Lefty Tech Rag Panics As Manhattan Institute Pivots From Killing DEI To Crushing NGO-Funded Riots Left-leaning Condé Nast , through Wired , appears to be running narrative cover for the protest-industrial complex, gaslighting readers over efforts to impose real penalties on chaos and disorder stemming from protests and riots. Wired reporter Ali Winston's target is the Manhattan Institute. She appe...
Lefty Tech Rag Panics As Manhattan Institute Pivots From Killing DEI To Crushing NGO-Funded Riots Left-leaning Condé Nast , through Wired , appears to be running narrative cover for the protest-industrial complex, gaslighting readers over efforts to impose real penalties on chaos and disorder stemming from protests and riots. Wired reporter Ali Winston's target is the Manhattan Institute. She appears to be upset that the Manhattan Institute is pushing for new state laws that make vandalism, blocking roadways, and trespassing during riots and protests felony offenses. ❗️ TOTAL anarchy in Los Angeles Rioters are smashing windows, setting cars on FIRE https://t.co/ie6krxi0wk pic.twitter.com/a55XgmAwIm — Rapid Report (@RapidReport2025) June 9, 2025 "The Manhattan Institute, cofounded in 1978 by former Central Intelligence Agency director William Casey, is in the midst of a yearlong campaign to pass state-level legislation reclassifying minor crimes like vandalism, blocking a roadway, or trespassing during a protest as felonies that would carry 18-month prison sentences as punishment ," Winston wrote in the article. Denver, Colo. (March 28) — Far-left extremists riot at the “No Kings” anti-Trump rally. pic.twitter.com/ny1EESzIq2 — Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) March 28, 2026 That proposal comes as highly organized protest networks have repeatedly used street blockades, property destruction, vehicle burnings, and storefront attacks as pressure tactics, often under the banner of revolutionary Marxist activism and with funding channels routed through opaque NGO networks. It boggles my mind how at ANY single moment, for ANY reason, HUNDREDS of Leftists can show up instantly with supplies and riot for WEEKS. Normal people have to rearrange their entire day to show up anywhere… Are these people just always on call?!!!! pic.twitter.com/OrRDGHojQ7 — Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) May 31, 2026 Can someone please explain to me HOW ON EARTH it's possible for someone in Newark NJ to riot, scr...
A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after rising Treasury yields compressed valuations for growth-oriented names as geopolitical uncertainty dulled the advertising outlook.
A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after rising Treasury yields compressed valuations for growth-oriented names as geopolitical uncertainty dulled the advertising outlook.
Bitcoin sank to its lowest level since the outset of the Iran conflict as renewed clashes in the Middle East weighed on wider market sentiment. The original cryptocurrency fell more than 5% to below $62,000 in early Singapore trading on Thursday, its lowest level since Feb. 6. The losses extend a bruising week that has seen the token shed about 16% of its value, a slide that began after Michael Sa...
Bitcoin sank to its lowest level since the outset of the Iran conflict as renewed clashes in the Middle East weighed on wider market sentiment. The original cryptocurrency fell more than 5% to below $62,000 in early Singapore trading on Thursday, its lowest level since Feb. 6. The losses extend a bruising week that has seen the token shed about 16% of its value, a slide that began after Michael Saylor ’s Strategy Inc. sold about $2.5 million of its giant Bitcoin holdings. Over the past few years, Strategy has become one of the largest purchasers of Bitcoin, making its stock a proxy for the token through a so-called digital asset treasury model in which it buys and holds crypto. The market took it as a negative sign when Saylor decided to sell some of the company’s billions of dollars in holdings, even after the executive signaled last month the possibility that the company could start to sell. “Bitcoin price is down this week as Strategy broke its ‘never sell’ vow that shattered the confidence of the market,” said Josh Du, chief investment officer at Animoca Brands. “With oil climbing into a tightening macroeconomic situation, we see real risk that Bitcoin may fall below the $62,000 floor that’s held since the Iran war.” The selloff underscored Bitcoin’s divergence from technology stocks, which hit records as the token retreated. Bitcoin has lost more than half its value since hitting an all-time high above $126,000 last October. The token remains vulnerable to macro risks, falling further in the wake of overnight strikes that have threatened US-Iran talks for an interim peace deal. Asian stocks and US equity-index futures fell alongside Bitcoin on Thursday morning in Singapore. Small tokens are also under pressure. Ether, the second-largest digital asset, slumped to its lowest level since April 2025. About $1.5 billion of bullish bets were wiped out in the last 24 hours, nearly half of them in the last four hours, with Bitcoin leading the way, according to CoinGlas...
