Senegal raised 721 billion CFA francs ($1.3 billion) using derivatives to secure cheaper foreign-currency loans last year at a time when worries about its debt effectively closed international market access. The West African nation conducted seven so-called total return swap transactions with lenders, including Africa Finance Corp. , Société Générale SA and First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC between April ...
Senegal raised 721 billion CFA francs ($1.3 billion) using derivatives to secure cheaper foreign-currency loans last year at a time when worries about its debt effectively closed international market access. The West African nation conducted seven so-called total return swap transactions with lenders, including Africa Finance Corp. , Société Générale SA and First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC between April and November, Finance Minister Cheikh Diba told reporters in Dakar, the capital on Thursday. The deal cost about 7% compared with the 11–12% seen on international markets, he said. Both the International Monetary Fund and Bank of America Global Research have raised concerns about Senegal’s borrowings, with BoA warning it may need to restructure its debts in the second half of 2026 or face a rising risk of default absent external finance. “Senegal is not at risk of default,” Diba said. “With limited room to maneuver on international markets, we turned to the regional market to cover a good part of our financing needs, mobilizing foreign capital in a way that strengthened our liquidity and reassured investors.” President Bassirou Diomaye Faye ’s administration turned to derivatives, which were also used by Angola, after its finances got strained following the discovery in 2024 of $7 billion in previously undisclosed debt. The revelation prompted the International Monetary Fund to suspend a $1.8 billion facility, triggering a bond selloff and shutting Senegal out of global capital markets. Despite the swaps — similar derivative instruments led to the collapse of Archegos Capital Management LP in 2021 — investor concerns persist. The premium investors demand over US Treasuries to hold Senegal debt is more than 1,000 basis points — a threshold typically viewed as signaling distress — after climbing late last year ahead of a Eurobond payment falling due this month. Senegal Defends Raising Debt Through Opaque Derivatives Senegal’s Regional Borrowing Spree Buys Time to Fix Debt Cri...
Argan (AGX) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +74.37% and +2.79%, respectively, for the quarter ended January 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Argan (AGX) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +74.37% and +2.79%, respectively, for the quarter ended January 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Dare Bioscience (DARE) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +91.67% and -28.41%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2025. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Dare Bioscience (DARE) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +91.67% and -28.41%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2025. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Republican Lawmakers Led By Nancy Mace Begin To Break With Trump On Iran War: 'We Were Misled' Republican lawmakers are belatedly starting to wake up to the potential for the United States to once again get bogged down in yet another Middle East quagmire, but this time with a country double the size of Iraq (both in geography and population). GOP Rep. Nancy Mace has led the charge this week, blast...
Republican Lawmakers Led By Nancy Mace Begin To Break With Trump On Iran War: 'We Were Misled' Republican lawmakers are belatedly starting to wake up to the potential for the United States to once again get bogged down in yet another Middle East quagmire, but this time with a country double the size of Iraq (both in geography and population). GOP Rep. Nancy Mace has led the charge this week, blasting any potential Trump admin move to put American boots on the ground, warning she will vehemently oppose new war funding if American troops are deployed in Iran. "I'll be voting against the funding if we're putting troops on the ground," Mace told a reporter outside the Capitol earlier in the week. "I'm not going to fund that." Mace: I’ll be voting against the funding if we’re putting troops on the ground. I’m not going to fund that—no U.S. troops. pic.twitter.com/qLDbT0OrvA — Acyn (@Acyn) March 24, 2026 The comments came after the Pentagon days prior unveiled a massive $200 billion supplemental request in order to fund the war, which was at first previewed by White House officials as lasting a mere 'days' or a few 'weeks' and not months (or years). Mace soon followed her verbal comments with a Tuesday post on X pushing back against getting sucked into a ground war. "If a single boot of a single American soldier sets foot on Iranian soil, I will vote against this," Mace wrote. "I will not vote to fund sending South Carolina's sons and daughters to die in a ground war in Iran." War Secretary Pete Hegseth had framed the supplemental request as essential given it "takes money to kill the bad guys" - as he said, echoing a view that President Trump has been supportive of while claiming "we won". Axios is newly reporting on Thursday that Mace is not going to back down if another War Powers resolution is pushed before the House : Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) told Axios she will "most likely" vote for House Democrats' resolution to constrain President Trump from waging war with Iran ...
