New research from the Democratic Republic of Congo offers a behavioral and anatomical portrait of a species that can achieve surprising athletic feats. (Image credit: Pacifique Kiwele Mutambala)
New research from the Democratic Republic of Congo offers a behavioral and anatomical portrait of a species that can achieve surprising athletic feats. (Image credit: Pacifique Kiwele Mutambala)
Time For Europe To Defend Itself Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker , Americans shouldn’t fight for a suicidal continent. Four years ago, the Biden administration was working with the United Kingdom and the European Commission to pay for diminutive comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s war with the Russian Federation over territories where supermajorities of the population identify as Russian. W...
Time For Europe To Defend Itself Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker , Americans shouldn’t fight for a suicidal continent. Four years ago, the Biden administration was working with the United Kingdom and the European Commission to pay for diminutive comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s war with the Russian Federation over territories where supermajorities of the population identify as Russian. We were told that the Russian-speaking people of Ukraine “belonged” to Ukraine and that the only way to “preserve democracy” was to deny those people a democratic vote to join the Russian Federation. “Democracy” also apparently requires the installation of a Ukrainian dictator, a complete crackdown on an independent press, widespread censorship of public debate on social media, the denial of religious freedom, and a brutal campaign of press-ganging men into military service to die as cannon fodder for a corrupt Ukrainian regime that launders money from U.S. and European taxpayers into the bank accounts of the West’s political and financial elites. Just as globalists in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and across Old (and increasingly Islamic) Europe turned the “Reign of COVID Terror” into an opportunity to bilk taxpayers, enrich elites, and grow the totalitarian national security State, the same globalist scum quickly turned the Ukraine conflict into another “emergency” requiring more taxes, censorship, and public sacrifice. All of a sudden, anything criticizing the official public policies of Western governments was labeled “Russian disinformation.” If you disagreed with whatever the West’s vaunted “experts” said, you were dismissed as “Putin’s puppet.” Pro tip for information warfare enthusiasts: When government authorities identify dissent as “propaganda,” that’s propaganda! The COVID propaganda project gave us a chorus of World Economic Forum buffoons posing as national leaders all singing, “We must ‘Build Back Better.’” When that schtick got old...
Key PointsStatistically, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite have excelled under President Donald Trump, with respective returns of 57%, 70%, and 142% during his first term.
Key PointsStatistically, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite have excelled under President Donald Trump, with respective returns of 57%, 70%, and 142% during his first term.
Getty Images Nearly a year ago, in May of 2025, I wrote my last article about W. P. Carey ( WPC ). If you're not familiar with the business, that's understandable. However, it is a rather large REIT that has a market capitalization as of this writing of $15.21 billion and an enterprise value of $23.30 billion. That makes it a pretty large player in a large but fragmented space. In that article, I ...
Getty Images Nearly a year ago, in May of 2025, I wrote my last article about W. P. Carey ( WPC ). If you're not familiar with the business, that's understandable. However, it is a rather large REIT that has a market capitalization as of this writing of $15.21 billion and an enterprise value of $23.30 billion. That makes it a pretty large player in a large but fragmented space. In that article, I acknowledged that the company was exhibiting strength. This was thanks to certain growth initiatives that management had been employing. But the valuation of the company looked only decent. And at the end of the day, this led me to call it a ‘hold’ candidate. Whenever I assign a company a ‘hold’ rating, I am asserting my view that shares should perform along the lines of the broader market for the foreseeable future. Since then, the stock has outperformed some, generating a return for investors of 13.9%. But that's not drastically above the 11.1% rise that the S&P 500 saw over the same window of time. The newest data that investors have access to at the moment shows some rather impressive strength on the top line for the business. But bottom-line results have been mixed. This year, we can expect some expansion as management spends a significant amount of capital on investment opportunities. But when you compare the enterprise to other similar firms, it's not quite appealing enough, in my view, to justify an upgrade. Checking Back in on W. P. Carey W.P. Carey One of the beautiful things about REITs is that they offer investors a wide array of different assets to buy into. Some companies that are structured this way focus on data centers. Others focus on retail assets. Others focus on office assets. Other examples exist as well. You also have enterprises that might have a specific geographic focus. It's difficult, I would argue, to have an investment preference that no REIT exists to satisfy. When it comes to W. P. Carey specifically, the company describes itself as a leading...
