Key Points With its PC market share eroding, Intel needed a win. Panther Lake delivers, with great efficiency and incredible graphics performance. Supply constraints may limit market share gains this year. 10 stocks we like better than Intel › The first batch of third-party reviews for laptops powered by Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) Panther Lake chips has arrived, and the consensus is that Intel has pul...
Key Points With its PC market share eroding, Intel needed a win. Panther Lake delivers, with great efficiency and incredible graphics performance. Supply constraints may limit market share gains this year. 10 stocks we like better than Intel › The first batch of third-party reviews for laptops powered by Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) Panther Lake chips has arrived, and the consensus is that Intel has pulled a rabbit out of its hat. Panther Lake largely delivers on the company's promises, successfully pairing performance and efficiency while delivering unprecedented integrated graphics performance. Two years ago, with Intel desperately behind TSMC in manufacturing, such a feat would have seemed impossible. But thanks in part to Intel's 18A manufacturing process, Panther Lake looks like a much-needed home run. Image source: Intel. The undisputed king of integrated graphics One of the most notable features of the top-tier Panther Lake CPUs is the incredible graphics performance Intel promised when it unveiled the chips earlier this year. According to reviews, the company has delivered. The Core Ultra x9 388H chip tested by PCWorld reviewers includes Intel's Arc B390 integrated graphics. In a synthetic graphics benchmark that doesn't benefit from AI frame generation or upscaling, Intel's new chip blew the competition out of the water. The Panther Lake laptop easily beats systems with Intel's last-gen chips as well as currently available laptops with AMD and Qualcomm chips. It's not even close. In real-world gaming tests, the reviewer was able to ramp up the settings and play many games at acceptable frame rates without any of the aforementioned software features turned on. Once Intel's AI frame generation and upscaling tech are in the mix, Panther Lake really shines. The Panther Lake laptop amazingly holds its own against discrete graphics from Nvidia in cases where these features are supported. With Panther Lake, Intel has transformed laptops with integrated graphics from pas...
The Grid Will Hold - Maybe - But The Bill Will Rise Authored by Terry L. Headley via RealClearEnergy , Americans are about to pay a lot more for electricity anyway — not because the grid fails, but because of how we now power it. As another deep winter cold snap presses across much of the eastern United States, grid operators are doing what they always do in these moments: watching reserve margins...
The Grid Will Hold - Maybe - But The Bill Will Rise Authored by Terry L. Headley via RealClearEnergy , Americans are about to pay a lot more for electricity anyway — not because the grid fails, but because of how we now power it. As another deep winter cold snap presses across much of the eastern United States, grid operators are doing what they always do in these moments: watching reserve margins, issuing conservation guidance, leaning on dispatchable generation, and quietly hoping nothing large trips offline at the wrong hour. If history is a guide, the system will muddle through . It usually does. But survival isn’t the same thing as success. And it’s certainly not the same thing as affordability. Even if there is no blackout, no emergency load shedding, and no headline-grabbing crisis, this weather event will still deliver a financial shock — one that will show up first in gas markets, then in wholesale power prices, and finally, months later, in the electric bills of households and businesses. That downstream billing impact is not accidental. It is structural. And it tells us far more about the state of the modern grid than any press release ever will. Yes, the system will probably muddle through through this time. But one day in the not-too-distant future it won’t. Counting the Cost of High Electric Bills The modern American electric grid has become adept at avoiding disaster. Operators have more tools than ever: demand response, emergency imports, market signaling, conservation messaging, and sophisticated forecasting. What they do not have — at least not in sufficient quantity — is inexpensive, fuel-secure generation that can run whenever it is needed, regardless of weather. In winter, the grid’s vulnerability is not generation capacity on paper. It is fuel deliverability in the real world. Natural gas now sits at the center of that vulnerability. It dominates the marginal price of electricity across large portions of the country, particularly in regions lik...
At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 21 most recent 13F filings for the 06/30/2024 reporting period, and noticed that Ishares Core Msci Emerging Markets Etf (Symbol: IEMG) was held by 10 of these funds. When hedge fund managers appear to be thinking alike, we find it is a good idea to take a closer look. Before we proceed, it is important to point out that 13F filings do n...
