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Activist Judge Blocks Key Parts Of Trump EO On Verifying Citizenship To Vote A federal judge on Friday blocked key provisions of President Trump's executive order that requires proof of US citizenship for voter registration. Signed on March 25, Executive Order 14248 directs the Election Assistance Commission to require in its national mail voter registration form that voters provide documentary pr...
Activist Judge Blocks Key Parts Of Trump EO On Verifying Citizenship To Vote A federal judge on Friday blocked key provisions of President Trump's executive order that requires proof of US citizenship for voter registration. Signed on March 25, Executive Order 14248 directs the Election Assistance Commission to require in its national mail voter registration form that voters provide documentary proof of US citizenship, such as a passport. The order also directs federal officials to take measures to prevent illegal immigrants and other noncitizens from voting in federal elections. The commission, established by Congress in 2002, helps local officials administer elections. On Friday, 82-year-old US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (Clinton) - who was previously presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court - ruled that provisions requiring citizenship verification "are inconsistent with the constitutional separation of powers and cannot lawfully be implemented." Kollar-Kotelly said that the US Constitution "does not allow the President to impose unilateral changes to federal election procedures," insisting that the framers gave power over election rules "to the parts of our government that they believed would be most responsive to the will of the people: first to the States, and then, in some instances, to Congress." "They assigned no role at all to the President," she added. She also struck down part of the executive order directing heads of various federal agencies to "assess citizenship" before giving the federal form to "enrollees of public assistance programs," adding that the National Voter Registration Act requires agencies to give said form to those receiving their services. The preliminary ruling applies to three separate lawsuits brought by plaintiffs; League of United Latin American Citizens, League of Women Voters Education Fund, and the Democratic Party. About That Judge... Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Judge Kollar-Kotelly is an unab...
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 - Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to launch a constellation of 1 million satellites that will orbit Earth and harness the sun to power AI data centers, according to a filing at the Federal Communications Commission. The filing on Friday was posted a day after Reuters exclusively reported SpaceX and Musk's xAI are in discussions to merge ahead of a blockbuster public offering planned...
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 - Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to launch a constellation of 1 million satellites that will orbit Earth and harness the sun to power AI data centers, according to a filing at the Federal Communications Commission. The filing on Friday was posted a day after Reuters exclusively reported SpaceX and Musk's xAI are in discussions to merge ahead of a blockbuster public offering planned this year. A merger would give fresh momentum to SpaceX’s effort to launch data centers into orbit as Musk battles for supremacy in the rapidly escalating AI race against tech companies Google, Meta and OpenAI. Data centers are the physical backbone of artificial intelligence, requiring massive amounts of power. "By directly harnessing near-constant solar power with little operating or maintenance costs, these satellites will achieve transformative cost and energy efficiency while significantly reducing the environmental impact associated with terrestrial data centers," the FCC filing said. Musk would need the telecom regulator's approval to move forward. While it is unlikely SpaceX will put 1 million satellites in space, where only 15,000 satellites exist currently, satellite operators sometimes request approval for higher numbers of satellites than they intend to deploy to buy design flexibility; SpaceX sought approval for 42,000 Starlink satellites before it began deployment of the system. The growing network currently has roughly 9,500 satellites in space. SpaceX's request bets heavily on reduced costs of Starship, the company's next-generation reusable rocket under development. "Fortunately, the development of fully reusable launch vehicles like Starship that can deploy millions of tons of mass per year to orbit when launching at rate, means on-orbit processing capacity can reach unprecedented scale and speed compared to terrestrial buildouts, with significantly reduced environmental impact," SpaceX said. Starship has test-launched 11 times since 2023. Mus...
These chip designers have been great investment options. In the artificial intelligence (AI) realm, there have been few better investments in recent years than chip stocks. Specifically, I'm a huge fan of Nvidia (NVDA 0.72%), AMD (AMD 6.13%), and Broadcom (AVGO +0.15%) because they are fabless chip companies. This means they design chips, but outsource their manufacturing. This model leads to fair...
