Europe’s commercial real estate market posted its best quarter for deal making since the European Central Bank brought the cheap money era to a a shuddering halt in 2022. Investment volumes in European commercial real estate hit €86.1 billion ($103 billion) in the final three months of last year, the most since the first quarter of 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, according to data compiled by br...
Europe’s commercial real estate market posted its best quarter for deal making since the European Central Bank brought the cheap money era to a a shuddering halt in 2022. Investment volumes in European commercial real estate hit €86.1 billion ($103 billion) in the final three months of last year, the most since the first quarter of 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, according to data compiled by broker CBRE Group Inc. It brought the full-year total to €241 billion, a 13% increase on 2024, the broker’s data show. The up-tick in the final quarter raises the prospect that the continent’s long recovery from the slump induced by higher interest rates might finally be taking hold. The drawn out stalemate between buyers and sellers has weighed on capital raising, exacerbating the downturn, with cash tied up in old deals rather than being returned to investors who can then allocate to new funds. The rebound was broad based, with deals picking up in even unloved sectors like retail property that have endured a years long downturn thanks to increased online consumption. Investment in health care properties hit a record €22.8 billion, a 285% increase, thanks to deals including Assura Plc ’s acquisition of Primary Health Properties Plc . “Improved investor sentiment and a competitive lending market contributed to increased investment activity across Europe,” said CBRE head of research for the UK & Ireland and continental Europe Tasos Vezyridis.
Intel could resume its turnaround. However, AMD appears to be the better pick for investors. Once upon a time, Intel (INTC +3.39%) reigned as the king of chipmakers. However, the tech giant no longer sits on the throne. Nvidia (NVDA +1.10%) took its spot. That's not even the worst news for Intel. The company isn't the top contender against Nvidia. Instead, another agile chip challenger looks far b...
Intel could resume its turnaround. However, AMD appears to be the better pick for investors. Once upon a time, Intel (INTC +3.39%) reigned as the king of chipmakers. However, the tech giant no longer sits on the throne. Nvidia (NVDA +1.10%) took its spot. That's not even the worst news for Intel. The company isn't the top contender against Nvidia. Instead, another agile chip challenger looks far better positioned for the next wave of growth in the artificial intelligence (AI) market – Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +0.29%). A comeback interrupted Until recently, a strong argument could be made that Intel was gaining ground. New CEO Lip-Bu Tan wrote to employees in March 2025 about seizing "an opportunity to fundamentally reinvent an industry icon." Intel made progress toward building a world-class foundry. The company unveiled its Panther Lake architecture, the first platform for AI personal computer chips built on Intel's 18A technology. Intel's stock performance also looked promising. Shares soared 84% in 2025 and vaulted more than 45% higher during the first few weeks of 2026. However, Intel's stock momentum screeched to a halt last week, with shares sinking more than 20%. Expand NASDAQ : INTC Intel Today's Change ( 3.39 %) $ 1.44 Current Price $ 43.93 Key Data Points Market Cap $219B Day's Range $ 43.10 - $ 44.53 52wk Range $ 17.66 - $ 54.60 Volume 3.3M Avg Vol 98M Gross Margin 34.77 % The company reported a 4% year-over-year decline in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2025. Intel expects even further revenue erosion in the first quarter of 2026. The harsh reality is that only a few years ago, Intel held a commanding 85% to 95% market share of the server CPU market. Two quarters ago, Tan revealed that this percentage had fallen to around 55%. Those results don't further the turnaround story Tan envisioned when he became Intel's CEO last year. He hoped to "pull off a comeback that will be studied in business schools for generations to come." Perhaps that goal will s...
Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images This article provides an updated outlook on the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ: IEF ) , which I covered on numerous occasions last year. It's an unusual time for U.S. Treasuries, where market psychology and narrative seem to dominate analysis. This provides a perfect opportunity to identify value, which is exactly what I aimed to do with this an...
Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images This article provides an updated outlook on the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ: IEF ) , which I covered on numerous occasions last year. It's an unusual time for U.S. Treasuries, where market psychology and narrative seem to dominate analysis. This provides a perfect opportunity to identify value, which is exactly what I aimed to do with this analysis. Last time around, I communicated a positive outlook on IEF, citing its lucrative risk premium . Upon review, I have decided to stick with my outlook; here's why. Fig. 1 - Analyst's IEF Rating History (Seeking Alpha) IEF's Recent Performance and Portfolio Review The iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF has delivered 8.06% in total return over the past year, largely driven by downward leveling of the U.S. Treasury yield curve and elevated distribution yields. The vehicle maintains an expense ratio of 0.15%, a monthly income-based distribution structure, and possesses a 30-day SEC yield of 3.97%. In addition, IEF ETF's current weighted average maturity stands at 8.46 years, effective duration 6.96 years, and convexity 58 basis points, illustrating exposure to the belly of the curve with mild secondary-affect gain prospects. In terms of its total risk premium, IEF has a weighted average yield-to-maturity of 4.14%. Fig. 2 (iShares) Statistical Analysis I tested a butterfly spread this morning (long 2-year yield, long 20-year yield, short 10-year yield), resembling equal long positions in the 2- and 10-year yields and a short position in the 10-year yield. The butterfly isn't a trade set-up, as it ignores duration-adjusted position sizing and convexity biases. Instead, it provides a sense of which parts of the curve are statistically rich or cheap. Based on my test, the butterfly has a spread of negative 3.1%, suggesting the belly of the curve (10Y) provides a superior premium to a combination of the 2-year and 20-year. Fig. 3 - 52-week rolling regression - Click On Image ...
French Finance Minister Roland Lescure shrugged off concerns about the yen and said it’s better to let the markets do their job when it comes to foreign exchange currencies. Lescure also urged counterparts to refrain from ‘unilateral measures’ after he chaired a virtual meeting of G-7 finance Ministers on Tuesday. After months of domestic political uncertainty, Lescure expressed relief that France...
French Finance Minister Roland Lescure shrugged off concerns about the yen and said it’s better to let the markets do their job when it comes to foreign exchange currencies. Lescure also urged counterparts to refrain from ‘unilateral measures’ after he chaired a virtual meeting of G-7 finance Ministers on Tuesday. After months of domestic political uncertainty, Lescure expressed relief that France managed to pass a 2026 budget. (Source: Bloomberg)
The company's EVs are profitable and command a formidable market presence with a value "kicker" potentially coming from robotaxis and unsupervised full-self driving; its rivals are not in the same position. There's no question that the electric vehicle (EV) market has become more competitive for Tesla (TSLA 0.99%). At the same time, the company's long-term competitive position is strengthening, an...
The company's EVs are profitable and command a formidable market presence with a value "kicker" potentially coming from robotaxis and unsupervised full-self driving; its rivals are not in the same position. There's no question that the electric vehicle (EV) market has become more competitive for Tesla (TSLA 0.99%). At the same time, the company's long-term competitive position is strengthening, and it's well positioned to win the EV market. Tesla is already winning First, much has been made of Tesla's declining EV deliveries in 2025, and the reality is that they fell by 8.6% compared to 2024. But here's the thing. Tesla's deliveries were negatively affected by the Model Y refresh (the best-selling EV in the U.S., with the Model S second). Expand NASDAQ : TSLA Tesla Today's Change ( -0.99 %) $ -4.32 Current Price $ 430.88 Key Data Points Market Cap $1.4T Day's Range $ 430.69 - $ 437.48 52wk Range $ 214.25 - $ 498.83 Volume 1.1M Avg Vol 75M Gross Margin 17.01 % The Kelley Blue Book Electric Vehicle Sales report's estimates of U.S. EV sales show a decline in the Model Y's market share in the back half of 2024 and the start of 2025, but a quick rebound in the second quarter when the new Model Y became available. In addition, note the massive increase in Tesla's and the Model Y's market share in the fourth quarter after the expiry of EV Federal tax credits. Simply put, Tesla was relatively less impacted than its low-cost EV rivals. An improving competitive landscape Speaking of low-cost rivals, there's a difference between a low-cost EV model and one that's effectively being subsidized to gain EV market share. The latter is not sustainable. A good example comes from Ford Motor Company (F +3.65%), whose Model e segment lost $3.6 billion in the first nine months of 2025 and took a $19.5 billion charge as it refocused its EV operations. In contrast, Tesla remains profitable and has the scale to grow production, and in doing so, reduce its cost per car. The third reason come...
Several Federal Reserve officials (including Chair Jerome Powell) have recently commented on the stock market's elevated valuation. The S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.41%) has added 1.5% year to date, and the benchmark index currently sits within half a percentage point of its all-time high. However, several Federal Reserve officials (including Chair Jerome Powell) have warned investors that stock prices are e...
