As an avid dividend investor, I love high-yield stocks. However, I've learned the hard way that reaching for yield can get you burned by dividend cuts. At this point in my life, I'm far more cautious, spending extra effort to understand the businesses I'm buying. The consumer staples sector is one of my favorite areas to invest in, and right now, you can find some great options, including recent p...
As an avid dividend investor, I love high-yield stocks. However, I've learned the hard way that reaching for yield can get you burned by dividend cuts. At this point in my life, I'm far more cautious, spending extra effort to understand the businesses I'm buying. The consumer staples sector is one of my favorite areas to invest in, and right now, you can find some great options, including recent purchases of mine: General Mills (NYSE: GIS) , Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL) , and Clorox (NYSE: CLX) . The consumer staples sector is filled with reliable businesses that make necessity products. Think about it for a second. No matter how bad the economy or stock market gets, you are still going to buy food, deodorant, and toilet paper. This is why the sector is often viewed as a safe haven when times get tough. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
The US Supreme Court decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs gives India more scope in negotiations over a trade deal, people familiar with the matter said. New Delhi is not considering backing away from a bilateral trade agreement with the US struck earlier this month, the people said, asking not to be identified because the discussions are private. Both sides agreed in...
The US Supreme Court decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs gives India more scope in negotiations over a trade deal, people familiar with the matter said. New Delhi is not considering backing away from a bilateral trade agreement with the US struck earlier this month, the people said, asking not to be identified because the discussions are private. Both sides agreed in February to a deal that would lower US tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from 50%, with New Delhi pledging to buy $500 billion of American goods over five years as well. A team of Indian negotiators postponed a scheduled visit to Washington to finalize the interim deal after the verdict late last week. India has tapered purchases of Russian oil in recent months, a key Trump demand, but maintained it reserves the right to buy crude based on its energy needs and market conditions, a position officials reiterated. “India is also likely to reassess its US trade deal, especially as the threat of punitive tariffs with respect to Russian oil purchases is gone – albeit India may choose to continue tapering purchases to maintain relations with Trump,” said Madhavi Arora , economist with Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd., adding that India could seek more favorable terms in talks, with less pressure now to make large concessions. New Delhi is treading carefully after the ruling, balancing its trade interests while seeking to avoid friction with Trump’s administration, which has urged partner nations to honor deals signed. India was among the first to start trade talks with Washington but ended up facing some of the highest tariff rates despite several rounds of negotiations and calls between leaders once seen as close. Tariff Winners China, India and Brazil are among those now seeing lower tariff rates for shipments to the US after the court ruled that Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose duties was illegal . While Trump subsequently announced pla...
Hedge funds that helped fuel a boom in US exchange-traded funds holding Bitcoin are in rapid retreat. Aggregate Bitcoin ETF allocations among the largest hedge fund holders fell 28% from the third to the fourth quarter of 2025, according to data compiled by CF Benchmarks , a wholly-owned subsidiary of crypto exchange Kraken. Bitcoin is down almost 50% from its October peak of over $126,000. The to...
Hedge funds that helped fuel a boom in US exchange-traded funds holding Bitcoin are in rapid retreat. Aggregate Bitcoin ETF allocations among the largest hedge fund holders fell 28% from the third to the fourth quarter of 2025, according to data compiled by CF Benchmarks , a wholly-owned subsidiary of crypto exchange Kraken. Bitcoin is down almost 50% from its October peak of over $126,000. The token slid as much as 4.8% in early Asia trading on Monday to nearly $64,300, its lowest level since Feb. 6, as fresh nervousness over US tariffs rippled through global markets. The losses extend a prolonged selloff that began in October. Since then, with digital-asset prices sliding and yields on a once-lucrative trading strategy shrinking, fast-money investors have steadily cut exposure. “The dominant theme over the last two quarters was hedge fund de-risking,” Gabe Selby , head of research at CF Benchmarks, wrote in a Feb. 19 research note. “The October blow-off top appears to have triggered systematic position reductions.” The unwind is visible in regulatory filings. Brevan Howard overhauled its position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust , becoming the largest seller of the spot ETF in the fourth quarter. Its stake fell about 86% to 5.5 million shares, reducing the value of its spot position from about $2.4 billion to $275 million. Read more: Bitcoin Won Over Wall Street and Now It’s Paying the Price Part of the retreat reflects a simple shift in price momentum. Bitcoin has fallen alongside — and at times faster than — the macro risks it was meant to hedge, undermining the institutional pitch that it could offset inflation, currency debasement or equity stress. But the pullback is also mechanical. Bitcoin basis trading became one of the most popular strategies in hedge fund playbooks over the past two years. Funds bought spot Bitcoin ETFs while shorting CME futures, capturing the premium at which futures traded above spot. It was a near-consensus carry trade that requi...
