Key Points Palantir trades at 87 times sales -- the most expensive stock in the S&P 500 today, and among the priciest in the index's history. Of the 231 S&P 500 companies that have ever reached a price-to-sales ratio of 25 or more, just 21% beat the market over the following year. Even if Palantir's stock price dropped 50% tomorrow, it would still rank among the 150 most expensive companies in S&P...
Key Points Palantir trades at 87 times sales -- the most expensive stock in the S&P 500 today, and among the priciest in the index's history. Of the 231 S&P 500 companies that have ever reached a price-to-sales ratio of 25 or more, just 21% beat the market over the following year. Even if Palantir's stock price dropped 50% tomorrow, it would still rank among the 150 most expensive companies in S&P 500 history. 10 stocks we like better than Palantir Technologies › Here's a question that should matter to every investor in Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR): Of all the S&P 500 companies that have ever traded at a valuation close to Palantir's, how many actually made investors money? The answer: extremely few. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Palantir's stock is a member of a very small club The data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) company is currently trading around $155 a share and has a market capitalization of $370 billion. The company brought in $4.5 billion in revenue last year, which means shares carry a price-to-sales ratio (P/S) of 87. That makes it the most expensive stock in the S&P 500. And not just today. Few companies that have ever been included in the index have carried a P/S like that. In fact, according to financial research firm WisdomTree, only 231 have ever reached a P/S of 25. The only S&P 500 companies to reach a P/S of 100 -- and Palantir has -- came during the irrational exuberance of the dot-com bubble. What history says about high P/S companies The WisdomTree report also said that, of the 231 companies that have reached 25 times sales, just 21% outperformed the market over the following year. Not crush it -- just beat it. The median relative return was a huge loss of 36%. And that gets worse the further you extend the time frame. Over three years,...
There's a reason Roth IRAs tend to get a lot of attention. They offer tax-free gains on investments and tax-free withdrawals in retirement. They also don't force savers to take required minimum distributions (RMDs) like traditional retirement accounts do, which gives you a lot more control over your money. But while these are certainly some nice Roth IRA perks, there's a hidden benefit you shouldn...
There's a reason Roth IRAs tend to get a lot of attention. They offer tax-free gains on investments and tax-free withdrawals in retirement. They also don't force savers to take required minimum distributions (RMDs) like traditional retirement accounts do, which gives you a lot more control over your money. But while these are certainly some nice Roth IRA perks, there's a hidden benefit you shouldn't overlook. And that benefit could be a huge money-saver for you. A Roth IRA could help you avoid surprise costs in retirement It's not just that Roth IRAs give you tax-free withdrawals and complete control over when you take distributions. They can also save you money in surprising ways. Because Roth IRA withdrawals don't count as taxable income, they don't count in the formula used to determine whether Social Security benefits are taxable. And if you didn't realize that Social Security could be a taxable retirement source, well, hey, you learned something. Roth IRAs could also help you keep your Medicare costs down. Medicare charges a standard monthly premium for Part B, which covers outpatient care. But higher earners commonly have surcharges tacked onto that standard premium known as income-related monthly adjustment amounts (IRMAAs). IRMAAs could, depending on your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI), add hundreds of dollars a month to the cost of Medicare Part B -- no joke. But since Roth IRA withdrawals don't count toward your MAGI, you can conceivably take a six-figure withdrawal each year and not have it push you into IRMAA territory. For context, this year, IRMAAs apply to single tax filers with a MAGI of over $109,000. A traditional IRA withdrawal of $10,000 a month, or $120,000 a year, automatically leaves you on the hook for IRMAAs. A $120,000 annual Roth IRA withdrawal does not. Don't miss out on a big opportunity All told, Roth IRAs don't just give you access to tax-free income. They can prevent you from being hit with other taxes and keep your Medicare pr...
Key Points Declining cryptocurrency prices are hurting the company's transaction revenue. The company continues to grow its credit card related revenue. 10 stocks we like better than Gemini Space Station › Shares in Gemini Space Station (NASDAQ: GEMI) declined by more than 23% in a confusing week for shareholders. The company released its fourth-quarter earnings, which were in line with what manag...
