The stock has fallen on hard times, but the business is primed for success. With ongoing geopolitical conflicts, trade wars, interest rate uncertainty, and more, is now really the time to be investing in stocks? In my experience, there are always reasons for pessimism. But regularly adding new money to stock investments has historically always been part of a winning philosophy. For this reason, I'...
The stock has fallen on hard times, but the business is primed for success. With ongoing geopolitical conflicts, trade wars, interest rate uncertainty, and more, is now really the time to be investing in stocks? In my experience, there are always reasons for pessimism. But regularly adding new money to stock investments has historically always been part of a winning philosophy. For this reason, I'm always on the lookout for stocks to add to my own portfolio. And cosmetics company e.l.f. Beauty (ELF +0.76%) might be one that I buy in 2026. From a business perspective, I like e.l.f. Beauty for multiple reasons. First, I like the company's revenue growth. As of its fiscal second quarter of 2026 (which ended in September), the company has grown net sales for 27 consecutive quarters, taking market share from larger players. And management expects 18% to 20% top-line growth for the current fiscal year. E.l.f. Beauty is growing by being a low-cost leader in cosmetics. The average price for its products is $7.50 compared to $9.50 for comparable mass-market brands. Management implemented a $1 price increase in August, but that still leaves consumers with an incentive to buy its products. Expand NYSE : ELF e.l.f. Beauty Today's Change ( 0.76 %) $ 0.71 Current Price $ 94.33 Key Data Points Market Cap $5.6B Day's Range $ 92.96 - $ 96.41 52wk Range $ 49.40 - $ 150.99 Volume 45K Avg Vol 2.3M Gross Margin 66.54 % The impressive thing to me regarding e.l.f. Beauty is that it offers lower prices, yet its profit margins remain attractive. Investors shouldn't expect tech margins here. But its five-year average operating margin is about 11%, and its average profit margin is about 9%. The constant volatility with tariffs is impacting e.l.f. Beauty's margins for now -- most of its products are made in China. But profits are still respectable. And the price increase will help mitigate the pressure it's feeling. With only $1.4 billion in trailing-12-month revenue, e.l.f. Beauty still has a...
Investors are looking forward to a busy week of earnings, including one-fifth of the S&P 500 companies, and four of the Magnificent Seven stocks reporting results this week.
Investors are looking forward to a busy week of earnings, including one-fifth of the S&P 500 companies, and four of the Magnificent Seven stocks reporting results this week.
Investment bankers in Asia are set for their best payday since 2021, with UBS, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley raising bonuses by an average of 20 per cent, according to people familiar with the lenders’ plans. The fat cheques follow higher revenues powered by robust initial public offering (IPO) activity, vibrant stock and bond markets, and a steady flow of mergers and acquisitions in 2025. Represen...
Investment bankers in Asia are set for their best payday since 2021, with UBS, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley raising bonuses by an average of 20 per cent, according to people familiar with the lenders’ plans. The fat cheques follow higher revenues powered by robust initial public offering (IPO) activity, vibrant stock and bond markets, and a steady flow of mergers and acquisitions in 2025. Representatives for UBS, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley declined to comment when reached by the Post. Advertisement “Fundraising on both stock and bond markets was strong in 2025, which boosted investment banks’ revenues and allowed them to increase bonus payments for the investment bankers,” said Robert Lee Wai-wang, a lawmaker and chairman of Hong Kong-based Grand Finance Group. A total of 114 firms raised US$37.22 billion on the Hong Kong stock exchange’s main board in 2025, a jump of 229 per cent from a year earlier. Photo: Jelly Tse “The trend is likely to continue in 2026, as there are over 300 companies that are still waiting to list in Hong Kong. Besides IPOs, many companies also issued bonds or used share placements to raise funds to finance their expansion.”
