West Ham have agreed a deal to sell Brazil forward Lucas Paqueta to Flamengo for more than 41m euros (£35.5m). The 28-year-old, who moved to West Ham from Lyon in 2022, has been given permission to fly to his homeland to make the move before the winter transfer deadline on 2 February. West Ham had been open to agreeing a deal that would have seen Paqueta remain at the London Stadium on loan for th...
West Ham have agreed a deal to sell Brazil forward Lucas Paqueta to Flamengo for more than 41m euros (£35.5m). The 28-year-old, who moved to West Ham from Lyon in 2022, has been given permission to fly to his homeland to make the move before the winter transfer deadline on 2 February. West Ham had been open to agreeing a deal that would have seen Paqueta remain at the London Stadium on loan for the rest of the season but Flamengo pushed to complete the move this month. Paqueta is set to make the switch with the Brazilian top-flight starting in March. The Hammers have won three matches in succession for the first time since 2023 without Paqueta, who has been unavailable in recent weeks. However, 18th-placed West Ham remain in the Premier League's relegation zone, five points adrift of safety.
New York, Jan 28, 2026, 09:58 (EST) — Regular session Broadcom shares were up 0.1% early Wednesday, tracking a broader lift in chip stocks. The S&P 500 opened above 7,000 as investors lined up for the Fed’s rate decision and Big Tech earnings. Traders are watching whether AI-driven spending turns into profits — and what it means for capital budgets. Broadcom Inc shares inched up 0.1% to $333.23 in...
New York, Jan 28, 2026, 09:58 (EST) — Regular session Broadcom shares were up 0.1% early Wednesday, tracking a broader lift in chip stocks. The S&P 500 opened above 7,000 as investors lined up for the Fed’s rate decision and Big Tech earnings. Traders are watching whether AI-driven spending turns into profits — and what it means for capital budgets. Broadcom Inc shares inched up 0.1% to $333.23 in early trading on Wednesday, after swinging between $332.74 and $339.47. The S&P 500 opened above 7,000 and the Nasdaq moved closer to a record as investors braced for a Federal Reserve rate decision and a rush of Big Tech earnings. (Reuters) The subdued move in AVGO comes as investors head into a packed earnings stretch looking for proof that AI spending is paying off. “Expectations are very high,” said Anthony Saglimbene, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial, adding there is “less room” for key names to disappoint. (Reuters) Rates are the other hinge. The Fed is expected to keep policy steady later Wednesday and “there is no urgency to lower rates aggressively,” Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management, wrote; the decision is due at 2 p.m. EST with Chair Jerome Powell set to speak 30 minutes later. (Reuters) Other chip-linked heavyweights were higher in early trade, with Nvidia up about 1.9%, AMD up 1.4% and Marvell up 2.5%. Chip sentiment got a hand from Texas Instruments, which forecast first-quarter profit and revenue above estimates as the AI data-center buildout boosted demand for analog chips. Its shares were up about 7% in premarket trading. (Reuters) In Europe, ASML reported record fourth-quarter orders and lifted its 2026 outlook on AI-driven demand, with CEO Christophe Fouquet saying capacity hikes at customers were “feeding through to orders.” Mizuho analyst Kevin Wang called the bookings and outlook “driven by AI demand” for EUV — extreme ultraviolet — lithography tools used to make leading-edge chips. (Reuters) Broadcom sit...
NYCstock/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Snap Inc. ( SNAP ) said Wednesday it is establishing "Specs Inc." as a separate unit within the company as it strives to make a name in the smart eyewear sector apart from being famously known for the social media app Snapchat. Establishing the subsidiary within would provide the unit "greater operational focus and alignment" and make way for new partners...
