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Equinix has a bold strategy to build out more data center capacity. Hyperscale cloud computing companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are on track to invest a staggering $500 billion in capex this year. Google alone expects to invest between $175 billion and $185 billion in 2026, up from $91.5 billion last year. That's well above the $115 billion analysts expected the tech titan to invest this year as it ramps up its spending on AI computing power capacity (servers, data centers, and networking equipment). Technology companies aren't the only ones investing heavily in building new data centers. Leading data center REIT Equinix (EQIX +5.02%) is rapidly scaling its global data center platform to support the expansion of hyperscalers and other customers. These investments could enable the REIT to double in value in the coming years. A leading global data center platform Equinix is one of the world's largest REITs. At the end of the third quarter, it operated 273 data centers in 77 markets (36 countries). Its global data center portfolio supports over 10,000 customers, including Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. The tech titans lease space from Equinix and are cloud services partners. Demand for space across the REIT's portfolio is robust and growing. It delivered record annualized bookings of $394 million in the third quarter, up 25% year over year and 14% from the second quarter. Equinix closed over 4,400 deals with more than 3,400 customers, including cloud and AI services providers. That helped drive a robust 11% increase in the company's adjusted funds from operations (FFO) during the quarter. Expand NASDAQ : EQIX Equinix Today's Change ( 5.02 %) $ 40.57 Current Price $ 848.13 Key Data Points Market Cap $83B Day's Range $ 815.52 - $ 848.74 52wk Range $ 701.41 - $ 953.41 Volume 26K Avg Vol 554K Gross Margin 30.89 % Dividend Yield 2.21 % Building bolder Equinix is investing heavily to more rapidly expand its data center capacity as part of its build bolder strateg...

Key Points Leading cloud companies plan to plow $500 billion into capital projects this year. Equinix partners with many cloud companies to help them meet their data center capacity needs. Its build bolder strategy will see the data center REIT double its capacity by the end of the decade. 10 stocks we like better than Equinix › Hyperscale cloud computing companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are on track to invest a staggering $500 billion in capex this year. Google alone expects to invest between $175 billion and $185 billion in 2026, up from $91.5 billion last year. That's well above the $115 billion analysts expected the tech titan to invest this year as it ramps up its spending on AI computing power capacity (servers, data centers, and networking equipment). Technology companies aren't the only ones investing heavily in building new data centers. Leading data center REIT Equinix (NASDAQ: EQIX) is rapidly scaling its global data center platform to support the expansion of hyperscalers and other customers. These investments could enable the REIT to double in value in the coming years. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » A leading global data center platform Equinix is one of the world's largest REITs. At the end of the third quarter, it operated 273 data centers in 77 markets (36 countries). Its global data center portfolio supports over 10,000 customers, including Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. The tech titans lease space from Equinix and are cloud services partners. Demand for space across the REIT's portfolio is robust and growing. It delivered record annualized bookings of $394 million in the third quarter, up 25% year over year and 14% from the second quarter. Equinix closed over 4,400 deals with more than 3,400 customers, including cloud and AI services providers. That helped drive a robust 11% increase in the company'...

