pcess609/iStock via Getty Images Income investors have historically been at a huge disadvantage as the stock market has increasingly shifted toward the technology sector. Fast-growing tech stocks notoriously pay out very little in dividends. Many pay no dividends at all. The ones that do pay dividends are typically older and more mature companies growing slower than their smaller, newer, high-tech...
pcess609/iStock via Getty Images Income investors have historically been at a huge disadvantage as the stock market has increasingly shifted toward the technology sector. Fast-growing tech stocks notoriously pay out very little in dividends. Many pay no dividends at all. The ones that do pay dividends are typically older and more mature companies growing slower than their smaller, newer, high-tech peers. Some income investors have chosen to forsake their financial goal of maximizing current income in order to enjoy the price appreciation from the technology sector, while others have stuck to their guns and felt left out as tech has crushed the rest of the market, including their value-oriented dividend payers. Just look at the difference in total returns between value and growth over the last 20 years: Data by YCharts For this chart, I used the State Street Technology Sector ETF ( XLK ) and Invesco Nasdaq Index ( QQQ ) to represent techy growth and the iShares S&P 500 Value ETF ( IVE ) and iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF ( IWD ) to represent value. The level of outperformance, which ramped up after the Great Financial Crisis and continued ever since, is astounding. Unlike the manufacturing-driven economy of the mid-20th century, the US economy has become increasingly technology-driven. That only becomes truer as population growth grinds toward zero, causing the economic weight to shift from the size of the labor force to productivity. Little to no growth in the working-age population in developed countries, including the US, necessitates heavy investment into productivity enhancements. As growth in the working-age population slows and reverses all across the developed world, productivity-enhancing technology has never been so important. Put simply, today's income investor can't afford to sit out from tech. That's where covered call ETFs focused on the technology sector come in. Several have been launched over the last five years or so. The best of them, in my opinion...
Petrol has risen 19% and diesel 35%, and in England the north has had the sharpest increases Fuel prices have risen faster in Northern Ireland than in any other UK region since the beginning of the Iran war . Analysis of official data shows that petrol has jumped by 19% in Northern Ireland since the end of February, and diesel is now 35% more expensive. The rises are among the largest in Europe. C...
Petrol has risen 19% and diesel 35%, and in England the north has had the sharpest increases Fuel prices have risen faster in Northern Ireland than in any other UK region since the beginning of the Iran war . Analysis of official data shows that petrol has jumped by 19% in Northern Ireland since the end of February, and diesel is now 35% more expensive. The rises are among the largest in Europe. Continue reading...
Not sure where to begin or want to simplify your current regimen? Our expert demystifies the marketing with her step-by-step skincare guide • The best anti-ageing creams and serums Skincare has never been so overwhelming, as we’re bombarded with ads for complicated-sounding products and TikTok routines that promise dramatic results in just days. I get it. Despite having been a beauty journalist fo...
Not sure where to begin or want to simplify your current regimen? Our expert demystifies the marketing with her step-by-step skincare guide • The best anti-ageing creams and serums Skincare has never been so overwhelming, as we’re bombarded with ads for complicated-sounding products and TikTok routines that promise dramatic results in just days. I get it. Despite having been a beauty journalist for more than 15 years, even I haven’t been able to escape the noise; I’ve stood in front of a bathroom cabinet full of half-used serums, wondering why my skin was left feeling worse, not better. Somewhere along the way, we were sold the idea that more steps, more products and more intensity equals better skin. But it rarely does, and what works best, ultimately, is consistency – which is boring (sorry) but effective. Continue reading...
Chinese researchers unveiled a gravity detector with world-leading precision last month, potentially expanding the military applications of the technology. It uses a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) to detect objects by measuring tiny changes in gravity. The team that developed the instrument says it can be used for scientific research and finding underground resources. It also ...
Chinese researchers unveiled a gravity detector with world-leading precision last month, potentially expanding the military applications of the technology. It uses a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) to detect objects by measuring tiny changes in gravity. The team that developed the instrument says it can be used for scientific research and finding underground resources. It also brings the country one step closer to being able to spot patrolling nuclear submarines. According to...
Just_Super/E+ via Getty Images I previously covered Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE: CRM ) (NEOE: CRM:CA ) in September 2025, discussing how its prior growth profile had underperformed its historical trends and many of its AI SaaS peers despite the ongoing AI boom, with it resulting in my Hold rating then. In this article, I shall discuss why I am upgrading the CRM stock as a Buy here, with the SaaSpocalyp...
