It doesn’t sound like Crimson Desert, the recently released prequel to Black Desert Online, will support Intel Arc GPUs anytime soon, if at all. On the game’s FAQ page, its developer Pearl Abyss advised players expecting Arc support to apply for a refund. “If you purchased the game expecting Intel Arc support, please refer to the refund policy of the platform where the game was purchased for avail...
It doesn’t sound like Crimson Desert, the recently released prequel to Black Desert Online, will support Intel Arc GPUs anytime soon, if at all. On the game’s FAQ page, its developer Pearl Abyss advised players expecting Arc support to apply for a refund. “If you purchased the game expecting Intel Arc support, please refer to the refund policy of the platform where the game was purchased for available options,” the company wrote. Apparently, though, it’s not from lack of guidance from Intel. The chipmaker told Wccftech that it reached out to Pearl Abyss “many times” over the past several years. The Intel spokesperson said that the company has tried to help the developer “test, validate, and optimize support for Intel graphics” for years. Intel also tried to provide the developer “early hardware, drivers, and engineering resources” across several generations of GPUs, “including Alchemist, Battlemage, Meteor Lake, and Lunar Lake.” The chipmaker said it’s “hugely disappointed that players using Intel graphics hardware” can’t play the game, but that it remains “ready to assist Pearl Abyss” however it can. It also advised players to reach out directly to the developer for “details on the choice not to enable Intel support at launch.” Pearl Abyss, of course, doesn’t have the obligation to tweak the game so that it runs on PCs with Intel Arc GPUs. The good news is that since the title came out just a few days ago, it will still be easy to get a refund. Steam, where Crimson Desert is now one of the top-selling games, issues refunds within two weeks of purchase.
The Italian cyclist Debora Silvestri was taken to a hospital after a horrific-looking crash during the Milano-Sanremo one-day classic on Saturday. Several cyclists were caught up in the incident, with Silvestri tumbling over a guardrail as riders tried to avoid the pileup. Silvestri’s team, Laboral Kutxa, said the 27-year-old was conscious as she was transported and that it would give an update on...
The Italian cyclist Debora Silvestri was taken to a hospital after a horrific-looking crash during the Milano-Sanremo one-day classic on Saturday. Several cyclists were caught up in the incident, with Silvestri tumbling over a guardrail as riders tried to avoid the pileup. Silvestri’s team, Laboral Kutxa, said the 27-year-old was conscious as she was transported and that it would give an update on her condition later. The incident happened on the descent of the famous Cipressa climb, less than 20km (12 miles) from the end of the 156km route. Two of the favourites for the race, Kasia Niewiadoma Phinney and Kim Le Court Pienaar, were also involved in the crash. Niewiadoma Phinney was unable to continue, while Le Court Pienaar remounted but finished 99th. Lotte Kopecky claimed victory, edging out Noemi Rüegg and Eleonora Gasparrini in a sprint involving five riders. Tadej Pogacar won the men’s race to claim a long-sought victory in the cycling season’s opening “Monument” race. View image in fullscreen Tadej Pogacar has now won four of cycling’s five Monuments races. Photograph: Massimi Paolone/LaPresse/Shutterstock Pogacar, of UAE Team Emirates XRG, pipped Britain’s Tom Pidcock in a thrilling finish despite crashing a few kilometres before the key Cipressa climb. The Slovenian, who also won Strade Bianche earlier this month, became the first man since Giuseppe Saronni in 1983 to win Milano-Sanremo as world champion. The 27-year-old has now won four of road cycling’s five Monuments, with only Paris-Roubaix remaining for the four-time Tour de France winner. Pogacar crossed the line with Pidcock right on his wheel after a brilliant battle between the pair from the final Poggio di San Remo climb, with Wout Van Aert rounding off the podium.
Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS) just received the kind of backing that can reshape an AI stock's future. An investment from Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) created major excitement, but the bigger story is whether Nebius can turn that credibility into customer growth, infrastructure demand, and real upside from here. Stock prices used were the market prices of March 13, 2026. The video was published on March 20, 2026...
Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS) just received the kind of backing that can reshape an AI stock's future. An investment from Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) created major excitement, but the bigger story is whether Nebius can turn that credibility into customer growth, infrastructure demand, and real upside from here. Stock prices used were the market prices of March 13, 2026. The video was published on March 20, 2026. 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 » Should you buy stock in Nebius Group right now? Before you buy stock in Nebius Group, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Nebius Group wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $495,179!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,058,743!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 898% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 183% for the S&P 500. Don't miss the latest top 10 list, available with Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of March 21, 2026. Rick Orford has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Rick Orford is an affiliate of The Motley Fool and may be compensated for promoting its services. If you choose to subscribe through their link, they will earn some extra money that supports their channel. Their opinions remain their own...