At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 21 most recent 13F filings for the 06/30/2024 reporting period, and noticed that Ishares Core Msci Emerging Markets Etf (Symbol: IEMG) was held by 10 of these funds. When hedge fund managers appear to be thinking alike, we find it is a good idea to take a closer look. Before we proceed, it is important to point out that 13F filings do not tell the whole story, because these funds are only required to disclose their long positions with the SEC, but are not required to disclose their short positions. A fund making a bearish bet against a stock by shorting calls, for example, might also be long some amount of stock as they trade around their overall bearish position. This long component could show up in a 13F filing and everyone might assume the fund is bullish, but this tells only part of the story because the bearish/short side of the position is not seen. Having given that caveat, we believe that looking at groups of 13F filings can be revealing, especially when comparing one holding period to another. Below, let's take a look at the change in IEMG positions, for this latest batch of 13F filers: In terms of shares owned, we count 4 of the above funds having increased existing IEMG positions from 03/31/2024 to 06/30/2024, with 3 having decreased their positions and 2 new positions. Looking beyond these particular funds in this one batch of most recent filers, we tallied up the IEMG share count in the aggregate among all of the funds which held IEMG at the 06/30/2024 reporting period (out of the 3,020 we looked at in total). We then compared that number to the sum total of IEMG shares those same funds held back at the 03/31/2024 period, to see how the aggregate share count held by hedge funds has moved for IEMG. We found that between these two periods, funds increased their holdings by 16,797,839 shares in the aggregate, from 219,718,357 up to 236,516,196 for a share count increase of approximately 7.65%. T...
WSFS Financial ( WSFS ) declares $0.17/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 1.17% Payable Feb. 27; for shareholders of record Feb. 13; ex-div Feb. 13. See WSFS Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on WSFS Financial WSFS Financial prices $200M in senior unsecured notes due 2035 Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on WSFS Financial Historical earnings data for...
WSFS Financial ( WSFS ) declares $0.17/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 1.17% Payable Feb. 27; for shareholders of record Feb. 13; ex-div Feb. 13. See WSFS Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on WSFS Financial WSFS Financial prices $200M in senior unsecured notes due 2035 Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on WSFS Financial Historical earnings data for WSFS Financial Dividend scorecard for WSFS Financial Financial information for WSFS Financial
Worawith Ounpeng/iStock via Getty Images Midstream investors are once again paying close attention to capital budgets. After several years of prioritizing payouts and balance sheet repair, large pipeline operators are beginning to diverge in how aggressively they reinvest. Some are leaning into new projects, while others are deliberately pulling back. For master limited partnerships, this distinct...
Worawith Ounpeng/iStock via Getty Images Midstream investors are once again paying close attention to capital budgets. After several years of prioritizing payouts and balance sheet repair, large pipeline operators are beginning to diverge in how aggressively they reinvest. Some are leaning into new projects, while others are deliberately pulling back. For master limited partnerships, this distinction matters. Capital spending directly influences distributable cash flow, coverage ratios, and ultimately the sustainability of distributions.¹ Across the sector, valuations remain well below historical norms despite relatively stable operating fundamentals.² That disconnect has renewed focus on how individual partnerships balance growth ambitions with cash discipline. Energy Transfer’s Pipeline Push Energy Transfer ( ET ) entered 2026 signaling a renewed emphasis on growth. Management announced plans to allocate roughly $5 to $5.5 billion toward expansion projects, with most of the spending directed toward natural gas infrastructure.³ The strategy reflects expectations for rising demand tied to power generation, data centers, and industrial activity. To support this shift, the partnership paused development of its proposed Lake Charles LNG export terminal while accelerating investment in pipeline and processing assets that can be placed into service more quickly.⁴ Several of these projects are expected to begin contributing to cash flows during 2026, supporting management’s expectation of improving earnings as volumes ramp.⁵ In the near term, however, higher capital outlays absorb cash that might otherwise support distributions or faster debt reduction. Energy Transfer has emphasized that it intends to fund projects internally, but elevated spending still places pressure on coverage if timelines slip or costs rise.⁶ Investors remain mindful of prior cycles when aggressive capital programs strained cash flows, reinforcing the importance of disciplined execution. Diverging ...
carstenbrandt/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Boeing ( BA ) and Israel’s Technion Institute of Technology on Tuesday said they are moving forward with plans to develop sustainable aviation fuel using alternative feedstocks such as green hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide, as the aviation industry looks to curb long term emissions. The partners said early feasibility work has been completed an...