In this article DJT Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT U.S. President Donald Trump meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (not pictured), in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Europe has warned that trade deals struck with the U.S. could now be at risk after President Donald Trump unveiled a new global 15% tariff on all impor...
In this article DJT Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT U.S. President Donald Trump meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (not pictured), in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Europe has warned that trade deals struck with the U.S. could now be at risk after President Donald Trump unveiled a new global 15% tariff on all imports at the weekend. Trump's move came after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down his global tariffs policy, implemented last spring, that had upset the long-standing global trading order. The president reacted to the Supreme Court's judgment by initially announcing a new universal 10% levy, using a different legal framework for the latest tariffs , but then increased the global tariff rate to 15% — the legal maximum which can be in place for 150 days before Congressional approval is required. The new import duties are "effective immediately," Trump said in a Truth Social post on Saturday. Officials in Europe and London expressed alarm and consternation at the latest upheaval in global trade relations, saying Trump's new tariff policy could upend trade deals signed with the U.S. last year. They asked for more clarity from the White House as to what the new tariff policy framework means in practice for their respective trade deals, which saw most EU exports to the States hit with a 15% duty, and those from the U.K. slapped with a 10% levy. watch now VIDEO 7:37 07:37 'A deal is a deal' - European officials refuse to accept tariff chaos Europe Early Edition "Pure tariff chaos from the U.S. administration," the Chair of the European Parliament's committee on International Trade, Bernd Lange, reacted to the White House on Sunday. "No one can make sense of it anymore — only open questions and growing uncertainty for the EU and other U.S. trading partners," Lange wrote on social media platform X. "Do new tariffs ... not constitute a breach of the deal? Regardless, no one kno...
CagriSema achieved 23% weight loss after 84 weeks of treatmentCagriSema 2.4/2.4 mg did not meet the primary endpoint of showing non-inferiority on weight loss compared to tirzepatide 15 mg at 84 weeks1Additional trials are exploring the full weight loss potential of CagriSema, including higher-dose combinations Bagsværd, Denmark, 23 February 2026 – Novo Nordisk today announced headline results fro...
CagriSema achieved 23% weight loss after 84 weeks of treatmentCagriSema 2.4/2.4 mg did not meet the primary endpoint of showing non-inferiority on weight loss compared to tirzepatide 15 mg at 84 weeks1Additional trials are exploring the full weight loss potential of CagriSema, including higher-dose combinations Bagsværd, Denmark, 23 February 2026 – Novo Nordisk today announced headline results from REDEFINE 4, an open-label phase 3 trial from the global REDEFINE clinical trial programme. REDEFIN
Merchants Bancorp 7.625 PFD SE E ( MBINL ) declares $0.4765/share quarterly dividend . Payable April 1; for shareholders of record March 13; ex-div March 13. See MBINL Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Merchants Bancorp Merchants Bancorp Preferreds Review Update: One Gets My Rating Rating Small-cap stocks with lowest dividend yield grade Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Me...