Rumble ( RUM ) named Mike Masci as chief financial officer effective March 31, 2026. Masci succeeds Brandon Alexandroff, who will become a strategic advisor to the chief executive officer. He joins from Intel Corporation ( INTC ), where he led product management for the Edge Computing Group. More on Rumble Rumble Inc. (RUM) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Rumble Inc. (RUM) Q4 2025 Earnings Call T...
Rumble ( RUM ) named Mike Masci as chief financial officer effective March 31, 2026. Masci succeeds Brandon Alexandroff, who will become a strategic advisor to the chief executive officer. He joins from Intel Corporation ( INTC ), where he led product management for the Edge Computing Group. More on Rumble Rumble Inc. (RUM) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Rumble Inc. (RUM) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Small-Cap communication services stocks ranked by quant ratings after earnings season IHS, Deutsche Telekom, Disney come out on top in communication services quant picks ahead of Q4 earnings Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Rumble
Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI), a server and storage solutions provider, closed Thursday at $22.21, down 7.65%. The stock fell as investors reacted to fresh shareholder lawsuits tied to DOJ smuggling charges and analyst downgrades. The stock is reacting to ongoing legal devel
Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI), a server and storage solutions provider, closed Thursday at $22.21, down 7.65%. The stock fell as investors reacted to fresh shareholder lawsuits tied to DOJ smuggling charges and analyst downgrades. The stock is reacting to ongoing legal devel
BalkansCat/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Motorola Solutions ( MSI ) inked an agreement to acquire Bell Canada's ( BCE ) land mobile radio networks services business for approximately $487M, the company announced today. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026 pending regulatory and third-party approvals. "We have long admired Bell Canada for the loyalty and trust they've bui...
BalkansCat/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Motorola Solutions ( MSI ) inked an agreement to acquire Bell Canada's ( BCE ) land mobile radio networks services business for approximately $487M, the company announced today. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026 pending regulatory and third-party approvals. "We have long admired Bell Canada for the loyalty and trust they've built with customers across the country," said Michael Martin , president of Motorola Solutions Canada Networks. "This acquisition helps protect the long-term resiliency and security of the country's land mobile radio communications for the Canadian communities that rely on them every day." Earlier this month, Motorola acquired the Manchester-based Exacom, a provider of cloud-native voice and multimedia recording and logging solutions. More on Motorola Solutions and BCE BCE Inc. (BCE:CA) Shareholder/Analyst Call Transcript BCE Inc. (BCE:CA) Presents at Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference 2026 Transcript Motorola Solutions, Inc. (MSI) Presents at Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference 2026 Transcript Motorola projects $675M 2026 Silvus revenue with 10%–11% software and 15% command center growth amid strong AI suite rollout Motorola edges higher after Q4 results top expectations
Earnings Call Insights: Lucid Diagnostics Inc. (LUCD) Q4 2025 Management View CEO Lishan Aklog reported that "our EsoGuard test volume in the fourth quarter was 3,664. That exceeds our target range that we've articulated regularly of approximately 2,500 to 3,000 tests per quarter, and that represents a 29% increase from the third quarter of 2025." He stated, "revenue came in at $1.5 million for th...
