Allen rallies from 5-3 down to win 10-6 in first round ‘I had a few drinks, a bit of bad food, slept really well’ Mark Allen revealed how “bad food” and a few drinks fuelled his surge into the second round of the World Snooker Championship after he swallowed up a two-frame overnight deficit to crush Zhang Anda 10-6 at the Crucible. The 40-year-old was so disillusioned with his display on Saturday, when he failed to rustle up a break over 50, that he set about drowning his sorrows in Sheffield. Allen then returned on Sunday to rifle three centuries in a six-frame streak and advance to the last 16. Continue reading...

British player has been out of action since early March Rybakina wins her second Porsche at Stuttgart Open Emma Raducanu will extend her absence from the WTA tour due to a viral illness to two months after she withdrew from the Madrid Open ahead of next week’s tournament. Raducanu has not competed since suffering a 6-1, 6-1 loss to Amanda Anisimova in the second round of the Indian Wells Open on 8 March. She briefly trained on-site at the Miami Open just over a week later before citing lingering symptoms from an earlier viral illness as the reason for her withdrawal from the tournament. Raducanu had been affected by a viral illness during the Middle East swing in February, which she said had contributed to her poor performances on the court. Continue reading...

Key Points2,001,148 Class A shares were indirectly sold for a total value of approximately $7.49 million across two days at a weighted average price of around $3.75 per share.

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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) isn't what you think of when you think of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. Most people associate Amazon with its commerce site and delivery services, which is a fair assessment. This part of the business generates the majority of Amazon's revenue. However, Amazon's cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services (AWS), generates most of the profits. This makes Amazon a bit of an under-the-radar AI infrastructure play, and the stock looks primed to skyrocket over the next few months as more people realize how impressive this segment of Amazon's business is. Although Amazon has rallied in recent weeks, it's still a solid buy, as the outlook for the business is strong and its valuation is still reasonable. Continue reading

Over the past several years, Nothing’s budget-centric subsidiary, CMF, has built a reputation for producing attractive, inexpensive products with features often reserved for gadgets that cost twice the price. The CMF Headphone Pro — the company’s first pair of over-ear wireless headphones — fit precisely in that lane, especially now that they’re on sale at Amazon in both light gray and a subtle green shade for an all-time low of $69 ($30 off). CMF Headphone Pro Where to Buy: $99 $69 at Amazon (light gray) $99 $69 at Amazon (green) Although the Headphone Pro eschew the retro-transparent design found on Nothing wares like the Headphone 1 , I wouldn’t necessarily say that’s a bad thing given the polarizing, squared-off design of the latter. Instead, the Pro go all in on the curves, with circular earcups, cushions, and a plush headband. You can also add an additional pop of color with CMF’s $25 interchangeable cushions , which, as of now, are available in either orange or the aforementioned green hue. Unlike many premium pairs of noise-canceling headphones, the Pro ditch touch-capacitive controls for physical buttons — a plus, as far as I’m concerned — allowing you to control playback, adjust the volume, and tweak a range of other settings using a customizable action button and a multi-function roller. Nothing also includes something called an Energy Slider, so you can adjust the treble and bass balance on the fly without digging into Nothing’s app to make EQ adjustments. The biggest draw of the Headphone Pro, aside from their adaptive ANC, is that they offer a whopping 100 hours of battery life per charge, ensuring you can travel just about anywhere without having to top them off. That number drops to 50 hours with active noise cancellation enabled; however, that’s still 10 hours more than what you’d get with a higher-end pair like Sony’s WH-1000XM6 and 20 hours more than the latest Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones . The fact that they support Google Fast Pair and th...