These chip designers have been great investment options. In the artificial intelligence (AI) realm, there have been few better investments in recent years than chip stocks. Specifically, I'm a huge fan of Nvidia (NVDA 0.72%), AMD (AMD 6.13%), and Broadcom (AVGO +0.15%) because they are fabless chip companies. This means they design chips, but outsource their manufacturing. This model leads to fairly asset-light businesses with fantastic margins. This trio of stocks has already delivered incredible returns over the past few years, but with all of the money that will be spent on AI computing hardware in 2026 and beyond, I believe they're far from done rising. But which of them looks like the best one to hold in 2026? Different approaches to hardware These companies are in different stages of deploying their AI computing hardware. Nvidia is the market leader by far, and its graphics processing units (GPUs) are still the go-to computing units for training and running artificial intelligence models. Soaring demand for its chips has allowed it to rapidly grow into the world's largest company by market cap. Its margins also rose to impressive levels, and it's one of the strongest businesses on Earth right now. Additionally, it's about to launch its next chip architecture, Rubin, which will be a significant step up from the already impressive Blackwell architecture chips it has been selling. Expand NASDAQ : NVDA Nvidia Today's Change ( -0.72 %) $ -1.39 Current Price $ 191.12 Key Data Points Market Cap $4.6T Day's Range $ 189.47 - $ 194.49 52wk Range $ 86.62 - $ 212.19 Volume 5.6M Avg Vol 182M Gross Margin 70.05 % Dividend Yield 0.02 % AMD, by contrast, seems to be providing second-tier offerings in most of the chip categories it sells, though its CPUs are highly regarded. But it has been working hard to close the gap. AMD's GPUs are less pricey alternatives to Nvidia's GPUs, and their performance specs are solid, but one area where the company had been coming up short was w...
Wisk, backed by Boeing, is pursuing autonomous eVTOLs, posing a threat to Joby and Archer. While Joby Aviation (JOBY 5.12%) and Archer Aviation (ACHR 3.23%) are attracting a huge amount of immediate attention in the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) space, there's another company that's playing a longer, but arguably more revolutionary game in the eVTOL space. While Boeing's (BA 0.14%)...
Wisk, backed by Boeing, is pursuing autonomous eVTOLs, posing a threat to Joby and Archer. While Joby Aviation (JOBY 5.12%) and Archer Aviation (ACHR 3.23%) are attracting a huge amount of immediate attention in the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) space, there's another company that's playing a longer, but arguably more revolutionary game in the eVTOL space. While Boeing's (BA 0.14%) eVTOL investment via its subsidiary, Wisk, may not be high-profile yet, it poses a major threat to both companies. Boeing and Wisk Not all eVTOL companies have the same business models, and differences in these models are directly affecting their Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification process, capital requirements, and potential upside and downside risks. Archer's focus is on becoming an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) selling its aircraft to third-party users. It operates an asset-light business model that involves relying on partners' technology and components. Expand NYSE : BA Boeing Today's Change ( -0.14 %) $ -0.32 Current Price $ 233.72 Key Data Points Market Cap $183B Day's Range $ 229.94 - $ 234.65 52wk Range $ 128.88 - $ 254.35 Volume 6.9M Avg Vol 8.6M Gross Margin 6.43 % Joby is aiming to become a vertical transportation services company, using its own eVTOL aircraft and partnerships with Delta Air Lines and Uber Technologies to offer air taxi services. Wisk is similar to Joby in that it aims to be a transportation services company, but differs from both because it's fully committed to developing an autonomous eVTOL with its Generation 6 aircraft. This is a serious threat to Joby in particular because it could be direct competition to its air taxi business, and the lack of a pilot is highly likely to make it much more cost-effective. Wisk risk That said, autonomous eVTOLs require significantly more certification hurdles, and that's why Wisk isn't expected to be in commercial service until at least 2030. That timeline gives Joby and Archer a fir...
Key Points Nvidia's leadership in AI chips is expected to continue. AMD is looking to make a comeback. Broadcom is taking a customized approach to AI computing. 10 stocks we like better than Broadcom › In the artificial intelligence (AI) realm, there have been few better investments in recent years than chip stocks. Specifically, I'm a huge fan of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), AMD (NASDAQ: AMD), and Broa...
