Retired Lt. General Karen Gibson and former US Central Command director of intelligence, says President Donald Trump's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is a "bold move." She says this could force Iran to make additional concessions to the US during peace talks. (Source: Bloomberg)
Retired Lt. General Karen Gibson and former US Central Command director of intelligence, says President Donald Trump's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is a "bold move." She says this could force Iran to make additional concessions to the US during peace talks. (Source: Bloomberg)
Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) stock is facing fresh Wall Street pressure after JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee downgraded the chipmaker to Neutral from Overweight, cutting his price target to $140 from $185. The firm also placed QCOM shares on “negative catalyst watch,” a signal that JPMorgan sees meaningful near-term risk and no obvious catalyst to reverse it. For ... JPMorgan Downgrades Qualcomm and ...
Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) stock is facing fresh Wall Street pressure after JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee downgraded the chipmaker to Neutral from Overweight, cutting his price target to $140 from $185. The firm also placed QCOM shares on “negative catalyst watch,” a signal that JPMorgan sees meaningful near-term risk and no obvious catalyst to reverse it. For ... JPMorgan Downgrades Qualcomm and Puts It on Negative Watch: Is the Smartphone Giant’s Best Days Behind It?
JasonDoiy Wall Street traders are turning their attention to Netflix ( NFLX ) ahead of its closely watched earnings release after the closing bell, with positioning reflecting expectations for both financial results and forward guidance. Beyond headline figures, market participants are focused on management commentary during the earnings call, which often provides deeper insight into subscriber tr...
JasonDoiy Wall Street traders are turning their attention to Netflix ( NFLX ) ahead of its closely watched earnings release after the closing bell, with positioning reflecting expectations for both financial results and forward guidance. Beyond headline figures, market participants are focused on management commentary during the earnings call, which often provides deeper insight into subscriber trends, pricing strategy, and content spending. Prediction market data from Kalshi suggests investors are actively forecasting the themes Netflix is likely to emphasize. Traders are weighing potential signals around growth momentum, advertising performance, and competitive positioning within the streaming landscape. The range of projected talking points highlights heightened interest in qualitative guidance, underscoring how narrative and outlook may prove just as market-moving as the company’s quarterly numbers. Outlined below is what Kalshi traders are pricing in for what Netflix will say in its upcoming earnings call: Live Event — 94% chance. Acquisition — 90% chance. Competition — 90% chance. Warner Bros. / Warner Brothers — 85% chance. Price Change / Price Point — 84% chance. Gaming — 83% chance. MLB — 76% chance. Partnership — 74% chance. Profitable — 68% chance. WWE — 65% chance. Stranger Things — 63% chance. Paramount — 60% chance. Ad-Supported — 55% chance. Skyscraper — 49% chance. Subscriber — 48% chance. Hollywood — 34% chance. More on markets Narrow tech rally powers market higher despite weak breadth Artificial Intelligence boom redefines corporate debt markets, Apollo says S&P 500 returns to positive territory and erases Middle East conflict losses Geopolitical conflicts overshadow inflation as the top market threat, according to BofA Only 50/50 odds that the Strait of Hormuz normalizes by July according to prediction markets
Singer and musician who was a founder member of Clannad and lent an ethereal beauty to the theme of the TV series Harry’s Game Moya Brennan, who has died aged 73, was a founder member, lead singer and harpist with the Irish folk band Clannad. It was Moya’s ethereal singing voice that contributed to the band’s distinctive sound, particularly on the theme music for the television series Harry’s Game...
Singer and musician who was a founder member of Clannad and lent an ethereal beauty to the theme of the TV series Harry’s Game Moya Brennan, who has died aged 73, was a founder member, lead singer and harpist with the Irish folk band Clannad. It was Moya’s ethereal singing voice that contributed to the band’s distinctive sound, particularly on the theme music for the television series Harry’s Game in 1982. Moya later pursued a successful solo career, collaborating and recording with an impressive number of performers across the musical spectrum. Formed in 1970, the band was initially called Clann As Dobhar (the family from Dore), which was soon shortened to Clannad. The band members were all related: Moya’s brothers, Ciarán and Pól Brennan, were joined by Pádraig and Noel Duggan, identical twins who were Moya’s uncles, though very similar to her in age. For a time, Moya’s sister Enya was also a member, until she left to pursue her highly successful solo career. Continue reading...
