The iShares U.S. Financials ETF (NYSEMKT:IYF) provides broad-based exposure across the financial sector, while the State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSEMKT:KRE) focuses strictly on smaller regional institutions with a higher dividend yield. Financial sector investors face a choice between broad diversification and niche specialization. This comparison explores the distinctions in cost, volatility, and portfolio composition between IYF and KRE to determine which fund may better align with different portfolio objectives and risk tolerances. Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year monthly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. Dividend yield is the trailing-12-month distribution yield. Continue reading

In trading on Thursday, shares of the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (Symbol: EWZ) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $34.95, changing hands as high as $35.07 per share. iShares MSCI Brazil shares are currently trading up about 1.8% on the day. The chart below shows the on

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知情人士表示，SK海力士将其美国存托凭证（ADR）发行定价为每份149美元。 根据此前向美国证券交易委员会提交的文件，SK海力士此次发行1.779亿份ADR，相当于1779万股普通股。每份ADR对应十分之一股普通股。 SK海力士发言人未立即回应置评请求。 责任编辑：丁文武

Until this year, few people outside China had heard of ChangXin Memory Technologies Inc. Now, the company is emerging as one of the world’s most important semiconductor makers — poised to shake up the $1 trillion memory-chip market and accelerate Beijing’s ambitions in artificial intelligence. CXMT has become China’s best option to end its reliance on foreign memory chips at a time of severe shortages. It’s launching the country’s biggest initial public offering of 2026 next week as CXMT Corp., seeking upwards of $4.3 billion after revenue showed industry-leading seven-fold growth in the first half. Those proceeds will help CXMT fund a bold expansion plan. It aims to double output this year and build a top-to-bottom supply chain from chip design to final assembly, people familiar with the matter said, asking not to be identified discussing previously unreported targets. The ultimate goal: a memory-chip empire to challenge those of stock-market darlings SK Hynix Inc . , Samsung Electronics Co. and Micron Technology Inc. Success will hinge on whether CXMT, led by US-trained chip veteran Zhu Yiming, can navigate its sudden emergence on the global stage. While the company’s technological prowess has prompted bellwethers like Apple Inc. to consider buying its chips, CXMT’s elevated profile is also drawing unwanted scrutiny. The Pentagon has blacklisted the state-backed company for allegedly working with China’s military. In South Korea, prosecutors have accused several former Samsung employees of leaking proprietary information to CXMT. This account of CXMT’s rise — based on interviews with current and former employees, and industry insiders — reveals how the secretive 10-year-old company is amassing the technology, funding and government support to take on the world’s biggest memory-chip makers. It also shows how CXMT is building a network of homegrown suppliers to protect itself from what may be one of its biggest threats: even harsher curbs from a US government keen t...

【有線新聞】政府擬為外賣員、送貨員等平台工作者立法設工傷補償機制 涉事平台須分攤賠償責任。

With homeownership out of reach, AI cutting job prospects and index funds feeling too slow, many young investors are turning to meme stocks, options and crypto in the hope of securing their future. (Source: Bloomberg)

TORONTO, July 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Golconda Gold Ltd. (“Golconda Gold” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: GG; OTCQX: GGGOF) is pleased to announce quarterly production of 3,648 ounces of gold for the second quarter of 2026 (“Q2”) at its Galaxy Gold Mine (“Galaxy”), consistent with gold production compared to Q1 2026 and a 20% increase on Q2 2025.

Boyd Group Services Inc. (TSX: BYD) (NYSE: BGSI) will release its fiscal 2026 second quarter results on August 12, 2026, before markets open. Following the release, Management of the Company will hold a conference call at 8:00 a.m. ET to review the financial results. The call will be hosted by Brian Kaner, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Jeff Murray, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. All interested parties are invited to participate.

The "Magnificent Seven" are among the largest, most successful, and best-known household-name tech stocks in America. But so far in 2026, investors would have been better off owning an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that holds more than 1,000 small-cap stocks most people have never heard of. That's right. Shares of the Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (NYSEMKT: MAGS) have lost about 0.5% year to date, while the iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF (NYSEMKT: IWO) of small-cap stocks has gained about 17%. Continue reading

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) may offer a cleaner way to invest in the AI infrastructure boom than Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) . One has the bigger long-term vision, but the other is tied directly to the power, cooling, and data center systems needed today. The real question is which stock offers the better setup after both have become major AI infrastructure stories. *Stock prices used were the market prices of June 30, 2026. The video was published on July 9, 2026. Continue reading

