Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) stock was falling faster than temperatures across the country this winter. The company's prominent partnership with OpenAI is the main source of stress for many investors. Oracle stock is down nearly 19% to start 2026 as of Feb. 9. Much of the stock's troubles lately stem from perceived overexposure to OpenAI and Oracle's need to raise additional debt. The question for investor...
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) stock was falling faster than temperatures across the country this winter. The company's prominent partnership with OpenAI is the main source of stress for many investors. Oracle stock is down nearly 19% to start 2026 as of Feb. 9. Much of the stock's troubles lately stem from perceived overexposure to OpenAI and Oracle's need to raise additional debt. The question for investors is two-fold. First, is the OpenAI worry overblown? There was speculation that OpenAI wouldn't be able to meet its commitments to Oracle. Secondly, how might Oracle's increasing debt load help future long-term revenues? The additional debt is reportedly to build out AI data centers. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Wednesday was a rough day for Figma (NYSE: FIG) , Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) , and Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP) investors. The three growth stocks tumbled between 6% and 9%, disappointing investors as recent weakness intensifies for the one-time market darlings. As the market was selling, Cathie Wood was buying. The co-founder CEO of Ark Invest also its chief investment officer. She spent Wednesda...
Wednesday was a rough day for Figma (NYSE: FIG) , Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) , and Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP) investors. The three growth stocks tumbled between 6% and 9%, disappointing investors as recent weakness intensifies for the one-time market darlings. As the market was selling, Cathie Wood was buying. The co-founder CEO of Ark Invest also its chief investment officer. She spent Wednesday adding to existing Ark Invest positions in all three stocks. Figma, Robinhood, and Shopify have now fallen 84%, 35%, and 49% respectively, from their recent highs. Let's take a closer look. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Exelon ( EXC ) declares $0.42/share quarterly dividend , 5% increase from prior dividend of $0.40. Forward yield 3.51% Payable March 13; for shareholders of record March 2; ex-div March 2. See EXC Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Exelon Exelon Corporation 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Exelon Corporation: Leaves A Lot To Be Desired As An Investment Exelon...
Exelon ( EXC ) declares $0.42/share quarterly dividend , 5% increase from prior dividend of $0.40. Forward yield 3.51% Payable March 13; for shareholders of record March 2; ex-div March 2. See EXC Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Exelon Exelon Corporation 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Exelon Corporation: Leaves A Lot To Be Desired As An Investment Exelon reports mixed results; introduces FY26 outlook Exelon Q4 2025 Earnings Preview Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Exelon
US President Donald Trump is privately musing about exiting the North American trade pact, people familiar with the matter said, injecting further uncertainty about the deal’s future into pivotal renegotiations involving the US, Canada and Mexico. The president has asked aides why he shouldn’t withdraw from the agreement, which he signed during his first term, though he has stopped short of flatly...
US President Donald Trump is privately musing about exiting the North American trade pact, people familiar with the matter said, injecting further uncertainty about the deal’s future into pivotal renegotiations involving the US, Canada and Mexico. The president has asked aides why he shouldn’t withdraw from the agreement, which he signed during his first term, though he has stopped short of flatly signalling that he will do so, according to the people who spoke on condition of anonymity to...
Yazid Nasuha/iStock via Getty Images Introduction Grab Holdings Limited ( GRAB ) has been a recent addition to my portfolio, and I want to take the chance of the company’s recent earnings to start coverage. Fiscal 2025 has been marked as the structural transition from a venture-incentivized growth engine to a self-sustaining, profitable regional hegemon. The firm has delivered its first full year ...