Good afternoon from Los Angeles, wherever you may be. I just got back from 20 hours in Las Vegas for UFC 324, where the Paramount folks were very optimistic about their investment in mixed martial arts (and their pursuit of Warner Bros.). I am now bracing for Grammy week, followed by trips to Washington DC, New York and maybe Seoul. Reach out if we should meet. If you don’t already subscribe to th...
Good afternoon from Los Angeles, wherever you may be. I just got back from 20 hours in Las Vegas for UFC 324, where the Paramount folks were very optimistic about their investment in mixed martial arts (and their pursuit of Warner Bros.). I am now bracing for Grammy week, followed by trips to Washington DC, New York and maybe Seoul. Reach out if we should meet. If you don’t already subscribe to this newsletter, please fix that here . Five things you need to know Disney is weeks, not months, away from naming a new CEO . TikTok closed a deal to transfer some US operations to American investors. We profiled the new CEO of TikTok in the US. A prominent video-game designer announced his first new project in 10 years. A lot of people are unhappy with him. The Diary of a CEO , one of the UK’s biggest podcasts, is climbing the US charts. It’s one of the first British shows to find a big US audience . The FCC is trying to impose equal-time rules on talks shows that host political candidates, the agency’s latest effort to root out what it sees as liberal bias in mainstream media. Paramount’s endgame for Warner Bros. Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business in an all-cash deal for $27.75 a share. Warner Bros.′ board has unanimously approved the deal and its shareholders will vote on it in the next couple of months. That is the state of play. There is no bidding war. Netflix has won and Paramount Skydance has lost. Paramount has done an effective job of muddying the waters, creating a lot of confusion about what is actually happening. It’s also done a good job of annoying Warner Bros. and Netflix. But most of the recent maneuvers are just noise. The one tangible change was that Paramount prompted Netflix to alter its bid to all cash. But unless Warner Bros. shareholders reject the Netflix deal — a long shot — Netflix has won. That doesn’t mean Paramount is out of options. The most obvious step would be to offer more money. The Ellisons ha...
It’s been a long journey for gold and silver to reach their highest levels on record, but the steep climb for both over the past 12 months has been a notable one — marked by significant, market-moving events, with many of those tied to actions by President Donald Trump.
It’s been a long journey for gold and silver to reach their highest levels on record, but the steep climb for both over the past 12 months has been a notable one — marked by significant, market-moving events, with many of those tied to actions by President Donald Trump.
At the same time, the company also introduced two mini-PCs backed by the same architecture. While those featured 2-litre and 4-litre cases, respectively, Sixunited claims to have gone even smaller with the Mini AI Workstation AXB88. As the graphic below shows, the AXB88 measures 160 x 160 x 47 mm regardless of the two finishes shown, which is much smaller than competing Strix Halo mini-PCs like th...
At the same time, the company also introduced two mini-PCs backed by the same architecture. While those featured 2-litre and 4-litre cases, respectively, Sixunited claims to have gone even smaller with the Mini AI Workstation AXB88. As the graphic below shows, the AXB88 measures 160 x 160 x 47 mm regardless of the two finishes shown, which is much smaller than competing Strix Halo mini-PCs like the GMKtec EVO-X2 (curr. $1,699 on Amazon).
People will naturally compare this United performance to what we saw from the same players under Ruben Amorim at the end of his time in charge, and it felt like we were watching a different team. There is an element of motivation and communication from Carrick that will have helped his players, of course, but the key for me was that they all looked really comfortable with the way the team was set ...
