On March 31, 2026, NVIDIA Corporation and Marvell Technology announced that NVIDIA would invest US$2.00 billion via convertible preferred stock and enter a broad partnership linking Marvell’s custom XPUs, networking and optical solutions into NVIDIA’s NVLink Fusion AI infrastructure and AI‑RAN ecosystem. Just days later, Marvell added nearly US$1.00 billion of new 5.300% senior unsecured notes due...
On March 31, 2026, NVIDIA Corporation and Marvell Technology announced that NVIDIA would invest US$2.00 billion via convertible preferred stock and enter a broad partnership linking Marvell’s custom XPUs, networking and optical solutions into NVIDIA’s NVLink Fusion AI infrastructure and AI‑RAN ecosystem. Just days later, Marvell added nearly US$1.00 billion of new 5.300% senior unsecured notes due 2036, underscoring how the NVIDIA partnership is being paired with substantial balance sheet...
imaginima/iStock via Getty Images It's that time in the evolution of mankind again where the governmental leaders are flaunting their guns and ships and trying to gamble their way to more and more market share on the global stage. For normal people, like you and I, we don't want to be involved, and we also want to maintain somewhat of a decent quality of life. Given you're reading this, you probab...
imaginima/iStock via Getty Images It's that time in the evolution of mankind again where the governmental leaders are flaunting their guns and ships and trying to gamble their way to more and more market share on the global stage. For normal people, like you and I, we don't want to be involved, and we also want to maintain somewhat of a decent quality of life. Given you're reading this, you probably also have a portfolio. So, it only makes sense to begin thinking laterally. That doesn't mean being fearful, but it does mean being shrewd. It's time to risk-adjust, and the main company in focus on the world stage is in Taiwan. You guessed it: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, aka TSMC ( TSM ). Since my last analysis , the stock is up by 23% in price. I don't really think Taiwan is going to be invaded or blockaded by China, but then again, I also haven't expected many things to happen in my life, and they still have. The purpose of this analysis isn't to impress you. I'm a portfolio trigger-puller, and so my research explains my thoughts, risk process, and methodology for stock selection and sizing. I want to make cash and live well. Therefore, the purpose of this analysis is to help you make simple but powerful portfolio moves that will protect you when other "geniuses" are getting burned. Keep it simple. If you can fry an egg, you can beat the Nasdaq-100 ( QQQ ). You're Looking at Iran, While I'm Looking at Taiwan Firstly, I want to look into some of the positives, because analyzing tail risk as a full analysis is a bit like being paranoid... I don't want to live in fear like that. I prefer to analyze the heavy probabilities and then spend a small amount of time on the "worst case," but have the countermeasures in place to quickly win in the case of any number of tail risks emerging. Plausibly, we could see Arizona, Japan, and Germany scale TSMC fabs fast and furiously if Taiwan appeared to come under hard pressure. In fact, one has to wonder: if it ...
Joe Hendrickson/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The last time I wrote an article about The Charles Schwab Corporation ( SCHW ) was back in October of last year. In that article, I pointed out that the company had achieved great performance leading up to that point. Despite intense competition and disruption in the financial technology space, not to mention certain other challenges that the busin...
Joe Hendrickson/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The last time I wrote an article about The Charles Schwab Corporation ( SCHW ) was back in October of last year. In that article, I pointed out that the company had achieved great performance leading up to that point. Despite intense competition and disruption in the financial technology space, not to mention certain other challenges that the business was facing, such as those with declining bank deposits and the rise of higher-cost money market funds, the firm was still experiencing growing revenue and profits thanks to asset expansion and a rise in client balances. At the end of the day, however, I argued that the firm justified more of a "N eutral" rating than it did a bullish one because of the aforementioned issues. And sure enough, the company has performed similarly to what I would have anticipated during that time. You see, whenever I rate a company a "Hold," I am making the claim that the stock should perform similarly to the broader market for the foreseeable future. Shares have outperformed slightly, rising 1% while the S&P 500 was down 0.6%. But honestly, even a single day can make up that spread, so I wouldn't call it material. We have seen performance that has been similar to the market over a longer period. Since I originally downgraded the stock to a "Hold" in January 2024, shares have jumped 44.1%. Although impressive, that's barely higher than the 39.9% increase that the market enjoyed. Looking at the data today, I see a picture that is very similar to what it was back then. And when you consider how the stock is priced compared to how it has been in the past, I would say that it's not trading at some big discount to justify a bullish outlook. Until something changes, then, I will maintain my "Hold" rating on it. Not ready for an upgrade yet Despite challenges in the financial technology space that have created doubt about the ability for incumbent financial technology companies to thrive in this mo...