NYCstock/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Snap Inc. ( SNAP ) said Wednesday it is establishing "Specs Inc." as a separate unit within the company as it strives to make a name in the smart eyewear sector apart from being famously known for the social media app Snapchat. Establishing the subsidiary within would provide the unit "greater operational focus and alignment" and make way for new partnerships and capital flexibility, "including the potential for minority investment." "For over a decade we’ve been working to make computing more human by building a new type of eyewear called Specs that integrate your digital experience with the real world," Snap said in a public statement. "We’re building a computer that we hope you’ll use less, because it does more for you. Snap said it wants Specs to eventually replace computers and expects a public launch later this year. The upcoming sixth-generation augmented reality glasses by the company were announced in June last year. SNAP shares are currently up 4% at $7.76 in early open market trading on the NYSE. More on Snap Snap: Perplexity Partnership Is Another Step Away From The Core Snapchat: Perplexity Partnership Is Why I Refuse To Sell Snap: Perplexing Dip France’s National Assembly OKs social media ban for under-15s UK lawmakers back under-16 social media ban, piling pressure on Starmer
The Amazon layoffs are in line with a trend to trim white-collar management jobs across big tech (Patrick T. Fallon) · Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/AFP US online retail and cloud computing giant Amazon said Wednesday that it would be cutting 16,000 jobs worldwide as part of a restructuring, as it focuses spending on artificial intelligence. The job cuts, which follow already flagged plans to cut its work...
The Amazon layoffs are in line with a trend to trim white-collar management jobs across big tech (Patrick T. Fallon) · Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/AFP US online retail and cloud computing giant Amazon said Wednesday that it would be cutting 16,000 jobs worldwide as part of a restructuring, as it focuses spending on artificial intelligence. The job cuts, which follow already flagged plans to cut its workforce by 14,000 posts, are aimed at "reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy," senior vice president Beth Galetti said in a statement. Media reports from October had said the roughly 30,000 job cuts planned in total would impact nearly 10 percent of the 350,000 office jobs at Amazon, without affecting the distribution and warehouse workers that make up the bulk of its 1.5 million employees. At the time the company refused to comment on the reports, which said they came amid increased investments in artificial intelligence. Amazon did not give any breakdown of the latest job cuts on Wednesday, saying only that "every team will continue to evaluate the ownership, speed, and capacity to invent for customers, and make adjustments as appropriate." The company will release its full-year 2025 results on February 5. In its last quarterly earnings statement in October, the company said it spent $1.8 billion on severance costs tied to planned job cuts. Amazon said that new positions will be offered to employees where possible, without giving further details on which divisions will be affected by the cuts. The layoffs are in line with a trend to trim white-collar management jobs across big tech. Microsoft in July said it had slashed a little less than four percent of its global workforce, about 15,000 jobs. Facebook owner Meta has also cut jobs over the past year, in a move intended to remove organizational bloat following aggressive hiring during the pandemic. Dutch tech giant ASML on Wednesday said it would cut cut hundreds of management jobs to improve inter...
Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images By Kelvin Wong The price actions of the Nasdaq 100 CFD index (a proxy of the Nasdaq 100 E-mini futures) have staged the expected bullish breakout above the former minor 7-week range resistance of 25,830 and rallied by almost 1% on Tuesday, and it has continued to extend its gains on Wednesday, January 28 Asian session with a rally of 0.6% to record an in...
Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images By Kelvin Wong The price actions of the Nasdaq 100 CFD index (a proxy of the Nasdaq 100 E-mini futures) have staged the expected bullish breakout above the former minor 7-week range resistance of 25,830 and rallied by almost 1% on Tuesday, and it has continued to extend its gains on Wednesday, January 28 Asian session with a rally of 0.6% to record an intraday level of 26,170 at the time of writing. The year-to-date laggard among the major US stock indices has started to catch up. So far, the week-to-date performance as of 26 January 2026, the cash market Nasdaq 100 has recorded a gain of 1.3%, surpassing the S&P 500 (+0.9%), Dow Jones Industrial Average (-0.2%), and the small-cap Russell 2000 (-0.1%). Amazon, Cisco Systems, Meta Platforms may outperform Nasdaq 100 This report will highlight three US technology stocks (Amazon ( AMZN ), Cisco Systems ( CSCO ) and Meta Platforms ( META )) that may outperform the Nasdaq 100 (in terms of positive alpha generation) filter by technical factors and volatility-adjusted relative strength (VARS). In a quick note, VARS is an indicator that normalises momentum by accounting for a stock's volatility, helping traders identify genuine market strength and avoid misleading signals from high-beta, high-volatility shares. Read more about this guide on volatility-adjusted relative strength: VARS: How to prevent the high-beta trap and find the relevant stocks Here are the technical charts of the three US technology stocks that may generate positive alpha over the medium-term horizon (1 to 3 weeks). Amazon (AMZN) bullish reintegration back above 20-day & 50-day MA Fig. 1: Amazon medium-term trend as of Jan 17, 2026 (Source: TradingView) Amazon will report its Q4 2025 earnings on Thursday, February 5, after the close of the US session. In the past three trading sessions, the share price of Amazon has rebounded and traded back above its 20-day and 50-day moving averages. The volatility-adjusted r...
These companies can charge more and still keep customers coming back. Pricing power is one of the best qualities to look for in a business. It means a company's product is so valuable to customers that it can raise prices without losing demand. Over time, that kind of leverage helps companies stay profitable during rough economic patches. Two consumer-facing leaders showing that kind of strength t...
These companies can charge more and still keep customers coming back. Pricing power is one of the best qualities to look for in a business. It means a company's product is so valuable to customers that it can raise prices without losing demand. Over time, that kind of leverage helps companies stay profitable during rough economic patches. Two consumer-facing leaders showing that kind of strength today are MercadoLibre (MELI +0.00%) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG +0.67%). Here's why. 1. MercadoLibre MercadoLibre continues to widen its competitive lead in much of Latin America. It offers a compelling ecosystem of services across marketplace shopping, credit cards, mobile payments, and more. It demonstrates solid pricing power -- a sign that there is no alternative to the value it offers its customers. The clearest sign of pricing power is its growing transaction take rate, which measures its e-commerce revenue relative to the total value of all transactions (gross merchandise volume) on its marketplace. Its e-commerce take rate rose to 25.2% in the third quarter of 2025, up from 18.4% in the same quarter two years ago. This shows the company is extracting more value from each transaction. The take rate is climbing, while demand continues to grow. Unique active buyers rose 26% year over year last quarter. The company continues to add "Amazon-like" features to attract customers, including free same-day shipping and loyalty benefits through the Meli+ membership program. Expand NASDAQ : MELI MercadoLibre Today's Change ( 0.00 %) $ 0.00 Current Price $ 2295.00 Key Data Points Market Cap $116B Day's Range $ 2283.42 - $ 2342.00 52wk Range $ 1723.90 - $ 2645.22 Volume 5.8K Avg Vol 547K Gross Margin 45.14 % MercadoLibre has built a powerful growth flywheel. In its fintech segment, monthly active buyers rose 29% year over year to 72 million last quarter. The company's credit card offers attractive benefits, including free financing and cashback through Meli+. It's a powerful c...
Intel's Panther Lake SoCs have been a promising launch for gaming and professional workloads, but here's how the lineup stacks up in IPC performance. Intel's Newest Panther Lake Chips Take a Lead Over AMD's Strix Halo in IPC Performance Team Blue's newest CPU offering has been a highlight this year, at least in the consumer PC segment, as Panther Lake has shown us how capable the 18A platform has ...
