In trading on Friday, shares of the Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (Symbol: VONG) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $115.12, changing hands as low as $114.79 per share. Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth shares are currently trading off about 0.1% on the day. The chart

Feeling lucky on Friday the 13 th ? It is time to dive into the pungent software dumpster. The sell-off in the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) has been arguably one of the most severe in the software sector's history outside of major recessions or crashes like 2008 and 2022. I want to use options to define my risk, avoid the stench, and express a bullish view after investors have endured a more than 20% correction in this leading software ETF, the IGV. A significant sell-off in software stocks has been triggered by investor concerns that powerful new AI coding tools from Anthropic and OpenAI could disrupt the industry and various sectors have felt the wrath. Even a travel website like Expedia is down 15% in the last two trading days due to investors' fear that AI-powered search and booking tools will disintermediate traditional booking sites by allowing users to plan and book trips without leaving a search engine. Seemingly no stock is safe from the perception that it is replaceable by AI to some extent. On Feb. 5, 2026, IGV traded down to $79.27 — not quite trading under "liberation day" lows of $76.68 — reflecting a one-day decline of almost 5%. This decline aligns with a broader market repricing of AI-related and enterprise software equities, as investors increasingly have turned leery of near-term monetization opportunities and balance-sheet discipline over unrestricted AI spending. Top 5 names in IGV are: Microsoft , Palantir , Oracle , Salesforce , Applovin , which on average are down 40% from their respective all-time highs in the last six months. These five stocks represent a 38% weighting of the IGV ETF. IGV has entered extreme oversold conditions, registering a RSI level of 14.85 earlier this month. I want to sell a put to finance an upside call, better known as a risk reversal. However, there is risk that IGV craters even lower and you will be "put" to own this ETF. Longer term, I want to own all of these names and I already have a long-te...

CharlieAJA/iStock via Getty Images The January CPI report offered an encouraging headline at first glance, with inflation easing to the lower end of its post 2021 to 2022 range. However, beneath that softer print was a more uneven mix of price dynamics, with weakness concentrated in volatile categories and firmer pressures persisting in select service segments. As a result, the data complicates the narrative of steady, broad-based disinflation and keeps the focus squarely on whether underlying price trends are being masked by softness in the major CPI segments. CPI BLS The U.S. CPI increased just 0.2% MoM to start the new year, coming in below estimates of a 0.3% MoM increase. The soft monthly gain caused the annual rate to decelerate from 2.7% YoY in December to 2.4% YoY in January, a reading that was also below the consensus estimate of 2.5% YoY. This softer annual rate is the lowest since April 2025 and matches the second-lowest post-pandemic reading in September 2024. More generally, the movement in headline CPI inflation puts it back at the lowest part of the range that it has been in since the sharp flare-up in price growth in 2021-2022. The softness was in large part driven by the volatile components, which were both weak in January: Food prices increased just 0.2% MoM in January, much weaker than the 0.7% MoM increase in December. The food at home index increased at the same 0.2% MoM rate, the slowest for this subsegment since July 2025. Despite the weakness, 5/6 of the grocery store subsegments increased. Food away from home was up just 0.1% MoM, showing no major price pressures in January. BLS Energy prices were a major deflationary force in January, falling -1.5% MoM, despite there being exceptionally cold weather during the month. This was because prices for energy foods saw a sharp -3.3% MoM decline, driven by gas prices down -3.2% MoM and -7.5% YoY. Weather effects had more of an impact on the energy services segment, which increased 0.2% MoM, as price...

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hapabapa/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The U.S. stock market demonstrates elevated volatility in 2026 so far, and market capitalizations of aggressive growth companies like Palantir Technologies Inc. ( PLTR ) are melting. PLTR is down by almost 30% since my neutral thesis as of January 1st, and I think that such a sharp dip creates a compelling investment opportunity for long-term investors. As a value investor, I prefer to look at the company’s fundamentals above all. And Palantir’s fundamentals are stellar regardless of the share price dynamic as several recent developments confirm it. Of course, PLTR’s valuation remains extremely growth-oriented, but the premium is not as large as it was in October or December 2025 when the share price was around $200. At approximately $130 per share, it is still difficult to call Palantir cheap, however the premium looks modest now compared to the company’s growth potential. Moreover, the technical setup looks extremely attractive with the current RSI of around 30 and the share price dipping below 200-day SMA. All in all, I upgrade PLTR to Buy and have decided to start buying this stock. Recent developments The biggest fundamental development of the last few weeks is PLTR’s Q4 earnings release . The company delivered a confident dual beat against consensus estimates again, which was the tenth quarter of surpassing Wall Street’s forecasts in a row. Besides Palantir’s flawless earnings record over the last two years, the company delivered really impressive YoY growth in headline numbers. Seeking Alpha Palantir’s quarterly YoY revenue growth accelerated for the tenth consecutive quarter with a staggering 70% increase compared to the same quarter of FY2024. The company’s bottom line growth outpaced revenue growth in Q4 with a ~79% EPS increase, from $0.14 to $0.25. The fact that bottom line is growing faster than revenue is one of the most important fundamental factors for me as it indicates the quality of a company’s business m...

