bros. Data by YCharts I last wrote a "Buy" article on Netflix in January, upgrading the stock to a "B uy" immediately after its Q4 earnings disappointment when it dropped to the low $80s. Since then, my position has already driven a healthy return, but I’ll cut to the chase: I’m taking advantage of yet another post-earnings slide to add to my bullish bet on the leading streaming giant, specifically by selling short-dated puts on the company. Netflix remains down ~30% from its all-time highs above $130 notched last year, and that gap represents substantial rebound opportunity, especially as Netflix continues to flex its pricing power and builds out its advertising business. I’m reiterating my "Buy" rating on this name. Q2 implied guidance deceleration is no major concern Broadly, Netflix’s post-Q1 drop was accentuated by two main factors: Reed Hastings’s exit, plus the implied revenue deceleration in Netflix’s Q2 guidance outlook. We think the Hastings news is a temporary headwind that added an additional overhang on a stock that was already leaning pessimistically, and it should fade shortly. The deceleration topic, however, is one we can peel back in more detail. Take a look at Netflix’s earnings summary below: Netflix trend...
Government has shaken up the way electricity is priced as British costs are among the highest in the world Electricity generators threatened with higher windfall taxes in bid to ensure stable prices The second global energy crisis of this decade has reignited questions about Britain’s grid strategy, specifically: why does it continue to have one of the most expensive electricity markets in the wor...
Government has shaken up the way electricity is priced as British costs are among the highest in the world Electricity generators threatened with higher windfall taxes in bid to ensure stable prices The second global energy crisis of this decade has reignited questions about Britain’s grid strategy, specifically: why does it continue to have one of the most expensive electricity markets in the world? Despite the growing role of domestically generated renewable power, electricity wholesale prices in the UK have more than doubled since the war in Iran triggered a global squeeze on seaborne gas shipments from the Gulf. Continue reading...
Bohdan Bevz/iStock via Getty Images Bright Horizons ( BFAM ) stock has been hit hard this year, down nearly 14% YTD. The negativity has largely been on the back of a surprise announcement to shut loss-making full-service childcare centers, amounting to about 5% of total units. While the announcement was an unwelcomed surprised, the move actually improves the total operating profile of the business...
Bohdan Bevz/iStock via Getty Images Bright Horizons ( BFAM ) stock has been hit hard this year, down nearly 14% YTD. The negativity has largely been on the back of a surprise announcement to shut loss-making full-service childcare centers, amounting to about 5% of total units. While the announcement was an unwelcomed surprised, the move actually improves the total operating profile of the business marginally and so long as the company does not provide any more surprises for investors and simply delivers on its full year guidance, this stock can re-rate quickly given its high margin profile and high-growth business in back up care. Business Analysis Bright Horizons is not a terribly complicated business. They are the operators of childcare and daycare centers globally, with over one thousand centers in early education and childcare, while also offering back-up care and educational advisory services. These three divisions make up their three core reportable segments - full service center-based child care, back-up care, and education advisory services. The full service division is nearly 70% of total sales but can be rather unimportant to the bottom line. It offered just a third of operating income for the total company last year. Back-up care is approximately 25% of sales and educational advisory is small at just 5%. For back-up care, the company has more than 1,450 client relationships across a wide variety of company's to provide childcare for businesses. The exposures on this are important by sector: Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals 22.5% Government and Higher Education 12.5% Financial Services 7.5% Consumer 7.5% Professional Services and Other 5.0% Industrial/Manufacturing 2.5% Technology 2.5% With this, the company gets a sticker revenue stream as they have engrained contracts with these businesses. In an era where both parents in a household tend to work, BFAM offers invaluable services. Last year's update from the BLS on this topic showed that nearly half of marr...
In trading on Tuesday, the Global X Cybersecurity ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Rapid7, up about 11.5% and shares of Qualys, up about 5.4% on the day. And underperforming other ET
In trading on Tuesday, the Global X Cybersecurity ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Rapid7, up about 11.5% and shares of Qualys, up about 5.4% on the day. And underperforming other ET
Conservatives and former provincial premiers among those PM names to advisory committee on economic relations Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, says his new advisory committee on economic relations with the United States will draw on the “best advice and the broadest perspectives” as the country braces what many expect will be tense trade negotiations with its southern neighbour. The 24-member...