Intel's Panther Lake SoCs have been a promising launch for gaming and professional workloads, but here's how the lineup stacks up in IPC performance. Intel's Newest Panther Lake Chips Take a Lead Over AMD's Strix Halo in IPC Performance Team Blue's newest CPU offering has been a highlight this year, at least in the consumer PC segment, as Panther Lake has shown us how capable the 18A platform has become. In our exclusive review of PTL, we dived deep into how the chip performs across synthetic and gaming workloads, but data on how P-Cores and E-Cores are stacking up wasn't available. However, a hardware reviewer on the Chinese platform Bilibili has tested out Cougar Cove and Darkmont, and the results are surely surprising. The testing was done using SPEC CPU 2017, the go-to benchmarking suite for integer performance and widely recognized for testing factors such as branch prediction and memory latency. The reviewer uses the LPDDR5 platform on board, with WSL 2 and multiple P/E core offerings sourced from lineups like Arrow Lake and Panther Lake. On the AMD side, PTL was compared with Strix Halo Zen 5 and Zen 5c offerings, and here's how the performance stacks up: Image Credits: Bilibili The metric on the left is "int_rate", which measures raw throughput performance, and this is the baseline measurement for IPC performance, while the data on the right is IPC/GHz, which is relative to a baseline core and focuses on microarchitecture efficiency, which is a more effective parameter if we want to conclude PTL's core configuration performance. The results indicate that, relative to Zen 5 and Zen 5c cores, Cougar Cove delivers a 10% higher IPC, while Darkmont provides around 6%. Intel has completely revamped its microarchitecture with Panther Lake, integrating P-Cores alongside E/LP-E cores to cater to heavy workloads where power efficiency is a priority. When we talk about IPC performance alone, sure, it isn't a huge metric to conclude on Zen 5 vs Panther Lake, but it defi...
Trump Unveils Mercantilism 101 By Benjamin Picton, Senior Market Strategist at Rabobank The de-Dollarisation meme rolled on yesterday as the Bloomberg Dollar spot index sank to its lowest reading since February of 2022. The fall became precipitous after Donald Trump was given an opportunity by journalists to talk up the Dollar, but instead replied “no, I think it’s great” when asked whether he was...
Trump Unveils Mercantilism 101 By Benjamin Picton, Senior Market Strategist at Rabobank The de-Dollarisation meme rolled on yesterday as the Bloomberg Dollar spot index sank to its lowest reading since February of 2022. The fall became precipitous after Donald Trump was given an opportunity by journalists to talk up the Dollar, but instead replied “no, I think it’s great” when asked whether he was concerned about its recent drop . It would seem that there is no rage against the dying of the strong Dollar from the President. Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had repeatedly assured financial markets last year that the administration still supports the strong Dollar policy. Trump himself has been a little more circumspect over the years, and implied yesterday that a weaker Dollar was good for US trade competitiveness. “ Look at the business we are doing. The Dollar’s doing great .” Trump also pointed out that China and Japan have historically intervened to weaken their own currencies – thereby boosting trade competitiveness at the expense of trading partners. This is Mercantilism 101 , as regular readers of this Daily would have been aware of for years. On Monday we wrote about the Triffin Dilemma, and particularly the necessity of reserve currency issuers running trade deficits. The Triffin Dilemma also describes why the global reserve currency might be artificially strong as there is always a bid to hold it as a reserve asset and it is always demanded by other countries to conduct trade – even trade that does not involve the country issuing the reserve currency. Along with the US Navy’s policing of global sea lanes at no cost to other countries (who benefit from absence of piracy, etc), the provision of the Dollar as a global medium of exchange is one of two public goods that Council of Economic Advisors Chair and now Fed Governor Stephen Miran (and author of the Mar-A-Lago accord ) argues the US provides to other countries an substantial cost to itself. Under...
Sebastien de Montessus — ousted as boss of Endeavour Mining Plc over alleged irregular payments — is back at the helm of an Africa-focused gold miner. The 51-year-old French national was appointed chief executive officer of Mansa Resources Ltd. to turn around the firm’s flagship Kouroussa mine in Guinea, according to people familiar with the matter. A company database in the United Arab Emirates s...
