Piotrekswat Cascades ( CADNF ) has revised its Q1 2026 outlook downward , now projecting consolidated adjusted EBITDA between $115 million and $120 million, well below its previous guidance of $130 million to $142 million. This revision is because the packaging and tissue manufacturer cited headwinds, including severe U.S. weather, volatile transportation costs, and a geopolitical-driven dip in consumer spending that dampened packaging volumes. Management also noted that internal execution inefficiencies in the latter half of the quarter. The company said that the packaging segment saw the most significant drag, while tissue results are expected to fall slightly below previous estimates. Despite the quarterly headwinds, Cascades remains committed to its 2026 strategic goals, targeting $100 million in profitability improvements, through cost reduction, logistics, and productivity initiatives. Additionally, Cascades is on track to generate $100 million from non-core asset sales in 2026, and it reaffirms its long-term leverage target of 2.5x to 3.0x by the end of 2026. More on Cascades Inc. Cascades Inc. (CAS:CA) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Cascades Inc. 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Price increases by Cascades are positive sign for packaging industry: Truist Historical earnings data for Cascades Inc. Dividend scorecard for Cascades Inc.

格隆汇4月10日｜远大控股公告，预计2026年第一季度净利润为4800万元–7200万元，同比增长272.02%-458.02%。本季度归属于上市公司股东的净利润较上年增加主要系大宗商品价格波动影响，衍生品平仓盈利较上年同期增加。

Listen on the go! A daily podcast of Wall Street Breakfast will be available by 8:00 a.m. on Seeking Alpha , iTunes , Spotify . Getty Images Up for a challenge? Test your knowledge on the biggest events in the investing world over the past week. Take the latest Seeking Alpha News Quiz and see how you stack up against the competition. Good morning! Here's the latest in trending: Insider info: The White House warns staff against placing bets on Polymarket and Kalshi. Historic mission: Artemis II crew heads back to earth, with a splashdown expected tonight . Calls for a truce: Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire - but only temporarily . Tolls and tokens The current shipping situation in the Strait of Hormuz is pretty cryptic and is also getting more crypto-esque by the day. The critical waterway was supposed to be fully open to traffic by now, but according to scans of the area, only several tankers have transited the chokepoint. Compounding the problems is that Iran wants to start charging pass-through tolls, which cannot be sanctioned or touched by the Western financial system. Quote: "Every very large crude carrier (VLCC) transiting the strait has been paying $2M (or $1 per barrel of oil), in line with what has been under discussion in parliament," said Hamid Hosseini, a spokesperson for Iran's oil, gas, and petrochemical products exporters' union. "Once the email arrives and Iran completes its assessment, vessels are given a few seconds to pay in bitcoin, ensuring they can't be traced or confiscated due to sanctions." It's a similar playbook taken by Russia in recent years to upend dollar supremacy , conducting international trade and cross-border transactions in crypto and other modes of currency. Iran's crypto ecosystem even reached $7.8B in 2025 , according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Payments have spanned commodities like oil and illicit arms transfers, as well as reaching regional militia proxies and paying foreigners to gather intellig...