Several Federal Reserve officials (including Chair Jerome Powell) have recently commented on the stock market's elevated valuation. The S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.41%) has added 1.5% year to date, and the benchmark index currently sits within half a percentage point of its all-time high. However, several Federal Reserve officials (including Chair Jerome Powell) have warned investors that stock prices are elevated by historical standards. Wall Street anticipates double-digit gains in the S&P 500 in the remaining months of 2026, but a stock market drawdown (or even a crash) is well within the realm of possibility. Here's what investors should know. Fed Chair Jerome Powell warned investors that stocks are expensive While Federal Reserve officials monitor the stock market, their monetary policy decisions do not target specific prices for any financial asset. Nevertheless, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell warned in September, "By many measures... equity prices are fairly highly valued." Other policymakers have expressed similar concerns. Minutes from the FOMC meeting in October stated, "Some participants commented on stretched asset valuations in financial markets, with several of these participants highlighting the possibility of a disorderly fall in equity prices." Additionally, the latest version of the Federal Reserve's semiannual financial stability report was published in November. It warned that the S&P 500's forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio was "close to the upper end of its historical range." The S&P 500 sounds an alarm seen just twice in the last 40 years Today, the S&P 500 has a forward P/E ratio of 22.1, a premium to the 10-year average of 18.8, according to FactSet Research. Comparatively, the index had a forward P/E ratio of 22.5 when Powell remarked about equity prices being "fairly highly valued" in September. Apart from the current bull market, the S&P 500 has only sustained a forward P/E multiple above 22 during two periods in the last four decades: the dot-com b...
Hong Kong ’s Exchange Fund reported a record investment gain of HK$331 billion ($42.4 billion) in 2025, helped by rising global markets. The fund delivered an investment gain of 8%, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority . Hong Kong stock holdings and overseas equities posted a HK$108 billion increase. It earned HK$142 billion from bonds, HK$38 billion from foreign exchange and HK$42.4 bill...
Hong Kong ’s Exchange Fund reported a record investment gain of HK$331 billion ($42.4 billion) in 2025, helped by rising global markets. The fund delivered an investment gain of 8%, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority . Hong Kong stock holdings and overseas equities posted a HK$108 billion increase. It earned HK$142 billion from bonds, HK$38 billion from foreign exchange and HK$42.4 billion on other investments. HKMA Chief Executive Eddie Yue said there’s no guarantee the performance will be sustained this year. “Looking ahead to 2026, factors such as global economic conditions, monetary policies of major central banks, developments in artificial intelligence, and geopolitical conflicts could affect the performance of financial markets,” he said. The HK$4.1 trillion fund serves as the last line of defense for the regime that pegs the local currency to the US dollar. In recent years, the fund has been diversifying away from US dollar-denominated assets and reduced the duration of Treasury holdings to guard against increased volatility. The US dollar this week slid to the lowest level in almost four years against a basket of major currencies as investors recalibrated their US holdings amid rising geopolitical risks. A drop in the US currency will also weaken the Hong Kong dollar, impacting the price of imports as well as the active cross-border consumption with neighboring China.
Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) shares closed at $430.90, down $4.30 or 0.99%, as investors weighed ahead of the Q4 earning report. Tesla is set to report its fourth-quarter earnings, and the results are expected to be a pivotal moment for the Tesla stock as investors weigh near-term financial pressure against the company’s long-term technology vision. While vehicle deliveries have already been disclosed, the ...
Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) shares closed at $430.90, down $4.30 or 0.99%, as investors weighed ahead of the Q4 earning report. Tesla is set to report its fourth-quarter earnings, and the results are expected to be a pivotal moment for the Tesla stock as investors weigh near-term financial pressure against the company’s long-term technology vision. While vehicle deliveries have already been disclosed, the earnings report will dig deeper into profitability, regional demand trends, and whether Tesla’s AI-led narrative is gaining tangible traction. Revenue Outlook: Price Cuts Take Their Toll At the top line, revenue is expected to come in at around $24.8 billion, reflecting a slight year-over-year contraction. The decline is largely attributed to aggressive price reductions rolled out across major markets during 2025. These cuts helped Tesla defend volumes in a cooling EV market but diluted average selling prices, making revenue growth harder to achieve despite solid delivery numbers. EPS Expectations: A Narrow Margin for Error Wall Street is forecasting non-GAAP EPS between $0.44 and $0.45, setting up a tight range that leaves little room for disappointment. Given Tesla’s history of volatile post-earnings moves, even a modest miss or a slim beat, could trigger a sharp reaction. Options markets are already signaling elevated uncertainty, underscoring how finely balanced expectations are heading into the report. Margins in Focus: Signs of Stabilization or Further Pain Perhaps the most closely watched metric will be automotive gross margin, excluding regulatory credits, expected at roughly 14.4%. This level reflects sustained pressure from price competition and rising input costs. Investors will be looking for commentary on whether margins have reached a cyclical low and how quickly cost efficiencies, manufacturing scale, or software-driven revenue could help margins recover in 2026. Deliveries and Demand: Europe and China Under Pressure Tesla delivered 418,227 vehicles in the fo...
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