Key Points Declining cryptocurrency prices are hurting the company's transaction revenue. The company continues to grow its credit card related revenue. 10 stocks we like better than Gemini Space Station › Shares in Gemini Space Station (NASDAQ: GEMI) declined by more than 23% in a confusing week for shareholders. The company released its fourth-quarter earnings, which were in line with what management had already told investors it estimated they would be a month earlier. However, the damage was done the day before the earnings release thanks to an analyst downgrade. A mixed week for Gemini Space Station Given the rarity of Wall Street analysts giving sell recommendations, when an analyst at a heavyweight company like Citi issues one, then the market takes notice. The analyst's concerns about profitability are justified, not least because the company remains loss-making. With cryptocurrencies under pressure (Bitcoin and Ethereum are both down more than 20% in 2026 as I write), it's hard to see the company making a near-term quantum leap in profitability. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Gemini Space Station earnings The company is struggling to grow transaction revenue, as falling cryptocurrency prices tend to discourage trading. Overall transaction revenue declined 17% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, and by more than 1% to $98 million for the full year. However, its full-year services revenue grew from $30.1 million in 2024 to $64.6 million in 2025, led by a near-tripling in credit card revenue to $33.1 million. As such, total revenue grew by 26% to $179.6 million. However, a massive increase in operating expenses from $308 million to $525 million, and total "other income" items generated a $243 million loss for the full-year helping take the comp...
The Premier League may have treated Chelsea lightly for cheating over a seven year period but Everton left them battered and bruised, and Liam Rosenior in a whole world of trouble, with a resounding victory at a raucous Hill Dickinson Stadium. Two goals from Beto and a brilliant finish from Iliman Ndiaye delivered Everton’s biggest win over Chelsea since 1987 and capped their new home’s finest occ...
The Premier League may have treated Chelsea lightly for cheating over a seven year period but Everton left them battered and bruised, and Liam Rosenior in a whole world of trouble, with a resounding victory at a raucous Hill Dickinson Stadium. Two goals from Beto and a brilliant finish from Iliman Ndiaye delivered Everton’s biggest win over Chelsea since 1987 and capped their new home’s finest occasion so far. Jordan Pickford also secured the 100th clean sheet of his Everton career with a stupendous save from Enzo Fernández, but in truth the threat from the visitors was minimal. A fourth consecutive defeat for Rosenior’s team, and second 3-0 reverse in succession, maintained their downward trajectory under the former Strasbourg coach. Everton look a stronger bet for European qualification than Chelsea on current form. The backing for David Moyes’ side was as intense as their performance. The team coach was welcomed by a large crowd of Evertonians as it snaked its way into the stadium while the atmosphere inside had a touch of Goodison Park about it, loud and edgy. Anger was a key ingredient. View image in fullscreen Beto races away in delight after scoring for Everton in their victory. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA This week’s announcement that Chelsea had been fined £10.75m and banned from signing academy players for nine months, having engaged in “deception and concealment” for seven years under Roman Abramovich’s ownership, sparked incredulity at Everton. The Merseyside club were hit with two separate points deductions for breaching profitability and sustainability rules in 2023/24. Chelsea’s punishment for making illicit payments totally £47.5m to sign players pales in comparison. There is “the need to preserve public confidence in the fairness of the competition,” says the Premier League in the written reasons for Chelsea’s sanction. That ship has sailed in these parts. The Premier League anthem was roundly booed before kick-off and there were also chants and banne...
Key Points Countries worldwide are expanding their nuclear capabilities, seeing it as a clean and reliable source. Fluor has opened a new office in Bucharest, Romania, to manage significant nuclear energy projects. Those projects include the small modular reactor plant in Doicești and the refurbishment of another plant. 10 stocks we like better than Fluor › Nuclear energy is making a comeback, as ...
Key Points Countries worldwide are expanding their nuclear capabilities, seeing it as a clean and reliable source. Fluor has opened a new office in Bucharest, Romania, to manage significant nuclear energy projects. Those projects include the small modular reactor plant in Doicești and the refurbishment of another plant. 10 stocks we like better than Fluor › Nuclear energy is making a comeback, as countries across the globe aim to expand their nuclear capabilities. This clean energy source not only complements renewables but also delivers the reliable baseload power that data centers need to thrive. One key company emerging in this evolving landscape is Fluor (NYSE: FLR), an engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) company. The company is expanding its presence in Europe with a hub focused on developing next-generation small modular reactors and modernizing traditional plants. With nuclear energy gaining traction, Fluor could be a smart buy today. Here's what you need to know. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » A new office in Romania will serve as a hub for two major projects Fluor recently opened a new European office in Bucharest, Romania, which will serve as a hub for the company as it manages nuclear energy projects across the region. The company has emerged as a key player in Romania's nuclear energy development and is providing engineering, design, licensing, and project management services for two initiatives: the small modular reactor project (SMR) in Doicești and the expansion of the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant. The SMR project, called RoPower, is perhaps the most discussed project right now. Here, the company serves as the lead EPC partner for the flagship deployment of NuScale Power's SMR technology at a decommissioned power plant in Romania. The plan ...