Conservatives and former provincial premiers among those PM names to advisory committee on economic relations Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, says his new advisory committee on economic relations with the United States will draw on the “best advice and the broadest perspectives” as the country braces what many expect will be tense trade negotiations with its southern neighbour. The 24-member advisory committee, announced on Tuesday, shows the prime minister’s eagerness to reach across the political spectrum to ensure Canada is “well positioned to advance its interests” at the looming trade talks. Continue reading...
Erik Isakson/DigitalVision via Getty Images The best way to introduce Lightwave Logic ( LWLG ) is to clarify that this is not a photonics company, and is not really trying to sell transceivers and photonics engines. What they are really trying to sell is a semiconductor compatible electro-optic polyme r material system. Actually, they are trying to sell the IP and know-how needed to make the mater...
Erik Isakson/DigitalVision via Getty Images The best way to introduce Lightwave Logic ( LWLG ) is to clarify that this is not a photonics company, and is not really trying to sell transceivers and photonics engines. What they are really trying to sell is a semiconductor compatible electro-optic polyme r material system. Actually, they are trying to sell the IP and know-how needed to make the material work inside real packaging flows in foundries. I was perhaps a bit too abstract. A simpler way to put it is to say that the company wants its polymer to become the layer that allows for light to switch faster using less power inside AI data centers. The recent price action suggests the company is now being priced more as a platform option and less as an interesting science project, and this is what makes this stock interesting. The price is breaking out at the same time its IP seems to be gaining traction among the DC buildout crowd. TradingView What the company actually does Lightwave Logic develops electro-optic polymers for high speed optical modulation in data communications. Modulators work like a flashlight switch inside optical links, and they need to do two things particularly well, they need to flip really fast, while using very little energy. The hard part about this is that in the end, it is a materials engineering exercise, and the whole thing will only works if the polymer is reliable, manufacturable using standard semiconductor tools and designable by others instead of bespoke engineering (i.e., not scalable). Business model The company is basically a materials company that monetizes through material supply and IP licensing. They sell the polymer for production, then they license the IP and reference design so that clients can tape out polymer-enabled modulators in foundries. Finally, they also get royalties tied to production volumes. The beauty of this business model is that if the various foundries adopt Lightwave’s solution, the economics can scale wit...
In investing, the phrase "small but mighty" is often applied to small-caps, but it's certainly applicable to utility stocks more recently. The second-smallest sector in the S&P 500 and one that accounts for a mere 2.37% of that index's weight is delivering big returns in 2026. Just look at the Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEMKT: VPU) . Home to 67 utility stocks , this exchange-traded fund (ETF) is up...
In investing, the phrase "small but mighty" is often applied to small-caps, but it's certainly applicable to utility stocks more recently. The second-smallest sector in the S&P 500 and one that accounts for a mere 2.37% of that index's weight is delivering big returns in 2026. Just look at the Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEMKT: VPU) . Home to 67 utility stocks , this exchange-traded fund (ETF) is up 8.3% year to date, making it one of the best Vanguard ETFs in terms of sheer performance. It may be time to turn on the lights with this Vanguard ETF. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
The Board of Directors of Peoples Bancorp declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.42 per common share, an increase of $0.01, or 2%, on April 20, 2026, payable on May 18, 2026, to shareholders of record on May 4, 2026. This dividend represents a payout of approximately $15.0 mi
The Board of Directors of Peoples Bancorp declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.42 per common share, an increase of $0.01, or 2%, on April 20, 2026, payable on May 18, 2026, to shareholders of record on May 4, 2026. This dividend represents a payout of approximately $15.0 mi
In trading on Tuesday, precious metals shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 3.9%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Hycroft Mining Holding, down about 9.3% and shares of Perpetua Resources off about 6.7% on the day. Also lagging the market Tuesday a
In trading on Tuesday, precious metals shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 3.9%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Hycroft Mining Holding, down about 9.3% and shares of Perpetua Resources off about 6.7% on the day. Also lagging the market Tuesday a
In trading on Tuesday, computer peripherals shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.3%. Leading the group were shares of Silicom, up about 7.7% and shares of Lantronix up about 3.5% on the day. Also showing relative strength are computers shares, up on the day b
In trading on Tuesday, computer peripherals shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.3%. Leading the group were shares of Silicom, up about 7.7% and shares of Lantronix up about 3.5% on the day. Also showing relative strength are computers shares, up on the day b