Key Points Oil and gas prices have spiked, and damage to energy infrastructure could mean elevated prices are here to stay. Cyclical stocks, including industrials, have tumbled. Energy and commodity stocks have been winners. 10 stocks we like better than Cheniere Energy › The executive director of the International Energy Agency didn't mince words when he described the impact of the Iran war on th...
Key Points Oil and gas prices have spiked, and damage to energy infrastructure could mean elevated prices are here to stay. Cyclical stocks, including industrials, have tumbled. Energy and commodity stocks have been winners. 10 stocks we like better than Cheniere Energy › The executive director of the International Energy Agency didn't mince words when he described the impact of the Iran war on the global energy market. Speaking to the Financial Times, Faith Birol called the conflict "the greatest global energy security threat in history." Birol observed that even if the war ended soon, restoring lost production is likely to take months. In other words, the event is likely to roil global markets for a long time, and the externalities are numerous. 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 » Let's take a look at some of the stock winners and losers from the war and its impact on the energy market. Biggest losers Asian stocks: Asian markets like Japan and South Korea are highly dependent on oil and gas coming out of the Persian Gulf, so they're significantly impacted by rising prices and the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz. Stocks in both those countries have fallen sharply as well, and are likely to struggle as long as the crisis endures. The iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEMKT: EWY) Asian markets like Japan and South Korea are highly dependent on oil and gas coming out of the Persian Gulf, so they're significantly impacted by rising prices and the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz. Stocks in both those countries have fallen sharply as well, and are likely to struggle as long as the crisis endures. The Cyclical (non-commodity) stocks: Cyclical stocks have also been hit hard by the war, as it's raised the risk of inflation and a recession. Industrials, in particularly, have tumbled as many of ...
Key Points Charlie Munger favored buying great businesses when their stocks were trading at a discount. He would love S&P Global stock, given its wide, well-established margins and its consistent profits. Fair Issac is firmly entrenched in the loan industry due to its credit-scoring business. 10 stocks we like better than S&P Global › Charlie Munger was one of the greatest investors to ever live. ...
Key Points Charlie Munger favored buying great businesses when their stocks were trading at a discount. He would love S&P Global stock, given its wide, well-established margins and its consistent profits. Fair Issac is firmly entrenched in the loan industry due to its credit-scoring business. 10 stocks we like better than S&P Global › Charlie Munger was one of the greatest investors to ever live. Sadly, he is no longer with us; however, his investment philosophy lives on. At the core of that philosophy was Munger's desire to buy high-quality stocks at reasonable prices. With that in mind, I've done some digging; these are the three companies that I think Munger would find irresistible right now. 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 » S&P Global First up is S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). With a history stretching back more than 150 years, Munger would be impressed with the company's staying power. Nowadays, S&P generates a subscription-heavy mix of revenue through several segments. It issues credit ratings, manages benchmark indexes (such as the S&P 500), and provides detailed analytics to financial professionals. In short, the company possesses an unassailable moat around its core businesses, built on its prestige and reputation. Yet it's not just the company's pedigree or revenue streams that would impress the legendary investor. S&P boasts fat margins. Over the last 10 years, its gross margin has averaged 65%, while its operating margin has hovered near 43%. All in all, S&P Global has the type of underlying business that always captured Munger's attention: It quietly grinds away, compounding income at a steady rate, all while flying under the radar of the latest trends. Granted, there are areas Munger wouldn't be thrilled with -- for example, the stock's valuation. Shares currently trade with...
Starting in the summer of 2025, Pat Hurley’s home in Elgin, Illinois, became an epicenter for mistaken Amazon orders. Despite not having an account with the e-commerce giant, delivery drivers visited the 79-year-old’s home month after month with packages labeled with her address and an unknown name. At its peak, Hurley told ABC-7 Chicago she received 20 boxes in one day (1), and she counted over ...