Sebastien de Montessus — ousted as boss of Endeavour Mining Plc over alleged irregular payments — is back at the helm of an Africa-focused gold miner. The 51-year-old French national was appointed chief executive officer of Mansa Resources Ltd. to turn around the firm’s flagship Kouroussa mine in Guinea, according to people familiar with the matter. A company database in the United Arab Emirates shows de Montessus is on the board of the Dubai-registered firm, which was set up 10 months ago. As bullion’s record-breaking rally accelerated, the former Endeavour CEO returned to gold mining to advise Burkinabe businessman Idrissa Nassa on refinancing troubled Hummingbird Resources Plc , one of the people said. Nassa – whose companies were Hummingbird’s biggest shareholder and creditor – acquired the rest of the London-listed miner and took the firm private last March. De Montessus is now heading Mansa, which has taken over two former Hummingbird assets: Kouroussa and the Dugbe development project in Liberia. He’s also a shareholder in the new firm, the people familiar said, asking not to be identified discussing the matter. It’s a swift comeback after Endeavour’s board forced de Montessus out in January 2024 for alleged “serious misconduct” related to payments of more than $20 million to a company incorporated in the UAE. Following an investigation, Endeavour said it was unable to determine the ultimate beneficiary. De Montessus has previously said he didn’t benefit personally from the payments and that they were made to an established Endeavour contractor. The miner and its ex-CEO reached a settlement in July 2024. Nassa’s Nioko Resources Corp. is Mansa’s largest shareholder, one person familiar said. Orion Resource Partners – a New York-headquartered investment firm that’s teamed up with the US government to raise up to $5 billion for critical minerals deals – also owns shares in Mansa and has a seat on the board, according to the UAE registry, which doesn’t specify th...
Starbucks global sales at established locations rose 4% in the most recent quarter. The company also issued its full-year outlook, saying sales from established locations are seen growing at least 3% in fiscal 2026, above the average of analyst estimates. Redd Brown reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)
Starbucks global sales at established locations rose 4% in the most recent quarter. The company also issued its full-year outlook, saying sales from established locations are seen growing at least 3% in fiscal 2026, above the average of analyst estimates. Redd Brown reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)
Image source: The Motley Fool. Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 9 a.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chairman & Chief Executive Officer — James S. Hagedorn President & Chief Operating Officer — Nate Baxter Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer — Mark J. Scheiwer Executive Vice President, North America Sales — Josh Meihls Need a quote from a Motley Fool analyst? Email [email protected] TAKEAWAYS ...
Image source: The Motley Fool. Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 9 a.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chairman & Chief Executive Officer — James S. Hagedorn President & Chief Operating Officer — Nate Baxter Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer — Mark J. Scheiwer Executive Vice President, North America Sales — Josh Meihls Need a quote from a Motley Fool analyst? Email [email protected] TAKEAWAYS Net Sales (Continuing Operations) -- $354.4 million, excluding Hawthorne, with U.S. Consumer sales at $328.5 million, attributed to earlier-than-anticipated retailer load-in timing. -- $354.4 million, excluding Hawthorne, with U.S. Consumer sales at $328.5 million, attributed to earlier-than-anticipated retailer load-in timing. POS Data Transition -- Expanded U.S. Consumer POS now reflects the 15 largest customers (including e-commerce), covering more than 80% of segment sales and focusing exclusively on branded products. -- Expanded U.S. Consumer POS now reflects the 15 largest customers (including e-commerce), covering more than 80% of segment sales and focusing exclusively on branded products. First Quarter POS Trends -- Branded product POS was down 1% in both dollars and units, cycling a prior record quarter, while full-year fiscal 2025 POS was up 2% using the new methodology. -- Branded product POS was down 1% in both dollars and units, cycling a prior record quarter, while full-year fiscal 2025 POS was up 2% using the new methodology. Category Highlights -- Indoor gardening POS grew 7.7% in dollars and 9% in units; Roundup achieved a 24% increase in dollars and a 27% increase in units. -- Indoor gardening POS grew 7.7% in dollars and 9% in units; Roundup achieved a 24% increase in dollars and a 27% increase in units. E-Commerce Penetration -- Branded product e-commerce POS dollars increased 12%, and units rose 17%, now comprising 14% of all Q1 POS, up 150 basis points year over year. -- Branded product e-commerce POS dollars increased 12%, and units rose 17%, now comp...
is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A startup called Fauna Robotics has revealed a new humanoid robot called Sprout it’s been developing over the past two years. Standing around 3.5-feet tall, Spro...
is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A startup called Fauna Robotics has revealed a new humanoid robot called Sprout it’s been developing over the past two years. Standing around 3.5-feet tall, Sprout’s design, featuring a soft padded exterior, a wide head, and expressive mechanical eyebrows, was inspired by some of science fiction’s friendlier robots like Baymax and Rosie Jetson, the startup’s co-founder and CEO, Rob Cochran, told the Associated Press. With articulated limbs and grippers for hands, Sprout looks ready to tackle dishes, tidy up around the home, or join a factory assembly line alongside humanoid robots like Tesla’s Optimus and Boston Dynamics’ Atlas. But that’s not why Fauna Robotics developed the humanoid. It’s initially being sold to other robot developers, researchers, universities, and tinkerers who may not have the resources to develop their own humanoid platform. Rob Cochran, the co-founder and CEO of Fauna Robotics, next to the company’s Sprout humanoid. Image: Fauna Robotics Fauna Robotics says Sprout’s “movement, perception, navigation, and expression all work out of the box,” so that others can focus on developing unique applications for the humanoid instead of having to spend time teaching it to do basic things like walk. While it may be destined for labs and research facilities away from the public at first, Sprout was still developed to be approachable and function alongside humans. It’s lightweight, quiet, and was designed with “no pinch points or sharp edges” for safety reasons. It’s not folding laundry yet, but the potential is there. While buying a Sprout may be cheaper than engineering a humanoid scratch, it’s still priced at $50,000, according to the Associated Press. That puts it well out of the reach of most consumers, but some of t...
Hong Kong and mainland Chinese scholars have developed a pioneering AI model that uses satellite data to forecast heavy rainstorms up to four hours before they strike, much earlier than current predictions allow. The model represented a “major advancement in atmospheric monitoring and severe weather early warnings, enabling faster and more accurate forecasts and strengthening regional disaster pre...
Hong Kong and mainland Chinese scholars have developed a pioneering AI model that uses satellite data to forecast heavy rainstorms up to four hours before they strike, much earlier than current predictions allow. The model represented a “major advancement in atmospheric monitoring and severe weather early warnings, enabling faster and more accurate forecasts and strengthening regional disaster preparedness and response”, Dr Dai Kuai, a postdoctoral fellow in the University of Science and Technology’s department of civil and environmental engineering, said on Wednesday. Researchers from the university and mainland institutions, including national meteorological agencies, published a paper online last month on the “deep diffusion model of satellite data”. It is the world’s first weather forecasting artificial intelligence (AI) model using satellite data for thunderstorm “nowcasting” and predicting rainstorms up to four hours in advance. Advertisement Precise forecasts of small-scale, rapidly developing thunderstorms or rainstorms at present are typically limited to between 20 minutes and two hours in advance. The model is trained with data from a Chinese satellite to capture the evolution of convective cloud structures. It can spot early signs of convection developments to predict rainfall and enable more timely severe weather warnings. Dr Dai Kuai (left) and Professor Su Hui. Photo: Eugene Lee Atmospheric convection refers to the movement of air molecules and cloud particles caused by temperature differences. Strong upwards motion of air produces condensation, forming liquid or solid cloud particles.
Earnings Call Insights: GE Vernova Inc. (GEV) Q4 2025 Management View CEO Scott Strazik highlighted "very strong new gas contracts with an incremental 6 gigawatts signed in the last 3 weeks of December, for a total of 24 gigawatts of new contracts in 4Q '25 alone." He also noted the Electrification segment "had its largest order quarter in its history and Wind had its largest order quarter of '25....