Earnings Call Insights: Lucid Diagnostics Inc. (LUCD) Q4 2025 Management View CEO Lishan Aklog reported that "our EsoGuard test volume in the fourth quarter was 3,664. That exceeds our target range that we've articulated regularly of approximately 2,500 to 3,000 tests per quarter, and that represents a 29% increase from the third quarter of 2025." He stated, "revenue came in at $1.5 million for the fourth quarter. That's a 24% increase from the third quarter of 2025." Aklog highlighted the award of a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contract for EsoGuard at the Medicare rate, calling it "a great accomplishment" and emphasizing the VA's large addressable market of 9 million veterans. Aklog noted positive data from a real-world study of nearly 12,000 patients, citing "excellent technical performance, rapid cell collection times...95% of procedures were completed in under 2 minutes." He described the study as confirming "the scalability and the viability of EsoGuard on sample collected with EsoCheck." Aklog said, "we remain really highly confident" about upcoming Medicare coverage, referencing continued positive engagement with MolDX and commercial payers, including UnitedHealthcare and Cigna, as well as progress with laboratory benefit managers (LBMs) and Blue Cross Blue Shield plans. Aklog explained resource reallocation to focus on VA and Medicare, stating, "we're not increasing our resources because we're very cognizant of our cash burn and our OpEx right now, but we are reallocating resources to make sure we're taking advantage of the opportunity with the VA." Aklog stated, "as we move into 2026, our focus is on converting the lessons that we've learned, converting our ability to generate that demand into revenue and the focus is on the VA and Medicare." Dennis McGrath, CFO, said, "cash at year-end December 31 was $34.7 million. The average burn rate, including cash interest on the debt for 2025 was $11.1 million per quarter, with the fourth quarter a bit ...
Earnings Call Insights: Commercial Metals Company (CMC) Q2 2026 Management View CEO Peter Matt stated that "the CMC team delivered another excellent financial performance this quarter, propelled by solid operational and commercial execution, a favorable market backdrop in most regions and the addition of our newly acquired precast platform." He highlighted net earnings of $93 million or $0.83 per ...
Earnings Call Insights: Commercial Metals Company (CMC) Q2 2026 Management View CEO Peter Matt stated that "the CMC team delivered another excellent financial performance this quarter, propelled by solid operational and commercial execution, a favorable market backdrop in most regions and the addition of our newly acquired precast platform." He highlighted net earnings of $93 million or $0.83 per diluted share, with adjusted earnings at $130.1 million or $1.16 per diluted share. Matt pointed to a 114% year-over-year increase in consolidated core EBITDA to $297.5 million and a core EBITDA margin of 14%. He emphasized that results were "impacted by abnormally disruptive weather conditions that temporarily reduced production and increased energy costs," but credited the company's strategic moves, including the launch of the TAG program and the establishment of the precast platform, for driving improvement. Matt shared that the integration of the CP&P and Foley acquisitions was "on schedule," with early wins on the commercial front and a unified go-to-market strategy being implemented. Matt reported that CMC is "confident we should reach or exceed our ambitious goal of exiting the fiscal year at an annualized run rate EBITDA benefit of $150 million" from TAG initiatives, with these benefits expanding across all business lines. CFO Paul Lawrence stated, "we reported fiscal second quarter 2026 net earnings of $93 million or $0.83 per diluted share compared to net earnings of $25.5 million or $0.22 per diluted share in the prior year period." Lawrence explained that adjusted earnings for the quarter totaled $130.1 million or $1.16 per diluted share, with consolidated core EBITDA of $297.5 million and a 14% core EBITDA margin. He highlighted the Construction Solutions Group's net sales of $314.4 million and adjusted EBITDA of $53.4 million, with the precast businesses contributing $33.6 million to segment adjusted EBITDA. Outlook Matt indicated, "We expect consolidated core...
Watch comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the U.S. market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Katie Greifeld, Bailey Lipschultz, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Doubts that a ceasefire between the US and Iran may materialize any time soon sent stocks and bonds lower and oil higher. The S&P closed down 1.7% after President Trump told reporters that he could not comm...
