What happened According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing dated May 14, 2026, RPG Investment Advisory, LLC reduced its position in Peabody Energy (BTU 1.72%) by 186,928 shares during the first quarter. The firm’s estimated transaction value was $6.53 million, based on the mean closing price for the quarter. The quarter-end value of the BTU stake decreased by $4.69 million, refle...
What happened According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing dated May 14, 2026, RPG Investment Advisory, LLC reduced its position in Peabody Energy (BTU 1.72%) by 186,928 shares during the first quarter. The firm’s estimated transaction value was $6.53 million, based on the mean closing price for the quarter. The quarter-end value of the BTU stake decreased by $4.69 million, reflecting both the share sale and price movement. What else to know The fund’s BTU stake now represents 1.05% of reportable assets, down from 1.52% the previous quarter. Top holdings after the filing: NASDAQ: NVDA: $55.42 million (6.7% of AUM) NASDAQ: GOOGL: $41.15 million (5.0% of AUM) NASDAQ: AAPL: $33.75 million (4.1% of AUM) NYSE: PWR: $29.68 million (3.6% of AUM) NASDAQ: AMZN: $28.57 million (3.4% of AUM) As of May 13, 2026, BTU shares were priced at $24.05, up 59.6% over the past year. Company Overview Metric Value Revenue (TTM) $3.90 billion Net Income (TTM) $-119.70 million Dividend Yield 1.03% Price (as of market close May 13, 2026) $24.05 Company Snapshot Peabody Energy is a leading coal producer with a global footprint, operating major mining assets in the United States and Australia. Its primary revenue comes from coal mining and sales to utilities and industrial customers. The company uses a diverse coal reserve portfolio and strong logistics to supply global power and industrial sectors. Peabody Energy serves electricity generators, industrial facilities, and steel manufacturers across North America, Asia, and other international markets.It operates through multiple mining segments, monetizing coal reserves via direct sales, brokered trading, and transportation-related services. What this transaction means for investors Peabody Energy is a coal producer with a cash-generating thermal business and a metallurgical-coal strategy that depends heavily on the Centurion ramp. Thermal coal, used in power generation, remains an important source of cash, while metallurgical...
NVIDIA CorporationNVDA and Marvell Technology, Inc.MRVL are among the biggest winners of the ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure boom. Both companies are benefiting from rising investments in AI data centers, networking, accelerated computing and cloud infrastructure. NVIDIA dominates the AI graphics processing unit (GPU) market with its full-stack AI platform, while Marvell Techno...
NVIDIA CorporationNVDA and Marvell Technology, Inc.MRVL are among the biggest winners of the ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure boom. Both companies are benefiting from rising investments in AI data centers, networking, accelerated computing and cloud infrastructure. NVIDIA dominates the AI graphics processing unit (GPU) market with its full-stack AI platform, while Marvell Technology is rapidly expanding its presence in AI networking, optical connectivity and custom AI chips for hyperscalers. As AI spending continues to surge globally, investors must be wondering which stock offers the better mix of growth, profitability and valuation support right now. NVIDIA Dominates AI Infrastructure Market NVIDIA remains the clear leader in AI computing as demand for its Blackwell systems, networking products and AI software ecosystem continues to accelerate. In the first quarter of fiscal 2027, NVIDIA reported record revenues of $81.6 billion, up 85% year over year, while non-GAAP earnings per share EPS jumped 140% to $1.87. The data center market platform remained the major growth driver, with revenues rising 92% year over year to $75.2 billion. The company’s networking revenues nearly tripled year over year to $14.8 billion, highlighting strong adoption of Spectrum-X Ethernet and InfiniBand technologies across hyperscalers and AI cloud providers. NVIDIA is benefiting from broad AI adoption across cloud providers, enterprises, sovereign AI projects, and model developers like OpenAI and Anthropic. The company also expects AI infrastructure spending to eventually reach $3 trillion to $4 trillion annually by the end of the decade. NVIDIA’s CUDA software ecosystem, full-stack AI platform and rapid product launch cycle continue to give the company a major competitive advantage. During the first-quarter earnings call, management also highlighted that its Vera CPUs (central processing units) could open a new $200 billion market opportunity for the company. Another ...
paladin13/iStock via Getty Images INVESTMENT THESIS Sprout Social ( SPT ) is one of the many Saas companies being sold off amid investor concerns that AI may reduce barriers to entry, erode earnings, and slash pricing power. This concern is valid, but I believe that Sprout is a victim of the old adage of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I believe the market is too focused on a weak bear c...
paladin13/iStock via Getty Images INVESTMENT THESIS Sprout Social ( SPT ) is one of the many Saas companies being sold off amid investor concerns that AI may reduce barriers to entry, erode earnings, and slash pricing power. This concern is valid, but I believe that Sprout is a victim of the old adage of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I believe the market is too focused on a weak bear case in which every enterprise has its own vibe-coded replacement for Sprout. I do not think that code is the moat for Sprout, and the commodification of code via AI will still make it difficult for organizations to build an internal Sprout clone. The main moats are Sprouts' privileged API access it has with social media platforms, and its ability to handle compliance, TOS risk, and manage cross-platform complexity . Business Overview Sprout Social provides the software that helps enterprises run social media at the required scale . The platform helps companies create and schedule social media posts, communicate with clients, and track conversations about their brand and products, assess how well they are doing on metrics (number of followers, number of likes per post, etc), coordinate workflows, and track results relative to an established goal. A business/corporation has multiple profiles across platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X/Twitter, Linkedin, YouTube, and Reddit. They also have multiple groups within the organization (marketing teams, customer care teams, PR teams, Compliance Teams, Executive Teams, etc), each wanting access to some form of social media information from different angles and for different uses. Sprout simplifies this complexity by centralizing all their possible needs and wants within their platform. Why I Believe the Bear Case is Wrong The bear case, currently reflected in today's market price, is that customers will largely vibe-code or internally create their own Sprout, thereby saving costs. The reasoning sounds plausible on first ex...