Starting in the summer of 2025, Pat Hurley’s home in Elgin, Illinois, became an epicenter for mistaken Amazon orders. Despite not having an account with the e-commerce giant, delivery drivers visited the 79-year-old’s home month after month with packages labeled with her address and an unknown name. At its peak, Hurley told ABC-7 Chicago she received 20 boxes in one day (1), and she counted over 100 parcels in total. Must Read For Hurley, this whole ordeal wasn't just an inconvenience. As a senior living alone with a disability, it was frightening to see all these strange packages, some of which were too heavy for her to move. “If somebody's going to show up...I'm disabled...Alone in the house. And all this is happening. I'm getting a little nervous. You know, I mean, you don't know what's going on in this world,” Hurley told ABC-7. Although she reported the problem to Amazon, that didn’t stop these deliveries from appearing. It wasn’t until Hurley and her son reached out to local news outlets that things began to change for the better. According to ABC-7 Chicago, an Amazon driver recently visited Hurley’s home to pick up all the packages. The e-commerce company also said it issued Hurley an apology as it investigates this bizarre case. Is your shipping blunder a ‘brushing scam?’ When customers complain about e-commerce blunders, common issues include undelivered parcels or potential theft — not receiving boatloads of unwanted boxes. According to SafeWise, “porch piracy” is now the most common crime in the U.S., with about 250,000 stolen packages every day (2). However, cases like Hurley’s aren’t a one-off phenomenon. While there’s no official data on this issue, there have been many similar local reports. For instance, a Massachusetts couple reported receiving one or two Amazon packages every week for five months in 2018 (3). More recently, a Californian family in Orange County reported receiving over 50 packages of dresses they never ordered from Amazon (...
The major indexes broke long-term support as oil prices and bond yields soar. President Trump said late Friday he's mulling "winding down" the Iran war hours after saying that was not "acceptable."
The major indexes broke long-term support as oil prices and bond yields soar. President Trump said late Friday he's mulling "winding down" the Iran war hours after saying that was not "acceptable."
TexBr/iStock via Getty Images Prices ease, underlying strength prevails Gold prices have pulled back from end-January highs, pressured by a stronger US dollar and a rise in US Treasury yields. In addition, outflows from gold ETFs, particularly US-listed gold ETFs , – likely indicating tactical profit taking from the sharp rally in January – further weighed on prices. However, the pullback was cont...
TexBr/iStock via Getty Images Prices ease, underlying strength prevails Gold prices have pulled back from end-January highs, pressured by a stronger US dollar and a rise in US Treasury yields. In addition, outflows from gold ETFs, particularly US-listed gold ETFs , – likely indicating tactical profit taking from the sharp rally in January – further weighed on prices. However, the pullback was contained, as heightened geopolitical tensions and ongoing policy uncertainty continued to reinforce gold’s role as a safe-haven asset. Moreover, Asian demand has been strong, with trading during Asian hours contributing positively to returns (1.5% v/s -4.7% during US trading hours). 1 Also, barring the US, ETF demand has been positive across other regions, and the COMEX net long positioning has continued to build. Chart 1: Prices ease, levels stay elevated Domestic gold prices diverged from international trends during February, declining 3.5%, even as international prices gained 5%. 2 This divergence was primarily driven by an appreciation in the Indian rupee against the US dollar and fewer revisions in the customs tariff value. 3 So far in March, domestic prices have realigned with international price trends: both moderating from end-February levels. However, as of 16 March, the decline in domestic prices (2.6%) has been less pronounced than the 4.4% decline in international prices, as the recent INR depreciation 4 has cushioned the downside in local prices. Despite the recent pullback, gold prices remain firm on a y-t-d basis, with international prices up 14% and domestic prices rising 16% to INR 154,395/10g, 5 underscoring that the broader uptrend remains in place. Chart 2: Discounts persist The domestic market has traded at a discount to international benchmarks since the second week of February. The discount briefly narrowed to par/slight-premium levels in early March on fears of supply tightness following geopolitical tensions involving Iran–US–Israel; disrupted flight r...
Khadija Shaw scored the fastest hat-trick in Women’s Super League history as the leaders, Manchester City, beat Tottenham 5-2 at the Joie Stadium. The Jamaica international completed the feat in 13 first-half minutes to give the hosts a commanding lead after Olivia Holdt cancelled out Shaw’s opener. Kerolin added another and an own goal from Amanda Nildén extended City’s lead before the break, wit...
Khadija Shaw scored the fastest hat-trick in Women’s Super League history as the leaders, Manchester City, beat Tottenham 5-2 at the Joie Stadium. The Jamaica international completed the feat in 13 first-half minutes to give the hosts a commanding lead after Olivia Holdt cancelled out Shaw’s opener. Kerolin added another and an own goal from Amanda Nildén extended City’s lead before the break, with Bethany England’s late goal a reward for Tottenham’s improved second-half performance. Melvine Malard’s stoppage-time header moved Manchester United into second as they survived late drama against Everton to win 2-1. Inma Gabarro appeared to serve a blow to United’s top-three hopes when she headed home a 90th-minute equaliser for in-form Everton. Elisabeth Terland had scored the opener in the first half. Chelsea’s hopes of qualifying for the Women’s Champions League were hit as they drew 1-1 with London City Lionesses. The visitors took the lead midway through the first half thanks to Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, but Isobel Goodwin netted a deserved equaliser eight minutes from time, meaning Chelsea slipped to third, nine points adrift of Manchester City. View image in fullscreen Chloe Kelly of Arsenal scores her team’s third goal against West Ham. Photograph: Alex Burstow/Arsenal FC/Getty Images Arsenal secured a fourth successive WSL victory with a 5-0 win over relegation-threatened West Ham. Chloe Kelly put Arsenal ahead early on and they could have had more, but for Kinga Szemik making a string of first-half saves. There was nothing she could do after the break as Arsenal ran in four more goals courtesy of Alessia Russo, two more for Kelly to complete her hat-trick and Beth Mead’s late strike.