hapabapa/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The U.S. stock market demonstrates elevated volatility in 2026 so far, and market capitalizations of aggressive growth companies like Palantir Technologies Inc. ( PLTR ) are melting. PLTR is down by almost 30% since my neutral thesis as of January 1st, and I think that such a sharp dip creates a compelling investment opportunity for long-term investors. As a value investor, I prefer to look at the company’s fundamentals above all. And Palantir’s fundamentals are stellar regardless of the share price dynamic as several recent developments confirm it. Of course, PLTR’s valuation remains extremely growth-oriented, but the premium is not as large as it was in October or December 2025 when the share price was around $200. At approximately $130 per share, it is still difficult to call Palantir cheap, however the premium looks modest now compared to the company’s growth potential. Moreover, the technical setup looks extremely attractive with the current RSI of around 30 and the share price dipping below 200-day SMA. All in all, I upgrade PLTR to Buy and have decided to start buying this stock. Recent developments The biggest fundamental development of the last few weeks is PLTR’s Q4 earnings release . The company delivered a confident dual beat against consensus estimates again, which was the tenth quarter of surpassing Wall Street’s forecasts in a row. Besides Palantir’s flawless earnings record over the last two years, the company delivered really impressive YoY growth in headline numbers. Seeking Alpha Palantir’s quarterly YoY revenue growth accelerated for the tenth consecutive quarter with a staggering 70% increase compared to the same quarter of FY2024. The company’s bottom line growth outpaced revenue growth in Q4 with a ~79% EPS increase, from $0.14 to $0.25. The fact that bottom line is growing faster than revenue is one of the most important fundamental factors for me as it indicates the quality of a company’s business m...

资产管理规模达3.3万亿美元的资产管理公司资本集团（Capital Group）表示，欧洲央行今年至少将加息一次，这将显著提振欧元兑美元。这一观点与许多投资者和经济学家认为欧洲央行将维持利率不变至2027年的预期相悖。有人甚至预计，如果美国在新任美联储主席领导下降息迫使欧洲央行采取行动，该行可能会放松政策。目前货币市场认为降息25个基点的可能性不到三分之一。但是，资本集团投资总监Edward Harrold预计，欧洲经济增长将加快，从而促使欧洲央行与美联储政策路径出现分化。他在接受采访时表示，这将推动欧元到年底升至“1.20区间高端”。欧元兑美元周五报约1.1860。(新浪财经)

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United Airlines Holdings Inc. quietly dropped the Airbus SE A350 jetliner from its fleet plan in coming years amid a legal battle with the aircraft’s engine supplier, Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc . The airline disclosed the dispute in its 10-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, saying the UK-based manufacturer breached a 2010 agreement concerning engine purchases. The filing shows contractual deliveries for the widebody A350 starting after 2027, but the columns for expected deliveries are blank. United said it paid Rolls-Royce a $175 million commitment in 2017 but requested a refund plus contractual escalation last year because of the alleged breaches. Rolls-Royce didn’t pay that back, and both companies argue that they owe each other damages, United said in the filing. A spokesman for Rolls-Royce said the company has complied with obligations under agreements dating to 2010, and it looks forward to a resolution and strengthening its partnership with “a valued customer” in the future. Airbus said it had no comment on the matter. United first announced it was ordering 25 A350s in 2009 and then expanded the order to 45 jets in 2017 — a deal then valued at $14 billion, with deliveries expected to start in 2022. Read More: Rolls-Royce Seeks to Win Back Boeing Orders After Engine Upgrade

In trading on Friday, shares of Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (Symbol: UTI) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $29.61, changing hands as high as $30.15 per share. Universal Technical Institute, Inc. shares are currently trading up about 5.2% on the day. The ch