Elon Musk’s staff working on his envisioned Terafab joint venture between Tesla Inc. and SpaceX have reached out to chip industry suppliers seeking price quotes and delivery times for chipmaking gear. Ed Ludlow reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
Elon Musk’s staff working on his envisioned Terafab joint venture between Tesla Inc. and SpaceX have reached out to chip industry suppliers seeking price quotes and delivery times for chipmaking gear. Ed Ludlow reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
I’ve been holding Nvidia’s stock for years now, and even though I’ve watched about major interview CEO Jensen Huang has done, his recent framing of their business was so incredible that I wanted to share it with you as well. On the Dwarkesh Podcast, he reduced the entire business to one sentence: “The input is ... Jensen Huang Says Nvidia Turns Electrons Into Tokens. That’s the Whole Business.
I’ve been holding Nvidia’s stock for years now, and even though I’ve watched about major interview CEO Jensen Huang has done, his recent framing of their business was so incredible that I wanted to share it with you as well. On the Dwarkesh Podcast, he reduced the entire business to one sentence: “The input is ... Jensen Huang Says Nvidia Turns Electrons Into Tokens. That’s the Whole Business.
LUMN teams up with AWS to launch a cloud connectivity solution that cuts setup from weeks to minutes and embeds networking directly into cloud services.
LUMN teams up with AWS to launch a cloud connectivity solution that cuts setup from weeks to minutes and embeds networking directly into cloud services.
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 4/20/26, Chiron Real Estate Inc (Symbol: XRN) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.25, payable on 5/15/26. As a percentage of XRN's recent stock price of $35.52, this dividend works out to appr
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 4/20/26, Chiron Real Estate Inc (Symbol: XRN) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.25, payable on 5/15/26. As a percentage of XRN's recent stock price of $35.52, this dividend works out to appr
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 4/17/26, WD-40 Co (Symbol: WDFC) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $1.02, payable on 4/30/26. As a percentage of WDFC's recent stock price of $201.34, this dividend works out to approximately
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 4/17/26, WD-40 Co (Symbol: WDFC) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $1.02, payable on 4/30/26. As a percentage of WDFC's recent stock price of $201.34, this dividend works out to approximately
Bank of Ireland Group Plc is proposing delisting from the London Stock Exchange as it looks to control costs, citing low trading in its shares on the exchange. Trading volume the London listed shares shares has been “negligible” relative to its Dublin line, the company said in a statement on Thursday. “The cost of maintaining the LSE listing is no longer in the interests of the company and its sha...
Bank of Ireland Group Plc is proposing delisting from the London Stock Exchange as it looks to control costs, citing low trading in its shares on the exchange. Trading volume the London listed shares shares has been “negligible” relative to its Dublin line, the company said in a statement on Thursday. “The cost of maintaining the LSE listing is no longer in the interests of the company and its shareholders as a whole,” it said. Bank of Ireland has been looking to cut costs as it seeks to increase efficiency. It announced plans to wind down its US acquisition financing business earlier in February, and said private credit has started to chip away at fees historically collected by traditional banks. The secondary delisting is subject to shareholder approval at an annual general meeting on May 21, and it won’t affect the listing on the primary market in Dublin, the bank said. Separately, the lender will ask for permission at the AGM to conduct a so-called odd-lot offer in which they would buy back stock from investors with 30 or fewer shares at a 5% premium to the market price at that time.
Nadia Lovell, UBS Global Wealth's head of global equity strategy, discusses the impact of rising oil prices on the US economy and corporate earnings during an interview on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)
Nadia Lovell, UBS Global Wealth's head of global equity strategy, discusses the impact of rising oil prices on the US economy and corporate earnings during an interview on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 4/17/26, Methode Electronics Inc (Symbol: MEI) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.05, payable on 5/1/26. As a percentage of MEI's recent stock price of $7.17, this dividend works out to app
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 4/17/26, Methode Electronics Inc (Symbol: MEI) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.05, payable on 5/1/26. As a percentage of MEI's recent stock price of $7.17, this dividend works out to app
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 4/20/26, Greenbrier Companies Inc (Symbol: GBX) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.34, payable on 5/11/26. As a percentage of GBX's recent stock price of $51.46, this dividend works out to
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 4/20/26, Greenbrier Companies Inc (Symbol: GBX) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.34, payable on 5/11/26. As a percentage of GBX's recent stock price of $51.46, this dividend works out to
stocknshares/E+ via Getty Images Independent Bank ( INDB ) was initiated with an Overweight rating and $88.00 price target at Stephens. "For 2026-2027, we forecast operating EPS of $7.05 and $8.14, respectively, equaling a 1.54% ROA and 14.8% ROTCE for 2027," said analyst Matt Breese. "Our price target is based on a ~185% P/TBV multiple and 10.5x-11.0x 2027 EPS estimates, premium multiples to peer...
