Thirty five-year-old reflects on his players overcoming adversity to climb towards new heights in the WSL and his evolution as a coach Martin Ho is ready to chat, after being playfully reprimanded by the waiter in a south London cafe for leaving a lone tomato on his plate. “It’s got more vitamin C in it than orange juice,” the waiter quips as he clears the table. It has been quite the season for t...
Thirty five-year-old reflects on his players overcoming adversity to climb towards new heights in the WSL and his evolution as a coach Martin Ho is ready to chat, after being playfully reprimanded by the waiter in a south London cafe for leaving a lone tomato on his plate. “It’s got more vitamin C in it than orange juice,” the waiter quips as he clears the table. It has been quite the season for the 35-year-old Tottenham head coach, who took charge of a team in July that looked rudderless and despondent as it limped to an 11th-place finish in the WSL, one season on from finishing sixth and reaching an FA Cup final. Continue reading...
Chinese ride-hailing company CaoCao, backed by Geely, is betting on a heavy-asset strategy to emerge as a leading robotaxi operator, with plans to deploy 100,000 autonomous vehicles by 2030 as competition intensifies and self-driving technology matures. In an interview with the South China Morning Post, CEO Gong Xin said the future of robotaxis hinged on an asset-management model built around a cl...
Chinese ride-hailing company CaoCao, backed by Geely, is betting on a heavy-asset strategy to emerge as a leading robotaxi operator, with plans to deploy 100,000 autonomous vehicles by 2030 as competition intensifies and self-driving technology matures. In an interview with the South China Morning Post, CEO Gong Xin said the future of robotaxis hinged on an asset-management model built around a closed-loop “trinity” of vehicle manufacturing, autonomous driving technology and fleet...
Thousands of Hongkongers braved thundery and rainy weather on Ching Ming Festival on Sunday to sweep tombs, with some distraught Wang Fuk Court residents returning to the fire-ravaged site to mourn. It was the first Ching Ming Festival for more than 5,000 displaced residents at Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court, the site of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire since 1948. The inferno claimed 168 lives after the blaze...
Thousands of Hongkongers braved thundery and rainy weather on Ching Ming Festival on Sunday to sweep tombs, with some distraught Wang Fuk Court residents returning to the fire-ravaged site to mourn. It was the first Ching Ming Festival for more than 5,000 displaced residents at Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court, the site of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire since 1948. The inferno claimed 168 lives after the blaze broke out on November 26 and spread across seven of the estate’s eight towers. During the festival,...
J. Michael Jones/iStock Editorial via Getty Images 2026 has been an especially volatile year in the stock markets, but at the same time, for consumer-facing businesses, much of the retrenchment in share prices is very much driven by fundamentals. Restaurants, in particular, are having trouble convincing diners to eat out amid sharp menu price inflation, and most restaurant chains are reporting neg...
J. Michael Jones/iStock Editorial via Getty Images 2026 has been an especially volatile year in the stock markets, but at the same time, for consumer-facing businesses, much of the retrenchment in share prices is very much driven by fundamentals. Restaurants, in particular, are having trouble convincing diners to eat out amid sharp menu price inflation, and most restaurant chains are reporting negative comp sales. Cracker Barrel ( CBRL ), the diner-style chain that sparked furor last year over a scrapped logo change, is no exception. Over the past year, shares of Cracker Barrel have lost ~20% of their value as sales have contracted. That said, the stock is up modestly since January, an outlier among restaurant chains, as the company's recent earnings print included a modest boost to guidance. The question for investors now is, has Cracker Barrel bottomed, or is this just a dead-cat bounce? Data by YCharts I last wrote a sell article on Cracker Barrel in December, when the stock was trading closer to $27 per share. Since then, Cracker Barrel has actually outperformed the crash in the rest of the stock market, though to be fair, the stock had also been deeply pummeled in 2025 (losing two-thirds of its value after the logo change scandal). With no evidence that fundamentals have any chance of a turnaround, I'm reiterating my sell rating on the stock - in my view, Cracker Barrel's brief outperformance in 2026 isn't likely to last long. To me, these are the core red flags that investors should be wary about in this stock: Persistently weak traffic trends. Cracker Barrel is suffering ~10% declines in traffic. Right now, its comp sales trends are being held up by higher menu pricing (which is a ~4 point bump to comp sales). As the company laps these menu price increases in calendar 2026, we expect comp sales to deteriorate further. Tarnished brand image. Cracker Barrel suffered a massive blowback in public opinion when the company attempted and then reversed its decision t...
LendingClub stock may be undervalued as strong growth, improving profits, and a flexible business model clash with investor doubts and credit-cycle concerns.
LendingClub stock may be undervalued as strong growth, improving profits, and a flexible business model clash with investor doubts and credit-cycle concerns.