Yazid Nasuha/iStock via Getty Images Introduction Grab Holdings Limited ( GRAB ) has been a recent addition to my portfolio, and I want to take the chance of the company’s recent earnings to start coverage. Fiscal 2025 has been marked as the structural transition from a venture-incentivized growth engine to a self-sustaining, profitable regional hegemon. The firm has delivered its first full year of net profit, and I believe that Grab could be one of the best opportunities in 2026 as it confirms the scalability of the superapp model in emerging markets. Current Dynamics Grab posted a mixed set of earnings based solely on the big numbers, as Q4 EPS Non-GAAP came in at $0.04, a beat of 3 cents and the highest level seen. While revenue came in at $906MM, a slight miss of $34.6MM but again a quarterly record for the company. The company also crossed the 50MM monthly transacting user (MTU) threshold, which means that the platform has achieved a level of ecosystem density that now enables it to extract high-margin revenue through financial services and advertising while maintaining a dominant share in the mass-market daily essentials category. The results essentially demonstrate a robust reacceleration of growth paired with disciplined margin expansion. Full-year revenue reached a record $3.37B, a 20% increase Y/Y, and this was underpinned by a 21% surge in On-Demand Gross Merchandise Value (GMV), which hit $22.1B, suggesting that the platform is not only capturing more users but is also becoming a more integral part of those users’ daily spending habits. To be fair, the most striking aspect of the 2025 performance was the dramatic improvement of the bottom line for Grab. The company swung from a net loss of $105MM in 2024 to a net profit of $200MM in 2025, and represents a $358MM Y/Y improvement in the bottom line. The company also drastically expanded Adj. EBITDA, which grew by 60% Y/Y to reach $500MM for the full year. The fourth quarter alone generated $148MM in EBITD...
In Pershing Square’s annual investor presentation, the firm announced new positions in Hertz (HTZ), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Meta Platforms (META). In 2025, Pershing said it exited positions in Chipotle (CMG), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP) and Nike (NKE). It exited Hilton (HLT) shares in 2026. Pershing believes believe concerns around Meta’s “AI-related spending initiatives are underestimating th...
In Pershing Square’s annual investor presentation, the firm announced new positions in Hertz (HTZ), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Meta Platforms (META). In 2025, Pershing said it exited positions in Chipotle (CMG), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP) and Nike (NKE). It exited Hilton (HLT) shares in 2026. Pershing believes believe concerns around Meta’s “AI-related spending initiatives are underestimating the company’s long-term upside potential from AI.” Hertz is a “leading vehicle rental provider in the
svetikd/E+ via Getty Images My optimism regarding The Ensign Group ( ENSG ) is based upon the company's consistent ability to identify and acquire distressed assets, utilize their decentralized leadership model to enhance clinical and financial performance and ultimately capitalize on significant real estate value through their captive REIT, Standard Bearer. Here we see a company that has been abl...
svetikd/E+ via Getty Images My optimism regarding The Ensign Group ( ENSG ) is based upon the company's consistent ability to identify and acquire distressed assets, utilize their decentralized leadership model to enhance clinical and financial performance and ultimately capitalize on significant real estate value through their captive REIT, Standard Bearer. Here we see a company that has been able to navigate the shift from a post-pandemic recovery phase into an extended period of rapid and consistent growth. As occupancy rates have reached new heights and the balance sheet is positioned to support further consolidation of a fragmented market, it appears Ensign will continue to support its premium valuation with predictable and compounding cash flow. Financial Performance Deep Dive The financial data from the fiscal year and fourth quarter of 2025 show that Ensign is running at a high level of execution; total consolidated revenue for the fiscal year was $5.06 billion, up 18.7% compared to last year. However, it is how well the revenue is flowing through to the bottom line that will demonstrate whether the company has realized the full potential of its operational leverage. Adjusted earnings per share for the fiscal year were $6.57, representing a 19.5 percent year-over-year increase. In the skilled nursing industry, occupancy is the most important metric since the high fixed costs associated with skilled nursing mean that each additional patient increases profitability by a greater amount. Ensign's same-facility occupancy in the fourth quarter was 83.8 percent, an increase over the same period last year. More importantly, the same-facility occupancy of the transitioning portfolio (which includes those facilities that have been acquired in recent years and are going through the Ensign transformation process) was 84.9 percent, exceeding the same-facility occupancy of the mature same-store portfolio. This demonstrates that the facilities that have been purchased in r...
One small step for the U.S. could be one giant leap forward for Intuitive Machines as the nation signals it could soon return to the moon, according to Deutsche Bank. The bank, which has a buy rating on Intuitive Machines, expects the stock to benefit from renewed interest in lunar travel, a Monday note from its analysts shows. "As we await the details for the NASA LTVS award (Lunar Terrain Vehicl...
