Olivier Le Moal/iStock via Getty Images ************ Author's Note: This is our monthly series on Dividend Stocks, usually published in the first week of every month. We scan the universe of roughly 7,500 stocks listed and traded on U.S. exchanges and use our proprietary filtering criteria to select five relatively safe stocks that may be trading cheaper compared to their historical valuations. So...
Olivier Le Moal/iStock via Getty Images ************ Author's Note: This is our monthly series on Dividend Stocks, usually published in the first week of every month. We scan the universe of roughly 7,500 stocks listed and traded on U.S. exchanges and use our proprietary filtering criteria to select five relatively safe stocks that may be trading cheaper compared to their historical valuations. Some of the sections in the article, like "Selection Process/Methodology," are repeated each month with few changes. This is intentional as well as unavoidable, as this is necessary for the new readers to be able to conceptualize the process. Regular readers of this series could skip such sections to avoid repetitiveness and jump to the section titled "Selection of the Top 50." Readers can also read a more detailed explanation of the goals and the selection process in our blog post here . ************ Introduction and Market Summary: Currently, for obvious reasons, the market is in a downtrend and has already lost significantly since the start of the Iran war. At the moment, the market is very news-driven and can go up or down in a hurry based on the latest bit of news about the evolving geopolitical situation. Though it is far from clear how far down the markets can go, as no one can predict how soon the hostilities can end and the global flow of energy and prices can be stabilized. Even then, stock prices have come down substantially compared to just a month ago, and it may be an opportunity to buy solid dividend-paying stocks at better prices. Obviously, the longer the war drags on, the worse it will be for energy prices and broader inflation. The market is now predicting no interest rate cuts for the rest of 2026. That can not be a positive for many things, such as the housing market and job growth. So, the Feds will be in a tough spot as they would need to balance both inflation and the employment situation. You can see the current odds of the Fed's next rate cut here on...
Poland: Pedophilia, Bestiality Scandal Hits Tusk's Party Via Remix News, The Kłodzko scandal could bring down the Civic Coalition (KO). This is the view of PiS candidate for prime minister, Przemysław Czarnek, despite the localized nature of the crime. “This is a group of people who really have a lot on their minds,” the politician says. A pedophilia and zoophilia scandal in the Lower Silesian Voi...
Poland: Pedophilia, Bestiality Scandal Hits Tusk's Party Via Remix News, The Kłodzko scandal could bring down the Civic Coalition (KO). This is the view of PiS candidate for prime minister, Przemysław Czarnek, despite the localized nature of the crime. “This is a group of people who really have a lot on their minds,” the politician says. A pedophilia and zoophilia scandal in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship has shocked Poland. Przemysław L., 45, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexual offenses committed against underage girls, bestiality, and recording these acts on film and in photographs. According to Do Rzeczy , his ex-wife, Kamila L., a former Civic Platform activist, was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for failing to provide assistance to her minor daughter from a previous relationship, who was a victim of rape, and for complicity in animal abuse. Przemysław Czarnek, the PiS candidate for prime minister, commented on the shocking case and its possible political consequences on Telewizja Republika on Wednesday. “This is a very serious scandal that will, in my opinion, sink the Civic Platform. I spoke about the Civic Platform and their absolutely scandalous behavior three years ago , when there was a debate on the vote of no confidence in me. And I shouted from the parliamentary podium that these people should be feared, because these people from the Civic Platform, the mayors of cities from the Civic Platform, finance associations and organizations with enormous public funds—over a billion złoty a year—that simply deal with dramatic issues,” said the former Minister of Education and Science. “I mentioned programs that were simply perverted by their very name, ” he added. As Czarnek pointed out, “this is a community of people who really have a lot going for them, financing these kinds of communities that commit these kinds of shameless, dramatic, criminal, anti-human actions against children, and against animals as well, because we are dealing with zoophili...
Modern investment strategies focus on balancing high-growth technology sectors with the physical infrastructure required to power the global digital economy.