Key Points Nvidia's leadership in AI chips is expected to continue. AMD is looking to make a comeback. Broadcom is taking a customized approach to AI computing. 10 stocks we like better than Broadcom › In the artificial intelligence (AI) realm, there have been few better investments in recent years than chip stocks. Specifically, I'm a huge fan of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), AMD (NASDAQ: AMD), and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) because they are fabless chip companies. This means they design chips, but outsource their manufacturing. This model leads to fairly asset-light businesses with fantastic margins. This trio of stocks has already delivered incredible returns over the past few years, but with all of the money that will be spent on AI computing hardware in 2026 and beyond, I believe they're far from done rising. But which of them looks like the best one to hold in 2026? Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » Different approaches to hardware These companies are in different stages of deploying their AI computing hardware. Nvidia is the market leader by far, and its graphics processing units (GPUs) are still the go-to computing units for training and running artificial intelligence models. Soaring demand for its chips has allowed it to rapidly grow into the world's largest company by market cap. Its margins also rose to impressive levels, and it's one of the strongest businesses on Earth right now. Additionally, it's about to launch its next chip architecture, Rubin, which will be a significant step up from the already impressive Blackwell architecture chips it has been selling. AMD, by contrast, seems to be providing second-tier offerings in most of the chip categories it sells, though its CPUs are highly regarded. But it has been working hard to close the gap. AMD's GPUs are less pricey alternatives to Nvidia's GPUs, and their performance specs ...
In the artificial intelligence (AI) realm, there have been few better investments in recent years than chip stocks. Specifically, I'm a huge fan of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), AMD (NASDAQ: AMD), and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) because they are fabless chip companies. This means they design chips, but outsource their manufacturing. This model leads to fairly asset-light businesses with fantastic margins. Th...
In the artificial intelligence (AI) realm, there have been few better investments in recent years than chip stocks. Specifically, I'm a huge fan of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), AMD (NASDAQ: AMD), and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) because they are fabless chip companies. This means they design chips, but outsource their manufacturing. This model leads to fairly asset-light businesses with fantastic margins. This trio of stocks has already delivered incredible returns over the past few years, but with all of the money that will be spent on AI computing hardware in 2026 and beyond, I believe they're far from done rising. But which of them looks like the best one to hold in 2026? Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » Image source: Getty Images. Different approaches to hardware These companies are in different stages of deploying their AI computing hardware. Nvidia is the market leader by far, and its graphics processing units (GPUs) are still the go-to computing units for training and running artificial intelligence models. Soaring demand for its chips has allowed it to rapidly grow into the world's largest company by market cap. Its margins also rose to impressive levels, and it's one of the strongest businesses on Earth right now. Additionally, it's about to launch its next chip architecture, Rubin, which will be a significant step up from the already impressive Blackwell architecture chips it has been selling. AMD, by contrast, seems to be providing second-tier offerings in most of the chip categories it sells, though its CPUs are highly regarded. But it has been working hard to close the gap. AMD's GPUs are less pricey alternatives to Nvidia's GPUs, and their performance specs are solid, but one area where the company had been coming up short was with its software platform: Its ROCm software, which allows its GPUs to be programmed for specific uses...
Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St's easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. Reports suggest Nvidia and Apple are exploring using Intel’s foundry and advanced packaging capacity for future chips from around 2028. The discussions center on Intel’s 18A and 14A process nodes as part of its push to grow external foundry services. Any formal agreements could influence the...
Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St's easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. Reports suggest Nvidia and Apple are exploring using Intel’s foundry and advanced packaging capacity for future chips from around 2028. The discussions center on Intel’s 18A and 14A process nodes as part of its push to grow external foundry services. Any formal agreements could influence the balance of global chip manufacturing capacity and U.S. supply chain planning. Intel (NasdaqGS:INTC) is best known for its PC and data center processors. Management has been repositioning the company as a contract manufacturer for other chip designers. Interest from Nvidia and Apple would place Intel more directly in competition with established foundries that handle much of the world’s advanced chip output. For investors, this development relates to whether Intel’s manufacturing roadmap is attracting large, technically demanding customers. The potential partnerships are still at the discussion stage and any production would be years away. As a result, this is more about future capacity and customer mix than near-term earnings. If even part of this foundry work materializes, it could broaden Intel’s revenue sources and give the company stronger ties across the U.S. chip supply chain. The key question for you is how much weight to put on these early signals when assessing Intel’s longer-term role in global manufacturing. Stay updated on the most important news stories for Intel by adding it to your watchlist or portfolio. Alternatively, explore our Community to discover new perspectives on Intel. NasdaqGS:INTC Earnings & Revenue Growth as at Jan 2026 How Intel stacks up against its biggest competitors For Intel, having Nvidia and Apple explore using its foundry and advanced packaging capacity from around 2028 points to early customer interest in its push to manufacture chips for others, an area where Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and Samsung are key competitors. Given I...
Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St's easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. Google has launched Project Genie, an AI powered world building tool that targets game and interactive environment creation. The announcement has put direct competitive pressure on Unity Software (NYSE:U), which provides core tools for real time 3D content and game development. Unity's stock...
Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St's easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. Google has launched Project Genie, an AI powered world building tool that targets game and interactive environment creation. The announcement has put direct competitive pressure on Unity Software (NYSE:U), which provides core tools for real time 3D content and game development. Unity's stock has seen rapid declines following the news, and company leadership has started outlining an AI response plan. Unity Software sits at the center of real time 3D creation for games, mobile experiences and interactive content, so any move by a large tech company into world building tools matters. Project Genie goes straight at one of Unity's core use cases and raises questions about how Unity's engine, editor and creator tools stack up as AI is built directly into content creation workflows. For investors, the key question is how Unity integrates AI into its own products and where it can still differentiate against a Google scale competitor. Management's early AI comments and product roadmap are likely to be watched closely by customers and capital markets, as both groups reassess Unity's role in an industry where AI generated content is gaining more attention. Stay updated on the most important news stories for Unity Software by adding it to your watchlist or portfolio. Alternatively, explore our Community to discover new perspectives on Unity Software. NYSE:U Earnings & Revenue Growth as at Jan 2026 How Unity Software stacks up against its biggest competitors Quick Assessment ✅ Price vs Analyst Target : At US$29.10 versus a consensus target of US$47.47, the stock trades about 39% below where analysts on average see it. ✅ Simply Wall St Valuation : Simply Wall St estimates Unity is trading 48.4% below its fair value. ❌ Recent Momentum: The 30 day return of -34.1% reflects a sharp pullback following the Project Genie news. Check out Simply Wall St's in depth valuation analysi...
Find your next quality investment with Simply Wall St's easy and powerful screener, trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Amazon.com (NasdaqGS:AMZN) is reportedly in advanced talks to invest up to US$50b in OpenAI. The potential deal would be part of a wider US$100b funding round for OpenAI. CEO Andy Jassy is said to be directly involved in discussions with OpenAI CEO Sam Altma...
Find your next quality investment with Simply Wall St's easy and powerful screener, trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Amazon.com (NasdaqGS:AMZN) is reportedly in advanced talks to invest up to US$50b in OpenAI. The potential deal would be part of a wider US$100b funding round for OpenAI. CEO Andy Jassy is said to be directly involved in discussions with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. If completed, this would be Amazon’s largest external AI investment to date. For you as an investor, this centers on how Amazon positions its core businesses of e commerce, cloud services and digital media around artificial intelligence. Amazon Web Services already provides the infrastructure that many AI workloads run on, and a deeper link with OpenAI could influence where large enterprises choose to deploy advanced models. Looking ahead, any agreement could affect how Amazon integrates AI into its retail experience, Alexa ecosystem and AWS tools for developers and corporate clients. The scale of the potential commitment also highlights how central AI capabilities have become to long term capital allocation decisions at Amazon and across large tech companies. Stay updated on the most important news stories for Amazon.com by adding it to your watchlist or portfolio. Alternatively, explore our Community to discover new perspectives on Amazon.com. NasdaqGS:AMZN 1-Year Stock Price Chart Why Amazon.com could be great value The potential US$50b commitment to OpenAI would sit on top of Amazon's existing AI push in AWS, retail, logistics and advertising, so for you it reads as a bid to sit closer to the core model layer rather than just selling infrastructure. If OpenAI were to use more AWS capacity or embed its models more tightly into Amazon products, that could influence how Amazon competes with Microsoft, Google and Meta for large enterprise AI workloads and consumer-facing AI services. How this fits into the Amazon.com narrative investors are already watching Existing inve...