Key Points VOO charges a lower expense ratio and delivers a higher dividend yield than QQQ. QQQ has outperformed VOO, but it's also suffered a deeper five-year drawdown. QQQ tilts more heavily toward technology than VOO, increasing both risk and earning potential. 10 stocks we like better than Invesco QQQ Trust › Both the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT:VOO) and the Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ) are popular, large-cap U.S. equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but they take different approaches. VOO tracks the broad S&P 500, while QQQ tracks the NASDAQ-100, which is more tech-focused. This comparison examines cost, performance, risk, and portfolio composition to help investors determine which option best fits their goals. Snapshot (cost & size) Metric VOO QQQ Issuer Vanguard Invesco Expense ratio 0.03% 0.18% 1-yr return (as of Feb. 2, 2026) 15.79% 20.13% Dividend yield 1.13% 0.46% Beta (5Y monthly) 1.00 1.15 AUM $839 billion $407 billion VOO is more affordable on fees with a lower expense ratio than QQQ, and it also offers a significantly higher dividend yield. These factors could make VOO more attractive to fee-conscious or income-focused investors. Performance & risk comparison Metric VOO QQQ Max drawdown (5 y) -24.53% -35.12% Growth of $1,000 over 5 years $1,853 $1,945 What's inside QQQ tracks the NASDAQ-100, resulting in a portfolio of 101 holdings with a heavy tilt toward technology (making up 53% of assets), communication services (17%), and consumer cyclical (13%). Its top holdings are Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft. By comparison, VOO spreads its assets across 504 stocks in the S&P 500. Technology accounts for 35% of the fund, followed by financial services at 13% and communication services at 11%. Its top holdings mirror QQQ’s, but the broader sector mix may appeal to those seeking more diversification. For more guidance on ETF investing, check out the full guide at this link. What this means for investors VOO and QQQ are both massive funds with long ...

According to an SEC filing dated Feb. 6, 2026, Echo45 Advisors LLC reported a new position in Harbor ETF Trust - Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF (NYSE:HGER) for the fiscal fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2025. The fund acquired 127,402 shares, with an estimated transaction value of $3.16 million based on average prices for the period. The quarter-end value of the new stake was also $3.16 million, reflecting both the purchase and prevailing market pricing. Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF (HGER) is designed to provide investors with broad-based commodity exposure, focusing on assets most sensitive to U.S. inflation. The fund employs a systematic approach to select and weight commodity futures, with a rules-based process that dynamically adjusts allocations, particularly to gold, based on prevailing inflationary conditions. Its unique structure and index methodology aim to deliver efficient inflation hedging and diversification benefits within a single ETF vehicle. Echo45 Advisors added more than a dozen new positions to its portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2025. The purchase of Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF shares was the third-largest new position added during the last three months of the year. Continue reading

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designer491 Here's a list of key deals reported across sectors this week: Zscaler ( ZS ) acquired SquareX to enhance Zero Trust security capabilities directly within standard browsers for the AI era. The acquisition enables organizations to deploy lightweight browser extensions, eliminating the need for third-party enterprise browsers or full security agents. Heidelberg Materials ( HDLMY ) ( HLBZF ) said Thursday it agreed to acquire Maas Group's construction materials business in Australia for up to A$1.7B (~$1.19B) in cash, including a potential A$120M cash payment linked to further post-completion milestones. KKR ( KKR ) has agreed to acquire private investment firm Arctos Partners in a transaction valued at $1.4B in initial consideration plus potential additional equity of up to $550M. Henkel ( HENKY ) ( HENOY ) said Wednesday it agreed to acquire Netherlands-based specialty coatings company Stahl Holdings for €2.1B (~$2.48B), including debt from private equity firm Wendel ( WNDLF ). Texas Instruments ( TXN ) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Silicon Labs ( SLAB ) for $231.00 per share in an all-cash transaction, representing a total enterprise value of around $7.5B. Webster Financial ( WBS ) on Tuesday announced an acquisition by Banco Santander ( SAN ) ( BCDRF ) in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at ~$12.3B. WBS shares were +8.44% during afternoon trading to $71.57. Meanwhile, SAN was -7.12% to $12.13. ESAB ( ESAB ) -4.2% in early trading Monday after saying it agreed to acquire Canadian testing instrument manufacturer Eddyfi Technologies for $1.45B, aiming to gain exposure to markets such as aerospace and defense. Eldorado Gold ( EGO ) -2.1% pre-market Monday after saying it agreed to acquire Foran Mining ( FMCXF ) in a deal valuing the Canadian copper-focused developer at ~C$3.8B (US$2.8B) including debt, increasing its exposure to copper. More on related tickers, etc. KKR & Co. Inc. 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation KKR: Private ...