ajansen/iStock via Getty Images Thesis I have a Hold rating with a bullish tilt on Innovative Aerosystems ( ISSC ). The company generates fantastic margins in its aerospace defense equipment segment, has posted consecutive beats, and has very good analyst sentiment. But at about 19.7x forward earnings, the stock has already priced in most of this quality, in my view. For patient long-term investor...
ajansen/iStock via Getty Images Thesis I have a Hold rating with a bullish tilt on Innovative Aerosystems ( ISSC ). The company generates fantastic margins in its aerospace defense equipment segment, has posted consecutive beats, and has very good analyst sentiment. But at about 19.7x forward earnings, the stock has already priced in most of this quality, in my view. For patient long-term investors, I think they could keep a position comfortably. But newcomers should wait for a more attractive level unless you're explicitly expecting additional upside surprises. The basic crux is that no matter how well the business does, the valuation is already high enough that there is little room for disappointment. YCharts Company Overview Innovative Aerosystems is a small-cap technology company operating in the aerospace & defense space. The company develops and sells a variety of flight guidance, autothrottle, and cockpit display systems used in military and commercial aircraft. Its business model is based on retrofitting existing legacy platforms with more modern cockpit avionics, which leaves the firm sitting right on top of two major trends: aging military fleets and their subsequent modernization and the search by commercial operators for better fuel efficiency by upgrading to superior cockpit systems. ISSC occupies a relatively narrow segment of the (Aerospace - Defense Equipment) industries, with a handful of other players in the space. While insignificant in comparison to the across-the-board players, the company is already profitable despite its small size, by focusing on FAA- and military-certified retrofit solutions on which most larger primes do not necessarily build profit strategies. The fiscal year-end is in September. Qualitative and Quantitative AnalysisFinancials The third quarter report was a blow-away. On an EPS basis , ISSC's reported $0.26 beat the consensus $0.19 by almost 37%. For the trailing twelve months, EPS is $0.95. Their revenue growth has also b...
Independent home improvement chains face intense competition from major big-box retailers like Home Depot and Lowe’s, which has resulted in the smaller competitors having financial distress and, in some cases, filing for bankruptcy. Home Depot dominated the home improvement sector, ...
Independent home improvement chains face intense competition from major big-box retailers like Home Depot and Lowe’s, which has resulted in the smaller competitors having financial distress and, in some cases, filing for bankruptcy. Home Depot dominated the home improvement sector, ...
Getty Images Continuing my series of articles focusing on growth, tech, and innovation ETFs, today I would like to discuss the Dana Unconstrained Equity ETF ( DUNK ), which I believe is a Hold. I highly rate the current factor exposures of this actively managed ETF, especially the growth and quality components, and I also like how it has managed to benefit from longer-duration equities' recovery f...