carstenbrandt/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Boeing ( BA ) and Israel’s Technion Institute of Technology on Tuesday said they are moving forward with plans to develop sustainable aviation fuel using alternative feedstocks such as green hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide, as the aviation industry looks to curb long term emissions. The partners said early feasibility work has been completed and the project is now advancing toward development, with the goal of reaching commercially viable production. Sustainable aviation fuel, which is typically produced from waste oils or other byproducts, can sharply reduce emissions compared with conventional jet fuel but remains far more expensive. Boeing ( BA ) has pledged to deliver commercial aircraft capable of operating on 100% sustainable aviation fuel by 2030, aligning with broader industry ambitions to reach net zero emissions by midcentury. Still, industry groups have warned that adoption may be slow, with sustainable fuels expected to make up less than 1% of global jet fuel use in the near term. The company said scaling production will take time and may rely on a wide range of raw materials, including non food crops, agricultural waste and industrial emissions. Separately, Boeing ( BA ) said it is partnering with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University to establish a cybersecurity research center focused on next generation aviation and aerospace systems. More on Boeing Boeing Earnings Preview: Expectations Remain Too Subdued For The Aerospace Giant Boeing Before Earnings: You Might Want To Be Cautious Boeing: Why Production, Not Valuation, Is The Real Story Now Boeing beats loss forecast, shares steady as one-time gain masks ongoing risks Boeing Q4 earnings on deck: What to expect
Timberland Bancorp ( TSBK ) declares $0.29/share quarterly dividend , 3.6% increase from prior dividend of $0.28. Forward yield 3.18% Payable Feb. 27; for shareholders of record Feb. 13; ex-div Feb. 13. See TSBK Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Timberland Bancorp Navigating The Rate Regime: A 'Hold' Thesis On Timberland Bancorp Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Timberland ...
Timberland Bancorp ( TSBK ) declares $0.29/share quarterly dividend , 3.6% increase from prior dividend of $0.28. Forward yield 3.18% Payable Feb. 27; for shareholders of record Feb. 13; ex-div Feb. 13. See TSBK Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on Timberland Bancorp Navigating The Rate Regime: A 'Hold' Thesis On Timberland Bancorp Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Timberland Bancorp Dividend scorecard for Timberland Bancorp Financial information for Timberland Bancorp
The odds that another winter storm will pummel the US East Coast early next week are rising, putting power grids to the test again as the region recovers from a larger system that upended travel and triggered widespread blackouts. Eastern North Carolina, extreme southeastern Virginia and eastern Massachusetts have 60% chance or more of minor weather impacts from a storm, according to the US Weathe...
The odds that another winter storm will pummel the US East Coast early next week are rising, putting power grids to the test again as the region recovers from a larger system that upended travel and triggered widespread blackouts. Eastern North Carolina, extreme southeastern Virginia and eastern Massachusetts have 60% chance or more of minor weather impacts from a storm, according to the US Weather Prediction Center. A wider area from South Carolina to Massachusetts, including Long Island and coastal New Jersey, has a 40% or higher chance of moderate effects from Feb. 1 to Feb. 2. “The fact we are getting this high a probability for days four to six should raise an eyebrow,” said David Roth, a senior branch forecaster at the Weather Prediction Center. Read more: Winter Is a Growing Threat to US Power Grids: Energy Daily The storm comes on the heels of a larger system that dropped more than a foot of snow across a wide part of the US from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic, including New York City, snarling air travel and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers. That storm, exiting Maine on Tuesday, is leaving frigid air in its wake, adding to the misery of those without power in regions where electric heat is the primary source for warming homes and businesses. Regulators have warned that rising power demand from data centers and electrification is increasing the risk of winter blackouts, particularly during extended periods of extreme cold. The details of next week’s system are still uncertain, and the forecast could still shift. A slight wobble to the northwest could mean more snow for New York City and the other large metropolitan areas along the East Coast, Roth said. He added that early forecasts for the last storm originally spared New York and Boston the worst of the snow, but both cities ended up being buried.
Key Points Sirius exceeded its initial targets to start the year, especially on free cash flow. However, continued subscriber and revenue declines, though gradual, weighed on the stock. Can a new low-cost, ad-supported tier turn things around? 10 stocks we like better than Sirius XM › Shares of satellite radio company Sirius XM Holding (NASDAQ: SIRI) fell 12.3% in 2025, according to data from S&P ...