In trading on Friday, shares of Constellation Brands Inc (Symbol: STZ) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $155.73, changing hands as low as $151.99 per share. Constellation Brands Inc shares are currently trading off about 5.3% on the day. The chart below shows the

Louisiana-Pacific ( LPX ) declares $0.30/share quarterly dividend , 7.1% increase from prior dividend of $0.28. Forward yield 1.27% Payable March 13; for shareholders of record Feb. 27; ex-div Feb. 27. See LPX Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Louisiana-Pacific Louisiana Pacific: Why It's Still Not Attractive Louisiana-Pacific: A Tale Of 2 Markets Louisiana-Pacific Q4 2025 Earnings Preview Louisiana-Pacific rated Outperform in new coverage at Oppenheimer Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Louisiana-Pacific

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Consumer discretionary stocks have largely treaded water over the past year, gaining just 2% as measured by the Among the 11 major S&P sectors, only financials fared worse as the is unchanged over the past year while the has gained 12%. One area of consumer discretionary that has done well is footwear. Deckers Outdoor is already higher by 12% year to date, fueled in part by a powerful 19% earnings surge on Jan. 30.

The Trump administration issued licenses allowing a handful of Western oil companies to operate in Venezuela, the latest step in a campaign to revive the country’s oil-dependent economy. The licenses issued by the US Treasury Department on Friday authorizes five companies to engage in oil and gas contracts and transactions with Petróleos de Venezuela SA and its subsidiaries, and limits payments including taxes to a US-controlled account. The companies are BP PLC , Chevron Corp. , Eni SpA , Repsol SA and Shell PLC . Chevron is already operating in Venezuela under a restricted license but will now be allowed to expand its operations. The other companies previously held licenses that the Trump administration revoked last year as it was seeking to ratchet up pressure on Caracas. Under the new terms, contracts will be governed by the US and reviewed by the State and Energy Departments every 90 days. The list of authorized companies conspicuously excludes some incumbents, such as French-listed Maurel et Prom SA , which is controlled by Indonesia’s state-controlled Pertamina. Maurel et Prom didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment. The new license is the latest step by the Trump administration to stimulate Venezuela’s oil industry and revive the local economy following the capture of leader Nicolás Maduro earlier this year. The country’s oil production has fallen by about half since 2017, when Washington first imposed financial sanctions on the country. On Thursday, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright toured a project operated by Chevron in Venezuela’s Orinoco oil belt and told reporters that the opportunity for cooperation between the US and the South American nation is “immense.” Read More: Venezuela Plans to Grant More Oil Blocks to Chevron, Repsol Despite Venezuela’s abundant oil and gas reserves, most oil companies remain wary so far. Some like ConocoPhillips are still owed money from past nationalizations. ConocoPhillps chief executive Ryan Lance said his prior...

Jim Cantrell helped launch SpaceX. Now he's helping to build AI data centers -- in space. His company, Phantom Space, mass-manufactures rockets and spacecraft and it's building orbital data centers called Phantom Cloud to power AI in space. As demand for computing explodes, Earth’s data centers are hitting limits. Cantrell’s solution is to move the cloud off the planet. He joined "Bloomberg Open Interest" to talk about the new frontier. (Source: Bloomberg)

At least nine engineers, including two co-founders, have announced their exits from xAI in the past week, fueling online speculation and raising questions about stability at Musk’s AI company amid mounting controversy.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.18%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.20%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.23%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26 ) are up +0.16%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Broadcom (NasdaqGS:AVGO) has launched what it describes as the industry's first Wi-Fi 8 access point and switch solution for AI ready enterprise networks. The new offering combines a unified architecture with built in security, analytics, and AI acceleration for low latency, high bandwidth environments. This product is targeted at enterprises looking to support more data intensive workloads and AI applications across their network infrastructure. For you as an investor, this move sits...

You can watch Ring's recent Super Bowl ad and see a cute story about dogs being reunited with their families. You can also watch the very same ad and see the seeds being planted for a massively connected, utterly ubiquitous surveillance system that will end the concept of privacy forever. Maybe you can even see both at the same time. Verge subscribers, don't forget you get exclusive access to ad-free Vergecast wherever you get your podcasts. Head here . Not a subscriber? You can sign up here . On this episode of The Vergecast , Nilay and David talk about the Super Bowl ad that worried so many people, why Ring would build a feature like th … Read the full story at The Verge.

