From policy-driven healthcare rallies to crypto worries, here is a breakdown of the S&P 500's biggest movers over the past week: Leaders Humana ( HUM ) +14.6% Managed care stocks are on a tear, led by Medicare Advantage players amid improving medical utilization trends and receding regulatory headwinds. Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( HPE ) +14.3% Shares surged after quarterly results drew positive r...
From policy-driven healthcare rallies to crypto worries, here is a breakdown of the S&P 500's biggest movers over the past week: Leaders Humana ( HUM ) +14.6% Managed care stocks are on a tear, led by Medicare Advantage players amid improving medical utilization trends and receding regulatory headwinds. Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( HPE ) +14.3% Shares surged after quarterly results drew positive reactions from analysts . Material upside is being seen from server demand and share capture. Laggards Coinbase Global ( COIN ) -19.4% There were fresh jitters surrounding the stock after Bitcoin ( BTC-USD ) slid under $60,000 , while Baird warned of elevated valuation risk. Ciena ( CIEN ) -15.9% The network technology company got hammered following its Q2 report and concerns over margins . More on markets Wall Street Roundup: AI Trade Passes The Baton Why Ciena Fell By Nearly 20% After Posting Second Quarter Results Ciena Corporation (CIEN) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Earnings Scoreboard: 100% of reporting S&P 500 firms beat earnings expectations, 91% deliver Y/Y growth Prediction markets are going mainstream on Wall Street
Wild Arts Summer Opera festival, Layer Marney Tower, Essex A touring show was quite a challenge for the opera star’s first directorial gig, but dynamic singing, charismatic orchestral play and clever stage jokes pull it off brilliantly ‘ Four boxes, six screens, four chairs and a tree ”: the sum total of scenery for Wild Arts’ new English-language production of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro is modes...
Wild Arts Summer Opera festival, Layer Marney Tower, Essex A touring show was quite a challenge for the opera star’s first directorial gig, but dynamic singing, charismatic orchestral play and clever stage jokes pull it off brilliantly ‘ Four boxes, six screens, four chairs and a tree ”: the sum total of scenery for Wild Arts’ new English-language production of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro is modest by operatic standards. This staging needs to travel light, since it’s destined for performances in more than 20 arts centres, theatres, churches and gardens across the UK over the next three months. But leave pondering the logistics to the professionals – the miraculous thing about this bare-essentials Figaro is how well it works in situ. Particularly given that its director is entirely new to the role. Danielle de Niese is not just any first-timer, of course. The Australian-born, Glyndebourne-dwelling star soprano made her debut at New York’s Metropolitan Opera aged 19 as Barbarina in Mozart’s opera, and in the decades since has sung the role of Susanna all over the world. Few directorial newbies could match such inside-out knowledge of this work and its characters. Continue reading...
bluebay2014/iStock via Getty Images By Ty McClure, Economic Research Analyst; Brent Meyer, Vice President and Senior Economist Oil prices shot up to more than $100 a barrel at the end of February, and - roughly three months later - spot prices are still holding around $100 a barrel. Although gasoline and diesel prices domestically and abroad have risen sharply and crimped household spending, the q...
bluebay2014/iStock via Getty Images By Ty McClure, Economic Research Analyst; Brent Meyer, Vice President and Senior Economist Oil prices shot up to more than $100 a barrel at the end of February, and - roughly three months later - spot prices are still holding around $100 a barrel. Although gasoline and diesel prices domestically and abroad have risen sharply and crimped household spending, the question before us now is how much will this run-up in energy prices affect overall economic growth? Importantly, with inflation already running above the Federal Open Market Committee's price stability target for 62 months, will this new energy shock play out much like the energy shocks of the past - creating a temporary pop in headline inflation - or will this additional inflationary impulse become ingrained in business decision makers' expectations and lead to persistently higher inflation? In this post, we examine how firms view the current oil price shock and find that, though the shock has had modest effects so far for most firms, sustained high oil prices could broaden cost pressures, raise prices, and weaken demand. Why the economy might be more resilient this time Economists typically look to the past for a rough guide on how current developments, such as this latest oil price shock, will play out over the near term. Indeed, historical oil shocks allow us to draw insights from the not-too-distant past (for example, the 1973 oil crisis, 1979 oil crisis, 2008 energy crisis, and the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war). Here, research from the Dallas Fed estimates the impact on inflation stemming from sharp spikes in oil prices. In modeling the impact of closures of the Strait of Hormuz lasting one, two, and three quarters, the Dallas Fed finds relatively moderate effects on headline and core consumer price index inflation rates for the remainder of 2026, with impacts increasing with the length of time the Strait remained closed. And, true to the typical nature of oil price shocks...
peshkov/iStock via Getty Images By Shawn Gibson For years, covered call strategies have been used as a practical way to enhance portfolio income while remaining invested in equities. The appeal is understandable: investors collect option premium in exchange for giving up a portion of future upside participation. But there is an important tradeoff investors should carefully consider. Long-term equi...
