watch now VIDEO 4:45 04:45 A company's fundamentals is what matters most to its stock performance, says Jim Cramer Mad Money with Jim Cramer Agnico Eagle CEO Ammar Al-Joundi said Monday that the historic surge in gold is built on forces that are far from fading. In an interview on "Mad Money," Al-Joundi told Jim Cramer that while short-term price swings are impossible to predict, the structural dr...
watch now VIDEO 4:45 04:45 A company's fundamentals is what matters most to its stock performance, says Jim Cramer Mad Money with Jim Cramer Agnico Eagle CEO Ammar Al-Joundi said Monday that the historic surge in gold is built on forces that are far from fading. In an interview on "Mad Money," Al-Joundi told Jim Cramer that while short-term price swings are impossible to predict, the structural drivers behind gold's 80% rally over the past year – that has now pushed the metal above $5,000 per ounce for the first time ever – remain firmly intact. "Who knows where it's going to be next week or next month," Al-Joundi said. "The fundamentals that have pushed gold up are still there — government spending, now add to that the catalyst we had a couple years ago with Russia invading Ukraine and getting kicked out of the SWIFT [payments] system. And now a new catalyst, which is this ordered world we lived in seems to be becoming less ordered, and that obviously has an impact on ... the monetary markets, and gold is playing its role in that." Central banks in countries such as China are also rethinking their allocations to U.S. Treasurys and buying more gold, he noted. And with minimal supply growth each year and new mines taking at least a decade to build, Al-Joundi said he expects gold supply to remain tight. "You're not going to see gold flooding the market," Al-Joundi said. Perhaps surprisingly, Al-Joundi sees another tailwind coming from crypto. Bitcoin's popularity, Al-Joundi argued, has introduced a younger generation to the idea of owning a hedge against unstable fiat currencies. Now, some of those same investors are realizing they can buy gold for the same reasons they once bought bitcoin, which he called "a positive force for gold." Over the past 12 months, the price of bitcoin has fallen nearly 16%. It's up a little over 1% year to date. For Agnico Eagle, one of the world's largest gold companies, the gold rally has already delivered record financial results, and i...
Key Points Costco's steady growth continued in December, with adjusted comparable sales growth of 6.2%. The membership-based retailer's digitally enabled sales are growing faster than its brick-and-mortar sales. The stock's valuation essentially leaves no room for error. 10 stocks we like better than Costco Wholesale › Up more than 13% already in 2026 as of this writing, Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: ...
Key Points Costco's steady growth continued in December, with adjusted comparable sales growth of 6.2%. The membership-based retailer's digitally enabled sales are growing faster than its brick-and-mortar sales. The stock's valuation essentially leaves no room for error. 10 stocks we like better than Costco Wholesale › Up more than 13% already in 2026 as of this writing, Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) stock has been a big winner so far this year. Not only is this performance good in its own right, but it's far ahead of the S&P 500's 1.5% gain during this same period. Is the stock's recent strong performance a buy signal? Or have investors who didn't buy the stock's recent dip missed out? While there's no way to know what a stock will do in the near term, we can at least look at Costco's recent business performance and see whether shares look like a buy (or not) in the context of the stock's valuation today. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Continue » Unsurprisingly to any investors who have followed Costco for a long time, its recent business performance has been stellar. The bigger question, as you'll see, comes down to valuation. Steady growth In December, Costco announced fiscal first-quarter results that once again demonstrate the resilience of the membership-based wholesale retailer's business. Net sales in the period increased 8.2% year over year to $66 billion. And Costco's comparable sales, a metric that measures sales at stores open for at least a year, rose 6.4% year over year, when adjusted for changes in gasoline prices and foreign exchange. A key driver for the quarter was membership fee income, which rose 14% year over year. Though a significant portion of this increase in membership fee income was due to a membership fee price increase last year. Management said in Costco's fiscal first quarterearnings callthat if you were to exclude the impact of the membershi...
Wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) is a progressive eye disease in which abnormal, fragile blood vessels grow under the macula and leak fluid or blood, leading to irreversible central vision loss if not treated. In many patients, untreated wet AMD can progress to legal blindness within months to a few years. Wet AMD primarily affects older adults, with prevalence rising steeply with ag...
Wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) is a progressive eye disease in which abnormal, fragile blood vessels grow under the macula and leak fluid or blood, leading to irreversible central vision loss if not treated. In many patients, untreated wet AMD can progress to legal blindness within months to a few years. Wet AMD primarily affects older adults, with prevalence rising steeply with age. Recent analyses suggest that approximately 1–3% of individuals aged 75 years and older are affected, with hundreds of thousands of patients living with wet AMD in the US alone and substantial numbers of new diagnoses each year (1-3). As populations age, the overall burden of wet AMD is expected to increase further over the coming decades. The current standard of care for wet AMD is based on intravitreal anti-VEGF therapies. These often require 6–10 injections in the first year, followed by ongoing injections in subsequent years, resulting in a long-term treatment burden for patients. Beyond the risk of complications from frequent injections, this regimen places significant pressure on healthcare services and on patients with their caregivers who must attend regular, time-consuming clinic visits. Despite intensive treatment, an estimated 25–35% of patients with more aggressive disease have partial or inadequate responses and remain at risk of progressive, irreversible vision loss. Given these limitations, there is a strong unmet need for more durable, disease-modifying therapies. A broad R&D pipeline is investigating new molecular targets and innovative delivery technologies, including gene therapies designed to drive long-term intraocular expression of anti-VEGF or VEGF-targeting molecules. Gene therapies could thereby reduce or eliminate the need for repeated injections. Later-stage (pivotal Phase 3) AAV-based gene therapy candidates include 4D-150 (4D Molecular Therapeutics), ABBV-RGX-314 (sura-vec, Regenxbio/AbbVie) and ADVM-022 (ixo-vec, Adverum). These candidates ha...