Key Points Sirius exceeded its initial targets to start the year, especially on free cash flow. However, continued subscriber and revenue declines, though gradual, weighed on the stock. Can a new low-cost, ad-supported tier turn things around? 10 stocks we like better than Sirius XM › Shares of satellite radio company Sirius XM Holding (NASDAQ: SIRI) fell 12.3% in 2025, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. While not catastrophic, the decline did trail the S&P 500 index's 17.9% total return by about 30 percentage points. Sirius' underperformance is notable, especially since it's a significant holding of Warren Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B), and is probably a holding managed by Ted Wechsler, who is also likely to manage the entire Berkshire public equity portfolio following Warren Buffett's retirement. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Continue » Sirius's business performed somewhat better than expected in 2025, with revenue and profits meeting or exceeding the company's initial guidance. However, continued subscriber and revenue declines put investors in a sour mood. Sirius exceeds its own targets, but Wall Street shrugs At the beginning of the year, Sirius predicted it would generate $8.5 billion in revenue, $2.6 billion in adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), and $1.15 billion in free cash flow in 2025. The good news for shareholders is that, as of Sirius's third quarter earnings report, management had raised that outlook to revenue of $8.525 billion, adjusted EBITDA of $2.625 billion, and free cash flow of $1.225 billion. Given the slight outperformance, some may wonder why the stock declined during the year. It appears investors are still scared off by continued subscriber and revenue declines, as even Sirius's improved targets would mark revenue and adjusted EBITDA declin...
I'll likely keep most of my stocks throughout a market crash, but these three will let me sleep soundly at night. I own about 45 stocks in my portfolio, and to be perfectly clear, if a stock market crash were to arrive, I'd be highly likely to hang on to all of them. I'll rarely ever sell stocks in a down market, unless something alarming happens within the business itself. One investing rule of t...
I'll likely keep most of my stocks throughout a market crash, but these three will let me sleep soundly at night. I own about 45 stocks in my portfolio, and to be perfectly clear, if a stock market crash were to arrive, I'd be highly likely to hang on to all of them. I'll rarely ever sell stocks in a down market, unless something alarming happens within the business itself. One investing rule of thumb I never break is that I'll never sell a stock just because it's down. Having said that, just because I wouldn't necessarily sell a stock doesn't mean that it wouldn't likely be stressful to hold in a market crash. But some stocks in my portfolio would hold up rather well during a market crash, allowing me to hold on while still sleeping well at night. A rock-solid business in any market If I had to own just one stock amid a market crash, it would be Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A 0.62%)(BRK.B 0.45%). For one thing, Berkshire owns a collection of more than 60 subsidiaries, most of which are "evergreen," meaning they perform well regardless of the economy. As an example, people will still need to make their car insurance payments to GEICO in tough times, and they'll still need to make utility payments to Berkshire Hathaway Energy. Perhaps even more important, Berkshire has an unmatched amount of cash at its disposal. At the end of the third quarter, Berkshire had about $382 billion on its balance sheet, and I wouldn't be surprised to see this figure increase when we get fourth-quarter earnings shortly. Expand NYSE : BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Today's Change ( -0.45 %) $ -2.17 Current Price $ 481.30 Key Data Points Market Cap $1.0T Day's Range $ 481.30 - $ 483.50 52wk Range $ 454.60 - $ 542.07 Volume 15K Avg Vol 5M Gross Margin 24.85 % This gives Berkshire tremendous financial flexibility to take advantage of investment opportunities if the stock market crashes. After making savvy investments in Bank of America and Goldman Sachs around the time of the financial crisis, Berkshire...
In recent weeks, Comcast has opened new Xfinity Stores in South DeKalb, Georgia and Chehalis, Washington, expanded its Amazon Luna gaming rollout, completed the spin-off of Versant Media Group, and reported continued use of AI across its advertising operations. Together with customer retention efforts like the Xfinity Membership loyalty program and a pause on near-term internet price hikes, these ...
