On Feb. 3, 2026, LRI Investments, LLC disclosed a new position in Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF (NASDAQ:VBIL) , acquiring 217,176 shares in a transaction estimated at $16.38 million based on quarterly average pricing. According to an SEC filing dated Feb. 3, 2026, LRI Investments, LLC initiated a new position in Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF (NASDAQ:VBIL) by purchasing 217,176 shares...
On Feb. 3, 2026, LRI Investments, LLC disclosed a new position in Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF (NASDAQ:VBIL) , acquiring 217,176 shares in a transaction estimated at $16.38 million based on quarterly average pricing. According to an SEC filing dated Feb. 3, 2026, LRI Investments, LLC initiated a new position in Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF (NASDAQ:VBIL) by purchasing 217,176 shares. The estimated value of this acquisition is $16.4 million based on the quarterly average price. The value of the position at the end of the quarter increased by the same amount, reflecting both the purchase and price movement. Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF provides investors with a disciplined approach to tracking its benchmark index, focusing on investment-grade U.S. Treasury bills. The fund’s transparent investment strategy and competitive expense management set it apart in the short-duration fixed-income market. Continue reading
A company's own top management tend to have the best inside view into the business, so when company officers make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in th
A company's own top management tend to have the best inside view into the business, so when company officers make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in th
March arabica coffee (KCH26 ) today is down -15.70 (-5.23%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH26 ) is down -198 (-5.14%). Coffee prices are sinking today, with arabica falling to a 7.25-month low and robusta sliding to a 6-month low. Coffee prices have been under pressure over the past 3...
March arabica coffee (KCH26 ) today is down -15.70 (-5.23%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH26 ) is down -198 (-5.14%). Coffee prices are sinking today, with arabica falling to a 7.25-month low and robusta sliding to a 6-month low. Coffee prices have been under pressure over the past 3...
Valerii Evlakhov/iStock via Getty Images Tariffs Tariffs have become a cornerstone of the Trump Administration’s economic policy. President Trump’s three main goals with tariffs are to: Reduce our trade deficit Bring manufacturing jobs back home. Force our trade partners to pay the United States when we buy their products. As President Trump explained when he announced his new tariff policy on Apr...
Valerii Evlakhov/iStock via Getty Images Tariffs Tariffs have become a cornerstone of the Trump Administration’s economic policy. President Trump’s three main goals with tariffs are to: Reduce our trade deficit Bring manufacturing jobs back home. Force our trade partners to pay the United States when we buy their products. As President Trump explained when he announced his new tariff policy on April 2 nd : “For decades, our country has been looted, pillaged, and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike…foreign leaders have stolen our jobs, foreign cheaters have ransacked our factories, and foreign scavengers have torn apart our once beautiful American dream…Our country and its taxpayers have been ripped off for more than fifty years, but it is not going to happen anymore.” In announcing the day as Liberation Day, President Trump touted it as his “declaration of economic independence.” Tariff Policy Was Formulated in Project 2025 President Trump has long felt that the United States was being taken advantage of by our trading partners. This philosophy was more formally outlined in Project 2025, which was published by the Heritage Foundation as a playbook for consolidating executive power, dismantling the administrative state, and defending the nation’s borders. Although during the 2024 presidential election campaign President Trump disavowed Project 2025, saying he didn’t know anything about it, he seems to be following it now. The author of Project 2025’s trade policy is Peter Navarro, who currently is a senior advisor to the president and was the Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy during President Trump’s first term. One of the major themes of Project 2025 is that as the dominant democratic superpower of the world, the US needs to protect itself by strengthening our manufacturing and defense industrial base and improving the dependability of our supply chain to prevent disruptions in times of crisis or conflict. This would require creatin...
Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) shares surged following the casual footwear company's fourth-quarter earnings report, as its namesake brand saw strong international sales and it predicted its beleaguered HeyDude brand would return to growth in the second half of 2026. Let's dig into Crocs' Q4 results and outlook to see whether or not it's too late to buy the stock. Image source: Getty Images. Continue readin...
Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) shares surged following the casual footwear company's fourth-quarter earnings report, as its namesake brand saw strong international sales and it predicted its beleaguered HeyDude brand would return to growth in the second half of 2026. Let's dig into Crocs' Q4 results and outlook to see whether or not it's too late to buy the stock. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
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
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
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is up +0.14 (+1.02%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK26 ) is down -2.30 (-0.57%). Sugar prices are mixed today as they consolidate above last week's 5.25-year lows. Mild short covering emerged in sugar today on signs that the plunge...