The Private Credit Crisis Is Spreading Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance The private credit crisis is spreading to another corner of the market that I warned about back in October, when I wrote about 10 parts of the market I’d avoid. For years I’ve been warning that buy now pay later (“BNPL”) industry was built on a pretty fragile foundation. The quality of the loans was always the obvious problem...
The Private Credit Crisis Is Spreading Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance The private credit crisis is spreading to another corner of the market that I warned about back in October, when I wrote about 10 parts of the market I’d avoid. For years I’ve been warning that buy now pay later (“BNPL”) industry was built on a pretty fragile foundation. The quality of the loans was always the obvious problem. The entire business model revolves around extending instant credit with minimal underwriting to consumers making small purchases. Companies whose primary innovation is allowing consumers to split a $40 online purchase into four installment payments probably aren’t lending to the most creditworthy segment of the population. If anything, the model practically guarantees the opposite. When financial companies create products that allow consumers to finance extremely small discretionary purchases, they are effectively targeting borrowers who either don’t have the liquidity to cover those purchases outright or who have already exhausted more traditional forms of credit. When consumers are putting things like f**king Chipotle Burritos and Hostess Twinkies on layaway, the borrower pool you are dealing with is not exactly prime. It is the same dynamic that has been visible in peer to peer lending and fintech credit for years. Platforms like Affirm, along with payment ecosystems tied to firms like Block, built massive growth stories by expanding credit access to people who historically would not have qualified for traditional lending products. For a while that looked like financial innovation, especially when they could find buyers for the loans. In reality it mostly meant pushing unsecured credit deeper down the credit spectrum. That approach worked beautifully in a zero rate environment where capital was abundant and investors were desperate for yield. It worked great during a 3 year period of Covid where liquidity was unlimited from the Fed. It is slightly less impressive once ...
Guido Mieth/DigitalVision via Getty Images Introduction Sunstone Hotel Investors ( SHO ) is a hotel REIT that’s running a pretty conservative balance sheet . The LTV ratio based on the book value of the assets is just around 30%, and likely even lower if you’d use the fair value of the hotel properties instead of the book value (which includes almost $1.5B in accumulated depreciation). I already h...
Guido Mieth/DigitalVision via Getty Images Introduction Sunstone Hotel Investors ( SHO ) is a hotel REIT that’s running a pretty conservative balance sheet . The LTV ratio based on the book value of the assets is just around 30%, and likely even lower if you’d use the fair value of the hotel properties instead of the book value (which includes almost $1.5B in accumulated depreciation). I already have a long position in the REIT’s preferred shares, and am looking to add to this position to lock in a 7.5% yield. Data by YCharts A decent result ensures a strong preferred dividend coverage ratio The final quarter of 2025 was better than I had expected for Sunstone Hotel Investors. As you can see below, the REIT reported a total FFO of $37.1M and an adjusted AFFO of $38.9M, mainly after adding back the amortization expense related to deferred stock compensation. This represents an AFFO/share of $0.20, and this brought the full-year AFFO per share to $0.86 . FFO and AFFO (Sunstone filing) Keep in mind the FFO and AFFO already includes the impact from the preferred dividend payments. As the image above shows, Sunstone paid $16.1M in preferred dividends in 2025, and just under $4M in the final quarter of 2025. That reduction in quarterly preferred dividend payments is entirely related to the REIT buying back its own preferred shares. I’ll get back to that when I discuss Sunstone’s balance sheet. Looking at the full-year results, the AFFO came in at $184M before taking the $16.1M in preferred dividends into consideration, which means the preferred dividends enjoy an excellent coverage ratio: Sunstone Hotel Investors needed to spend less than 10% of its AFFO and approximately 10% of its FFO on the preferred dividends. A second element that I like to keep an eye on is the asset coverage ratio. As the balance sheet below shows, the book value of the real estate assets is approximately $2.77B and the total asset base of $3.03B is mainly funded by equity, as there are less than $...