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At times during that difficult start to his first season at Arsenal Viktor Gyökeres looked more likely to fall over than score a Premier League goal. But why compromise? Why choose one over the other? Against Sunderland Gyökeres found a third way. He fell over while scoring. Maybe you can have it all. It made for a deeply wholesome moment. Gyökeres couldn’t help smiling ruefully behind his peekaboo celebration, even as he was mobbed fondly by his teammates. The goal was also his first touch seven minutes after coming on, a goal to kill a game Arsenal had eased through in low gear, and which always felt like a matter of housekeeping, a question of exactly how and how many, from the moment they took the lead just before half-time. By the end this had turned into an excellent afternoon for Gyökeres, not just because he scored twice in a 3-0 win and had his best Arsenal game so far, but because it was also a very Viktor Gyökeres kind of game. He still ran around like a man being chased by a sheepdog and preparing to hurl himself headfirst over a fence. As ever he looked through it all like a mythical Finnish wartime assassin who only eats self-killed venison and pine bark. And yes, he fell over putting the ball in the net. But the goal also came at the end of a really slick, deeply Arsenal kind of move, three parts of the team working in perfect concert. Declan Rice pressed hard in the right-back position. Leandro Trossard was super-smart in his movement, dropping off, anticipating where the ball would end up. Trossard’s instant pass to Kai Havertz was beautifully precise. Havertz looked up and eased the ball into Gyökeres’s stride as his left foot gave way on a mulchy surface and the ball was whumped low into the net. Gyökeres’s second touch shortly afterwards was also significant. It involved bumping Noah Sadiki to the floor just outside the Arsenal penalty area with an expert flex of his rump, then haring off in search of a return pass. Arenal players don’t really do...

All Is Well... Or Is It? Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “If you depreciate the money, it makes everything look like it’s going up.” – Ray Dalio “People don’t realize how hard it is to speak the truth to a world full of people who don’t realize they’re living a lie” – Edward Snowden My government overlords and their legacy media propaganda outlets tell me the economy is booming because GDP is between 4% and 5%, the stock market is near all-time highs, inflation is declining, unemployment is low, and AI is going to transform our world for the better. According to their narrative, All is Well . Meanwhile, all hell is breaking loose in every facet of our everyday lives. We are seeing 6 sigma (once in 500 million) events in multiple markets (gold, silver, JPY bonds) within one week. Well functioning non-manipulated markets based on price discovery do not crash by 40% in one day, like silver did last week. Government shutdowns, ICE shootings, massive welfare program fraud, passing more bloated spending bills, fake staged shutdowns, violent upheaval in Democrat run urban shitholes, uncovering and ignoring the 2020 election fraud, Democrats (with RINO support) desperately trying to stop the SAVE Act voter ID bill to continue their election fraud scheme, and Trump tariffing and threatening every country on earth if they don’t do what he says, makes every day seem like an exhausting slog towards perdition. And now we know for a fact the world is run by Satan worshiping, vile, child molesting pedophiles, powerful sadistic billionaires, who use politicians, bankers, and their propaganda media whores to coverup their crimes against humanity. The information which has seen the light of day is revolting, disgusting, criminal, and makes any normal person physically ill. Imagine the material they haven’t released or have already destroyed. The evilness, degeneracy, and immorality of their acts is incomprehensible to the average person trying to live a moral lif...