In Brief Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing a novel called “Shy Girl” over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text. The novel was scheduled to be published in the United States this spring. Hachette said it will also discontinue the book in the United Kingdom, where it’s already available. Although the publisher claimed the decision came after a thorough...
In Brief Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing a novel called “Shy Girl” over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text. The novel was scheduled to be published in the United States this spring. Hachette said it will also discontinue the book in the United Kingdom, where it’s already available. Although the publisher claimed the decision came after a thorough review of the text, reviewers on GoodReads and YouTube had been speculating that the book was likely AI-generated. And The New York Times said it asked Hachette about the “Shy Girl” concerns the day before the announcement. In an email to the NYT, author Mia Ballard denied using AI to write her novel, instead blaming an acquaintance she’d hired to edit the original, self-published version of “Shy Girl.” Ballard said she’s pursuing legal action, and that as a result of the controversy “my mental health is at an all time low and my name is ruined for something I didn’t even personally do.” Writer Lincoln Michel and other industry observers have noted that U.S. publishers rarely do extensive editing when they acquire titles that have already been published in other forms.
Here's a question that should matter to every investor in Palantir Technologies (PLTR 3.29%): Of all the S&P 500 companies that have ever traded at a valuation close to Palantir's, how many actually made investors money? The answer: extremely few. Palantir's stock is a member of a very small club The data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) company is currently trading around $155 a share a...
Here's a question that should matter to every investor in Palantir Technologies (PLTR 3.29%): Of all the S&P 500 companies that have ever traded at a valuation close to Palantir's, how many actually made investors money? The answer: extremely few. Palantir's stock is a member of a very small club The data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) company is currently trading around $155 a share and has a market capitalization of $370 billion. The company brought in $4.5 billion in revenue last year, which means shares carry a price-to-sales ratio (P/S) of 87. That makes it the most expensive stock in the S&P 500. And not just today. Few companies that have ever been included in the index have carried a P/S like that. In fact, according to financial research firm WisdomTree, only 231 have ever reached a P/S of 25. The only S&P 500 companies to reach a P/S of 100 -- and Palantir has -- came during the irrational exuberance of the dot-com bubble. What history says about high P/S companies The WisdomTree report also said that, of the 231 companies that have reached 25 times sales, just 21% outperformed the market over the following year. Not crush it -- just beat it. The median relative return was a huge loss of 36%. And that gets worse the further you extend the time frame. Over three years, 9% came out ahead. Over 20 years, just 4%. And if you make the club more exclusive, things look even more bleak. Just 148 companies reached a P/S of 40. And only a few of them outperformed the market over the long haul: 3% over 20 years. And the truth is that many of the companies that lost at these valuations weren't bad businesses. A lot of them were growing revenue and earnings rapidly. They just couldn't live up to the expectations investors had placed on them. The bar for a company with a P/S of 40 is incredibly high. The bar for a P/S above 80 is in the stratosphere. Expand NASDAQ : PLTR Palantir Technologies Today's Change ( -3.29 %) $ -5.12 Current Price $ 150.56 Key Data ...
Shares in Gemini Space Station (NASDAQ: GEMI) declined by more than 23% in a confusing week for shareholders. The company released its fourth-quarter earnings, which were in line with what management had already told investors it estimated they would be a month earlier. However, the damage was done the day before the earnings release thanks to an analyst downgrade . Given the rarity of Wall Street...