Trump Admin Targets Medicare Fraud After 7,100% Surge In Transplant Claims Via American Greatness, The Trump administration says it has uncovered a dramatic increase in Medicare claims for tissue and organ transplants, resulting in a broad crackdown on suspected fraud that officials say has already blocked hundreds of millions of dollars in questionable payments. Administration officials said Medicare claims for tissue and organ transplants, known as allografts, climbed from $200 million in 2019 to $14.4 billion in 2025—a 7,100 percent increase. The surge led the White House Anti-Fraud Task Force, headed by Vice President JD Vance, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to intensify their review of claims. Since March, the agency has denied 96 percent of allograft claims identified during the review. CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz said the agency identified 4,200 potentially fraudulent allograft claims totaling $224 million through May. “That’s a lot of money,” Oz said during a Wednesday news conference in Milwaukee. “And that bankrupts not just hospital systems and physician groups, but it causes major problems across the entire landscape.” The agency also announced enforcement actions involving Durable Medical Equipment (DME) including wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds and other medical equipment. According to CMS, payments have been suspended to 102 suppliers, while billing privileges have been revoked for another 725 suppliers. The agency said those suppliers accounted for 8.6 percent of all Medicare-funded DME in 2025. CMS officials reported they identified suspected fraud involving claims for equipment that was not medically necessary or ordered, equipment that was more expensive than prescribed, and equipment that was never delivered. “In just six months, the task force has effectively wiped out Durable Medical Equipment fraud in America,” a spokesperson for Vance’s office said. “After the vice president and Dr. Oz announced a moratorium on new DME...

The roller-coaster ride of Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) is in a valley -- and it probably won't be the last of them. Less than a month after its record-setting initial public offering, SpaceX has repeatedly traded this week at levels below the $150 share price at which it opened its first trading day. As of Wednesday's close, Elon Musk's company was no longer a member of the $2 trillion club, as its market cap had fallen to $1.97 trillion. It edged back in (barely) on Thursday, but its hold on membership is looking tenuous at best. Investors who bought in during those first heady days when SpaceX stock surged to a peak above $225 have to be disappointed, but they shouldn't be surprised. IPO stocks are notoriously fickle, and many tend to fall after the FOMO surge fades. Expect the volatility to continue as SpaceX is added to index funds (a tailwind), lockup periods expire (a headwind), and the company starts reporting quarterly earnings. There are now just six companies with market caps that are comfortably above $2 trillion, and I think all of them are safer investments than SpaceX stock. But the best buy among them, in my view, has to be Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) . Continue reading

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The Muse Spark 1.1 model is priced at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens, with $20 in free credits to start

Shares of Meta rallied on Thursday following the launch of a new AI model and reports of a big custom-chip milestone.

格隆汇7月10日｜美国中央司令部：伊朗并不控制霍尔木兹海峡。自5月初以来，美军一直协助保障该重要国际贸易通道的航行安全，已有超过800艘商船以及3.8亿桶原油成功通过该海峡。

Fresh concerns are emerging in the cryptocurrency market after MicroStrategy ( MSTR ) revealed in its July 6 Form 8-K filing that its recent Bitcoin ( BTC-USD ) sale did not come from its $1.25B Bitcoin Monetization Program. According to the filing, the company sold 3.588K BTC between June 29 and July 5, with $135M of the proceeds used to fund preferred stock dividends and replenish its USD reserve, while the full monetization capacity remains available. However, the filing did not provide further details on the decision, but it has drawn fresh attention from crypto analysts, including Crypto Rover , as the market evaluates why Strategy used direct Bitcoin sales for funding needs instead of its existing selling plan. Strategy's BTC holdings declined to 843.775K after the sale, while its average purchase price stood at $75.476K per BTC. Since the sale, Bitcoin has shown limited movement, trading mostly between $61K and $64K, suggesting the transaction has not significantly changed the broader trend. Meanwhile, reported Bitcoin selling by BlackRock ( BLK ) clients worth $59.16M and a 951.537 BTC transfer worth ~$59.79M to Coinbase have added to near-term market caution. The focus has shifted to whether the sale was only for dividend support or signals a broader change in Strategy’s Bitcoin approach. More on Strategy Strategy: A Good Pivot To Get Through The Bitcoin Winter Strategy: It's Always Darkest Before Dawn Strategy: Michael Saylor Blinked, And The Bitcoin Story Just Got More Complicated Bitcoin steadies as ETF inflows absorb Strategy selling, Bitfinex says Distressed debt funds weigh swapping Strategy holdings - report

Growing threats from China and falling token prices may put AI financials at risk.

A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after semiconductor stocks rebounded amid dip buying following a recent selloff, as reports revealed that China may ease restrictions on advanced Nvidia AI chip imports.