Watch comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the U.S. market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Katie Greifeld, Bailey Lipschultz, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Doubts that a ceasefire between the US and Iran may materialize any time soon sent stocks and bonds lower and oil higher. The S&P closed down 1.7% after President Trump told reporters that he could not commit to a deal with Iran. Brent rose to $108. (Source: Bloomberg)
Fliers across the US encountered some of the longest airport security lines since a partial government shutdown started in mid February, with travelers increasingly seeking out alternatives to planes such as rental cars and trains. (Source: Bloomberg)
Fliers across the US encountered some of the longest airport security lines since a partial government shutdown started in mid February, with travelers increasingly seeking out alternatives to planes such as rental cars and trains. (Source: Bloomberg)
Laird Superfood (LSF) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -183.33% and +1.90%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2025. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Laird Superfood (LSF) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -183.33% and +1.90%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2025. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
Wall Street has a very short memory. That's both good and bad, since remembering the emotional and financial pain of deep bear markets would likely keep most people from ever investing again. But forgetting history means you are doomed to repeat it. With technology stocks losing so much value so far in 2026, a little historical review can help you decide if it's time to jump into tech stocks or no...
Wall Street has a very short memory. That's both good and bad, since remembering the emotional and financial pain of deep bear markets would likely keep most people from ever investing again. But forgetting history means you are doomed to repeat it. With technology stocks losing so much value so far in 2026, a little historical review can help you decide if it's time to jump into tech stocks or not. More than 25 years ago, a revolutionary technology was set to change the world: the internet. That sounds silly today, given how ubiquitous the internet is now. However, if you are old enough, you remember a time when finding information meant a trip to the library and opening a physical book. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Petition seeks accountability from Salvadorian authorities over human rights violations at notorious Cecot facility A group of 18 Venezuelan men whom the US expelled a notorious Salvadorian mega-prison are demanding that Salvadorian authorities be held internationally accountable for violation of human rights – detailing new allegations of torture, sexual assault and medical neglect. A new petitio...
Petition seeks accountability from Salvadorian authorities over human rights violations at notorious Cecot facility A group of 18 Venezuelan men whom the US expelled a notorious Salvadorian mega-prison are demanding that Salvadorian authorities be held internationally accountable for violation of human rights – detailing new allegations of torture, sexual assault and medical neglect. A new petition, filed on Thursday before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleges that El Salvador violated the human rights of these men, who were expelled to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) last year without charge. Continue reading...
magical_light/iStock via Getty Images On the surface, dividend investing looks very simple: simply buy a diversified portfolio of stocks that pay attractive dividends and then sit back, relax, and let the dividends flow. However, the reality is that dividend investing is not that simple, as there are many hidden landmines that can quickly destroy your passive income stream and your wealth if you a...
magical_light/iStock via Getty Images On the surface, dividend investing looks very simple: simply buy a diversified portfolio of stocks that pay attractive dividends and then sit back, relax, and let the dividends flow. However, the reality is that dividend investing is not that simple, as there are many hidden landmines that can quickly destroy your passive income stream and your wealth if you are not careful. In this article, I am going to detail five lessons that completely reshaped how I approach dividend investing. Today, with dividend stocks staging a comeback, as evidenced by the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF's ( SCHD ) significant outperformance year to date relative to tech stocks ( XLK ) like Microsoft ( MSFT ) and Palantir ( PLTR ), and valuations remaining frothy for the broader S&P 500 ( SPY ) while remaining attractive for many high-yielding dividend stocks across the MLP ( AMLP ), REIT ( VNQ ), BDC ( BIZD ), industrial ( XLI ), consumer ( XLP ), and asset manager ( BX ) sectors, I believe a new golden age of dividend investing may very well be upon us. Thus, I think that these lessons are more important than ever. Data by YCharts Lesson 1: High Yield Is A Warning Label, Not An Objective Probably the biggest lesson that dividend investors should keep in mind is that a high yield is a warning label rather than simply a buy signal. Sure, the higher the yield, the better, all else being equal, and, to be clear, my portfolio typically yields between 7% and 8%. However, whenever I see a stock yielding in the high single digits or low double digits, I immediately view that as presenting both opportunity and a major warning sign, unless the business model is typically priced at a very high yield due to low growth prospects. Thus, I do find occasional mispriced opportunities like these to seize upon, and I'll use extra selectivity when I come across these, because generally, in the market, a yield that high means that they are signaling concern about the di...