To anyone who invested a decade ago, here's what its 1,900% dividend growth would mean. Canadian telecommunications and media company Quebecor (QBCR.F 0.13%) is on a dividend hot streak. Since early 2016, it's grown its quarterly payouts from 0.0175 Canadian dollars per share to CA$0.35 today. This 1,900% growth means that anyone who had invested CA$1,000 in 2016 and held on would be collecting a 17% annual yield on the initial investment. These gains are, alas, in the past. But there are three reasons to think that this CA$11.8 billion Montreal-based company can at least match its previous dividend growth in the next 10 years, too. If I'm right, by 2036, this company could be paying a nearly 55.7% yield on cost to investors who buy today. If it materializes, this income stream could be life-changing. Why Quebecor could still deliver life-changing income One quick way to gauge a company's ability to keep growing dividends is to examine its payout ratio, or the percentage of net income it's already spending on its dividend. The lower a payout ratio, the more breathing room management has to grow its dividend. A company that's already spending 99% of net income to pay its dividend, for instance, has a lot less room to maneuver than a company that could double its dividend overnight and still be paying only a small percentage of net income on the dividend. In Quebecor's case, the payout ratio has fallen over the last four years, as cash flow from operating activities (CFO) began surging in 2022 and recently overtook it. Rising CFO is great news for income investors because it's a measure of cash generated from regular business activities (not stock offerings, depreciations, or one-time windfalls). This shows that after paying regular expenses (salaries, overhead, cost of materials, etc.), the company just keeps raking in more cash. All told, this company has grown its dividend by an average of 40% a year since 2016. If there's a wrinkle, it's that this growth has slowe...

With the World Cup four months away, Cole Palmer provided a timely reminder of his talent on Saturday. The Chelsea forward scored a first-half hat-trick as the Blues beat bottom-of-the-table Wolves 3-1 to remain firmly in the hunt for a top-four finish. Two of those goals were penalties, with Palmer displaying his typically ice-cool demeanour to send the goalkeeper the wrong way both times. Palmer has been dogged by a groin injury this season, and the three goals almost doubled his tally for the campaign - going from four Premier League goals to seven. The performance also puts him firmly in the England squad conversation. "If he's impacting games, like we know he can, from now to the end of the season, he's a sure thing to be in the squad," former Liverpool and England midfielder Danny Murphy told BBC Sport. "He can play wide, he can play as a 10. He's just so good on the ball and classy and simply doesn't fear anybody. "Even if you bring him off the bench, you know he can do unbelievable things. He can win you a game in a heartbeat."

Find your next quality investment with Simply Wall St's easy and powerful screener, trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Amkor Technology (NasdaqGS:AMKR) has appointed Cherie Buntyn as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Buntyn brings financial leadership experience from roles at SurveyMonkey, FLIR Systems, and Intel. The appointment places a new executive in charge of Amkor's accounting and financial reporting functions. For investors watching Amkor Technology at a share price of $49.36, this move touches the core of how the company reports and manages its numbers. The stock has returned 15.0% year to date and 105.8% over the past year, with a 3 year return of 88.2% and a 5 year return of 118.2%. Those figures mean any change in senior finance leadership is likely to draw attention from shareholders and creditors alike. Cherie Buntyn's background at established technology names may influence how Amkor approaches controls, disclosures, and broader finance priorities. As she steps into the Chief Accounting Officer role, investors will be able to watch future filings and financial updates for any indications of her impact on reporting quality, risk management, and internal processes. Stay updated on the most important news stories for Amkor Technology by adding it to your watchlist or portfolio. Alternatively, explore our Community to discover new perspectives on Amkor Technology. NasdaqGS:AMKR 1-Year Stock Price Chart How Amkor Technology stacks up against its biggest competitors Quick Assessment ❌ Price vs Analyst Target : At US$49.36, the share price is about 10% above the US$44.75 analyst consensus target. ❌ Simply Wall St Valuation : Shares are flagged as trading at a very large premium to the estimated fair value, with an indicated 1,020.9% overvaluation. ❌ Recent Momentum: The 30 day return of 6.37% decline shows recent weakness in the share price. Check out Simply Wall St's in depth valuation analysis for Amkor Technology. ...