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An earthquake that struck Afghanistan overnight killed 12 people, including eight members of the same family, a government official and the Afghan Red Crescent Society said on Saturday. A neighbour who helped in rescue efforts said that the eight who died, on the outskirts of Kabul, were a refugee family recently returned from neighbouring Iran. The 5.8-magnitude quake struck at 8.42pm (1612 GMT) ...
An earthquake that struck Afghanistan overnight killed 12 people, including eight members of the same family, a government official and the Afghan Red Crescent Society said on Saturday. A neighbour who helped in rescue efforts said that the eight who died, on the outskirts of Kabul, were a refugee family recently returned from neighbouring Iran. The 5.8-magnitude quake struck at 8.42pm (1612 GMT) on Friday at a depth of 186km (115 miles) at the epicentre in northeastern Badakhshan province,...
Russia’s attempts to restrict the use of virtual private networks amid a clampdown on the Telegram messaging platform triggered the widespread banking outage seen across the country this week, the service’s billionaire founder Pavel Durov said. “Telegram was banned in Russia, yet 65 million Russians still use it daily via VPNs,” Durov said Saturday in a post on Telegram. “The government has spent ...
Russia’s attempts to restrict the use of virtual private networks amid a clampdown on the Telegram messaging platform triggered the widespread banking outage seen across the country this week, the service’s billionaire founder Pavel Durov said. “Telegram was banned in Russia, yet 65 million Russians still use it daily via VPNs,” Durov said Saturday in a post on Telegram. “The government has spent years trying to ban VPNs too. Their blocking attempts just triggered a massive banking failure; cash briefly became the only payment method nationwide yesterday.” Attempts on Friday to limit VPN use could have sparked the disruption affecting banking apps, The Bell and other Russian media reported, citing industry sources who weren’t identified. The outage may have been caused by an overload in the filtering systems run by Russia’s communications watchdog, according to the reports, with experts warning that major restrictions risk undermining network stability. Russian authorities haven’t commented on the outages. Separately, payments for Apple Inc. ’s app store and other services became unavailable in Russia from April 1, the US company said on its website, without saying why. Earlier, RBC newswire reported that the Digital Development Ministry had asked mobile operators to disable top-ups, which could help limit VPN use. Read more: Moscow Internet Shutdowns Test Russia’s Expanding Web Controls Moscow has in recent months intensified a crackdown on internet use and applications it doesn’t control, as it presses Russians to adopt a state-run “super-app” called Max, modeled after China’s WeChat. It has restricted platforms including YouTube, WhatsApp and Snapchat and limited access to Telegram. In the past week, authorities have stepped up efforts to curb VPN usage, which Russians use to access blocked content. Authorities are pushing domestic platforms, from IT companies to e-commerce services, to block users connecting via VPNs, Forbes.ru and RBC Newswire reported this wee...
(Bloomberg) -- Russia’s attempts to restrict the use of virtual private networks amid a clampdown on the Telegram messaging platform triggered the widespread banking outage seen across the country this week, the service’s billionaire founder Pavel Durov said. “Telegram was banned in Russia, yet 65 million Russians still use it daily via VPNs,” Durov said Saturday in a post on Telegram. “The govern...
(Bloomberg) -- Russia’s attempts to restrict the use of virtual private networks amid a clampdown on the Telegram messaging platform triggered the widespread banking outage seen across the country this week, the service’s billionaire founder Pavel Durov said. “Telegram was banned in Russia, yet 65 million Russians still use it daily via VPNs,” Durov said Saturday in a post on Telegram. “The government has spent years trying to ban VPNs too. Their blocking attempts just triggered a massive bankin
Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has promised to allow more children from low-income families to enjoy after-school care on campus by further expanding a government scheme following positive feedback from participants. Social workers and educators welcomed the initiative on Saturday, proposing the government widen the scheme’s coverage to include more pupils and encourage more schools to join thr...
Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has promised to allow more children from low-income families to enjoy after-school care on campus by further expanding a government scheme following positive feedback from participants. Social workers and educators welcomed the initiative on Saturday, proposing the government widen the scheme’s coverage to include more pupils and encourage more schools to join through subsidies. The scheme, launched as part of a government’s targeted measures to tackle poverty,...