FeelPic/iStock via Getty Images Listen here or on the go via Apple Podcasts and Spotify For small cap investors, it's taken a lot of Courage and Conviction to see through recent drawdowns (0:35) BuzzFeed update (10:40) Arq update (19:15) Why Cineverse is Courage and Conviction Investing 's favorite stock right now (22:00) Leslie's an example of pure alpha (31:50) Position sizing (41:00) Transcript...
FeelPic/iStock via Getty Images Listen here or on the go via Apple Podcasts and Spotify For small cap investors, it's taken a lot of Courage and Conviction to see through recent drawdowns (0:35) BuzzFeed update (10:40) Arq update (19:15) Why Cineverse is Courage and Conviction Investing 's favorite stock right now (22:00) Leslie's an example of pure alpha (31:50) Position sizing (41:00) Transcript Rena Sherbill: Courage and Conviction Investing , our favorite person to talk small caps and the market with, welcome back to the show. Courage and Conviction Investing: Hey Rena, it's great to be back. It's been a while. I think it was last September , and thanks for reaching out. I'm thrilled to be back. Rena Sherbill: It's great to have you back. And like last time, we have had fervent fan requests for you to come back. Some of them have made some very nice returns on some of the stocks that you have highlighted in the past. We just had David Keller on who said he knew you on yesterday's episode, and he was talking about how small caps have done extraordinarily well this year. Where do you think is a good place to start us off from last episode when you were sharing some of the ways of withstanding some of the drawdowns in the small cap world? A different story today, I think. But where is a good place to start? Courage and Conviction Investing: When we talked last time, I simply said that if you were downstream of the 550 billion capex cycle for the hyperscalers, that was the easiest place to be. And that there had already been a big leg up, and that that's not at all what I do. But it turned out that if you simply took that advice and just at the highest level and said, okay, the hyperscalers are spending 550 billion, that's accelerating, they're using all their free cash flow, plus they're taking on debt and the tens of billions, because there's this arms race as to who's gonna get there faster, who's gonna have the leg up. That would have worked exceptionally well i...
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after the Nasdaq rebounded, up 1.8%, as Trump's Iran peace deal announcement released the rate pressure that weighed on the sector all week.
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after the Nasdaq rebounded, up 1.8%, as Trump's Iran peace deal announcement released the rate pressure that weighed on the sector all week.
General Electric (NYSE:GE) appointed Judson Althoff, Microsoft’s Chief Commercial Officer, to its Board of Directors. GE Aerospace participated in the critical design review for the STARLAUNCH 1 sub orbital space vehicle. Both developments relate to GE’s focus on digital capabilities and expanded roles in space related aerospace programs. For investors watching NYSE:GE, these moves touch two impor...
General Electric (NYSE:GE) appointed Judson Althoff, Microsoft’s Chief Commercial Officer, to its Board of Directors. GE Aerospace participated in the critical design review for the STARLAUNCH 1 sub orbital space vehicle. Both developments relate to GE’s focus on digital capabilities and expanded roles in space related aerospace programs. For investors watching NYSE:GE, these moves touch two important themes: digital transformation and aerospace expansion. The addition of a senior Microsoft...
Amazon.com (NasdaqGS:AMZN) has opened its less than truckload, or LTL, freight shipping service to all US businesses. The expansion extends Amazon’s logistics offering beyond its retail and marketplace ecosystem to a broader customer base. This move introduces a new competitor for established US freight and logistics companies. For investors, this development highlights how Amazon.com, Inc. is usi...
Amazon.com (NasdaqGS:AMZN) has opened its less than truckload, or LTL, freight shipping service to all US businesses. The expansion extends Amazon’s logistics offering beyond its retail and marketplace ecosystem to a broader customer base. This move introduces a new competitor for established US freight and logistics companies. For investors, this development highlights how Amazon.com, Inc. is using its logistics network for more than its own retail and third party seller operations. LTL...
Walmart (NasdaqGS:WMT) and Alphabet's Wing are expanding their drone delivery partnership to seven new U.S. metro areas. New coverage includes Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Salt Lake City. The companies plan to serve customers from over 270 Walmart stores by next year, with a potential reach of more than 40 million Americans. The partnershi...
Walmart (NasdaqGS:WMT) and Alphabet's Wing are expanding their drone delivery partnership to seven new U.S. metro areas. New coverage includes Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Salt Lake City. The companies plan to serve customers from over 270 Walmart stores by next year, with a potential reach of more than 40 million Americans. The partnership has already completed over one million commercial deliveries, making drone delivery a regular...
Explore the exciting world of Kinsale Capital (NYSE: KNSL) with our contributing expert analysts in this Motley Fool Scoreboard episode. Check out the video below to gain valuable insights into market trends and potential investment opportunities!*Stock prices used were the price
Explore the exciting world of Kinsale Capital (NYSE: KNSL) with our contributing expert analysts in this Motley Fool Scoreboard episode. Check out the video below to gain valuable insights into market trends and potential investment opportunities!*Stock prices used were the price
(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market has tracked to the upside in two of three sessions since the end of the three-day losing streak in which it had plunged more than 4,300 points or 6.5 percent. The Nikkei 225 sits just beneath the 64,220-point plateau and it's tipped to open i
(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market has tracked to the upside in two of three sessions since the end of the three-day losing streak in which it had plunged more than 4,300 points or 6.5 percent. The Nikkei 225 sits just beneath the 64,220-point plateau and it's tipped to open i
If curbing a spiralling multibillion-dollar transport fare subsidy bill was as simple as an Octopus card system reset, the revamp to make the concessionary scheme for senior and disabled passengers more affordable for public coffers would have been much less bumpy. Without restoring the age eligibility threshold of 65 to check the growing pool of beneficiaries – currently at 2.7 million people – t...
If curbing a spiralling multibillion-dollar transport fare subsidy bill was as simple as an Octopus card system reset, the revamp to make the concessionary scheme for senior and disabled passengers more affordable for public coffers would have been much less bumpy. Without restoring the age eligibility threshold of 65 to check the growing pool of beneficiaries – currently at 2.7 million people – the Hong Kong authorities sought to rein in spending first by footing less for longer and costlier...
Torsten Asmus/iStock via Getty Images Market Update and Portfolio Review Markets experienced higher volatility in the first quarter of 2026, driven by geopolitical conflict, persistent inflation fears and increased policy uncertainty. After three years of outperformance, large-cap growth stocks declined and categories that trailed in recent years gained, including small-cap, value and real estate....
Torsten Asmus/iStock via Getty Images Market Update and Portfolio Review Markets experienced higher volatility in the first quarter of 2026, driven by geopolitical conflict, persistent inflation fears and increased policy uncertainty. After three years of outperformance, large-cap growth stocks declined and categories that trailed in recent years gained, including small-cap, value and real estate. The nominal 10-year U.S. Treasury bond yield finished Q1 slightly higher. Several crosscurrents influenced bond yields, including softer labor-market data, higher near-term inflation expectations, a shift in monetary policy expectations and medium-term fiscal challenges. Total Return of Strategic Asset Classes - Period Ending March 31, 2026 You cannot invest directly in an index. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. U.S. Equities - Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, Non-U.S. Equities - MSCI All Country World ex USA Index (Net Mass), U.S. Short-Term Inflation- Protected Bond - Bloomberg U.S. TIPS 0-5 Years Index, U.S. Long-Term Inflation- Protected Bond - Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation Notes: 5+ Years Index, U.S. Investment- Grade Bond - Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, Long-Term U.S. Treasury Bond - Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index, International Bond - Bloomberg Global Agg Treasury ex USD, ex EM, RIC Capped, Float Adjusted USD H Index, Short-Term Debt - Bloomberg U.S. 3-6 Month Treasury Bill Index, Commodities - Bloomberg Commodity 3 Month Forward Index ( TR ) Click to enlarge Fidelity's target-date strategies produced a mix of negative and positive returns in Q1, reflecting drawdowns for both equities and fixed-income securities. Performance for the strategies as of March 31, 2026, is displayed below (net of fees)*. Quarterly Performance for Representative Funds- Period Ending March 31, 2026 See the Performance Summary table in this review for performance reporting on all vintages. Funds shown in this chart are representative samples of wher...
Raising Girls Who Won't Be Bullied Off The Starting Line Authored by Patti Garibay via RealClearPolitics , The parents of California high school track athlete Reese Hogan did something no parent should have to do. They went to the press to ask why Gov. Gavin Newsom is fine letting a biological boy compete against their daughter for a girls' title . Reese put in the hard work required for a girl to...
Raising Girls Who Won't Be Bullied Off The Starting Line Authored by Patti Garibay via RealClearPolitics , The parents of California high school track athlete Reese Hogan did something no parent should have to do. They went to the press to ask why Gov. Gavin Newsom is fine letting a biological boy compete against their daughter for a girls' title . Reese put in the hard work required for a girl to take home the title. Reese is the one who deserves the trophy. But in 2026, asking for a fair race makes you the troublemaker. A few hundred miles up the coast, Nicki Minaj said she's done biting her tongue . Her California home keeps getting "swatted," and Newsom's office hasn't lifted a finger. She accuses Jay-Z and Roc Nation of trying to destroy her career. To be clear, Minaj has made choices and taken positions many conservative Christians wouldn't endorse. But that's precisely what makes this so revealing. Even someone who once fit in so comfortably within an elite cultural crowd can be cast out the moment she refuses total ideological conformity. She has become a whistleblower of what many women already knew: The woke crowd celebrates women only as long as they stay compliant. The second you deviate from the approved script, you're on your own. Let's think about that for a minute. A rap star with millions of fans feels she's run out of room in today's celebrity culture. If she can't speak her mind, what hope does a stay-at-home mom in Cincinnati have when she shows up to a school board meeting? These examples illustrate that feminism is no longer about women. It's about sticking to a script. Question the script - about your body, your faith, your daughter's locker room, your right to stay home and raise babies - and the same crowd that once chanted about your "liberation" will call you a danger to society. Our girls grow up watching this unfold, learning very early what kind of woman this culture will tolerate. Nowhere is the script more obvious than in the fawning ...