It would be a touch too hyperbolic to suggest this was a season-defining afternoon for Arsenal’s title ambitions, but given the opposition and the pre-match drama surrounding this game, there was no doubting that come full time this felt like a significant afternoon in the Premier League title picture. Two points from three games is hardly compelling enough evidence to prompt full-blown crisis tal...
It would be a touch too hyperbolic to suggest this was a season-defining afternoon for Arsenal’s title ambitions, but given the opposition and the pre-match drama surrounding this game, there was no doubting that come full time this felt like a significant afternoon in the Premier League title picture. Two points from three games is hardly compelling enough evidence to prompt full-blown crisis talks, but given the lofty standards Arsenal have set in the first half of this season, it felt as though we would learn plenty about them here . This against a team who have lost once since the start of December and with a ferocious home crowd behind them. Fifteen minutes before kick-off Bukayo Saka picked up a hip problem in the warm-up, but to the visitors’ credit, they navigated a tricky test to return to winning ways in emphatic fashion. What would have likely been most encouraging for Arsenal, aside from the result, was the man who replaced Saka. Noni Madueke’s goal contributions have fallen firmly under the spotlight in recent days, as have the entirety of the Arsenal attack. At one stage on Saturday, own goals were their joint-highest Premier League scorer this season. But thiswas a coming of age for Madueke in an Arsenal shirt. His sumptuous cross allowed Martín Zubimendi to head the visitors into the lead midway through the first half and in the 38th minute the winger’s corner was punched into his own net by Karl Darlow, who had an afternoon to forget. Quick Guide Leeds 0-4 Arsenal key acts Show • After wins at Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Chelsea, Inter and Leeds in January 2026, Arsenal have won five away games across all competitions in a single month for just a second time in the club’s history, with the previous instance coming in April 2000 (that run also included a 4-0 win at Elland Road). • Only in 2009-10 (6) have Arsenal benefited from more own goals in a single Premier League campaign than the five they’ve benefited from so far in 2025-26. • Aged 27 years and ...
Two clubs in the process of a reset. If Wolves’ fate is all but sealed, they seek to carry good vibes into the Championship. Bournemouth’s objective was to make last week’s defeat of Liverpool the staging post for one of those streaks of good results that have made Andoni Iraola’s reputation. Mission accomplished for the Cherries, who could celebrate only their second away win of a hitherto troubl...
Two clubs in the process of a reset. If Wolves’ fate is all but sealed, they seek to carry good vibes into the Championship. Bournemouth’s objective was to make last week’s defeat of Liverpool the staging post for one of those streaks of good results that have made Andoni Iraola’s reputation. Mission accomplished for the Cherries, who could celebrate only their second away win of a hitherto troubled season, a first since August. In the performance of second-half sub Rayan, who supplied Alex Scott’s late clincher, there is much to look forward to. Without Antoine Semenyo, a scorer against Wolves last week, Iraola is finding solutions. A callow asset-stripped squad is still full of promise. The manager paired Eli Junior Kroupi playing behind the centre-forward wiles of Evanilson. Kroupi duly delivered a brilliant first-half strike. Rob Edwards, the Wolves manager, seeks consistency beyond doomed mediocrity but this was a result to dim recent optimism. Mateus Mané, Portugal via Rochdale teenage shining light, offered hope. He had the ball in the net in the eighth minute, and took so long to notice the offside flag against Rodrigo Gomes he had completed his celebration routine. A marginal call but Wolves’ plight lends them some freedom. A number of their players are playing for Premier League futures in the sense of showing their talent to potential top-echelon suitors. Mané leads the list, while Hugo Bueno’s scampers from left-back were impressive. André and João Gomes are capable midfielders but struggled with Scott’s quality. Wolves’ response to going a goal down was unpromising, against the grain of Edwards’ toothy optimism. Bournemouth had been scratching around for the form of the previous week though Amine Adli firing over after an Evanilson layoff might have served as warning. For Kroupi’s goal, André carelessly lost the ball in midfield. The execution was brilliant. Scott’s winding run was followed by an Adli flick that Kroupi first controlled before his shot b...