People will naturally compare this United performance to what we saw from the same players under Ruben Amorim at the end of his time in charge, and it felt like we were watching a different team. There is an element of motivation and communication from Carrick that will have helped his players, of course, but the key for me was that they all looked really comfortable with the way the team was set up. As I explained on Match of the Day, they look happier - their body language is good and they all want the ball - they all trust each other with the ball too, and there is visibly much more confidence. I can understand why. It sounds quite simplistic but something that is not always talked about as much as it should be after a display and result like this, is the difference it makes when you put players in a formation that suits them, which they understand. Here it was a 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-1-1 shape with Fernandes as a 10 behind Mbeumo. Amad Diallo and Patrick Dorgu were both willing to get back, because they have played as wing-backs and have done that defensive role before. That meant United were sometimes a back six when they had to be - but even then Diallo and Dorgu still knew they were wingers when their team had the ball. Everyone knew their jobs, with Fernandes dropping in and helping Kobbie Mainoo and Casemiro, who were screening the back four nicely. On a basic level, United's shape and what their players were asked to do, meant they defended in numbers and then, when they got the chance - bang, they flew forward. With the pace they've got, they were so dangerous.
The New England Patriots have become the first team to book their spot in Super Bowl 60 after grinding out a 10-7 win at the Denver Broncos. Defences dominated the AFC Championship game, which ended in a blizzard, and the Patriots did enough to reach their first Super Bowl since Tom Brady led the franchise to its sixth NFL championship in 2019. Denver were the top seed in the NFC but had to give b...
The New England Patriots have become the first team to book their spot in Super Bowl 60 after grinding out a 10-7 win at the Denver Broncos. Defences dominated the AFC Championship game, which ended in a blizzard, and the Patriots did enough to reach their first Super Bowl since Tom Brady led the franchise to its sixth NFL championship in 2019. Denver were the top seed in the NFC but had to give back-up quarterback Jarrett Stidham his first start in two years after Bo Nix suffered a broken ankle in last week's Divisional Round win over Buffalo. And although he threw a touchdown pass to give the Broncos the lead in the first quarter, two Stidham turnovers proved decisive. New England's second-year quarterback Drake Maye punished the first by running in a touchdown in the second quarter and the Patriots edged in front with a field goal in the third quarter. A deep shot by Stidham was then intercepted by Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez with just over two minutes left, giving New England the chance to secure a record-extending 12th Super Bowl appearance. They will face the winners of the NFC Championship game between the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks in the NFL's title decider. Super Bowl 60 takes places on Sunday, 8 February in Santa Clara, California, at the home of the San Francisco 49ers. More to follow.
As AI priorities shift, new winners in the space have emerged. The widespread adoption of ChatGPT in early 2023 heralded the wave of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to come. These next-generation AI models were significantly more useful than their predecessors but required a great deal more computational horsepower. Data centers and cloud providers -- where most AI resides -- scrambled to ...
As AI priorities shift, new winners in the space have emerged. The widespread adoption of ChatGPT in early 2023 heralded the wave of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to come. These next-generation AI models were significantly more useful than their predecessors but required a great deal more computational horsepower. Data centers and cloud providers -- where most AI resides -- scrambled to obtain the best AI chips money could buy. This fueled a growth spurt for Nvidia. Its graphics processing units (GPUs), originally designed to generate lifelike images in video games, proved equally adept at moving data through the ether at lightning speeds. However, priorities have begun to shift, opening the door for alternative solutions. While Nvidia will likely continue to dominate the data center GPU space, the current focus on energy-efficient alternatives suggests that Broadcom (AVGO 1.67%) represents a second chance for AI investors. GPUs, while powerful, consume a great deal of energy. Large-scale AI users are increasingly focusing on more economical ways to power AI. That's where Broadcom comes in. The company's application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) can be customized to be much more efficient for specific computing tasks, resulting in energy savings and lower costs. In the fourth quarter, Broadcom delivered record revenue of $18 billion, up 28% year over year, fueling adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.95, an increase of 37%. The results were driven by strong demand for its AI semiconductors, as revenue grew 74% year over year to $6.5 billion. That accelerating AI revenue growth is expected to continue, as the company is guiding for AI-centric sales to soar 104% to $8.2 billion. Even as some providers are seeing slowing AI growth, Broadcom's growth and its backlog are accelerating. During the Q4 earnings call, CEO Hock Tan said, "We have never seen bookings of the nature like what we have seen over the past three months." The company's consolidated...
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