Shares in Gemini Space Station (NASDAQ: GEMI) declined by more than 23% in a confusing week for shareholders. The company released its fourth-quarter earnings, which were in line with what management had already told investors it estimated they would be a month earlier. However, the damage was done the day before the earnings release thanks to an analyst downgrade . Given the rarity of Wall Street analysts giving sell recommendations, when an analyst at a heavyweight company like Citi issues one, then the market takes notice. The analyst's concerns about profitability are justified, not least because the company remains loss-making. With cryptocurrencies under pressure ( Bitcoin and Ethereum are both down more than 20% in 2026 as I write), it's hard to see the company making a near-term quantum leap in profitability. The company is struggling to grow transaction revenue, as falling cryptocurrency prices tend to discourage trading. Overall transaction revenue declined 17% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, and by more than 1% to $98 million for the full year. Continue reading
Shares of data warehouse specialist Snowflake (SNOW 4.13%) have had a disappointing start to 2026. As of this writing, the growth stock is down about 23% year to date. This steep decline, however, comes as the underlying business is showing impressive momentum -- at least on its top line. Additionally, the company's revenue growth rate is accelerating, benefiting from an artificial intelligence (A...
Shares of data warehouse specialist Snowflake (SNOW 4.13%) have had a disappointing start to 2026. As of this writing, the growth stock is down about 23% year to date. This steep decline, however, comes as the underlying business is showing impressive momentum -- at least on its top line. Additionally, the company's revenue growth rate is accelerating, benefiting from an artificial intelligence (AI) tailwind. For investors who have been watching from the sidelines, a pullback like this in a fast-growing business can look like a tempting opportunity. Is the stock's recent weakness an opportunity? AI is fueling a top-line acceleration Snowflake, which records revenue based on platform usage, saw its fiscal fourth-quarter product revenue rise 30% year over year to $1.23 billion -- an acceleration from 29% growth in the prior quarter. One driver for the recent acceleration is AI. Customers are increasingly relying on Snowflake's data cloud to organize and process the massive amounts of data required to train and run AI models. In fact, management noted during the company's earnings call that more than 9,100 accounts are already using the company's AI offerings. "A year ago, we were talking about the promise of AI," explained Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy during the company's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings call. "Today, the promise is real, and Snowflake sits at the center of the enterprise AI revolution." This surging demand is clearly evident in the company's backlog. Snowflake's remaining performance obligations (RPO), or the contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, totaled $9.77 billion in fiscal Q4. This represents 42% year-over-year growth -- marking the second consecutive quarter of accelerating RPO growth. And the company's net revenue retention rate remained at a very healthy 125%, indicating that existing customers are steadily increasing their spending on the platform. Where the story gets complicated With accelerating revenue and a booming backl...
Key Points Snowflake's product revenue grew 30% year over year in its most recent quarter. The company is seeing a tailwind from artificial intelligence. Its remaining performance obligations surged 42%. 10 stocks we like better than Snowflake › Shares of data warehouse specialist Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) have had a disappointing start to 2026. As of this writing, the growth stock is down about 23% ...
Key Points Snowflake's product revenue grew 30% year over year in its most recent quarter. The company is seeing a tailwind from artificial intelligence. Its remaining performance obligations surged 42%. 10 stocks we like better than Snowflake › Shares of data warehouse specialist Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) have had a disappointing start to 2026. As of this writing, the growth stock is down about 23% year to date. This steep decline, however, comes as the underlying business is showing impressive momentum -- at least on its top line. Additionally, the company's revenue growth rate is accelerating, benefiting from an artificial intelligence (AI) tailwind. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » For investors who have been watching from the sidelines, a pullback like this in a fast-growing business can look like a tempting opportunity. Is the stock's recent weakness an opportunity? AI is fueling a top-line acceleration Snowflake, which records revenue based on platform usage, saw its fiscal fourth-quarter product revenue rise 30% year over year to $1.23 billion -- an acceleration from 29% growth in the prior quarter. One driver for the recent acceleration is AI. Customers are increasingly relying on Snowflake's data cloud to organize and process the massive amounts of data required to train and run AI models. In fact, management noted during the company'searnings callthat more than 9,100 accounts are already using the company's AI offerings. "A year ago, we were talking about the promise of AI," explained Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy during the company's fiscal fourth-quarterearnings call "Today, the promise is real, and Snowflake sits at the center of the enterprise AI revolution." This surging demand is clearly evident in the company's backlog. Snowflake's remaining performance obligations ...
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宏福苑大火|業主聯署要求召開業主大會 民政署:正處理、完成後會向居民交代 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】近日有宏福苑業主聯署要求政府協助屋苑管理人「合安」召開業主大會,民政事務總署署長杜潔麗被問及進度,只說「合安」會向居民交代。 民政事務總署署長杜潔麗:「『合安』一直處理收到的文件,正準備一些帳戶,以及看清楚法團的法律責任。我們知道『合安』現在很努力進行這些工程,一完成之後就會向居民交代。」