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(RTTNews) - Enterprise Financial Services Corp. (EFSC) released a profit for its fourth quarter that Increases, from the same period last year in line with the Street estimates. The company's bottom line came in at $53.86 million, or $1.45 per share. This compares with $47.90 million, or $1.28 per share, last year. Excluding items, Enterprise Financial Services Corp. reported adjusted earnings of ...
(RTTNews) - Enterprise Financial Services Corp. (EFSC) released a profit for its fourth quarter that Increases, from the same period last year in line with the Street estimates. The company's bottom line came in at $53.86 million, or $1.45 per share. This compares with $47.90 million, or $1.28 per share, last year. Excluding items, Enterprise Financial Services Corp. reported adjusted earnings of $1.36 per share for the period. Analysts on average had expected the company to earn $1.36 per share. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items. The company's revenue for the period rose 15.9% to $193.58 million from $167.00 million last year. Enterprise Financial Services Corp. earnings at a glance (GAAP) : -Earnings: $53.86 Mln. vs. $47.90 Mln. last year. -EPS: $1.45 vs. $1.28 last year. -Revenue: $193.58 Mln vs. $167.00 Mln last year. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
It doesn't look like the company will end up in the arms of an acquirer soon, after all. Monday was generally a good day for the stock market; nevertheless, some titles landed in negative territory. One that plunged well into the red was clinical-stage biotech Revolution Medicines (RVMD 16.88%), which took a nearly 17% hit to its share price after a media report published over the weekend. Buyout ...
It doesn't look like the company will end up in the arms of an acquirer soon, after all. Monday was generally a good day for the stock market; nevertheless, some titles landed in negative territory. One that plunged well into the red was clinical-stage biotech Revolution Medicines (RVMD 16.88%), which took a nearly 17% hit to its share price after a media report published over the weekend. Buyout blues On Sunday, The Wall Street Journal wrote that Merck was no longer in discussions with Revolution regarding an acquisition. Investors were understandably crushed by this apparent news, as hot speculation had it that the two companies were discussing a deal worth tens of billions of dollars. Citing unidentified "people familiar with the matter," the Journal said that the talks stalled after Revolution and Merck failed to agree on the price of a buyout. The financial newspaper's sources added that this isn't necessarily the end of Merck's pursuit, as the discussions between the two companies could resume. Merck is not the only enterprise reported to be interested in acquiring Revolution; earlier this month, the Journal wrote that AbbVie and other pharmaceutical companies were also in the hunt. AbbVie subsequently denied it was pursuing Revolution. Expand NASDAQ : RVMD Revolution Medicines Today's Change ( -16.88 %) $ -19.85 Current Price $ 97.78 Key Data Points Market Cap $23B Day's Range $ 92.50 - $ 99.51 52wk Range $ 29.17 - $ 124.49 Volume 10M Avg Vol 3.3M A prized and pricey asset I'd bet my bottom dollar that the speculation about multiple potential suitors is true. Revolution's specialty is the development of oncology drugs, which remains a very hot, high-interest segment of the pharmaceutical industry. What's more, the company's leading drug candidate, daraxonrasib, is currently in Phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of pancreatic and non-small cell lung cancer. So even if Merck goes away completely, I think Revolution will sell for a handsome premium if it ...
Trump Threatens To Raise Tariffs On South Korean Goods To 25%; Won Slides Here we go again. President Trump threatened to hike tariffs on goods from South Korea to 25% from 15%, citing in a Truth Social post what he said was the failure of the country’s legislature to codify the trade deal the two nations reached last year, a failure which was obvious from miles away as the terms of the trade deal...
Trump Threatens To Raise Tariffs On South Korean Goods To 25%; Won Slides Here we go again. President Trump threatened to hike tariffs on goods from South Korea to 25% from 15%, citing in a Truth Social post what he said was the failure of the country’s legislature to codify the trade deal the two nations reached last year, a failure which was obvious from miles away as the terms of the trade deal require Korea to invest hundreds of billions - which it doesn't have - in the US. The new rate would apply to autos, lumber, pharmaceutical products and “all other Reciprocal TARIFFS," he wrote in a social media post. It probably would not apply to memory chips which are already the most expensive thing on plant earth, at least until the RAM producing cartel starts to, well, producing RAM again. If implemented, the move could have wide-ranging effects on major South Korean companies that export to the US, such as Hyundai Motor, which sent 1.1 million vehicles to America in 2024. As Bloomberg notes, Trump’s announcement marks his latest move to ratchet up trade tensions with allies. In recent weeks, he has threatened to raise duties on Canadian products to 100% if Ottawa signed a trade deal with China (it then promptly said it would not) and to slap new charges on European countries’ goods over his quest to seize control of Greenland. The USDKRW gapped up 0.7% to 1452 on the news, amid thin liquidity before the local market open. Tyler Durden Mon, 01/26/2026 - 19:16