In recent weeks, Comcast has opened new Xfinity Stores in South DeKalb, Georgia and Chehalis, Washington, expanded its Amazon Luna gaming rollout, completed the spin-off of Versant Media Group, and reported continued use of AI across its advertising operations. Together with customer retention efforts like the Xfinity Membership loyalty program and a pause on near-term internet price hikes, these moves highlight Comcast’s focus on recalibrating its connectivity, media, and retail footprint amid rising competition. Given this backdrop, we’ll examine how Comcast’s Versant Media Group spin-off reshapes its investment narrative and long-term business mix. Explore 23 top quantum computing companies leading the revolution in next-gen technology and shaping the future with breakthroughs in quantum algorithms, superconducting qubits, and cutting-edge research. What Is Comcast's Investment Narrative? To own Comcast today, you have to believe its mix of broadband, content, and theme parks can still create value even as traditional cable shrinks and competition bites. The recent Versant Media Group spin-off and the rollout of Amazon Luna on Xfinity devices both speak to a simpler, more focused Comcast: one that leans into connectivity and high-margin media while pruning complexity. At the same time, new Xfinity stores, the Xfinity Membership loyalty program, and a pause on near-term internet price hikes show management is very aware of subscriber churn after Comcast lost internet and TV customers following earlier price increases. Analysts trimming and upgrading price targets around US$28 to US$37 underline that the key short term catalysts and risks now hinge on whether those retention efforts and portfolio changes can stabilize the core business. However, increased competition and customer losses are pressures investors should not ignore. Comcast's shares have been on the rise but are still potentially undervalued. Find out how large the opportunity might be. Exploring Other...
China’s Moonshot AI, which is backed by the likes of Alibaba and HongShan (formerly Sequioa China), today released a new open-source model, Kimi K2.5, which understands text, image, and video. The company said that the model was trained on 15 trillion mixed visual and text tokens, and that’s why it is natively multimodal. It added that the models are good at coding tasks and handling agent swarms ...
China’s Moonshot AI, which is backed by the likes of Alibaba and HongShan (formerly Sequioa China), today released a new open-source model, Kimi K2.5, which understands text, image, and video. The company said that the model was trained on 15 trillion mixed visual and text tokens, and that’s why it is natively multimodal. It added that the models are good at coding tasks and handling agent swarms — an orchestration where multiple agents work together. In released benchmarks, the model matches the performance of the proprietary peers and even beats them in certain tasks. For instance, in the coding benchmark, the Kimi K2.5 outperforms Gemini 3 Pro at the SWE-Bench Verified benchmark, and scores higher than GPT 5.2 and Gemini 3 Pro on the SWE-Bench Multilingual benchmark. In video understanding, it beats GPT 5.2 and Claude Opus 4.5 on VideoMMMU (Video Massive Multi-discipline Multimodal Understanding), a benchmark that measures how a model reasons over videos. Image Credits: Moonshot AI Moonshot AI said that on the coding front, while the model can understand text well, users can also feed it images or videos and ask it to make a similar interface shown in those media files. Here's a short video from our founder, Zhilin Yang. (It's his first time speaking on camera like this, and he really wanted to share Kimi K2.5 with you!) pic.twitter.com/2uDSOjCjly — Kimi.ai (@Kimi_Moonshot) January 27, 2026 To let people use these coding capabilities, the company has launched an open-source coding tool called Kimi Code, which would rival Anthropic’s Claude Code or Google’s Gemini CLI. Developers can use Kimi Code through their terminals or integrate it with development software such as VSCode, Cursor, and Zed. The startup said that developers can use images and videos as input with Kimi Code. Coding tools have gained rapid popularity and are becoming revenue drivers for AI labs. Anthropic announced in November that Claude Code had reached $1 billion in annualized recurring revenu...
tupungato Jefferies highlighted Williams-Sonoma ( WSM ) as one of the retail sector companies that could benefit from a trade deal between the U.S. and India. Earlier on Tuesday, Indian Petroleum Minister remarked publicly that the U.S.-India trade deal is in very advanced stages. Notably, the U.S. has maintained steep tariffs on Indian imports, including an effective 50% level tied in part to Ind...
