Although the addition of a healthy 178,000 jobs in March was “stirring,” and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3%, economists were muted in their celebrations, as the impact of the war in Iran on the labor market is still unknown.
Although the addition of a healthy 178,000 jobs in March was “stirring,” and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3%, economists were muted in their celebrations, as the impact of the war in Iran on the labor market is still unknown.
Fabric that once defined Northern Ireland’s capital is at heart of its stylish revival, embraced by designers, royalty and heritage farmers alike On a cobbled street in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, next door to a hipster coffee shop and opposite an ice-cream parlour that has a near-constant queue since going viral on TikTok, the elegant Kindred of Ireland boutique is doing a surprisingly brisk tra...
Fabric that once defined Northern Ireland’s capital is at heart of its stylish revival, embraced by designers, royalty and heritage farmers alike On a cobbled street in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter, next door to a hipster coffee shop and opposite an ice-cream parlour that has a near-constant queue since going viral on TikTok, the elegant Kindred of Ireland boutique is doing a surprisingly brisk trade in artfully oversized butter yellow linen blouses and exquisite Donegal mulberry tweed jackets finished with a length of rose pink linen tied in a bow at the nape of the neck. Half a century after the Troubles, Belfast is finding a new identity through an industry that once defined it. Linen – the fibre that built its wealth and earned it the name Linenopolis – is being woven into a story of renewal. Almost a century after the postwar collapse of an industry that, at its peak, employed 40% of the working population of Northern Ireland, linen is returning as a marker of identity. Continue reading...
Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Catalyst Watch - a breakdown of some of next week's actionable events that stand out. Read more about the events that may impact stock prices next week. Sunday - April 5 Oil watch - OPEC+ will hold a meeting. The key issue is whether the group sticks with a modest output increase or surprises traders with a larger move. The decision matters because it could swing crude p...
Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Catalyst Watch - a breakdown of some of next week's actionable events that stand out. Read more about the events that may impact stock prices next week. Sunday - April 5 Oil watch - OPEC+ will hold a meeting. The key issue is whether the group sticks with a modest output increase or surprises traders with a larger move. The decision matters because it could swing crude prices, shift inflation expectations, and ripple into energy stocks and the broader market. Monday - April 6 Volatility watch - CoreWeave ( CRWV ) and Cytokinetics ( CYTK ) are set up for a volatile week of trading based on options volume. The most overbought stocks per their 14-day relative strength index include Kore Group ( KORE ), Apellis Pharma ( APLS ), and Tilly’s ( TLYS ). The most oversold stocks per their 14-day relative strength index include Service Properties ( SVC ), Sanuwave Health ( SNWV ), and MDxHealth SA ( MDXH ). Short interest is elevated on Sphere Entertainment ( SPHR ) and Serve Robotics ( SERV ) again. IPO watch - No IPOs are expected to price next week and begin to trade. The IPO lockup periods expire on blocks of shares of Alliance Laundry ( ALH ), Phoenix Education Partners ( PXED ), and Leifras ( LFS ). The quiet period ends on PayPay ( PAYP ) to free up analysts to post ratings. The countdown for investors to see SpaceX's ( SPACE ) financials ahead of a planned June IPO will continue. All day - Powell Industries ( POWL ) will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis following the three-for-one stock split. All day - The HumanX AI Conference in San Francisco will include participation from Amazon Web Services ( AMZN ), Anthropic, Canva, Conviction, CoreWeave ( CRWV ), Databricks, DeepLearning.AI, Google ( GOOGL ), Khosla Ventures, Mercedes-Benz ( MBGAF ), Microsoft ( MSFT ), NVIDIA ( NVDA ), OpenAI ( OPENAI ), and Perplexity. 11:30 a.m . UiPath ( PATH ) will host a live product webinar highlighting its latest agentic business orchestration capabili...
With the war in the Persian Gulf now more than a month old, the effect on fuel prices is plain to see: On average, they're up almost a dollar per gallon, or 25 percent, according to AAA . For a nation as addicted to the automotive as we are, that's bad news. Except, of course, for electric vehicles. The last half year has been rough for EV adoption here in the US. At the end of last September, the...
With the war in the Persian Gulf now more than a month old, the effect on fuel prices is plain to see: On average, they're up almost a dollar per gallon, or 25 percent, according to AAA . For a nation as addicted to the automotive as we are, that's bad news. Except, of course, for electric vehicles. The last half year has been rough for EV adoption here in the US. At the end of last September, the Trump administration abolished the federal tax credit for both new and used EVs, one of a series of policies that has disincentivized automakers to build EVs and consumers to buy them. Battery factories have been cancelled or repurposed , and EV lineups have been slashed as OEMs write down billions of dollars in the process. Some analysts have predicted a particularly grim Q1 2026. Cox Automotive, for example, forecast a 6.5 percent overall decrease in new car sales for the first three months of the year but a 28 percent decrease in EV sales for the same period. Without sustained high fuel prices, Stephanie Valdez Streaty, Cox's director of industry insights, expects people to make fewer trips. "To materially change buying behavior and drive a trend toward smaller, more efficient vehicles, consumers would need to believe gas prices will remain elevated for years, not just months," Cox said . Read full article Comments
The northern section of Tianjin Metro Line Z4 begins operations on Jan. 18, 2026. Photo: VCG Investment in China’s urban rail transit networks is set to plunge nearly 34% in 2026, as local governments struggle with mounting operating losses and tighter project-approval requirements. Spending is projected to fall to 272.7 billion yuan ($39.6 billion), following a 13.4% decline in 2025. The drop wou...
The northern section of Tianjin Metro Line Z4 begins operations on Jan. 18, 2026. Photo: VCG Investment in China’s urban rail transit networks is set to plunge nearly 34% in 2026, as local governments struggle with mounting operating losses and tighter project-approval requirements. Spending is projected to fall to 272.7 billion yuan ($39.6 billion), following a 13.4% decline in 2025. The drop would mark the fifth consecutive year of declining capital expenditure since a peak in 2020, according to a report from the China Association of Metros.
Two weeks ago I set aside my M4 MacBook Air and picked up a nine-year-old ThinkPad. It's one of an estimated 200 to 400 million Windows 10 PCs that don't meet Microsoft's requirements for Windows 11. When Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 10 in October, it became "obsolete." The solution, according to Microsoft, is to get rid of it and buy a computer that can run Windows 11 . But that...
Two weeks ago I set aside my M4 MacBook Air and picked up a nine-year-old ThinkPad. It's one of an estimated 200 to 400 million Windows 10 PCs that don't meet Microsoft's requirements for Windows 11. When Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 10 in October, it became "obsolete." The solution, according to Microsoft, is to get rid of it and buy a computer that can run Windows 11 . But that's not good enough. This ThinkPad - like millions of other PCs in the same boat - is still perfectly functional. Its hardware is more than capable of everyday tasks. I've been using it for web browsing, writing in Google Docs, talking to my Verge c … Read the full story at The Verge.
NiseriN/iStock via Getty Images As the market grapples with volatility, below is a list of the top 10 small-cap energy stocks based in the United States, ranked by their forward dividend yield. The list is topped by CrossAmerica Partners LP ( CAPL ), with a dividend yield of 10.08%. Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP ( KRP ) and Vitesse Energy, Inc. ( VTS ) are next, with TXO Partners, L.P. ( TXO ) and ...
NiseriN/iStock via Getty Images As the market grapples with volatility, below is a list of the top 10 small-cap energy stocks based in the United States, ranked by their forward dividend yield. The list is topped by CrossAmerica Partners LP ( CAPL ), with a dividend yield of 10.08%. Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP ( KRP ) and Vitesse Energy, Inc. ( VTS ) are next, with TXO Partners, L.P. ( TXO ) and Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. ( GRNT ) rounding out the rest of the top five. Diversified Energy Company ( DEC ), Global Partners LP ( GLP ) and Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. ( REPX ) are among the other high-yielding stocks on the list. The list concludes with VAALCO Energy, Inc. ( EGY ) and World Kinect Corporation ( WKC ), which offer dividend yields of 3.99% and 3.41%, respectively. Here is the list: CrossAmerica Partners LP Common Units ( CAPL ), Dividend yield: 10.08% Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP Common Units ( KRP ), Dividend yield: 10.03% Vitesse Energy, Inc. ( VTS ), Dividend yield: 9.67% TXO Partners, L.P. Common Units ( TXO ), Dividend yield: 9.58% Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. ( GRNT ), Dividend yield: 7.68% Diversified Energy Company ( DEC ), Dividend yield: 6.79% Global Partners LP Common Units ( GLP ), Dividend yield: 6.76% Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. ( REPX ), Dividend yield: 4.37% VAALCO Energy, Inc. ( EGY ), Dividend yield: 3.99% World Kinect Corporation ( WKC ), Dividend yield: 3.41% More on energy stocks Kimbell Royalty Partners: Average 2026 Quarterly Distribution Projected At $0.47 Per Unit Diversified Energy: Stable Cash Returns, But Not A Growth Story Global Partners: Resilient High-Yield Play Trading Below Intrinsic Value Kimbell Royalty Partners raised on compelling yield opportunity; Expand Energy cut at KeyBanc Vitesse Energy names Benard as new President and CEO, succeeding Gerrity
When you claim Social Security is entirely up to you. That sounds freeing, but it can also be confusing because there isn't a clear best choice. Apply early, and you get more checks, but each one is smaller. Wait to sign up, and you might get a larger lifetime benefit, but it depends on your life expectancy. There's a lot of uncertainty there. That drives some people to look to others for guidance...
When you claim Social Security is entirely up to you. That sounds freeing, but it can also be confusing because there isn't a clear best choice. Apply early, and you get more checks, but each one is smaller. Wait to sign up, and you might get a larger lifetime benefit, but it depends on your life expectancy. There's a lot of uncertainty there. That drives some people to look to others for guidance. And when we look at the Social Security beneficiary data, we see a pretty consistent average claiming age among men and women. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
IBM has always been synonymous with technology, from buzzy corporate mainframes to boxy personal computers, rewarding shareholders handsomely over many decades. Arizona State University finance professor Hendrik Bessembinder crunched the numbers and discovered that IBM created $525.9 ...
IBM has always been synonymous with technology, from buzzy corporate mainframes to boxy personal computers, rewarding shareholders handsomely over many decades. Arizona State University finance professor Hendrik Bessembinder crunched the numbers and discovered that IBM created $525.9 ...
Lanier Defense spending around the world was already on the rise, totaling $2.63T in 2025, and the ongoing war on Iran is expected to push that number even higher. The Trump administration is expected to propose a record $1.5T defense budget for fiscal 2027, higher than the $961.6B requested for fiscal 2026. As for NATO, tensions are running high, with President Trump renewing his threat of leavin...
Lanier Defense spending around the world was already on the rise, totaling $2.63T in 2025, and the ongoing war on Iran is expected to push that number even higher. The Trump administration is expected to propose a record $1.5T defense budget for fiscal 2027, higher than the $961.6B requested for fiscal 2026. As for NATO, tensions are running high, with President Trump renewing his threat of leaving the defense alliance as allies hesitate to join the war on Iran. The U.S. isolationist pivot is widely expected to push allies to increase defense spending over the next decade, a recent Seeking Alpha poll showed . But defense stocks have not gained since the Iran war broke out, with related ETFs down over the past month in line with broader stock market declines: DFEN -27.8%, ITA -9.4%, XAR -8.7%, PPA -6.8%, EUAD -4.7%, SHLD -3.7%. "If the war is successful in removing Iran as a threat, the need for spending could actually decline in both the U.S. and the Middle East," Bernstein analysts wrote in a recent note. That is unless ground troops are deployed, other countries join the war, or a new threat unfolds, like China potentially invading Taiwan. But despite the pullback with the overall market, SA subscribers are clearly watching the defense sector, viewing it as a long-term winner Notable defense stocks: Lockheed Martin ( LMT ), RTX ( RTX ), Northrop Grumman ( NOC ), Boeing ( BA ), Honeywell ( HON ), General Dynamics ( GD ), GEAerospace ( GE ), L3Harris Technologies ( LHX ), TransDigm ( TDG ), Huntington Ingalls ( HII ). U.S. government data More on defense Macro Insights: The Hormuz Crisis Says No, But The Market Says Yes War In Iran: Why Europe Could Be The Next Escalation Front Trump to propose record $1.5T defense budget with focus on missile shield, ships Cheap drone ‘Lucas’ is said to signal shift in U.S. war strategy
While the market continues to range, with US/Israel/Iran tensions keeping retail money away, we will look at what AI crypto predicts will be the best play for April 2026. To do so, we have consulted Google’s Gemini, X’s Grok, and the OpenAI-backed ChatGPT. The market is currently locked in a ...
While the market continues to range, with US/Israel/Iran tensions keeping retail money away, we will look at what AI crypto predicts will be the best play for April 2026. To do so, we have consulted Google’s Gemini, X’s Grok, and the OpenAI-backed ChatGPT. The market is currently locked in a ...