Is A "Vicious" Treasury Market Emergency At Our Doorstep? Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance When Henry Paulson steps back into the public conversation after years of relative silence, it’s not random timing. This is someone who sat at the center of the 2008 financial crisis and understands how quickly confidence can evaporate once stress begins to build in core markets. Paulson also appears to be one of about…oh, I don’t know… six people in the entire nation who know that $39 trillion in debt is an unsustainable level for the country. If you ask me, his recent interview with Bloomberg that is being passed around by traders should be read less as random innocuous commentary and more as a timing signal. In his interview, Paulson is explicitly warning that the scale of U.S. borrowing is now testing confidence in the Treasury market itself. With federal debt approaching $39 trillion, he points to the risk that the long-standing assumption of endless demand for U.S. government debt may no longer hold. As he put it, “That’s a dangerous thing,” describing a scenario where foreign demand declines and Treasury prices fall. That is not a small shift in tone. The entire global financial system is built on the idea that Treasuries are the ultimate safe asset, and once that perception begins to weaken, the consequences cascade quickly. What stands out even more is what he says next about how such a situation would resolve: “Should enough investors back out… the Federal Reserve would step in as a buyer of last resort.” And as we all know, a “buyer of last resort” is simply another way of describing a return to large-scale intervention by the Federal Reserve. Whether policymakers call it stabilization, liquidity support, or something else ( like the A.S.S.H.O.L.E.S. plan ), the mechanism is the same: the central bank absorbs supply when the market no longer can. In other words, quantitative easing returns. That leaves two realistic interpretations of why Paulson is speaking now. E...

AlexSecret/iStock via Getty Images Shares of Alamar Biosciences ( ALMR ) have seen a very successful public offering. Shares have risen 30% on the first day of trading, with investors being very upbeat on its precision proteomics technology for early disease detection. I like the mission of the business a lot, its potential as well, as the same applies for the sales momentum demonstrated upon. While some operating deleverage has been seen in the first quarter, overall momentum is strong, as I do not fear the losses given these strong cash balances. The strong sales momentum is very welcome, and while expectations have become a bit more demanding, they are not outrageous given the prospects here. For now I am keeping a very close eye on the future reports of the business, looking to learn more about the topline growth trends, and the impact on the bottom line, before considering a position here. Other interesting IPOs are discussed more extensively at Value In Corporate Events . Precision Proteomics For Early Disease Detection Alamar has a mission to power precision to enable the earliest detection of disease. The company was founded by Yuling Luo, a serial founder and entrepreneur in the life science business. In a family event, he recognizes that the most effective treatment for patients suffering from cancer and other diseases is that of detection, with proteins playing an instrumental role in that. Based on this insight, the business was founded in 2018. With detection being key in the early part of the diseases, this is just the time when the biological signals are the weakest. That results in many false positives, but the company finds a solid balance in this, creating real insights. Currently such solutions are only used in research settings, not authorized for clinical usage yet, but of course being applied in such settings is among the goals of the business here. The company positions itself as conservative, claiming a culture and playbook of under-promising...

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Leila Melhado/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Thesis MercadoLibre ( MELI ) has seen extraordinary growth over the past 5 years, expanding into a multinational company with a strong base of operations in South America. Through this, we have seen a transition from a purely E-Commerce company into a multi-product FinTech platform that has led to the company now being mispriced as an E-Commerce platform, despite the FinTech segment continuing to drive growth and long-term valuation. Due to these factors, along with an ecosystem flywheel that creates an unshakable moat and an expansion into credit that creates underappreciated growth opportunities, I am a Buy on MELI with ~15-20% upside, as I see a growth story that stretches far into the future. Company Background MercadoLibre is primarily known for its E-Commerce applications, with South America being its main operating region. However, it has 2 distinct operating segments, those being: E-Commerce (MercadoLibre): Operates and controls the MercadoLibre Marketplace, allowing 3rd-party sellers to list products, collecting fees, and similarly selling products from company inventory as well. FinTech (Mercado Pago): Mercado Pago is the leading FinTech platform/digital wallet in Latin America, serving as a comprehensive ecosystem that allows users/institutions to manage accounts, access credit, and process sales. Revenue streams are split ~57/43 ( 2025 10-K Page 43 ) for the E-Commerce and FinTech segments, respectively, with revenue collected from fees and 1st-party sales on the E-Commerce platform, along with transaction fees and credit service collections from the FinTech segment. A rapid expansion in credit, digital banking, and otherwise has accelerated the growth of the FinTech segment far beyond that of the E-Commerce segment. MercadoLibre still markets itself as the E-Commerce giant it is, but investors undervalue the growth and weight that FinTech has on future company earnings. For reference, in 2021, the FinTech ...

The iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IGSB) and iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (NASDAQ:ISTB) both target short-term U.S. dollar bonds, but IGSB charges a lower fee, yields slightly more, and has outperformed ISTB over the past one and five years. Both IGSB and ISTB serve as core fixed income options for investors seeking lower-duration exposure, but their approaches differ. IGSB focuses narrowly on investment-grade U.S. corporate bonds, while ISTB casts a wider net across investment-grade and high-yield bonds, including more diversified sectors. This comparison unpacks the key similarities and differences for cost, returns, risk, and portfolio makeup. Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year monthly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. Continue reading

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Former US president and New York mayor read to a group of children and led a sing-along at a Bronx childcare center Barack Obama met with Zohran Mamdani for the first time on Saturday at a childcare center where the former Democratic US president and mayor of New York City read to preschoolers and led a sing-along. The meeting comes as Mamdani, a democratic socialist who marked his 100th day in office just over a week earlier, is also trying to build a working relationship with Donald Trump – Obama’s Republican presidential successor. Continue reading...

Richard Drury/DigitalVision via Getty Images With a market capitalization of $109.7 million, First Reliance Bancshares ( FSRL ) is one of the smaller banks that I have looked at. But in recent years, management has succeeded in growing the revenue and profits of the business. Asset quality for the institution looks positive, and credit quality metrics check out. There has been some volatility when it comes to the balance sheet, but nothing absurd. And when you consider how cheap the stock is on both an absolute basis and relative to other similar terms, I would argue that rating it a soft ‘buy’ makes sense here. Of course, the picture could change as new data comes in. Soon, we will have just that. Management is expected to announce financial results for the first quarter of the company's 2026 fiscal year on April 24th. Leading up to that date, the good news is that analysts are optimistic about the company, with revenue and profits forecasted to rise year over year. So long as we don't see any major unexpected developments that negatively impact the outlook for the company, I believe that my rating here will hold. It’s worth banking on First Reliance Bancshares For the uninitiated, First Reliance Bancshares is a rather interesting bank, having been incorporated back in 1999. The firm has historically operated in markets throughout South Carolina and North Carolina. And through the branches that it has in operation, it offers up traditional banking services. Given its size, it really doesn't do much more beyond that. However, management has been making a concerted effort to grow the company in recent years. Author - SEC EDGAR Data In the chart above, you can see the balance sheet for the company. From 2023 through 2025, deposits increased from $858.6 million to $948.1 million. As deposits increased, loans grew also. They expanded from $697.3 million to $771.1 million. Primarily, the company focuses on commercial real estate. About $466.3 million, or 59.8%, of its lo...

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With a virtual monopoly on the production of advanced logic chips, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) is at the heart of the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure boom. TSMC, as it is also known, just reported strong Q1 results, although it wasn't enough to give its already strong stock price a lift. However, with the stock trading at a forward P/E of around 24 times this year's earnings, now may be a good time to buy shares. TSMC continued to benefit from the demand for the AI chips it specializes in producing. Management said, given the demand it was seeing, that its capital expenditure ( capex ) spending would be at the high end of its prior $52 billion and $56 billion guidance range, with a focus on expanding its 3-nm technology capacity. Image source: The Motley Fool. Continue reading