Meta Platforms has started construction on a $10b, 1 gigawatt data center in Indiana to support its expanding AI infrastructure. The project marks one of Meta's largest data center builds to date, tied directly to advanced AI workloads across its platforms. Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has invested $2b in Meta, equal to about 10% of its portfolio, signaling renewed institutional interest in NasdaqGS:META. NasdaqGS:META is trading at $649.81, with a 3 year return that is very large and a 5...

Khanchit Khirisutchalual/iStock via Getty Images Overview When I previously covered BlackRock TCP Capital Corp ( TCPC ), I issued a sell rating due to the poor earnings and deteriorating portfolio quality. Since then, the share price has fallen ~17% and there are hints that the upcoming earnings may continue to disappoint shareholders. TCPC is set to report its Q4 earnings at the end of this month, so I wanted to revisit this business development company to share some thoughts around its outlook over the next twelve months. Looking at the performance over the last twelve months, we can see that TCPC's share price has rapidly eroded capital and is now down more than 46.7%. Even when including all distributions that were paid out to shareholders, the total return still sits at a loss of about 37.5% over the same time frame. Due to the continuous decline in share price, TCPC now offers investors a starting dividend yield of 20.5%. However, I anticipate that the dividend will get reduced within the next twelve months as TCPC's portfolio continues to face headwinds. Data by YCharts Unfortunately, I do not believe there are any catalysts that can help propel TCPC higher in the short-term. In fact, I believe that management's most recent announcement about loan write-downs will actually drive the stock price lower and create additional selling pressure as investors shift capital out of TCPC. I anticipate TCPC to report much lower net investment income as well, which means that investors should still avoid accumulating here. So let's start by reviewing the biggest issue with TCPC's portfolio at this time. Deteriorating Portfolio Quality Management disclosed some new loan write-downs on their latest Form-8K . In plain English, this means that TCPC has admitted that several of the portfolio companies it lent money to are now failing. In order to generate its earnings, TCPC lends capital out to middle-market companies and collects interest and equity in exchange. Therefore, TC...

Timken ( TKR ) declares $0.35/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 1.3% Payable March 6; for shareholders of record Feb. 24; ex-div Feb. 24. See TKR Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Timken The Timken Company (TKR) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript The Timken Company 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Timken: Priced Already For Stability, Not For Growth Timken climbs to all-time high as KeyBanc upgrades on expected industrial cycle inflection Timken targets 8% EPS growth and expands 80/20 strategy while advancing portfolio simplification

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(RTTNews) - Shares of Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) are moving down about 6 percent during Friday morning trading following a decline in its profit for fourth quarter to $25.48 million, or $0.60 per share, compared to $30.104 million, or $0.71 per share, last year.

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niwate bunlue/iStock via Getty Images Background Transocean ( RIG ) recently announced plans to acquire a competitor, Valaris ( VAL ) in all stock deal subject to the approval of shareholders. Perhaps the most immediate and dramatic result is Val's nearly 50% gain. As a further result, VAL shareholders and RIG shareholders now share a common interest in RIG's backlog. Even with excitement around the acquisition, I'm convinced that backlog remains a critical concern. RIG's (large and growing?) total backlog represents anticipated future revenue and is often promoted in RIG investor materials and frequently referenced by analysts. In fact, backlog was discussed in the recent M&A investor presentation and associated conference call . Transocean RIG and VAL total backlog were sited at $5.9B and $4.1B respectively per each driller's adjusted October 2025 fleet status report. The $10.0B combined backlog includes RIG components of $5.0, $3.2B, and $1.9B in anticipated revenues in 2026, 2027, and 2028/thereafter. I reviewed RIG's backlog in July of last year and found substantial total backlog decline with particular weakness evident in the annual breakdown of total backlog and projected foreword revenues. I concluded by rating RIG a hold while cautioning investors that weakening backlog is likely to foretell declining forward revenues . Despite declining backlog and crude oil weakness, market sentiment and momentum have shifted with steep share price gains over the last several months and even more so recently. However, RIG's elevated share price may not be well supported by anticipated revenues given its backlog. Where Does RIG Backlog Stand? Transocean's total backlog has declined precipitously from about $9.0 Billion in early 2024 to a current estimate of about $6.3 Billion. RIG's 4Q24 report presented in early 2025 included the following breakdown of total backlog . 4Q24 Backlog Breakdown Transocean I will be referencing the lower most row, Total Contract Backlog , and...