peshkov/iStock via Getty Images By Shawn Gibson For years, covered call strategies have been used as a practical way to enhance portfolio income while remaining invested in equities. The appeal is understandable: investors collect option premium in exchange for giving up a portion of future upside participation. But there is an important tradeoff investors should carefully consider. Long-term equity returns are often disproportionately influenced by relatively short periods of strong market appreciation. Strategies that repeatedly cap upside participation may generate attractive income today, but they can also meaningfully reduce long-term compounding potential. That distinction is increasingly relevant as investors evaluate the growing universe of option income ETFs and buywrite strategies. Indexes like the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM), which systematically sell covered calls on the S&P 500, and the CBOE S&P 500 2% Out-of-the-Money (OTM) BuyWrite Index (BXY), have historically demonstrated the benefits of option premium generation. But they also illustrate the structural limitations of consistently selling upside exposure. At Liquid Strategies and across our Overlay Shares ETF suite, we believe investors should fully understand not just how option income is generated, but also what is potentially sacrificed to create it. Income Generation Comes with Tradeoffs Covered call strategies are straightforward in design. An investor owns equities and sells call options against those holdings in exchange for premium income. That premium may help modestly cushion downside volatility and generate distributable cash flow. But there is no free lunch. The option premium received comes at the cost of limiting participation in future equity gains above the option strike price. That tradeoff can become significant during prolonged bull markets or sharp market recoveries. Historically, buywrite strategies such as BXM - which systematically sell at-the-money calls on the S&P 500...
Josh Tongue makes an early breakthrough on day four for England as he traps New Zealand's Tom Blundell lbw for four on day four of the first Test at Lord's, with the tourists 58-6, chasing 254 to win.
Josh Tongue makes an early breakthrough on day four for England as he traps New Zealand's Tom Blundell lbw for four on day four of the first Test at Lord's, with the tourists 58-6, chasing 254 to win.
Live county cricket updates from 11am UK time You can email Tanya | England v NZ 1st Test live Good morning Gary Naylor. “An idea. The Oval’s marketing team hardly need advice from the likes of me, but they should think about getting an announcement out here at Lord’s that tells the (very decent) crowd that their tickets will be accepted for free admission for Surrey vs Hampshire just a few Tube s...
Live county cricket updates from 11am UK time You can email Tanya | England v NZ 1st Test live Good morning Gary Naylor. “An idea. The Oval’s marketing team hardly need advice from the likes of me, but they should think about getting an announcement out here at Lord’s that tells the (very decent) crowd that their tickets will be accepted for free admission for Surrey vs Hampshire just a few Tube stops away. There’s only so many ducks to feed in Regent’s Park after all.” Continue reading...
A view of a housing project in the ghost town of Pripyat near Chornobyl's nuclear power plant in 2006. Chornobyl's number-four reactor, in what was then the Soviet Union and is now Ukraine, exploded 26 April 1986, sending a radioactive cloud across Europe, becoming the world's worst civilian nuclear disaster. Sergei Supinsky | Afp | Getty Images Russian forces deliberately struck a storage facilit...
A view of a housing project in the ghost town of Pripyat near Chornobyl's nuclear power plant in 2006. Chornobyl's number-four reactor, in what was then the Soviet Union and is now Ukraine, exploded 26 April 1986, sending a radioactive cloud across Europe, becoming the world's worst civilian nuclear disaster. Sergei Supinsky | Afp | Getty Images Russian forces deliberately struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near Ukraine's Chornobyl power plant, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, in an "extremely vile" attack that did not lead to a spike in radiation. The strike significantly damaged a fuel-reception building meters away from where "large amounts of nuclear material" are stored, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, which said it had been briefed by Ukraine. Kyiv's state atomic agency Energoatom said no spent fuel had been stored in the building at the time of the attack. A resulting fire was extinguished, and no injuries were reported. Russia has not publicly commented on the alleged strike on the facility, which is located around 15 km (9 miles) from the Chornobyl plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster. "An extremely critical infrastructure facility — and an extremely vile Russian strike," Zelenskyy wrote on X, adding that Russia had used a Shahed attack drone. "As of now, there are no readings exceeding normal background radiation levels. But there is certainly an increase in Russia's brazenness, which long ago went off the charts." In a statement, the IAEA said a team would soon visit the site "to inspect the impact." In February 2025, a Russian Shahed drone damaged a containment arch over the Chornobyl reactor that was destroyed in the April 1986 explosion and meltdown. Russia, which regularly attacks Ukrainian cities and infrastructure with drones and missiles, denied responsibility. Kyiv and Moscow have also traded accusations of attacking the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southeaste...
In his first visit to an EU country outside Italy, pope urges world leaders to stop dividing electorates and to respect ‘every human being’ More than a million people have filled the streets near one of Madrid’s main squares to join Pope Leo for an outdoor Mass, likely to be the largest event of his week-long visit to Spain. Throngs of people pressed along barriers near the landmark Cibeles Square...
In his first visit to an EU country outside Italy, pope urges world leaders to stop dividing electorates and to respect ‘every human being’ More than a million people have filled the streets near one of Madrid’s main squares to join Pope Leo for an outdoor Mass, likely to be the largest event of his week-long visit to Spain. Throngs of people pressed along barriers near the landmark Cibeles Square, waving flags and shouting “Long live the pope”, as Leo arrived in his white popemobile for the event. Some tossed flower petals as he arrived in the square. Continue reading...
UK lagging behind rivals on tourism growth because of travel costs and lack of joined-up planning, says CEO Sean Doyle The cost of travel to and around the UK is keeping millions of tourists away and slowing economic growth, the boss of British Airways said, as he urged a rethink of aviation taxes. The airline’s chief executive, Sean Doyle, said the UK had some of the highest aviation taxes in the...
UK lagging behind rivals on tourism growth because of travel costs and lack of joined-up planning, says CEO Sean Doyle The cost of travel to and around the UK is keeping millions of tourists away and slowing economic growth, the boss of British Airways said, as he urged a rethink of aviation taxes. The airline’s chief executive, Sean Doyle, said the UK had some of the highest aviation taxes in the world and was falling behind countries such as Japan, France and Germany in boosting its inbound tourism. Continue reading...