《科创板日报》4月19日讯（记者 郭辉） 颀中科技 今日（4月19日）晚间披露2025年度财报及2026年第一季度财报。 其财报显示，颀中科技2026年第一季度实现营业收入4.20亿元，同比下降11.37%；归属于上市公司股东的净利润为-2.93亿元，同比转亏。 颀中科技表示，今年一季度亏损主要系该公司全资子公司颀中科技（苏州）有限公司厂区凸块制程段发生火灾事故处置资产损失增加所致。 颀中科技2025年年报则显示，该公司2025年实现营业收入21.90亿元，较上年同期增长11.78%；归属于上市公司股东的净利润2.66亿元，较上年同期减少15.16%；归属于上市公司股东的扣除非经常性损益的净利润2.48亿元，较上年同期减少10.44%。 颀中科技称，2025年营业收入变动，主要系市场行情回温，客户订单量增加所致，营业成本变动主要系业务增长，且设备折旧及人力成本等较上年同期增加所致。 颀中科技2025年第四季度营业收入5.86亿元，归属于上市公司股东的净利润0.81亿元，归属于上市公司股东的扣除非经常性损益后的净利润0.70亿元。 分业务来看，2025年，颀中科技显示驱动芯片封测营业收入20.08亿元，同比增长14.20%，毛利率29.09%，同比下降2.24个百分点；生产量同比增长16.68%，销售量同比增长12.95%，主要系产业转移及境内客户需求增加所致。多元化驱动芯片封测营业收入1.52亿元，同比下降0.19%，毛利率21.60%，同比下降7.60个百分点；生产量同比下降33.79%，销售量同比下降38.67%，主要因稼动率不如预期。 颀中科技表示，多元化芯片封测业务是未来该公司优化产品结构、利润增长和战略发展的重点。 据介绍，在该领域颀中科技已相继开发出铜镍金凸块、铜柱凸块、锡凸块等各类凸块制造技术以及后段DPS及覆晶封装技术，可实现全制程扇入型晶圆级芯片尺寸封装（Fan-in WLCSP）的规模化量产，上述技术结合重布线（RDL）工艺以及最高 4P4M 的多层堆叠结构，可被广泛用于电源管理芯片、射频前端芯片等产品以及砷化镓、氮化镓等新一代半导体材料的先进封装。 2025年，颀中科技境内营业收入15.30亿元，同比增长26.52%，毛利率27.89%，同比下降4.51个百分点；境外营业收入6.29亿元，同比下降10.21%，毛利率30.21%，同比上升1.1...

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《科创板日报》4月19日讯（记者 黄修眉） 奥比中光 今日（4月19日）晚间公布2025年年报。其年报显示，奥比中光2025年实现营收9.41亿元，同比增长66.66%；归母净利润1.28亿元，同比增长303.33%。 报告期内，奥比中光研发投入合计2.03亿元，较上年减少0.88%，占营收比例为21.53%，同比减少14.67个百分点。其经营活动产生的现金流量净额本期为8272.41万元，上期为-8634.02万元。 《科创板日报》记者注意到， 综合其过往业绩表现，奥比中光实现2022年上市以来首次年度盈利。 由此计算，奥比中光2025年第四季度实现营收2.27亿元，归母净利润0.20亿元。 奥比中光成立于2013年，专注于3D视觉感知技术研发。公司主营业务是3D视觉感知产品的设计、研发、生产和销售，主要产品包括3D视觉传感器、 消费级应用设备和工业级应用设备。 至于业绩增长的原因，主要系本报告期奥比中光三维扫描、线下支付场景及机器人业务收入增长所致。 该公司营收按产品看，消费级应用设备实现收入5.84亿元，同比增长97.29%，毛利率为37.81%，同比下降1.01%；3D视觉传感器实现收入2.91亿元，同比增长36.79%，毛利率为54.43%，同比提升10.23%。 报告期内，消费级应用设备生产量和销售量同比增幅均为最高，分别为331.30%和331.05%；3D视觉传感器生产量和销售量分别增长2.46%和7.26%；工业级应用设备库存量同比增长41.67%。主要系三维扫描、支付宝“碰一下”设备业务需求增长所致。 从该公司产品收入结构看，消费级应用设备增速高于整体增速，3D视觉传感器增速低于整体增速。产品结构向高增长消费级应用设备倾斜。 该公司营收按地区看，境内实现营业收入8.48亿元，同比增长69.47%，毛利率为42.01%，同比提升2.75%；境外实现营收0.87亿元，同比增长43.91%，毛利率为58.49%，同比下降3.83%。 该公司同日（4月19日）晚间发布2025年度利润分配预案显示，除2025年度已实施的股份回购外，公司不派发现金红利，不送红股，不以资本公积金转增股本。 截至4月17日收盘，奥比中光股价报84.74元/股，总市值339.9亿元。

