Brown Advisory, an investment management company, released its “Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Strategy” fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Strategy lagged the Russell Midcap® Growth Index in the fourth quarter due to stock selection. The performance was in line with expectations for the full year. The firm believes […]
Brown Advisory, an investment management company, released its “Brown Advisory Mid-Cap Growth Strategy” fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Strategy lagged the Russell Midcap® Growth Index in the fourth quarter due to stock selection. The performance was in line with expectations for the full year. The firm believes […]
Goeasy Ltd. won concessions from its lenders to keep key funding lines open after a surge in loan losses at its troubled auto lending unit sent shares and bonds tumbling, deepening scrutiny of the Canadian subprime lender’s financing model. Bank and financing counterparties have agreed to waive certain financial covenants tied to its fourth-quarter results and amend terms on its main credit facili...
Goeasy Ltd. won concessions from its lenders to keep key funding lines open after a surge in loan losses at its troubled auto lending unit sent shares and bonds tumbling, deepening scrutiny of the Canadian subprime lender’s financing model. Bank and financing counterparties have agreed to waive certain financial covenants tied to its fourth-quarter results and amend terms on its main credit facilities, according to a statement Tuesday. The changes ensure continued access to funding after losses tied to its unit that provides autos and powersports equipment loans, LendCare Holdings , left the firm briefly out of compliance with leverage requirements. Earlier in March, Mississauga, Ontario-based Goeasy suspended its dividend, withdrew guidance and disclosed about C$331 million ($241 million) in net charge-offs for the fourth quarter, including roughly C$233 million linked to LendCare. So far this month, the stock has plunged more than 60% while its 6.875% note due 2030 has fallen 10 cents on the dollar to 79.25 cents, according to Trace data. The amended agreements leave Goeasy’s revolving credit and securitization facilities in place, but on tighter terms. Interest spreads on both lines were increased by 100 basis points, and eligibility criteria were revised to exclude loans originated by LendCare, the epicenter of the company’s recent losses. Lenders also reduced the size of the company’s consumer securitization warehouse facility to C$1.12 billion from C$1.4 billion, while maintaining its C$550 million revolving credit facility, but limiting borrowing availability without additional consent. The changes effectively reset Goeasy’s lender framework after a period marked by deteriorating credit performance. Within LendCare, weaker recoveries on delinquent accounts forced the company to write off loans after extended efforts to restructure debt, repossess vehicles and sell collateral through auctions. Industry-wide bottlenecks — including capacity constraints at repos...
peeterv/iStock via Getty Images Super Micro Computer ( SMCI ) is a stock I've covered quite a few times. The stock is down hard yet again, as if it just can't catch a break. I wanted to take another look, and while a federal case is not welcome for investors, it ultimately just comes back to the numbers for me. Summary of Previous Thesis When I wrote about SMCI last November , its main problem was...
peeterv/iStock via Getty Images Super Micro Computer ( SMCI ) is a stock I've covered quite a few times. The stock is down hard yet again, as if it just can't catch a break. I wanted to take another look, and while a federal case is not welcome for investors, it ultimately just comes back to the numbers for me. Summary of Previous Thesis When I wrote about SMCI last November , its main problem was its gross margins. Not only that, operating cash flows turned negative as they hurried to accumulate inventory to meet demand, forcing them to raise capital as well. Puzzled by the "strong demand" but worsening margins, I observed: I think it begs the question of why strong demand does not give them more ability to price higher, and maybe it's because they are too low on the rung of AI to do that. Indeed, they were not as dominantly positioned as, say, Nvidia ( NVDA ) with its GPUs or Palantir ( PLTR ) with its AI-driven data analytics. All they really do is mass-produce hardware that supports these things, but clearly it's a very capital-intensive business. I worried that it might be too much so. Suspecting that it could take a long time for margins to improve or for free cash flow to appear, I rated them a Hold. Arrest of Co-Founder SMCI crashed again late last week. This followed an announcement that three individuals, which included an SMCI co-founder, Yih-Shyan Liaw, and an employee, were arrested on charges of smuggling Nvidia chips into China. It should be noted that Super Micro itself was not named or accused in these charges, only the individuals. The company announced it is cooperating with authorities in the investigation. Liaw's resignation also soon followed. SMCI 1M Price History (Seeking Alpha) After trading fairly flat for the past month, mostly around $30 per share, the stock is now down 35% for the past month. This may seem like a sharp reaction to one news story, but the market likely does not view this in isolation. In 2024, SMCI crashed after their ind...
Nasa reports show repeated warnings of close calls before crash that killed two pilots and injured 41 others Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Pilot safety concerns about New York’s LaGuardia airport were filed to aviation officials months before Sunday’s collision between an airplane and a firetruck left two pilots dead and 41 other people hospitalized....
Nasa reports show repeated warnings of close calls before crash that killed two pilots and injured 41 others Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Pilot safety concerns about New York’s LaGuardia airport were filed to aviation officials months before Sunday’s collision between an airplane and a firetruck left two pilots dead and 41 other people hospitalized. According to the aviation safety reporting system administered by the US space agency Nasa, a pilot using the airport in the summer wrote, “Please do something,” after air traffic controllers failed to provide appropriate guidance about multiple nearby aircraft. Continue reading...
Vonage , part of Ericsson ( NASDAQ: ERIC ) on Tuesday said it launched a native integration of its Vonage Contact Center (VCC) with ServiceNow Voice, embedding real-time voice and AI capabilities into ServiceNow Customer Service Management and IT Service Management workflows. The integration allows live calls to trigger incident updates, automate workflows, and feed structured voice data directly ...
Vonage , part of Ericsson ( NASDAQ: ERIC ) on Tuesday said it launched a native integration of its Vonage Contact Center (VCC) with ServiceNow Voice, embedding real-time voice and AI capabilities into ServiceNow Customer Service Management and IT Service Management workflows. The integration allows live calls to trigger incident updates, automate workflows, and feed structured voice data directly into ServiceNow records, enhancing generative AI tools and improving agent productivity. Vonage said the solution aims to streamline case progression, reduce manual effort, and provide a unified experience for enterprise customer service and IT support teams. ERIC -1.06% premarket to $11.2. Source: Press Release More on Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, ServiceNow ServiceNow: Enterprise Stickiness Will Not Be Threatened After AI Integration Software Has Crashed, Now Is The Time To Buy ServiceNow (Upgrade) ServiceNow Casts The AI Doomsday Narrative Out Of The Window (Rating Upgrade) Enterprise software joins Monday's rally, with Palantir and AppLovin leading Notable analyst calls this week: ServiceNow, Qualcomm and Eli Lilly among top picks
(RTTNews) - Polyrizon Ltd. (PLRZ), an Israeli pre-clinical stage biotechnology company, on Tuesday, signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to acquire up to a 20% stake in a developer of eVTOL, Colugo Systems Ltd., from two shareholders.
(RTTNews) - Polyrizon Ltd. (PLRZ), an Israeli pre-clinical stage biotechnology company, on Tuesday, signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to acquire up to a 20% stake in a developer of eVTOL, Colugo Systems Ltd., from two shareholders.