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白宫官方X：特朗普账户上线仅五天，美国家庭捐款总额已近 1.25亿美元。（新浪财经）

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以色列总理办公室声明称，以色列总理内塔尼亚胡和美国总统特朗普周四通话。 通话期间，双方确定将在多个领域继续协调。 特朗普向内塔尼亚胡通报了美国在海湾地区的行动。 内塔尼亚胡提到土耳其总统埃尔多安否认以色列国存在的言论性质严重。 内塔尼亚胡还讨论了以色列边境沿线安全区的必要性。 责任编辑：丁文武

周四美股成交额第1名 美光 科技收高4.52%，成交408.4亿美元。该公司宣布，计划2035年前在美国投资超过2500亿美元。最新计划比该公司去年6月公布的2000亿美元大幅提升。 据美光科技介绍，此次追加投资的目的包括实现一项长期目标，即将其DRAM（动态随机存取存储器）产量的40%放在美国本土生产。 2500亿美元投资将用于一些工厂建设计划，例如在美国爱达荷州博伊西建设第二座前沿存储芯片制造工厂、扩建弗吉尼亚州马纳萨斯的一处制造设施。此外，还有数百亿美元将用于技术研发。 包含在这项投资计划内，美光科技还宣布，计划在美国投资高达30亿美元，用于强化美国半导体供应链生态系统，打造未来技术创新必需的关键半导体制造能力，并满足AI及其他数据密集型应用对先进存储日益增长的需求。 30亿美元中有5亿美元是对环球晶圆（GlobalWafers）公司提供的战略融资支持，这次融资将用于推进得克萨斯州谢尔曼市环球晶圆美国分公司300mm原始硅晶圆制造工厂的开发和产能建设。两家公司还签订了一项为期10年的供应协议，以确保美光科技获得充足的原始硅晶圆产能。 此外，据美光科技介绍，公司与环球晶圆还计划就下一代晶圆技术和工艺创新展开合作。 第2名英伟达收跌0.66%，成交264.85亿美元。英伟达近日发布开源大模型Nemotron 3 Ultra，凭借高性能与极低推理成本引发市场关注。该模型在LangChain深度智能体基准测试中取得开源模型组别最高准确率，同时推理成本仅为行业头部闭源模型的十分之一。 Nemotron 3 Ultra总参数达5500亿，每token激活550亿参数，采用混合专家架构，融合Mamba-2、MoE和注意力层，并引入多token预测技术以提升推理速度。模型支持长达100万token的上下文窗口，专为复杂智能体工作流、长上下文分析和多语言推理等场景优化。 第3名 闪迪 收高7.59%，成交244.99亿美元。周四美股存储概念股普涨。 第4名Meta Platforms收高4.70%，成交155.03亿美元。该公司CEO马克-扎克伯格表示，Meta需要尽可能多的算力资源。不过，在AI开发和运行所需算力供不应求的情况下，他也在思考将部分AI基础设施出租给外部客户是否能创造更多价值。 扎克伯格表示：“目前市场对算力的出价非常高，某些情况下，与其留作内部使用，不如把它租...

August WTI crude oil (CLQ26 ) on Thursday closed down -1.44 (-1.96%), and August RBOB gasoline (RBQ26 ) closed down -0.0647 (-2.00%). Crude oil and gasoline prices gave up an early advance on Thursday and fell sharply on speculation the escalation of hostilities between the US and Iran will be...

August Nymex natural gas (NGQ26 ) on Thursday closed down -0.200 (-6.23%). Nat-gas prices tumbled to a 1.5-month low on Thursday and settled sharply lower. Above-average weekly US nat-gas storage levels undercut prices. The EIA reported on Thursday that weekly EIA nat-gas inventories rose by +61 bcf for the week...

A patch Microsoft released on Wednesday to fix a zero-day vulnerability in its Defender security engine may cause Windows machines to write files large enough to completely consume available disk space, the researcher who discovered the flaw said. RoguePlanet, tracked as CVE-2026-50656, came to public notice in June when NightmareEclipse, the pseudonymous name used by a researcher, disclosed it along with code for exploiting it. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to gain administrative control of Windows 10 and Windows 11 machines, even when real-time protection has been disabled. Over the past few months, the anonymous researcher has published a handful of other zero-days that have sent Microsoft scrambling to develop patches. Writing files of unlimited size Microsoft said Wednesday that it patched RoguePlanet with an update to the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, which is used by the Defender antivirus app. The fix will automatically be downloaded and installed without users having to take any action. Wednesday’s update also includes “defense-in-depth updates to help improve security-related features.” Read full article Comments

Nvidia has owned the AI hardware market for years. Six tech giants are racing to escape its grip at wildly different speeds