According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission dated April 14, 2026, Ocean Park Asset Management, LLC sold all 812,100 shares of VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF (NASDAQ:ANGL) in the first quarter. The estimated transaction value was $23.82 million, calculated using the average closing price for the period. The quarter-end position value declined by $23.85 million, reflecting both trading and price effects. The VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF (ANGL) provides institutional investors with targeted access to the fallen angel segment of the U.S. high-yield bond market. By tracking an index of downgraded former investment grade bonds, the fund seeks to capture potential value from credit rating transitions and market inefficiencies. Continue reading

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witsarut sakorn/iStock via Getty Images Co-authored with Hidden Opportunities A Structural Tailwind Too Big to Ignore Some of the most important data points that help us gauge the health of the economy are inflation prints, job reports, and consumer spending. Increasingly, all three are pointing in the same direction and toward the same critical sector. The United States is the largest consumer market in the world, but in 2025, healthcare was the largest contributor to consumer spending , possibly indicating an inflection point in the silver tsunami thesis. The U.S. is also the largest economy in the world, and the nation also has the highest healthcare spending globally, consistently at 17–18% of its GDP. The labor market also points to healthcare as a driver of the U.S. economy. With the weight of the tariffs, higher inflationary pressures, and AI disruption fears, we are seeing slowness in hiring across many industries. Still, healthcare continues to add jobs at a steady pace. In March 2026, the health care sector added 76,000 jobs , representing the anchor for U.S. employment growth and serving as a source of stability. Healthcare has maintained a lead over baseline inflation for more than two decades, and there are compelling reasons that this trend will continue. The most powerful driver of all is demographics. By 2030, Americans over the age of 65 are expected to outnumber those under 18 for the first time in history. Healthcare is the largest, fastest-growing, and most unpredictable expense for older people, creating a demand tailwind that is predictable and persistent. If we put these together, these trends highlight a sector that is less tied to economic swings and more driven by structural forces. Healthcare is helping define the future of the U.S. economy, and legislation cannot stop this. Not an Income-Focused Sector The healthcare sector is not one that is generous with dividends. In fact, healthcare is not going to be in the top ten sectors that are k...

It has not been easy to own United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) over the past couple of years. The stock is still down more than 50% from its 2022 high. However, if management is correct, the troubling financial results that caused this decline could soon come to an end. Here's why smart investors are digging into UPS' turnaround right now. After the pandemic period at the turn of the decade, UPS decided it needed to reset its business. That included cutting costs and shifting toward its most profitable customers. Streamlining the business meant investing in new equipment, selling older assets, and reducing staff. All of these ended up increasing costs. Meanwhile, shifting toward more profitable customers meant cutting ties with less profitable customers, even including Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) . That pushed the top line down even as costs rose. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading

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davidf/iStock via Getty Images A major rare earth project in South Africa backed by U.S. funding is moving ahead as Washington seeks to reduce dependence on China for minerals vital to defense systems, electric vehicles and advanced technology, the Associated Press reported Sunday. The Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project has received support through a $50 million equity commitment from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. The effort centers on extracting rare earth elements from massive waste dunes left behind by decades of phosphate mining and chemical processing. Developer Rainbow Rare Earths plans to begin production in 2028, with construction of a processing facility expected in 2027. The site is projected to operate for 16 years. Chief Executive George Bennett said much of the output is expected to go to the United States, where demand is tied in part to military applications. The project aims to supply minerals including neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium, which are used in high-performance magnets for wind turbines, EVs, robotics and weapons systems. Rainbow says using pre-processed mining waste could lower costs compared with conventional rare earth mining, while relying heavily on renewable energy. Analysts say the project may help diversify supply chains outside China, though its full commercial potential remains uncertain. The investment also highlights continued U.S. interest in Africa’s mining sector despite political tensions with South Africa, as Washington competes with Beijing for access to strategic resources across the continent. More on VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF REMX: The Geopolitics Of A US REE Stockpile Depletion REMX: Don't Overestimate The Size Of The Rare Earths Market And Strength Of Geopolitical Tailwinds Why I'm Increasing My Exposure To Critical Minerals Now Chinese rare earth producers hike prices by 44% for Q2 U.S., Australia back rare earths refinery with up to $600M in potential funding