A new marketing deal with a suitable business partner lit a hot flame under Turning Point Brands (NYSE: TPB) stock on the second-to-last trading day of the week. The t obacco products specialist's equity rocketed more than 10% higher that day, indicating widespread shareholder satisfaction with the deal. That partner is TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO) , the owner of Ultimate Fighting Championship (...
A new marketing deal with a suitable business partner lit a hot flame under Turning Point Brands (NYSE: TPB) stock on the second-to-last trading day of the week. The t obacco products specialist's equity rocketed more than 10% higher that day, indicating widespread shareholder satisfaction with the deal. That partner is TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO) , the owner of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), among other sports and entertainment assets. TKO announced Thursday that it and Turning Point have entered into a multi-year marketing partnership centered on the tobacco company's FRE nicotine pouches. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images Stocks have launched higher in April. Optimism for a diplomatic resolution to the war in Iran, along with overall lower equity valuations, has brought about buyers in a big way. The rally isn’t as powerful as the one a year ago, but many stock market indices are very close to all-time highs. That includes U.S. microcaps. Back in July 2025 , I had a "...
MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images Stocks have launched higher in April. Optimism for a diplomatic resolution to the war in Iran, along with overall lower equity valuations, has brought about buyers in a big way. The rally isn’t as powerful as the one a year ago, but many stock market indices are very close to all-time highs. That includes U.S. microcaps. Back in July 2025 , I had a "H old" rating on the iShares Micro-Cap ETF ( IWC ). Shares broke out above a key technical resistance point I noted then, and the fund has returned 29%, total return, in the past 9 months. Today, I’m upgrading IWC to a "B uy." I see its low valuation paired with a bullish chart. Macro risks are apparent, but overall cautiousness among the investor community is likely a bullish factor heading into mid-year. IWC Microcaps Leading YoY Stockcharts.com More Bears Than Bulls Recently AAII According to the issuer , IWC seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of micro-capitalization U.S. equities. It offers investors exposure to very small public U.S. companies and can be used to diversify a U.S. stock allocation and seek long-term growth in your portfolio. IWC is a small ETF, with just $1.3 billion in assets under management as of April 8, 2026. That’s up from $853 million at the time of my previous analysis. Its annual expense ratio is moderate at 60 basis points, while the trailing 12-month dividend yield is low at 1.0%. I’d note that the fund paid out a record cumulative dividend in 2025. Share-price momentum is very strong right now, earning the product an A- ETF Grade in that category by Seeking Alpha’s quantitative scoring system. That has been a consistent rating for the last six months. What’s more, the recent rally to above the 50-day moving average is encouraging. Just a modest rally over the rest of the month could result in a record high. From a risk perspective , IWC actually scores well. I’d call out, though, that its historical standard deviation ...
A US judge in Washington ruled on Thursday that the Pentagon is hampering journalists in defiance of a court order that required it to restore access to credentialed reporters covering the seat of US military power. US District Judge Paul Friedman said the Defence Department must comply with his earlier order that sided with The New York Times newspaper and other news organisations challenging ...
A US judge in Washington ruled on Thursday that the Pentagon is hampering journalists in defiance of a court order that required it to restore access to credentialed reporters covering the seat of US military power. US District Judge Paul Friedman said the Defence Department must comply with his earlier order that sided with The New York Times newspaper and other news organisations challenging restrictions imposed on them last year. “The Department cannot simply reinstate an unlawful policy...
blinow61/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Shell ( SHEL ) plans to begin natural gas production by mid-2027 from the Loran-Manatee offshore field, which crosses the border of Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, the chairman of Trinidad's National Gas Company told Reuters on Thursday. Shell ( SHEL ) told National Gas Company it is seeking to produce first gas from the joint field next year and has ...
blinow61/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Shell ( SHEL ) plans to begin natural gas production by mid-2027 from the Loran-Manatee offshore field, which crosses the border of Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, the chairman of Trinidad's National Gas Company told Reuters on Thursday. Shell ( SHEL ) told National Gas Company it is seeking to produce first gas from the joint field next year and has increased the capacity of the pipeline that will transport the gas to Trinidad to 1B cf/day from the originally planned 700M cf/day, Gerald Ramdeen said. The company has been in advanced talks to participate in Loran, the Venezuelan side of the field, and could choose to develop it as a unified project alongside Manatee, whose planning on Trinidad's side has progressed in recent years. Shell ( SHEL ) told Reuters that it expects to begin production at Manatee next year, but it has not taken any final investment decision on Loran, which holds 7.3 Tcf of gas reserves, compared to Manatee's estimated reserves of 2.7 Tcf. Ramdeen also said the prospect of additional gas supplies, combined with geopolitical concerns from the Middle East war, had prompted National Gas Company to push for the restart of the first liquefaction train of the Atlantic LNG project, which was mothballed years ago. "We have told the partners that we think there is a need to restart Train 1 because of the geopolitical uncertainty and access to additional gas," Ramdeen said, adding that a final decision has not been made on the project, which is owns 45% each by Shell ( SHEL ) and BP ( BP ), while NGC holds the remaining 10%. More on Shell Shell's Earnings Still Tied To Oil, Not Growth Why Shell Is A Short-Term Trade Now (Rating Downgrade) Shell: Defensive Play In An Uncertain Energy Market