The post Best Real Estate Penny Stocks by Chetan Shekar appeared first on Benzinga . Visit Benzinga to get more great content like this. Real estate is generally considered a safe investment but buying property can be an expensive ordeal. Real estate investment trusts and real estate penny stocks can help you own a small share in hot commercial and residential properties without burning a hole in your pocket. Here’s a guide to help you invest in real estate penny stocks that are making headlines in the market. Best Real Estate Penny Stocks Symbol Company % Change Price Dividend Yield Invest MDJH + 0 % $0.000000 N/A Buy stock LFT Lument Finance Trust + 0 % $1.30 0.18 / 0.14% Buy stock LEJU + 0 % $0.000000 N/A Buy stock SQFT Presidio Property Trust + 61.26 % $4.08 N/A Buy stock NYMT + 0 % $0.000000 N/A Buy stock Table of contents [ Show ] Best Real Estate Penny Stocks Best Real Estate Penny Stocks MDJM (NASDAQ:MDJH) Lument Finance Trust (NYSE:LFT) Leju Hldgs (NYSE:LEJU) Presidio Property Trust (NASDAQ:SQFT) New York Mortgage Trust (NASDAQ:NYMT) What are Real Estate Penny Stocks? Best Online Brokers for Real Estate Penny Stock Features to Look for in Real Estate Penny Stock Strong Earnings Per Share Growth Low Price-to-Earnings Ratio Massive Real Estate Deals Make Room for Your Financial Growth Frequently Asked Questions Best Real Estate Penny Stocks Check out the best real estate penny stocks right now below to help you make the most informed investment decisions. MDJM (NASDAQ:MDJH) (:) 0.000 [%] Buy Sell Trade Now Compare Brokers Day’s Range – 52 Week Range – Open Shares 0.00K Vol / Avg. 0.00K/0.00K Mkt Cap 0.00K Outstanding 0.00K Div / Yield /0% Payout Ratio 0.000 Total Float 0.00K Founded in 2002, MDJM Ltd. is a real estate company based in China. It offers real estate agency services such as marketing and planning to real estate developers. MDJM has an extended clientele including real estate design agencies, urban planning bureau of the government, urban rail tra...

格隆汇4月10日｜据央视，伊朗副外长拉万奇10日在驻伊朗外国使节和国际组织代表参加的会议上表示，各方已达成共识，伊朗的十点计划将作为谈判的基础。他强调，伊朗始终欢迎外交和对话，但绝不接受基于虚假信息、旨在欺骗和为再次对伊朗发动军事侵略铺路的对话。

广州港公告，2025年营业收入139.08亿元，同比下降1.99%。净利润8.22亿元，同比下降15.57%。拟以总股本75.45亿股为基数，每10股派发现金红利0.33元（含税），共计派发现金红利2.49亿元（含税）。

Bonjour et Bienvenue to the Paris Edition. I’m Bloomberg Opinion columnist Lionel Laurent . If you haven’t yet, subscribe now to the Paris Edition newsletter . A Breather Paris, like other parts of Europe, has this week felt mostly cautious relief after the announcement of a (still-shaky) two-week ceasefire in Iran. It signals a potential end in sight for the Hormuz closure that’s pushed up energy prices, darkened the economic outlook and worsened security threats. And also hope for diplomatic solutions as talks get underway, including a potential coalition to help secure Hormuz longer-term backed by Emmanuel Macron, even as he has insisted that “France did not choose this war.” The relief is tempered by the reality that the situation on the ground remains unstable. Macron has warned that the ceasefire won’t hold if it fails to include Lebanon, where Israel’s ongoing campaign against Iran-aligned Hezbollah this week included bombing parts of central Beirut in an operation that killed at least 200 people. Israel has agreed to talks while vowing to fight on; Paris has meanwhile delivered armored vehicles to Lebanon’s army and promised to support domestic efforts to counter Hezbollah. The outlook for the critical waterway of the Strait of Hormuz is also far from clear. Iran has woken up to its asymmetric ability to control this chokepoint; even as a French-owned cargo ship passed through last week, there have been reports of tolls charged in yuan or stablecoins and of preferential treatment given to countries deemed friendly. Shipping groups are taking a cautious stance and so are other European leaders, calling for a United Nations mandate before the kind of intervention Macron wants to mobilize. There are a few silver linings for Paris amid the fog. France’s electricity markets are better placed than they were in 2022 to withstand a geopolitically driven gas-price shock. Bloomberg Economics’ Jean Dalbard notes that higher nuclear output, more renewables and less dema...