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A drone attack by a paramilitary group has hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a doctors’ group said on Saturday. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces took place close to the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan province, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s war. The vehicle was transporting displaced people who fled fighting in the Dubeiker area, the group said in a statement. Among the dead children were two infants. Several others were wounded and taken for treatment in Er Rahad, which suffers severe medical supplies shortages, like many areas in the Kordofan region, the statement said. The doctors’ group urged the international community and rights organisations to “take immediate action to protect civilians and hold the RSF leadership directly accountable for these violations”. There was no immediate comment from the RSF, which has been at war against the Sudanese military for control of the country for about three years. Sudan was plunged into chaos in April 2023 when a power struggle between the military and the RSF exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country, leaving tens of thousands dead and millions displaced. A drone attack on Friday on a World Food Programme (WFP) aid convoy in North Kordofan province killed one and wounded several others, said Denise Brown, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Sudan. Brown said the convoy was heading to deliver “life-saving food assistance” to displaced people in the city of El Obeid in North Kordofan when it was struck. The attack burned the trucks and destroyed the aid, she said. “Attacks on aid operations undermine efforts to reach people facing hunger and displacement,” she said in a statement. Last week, a drone strike hit close to a WFP facility in the Blue Nile province, wounding a WFP worker, Brown said. Emergency Lawyers, an independent group documenting atrocities in...

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Great rivalries are always more about feel than about numbers. There have been only four Premier League seasons in which Manchester City and Liverpool have finished in the top two positions in the table (and one of those occasions was 2013-14 when the managers were Manuel Pellegrini and Brendan Rodgers, which is not a duel anybody is writing books or making documentaries about). Yet for most of the decade that Pep Guardiola has been at City, it has felt that English football was defined by his struggle with Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool, and by a form of the game that developed as each learned from the other. Klopp has gone now and nobody would be surprised were Guardiola (and/or Arne Slot) to follow in the summer. The seasons when both clubs would soar past 90 points are past. They are in transition, recrafting their squads for a new age that is yet fully to take shape, and the rivalry is diminished as a result. Liverpool are out of the title race, and defeat at Anfield could in effect take out City as well. The issue with the Guardiola/Klopp revolution was perhaps that it was too successful. Once everybody accepted its principles, and holding them, almost no matter how efficiently you could execute them, was no longer enough. There isn’t a team in the Premier League now that isn’t at least relatively adept at pressing, often not in the remorseless fashion that became familiar in the days of peak Klopp but in short bursts in specific situations. The idea of using possession to create overloads is broadly accepted by everybody. Once a revolution has become the status quo, though, it is no longer a revolution. What comes next is the question nobody yet seems able to answer. And what’s striking is that, while many Premier League clubs have followed the example of Mikel Arteta, looking to control and set pieces, neither City nor Liverpool have. It’s just over a year since Guardiola gave the interview to TNT in which he said modern football was being played by Bournemouth,...

Expense ratios, sector weightings, and risk profiles set these two popular ETFs apart in ways that can shape your portfolio strategy. Both the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO +1.95%) and the Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (QQQ +2.11%) are popular, large-cap U.S. equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but they take different approaches. VOO tracks the broad S&P 500, while QQQ tracks the NASDAQ-100, which is more tech-focused. This comparison examines cost, performance, risk, and portfolio composition to help investors determine which option best fits their goals. Snapshot (cost & size) Metric VOO QQQ Issuer Vanguard Invesco Expense ratio 0.03% 0.18% 1-yr return (as of Feb. 2, 2026) 15.79% 20.13% Dividend yield 1.13% 0.46% Beta (5Y monthly) 1.00 1.15 AUM $839 billion $407 billion VOO is more affordable on fees with a lower expense ratio than QQQ, and it also offers a significantly higher dividend yield. These factors could make VOO more attractive to fee-conscious or income-focused investors. Performance & risk comparison Metric VOO QQQ Max drawdown (5 y) -24.53% -35.12% Growth of $1,000 over 5 years $1,853 $1,945 What's inside QQQ tracks the NASDAQ-100, resulting in a portfolio of 101 holdings with a heavy tilt toward technology (making up 53% of assets), communication services (17%), and consumer cyclical (13%). Its top holdings are Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft. By comparison, VOO spreads its assets across 504 stocks in the S&P 500. Technology accounts for 35% of the fund, followed by financial services at 13% and communication services at 11%. Its top holdings mirror QQQ’s, but the broader sector mix may appeal to those seeking more diversification. For more guidance on ETF investing, check out the full guide at this link. What this means for investors VOO and QQQ are both massive funds with long track records, focusing exclusively on large-cap stocks. However, their distinct approaches may appeal to different types of investors. VOO is the more diversified of the two, tracki...

Key Points Compared to industry leaders, this business is generating more buzz after the morning daypart. Posting 12 straight quarters of same-store sales growth is an impressive streak. With significant space for expansion, its revenue and earnings could soar in the future. 10 stocks we like better than Dutch Bros › With a $110 billion market cap, revenue of $9.9 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 (ended Dec. 28, 2025), and more than 41,000 stores worldwide, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is the king of the retail coffee market. But the consumer favorite hasn't been operating at full strength. And CEO Brian Niccol is trying to turn things around, as shares trade 23% below their peak (as of Feb. 4). Investors can find a more exciting opportunity elsewhere in the industry. There's a little-known coffee stock that's running laps around Starbucks. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » Here are three things to know. Winning the rest of the day Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) generates almost 75% of its revenue after 10 a.m. This contrasts with the leading chains, which get half of their sales after 10 a.m. The advantage for Dutch Bros is that its demand is more spread out throughout the day. This can make it easier for store management teams to staff their locations and handle customer traffic. And its steady sales support the company's goal of $1.8 million in average annual unit volumes. What's more, Dutch Bros is probably attracting a different kind of customer than the person commuting to work in the morning. Meanwhile, Dutch Bros sees opportunity and is using food to target a bigger audience. "As we expand the food program throughout 2026, we're aiming to be a one-stop shop during the morning daypart," CEO Christine Barone said on the Q3 2025 earnings call. Healthy same-store sales growth Before reporting same-store sales growth in Q4 2025, ...

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Great Britain’s skeleton team have been banned from wearing its new aerodynamic helmets at the Winter Olympics after the court of arbitration for sport ruled they were illegal because its “rear significantly protrudes”. The news is a big blow to Team GB’s Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt, who have dominated skeleton all season, winning all seven of the World Cup races between them. Those victories were won with a different helmet, but Weston and Wyatt were hoping to go even quicker by using a differently shaped design. In its appeal to Cas, the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association had argued that the new helmet, which it started using in St Moritz last week, was compliant with the rules because it was manufactured without any elements “attached” to it and did not have “aerodynamic modifications”. However the sport’s governing body, the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, disagreed, saying the BBSA’s innovative design was aerodynamic and did not comply with its rules. After a hearing, Cas has now sided with the IBSF, saying the new helmet “departs from the standard shape and reflects a novel design specifically developed to enhance aerodynamic performance where the rear considerably protrudes”. As a result, its panel ruled that the helmet was not compliant with IBSF rules as they currently stand for the current season. In a statement, Natalie Dunman, BBSA’s executive performance director, admitted her disappointment – but insisted the team was still in a strong position to go for gold. “Based on the strength of the case we put forward, naturally we are disappointed in today’s decision,” she said. “However, this does not affect our final preparations and nor has the discourse affected the athletes’ focus or optimism going into the Games.” “Our athletes have been winning medals all season and throughout the Olympic cycle in their current helmets and we remain in a strong position to continue that trend. We will make no further comment until after the con...

What price Keith Andrews for manager of the season? Thomas Frank’s surprise successor certainly added to his fanclub as he choreographed Brentford’s fourth win in six Premier League games to leave Eddie Howe looking even gloomier than the unremittingly wet Tyneside weather. While outstanding performances from Dango Ouattara and Keane Lewis-Potter left Andrews’s seventh place side appearing genuine European contenders, Howe’s Newcastle have won only one of their last eight matches in all competitions and lost four of their past five. Along the way they have sunk to 12th in the table. Right now the boast, made only last week, of the Saudi Arabian owned club’s chief executive, David Hopkinson, that Newcastle can win the league by 2030 rings slightly hollow. Moreover Tuesday’s trip to Tottenham has suddenly assumed real importance for both Howe and his opposite number Frank. Brentford began buoyed up by a sense of injustice. In the second minute Kieran Trippier tugged Lewis-Potter’s shirt sleeve inside the penalty area and sent him tumbling. There seemed a decent case for a penalty and a red card but, to considerable visiting chagrin, neither was awarded. That decision left Andrews incandescent. Not that fury was confined to Brentford’s technical area. While travelling supporters vented their anger at their former striker Yoane Wissa for defecting to Newcastle last summer, tribalism surfaced as home fans booed Andrews’s one time Sunderland midfielder, Jordan Henderson. Although Harvey Barnes swivelled imperiously before shooting fractionally wide, Newcastle were slapdash in possession and struggled to quite fathom out what to do about Keane-Potter and his habit of leaving his nominal left wing station to drift all over the place. Howe though had his talismanic, captain, Bruno Guimarães, back in midfield following an ankle injury and when Guimarães whipped in a corner the pace on the ball was so fast that it needed only the slightest of glancing headers from Sven Botman ...

Attorneys for the Trump administration are aiming to deport Liam Conejo Ramos, the five-year-old boy whose photograph wearing a bunny hat in snowy Minneapolis circulated globally after his detention last month by federal officials during the aggressive anti-immigration crackdown there. The child, Liam returned home to Minnesota earlier this week after being taken into custody alongside his father last month and transferred to a notorious family detention facility in Texas. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Friday it is seeking a deportation order for the Ecuadorian boy. But the department has denied that it is seeking to expedite his and his father’s removal from the US after a lawyer for the family characterized the government’s action as such to the New York Times. The lawyer, Danielle Molliver, described the move to the newspaper as “extraordinary” and possibly “retaliatory”. Liam and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, who both entered the US legally as asylum applicants, were ordered released from detention on 31 January. The government is seeking to end the family’s asylum claims, MPR News reported. Democratic members of Congress Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Joaquin Castro of Texas have been advocating on the family’s behalf. The DHS issued a statement via assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin, which was also sent to the Guardian in response to a request for comment. “These are regular removal proceedings. They are not in expedited removal. This is standard procedure and there is nothing retaliatory about enforcing the nation’s immigration laws,” she said. Castro, who escorted Liam and his father back to Minnesota last weekend, wrote on X that the Trump administration was “trying to take” the child again. “Liam Ramos, 5, spent ten days in a Texas trailer prison. He got sick, missed his mother and school, and was afraid of the guards. Millions prayed, spoke up, and offered to do whatever they could to see him go home,” he posted. “But now, the Tr...

Enterprise Products Partners produces a very bankable passive income stream. Enterprise Products Partners (EPD 0.48%) is an income juggernaut. The master limited partnership's (MLP) current yield of 6.3% is several times higher than the S&P 500's 1.1% yield. The energy midstream company has increased its payout for 27 straight years, a trend that should continue. Here's a look at how much money you'd need to invest in the high-yielding MLP (which sends a Schedule K-1 Federal tax form each year) to generate $1,000 of annual passive income. The math to $1,000 in annual passive income Enterprise Products Partners declared its most recent quarterly distribution payment in January. The MLP set the rate at $0.55 per unit ($2.20 annualized). That was a 2.8% increase compared to the prior-year period. At its current rate, you'd need to own 454.5 units of the MLP to generate $1,000 in passive income each year. That would cost about $15,900 at the company's recent unit price of around $35. While that's a chunk of change, it's a lot less money than you'd need to invest in a lower-yielding asset to generate the same amount of passive income. For example, you'd need to invest over $87,700 into an S&P 500 index fund to generate $1,000 in annual dividend income at its current yield. Expand NYSE : EPD Enterprise Products Partners Today's Change ( -0.48 %) $ -0.17 Current Price $ 34.91 Key Data Points Market Cap $76B Day's Range $ 34.66 - $ 35.29 52wk Range $ 27.77 - $ 35.55 Volume 4.3M Avg Vol 4.2M Gross Margin 13.52 % Dividend Yield 6.23 % A rock-solid income stock While many high-yielding dividend stocks have higher risk profiles, that's not the case with Enterprise Products Partners. The MLP generated $7.9 billion of operational distributable cash flow in 2025. That was enough to cover its high-yielding distribution by a comfortable 1.7 times, enabling Enterprise to retain $3.2 billion in cash to reinvest in the partnership. The company spent a total of $5 billion on expansion i...