Key Points USA Rare Earth is attempting to build a mine-to-magnet domestic supply chain for rare earth minerals. The company just received a letter of intent from the federal government worth roughly $1.6 billion. USA Rare Earth is pre-revenue and faces execution risks as it gets its business up and running. 10 stocks we like better than USA Rare Earth › USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ: USAR) is attempting...
Key Points USA Rare Earth is attempting to build a mine-to-magnet domestic supply chain for rare earth minerals. The company just received a letter of intent from the federal government worth roughly $1.6 billion. USA Rare Earth is pre-revenue and faces execution risks as it gets its business up and running. 10 stocks we like better than USA Rare Earth › USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ: USAR) is attempting something few Western companies have ever pulled off: a mine-to-magnet rare-earth supply chain inside the United States. If that sounds ambitious, it is. The U.S. controls only a tiny sliver of the world's rare-earth reserves. It has relatively few rare-earth mines, and its rare-earth magnet factories can be counted on one hand. Meanwhile, China dominates the rare-earth market. It accounts for the majority of rare-earth processing and magnet production, and many of the world's largest, most concentrated rare-earth deposits are found there. 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 » That imbalance has, of course, made Washington uncomfortable. It's why the U.S. government recently issued a letter of intent to provide USA Rare Earth with roughly $1.6 billion -- a $1.3 billion loan and $277 million in federal funding. USA Rare Earth has rallied hard on that development, and is currently up over 80% on the year. But whether this proves to be a once-in-a-decade opportunity will depend on execution -- and investors should be aware of the risks before taking a stake. A rare opportunity, but a narrow path from here USA Rare Earth is a mining company that controls mining rights to the Round Top deposit in West Texas. Round Top is widely regarded as one of the most significant rare-earth deposits in the U.S., and it also contains other strategic elements like lithium and gallium. In addition to this site, USA Rare Earth is building a manufacturing facility in Stillwater, Oklahoma, which will ...
This highly underrated dividend powerhouse could earn you double-digit annualized returns in 2026 and beyond. Some dividend stocks are at the top of their game right now. These dividend powerhouses aren't just generating record earnings and cash flows on the back of powerful secular megatrends -- they are aggressively building road maps to grow their businesses and return large chunks of profits t...
This highly underrated dividend powerhouse could earn you double-digit annualized returns in 2026 and beyond. Some dividend stocks are at the top of their game right now. These dividend powerhouses aren't just generating record earnings and cash flows on the back of powerful secular megatrends -- they are aggressively building road maps to grow their businesses and return large chunks of profits to shareholders through big dividends. Brookfield Asset Management (BAM 1.93%) is one such income machine and a top dividend stock for 2026 and beyond. Because Brookfield distributes almost 90% of its earnings to shareholders in the form of dividends, its earnings growth projections for the next five years should appeal hugely to income investors. A $1 trillion-dollar goal Brookfield Asset Management is one of the most compelling examples of a misunderstood business. Investors often think asset management is a risky business and correlate it with high-stakes volatility. In reality, Brookfield's business is closer to a toll booth model, where the company earns fees under long-term contracts, offering solid earnings stability. Brookfield manages capital for large institutional clients such as pension funds, insurance companies, and sovereign wealth funds. It raises capital, deploys it into assets through specialized funds, and charges clients fees for managing their capital. So, Brookfield's earnings from fees keep rolling regardless of the economic climate. Brookfield currently has over $1 trillion in assets under management (AUM). Of that, nearly $580 billion is fee-bearing capital, or the capital that earns fees. Brookfield expects to double that to over $1 trillion by the end of the decade and is targeting 20% annual earnings growth through 2030. It's a doable goal, given the significant opportunities ahead. The biggest growth catalysts for 2026 Brookfield deploys capital across large asset classes that underpin the economy. They include five verticals: utilities, transpor...