tupungato Jefferies highlighted Williams-Sonoma ( WSM ) as one of the retail sector companies that could benefit from a trade deal between the U.S. and India. Earlier on Tuesday, Indian Petroleum Minister remarked publicly that the U.S.-India trade deal is in very advanced stages. Notably, the U.S. has maintained steep tariffs on Indian imports, including an effective 50% level tied in part to India’s continued purchases of Russian oil, which are a major point of friction in the talks. Analyst Jonathan Matuszewski and his team believe the development is positive for home furnishings stocks, including Williams-Sonoma ( WSM ), given the importance of the country's exports. "We believe a deal here could lower WSM's effective tariff rate by hundreds of basis points. India was the third-largest country for WSM imports in 2024 at 15%, behind China and the U.S. Our math suggests a 15% rate on India tariffs versus the current 50% rate would move WSM's effective rate down from 29% to 22%, or a 25% reduction," highlighted Matuszewski. Notably, Williams-Sonoma's ( WSM ) gross margins will be impacted for the next few quarters as tariff pressures hit, but a deal could alleviate some headwinds later in 2026. Shares of Williams-Sonoma ( WSM ) were up 0.5% in premarket trading on Tuesday and are up more than 14% on a year-to-date basis. More on Williams-Sonoma Williams-Sonoma: Fundamentally, It's Durable, But It's Quite Pricey Williams-Sonoma: Healthy Comps And Boosting Margins Despite Tariffs Williams-Sonoma: 3+ Year Update Results In A Downgrade Williams-Sonoma raises operating margin outlook to 17.8%-18.1% as AI, retail investments drive Q4 optimism Williams-Sonoma's comparable sales turn positive in Q3, sees continued growth in FY25 - update
West Coast Community Bancorp ( WCCB ) declares $0.23/share quarterly dividend , 4.5% increase from prior dividend of $0.22. Forward yield 2.04% Payable Feb. 17; for shareholders of record Feb. 10; ex-div Feb. 10. See WCCB Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on West Coast Community Bancorp Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on West Coast Community Bancorp Historical earnings data for...
West Coast Community Bancorp ( WCCB ) declares $0.23/share quarterly dividend , 4.5% increase from prior dividend of $0.22. Forward yield 2.04% Payable Feb. 17; for shareholders of record Feb. 10; ex-div Feb. 10. See WCCB Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on West Coast Community Bancorp Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on West Coast Community Bancorp Historical earnings data for West Coast Community Bancorp Dividend scorecard for West Coast Community Bancorp Financial information for West Coast Community Bancorp
Getty Images Dear Partners & Friends: For the 4Q25 quarter (ended December 31, 2025), cumulative net returns improved 1%. For the year, our cumulative portfolio was flat. Since inception in November 2015 through quarter end, LCA has returned a cumulative 271% net of fees, or 14% CAGR. Despite this year’s underperformance, since inception, we comfortably exceed three widely used representative indi...
Getty Images Dear Partners & Friends: For the 4Q25 quarter (ended December 31, 2025), cumulative net returns improved 1%. For the year, our cumulative portfolio was flat. Since inception in November 2015 through quarter end, LCA has returned a cumulative 271% net of fees, or 14% CAGR. Despite this year’s underperformance, since inception, we comfortably exceed three widely used representative indices for passive small company investing: The Russell 2000 Index, the iShares US MicroCap ETF and the iShares SmallCap EAFE (ex-N. Am) ETF. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Individual account returns may vary . 1 With a concentrated portfolio of small businesses that we intend to own for multiple years, it should be expected that our returns will be different from the overall market, as they were this year and have been over our 10-years of business. At year end, Long Cast managed 28 SMA accounts with AUM of $12M, still small but growing. Account sizes range from $25K to $3M (smaller accounts managed for existing clients) with an average account size of $430K. As we grow, we accumulate resources to do deeper and better research. That is exciting. Long Cast was founded to provide long-term and patient investing in well-researched and well- understood small- and micro-cap companies that can grow over time. It aims for 15% annualized returns (aka “five year doubles”). Long Cast operates as an alternative to the passive investing, and with more transparency and less expense than a fund. I occasionally consider converting to a fund but always conclude that greatest beneficiary of such a move would be me, a notion that violates the principle that business exists to solve problems for its customers . Speaking of Long Cast customers, they include individuals and institutions who are given the choice of paying an AUM fee or a performance fee (“ qualified clients ” only). Though I “leave money on the table” in good years, given my preference for long term and capita...
AMD Ryzen 9850X3D bundles have been spotted in China They bundle the new CPU with 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a cooler This could be a way to give PC builders a break on the price of memory, and might be a plan AMD brings to other regions with any luck AMD could have a plan to tackle the pain of component price hikes – most notably the rocketing cost of RAM – and that's to sell bundles with its imminent ...