Merchants Bancorp 7.625 PFD SE E ( MBINL ) declares $0.4765/share quarterly dividend . Payable April 1; for shareholders of record March 13; ex-div March 13. See MBINL Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Merchants Bancorp Merchants Bancorp Preferreds Review Update: One Gets My Rating Rating Small-cap stocks with lowest dividend yield grade Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Merchants Bancorp Historical earnings data for Merchants Bancorp Dividend scorecard for Merchants Bancorp
Orange CEO Christel Heydemann said the French carrier and its partners have not yet reached an agreement on a new bid to buy rival SFR. She also speaks about the company's expansion plans, AI disruption and satellites. She spoke with Bloomberg's Anna Edwards, Tom Mackenzie and Guy Johnson. (Source: Bloomberg)
Orange CEO Christel Heydemann said the French carrier and its partners have not yet reached an agreement on a new bid to buy rival SFR. She also speaks about the company's expansion plans, AI disruption and satellites. She spoke with Bloomberg's Anna Edwards, Tom Mackenzie and Guy Johnson. (Source: Bloomberg)
Chinese artificial intelligence glasses enjoyed a sales boom over the Spring Festival, fuelled by pent-up consumer demand and a new national subsidy. Huaqiangbei, a subdistrict in Shenzhen that is home to the world’s biggest electronics wholesale market, saw total revenue jump 35 per cent year on year during the Spring Festival, led by strong demand for AI glasses, according to a report by the 21s...
Chinese artificial intelligence glasses enjoyed a sales boom over the Spring Festival, fuelled by pent-up consumer demand and a new national subsidy. Huaqiangbei, a subdistrict in Shenzhen that is home to the world’s biggest electronics wholesale market, saw total revenue jump 35 per cent year on year during the Spring Festival, led by strong demand for AI glasses, according to a report by the 21st Century Business Herald daily newspaper. Sales of AI glasses surged up to 80 per cent, while those...
Companies across Southeast Asia are looking overseas to sell shares, as persistent underperformance in some parts of the region weighs on markets at home. Philippine fast-food group Jollibee Foods Corp. ’s international unit and financial-technology firm Maya are eyeing US listings. Indonesia’s PT Merdeka Gold Resources and a unit of the MNC Group conglomerate are considering Hong Kong, as is the ...
Companies across Southeast Asia are looking overseas to sell shares, as persistent underperformance in some parts of the region weighs on markets at home. Philippine fast-food group Jollibee Foods Corp. ’s international unit and financial-technology firm Maya are eyeing US listings. Indonesia’s PT Merdeka Gold Resources and a unit of the MNC Group conglomerate are considering Hong Kong, as is the restaurant arm of Thai hospitality group Minor International Pcl . The moves highlight a broader strain across the Philippine, Indonesian and Thai markets, where thin liquidity and weak returns have made it harder to attract capital. All three have trailed the MSCI Asia Pacific Index over the past year, prompting companies to look abroad for higher valuations and more investors. “The issue for many Southeast Asian markets is the relative lack of capital pools available for public equities and the relative maturity of their public equity ecosystems,” said William Bratton , head of Asia-Pacific cash equity research at BNP Paribas SA. The challenge is more acute for niche or fast-growing companies, which often see overseas exchanges with more developed ecosystems as a lower-risk route to public capital, he added. Jollibee Foods’ international unit Philippines US Maya Philippines US Minor International’s REIT Thailand Singapore Minor International’s restaurant unit Thailand Hong Kong Bitkub Thailand Hong Kong Berli Jucker’s MM Mega Market Thailand Vietnam, Hong Kong or Singapore Merdeka Gold Resources Indonesia Hong Kong MNC Digital Entertainment Indonesia Hong Kong Akulaku Indonesia Hong Kong Patsnap Singapore Hong Kong and Singapore AirAsia’s branding unit Malaysia US Green & Smart Mobility Vietnam To be confirmed Source: Bloomberg News reporting, company statements; IFR reported on Akulaku’s listing plan, and Krungthep Turakij reported on MM Mega Market’s listing plan. Last month, Jollibee’s chief financial officer said the US offers a deep pool of investors and strong marke...