Paul George of the Philadelphia 76ers has been suspended 25 games for violating the terms of the NBA’s Anti-Drug Program, the league announced Saturday. The NBA did not disclose the nature of the violation or the substance that was involved. The 25-game suspension, by terms of the agreement between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association, indicates that this was a first violation b...
Paul George of the Philadelphia 76ers has been suspended 25 games for violating the terms of the NBA’s Anti-Drug Program, the league announced Saturday. The NBA did not disclose the nature of the violation or the substance that was involved. The 25-game suspension, by terms of the agreement between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association, indicates that this was a first violation by George. The suspension will cost George – a nine-time All-Star – roughly $11.7m of his $51.7m salary, or about $469,691.72 for each of the 25 games missed. George is expected to be eligible to return on 25 March, when Philadelphia play host to Chicago. The 76ers will have 10 games remaining in the regular season at that point. Philadelphia entered Saturday at 26-21, sixth in the Eastern Conference. The 76ers are 16-11 when George plays, 10-10 when he does not. George has averaged 16 points in 27 games this season for the 76ers, that scoring average third-most on the team behind Tyrese Maxey (29.4) and Joel Embiid (25.7). He had one of his best games of the season earlier this week, a 32-point outburst fueled by nine three-pointers in a win Tuesday over Milwaukee.
This ultra-competitive industry is tough to dominate. InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG 0.06%) faced a potentially existential crisis in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic led to global travel restrictions that almost entirely halted business in the hotel industry. InterContinental has bounced back sharply, though, and it has pursued an expansion strategy that has largely focused on building out its...
This ultra-competitive industry is tough to dominate. InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG 0.06%) faced a potentially existential crisis in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic led to global travel restrictions that almost entirely halted business in the hotel industry. InterContinental has bounced back sharply, though, and it has pursued an expansion strategy that has largely focused on building out its Holiday Inn brand to become a ubiquitous presence across the globe. Yet InterContinental is far from the only hotel company pursuing similar aspirations. With hospitality company rivals like Marriott International (MAR 1.38%) and Hilton Worldwide (HLT 0.26%) also looking to capture greater market share in some of the fastest-growing areas of the world, the industry is wide-open for disruption. In this third and final article about InterContinental for the Voyager Portfolio, you'll learn more about the exact plans that InterContinental executives have in store to try to fend of its rivals. The importance of China China remains one of the fastest-growing regions in the world, and InterContinental sees the market as a key one for fostering its overall growth. As top InterContinental regional executive Daniel Aylmer noted recently, this dynamic market is seeing new ways of traveling, and a relatively young consumer class is exploring various ways to use hotels as part of their travel plans. Already, InterContinental has over a dozen brands in the Greater China region, including over 1,400 existing or planned hotels across more than 200 cities. The company anticipates further hotel openings in the first half of this year that should show the extent of its diverse product lineup, offering a mix of different cities that will bring out the different kinds of local traditions that travelers seek. InterContinental's strategy is broadening beyond tier-1 cities to develop a wider footprint both on the Chinese mainland and in Taipei. Bringing AI into the hotel mix InterContinental migh...
Artificial intelligence is the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime. The time to invest in groundbreaking AI is now, and this stock is a steal! AI is eating the world—and the machines behind it are ravenous. Each ChatGPT query, each model update, each robotic breakthrough consumes massive amounts of energy. In fact, AI is already pushing global power grids to the brink. Wall Street is p...