AMD Ryzen 9850X3D bundles have been spotted in China They bundle the new CPU with 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a cooler This could be a way to give PC builders a break on the price of memory, and might be a plan AMD brings to other regions with any luck AMD could have a plan to tackle the pain of component price hikes – most notably the rocketing cost of RAM – and that's to sell bundles with its imminent new Ryzen X3D CPU, or at least there's some evidence to indicate this in Asia. Tom's Hardware highlighted a post on X from Uniko's Hardware which shows a bundle that AMD is reportedly launching in China, consisting of a processor plus cooler and system RAM. What buyers get in this package is the new Ryzen 9850X3D CPU, which was recently revealed – and is about to go on sale, looking a great addition to AMD's gaming lineup – along with a Cooler Master cooler for this chip, and 32GB of V-Color memory (a pair of 16GB DDR5 sticks to be precise). We don't have pricing yet, only a photo of this bundle as you can see in the post above. However, what's interesting here is that this appears to be an official collaboration between AMD and V-Color alongside Cooler Master, rather than a retailer simply throwing together its own bundle, hence the logos on the box. There's another telling difference in that the motherboard isn't bundled here. Typically you'd get a CPU and memory plus motherboard in a bundle box, but here the latter is replaced by said cooler. Analysis: a hopeful hint in a deeply pessimistic market (Image credit: VideoCardz / AMD) Presumably, the motherboard has been dispensed with to keep the cost down, as obviously a bundled cooler in its place will ensure an overall lower price (while still making sense as a partner for a high-end gaming CPU). And the main point of this bundle is, of course, to provide DDR5 RAM at a (relatively) palatable price alongside pushing AMD's new processor. It is, of course, likely that the V-Color DDR5 RAM comprises of affordable 16GB memory ...
watch now VIDEO 2:15 02:15 Property Play: Fundrise launches a new AI platform designed to democratize CRE investing Squawk Box A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional in...
watch now VIDEO 2:15 02:15 Property Play: Fundrise launches a new AI platform designed to democratize CRE investing Squawk Box A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Fundrise, a Washington, D.C.-based online investment platform that prides itself on opening up investment in private real estate companies, real estate assets and private technology companies to the average individual, is now setting its sights on artificial intelligence. Fundrise is launching RealAI, a new AI platform that changes how single- and multifamily real estate professionals and individual investors find and use data. It gives users instant access to high-level market intelligence, ranging from neighborhood income and migration trends to multifamily comps and average rents — right down to each individual property. Fundrise's co-founder and CEO, Ben Miller, says it goes far beyond what more generalized AI, like ChatGPT, can offer. The tool is launching with residential data, but Miller said he expects to expand to other commercial real estate sectors within six months. "It does the work of a real estate analyst, and it's for anyone," Miller told Property Play . "We went out and built a database of, now, 3.5 trillion data points of all the real estate knowledge you want. That's every property in America." RealAI is free to users for the first dozen uses and then charges a monthly rate of $69 for a standard plan. Fundrise culls its data from both public records and private databases. It also includes information on the people living and working in the properties, like their education level, credit scores and income. It gets some of that from social media. By using these ex...
Eli Lilly is the leader in GLP-1 weight loss drugs today, but that advantage won't last forever. If you follow the news at all, you know that GLP-1 weight loss drugs are having a massive impact on society. The leader in the GLP-1 space today is Eli Lilly (LLY +0.23%). That helps explain why Wall Street is so excited about the company's stock, pushing its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio to a whopping...
Eli Lilly is the leader in GLP-1 weight loss drugs today, but that advantage won't last forever. If you follow the news at all, you know that GLP-1 weight loss drugs are having a massive impact on society. The leader in the GLP-1 space today is Eli Lilly (LLY +0.23%). That helps explain why Wall Street is so excited about the company's stock, pushing its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio to a whopping 53 times. There's just one problem investors need to understand before buying this drug maker. How expensive is Eli Lilly? Eli Lilly's big problem isn't the valuation of its stock. However, the valuation is the starting point for investors who buy it. And right now, Eli Lilly's stock is expensive. For comparison, the S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.50%) is trading near all-time highs, and the average P/E for the index is roughly 28 times. However, a better comparison point might be other pharmaceutical stocks. Using iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF (IHE +0.08%) as an industry proxy, the average P/E for drugmakers is 30 times. So, Eli Lilly's 53 times P/E ratio is well above both the market and the average drug stock. In some ways, that valuation makes sense. In the third quarter of 2025 alone, sales of Eli Lilly's GLP-1 drug Mounjaro grew 109% year over year. Sister GLP-1 drug Zepbound grew even more, with a 185% revenue jump. That is incredible growth and shows just how much demand there is for GLP-1 weight loss drugs. The problem is the industry, not the drug That said, Mounjaro and Zepbound now make up over 50% of Eli Lilly's top line. The drugmaker is hugely reliant on these two blockbuster drugs to support its income statement. That won't last, by design. Pharmaceutical companies are granted a limited period of exclusivity to sell a drug they develop. When that patent protection ends, generic drugmakers can begin producing the same drug, usually at a lower price. When this happens, the branded drug usually sees a material drop in sales. This is what's called a patent cliff. In a de...