UniqueMotionGraphics/iStock via Getty Images It now seems like a lifetime has passed since the market's concerns were things like " the AI bubble. " Yet the dangers don't seem to have disappeared, they have only changed: today the market trembles at the word "Strait of Hormuz," and the back and forth between Iran and Trump seems to favor the demand for short hedges or tactical hedges. My opinion: it's not time for SQQQ. I think the market is sending a clear signal about what it expects from this conflict. And who are we to ignore it? But before explaining my reasons … A brief summary of SQQQ and previous research There are some elements, which I have already discussed here , that I want to bring back for clarity of exposition and to better understand what we are talking about. SQQQ belongs to the family of leveraged/inverse ETFs by ProShares with a TER of 0.95%, managed as a vehicle with a daily objective, not as a fund designed for linear multi-period tracking. Specifically, it is an inverse leveraged ETF at -3x daily on the Nasdaq-100. This places it directly (in my opinion) in the category of tactical tools for short-term trading or hedging and (again in my opinion) any interpretation of the product as a "long-term short on the Nasdaq" is conceptually misleading. SQQQ: Price Performance (Seeking Alpha) It is a synthetic fund, built mainly through swap agreements and futures, without a physical equity component as an anchor, and what both the prospectus and the factsheets insist on is the fact that the fund does not seek to achieve -3x over periods longer than one day; and anyone who invests, and I stress anyone, must remember that yes: SQQQ is not a linear position on the Nasdaq, but a compounding machine. The implication is that the risk is not only "getting the direction wrong," but "being right in the wrong way," meaning with a path that is too slow or too choppy. There is therefore the possibility of loss even with the Nasdaq flat or declining: the prospectus...

远大控股公告，预计2026年第一季度净利润为4800万元–7200万元，同比增长272.02%-458.02%。本季度归属于上市公司股东的净利润较上年增加主要系大宗商品价格波动影响，衍生品平仓盈利较上年同期增加。

Welcome to our guide to the commodities driving the global economy. Today, reporter Will Wade looks at nuclear power’s funding challenges as another US state embraces the technology. It’s official: New Jersey wants a new nuclear power plant. It’s just not clear who’s going to pay for it. Recently inaugurated Governor Mikie Sherrill signed legislation this week to remove a rule dating back to the 1970s that had effectively stymied the construction of new reactors. She also set up a task force to “advance the state’s pursuit of new nuclear energy.” At first glance, the Garden State seems like a promising location for a new reactor. In addition to support from state leaders, Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., New Jersey’s biggest utility, already operates two nuclear plants there and is among just a handful of companies with a federal permit to build another one. But Sherrill’s bill-signing ceremony at the Hope Creek nuclear facility on Wednesday — a striking photo-op with a cooling tower in the background — was light on detail. “We know how to do this,” she said. There was no discussion about who might actually build a new reactor, or how it might be financed. New Jersey’s baby steps highlight the challenge in reviving nuclear as a source of new electricity generation in US. Despite a surge in interest — with support from the White House, Silicon Valley, Wall Street and, it would seem, even formerly skeptical voters — no one has quite figured out yet how to advance the kind of large, conventional reactors needed to keep pace with growing demand. US utilities remain chastened by the nuclear industry’s last big project, the Vogtle plant in Georgia, completed seven years behind schedule and at more than double its original budget. Soon after Sherrill signed her bill, PSEG issued a statement reiterating it would be happy to host a new reactor, as long as that doesn’t involve “investing PSEG’s own capital.” Neighboring New York is being more aggressive. Governor Kathy H...