Artificial intelligence is the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime. The time to invest in groundbreaking AI is now, and this stock is a steal! AI is eating the world—and the machines behind it are ravenous. Each ChatGPT query, each model update, each robotic breakthrough consumes massive amounts of energy. In fact, AI is already pushing global power grids to the brink. Wall Street is pouring hundreds of billions into artificial intelligence—training smarter chatbots, automating industries, and building the digital future. But there’s one urgent question few are asking: Where will all of that energy come from? AI is the most electricity-hungry technology ever invented. Each data center powering large language models like ChatGPT consumes as much energy as a small city. And it’s about to get worse. Even Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, issued a stark warning: “The future of AI depends on an energy breakthrough.” Elon Musk was even more blunt: “AI will run out of electricity by next year.” As the world chases faster, smarter machines, a hidden crisis is emerging behind the scenes. Power grids are strained. Electricity prices are rising. Utilities are scrambling to expand capacity. And that’s where the real opportunity lies… One little-known company—almost entirely overlooked by most AI investors—could be the ultimate backdoor play. It’s not a chipmaker. It’s not a cloud platform. But it might be the most important AI stock in the US owns critical energy infrastructure assets positioned to feed the coming AI energy spike. As demand from AI data centers explodes, this company is gearing up to profit from the most valuable commodity in the digital age: electricity. The “Toll Booth” Operator of the AI Energy Boom It owns critical nuclear energy infrastructure assets , positioning it at the heart of America’s next-generation power strategy. , positioning it at the heart of America’s next-generation power strategy. It’s one of the only global companies capable ...
phakphum patjangkata Real estate stocks outperformed the broader markets in January. The S&P 500 Real Estate Index Sector ( SP500-60 ) added 2.89% in the first month of 2026, against the benchmark S&P 500's 0.89% gain. The accompanying State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLRE ) was up 2.70%. Comparatively, the Dow Jones REIT Indx Equity REIT Total Return Index ( REIT:IND ) rose 2.75%...
phakphum patjangkata Real estate stocks outperformed the broader markets in January. The S&P 500 Real Estate Index Sector ( SP500-60 ) added 2.89% in the first month of 2026, against the benchmark S&P 500's 0.89% gain. The accompanying State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLRE ) was up 2.70%. Comparatively, the Dow Jones REIT Indx Equity REIT Total Return Index ( REIT:IND ) rose 2.75% and the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index added 2.66%. In January, tech-related selloff, geopolitical developments concerning Venezuela and Greenland, labor market and inflation data, beginning of the earnings season, the Federal Reserve's pause in its interest rate cutting cycle, and President Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh to be the next Fed chair shaped the broader market gains. Real estate stocks were the beneficiaries of soft inflation data and a strong start to the quarterly Wall Street earnings season. The sector was moderately able to retain the momentum through the remaining part of the month. For the first week of February, the sector will see the quarterly earnings season pick up pace. Company news on profitability, revenue, and industry-specific challenges, and out-of-the-way announcements can impact stock prices. Investor sentiment may also be affected by the January jobs report due for release on Friday. Weekly Winners & Losers Among largecap stocks, Digital Realty Trust ( DLR ) led the weekly gainers. The stock gained 4.27% from the prior week to close at $165.95 despite a tech-led selloff . The Dallas-based data center REIT is set to report its fourth-quarter earnings next week, and analysts expect a year-over-year rise in numbers. Equinix ( EQIX ) (+3.75% to $820.93) and Simon Property Group ( SPG ) (+3.56% W/W to $191.31) were the next on the list. The data center REIT and the retail REIT were also gaining ahead of their quarterly results announcement amid higher earnings expectations. In the category, CoStar Group ( CSGP ) led the weekly losers. The ...
The killings of Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretti have inspired people across the US to document federal agents’ activities in their communities On Monday night, nearly 80,000 people hopped on a video call to learn how to “observe ICE”, a non-violent and constitutionally protected practice of documenting federal immigration agents’ activities in public. Some wrote in the chat where ...
The killings of Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretti have inspired people across the US to document federal agents’ activities in their communities On Monday night, nearly 80,000 people hopped on a video call to learn how to “observe ICE”, a non-violent and constitutionally protected practice of documenting federal immigration agents’ activities in public. Some wrote in the chat where they were from: Arkansas, Texas, Michigan, Florida and many other corners of the country. Others typed why this was important to them: calling for “ICE out” of their communities and demanding the abolition of the agency itself. “The fact we’re all here gives me hope we’ll come out the other side,” wrote one participant. Within 24 hours, another 200,000 people had watched the recording on YouTube. The rising interest in ICE observing came two days after Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent and less than three weeks after an agent killed Renee Good. Continue reading...