Earnings Call Insights: GE Vernova Inc. (GEV) Q4 2025 Management View CEO Scott Strazik highlighted "very strong new gas contracts with an incremental 6 gigawatts signed in the last 3 weeks of December, for a total of 24 gigawatts of new contracts in 4Q '25 alone." He also noted the Electrification segment "had its largest order quarter in its history and Wind had its largest order quarter of '25." Strazik acknowledged challenges, stating the company was "impacted by the U.S. government halting of all offshore wind activity on December 22, which led to us booking an incremental accrual in 4Q for costs associated with the delay on the Vineyard Wind project." The Prolec GE acquisition received "rapid approval from all required jurisdictions," enabling a closure on February 2, and Strazik announced, "we are raising our full year '26 financial guidance, which now includes GE Vernova's full ownership and operation of Prolec for 11 months in '26." Strazik reported "total backlog by over 25% or $31 billion to $150 billion with robust profitable order growth in Power and Electrification," and detailed that gas power equipment backlog "increased from 62 to 83 gigawatts sequentially," with expectations to "reach approximately 100 gigawatts under contract in '26." Electrification segment backlog rose "to $35 billion, up $4 billion sequentially and $11 billion year-over-year," while Wind "received approximately $3 billion of orders in 4Q, the largest of the year for the segment." Investments included "over 200 new machines in our factories while adding nearly 1,000 new production workers in '25" and a plan to add "an incremental 200 machines and over 500 production workers in '26." The company "returned $3.6 billion to our shareholders while repurchasing more than 8 million of our shares" and announced a "doubling our dividend in '26 versus '25 and have increased our stock buyback authorization to $10 billion from the previously approved $6 billion program." CFO Kenneth Parks s...
Cotton price action is up 45 to 50 points on Wednesday morning. Futures bounced back on the Tuesday session, with contracts up 71 to 86 points across the front months. Crude oil futures were up $1.96 per barrel on the day at $62.56. The US dollar index was down another $1.282 on pressure late in the day to $95.575. The Monday online auction from The Seam showed sales of 59.58 cents/lb on 12,326 ba...
Cotton price action is up 45 to 50 points on Wednesday morning. Futures bounced back on the Tuesday session, with contracts up 71 to 86 points across the front months. Crude oil futures were up $1.96 per barrel on the day at $62.56. The US dollar index was down another $1.282 on pressure late in the day to $95.575. The Monday online auction from The Seam showed sales of 59.58 cents/lb on 12,326 bales. The Cotlook A Index was steady on January 23 at 74.05 cents. ICE certified cotton stocks were down another 1,317 bales on 1/26 with the certified stocks level at 8,595 bales. The Adjusted World Price was updated to 50.99 cents/lb on last week, down 18 points from the week prior. Don’t Miss a Day: Mar 26 Cotton closed at 63.83, up 86 points, currently up 46 points May 26 Cotton closed at 65.45, up 77 points, currently up 50 points Jul 26 Cotton closed at 67.01, up 71 points, currently up 47 points More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Live cattle futures posted losses on Tuesday, with contracts down 35 to 60 cents at the close. Cash trade has yet to get kicked off this week. It found its footing last week at $233 to $236.50 live and $370 dressed. Feeder cattle futures closed with mostly weaker trade on Tuesday, down 50 to 60 cents, with soon to expire January up 15 cents. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up $1.16 to $364.73 on J...
