Why These 3 Tech Stocks Could Be the Best Opportunities You're OverlookingAlign Technology (NASDAQ:ALGN) executives used a William Blair investor presentation to emphasize the company’s broader digital dentistry platform, positioning Invisalign as part of a workflow that spans co
Why These 3 Tech Stocks Could Be the Best Opportunities You're OverlookingAlign Technology (NASDAQ:ALGN) executives used a William Blair investor presentation to emphasize the company’s broader digital dentistry platform, positioning Invisalign as part of a workflow that spans co
Film editor who won an Oscar for her work on Star Wars, which she nevertheless referred to as ‘a kids’ movie’ In February 1977, George Lucas screened a rough cut of his science-fiction fantasy Star Wars, devoid of any music or special effects, to a select audience at his home in northern California. Among those in attendance, reported Peter Biskind in his book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, were studi...
Film editor who won an Oscar for her work on Star Wars, which she nevertheless referred to as ‘a kids’ movie’ In February 1977, George Lucas screened a rough cut of his science-fiction fantasy Star Wars, devoid of any music or special effects, to a select audience at his home in northern California. Among those in attendance, reported Peter Biskind in his book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, were studio executives from 20th Century Fox, colleagues such as the screenwriter Gloria Katz and the director Brian De Palma. Katz recalled that the screening was greeted by “stunned silence”. De Palma was heard asking: “What is this shit?” Lucas’s wife Marcia, who had edited Star Wars with Richard Chew and Paul Hirsch, was in tears, convinced the film was doomed. Katz advised her: “Don’t cry when there are people from the studio there.” Continue reading...
Apple big annual conference, where the tech company unveils its new products, is next week, but one analyst doesn’t think it will push up the stock. David Vogt of UBS gave his heads-up Wednesday about Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, which starts Monday at the company’s headquarters in Silicon Valley. Shareholders expect Apple to release new artificial-intelligence features after years of ...
Apple big annual conference, where the tech company unveils its new products, is next week, but one analyst doesn’t think it will push up the stock. David Vogt of UBS gave his heads-up Wednesday about Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, which starts Monday at the company’s headquarters in Silicon Valley. Shareholders expect Apple to release new artificial-intelligence features after years of lagging behind its rivals on AI.
Getty Images Once in a while, a company finishes the hard part of a turnaround while the market argues whether the turnaround was even possible. Today, that’s Alphabet Inc. ( GOOGL ) ( GOOG ). The worry that hung over this stock for the past two years, the skepticism that a cloud and advertising giant would slowly get taken down by the very AI it helped kick off, has been flipped on its head. Alph...
Getty Images Once in a while, a company finishes the hard part of a turnaround while the market argues whether the turnaround was even possible. Today, that’s Alphabet Inc. ( GOOGL ) ( GOOG ). The worry that hung over this stock for the past two years, the skepticism that a cloud and advertising giant would slowly get taken down by the very AI it helped kick off, has been flipped on its head. Alphabet also raised roughly $84.75 billion in fresh equity to fund its latest AI build-out, with Berkshire Hathaway anchoring the deal with a $10 billion commitment. More on this news further, but it certainly backs up the case I'm about to lay out. Spoiler: My Strong Buy rating for Alphabet stays right where it is. Where does Alphabet stock stand now? Seeking Alpha At the time of publication, GOOGL trades around $364 per share, and the run since my last note has been loud, with the share price gaining almost 13.5%—more or less the same as the S&P 500 ( SP500 ) over the same stretch. Since the beginning of the year, Alphabet stock is up ~16.5%, but over the last 52 weeks, it’s been stellar, up 119%. A good chunk of those gains showed up in March 2026 as a result of the company’s blowout first-quarter 2026 print and the fact that long-term interest rates were cooling off, which also sent other big tech logos higher. What we need to look at isn’t necessarily the scale of the rally but the quality of it. I mean, a 119% in a year is usually reason to pause. But in Alphabet’s case, I think the opposite may be true, because even though the price has changed, the way many of us think about the business hasn’t. The rest of this piece is about that opportunity. What makes Alphabet even more compelling now? I’ve been talking about a shift or a transformation, but has anything actually changed under the hood? Well, the bear case around Alphabet was always about a company being so reliant on its ad business, or the cloud business, finally plateauing or “maturing.” But guess what? That fea...
Average short interest across consumer discretionary stocks remained concentrated in select names, with RH ( RH ) continuing to lead the most shorted list, while MINISO Group ( MNSO ) featured among the least shorted, based on short interest as a percentage of shares outstanding. The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ( NYSEARCA: XLY ) has declined 1.77% so far this year, compared with...