Billionaire Bill Ackman has long described himself as a student of Warren Buffett, and has envisioned fashioning his hedge fund -- Pershing Square -- as a "modern-day Berkshire Hathaway ." That dream was one step closer to reality today when Pershing Square made a bid to buy Universal Music Group (OTC: UMGNF) in a deal valued at $64.3 billion. The company has not yet officially responded to the of...
Billionaire Bill Ackman has long described himself as a student of Warren Buffett, and has envisioned fashioning his hedge fund -- Pershing Square -- as a "modern-day Berkshire Hathaway ." That dream was one step closer to reality today when Pershing Square made a bid to buy Universal Music Group (OTC: UMGNF) in a deal valued at $64.3 billion. The company has not yet officially responded to the offer. Image source: Getty Images. Pershing already owns a 4.7% stake in Universal, the music giant whose artists include Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Coldplay, and Billie Eilish. Its roster also includes Bob Dylan, Elton John, and the Beatles. Universal has about 30% market share and is one of the "Big Three" record labels, along with Warner Music Group and Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Group . Continue reading
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed up +0.08%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.18%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.04%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +0.08%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed up +0.08%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.18%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.04%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +0.08%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
Apple earned the lowest grades in a report on laptop and smartphone repairability released today by the consumer advocacy group Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund. The report, which looks at how easy devices are to disassemble and how easy it is to find repairability information, gave Apple a C-minus in laptop repairability and a D-minus in cell phone repairability. For its “Fail...
Apple earned the lowest grades in a report on laptop and smartphone repairability released today by the consumer advocacy group Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund. The report, which looks at how easy devices are to disassemble and how easy it is to find repairability information, gave Apple a C-minus in laptop repairability and a D-minus in cell phone repairability. For its “Failing the Fix (2026): Grading laptop and cell phone companies on the fixability of their products" report, PIRG analyzed the 10 newest laptops and phones that were available via manufacturers’ French website in January. PIRG uses devices available in France because much of its criteria stems from the French repairability index, a grading system for device repairability that must be displayed on products sold in France. The group, along with other right-to-repair advocates, believes vendors should apply the French requirements to devices sold in other geographies as well. To calculate laptop vendors' grades, PIRG used the French index but gave more “weight to the physical ease of disassembling the product” because it believes that “is what consumers generally expect a ‘repair score’ to refer to.” The other French repairability index categories are: Read full article Comments
Alliance Entertainment (NASDAQ:AENT) used a shareholder webinar to highlight its distribution scale, recent margin gains, and growth initiatives tied to exclusive studio relationships, owned brands, and product authentication technology. Business overview and revenue mix Executive Chairman Bruce Og
Alliance Entertainment (NASDAQ:AENT) used a shareholder webinar to highlight its distribution scale, recent margin gains, and growth initiatives tied to exclusive studio relationships, owned brands, and product authentication technology. Business overview and revenue mix Executive Chairman Bruce Og
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks to the media outside the U.S. Capitol after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 3, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters The reticence expressed by Democrats to removing President Donald Trump from office — even after he ousted Ve...
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks to the media outside the U.S. Capitol after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 3, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters The reticence expressed by Democrats to removing President Donald Trump from office — even after he ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and attacked Iran without seeking congressional approval — quickly fell away after his latest threat to Iran. A Tuesday morning Truth Social post on the war, which threatened "a whole civilization will die tonight" and raised the specter of nuclear war, began a chorus of calls either for Trump's impeachment or for his removal via the invocation of the 25th Amendment. "This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President's mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y., posted to X on Tuesday. "To every individual in the President's chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat." Read more CNBC politics coverage Trump praises Hungary PM Viktor Orbán after Vance calls him at Budapest rally Bill Gates interview about Jeffrey Epstein by House Oversight set for June 10 House Democrats call on federal regulator to crack down on offshore prediction market war bets Trump's ultimatum came ahead of his Tuesday night deadline for Iran to make a deal with the U.S. and reopen the Strait of Hormuz , the key shipping channel for the world's oil out of the Persian Gulf. The chance of Trump being removed from office is low and his Cabinet members routinely publicly praise him. But dozens of congressional Democrats — and a few Republicans — condemned Trump on Tuesday. Some, like Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., called on him to be impeached. "When will it be enough for my Republican colleagues to grow spines and remove him from office?" Omar po...