stocknshares/E+ via Getty Images Independent Bank ( INDB ) was initiated with an Overweight rating and $88.00 price target at Stephens. "For 2026-2027, we forecast operating EPS of $7.05 and $8.14, respectively, equaling a 1.54% ROA and 14.8% ROTCE for 2027," said analyst Matt Breese. "Our price target is based on a ~185% P/TBV multiple and 10.5x-11.0x 2027 EPS estimates, premium multiples to peers at ~9.5x 2027 EPS and ~160%-165% P/TBV," said Breese. "Further, we'd note that banks with similar ROTCE profiles as INDB of ~14.8% historically have traded at ~190%-195% P/TBV, and Independent's 10-year P/TBV multiple is ~210% P/TBV," added the research note. Stephens' rating aligns with the average sell-side analysts rating and SA's Quant Rating of Buy. Seeking Alpha authors grade the stock as Hold. The stock closed at $79.43 yesterday, 0.76% lower than its previous close. More on Independent Bank Independent Bank Corp. 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Independent Bank: A Strong Bounce-Back Quarter Independent Bank Corp. (INDB) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Independent Bank outlines 2026 profitability targets with 1.4% ROA and 15% ROTCE amid stable credit and C&I loan growth Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Independent Bank
Allbirds ( BIRD ) cooled off in early Thursday trading after a monster 582% rally on Wednesday tied to the company's AI pivot. The excitement was kicked off when the San Francisco-based company said it had signed a definitive agreement with an unnamed institutional investor for $50M in financing to shift its business to AI infrastructure. "The rise of AI development and adoption has created unprec...
Allbirds ( BIRD ) cooled off in early Thursday trading after a monster 582% rally on Wednesday tied to the company's AI pivot. The excitement was kicked off when the San Francisco-based company said it had signed a definitive agreement with an unnamed institutional investor for $50M in financing to shift its business to AI infrastructure. "The rise of AI development and adoption has created unprecedented structural demand for specialized, high-performance compute that the market is struggling to meet," stated the former shoe seller. The market cap on Allbirds ( BIRD ) stands at just under $150M for a business that sold its IP for about $39M. Renaissance Macro Research is just one of the skeptics on the moonshot rally. "The company has no existing GPU [graphics processing unit] inventory, no data center footprint, no engineering talent on record, and no customer pipeline disclosed at the time of yesterday’s announcement," wrote analyst Jeff deGraaf. "What it has is a press release, a new name, and a single day’s worth of market enthusiasm. History has an opinion on that combination," he added. Shares of Allbirds ( BIRD ) were down 30% at 10:24 a.m. to $11.94 vs. the 52-week range of $2.15 to $24.31. Trading volume on BIRD is above normal activity. More on Allbirds Dot-com vibes? Allbirds rallies more than 300% after pivoting from trendy shoes to AI compute Allbirds jumps after securing $50M to expand into AI compute infrastructure Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Allbirds Historical earnings data for Allbirds Financial information for Allbirds
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! While a church bell clanged intermittently and bits of tumbleweed blew across the pitch at the Emirates Stadium, the Allianz Arena hosted a ding-dong battle that pretty much had it all on Wednesday night. For the second evening in eight days, it was left to Bayern Munich and Real Madrid to pull out all the stops and provide the box-office enterta...
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! While a church bell clanged intermittently and bits of tumbleweed blew across the pitch at the Emirates Stadium, the Allianz Arena hosted a ding-dong battle that pretty much had it all on Wednesday night. For the second evening in eight days, it was left to Bayern Munich and Real Madrid to pull out all the stops and provide the box-office entertainment as Arsenal once again Arsenaled their way past Sporting in a bore draw to earn their place in Bigger Cup semi-finals. More or less picking up where they’d left off at the end of the first leg, Bayern and Madrid served up a gourmand feast of slapstick goalkeeping, a see-sawing scoreline, much better goalkeeping, near-misses, goals of an at times absurdly high quality, several red cards and no end of post-match salty Spanish tears and recriminations. While Madrid have little or no chance of pipping Barça to this season’s La Liga title, they certainly thrashed them in the ungracious Bigger Cup exit stakes. The image of Fermín López getting the boot from Juan Musso ( yesterday’s Football Daily ) clearly shows technique learned from English players. Admittedly, López’s head appeared to be at a dangerous level and one might expect an element of risk from crouching like that. As a life-long Hearts fan, I haven’t forgotten the approximation of a tackle attempted by English full-back Jason Talbot, then ‘playing’ for Livingston, on poor young winger Sam Nicholson in 2015. This was one incident in a match which, I believe, carries the accepted term ‘feisty’ (ie five goals, eight yellow cards and one red). And no, this wasn’t the red ” – Ken Muir. Re: your almost-spot-on analysis of Southampton’s chances of automatic promotion (yesterday’s News, Bits and Bobs, full email edition), what you and – to be fair – every other publication I’ve read about this in, have omitted to mention is that Ipswich’s game in hand is away to Saints during the week before the last games of the season...