Average short interest across consumer discretionary stocks remained concentrated in select names, with RH ( RH ) continuing to lead the most shorted list, while MINISO Group ( MNSO ) featured among the least shorted, based on short interest as a percentage of shares outstanding. The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ( NYSEARCA: XLY ) has declined 1.77% so far this year, compared with an 11.17% rise in the broader S&P 500 over the same period. Stocks with the largest and least short positions Stocks with the largest and least short positions (SeekingAlpha) Among the most shorted stocks, RH ( RH ) topped the list with 28.31% of shares outstanding sold short, followed by Under Armour ( UAA ) at 26.27% and Whirlpool ( WHR ) at 21.25%. Vail Resorts ( MTN ) and Duolingo ( DUOL ) also saw elevated short positioning, with 20.51% and 19.35% of shares sold short, respectively. On the least-shorted end, MINISO Group ( MNSO ) recorded short interest of 0.63%, followed by Global Business Travel Group ( GBTG ) at 0.80% and Amazon ( AMZN ) at 0.97%. Vipshop Holdings ( VIPS ) and Yum China ( YUMC ) stood at 1.16% and 1.21%, respectively. Overall, short positioning in the consumer discretionary segment remained concentrated in select retail, apparel, and consumer-facing names, while several large-cap companies continued to carry relatively low short interest. More on State Street® Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR® ETF, Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund;ETF, etc. Amazon: The Stock Is Missing The AI Wave, But The Business Isn't Amazon Gets Paid Every Time Anthropic Grows Consumer And Retail: Better-Than-Expected Results And Outlook Has XRT Primed To Outperform Hinde Group adds AMZN, NFLX; trims IBKR among Q1 moves Palantir’s £330M NHS deal faces criticism from UK parliamentarians
Sperm counts have fallen sharply in recent decades, fuelling anxiety, misinformation and a flood of fertility advice I’m sorry that I have to be the one to tell you this, but according to reports, men are engaging in a practice known as “spermmaxxing”. Spermmaxxing, according to the many articles on the subject , is a way of increasing the quality and quantity of one’s sperm. The approaches range ...
Sperm counts have fallen sharply in recent decades, fuelling anxiety, misinformation and a flood of fertility advice I’m sorry that I have to be the one to tell you this, but according to reports, men are engaging in a practice known as “spermmaxxing”. Spermmaxxing, according to the many articles on the subject , is a way of increasing the quality and quantity of one’s sperm. The approaches range from the sensible (get more sleep, eat nutritious foods) to the more dubious (eat raw garlic, dip your testicles in ice water). Continue reading...
A favourite topic which often comes up in conversations with advertising friends concerns the history, emergence and creative heyday of the industry in Hong Kong. A story I usually speak about with some authority, seeing as I have been privileged enough to play a part in it over the years, as well as having co-written a book on the subject. It was while doing research for that book that I began de...
A favourite topic which often comes up in conversations with advertising friends concerns the history, emergence and creative heyday of the industry in Hong Kong. A story I usually speak about with some authority, seeing as I have been privileged enough to play a part in it over the years, as well as having co-written a book on the subject. It was while doing research for that book that I began delving further back in time than when I first started plying my trade in the local industry. Learning...
Eagle Materials (EXP) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.
Eagle Materials (EXP) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.
The European Union’s headache over tariffs may be about to get worse. Just as the US proposed new trade levies of at least 10% on imports, including from the EU, tensions with China may also be about to flare. This time, the US is proposing the tariffs citing shortcomings in the treatment of goods allegedly produced by forced labor. The EU called it unjustified and added that the bloc would respec...
The European Union’s headache over tariffs may be about to get worse. Just as the US proposed new trade levies of at least 10% on imports, including from the EU, tensions with China may also be about to flare. This time, the US is proposing the tariffs citing shortcomings in the treatment of goods allegedly produced by forced labor. The EU called it unjustified and added that the bloc would respect the terms of its trade accord with the US. When it comes to China, the European Commission, which handles trade matters for the EU, held a closed meeting last week with its top officials to discuss next steps, according people familiar with the talks. They said the consensus was that a “more robust and coherent response” is needed in the face of Chinese imports, even if such a move may trigger Chinese retaliation. The EU is weighing new measures to counter China’s state support for companies as well as oversupply. Still, such defenses are largely untested and Brussels has split over how to address the challenges posed by Beijing amid a growing dependence on China for products like minerals or chips. The European Commission also unveiled today raft of measures to boost so-called tech sovereignty and reduce reliance on US and Asian suppliers in semiconductors, artificial intelligence and cloud computing. — Zoltan Simon What You Need to Know Today Brent crude rose for a third day and stocks slipped as traders bet that an escalation of hostilities between the US and Iran will hinder prospects for a peace deal. The US and Iran clashed again overnight, with Kuwait and Bahrain caught in the crossfire of one the most serious flare-ups since a ceasefire went into effect in early April. Meanwhile Kuwait will consider increasing oil storage abroad to boost its ability to supply global markets after the war in the Persian Gulf blocked flows through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the head of the state energy company’s marketing arm. St. Petersburg Faces Drone Attack as Putin’s For...
Saturn Cloud, the AI token factory platform, today announced a partnership with OpenNebula Systems, the developer of OpenNebula, an open enterprise cloud and virtualization platform widely used for AI factories and neocloud environments. The integration combines OpenNebula's GPU virtualization, secure multi-tenant orchestration, elastic Kubernetes integration, and bare-metal lifecycle management w...
Saturn Cloud, the AI token factory platform, today announced a partnership with OpenNebula Systems, the developer of OpenNebula, an open enterprise cloud and virtualization platform widely used for AI factories and neocloud environments. The integration combines OpenNebula's GPU virtualization, secure multi-tenant orchestration, elastic Kubernetes integration, and bare-metal lifecycle management with Saturn Cloud's fine-tuning, model serving, distributed training, and managed environment capabil
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has fallen to below $70,000, and today, it's been trading below even $67,000. Although the stock market has been doing well and the S&P 500 has been hitting new highs this year, there hasn't been much excitement around the crypto markets of late. Bitcoin, which surged to highs of more than $126,000 last year, is now down nearly 50% from its peak. Could buying Bitcoin now, whi...
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has fallen to below $70,000, and today, it's been trading below even $67,000. Although the stock market has been doing well and the S&P 500 has been hitting new highs this year, there hasn't been much excitement around the crypto markets of late. Bitcoin, which surged to highs of more than $126,000 last year, is now down nearly 50% from its peak. Could buying Bitcoin now, while its value is below $70,000, be a great move for the long run? Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading