America's population is getting older. According to Census data, as of 2030, 1 in every 5 Americans will be of retirement age. Most of the baby boomers will soon be retired, to be joined by a growing cohort of age 60-plus Gen Xers. As aging Americans leave the workforce, what does that mean for bond investors, interest rates, and the price of money? Will a larger population of older, retired peopl...
America's population is getting older. According to Census data, as of 2030, 1 in every 5 Americans will be of retirement age. Most of the baby boomers will soon be retired, to be joined by a growing cohort of age 60-plus Gen Xers. As aging Americans leave the workforce, what does that mean for bond investors, interest rates, and the price of money? Will a larger population of older, retired people lead to lower inflation (and lower bond yields) or higher inflation (and higher bond yields)? No one knows for sure, but recent research offers some intriguing clues. Let's look at the latest research on what happens to interest rates as populations get older -- and how you might want to invest your money today. Bull case: Older population buys more bonds First, here's the optimistic "bull case" for bonds. Research from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2025 Economic Outlook says that aging populations might be good news for bond investors. As people get older, they tend to save more money and reduce their risk appetite. They spend less money and buy fewer stocks in their retirement portfolios. As America's population gets older, this could bring lower demand for loans and higher demand for bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs). That would drive down interest rates, would reduce inflation, and would be good news for investors who own bonds -- because bond prices go up as interest rates go down. A report from 2020 by the Society of Actuaries supports this theory that aging populations will lead to lower yields on bonds. It predicts that in the next 45 to 50 years, U.S. 10-year Treasury bond yields will be 0.4% lower, and 20-year Treasury yields will be 0.3% lower because of America's aging population. That might be too optimistic. So far in 2026, investors are already acting worried about U.S. government borrowing, the Iran war, and other inflation risks. Yields for 10-year and 20-year Treasuries have recently reached levels close to their 10-year highs: Bear case: Older p...
Prosus NV has asked the European Union to drop a requirement that it sell shares in Delivery Hero SE , part of antitrust approval for its acquisition of another delivery platform, people familiar with the matter said. Prosus, which holds about 17% in Delivery Hero, doesn’t want to be forced to sell its stake as Uber Technologies Inc. negotiates a takeover with the German startup, the people said, ...
Prosus NV has asked the European Union to drop a requirement that it sell shares in Delivery Hero SE , part of antitrust approval for its acquisition of another delivery platform, people familiar with the matter said. Prosus, which holds about 17% in Delivery Hero, doesn’t want to be forced to sell its stake as Uber Technologies Inc. negotiates a takeover with the German startup, the people said, asking not to be identified because the discussions are private. A representative for the European Commission didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment outside of regular business hours. A spokesperson for Prosus declined to comment. Delivery Hero on Saturday said that Uber had made an offer of €33 per share, a bid with essentially no premium to the German company’s most recent share price. Delivery Hero’s shares have been gaining this year, and closed at €32.97 on Thursday, the day before Bloomberg News reported Uber’s interest. Read More: Uber Proposes Delivery Hero Takeover at €10 Billion Valuation Last August, Prosus agreed to sell down its stake in Delivery Hero to a “very low percentage” within 12 months to allay European Commission concerns after it announced a takeover of Just Eat Takeaway.com NV . Prosus also agreed not to exercise voting rights associated with its remaining shares or put forward board representatives. Chief Executive Officer Fabricio Bloisi has publicly criticized the requirement, calling it “ a big mistake ” that will harm future investment in Europe. Prosus has so far sold 5% to activist shareholder Aspex Management and another 4.5% to Uber. Read More: Prosus’ €4.1 Billion Just Eat Deal Wins Conditional EU Nod Delivery Hero is now controlled by a handful of large investors in addition to Prosus. Uber disclosed a nearly 20% stake with options to buy another 5.6% in Delivery Hero last week. Aspex owns more than 14%. Delivery Hero’s stock surged as much as 13% on Monday to €37.85, the highest intraday price since 2024, as investors bet on...
West Ham manager Nuno Espirito Santo is meeting senior management on Monday to assess the impact of relegation to the Championship amid a belief he is likely to leave the club. Nuno refused to say whether he would remain at London Stadium in the aftermath of failing to prevent the club dropping out of the Premier League for the first time since 2011. The former Wolves, Tottenham and Nottingham For...
West Ham manager Nuno Espirito Santo is meeting senior management on Monday to assess the impact of relegation to the Championship amid a belief he is likely to leave the club. Nuno refused to say whether he would remain at London Stadium in the aftermath of failing to prevent the club dropping out of the Premier League for the first time since 2011. The former Wolves, Tottenham and Nottingham Forest manager signed a three-year deal with the Hammers in September. Despite improved form toward the end of the season, including a final day 3-0 victory over Leeds, West Ham paid the price for a poor start, followed by a run of 10 games without a win from the beginning of November to the middle of January. Chairman David Sullivan and vice-chairman Daniel Kretinsky are likely to be the key voices in the meeting. West Ham sources have indicated relegation will cost the club around £200m in lost income at a time when finances are already stretched. The Hammers made a £104m loss in their most recent accounts to 31 May 2025 and are predicted to lose another large sum this season. Sales appear inevitable, with midfielder Mateus Fernandes on Manchester United's list of central midfielders they are interested in. Skipper Jarrod Bowen is also coveted by a number of Premier League clubs, although he didn't want to talk about that when interviewed by Match of the Day after the Leeds game. "It's still very, very raw," the forward said. "Talking about futures is disrespectful to the club, the fans, everything like that. This club deserves to be in the Premier League. Our aim now is to get this club back into the Premier League."
The stage was set for a grand finale: five games to settle season-long battles at either end of the Serie A table. Top spot was decided – Inter claimed their 21st Scudetto at the start of this month – but there were four teams contesting two Champions League berths, while Lecce and Cremonese fought to escape relegation. All of them would play simultaneously. Or at least, that was the plan. Among t...
The stage was set for a grand finale: five games to settle season-long battles at either end of the Serie A table. Top spot was decided – Inter claimed their 21st Scudetto at the start of this month – but there were four teams contesting two Champions League berths, while Lecce and Cremonese fought to escape relegation. All of them would play simultaneously. Or at least, that was the plan. Among these five games was a derby between Torino and Juventus. As kick-off approached, supporters clashed close to the stadium. One, a 36-year-old Juve fan named Marco Leonardo Basoccu, was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery after suffering a head wound. A rumour spread that he had been struck by a tear gas canister. Basoccu’s father told the newspaper La Stampa that he, too, had heard this version of events. Others offered a different account. The news agency Ansa reported Basoccu’s injury was “caused by a blunt object, likely a glass bottle”. Either way Juventus-supporting Ultras entered the away section of Torino’s Stadio Olimpico demanding the game be abandoned. Players, led by the captain Manuel Locatelli, were called over to listen. Kick-off was eventually suspended for an hour. The other four games began as scheduled. To do otherwise may have risked further public disorder, but now the fairness of the competition had been compromised. Remember that a rescheduling of the Rome derby, one week earlier, had led to a full-blown legal appeal. In the end, that part did not matter. Results elsewhere meant Juventus, who began the day in sixth, could no longer qualify for the Champions League. Kicking off late did not confer any advantage. Still, the spectacle of the final round had been tarnished before a ball was kicked. This has been a dismal year for Italian football, between the national team’s third consecutive failure to qualify for the World Cup and the underperformance of Serie A clubs in Europe. Now even the domestic campaign was ending on a grim note. View image in ...
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Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB) is one of the 10 Stocks With Stunning Double-Digit Gains. Astera Labs surged by 31.9 percent week-on-week, as investors snapped up its shares after earning upbeat ratings and price targets from market analysts. In the latest episode of Mad Money, host and former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer advised a caller to "hold" shares in Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB). Photo f...
Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB) is one of the 10 Stocks With Stunning Double-Digit Gains. Astera Labs surged by 31.9 percent week-on-week, as investors snapped up its shares after earning upbeat ratings and price targets from market analysts. In the latest episode of Mad Money, host and former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer advised a caller to "hold" shares in Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB). Photo from Astera Labs “We have nothing to worry about. You’re playing with the house’s money. You can never lose money. You can make a lot of money. I say you hold on,” Cramer said. “I say you stand pat with what’s left. That’s what we’re trying to do with the club. It’s so hard, but we take out our money, we win,” he noted. For its part, Evercore ISI issued an outperform rating for its stock, alongside a $297 price target. In other news, Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB) is set to participate in the 54th Annual Technology, Media & Telecom Conference by TD Cowen in New York on May 27, as well as the 2026 Evercore Global TMT Conference in San Francisco on June 3. Investors are expected to watch for its outlook and updates about its business. The company earlier this month unveiled a new memory-semantic fabric switch called the Scorpio X-Series 320 Lane, designed to improve token economics and support large-scale clusters with minimal latency. According to Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB), Scorpio’s software-defined architecture is designed to integrate seamlessly with leading merchant and custom silicon, enabling AI labs and hyperscalers to integrate and deploy new accelerator platforms for both training and inference. While we acknowledge the potential of ALAB as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 33 Stocks Th...
Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB) is one of the 10 Stocks With Stunning Double-Digit Gains. Astera Labs surged by 31.9 percent week-on-week, as investors snapped up its shares after earning upbeat ratings and price targets from market analysts. In the latest episode of Mad Money, host and former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer advised a caller to "hold" shares in Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB). Photo f...
Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB) is one of the 10 Stocks With Stunning Double-Digit Gains. Astera Labs surged by 31.9 percent week-on-week, as investors snapped up its shares after earning upbeat ratings and price targets from market analysts. In the latest episode of Mad Money, host and former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer advised a caller to "hold" shares in Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB). Photo from Astera Labs “We have nothing to worry about. You’re playing with the house’s money. You can never lose money. You can make a lot of money. I say you hold on,” Cramer said. “I say you stand pat with what’s left. That’s what we’re trying to do with the club. It’s so hard, but we take out our money, we win,” he noted. For its part, Evercore ISI issued an outperform rating for its stock, alongside a $297 price target. In other news, Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB) is set to participate in the 54th Annual Technology, Media & Telecom Conference by TD Cowen in New York on May 27, as well as the 2026 Evercore Global TMT Conference in San Francisco on June 3. Investors are expected to watch for its outlook and updates about its business. The company earlier this month unveiled a new memory-semantic fabric switch called the Scorpio X-Series 320 Lane, designed to improve token economics and support large-scale clusters with minimal latency. According to Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB), Scorpio’s software-defined architecture is designed to integrate seamlessly with leading merchant and custom silicon, enabling AI labs and hyperscalers to integrate and deploy new accelerator platforms for both training and inference. While we acknowledge the potential of ALAB as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 33 Stocks Th...
Investment Thesis The UK parliament passed a new law that would increase the legal age for buying tobacco by 1 year each year starting January 1, 2027. This means that anyone born on or after January 1, 2009 (roughly 17 years old today) will not be able to legally purchase tobacco in the country. This is interesting because two of the four largest tobacco companies globally are headquartered in th...
Investment Thesis The UK parliament passed a new law that would increase the legal age for buying tobacco by 1 year each year starting January 1, 2027. This means that anyone born on or after January 1, 2009 (roughly 17 years old today) will not be able to legally purchase tobacco in the country. This is interesting because two of the four largest tobacco companies globally are headquartered in the UK. Powerful lobbying efforts seem to have crashed on other national priorities, particularly the National Health Service "NHS" budget, which is funded by the government. According to a 2015 survey by the NHS, smoking-related hospitalizations and care cost taxpayers £2.6 billion ($3.5 billion) in England alone. But these periods of change sometimes open the best investment opportunities. Many governments across the world, including the US and the UK, favor replacing smoking with vapes and other nicotine alternatives that are not only sold by British American Tobacco ( BTI ) but also differentiate it from competition, particularly Imperial Brands ( IMBBY ), whose efforts to advance tobacco alternatives haven't been as successful. This article won't dive into comparisons, but for perspective, smokeless nicotine products constitute 18% of BTI's sales in 2025 ( p.45 ), while Imperial Brands was less successful in its pivot, with modern nicotine products representing about £368 million, or 1.1% of sales, in 2025 ( p.41 ). Note: BTI's fiscal year ends in December each year, while IMBBY's ends in September. Revenue Resilient Despite Secular Challenges For obvious reasons, tobacco companies benefit from customer loyalty, revenue predictability, and pricing power . A big part of the reported revenue variation is due to FX noise rather than a change in the underlying business. If anything, BTI's business is doing okay, with new nicotine products compensating for the decline in traditional tobacco smoking. For example, in 2025, BTI's adjusted revenue in constant currency grew by 2.1...
A damaged chemical tank in southern California cracked over the weekend, which authorities were hopeful would relieve pressure and reduce the risk of an explosion. Some 50,000 residents in Garden Grove, a city of roughly 170,000 about 40 miles (60km) south of downtown Los Angeles, have been evacuated and are waiting for a resolution. The tank overheated on Thursday and began venting vapors, leavin...
A damaged chemical tank in southern California cracked over the weekend, which authorities were hopeful would relieve pressure and reduce the risk of an explosion. Some 50,000 residents in Garden Grove, a city of roughly 170,000 about 40 miles (60km) south of downtown Los Angeles, have been evacuated and are waiting for a resolution. The tank overheated on Thursday and began venting vapors, leaving local and state officials scrambling to evade a worst possible scenario at the aerospace company site. No injuries have been yet reported. Fire officials planned to send in a team overnight to determine if the pressure has been relieved, which would reduce the worst-case scenario of an explosion, TJ McGovern, the Orange county fire authority interim chief, said in a video posted late on Sunday to the agency’s X account. Atmospheric modeling showed an active leak from the tank as of Sunday night, McGovern said. Firefighters have repeatedly sprayed the tank with water in an attempt to cool the chemical inside, methyl methacrylate, which is used to make plastic parts. The tank’s interior reached 100 degrees (37.7 Celsius) on Sunday, an increase of 10 degrees Fahrenheit (5.5 Celsius) since Saturday. Fire officials over the weekend discovered the tank had cracked, lowering the potential for a devastating blast. The tank at GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems, which makes parts for commercial and military aircraft, holds 6,000 to 7,000 gallons (22,700 to 26,500 liters) of methyl methacrylate used to make plastic parts. Monitoring tests found air pollution around the evacuation zone was within normal limits and specialized equipment is being used to ensure gas is not released, state and federal environmental officials said Saturday. The first goal of firefighters is to cool off the chemical inside the tank to prevent a leak or explosion. Drones were monitoring temperatures at 10-minute intervals to watch for any spikes. Containment barriers have been set up to prevent the chemica...
Retail investors on Reddit are calling Ford (NYSE: F) a winner. Wall Street analysts are calling it a hold. That kind of disconnect usually defines a meme stock, so it’s worth asking whether the venerable automaker now belongs in that category, or if retail investors simply recognized the value first. Ford by the Numbers The ... Is Ford a Meme Stock Now? Wall Street and Retail Can’t Agree
Retail investors on Reddit are calling Ford (NYSE: F) a winner. Wall Street analysts are calling it a hold. That kind of disconnect usually defines a meme stock, so it’s worth asking whether the venerable automaker now belongs in that category, or if retail investors simply recognized the value first. Ford by the Numbers The ... Is Ford a Meme Stock Now? Wall Street and Retail Can’t Agree
Retirement is the big dream for most people. The opportunity to leave the rat race means rest and relaxation after years of the 9-to-5 grind. Only dreams and reality don't always align the way we expect. Here are three retirement rules you'll want to know right away, so you can make the best retirement decisions for your specific situation. 1. You can work and still collect Social Security Leaving...
Retirement is the big dream for most people. The opportunity to leave the rat race means rest and relaxation after years of the 9-to-5 grind. Only dreams and reality don't always align the way we expect. Here are three retirement rules you'll want to know right away, so you can make the best retirement decisions for your specific situation. 1. You can work and still collect Social Security Leaving the workforce sounds great, but many people find it leaves them adrift. They no longer have a purpose or anything to do all day. And, equally important, a job often provides people with a sense of self-respect. Don't underestimate how hard it can be emotionally to abruptly stop working. Luckily, you don't have to stop working if you don't want to. You can simply stop working as much as you once did. If you start collecting Social Security prior to your full retirement age, you can earn up to $24,480 in 2026 without any impact on your Social Security check (the math is more complicate in the year you hit retirement age). Once you hit full retirement age, however, there is no limit to how much you can earn. If you are worried about feeling lost when you leave the workforce, knowing the rules around working and Social Security will be a big help. That can assist you in planning ahead, or if you are currently retired, you may decide that getting back into the workforce, even part-time, helps make your retirement more enjoyable. 2. Your health is likely to decline as you age If you are anywhere near retirement, you already know that getting old is tough on the body. The aging process doesn't stop when you retire. But the slowdown you experienced before retirement is worth keeping in mind. When you were young, you could have climbed mountains. The older you get, the more you probably prefer strolls through the woods with only a few gentle hills along the way. And the even older you may end up needing a walker to move around. There are two big takeaways here. First, if you have b...
Key Points Retirement is a big emotional change, and you may not actually enjoy leaving the workforce. Your health is likely to decline as you age, and you need to be prepared for that process. Spending is often higher early in retirement, lower in the middle, and higher again just at the end. The $23,760 Social Security bonus most retirees completely overlook › Retirement is the big dream for mos...
Key Points Retirement is a big emotional change, and you may not actually enjoy leaving the workforce. Your health is likely to decline as you age, and you need to be prepared for that process. Spending is often higher early in retirement, lower in the middle, and higher again just at the end. The $23,760 Social Security bonus most retirees completely overlook › Retirement is the big dream for most people. The opportunity to leave the rat race means rest and relaxation after years of the 9-to-5 grind. Only dreams and reality don't always align the way we expect. Here are three retirement rules you'll want to know right away, so you can make the best retirement decisions for your specific situation. 1. You can work and still collect Social Security Leaving the workforce sounds great, but many people find it leaves them adrift. They no longer have a purpose or anything to do all day. And, equally important, a job often provides people with a sense of self-respect. Don't underestimate how hard it can be emotionally to abruptly stop working. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Luckily, you don't have to stop working if you don't want to. You can simply stop working as much as you once did. If you start collecting Social Security prior to your full retirement age, you can earn up to $24,480 in 2026 without any impact on your Social Security check (the math is more complicate in the year you hit retirement age). Once you hit full retirement age, however, there is no limit to how much you can earn. If you are worried about feeling lost when you leave the workforce, knowing the rules around working and Social Security will be a big help. That can assist you in planning ahead, or if you are currently retired, you may decide that getting back into the workforce, even part-time, helps make your r...
In Rare Phone Call, Macron Warns Belarus' Lukashenko Against Directly Joining Ukraine War In their first direct contact since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron telephoned Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to warn him against increasing his country's engagement in the war, according to sources who spoke to AFP . "[Macron] highlighted the risks Belarus will fac...
In Rare Phone Call, Macron Warns Belarus' Lukashenko Against Directly Joining Ukraine War In their first direct contact since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron telephoned Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to warn him against increasing his country's engagement in the war, according to sources who spoke to AFP . "[Macron] highlighted the risks Belarus will face if dragged into the war in Ukraine. He also called on Lukashenko to take necessary measures to improve relations between Belarus and Europe," a source told AFP . Lukashenko let Russia use Belarus as a staging area for the 2022 invasion, and has continued to let Russia launch missile and drone strikes from Belarus over the more than three years of war. Belarus let Russia use its territory as a staging ground for the 2022 invasion of Ukraine Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia might be preparing to open a new front in the war, striking northern Ukraine and Kiev with heightened involvement of the Belarusian military. Zelensky's warning came after Belarus announced its participation in three days of massive nuclear drills with Russia. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the exercise involved 64,000 troops, over 200 missile launchers, more than 140 aircraft, 73 surface warships and 13 submarines , including eight armed with nuclear-tipped ICBMs. The drills focused on the “preparation and use of nuclear forces under the threat of aggression,” it said. Ukraine's Border Guard Service, however, said they haven't observed signs of Russian or Belarusian troops massing on the frontier -- yet. "If we talk about the line of our border, then, fortunately, as of this moment, we do not record any movement of equipment, weapons, or personnel in the immediate vicinity of our border or such accumulation," said a spokesman. He did claim that intelligence shows Putin has been increasing pressure on Lukashenko to join the war . Amid the mounting tension, Lukashenko l...