【伊朗副外长：各方已达成共识 伊方十点计划将作为谈判基础】财联社4月10日电，伊朗副外长拉万奇10日在驻伊朗外国使节和国际组织代表参加的会议上表示，各方已达成共识，伊朗的十点计划将作为谈判的基础。他强调，伊朗始终欢迎外交和对话，但绝不接受基于虚假信息、旨在欺骗和为再次对伊朗发动军事侵略铺路的对话。 (央视新闻)

Dreamlapse Imagery/iStock via Getty Images By Lynn Song , Chief Economist, Greater China Taiwan's tech exports continue to defy expectations Taiwan's March export growth surged to 61.8% YoY, tripling the growth rate from the Lunar New Year-impacted February growth of "just" 20.6% YoY. Once again, exports have significantly surpassed market forecasts. Unsurprisingly, most of the strength remains tied to Taiwan's primary export engine, the broader Machinery and Electrical Equipment category, which grew by 81.9% YoY and accounted for 85.8% of total exports in March. Within this category, Information, Communication and Audio-Video Products exports surged 134.5% YoY, electronic parts rose 44.0%, and semiconductor exports rose 45.7% in March from a year ago. The continued outperformance has led to Taiwan's trade and economy becoming increasingly concentrated and dependent on this segment; the subcategory represented 84.0% of total exports in 1Q26, up from 80.4% in 2025 and 73.2% in 2024. A major reason for the outperformance is tied to a notable pickup in export prices. Taiwan's USD-adjusted export price index surged 12.7% YoY in March, the highest level since 2022. Combined with strong demand on a volume level, this is a major factor causing outperformance, as we've also observed across other economies in the region. Outside of this category, export growth generally looked pretty soft, with most other subcategories showing either single-digit or negative YoY growth. Export price surge has contributed to headline export growth outperforming Imports also surge but trade balance continues to beat Imports also well eclipsed forecasts, surging to 38.3% YoY, up from 6.8% YoY in February. We also saw some of the same price factors play out on the import side, as import prices rose 8.5% YoY in March. Interestingly, the data suggests that this wasn't attributed to energy prices quite yet, with the price of oil imports rising to 72.2 USD per barrel, which rose to -8.5% YoY from -1...

Key PointsThe Federal Reserve aims to keep the inflation rate steady at around 2% per year, as measured by the core Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE).

A lot of artificial intelligence (AI) talk centers on promises of future returns, but some companies are generating sales today in areas like the AI agent voice market. It's currently a small sector, but it's growing and can continue to meaningfully grow as AI voice agents become more ingrained in everyday life. It was estimated to be a $2.5 billion global market in 2025, but is forecast to grow to around $35 billion by 2033. The company that could be a leader in that space is SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) . Continue reading

Wolfe Research Adjusts Price Target on Meta Platforms to $800 From $850, Maintains Outperform Rating marketscreener.com

北约秘书长吕特9日说，北约希望在力所能及的情况下参与美方先前提出的霍尔木兹海峡护航行动，但相关决定需北约所有成员国一致同意。媒体分析认为，跨大西洋关系持续恶化，北约欲借参与护航安抚多次威胁“退群”的美国。(新华社)

新皇崗口岸重建工程完成後，將實施一地兩檢，屆時本地公共運輸交通可以直達聯檢大樓。運輸署建議延長現有巴士路線，並增設新的巴士及專線小巴路線，方便旅客前往。 新皇崗口岸大樓正進行內部工程，保安局局長鄧炳強日前表示，口岸會在本屆政府任內啟用。運輸署向沙田區議會提交的文件披露，現有落馬洲大橋將加建一段新的連接橋，接駁位於新皇崗口岸聯檢大樓的公共運輸交匯處。 在「一地兩檢」的安排下，旅客可以乘搭公共交通服務車輛直達交匯處，毋須像現時要乘搭「皇巴」，穿梭兩地口岸辦理入境手續，「皇巴」將完成歷史任務。 運輸署計劃將三條現有專營巴士線，服務延伸至新皇崗口岸，其中城巴976A及九巴N73路線，總站將由新田公共運輸交匯處延伸至新口岸；九巴276B線就會增設來往新口岸與天水圍天富的特別班次服務。 署方亦建議新增四條巴士線，來往新口岸與新界及九龍，包括葵翠邨公共運輸交匯處、啟德、青山灣巴士總站，及烏溪沙站公共運輸交匯處。 另外，將六條分別以新田公共運交匯處及落馬洲管制站為終點的專線小巴路線，全部延伸至新皇崗口岸。 運輸署表示，會於本月中開展相關程序，為四條新開的路線選出合適營辦商，以便營辦商籌備，並適時開辦服務。至於其他跨境及直通巴士服務，署方將與營辦商研究優化及加強服務，包括調整行車路線及服務範圍。