Getty Images Continuing my series of articles focusing on growth, tech, and innovation ETFs, today I would like to discuss the Dana Unconstrained Equity ETF ( DUNK ), which I believe is a Hold. I highly rate the current factor exposures of this actively managed ETF, especially the growth and quality components, and I also like how it has managed to benefit from longer-duration equities' recovery from the March lows. However, even though DUNK has hit its stride recently, its performance since inception in September 2025 has been rather bleak, especially considering it has underperformed the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF ( IVV ), meaning the fund has a lot to prove yet. In terms of liquidity , I would also appreciate an improvement as DUNK's AUM is quite small at around $154.9 million, while the 30-day median spread (as of June 1) of 0.21% is rather uncomfortable. DUNK Strategy and Portfolio As we know from the Dana ETFs website , DUNK is managed actively, with a focus on ...the equity securities of U.S. listed companies that the Fund’s investment sub-adviser, Dana Investment Advisors, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”), determines are engaged in or appear poised to benefit from disruptive technologies. The summary prospectus has the following definition of "disruptive technologies": Disruptive technologies are innovations that significantly alter or replace existing products, services, or business models. Examples include, but are not limited to, e-commerce, smartphones, digital advertising, cloud computing, electric vehicles, biotechnology and artificial intelligence. Concentration and relatively high volatility that is usually its consequence are among the issues investors should be prepared for going forward, as DUNK ...employs a high-conviction, actively managed investment strategy, typically holding between 15 to 30 domestic equity positions. What I especially like is that DUNK uses price targets when deciding whether a certain security is worth holding or not: The Fund focuse...
CrowdStrike on Wednesday evening reported better-than-expected quarterly results and better-than-expected forward guidance, only to see its near-record-high stock sell off. The hot money that got in, looking for a Hewlett Packard Enterprise or Dell type post-earnings surge , no doubt booked profits, sending shares down more than 11% to around $664 each. Let them sell. We're not short-term thinkers...
CrowdStrike on Wednesday evening reported better-than-expected quarterly results and better-than-expected forward guidance, only to see its near-record-high stock sell off. The hot money that got in, looking for a Hewlett Packard Enterprise or Dell type post-earnings surge , no doubt booked profits, sending shares down more than 11% to around $664 each. Let them sell. We're not short-term thinkers. Revenue in CrowdStrike's fiscal 2027 first quarter increased 26% year over year to $1.39 billion, exceeding the 1.36 billion consensus estimate, according to LSEG. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) surged 51% to $1.10 in the quarter ended April 30, ahead of the $1.07 estimate, LSEG data showed. CRWD YTD mountain CrowdStrike YTD On top of the beat-and-raise, CrowdStrike announced a 4-for-1 stock split, with trading on a split-adjusted basis expected to begin on July 2. We're increasing our price target to $750 per share from $650, while maintaining our hold-equivalent 2 rating to give the stock time to settle before we consider calling it a buy. CrowdStrike shares closed at a record high of $782 on Monday. Bottom line Putting the shortsighted stock reaction aside, which we also saw after Tuesday evening's Palo Alto Networks earnings, CrowdStrike's strong report added to the body of evidence that artificial intelligence adoption is not a threat to the cybersecurity business, but rather a boon. The idea that enterprise companies across the globe would risk their data by attempting to stand up their own cybersecurity solutions by leveraging an AI model is, indeed, proving fanciful. Those concerns that chopped 30% off cyber stocks earlier this year could not have been more wrong, as Jim Cramer had said all along. CEO George Kurtz called Mythos an "inflection moment," saying on the post-earnings call that the powerful, yet-to-be-released Anthropic model highlighted the "relevance for defenders in identifying vulnerabilities much faster than before, including the chaining of mul...
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market on Wednesday halted the three-day winning streak in which it had surged almost 1,050 points or 4.2 percent. The Hang Seng Index now sits just above the 25,630-point plateau and it may take further damage on Thursday.
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market on Wednesday halted the three-day winning streak in which it had surged almost 1,050 points or 4.2 percent. The Hang Seng Index now sits just above the 25,630-point plateau and it may take further damage on Thursday.
Attack brings death toll to at least 207 since administration began targeting people it calls ‘narcoterrorists’ The US military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing two men, as the Trump administration wages a months-long campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed...
Attack brings death toll to at least 207 since administration began targeting people it calls ‘narcoterrorists’ The US military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing two men, as the Trump administration wages a months-long campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the US military to at least 207 since the administration began targeting people it calls “narcoterrorists” in early September. Continue reading...