Live cattle futures posted losses on Tuesday, with contracts down 35 to 60 cents at the close. Cash trade has yet to get kicked off this week. It found its footing last week at $233 to $236.50 live and $370 dressed. Feeder cattle futures closed with mostly weaker trade on Tuesday, down 50 to 60 cents, with soon to expire January up 15 cents. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up $1.16 to $364.73 on January 26. USDA’s wholesale Boxed Beef report from Tuesday afternoon showed weaker prices, with the Chc/Sel spread widening to $2.92. Choice boxes were down 79 cents to $368.11, while Select was $1.93 lower at $365.19. Tuesday’s USDA federally inspected cattle slaughter was estimated at 112,000 head, with the weekly total at 212,000 head. That was 7,000 head below last week and 24,878 head shy of the same week last year. Don’t Miss a Day: Feb 26 Live Cattle closed at $235.600, down $0.425, Apr 26 Live Cattle closed at $237.400, down $0.600, Jun 26 Live Cattle closed at $233.250, down $0.375, Jan 26 Feeder Cattle closed at $366.850, up $0.150, Mar 26 Feeder Cattle closed at $362.000, down $0.600, Apr 26 Feeder Cattle closed at $360.650, down $0.550, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Wheat is higher across the three markets so far on Wednesday, with the winter wheats leading the charge. The wheat complex ended the Tuesday session with some strength. Chicago SRW futures were steady to a penny higher in the nearbys. Preliminary open interest was up 340 contracts on Tuesday. KC HRW futures were up 2 to 3 cents across the front months. OI was down 278 contracts on Tuesday, suggest...
Wheat is higher across the three markets so far on Wednesday, with the winter wheats leading the charge. The wheat complex ended the Tuesday session with some strength. Chicago SRW futures were steady to a penny higher in the nearbys. Preliminary open interest was up 340 contracts on Tuesday. KC HRW futures were up 2 to 3 cents across the front months. OI was down 278 contracts on Tuesday, suggesting some short covering. MPLS spring wheat was 2 to 3 cents higher at the close. The US dollar index shot lower on the day, down $1.282 to $95.575 and providing some support. After premium was taken out on Monday following last weekend’s snow/cold event, the next week looks to be drier for much of the country. Cooler temps are expected to hold for the next week before seeing above normal temps further into February. Don’t Miss a Day: European Commission data showed 12.38 MMT of wheat shipped from July 1 to January 23. That is now down just 0.06 MMT from the same period last year. SovEcon estimates the Russian wheat export number by 1.1 MMT to 45.7 MMT for 2025/26. Mar 26 CBOT Wheat closed at $5.23 1/4, up 3/4 cent, currently up 9 cents May 26 CBOT Wheat closed at $5.32 3/4, unch, currently up 8 1/4 cents Mar 26 KCBT Wheat closed at $5.32 3/4, up 3 cents, currently up 6 3/4 cents May 26 KCBT Wheat closed at $5.42 3/4, up 2 1/4 cents, currently up 6 3/4 cents Mar 26 MIAX Wheat closed at $5.72 3/4, up 2 cents, currently up 3 1/4 cents May 26 MIAX Wheat closed at $5.84 3/4, up 2 1/4 cents, currently up 3 1/2 cents More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Soybeans price action is up 7 to 10 cents so far on Wednesday morning. Futures closed Tuesday with contracts 5 to 6 cents higher in the nearbys. Open interest showed net new buying, up 5,541 contracts. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was 6 1/4 cents higher at $9.99 1/2. Soymeal futures were down 30 cents to 60 cents higher, with Soy Oil futures 41 to 53 points higher. Brazil soybean...
Soybeans price action is up 7 to 10 cents so far on Wednesday morning. Futures closed Tuesday with contracts 5 to 6 cents higher in the nearbys. Open interest showed net new buying, up 5,541 contracts. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was 6 1/4 cents higher at $9.99 1/2. Soymeal futures were down 30 cents to 60 cents higher, with Soy Oil futures 41 to 53 points higher. Brazil soybean exports in January are estimated at 3.23 MMT, according to ANEC, down 0.56 MMT from last week’s estimate. That would still be up from the 1.07 MMT shipped in Jan 2025. Don’t Miss a Day: EU soybean imports have totaled 7.06 MMT from July 1 to January 23 according to the European Commission, down from the 8.15 MMT for the same period last year. Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.67 1/4, up 5 1/2 cents, currently up 10 cents Nearby Cash was $9.99 1/2, up 6 1/4 cents, May 26 Soybeans closed at $10.79 1/2, up 5 1/2 cents, currently up 9 3/4 cents Jul 26 Soybeans closed at $10.92 1/2, up 5 cents, currently up 9 cents More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.