China will allow pre-profit technology companies to list on the ChiNext board in Shenzhen and introduce market makers to improve liquidity, as regulators step up efforts to bolster the mainland’s second-largest stock exchange and advance the country’s push for technological self-reliance. Under the new rules, emerging-industry companies with an estimated market value of at least 3 billion yuan (US$439 million) and revenue no less than 200 million yuan in the most recent financial year would be...

以色列国防军4月10日称，以军总参谋长扎米尔在黎巴嫩南部宾特朱拜勒郊区发表讲话称，以军正处于战争状态，在以色列北部前线上并未停火。以色列正与伊朗处于停火状态，但以军可以随时以强有力的方式重返在那里的行动。扎米尔表示，战前的伊朗已经不复存在，如今其变得更加虚弱。伊朗所遭受的打击也影响到了黎巴嫩真主党，因为真主党在黎巴嫩境内已被孤立，与战略后方（为其提供资金和武器的人）的联系也已被隔绝。 (央视新闻)

金管局表示，鉴于稳定币业务风险、投资者保护及市场承载能力，发牌门槛将长期维持高位，未来牌照数量仍将有限。 4月10日，根据香港金融管理局（下称“金管局”）消息，首批稳定币发行人牌照已正式发出。碇点金融科技有限公司（由渣打银行（香港）、香港电讯及安拟集团联合组建）及香港上海汇丰银行有限公司成为首批获牌机构。牌照自今日起生效。 这一落地标志着香港稳定币监管制度正式进入落地实施新阶段。 预计年中起陆续面世 根据持牌机构的业务计划，在完成相关筹备工作后，两家机构计划在未来数月内正式开展业务。 金管局总裁余伟文表示：“批出稳定币发行人牌照，是香港数字资产发展的重要里程碑。相关监管制度为稳定币发行人提供了规范有序的运营环境，使其在运用创新技术的同时，能够切实保障用户权益、管控相关风险，推动香港稳定币生态实现健康、负责任、可持续地发展。我期待各持牌机构按照计划开展业务，在做好风险管控的前提下积极拓展发展空间，推广合规稳定币的应用，解决金融与经济活动中的痛点难点，为市民和企业创造价值，助力香港数字资产健康发展。” 余伟文称，回顾香港稳定币制度的监管发展，由法例咨询、草拟、立法，到发牌制度的落实和批出牌照，金管局谨守“相同活动、相同风险、相同监管”的风险为本原则，以国际监管标准为蓝本，建立一套既稳妥又具备灵活性的监管制度，守住管控好金融稳定、反洗钱、投资者保障等风险的底线，同时又保留空间，在落实过程中可以根据国际监管趋势的发展和市场变化，对监管要求适时、适度进行调校。目的是让合规稳定币在不同应用场景发挥积极作用，切实解决实体经济和金融活动中的痛点。 据悉，本次稳定币牌照申请首阶段于2025年9月30日截止，金管局共收到36家机构提交申请。金管局表示，过去半年间，监管团队依照条例规定，对每份申请开展全面严谨审核，结合需求与申请人持续沟通、核实信息，确保审批流程公平规范。 金管局明确，稳定币发牌门槛较高，审批核心聚焦两大维度：一是充分的风险管理能力和经验，并遵守香港和其他地区的相关法规；二是申请人能否提出具体的应用场景及可行的业务方案和发展计划。 根据规划，两家持牌机构初期均将发行港元稳定币，业务计划、应用场景和发展方向覆盖四大方向：跨境支付方面，发挥稳定币的优势，依托发行人自身庞大的国际业务和合作伙伴网络，在遵守其他地区监管机构法规要求的前提下，为企业和个人提供高效、透明、成本更低的跨...