Investor concerns about the impact of AI are growing. Look at a heat map of the S&P 500 index over the past week and you'll see that the technology sector is bright red, indicating major losses. Some of tech's biggest names are flirting with double-digit losses or are already well into them -- over the space of just one week. Advanced Micro Devices AMD +8.32% ) Intuit INTU +2.08% ) Micron Technology MU +3.08% ) Microsoft MSFT +2.00% ) Nvidia NVDA +8.01% ) Salesforce CRM +0.80% ) The losses in tech stocks go on and on. It's getting ugly. Expand NASDAQ : NVDA Nvidia Today's Change ( 8.01 %) $ 13.77 Current Price $ 185.65 Key Data Points Market Cap $4.5T Day's Range $ 174.62 - $ 187.00 52wk Range $ 86.62 - $ 212.19 Volume 8.9M Avg Vol 183M Gross Margin 70.05 % Dividend Yield 0.02 % It's been a three-month decline for tech stocks In fact, the slump in U.S. technology stocks has been going on for three months. Those are all growth stocks -- companies that increase their earnings faster than the average business in their industry or the market as a whole. And while growth stocks like the "Magnificent Seven" have led the market forward for much of the past three years, over the past three months investors have shown a new preference for value stocks -- less volatile stocks of companies that grow more slowly but often have valuations that are cheap relative to their earnings and long-term growth potential. The Russell 1000 Value index is up 8.4% since Halloween, while the tech-heavy Russell 1000 Growth index is down 3.7%. Market and economic analyst Ed Yardeni of Yardeni Research calls it "AI fatigue." For several years, investors relentlessly bid technology stocks higher due to seemingly unrelenting optimism that the artificial intelligence trade would pay off. But increasingly over recent months -- and then dramatically over the past week -- investors have soured on AI, doubting its ability to improve corporate financial performances and the broader economy as significant...

Key Points Technology shares have been selling off for three months now. In the past week alone, some of the biggest players have fallen sharply. Investors are rotating from growth to value stocks amid AI fatigue. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › Look at a heat map of the S&P 500 index over the past week and you'll see that the technology sector is bright red, indicating major losses. Some of tech's biggest names are flirting with double-digit losses or are already well into them -- over the space of just one week. The losses in tech stocks go on and on. It's getting ugly. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » It's been a three-month decline for tech stocks In fact, the slump in U.S. technology stocks has been going on for three months. Those are all growth stocks -- companies that increase their earnings faster than the average business in their industry or the market as a whole. And while growth stocks like the "Magnificent Seven" have led the market forward for much of the past three years, over the past three months investors have shown a new preference for value stocks -- less volatile stocks of companies that grow more slowly but often have valuations that are cheap relative to their earnings and long-term growth potential. The Russell 1000 Value index is up 8.4% since Halloween, while the tech-heavy Russell 1000 Growth index is down 3.7%. Market and economic analyst Ed Yardeni of Yardeni Research calls it "AI fatigue." For several years, investors relentlessly bid technology stocks higher due to seemingly unrelenting optimism that the artificial intelligence trade would pay off. But increasingly over recent months -- and then dramatically over the past week -- investors have soured on AI, doubting its ability to improve corporate financial performances and the broader econom...

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