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is up +0.14 (+1.02%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK26 ) is down -2.30 (-0.57%). Sugar prices are mixed today as they consolidate above last week's 5.25-year lows. Mild short covering emerged in sugar today on signs that the plunge...
Talk show host Stephen Colbert said CBS forbade him from interviewing Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico because of a Federal Communications Commission threat to enforce the equal-time rule on late-night and daytime talk shows. Talarico "was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the ...
Talk show host Stephen Colbert said CBS forbade him from interviewing Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico because of a Federal Communications Commission threat to enforce the equal-time rule on late-night and daytime talk shows. Talarico "was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast," Colbert said on last night's episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert . "Then I was told in some uncertain terms that not only could I not have him on, I could not mention me not having him on, and because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this." Colbert went on to describe some of the background Ars readers are already familiar with. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr recently issued a warning to late-night and daytime talk shows that they may no longer qualify for the bona fide news exemption to the equal-time rule, and subsequently opened an investigation into ABC’s The View after an interview with Talarico. Read full article Comments
Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, projects Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) will deploy its Optimus humanoid robot to transform factory life, then home life, by 2028/2029. Humanoid Robots Pose Massive Engineering Challenges Wood took to X to share ARK Invest’s findings on the intricacy of humanoid robots. According to their research, developing humanoid robots is “200,000 times more complex” than robotaxis....
Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, projects Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) will deploy its Optimus humanoid robot to transform factory life, then home life, by 2028/2029. Humanoid Robots Pose Massive Engineering Challenges Wood took to X to share ARK Invest’s findings on the intricacy of humanoid robots. According to their research, developing humanoid robots is “200,000 times more complex” than robotaxis. She attributed this complexity to the “first principle’s approach” and “dogged determination” of El
The following companies are expected to report earnings after hours on 02/17/2026. Visit our Earnings Calendar for a full list of expected earnings releases.Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW)is reporting for the quarter ending January 31, 2026. The security company's consensus earn
The following companies are expected to report earnings after hours on 02/17/2026. Visit our Earnings Calendar for a full list of expected earnings releases.Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW)is reporting for the quarter ending January 31, 2026. The security company's consensus earn
When Both Sides Go Quiet Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance There is a political instinct that I’ve developed over the last few decade or so: when both parties are shouting, it’s business as usual. When both parties go quiet, pay attention, because something ugly is probably getting passed or covered up, and the American taxpayer is likely footing the bill of consequences. Few public controversies ...
When Both Sides Go Quiet Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance There is a political instinct that I’ve developed over the last few decade or so: when both parties are shouting, it’s business as usual. When both parties go quiet, pay attention, because something ugly is probably getting passed or covered up, and the American taxpayer is likely footing the bill of consequences. Few public controversies in recent memory have generated as much bipartisan distrust as the handling of the Epstein files. Republicans accused Democrats of failing to pursue full transparency while President Biden was in office. Now Democrats accuse Republicans of withholding or slow-walking the release of the complete records. The blame shifts with political control, but the underlying fact pattern remains the same: both parties have figures of influence whose names have surfaced in connection with Epstein’s orbit . That reality complicates the politics of accountability and fuels public suspicion that neither side is entirely comfortable with full disclosure. What should have been a straightforward matter of transparency, identifying networks of power, influence, and possible criminal complicity, has instead unfolded as a slow humiliating drip of redactions, procedural delays, partial disclosures and cagey congressional testimony. Each release seems to raise more questions than it resolves. These questions revolve around sex trafficking, exploitation, abuse of minors, coercion and manipulation, elite complicity, obstruction of justice, etc. But the deeper damage taking place now is not only about the crimes associated with Jeffrey Epstein. It is about institutional response. If only one political party had meaningful exposure to the scandal, the other would likely have been far more relentless in demanding transparency. But this is different. Despite Democrats harping on the files now, they were quiet in the years prior to Trump’s second term and, because Epstein’s connections span media, finance...
More women in toxic relationships take their own lives than are killed by an abusive partner. Perpetrators of abuse must be properly held accountable Hours before she hanged herself in 2023, Katie Madden spoke on the telephone with her abusive former partner, Jonathon Russell, who had been banned from contacting her after an alleged assault. After hearing testimony at the inquest into her death, t...