据央视，李强主持召开经济形势专家和企业家座谈会。

Kira-Yan Downloads of Meta Platforms' ( META ) AI app on iOS in the U.S. saw an increase of 87% day-over-day on April 8, when the company released its new model called Muse Spark, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Muse Spark is the first AI model developed by the company's Superintelligence team and is aimed at products. On the U.S. Apple App Store rankings charts on April 8, Meta AI rose to the 21st spot, up from 60 on April 7, analyst Abe Yousef noted in the report . Meta AI saw about 46,000 U.S. iOS app downloads on April 8, representing an increase of 87% day-over-day. "This massive surge in downloads could be attributed to the recent release of Meta’s new AI model, Muse Spark, which may have prompted a rise in consumer interest," said the analyst. However, U.S. downloads of Meta AI on Android only grew 3% day-over-day on April 8, the report added. Downloads of the app on iOS in Canada, the U.K., France, and Germany surged 51%, 32%, 27%, and 25% day-over-day, respectively. Data from the firm indicated that daily web visitors for Meta AI in the U.S. soared over 450% day-over-day. Daily web visitors for the app in the U.S. reached an all-time high on April 8, showcasing how the release of new models, features, and functions can prompt a material uptick in adoption and usage, the analyst noted. Daily web visitors for Meta AI in the U.S. on April 8 grew more than 570% compared to the average registered in the previous 30 days, the analyst added. In addition, the analyst noted that four out of the five top-ranked overall apps on the U.S. Apple App Store on April 9 were AI apps — OpenAI's ( OPENAI ) ChatGPT, Anthropic's ( ANTHRO ) Claude, Google's ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ) Gemini, and Meta AI — highlighting how app adoption trends are being primarily driven by AI. A year ago, on April 10, 2025, only one out of the top five ranked overall apps on the U.S. Apple App Store was an AI app, which was ChatGPT, the report added. Initial benchmarks from Artificial A...

Kira-Yan Downloads of Meta Platforms' ( META ) AI app on iOS in the U.S. saw an increase of 87% day-over-day on April 8, when the company released its new model called Muse Spark, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Muse Spark is the first AI model developed by the company's Superintelligence team and is aimed at products. On the U.S. Apple App Store rankings charts on April 8, Meta AI rose to the 21st spot, up from 60 on April 7, analyst Abe Yousef noted in the report . Meta AI saw about 46,000 U.S. iOS app downloads on April 8, representing an increase of 87% day-over-day. "This massive surge in downloads could be attributed to the recent release of Meta’s new AI model, Muse Spark, which may have prompted a rise in consumer interest," said the analyst. However, U.S. downloads of Meta AI on Android only grew 3% day-over-day on April 8, the report added. Downloads of the app on iOS in Canada, the U.K., France, and Germany surged 51%, 32%, 27%, and 25% day-over-day, respectively. Data from the firm indicated that daily web visitors for Meta AI in the U.S. soared over 450% day-over-day. Daily web visitors for the app in the U.S. reached an all-time high on April 8, showcasing how the release of new models, features, and functions can prompt a material uptick in adoption and usage, the analyst noted. Daily web visitors for Meta AI in the U.S. on April 8 grew more than 570% compared to the average registered in the previous 30 days, the analyst added. In addition, the analyst noted that four out of the five top-ranked overall apps on the U.S. Apple App Store on April 9 were AI apps — OpenAI's ( OPENAI ) ChatGPT, Anthropic's ( ANTHRO ) Claude, Google's ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ) Gemini, and Meta AI — highlighting how app adoption trends are being primarily driven by AI. A year ago, on April 10, 2025, only one out of the top five ranked overall apps on the U.S. Apple App Store was an AI app, which was ChatGPT, the report added. Initial benchmarks from Artificial A...