busracavus The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index for 20 cities (seasonally adjusted) rose 0.5% M/M in November, up slightly from +0.3% in October, according to data released on Tuesday. On a Y/Y basis, that translates to a 1.4% increase, stronger than the +1.2% consensus and +1.3% prior. The 20-city index (unadjusted) was flat M/M vs. -0.3% prior. The data continues to portray tepid growt...
busracavus The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index for 20 cities (seasonally adjusted) rose 0.5% M/M in November, up slightly from +0.3% in October, according to data released on Tuesday. On a Y/Y basis, that translates to a 1.4% increase, stronger than the +1.2% consensus and +1.3% prior. The 20-city index (unadjusted) was flat M/M vs. -0.3% prior. The data continues to portray tepid growth in the housing market, S&P Dow Jones Indices said. "Monthly price changes were mixed but leaned negative in November, underscoring persistent softness," said Nicholas Godec, head of Fixed Income Tradables & Commodities at S&P Dow Jones Indices . "On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, 15 of the 20 major metro areas saw prices decline from October (versus 16 declines in the previous month)." Chicago remained the market with the strongest Y/Y growth in home prices, rising 5.7%, followed by New York at 5.0% and Cleveland at 3.4%. The biggest declines occurred in the Sunbelt. Tampa home prices dropped 3.9% Y/Y, followed by Phoenix and Dallas, which each declined 1.4%, S&P Dow Jones Indices said. More on the US Economy Trump says he's raising South Korean tariffs on certain goods to 25% Durable goods orders jump in November, swinging from October's decline Hard To Imagine An Economic Slowdown Until This Business Investment Boom Fizzles - Core Capital Goods Orders Show Why
is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Pinterest is planning to lay off hundreds of workers and reduce its office space to reallocate resources for its artificial intelligence initiatives. In a r...
is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Pinterest is planning to lay off hundreds of workers and reduce its office space to reallocate resources for its artificial intelligence initiatives. In a regulatory filing posted Tuesday, Pinterest says the reduction is expected to impact “less than 15 percent” of its current workforce, and that the layoffs should be complete by September 30th, 2026. Pinterest said it had 4,666 full-time employees as of the end of 2024, which would mean around 700 staffers are impacted by today’s announcement. The document said these changes are to support three “transformation initiatives,” with two of them connected to AI: Reallocating resources to AI-focused roles and teams that drive AI adoption and execution Prioritizing AI‑powered products and capabilities Accelerating the transformation of its sales and go-to-market approach Off the back of these changes, Pinterest is set to incur pre-tax restructuring charges of approximately $35 million to $45 million. We have reached out to Pinterest for comment. This story is developing…
Swvl ( SWVL ) launched operations in Kuwait, securing a $2.2M multi-year contract to deploy its full stack of enterprise mobility solutions. The rollout builds on strong momentum across the region, following successful launches and long-term collaborations in the UK , UAE , Saudi Arabia , and Egypt. The company said that it continues to see strong traction from sectors such as logistics, manufactu...
Swvl ( SWVL ) launched operations in Kuwait, securing a $2.2M multi-year contract to deploy its full stack of enterprise mobility solutions. The rollout builds on strong momentum across the region, following successful launches and long-term collaborations in the UK , UAE , Saudi Arabia , and Egypt. The company said that it continues to see strong traction from sectors such as logistics, manufacturing, retail, and large corporate campuses across the region. More on Swvl Holdings Swvl gets Nasdaq notice due to market value deficiency Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Swvl Holdings Financial information for Swvl Holdings