One small step for the U.S. could be one giant leap forward for Intuitive Machines as the nation signals it could soon return to the moon, according to Deutsche Bank. The bank, which has a buy rating on Intuitive Machines, expects the stock to benefit from renewed interest in lunar travel, a Monday note from its analysts shows. "As we await the details for the NASA LTVS award (Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services), we think perception around the broader Moon economy may have just gone through a key inflection point," Deutsche Bank research analyst Edison Yu wrote in the note. LUNR 3M mountain Intuitive Machines in the past three months His price target of $18 calls for more than 5% upside from Wednesday's close. The analyst called out two major signs the U.S. intends to set foot on the moon again. First, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said in a social media post on Sunday that his company had shifted its focus to building a "self-growing city" on the moon — a feat he believes is achievable in less than 10 years. Second, Jeff Bezos' aerospace manufacturer Blue Origin late last month paused its suborbital space tourism flights for at least two years, with the aim of reallocating its resources to "human lunar capabilities." Lunar infrastructure and connectivity are much less competitive verticals of the space industry, particularly compared to launch and satellite communications, according to Deutsche Bank. That leaves Intuitive Machines to be one of the few beneficiaries of heightened demand for services that support U.S. crews on the moon. Intuitive Machines provides infrastructure and connectivity services that could be used to power a U.S. base on the moon, although the firm doesn't compete in rocket transportation services, Yu said. "Now, with the Moon being a clear priority for the administration and inherently more of a Mainstream endeavor, we wonder if Intuitive Machines actually can trade closer to parity [with other space stocks] going forward," the analyst wrote. Deutsche B...
A top Democrat is calling for an investigation into whether Attorney General Pam Bondi or her aides improperly monitored lawmakers who have been reviewing files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Justice Department computers. The call from Representative Jamie Raskin , the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, comes after Bondi appeared to have a document containing the sea...
A top Democrat is calling for an investigation into whether Attorney General Pam Bondi or her aides improperly monitored lawmakers who have been reviewing files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Justice Department computers. The call from Representative Jamie Raskin , the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, comes after Bondi appeared to have a document containing the search history of one lawmaker in a folder she brought to the panel’s hearing on Wednesday. “Bondi and her team are spying on members of Congress conducting oversight in yet another blatant attempt to intrude into Congress’s oversight processes,” Raskin said in a statement . “I will also be asking the DOJ Inspector General to open an inquiry into this outrageous abuse of power.” The development adds a new dimension in the battle between lawmakers and the Trump administration over the release of files related to probes into Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal child sex-trafficking charges. The Justice Department has released more than 3 million pages of documents, emails, photos and other files related to probes into Epstein in response to a law that Congress passed. Some of the files, however, included redactions. The department has been allowing lawmakers to view some unredacted files on computers at one of the agency’s satellite offices in Washington. Read More: Bondi Spars With Lawmakers on Epstein, Targeting Trump Foes Bondi was at Wednesday’s hearing to testify on the Justice Department’s work. But most of the heated back-and-forth with lawmakers at the hearing focused on what has been revealed in the Epstein files and whether prosecutors will take any additional actions to investigate or charge other individuals. “The Department of Justice has required members of Congress who wish to review the slightly-less-redacted Epstein files to travel to a DOJ annex,” Raskin said in the statement. “It is the perfect set up for DOJ to spy on members’ re...
Core Natural Resources ( CNR ) declares $0.10/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 0.43% Payable March 16; for shareholders of record March 2; ex-div March 2. See CNR Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Core Natural Resources Core Natural Resources: Merger Raised Leverage And Weighed On Margins Core Natural Resources reports mixed Q4 results; init...
Core Natural Resources ( CNR ) declares $0.10/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 0.43% Payable March 16; for shareholders of record March 2; ex-div March 2. See CNR Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Core Natural Resources Core Natural Resources: Merger Raised Leverage And Weighed On Margins Core Natural Resources reports mixed Q4 results; initiates FY26 outlook Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Core Natural Resources Historical earnings data for Core Natural Resources Dividend scorecard for Core Natural Resources
A pronounced rotation into value stocks has emerged as one of the defining market themes of 2026, signaling a notable shift in investor positioning after years of growth dominance. Amid lingering macroeconomic uncertainty and evolving expectations around interest rates and earnings resilience, investors have increasingly favored companies with steadier cash flows and more attractive valuations. Th...