More women in toxic relationships take their own lives than are killed by an abusive partner. Perpetrators of abuse must be properly held accountable Hours before she hanged herself in 2023, Katie Madden spoke on the telephone with her abusive former partner, Jonathon Russell, who had been banned from contacting her after an alleged assault. After hearing testimony at the inquest into her death, the coroner cited Ms Madden’s long, toxic relationship with Mr Russell as a contributory factor in her suicide. But there has been no criminal investigation into her death. As our reporting this week has highlighted, this is a tragic but far too familiar story. The Domestic Homicide Project, a programme led by the National Police Chiefs’ Council, recorded 98 such suspected suicides following domestic abuse in 2024, compared with 80 cases where victims were killed by their partners. Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here . Continue reading...
Labour can justify local government reform. It cannot justify delaying elections. Tweaking maps won’t enrage voters; stagnant pay and broken services will Being forced to abandon plans to delay local elections in England with fewer than three months’ notice is not just another policy U-turn by the government. It brings to a head issues of aptitude and judgment. The rationale seemed sound: avoid el...
Labour can justify local government reform. It cannot justify delaying elections. Tweaking maps won’t enrage voters; stagnant pay and broken services will Being forced to abandon plans to delay local elections in England with fewer than three months’ notice is not just another policy U-turn by the government. It brings to a head issues of aptitude and judgment. The rationale seemed sound: avoid electing councillors to bodies that would be abolished under Labour’s reorganisation of local government. The political problem was that 21 of the 30 councils were Labour-led. That created a perception – fair or not – of democratic manipulation. The elections should have gone ahead. The Electoral Commission last December warned of “unprecedented” uncertainty around them. The commission was clear: “Scheduled elections should as a rule go ahead as planned, and only be postponed in exceptional circumstances.” Changing course late in the day puts their smooth running at risk and piles pressure on staff. In defending their decision last month before retreating on Monday, ministers look unprepared and out of their depth. Even worse, Labour reverse-ferreted after a legal challenge from Nigel Farage. He has taken to the airwaves to crow. Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here . Continue reading...
Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow discusses Warner Bros. Discovery’s decision to reopen negotiations with Paramount Skydance following its sweetened offer. Plus, renewed anxiety over the outlook for AI weighs on stocks. And, Thrive Capital raises more than $10 billion in its largest fund ever, giving the firm an expanded war chest to invest in AI. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow discusses Warner Bros. Discovery’s decision to reopen negotiations with Paramount Skydance following its sweetened offer. Plus, renewed anxiety over the outlook for AI weighs on stocks. And, Thrive Capital raises more than $10 billion in its largest fund ever, giving the firm an expanded war chest to invest in AI. (Source: Bloomberg)
Robert Way/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Nvidia Corporation ( NVDA ) dominates AI hardware with GPUs essential for AI model training. For non-technical investors like me, this means NVDA produces very sophisticated computer chips that are necessary to support artificial intelligence, given its massive hardware power and a near-monopoly in the software ecosystem. According to NVDA’s CEO, Jensen...
Robert Way/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Nvidia Corporation ( NVDA ) dominates AI hardware with GPUs essential for AI model training. For non-technical investors like me, this means NVDA produces very sophisticated computer chips that are necessary to support artificial intelligence, given its massive hardware power and a near-monopoly in the software ecosystem. According to NVDA’s CEO, Jensen Huang , “ The ChatGPT moment for physical AI is here when machines begin to understand, reason, and act in the real world. ” He also warned that “ You won’t lose your job to AI; you’ll lose your job to someone who uses AI.” After reaching a record high in October 2025, NVDA shares have pulled back and consolidated. Over the past weeks, weakness in the technology sector has raised concerns that NVDA shares could be overdue for a correction. However, the company’s leadership role and virtual monopoly increase the odds that higher highs will continue. The Direxion Daily NVDA Bull 2X Shares ETF ( NVDU ) could be a useful product ahead of the company’s announcement of earnings later this month. Nvidia Remains the Most Valuable Company in the World NVDA continues to lead the world in market capitalization. Largest Companies by March Capitalization (companiesmarketcap.com) The chart shows that the top 10 companies by market capitalization all had market caps over $1.5 trillion. NVDA leads the pack with a value three times that of $4.45 trillion, $691 billion more than second-place Apple ( AAPL ). AI Supports a Higher NVDA Share Price NDVA’s company profile states: NVDA Company Profile (Seeking Alpha) In the technology sector, artificial intelligence is the holy grail. NVDA produces the chips supporting AI. Some of the highlights of NVDA’s AI-driven focus are: The Compute & Networking segment includes its Data Centre accelerated computing platforms, artificial intelligence solutions, and software. Quadro/Nvidia RTX GPUs include Omniverse software for building and operating AI and ...