Just_Super/E+ via Getty Images I previously covered Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE: CRM ) (NEOE: CRM:CA ) in September 2025, discussing how its prior growth profile had underperformed its historical trends and many of its AI SaaS peers despite the ongoing AI boom, with it resulting in my Hold rating then. In this article, I shall discuss why I am upgrading the CRM stock as a Buy here, with the SaaSpocalypse selloff already contributing to its notably improved investment thesis, significantly aided by the recent materialization of a potential double bottom at the $178s. This is especially since the company has emerged as an Agentic AI beneficiary, as observed in the growing multi-year RPOs and the management's excellent FY2027/FY2030 guidance, as more of its consumers adopt the Agentforce and Data 360 offerings. CRM Proves Its Agentic AI Beneficiary Status CRM 1Y Stock Price (Trading View) 1. SaaSpocalypse Selloff Since my last Hold rating, CRM has experienced a deep selloff by -23.6% compared to the wider market at -1.9%, with a similar correction also observed in its SaaS peers in varying degrees. The meltdown may be attributed to the overly done SaaSpocalypse fears arising from Anthropic's ( ANTHRO ) launch of the Claude Cowork , with the fears of new AI tools potentially disrupting the SaaS sector's per seat monetization prospects already contributing to the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF's ( IGV ) meltdown by -35.3% between the 52-week highs and lows. These developments naturally lend credibility to my prior Hold rating, attributed to CRM's potential value trap story discussed in my last article, pending the materialization of a more bullish investment thesis. 2. Return To Growth Well, it seems that my patience has paid off after all, with FQ4'26 earnings call bringing forth CRM's accelerating subscription revenue growth to $10.7B ( +12.6% YoY ) and total Remaining Performance Obligation [RPO] growth to $72.4B (+14.1% YoY), compared to a year ago at +9% YoY a...
Julia Dorian/iStock Editorial via Getty Images One year ago today, after the markets closed on 4/2/25, President Trump made an appearance in the Rose Garden of the White House. At the event, which he labeled as "liberation day," the President announced a slew of new reciprocal tariff rates on countries all around the globe. The tariff rates ranged from a baseline of 10% on all imports upwards of 1...
Julia Dorian/iStock Editorial via Getty Images One year ago today, after the markets closed on 4/2/25, President Trump made an appearance in the Rose Garden of the White House. At the event, which he labeled as "liberation day," the President announced a slew of new reciprocal tariff rates on countries all around the globe. The tariff rates ranged from a baseline of 10% on all imports upwards of 100% on some specific countries such as China. Headed into the announcement, the S&P 500 had already fallen 7.7% versus its 2/29/25 high, but over the next several days, the index fell another 12.4% through the 4/8/25 low (for a total decline from February's high to April's low of 18.9%). While equity markets took a big hit last spring, the S&P 500 made a full recovery by June and is now up solidly over the past year. Below we show our asset class performance matrix with total returns for a range of ETFs since liberation day. The biggest winners have been in the commodity space. Silver ( SLV ) is up 114%, and that is even after falling 38% from its January high. Oil ( USO ) has been the next best performer with a 73% gain. As for equities, the S&P 500 ( SPY ) has provided a 17.3% total return in the past year. The small cap indices like the S&P Smallcap 600 ( IJR ) and Russell 2,000 ( IWM ) have outperformed with gains of 19.1% and 24.9%, respectively. While small caps have provided larger total returns than large caps, large cap growth ( IVW ) and small cap value ( IJS ) are up similar degrees. International equity ETFs have broadly outperformed US indices, with the likes of Brazil ( EWZ ), Mexico ( EWW ), and Israel ( EIS ) all up well over 50%. Only one country ETF is lower in the past year: India ( INDA ) with a 9.1% decline. Germany ( EWG ) and France ( EWQ ) are the only two other country ETFs in our matrix to underperform the S&P 500. Moving back to look at the US, in the tables below we show the Russell 1,000 members that have provided the best and worst total return...
Nothing moved the needle this week. | Image: The Verge / Shutterstock Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week . We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. Crickets. Despite recent signs of life , another week has come and gone without the Trump T1 Phone. We're now over nine months since its announcement in June of last year , and it ju...