A pronounced rotation into value stocks has emerged as one of the defining market themes of 2026, signaling a notable shift in investor positioning after years of growth dominance. Amid lingering macroeconomic uncertainty and evolving expectations around interest rates and earnings resilience, investors have increasingly favored companies with steadier cash flows and more attractive valuations. The move reflects a broader reassessment of risk following an extended period in which growth equities significantly outperformed. Performance data underscores the changing leadership. The Vanguard Value Index Fund ( VTV ), a widely followed benchmark for value-oriented strategies, has climbed 8.5% year to date. In contrast, the Vanguard Growth Index Fund ( VUG ), commonly used as a proxy for growth exposure, has declined 4.7% over the same period. The divergence marks a sharp reversal from recent years, when growth stocks—particularly in the technology sector—powered major equity indexes higher. Elevated valuations and shifting market dynamics now appear to be prompting investors to rotate toward sectors traditionally associated with value, including health care, industrials, and energy. While it remains to be seen whether the trend will persist, the early performance gap highlights a meaningful recalibration in market leadership as 2026 unfolds. Value ETFs: ( VTV ), ( VBR ), ( EFV ), ( IWS ), ( AVUV ), ( DFUV ), ( DFIV ), ( IJJ ), ( SPYV ), and ( CGDV ). Growth ETFs: ( VUG ), ( IWF ), ( IVW ), ( SCHG ), ( SPYG ), ( VONG ), ( MGK ), ( IUSG ), and ( VBK ). More on markets What Will Drive The S&P 500 Over 7,000? Recession odds fade according to prediction markets Cantor Fitzgerald sees bitcoin washout setting the stage for a stronger rebound High octane 4X leveraged bitcoin and ethereum ETFs have been filed for by ProShares Magnificent 7 in overdrive: ProShares seeks approval for new 3X leveraged ETF
Filograph/E+ via Getty Images Goldman Sachs analysts report that the aggressive “insurance-type” demand that fueled the multi-year gold rally is now fundamentally reshaping the broader commodity complex, with both public and private sector investors increasingly turning to hard assets as a hedge against geopolitical and financial risks. In a research note, strategists Lina Thomas, Daan Struyven, a...
Filograph/E+ via Getty Images Goldman Sachs analysts report that the aggressive “insurance-type” demand that fueled the multi-year gold rally is now fundamentally reshaping the broader commodity complex, with both public and private sector investors increasingly turning to hard assets as a hedge against geopolitical and financial risks. In a research note, strategists Lina Thomas, Daan Struyven, and Samantha Dart wrote that “the same ‘insurance’-type behavior supporting the gold rally, via central bank gold buying, has increasingly appeared across parts of the broader commodity complex since 2022.” The analysts noted that this shift follows a succession of shocks, including pandemic-related supply disruptions in 2020, China’s power tightness in 2021, and disruptions in food and energy markets in 2022. According to the firm’s commodity strategists, this risk-management behavior is driving a transition “from a single, globally integrated supply-demand balance toward more regionally segmented systems, raising the risk of higher volatility.” The report highlights China’s pivot toward energy and food self-sufficiency, with Goldman Sachs equity analysts projecting China’s food self-reliance will rise to the mid-90% range by 2035 from current low-60% levels. The United States has also announced “Project Vault,” a $12 billion strategic mineral stockpile including copper, rare earths, and lithium aimed at reducing reliance on foreign supply chains, according to the Goldman Sachs research. The analysts stated that this regional stockpiling is creating pricing distortions even when global supply appears adequate. Despite an estimated global oversupply in copper in 2025, prices have firmed as U.S. stockpiling pulled metal out of the global market, leaving the ex-US market, where pricing is set, in a deficit. The report explains that these conditions place markets “in the steep, scarcity-pricing zone, where small shocks generate large price moves and volatility rises,” with the ...