Average traditional funeral now costs £4,623, up 1.3% since January, says report from Pure Cremation The war in Iran is pushing up the cost of living in the UK but it is also driving up the “cost of dying” as higher gas prices feed through to funerals. A report has found the average cost of a funeral in Britain is running ahead of inflation, with the war seemingly partly to blame as it has pushed ...
Average traditional funeral now costs £4,623, up 1.3% since January, says report from Pure Cremation The war in Iran is pushing up the cost of living in the UK but it is also driving up the “cost of dying” as higher gas prices feed through to funerals. A report has found the average cost of a funeral in Britain is running ahead of inflation, with the war seemingly partly to blame as it has pushed up the price of gas used in crematoriums. Continue reading...
From giant cat installations to murals, Hong Kong’s Easter holiday has seen a surge in feline presence over the traditional rabbit. Stealing the limelight were a gigantic ginger cat greeting travellers at the arrival hall of Hong Kong International Airport and three inflatable marmalade felines sprawled on a lawn at the West Kowloon Cultural District. In Yau Ma Tei, local artist German Li and his ...
From giant cat installations to murals, Hong Kong’s Easter holiday has seen a surge in feline presence over the traditional rabbit. Stealing the limelight were a gigantic ginger cat greeting travellers at the arrival hall of Hong Kong International Airport and three inflatable marmalade felines sprawled on a lawn at the West Kowloon Cultural District. In Yau Ma Tei, local artist German Li and his students produced cat-themed murals by reinterpreting Vincent van Gogh’s classic painting The Starry...
Listen on the go! A daily podcast of Wall Street Breakfast will be available by 8:00 a.m. on Seeking Alpha , iTunes , Spotify . Campwillowlake/iStock via Getty Images Wall Street heads into the new week with investors focused on inflation data and energy. Oil will be an early driver, with OPEC+ meeting Sunday to decide on output policy amid the surge in prices with the closure of the Strait of Hor...
Listen on the go! A daily podcast of Wall Street Breakfast will be available by 8:00 a.m. on Seeking Alpha , iTunes , Spotify . Campwillowlake/iStock via Getty Images Wall Street heads into the new week with investors focused on inflation data and energy. Oil will be an early driver, with OPEC+ meeting Sunday to decide on output policy amid the surge in prices with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and whipsawing expectations for either escalation or de-escalation in the Iran war. The macro spotlight will fall on inflation reports, with the core PCE index due Thursday and the March Consumer Price Index on Friday. Economists expect core CPI to hold at 2.5% annually, making the data critical for shaping expectations around Federal Reserve policy. Fed minutes on Wednesday and remarks from policymakers, including Austan Goolsbee, will also be closely watched. Earnings are led by Delta Air Lines ( DAL ), Constellation Brands ( STZ ), Levi Strauss ( LEVI ), and BlackBerry ( BB ), offering insight into travel demand, consumer trends, and enterprise spending. In tech, the HumanX AI Conference in San Francisco will feature companies including Nvidia ( NVDA ), Microsoft ( MSFT ), Amazon ( AMZN ), and Alphabet ( GOOGL ), keeping AI momentum in focus. Earnings spotlight: Tuesday, April 7: Levi Strauss ( LEVI ). See the full earnings calendar . Earnings spotlight: Wednesday, April 8: Constellation Brands ( STZ ), Delta Air Lines ( DAL ), Applied Digital ( APLD ). See the full earnings calendar . Earnings spotlight: Thursday, April 9: BlackBerry ( BB ). See the full earnings calendar . In case you missed it Nvidia valuation falls to S&P 500 parity for first time in a decade Top 10 large-cap energy stocks by forward dividend yield Most crowded stocks in long-only funds by sector Google introduces new pricing tiers for Gemini What's next for Micron? Michael Burry pushes back on housing shortage narrative Investing Group Spotlight Earlier this month, James A. Kostohryz, leader of ...