Nothing moved the needle this week. | Image: The Verge / Shutterstock Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week . We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. Crickets. Despite recent signs of life , another week has come and gone without the Trump T1 Phone. We're now over nine months since its announcement in June of last year , and it just keeps missing ship dates. That's enough time to gestate and birth a whole human baby! It's also like, three (RIP) Samsung Galaxy Z TriFolds long. Which got me to thinking, what other products and services arrived - and maybe even departed - in the time that we've been waiting for the T1? Here is an incomplete list: … Read the full story at The Verge.
In my humble opinion, the Series 4 was a watershed moment in wearable tech history. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images This is Optimizer , a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here . You can trace the state of health te...
In my humble opinion, the Series 4 was a watershed moment in wearable tech history. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images This is Optimizer , a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here . You can trace the state of health tech today to a single gadget: the Apple Watch Series 4. Back in 2018, smartwatches and fitness bands focused on a handful of things: step count, heart rate, some light sleep monitoring, and activity logging. As a result, they were much more focused on fitness rather than overall health. Handy if you were trying to increase activity levels or lose a few pounds, but not a device th … Read the full story at The Verge.
Driving go-to-market strategy for Stagwell's SaaS portfolio to help organizations unlock faster, smarter and more effective marketing NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / April 3, 2026 /Stagwell, the global challenger network transforming marketing ...
Driving go-to-market strategy for Stagwell's SaaS portfolio to help organizations unlock faster, smarter and more effective marketing NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / April 3, 2026 /Stagwell, the global challenger network transforming marketing ...
Why Are They So Obsessed With This? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, As NASA’s Artemis II mission — the first crewed flight around the Moon in over half a century — gets underway, some in the media couldn’t resist injecting race into humanity’s greatest technical achievement. Instead of celebrating the engineering triumph and the daring crew pushing the boundaries of exploration, certa...
Why Are They So Obsessed With This? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, As NASA’s Artemis II mission — the first crewed flight around the Moon in over half a century — gets underway, some in the media couldn’t resist injecting race into humanity’s greatest technical achievement. Instead of celebrating the engineering triumph and the daring crew pushing the boundaries of exploration, certain outlets fixated on skin colour and “representation.” This is the same crowd that claims to champion science, yet they reduce every milestone to identity politics. A Sky News reporter declared that the Apollo missions to the Moon “didn’t represent humanity because ‘Apollo was all white men…’” highlighting how even lunar history must now be filtered through the lens of grievance. Sky News Reporter says that the Apollo missions to the Moon didn't represent humanity because "Apollo was all white men..." pic.twitter.com/xuvLEeWFOu — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 2, 2026 They couldn’t even exclude a manned moon mission, a stepping stone to colonising Mars, from this twisted obsession. In a separate incident, a reporter attempted to goad NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot on Artemis II and incidentally the first person of colour to venture beyond low Earth orbit on a lunar mission, into giving a DEI soundbite. Glover’s response, however, was a masterclass in sanity, as he responded, “I hope one day we can look at this as human history, not black history or women’s history.” NASA pilot Victor Glover CLAPS back after being asked what it means to be the first black man to visit the moon: “It’s the story of humanity, not black history, not women’s history, but that it becomes human history.” “I also HOPE we are pushing the other direction that one day… pic.twitter.com/0ctJfiWVRE — RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) April 2, 2026 Glover’s crew — including commander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Christina Koch (the first woman to fly this far), and Canadian Jeremy Hansen — repr...
The mean of analysts' price targets for Liquidia Corporation (LQDA) points to a 34.5% upside in the stock. While this highly sought-after metric has not proven reasonably effective, strong agreement among analysts in raising earnings estimates does indicate an upside in the stock.
The mean of analysts' price targets for Liquidia Corporation (LQDA) points to a 34.5% upside in the stock. While this highly sought-after metric has not proven reasonably effective, strong agreement among analysts in raising earnings estimates does indicate an upside in the stock.
The average of price targets set by Wall Street analysts indicates a potential upside of 56.9% in Chewy (CHWY). While the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric is questionable, the positive trend in earnings estimate revisions might translate into an upside in the stock.
The average of price targets set by Wall Street analysts indicates a potential upside of 56.9% in Chewy (CHWY). While the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric is questionable, the positive trend in earnings estimate revisions might translate into an upside in the stock.
The average of price targets set by Wall Street analysts indicates a potential upside of 29.5% in Abercrombie (ANF). While the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric is questionable, the positive trend in earnings estimate revisions might translate into an upside in the stock.
The average of price targets set by Wall Street analysts indicates a potential upside of 29.5% in Abercrombie (ANF). While the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric is questionable, the positive trend in earnings estimate revisions might translate into an upside in the stock.