TD Bank logo Spencer Platt/Getty Images News Yesterday, The Toronto-Dominion Bank ( TD , TD:CA ) released its earnings for the quarter ended this past May (the fiscal second quarter). The release beat analyst estimates by a considerable margin. Revenue came in at $16 billion, ahead of a $14.98 estimate, while adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $2.43 , ahead of the $2.26 analyst estimate....
TD Bank logo Spencer Platt/Getty Images News Yesterday, The Toronto-Dominion Bank ( TD , TD:CA ) released its earnings for the quarter ended this past May (the fiscal second quarter). The release beat analyst estimates by a considerable margin. Revenue came in at $16 billion, ahead of a $14.98 estimate, while adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $2.43 , ahead of the $2.26 analyst estimate. On Thursday, after the release was published, TD stock rose 0.68% over the course of eight hours. Heading into TD’s release, I was feeling pretty optimistic about the company’s prospects. TD stock has long been the largest holding in my portfolio, and I have good reasons for holding it at a heavy portfolio weighting. TD is among the strongest banks in Canada—the country I grew up in—and also has a pretty strong brand in the United States. It’s also my personal bank, which gives me some familiarity with the details of its retail operations. I’ve always found the bank very professional to work with, and the company’s management has always struck me as quite competent. That’s not to say that TD hasn’t been dealing with issues. To the contrary, it has been dealing with some rather high-profile issues—issues that manifested most recently in 2024. That year, TD’s U.S. business ran into legal problems relating to anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, resulting in a fine and asset cap. It was a major blow, and it cost TD over $3 billion directly (likely more indirectly), but as we saw in the company’s just-released earnings, the segment is managing to do some positive earnings growth anyway. TD Bank is not only growing, it’s also highly profitable. In the second quarter, it did $4.17 billion in adjusted earnings on $16.04 billion in adjusted revenue, for a 26% net margin. Likewise, the bank boasted a 55% net interest margin ratio. Finally, it had a 17% return on equity (ROE) and a 53% efficiency ratio. These ratios indicate that TD was highly profitable in the period just report...
A UK television personality went on two state-sponsored tours of Iran this spring where she met senior officials and was “active” in spreading the regime’s message, according to an investigation by a Iranian factchecking organisation. Bushra Shaikh, from Surrey, owned a luxury clothing brand and finished ninth on series 13 of The Apprentice in 2017, where she described herself as “inspired by Coco...
A UK television personality went on two state-sponsored tours of Iran this spring where she met senior officials and was “active” in spreading the regime’s message, according to an investigation by a Iranian factchecking organisation. Bushra Shaikh, from Surrey, owned a luxury clothing brand and finished ninth on series 13 of The Apprentice in 2017, where she described herself as “inspired by Coco Chanel”. Shaikh posts on X and Instagram to hundreds of thousands of followers about her appearances on TalkTV and Good Morning Britain with photographs of her outfits and opinions on rightwing figures such as Laura Loomer and Rupert Lowe. An investigation by Factnameh found that Shaikh played a “highly active role in reproducing the government’s narrative” this spring after taking part in two press tours organised by IRIB World Service, the international arm of Iran’s state broadcaster. Factnameh identified more than a dozen participants in these tours, including a handful of US journalists. Fereidoon Bashar, the executive director of ASL19, which created Factnameh, said cultivating friendly journalists and public figures had been part of Iran’s strategy for some time. “There has been a long tradition of having prominent western figures to Iran who are aligned with anti-imperialist, anti-colonial frameworks,” he said. But since the 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel in June 2025, he said, there had been a “major shift in Iran’s communication approach”. Bashar said: “My thinking is that they’re realising – much like the rest of the world – that a lot of mainstream media is losing their audiences, and these individual influencers are much easier to engage and invite. The content they put out is more likely to align with state narratives, and less likely to be factchecked.” It is unclear whether Shaikh and others covered their own expenses or were paid to do the trip. Bashar said it appeared that the Iranian government valued Shaikh’s content as it invited her back for ...
Getting big returns from financial portfolios, whether through stocks, bonds, ETFs, other securities, or a combination of all, is an investor's dream. However, when you're an income investor, your primary focus is generating consistent cash flow from each of your liquid investments. While cash flow can come from bond interest or interest from other types of investments, income investors hone in on...
Getting big returns from financial portfolios, whether through stocks, bonds, ETFs, other securities, or a combination of all, is an investor's dream. However, when you're an income investor, your primary focus is generating consistent cash flow from each of your liquid investments. While cash flow can come from bond interest or interest from other types of investments, income investors hone in on dividends. A dividend is that coveted distribution of a company's earnings paid out to shareholders, and investors often view it by its dividend yield, a metric that measures the dividend as a percent of the current stock price. Many academic studies show that dividends make up large portions of long-term returns, and in many cases, dividend contributions surpass one-third of total returns. Heritage Financial in Focus Heritage Financial (HFWA) is headquartered in Olympia, and is in the Finance sector. The stock has seen a price change of -4.45% since the start of the year. The bank holding company is currently shelling out a dividend of $0.24 per share, with a dividend yield of 4.1%. This compares to the Financial - Savings and Loan industry's yield of 2.99% and the S&P 500's yield of 1.62%. Taking a look at the company's dividend growth, its current annualized dividend of $0.96 is up 4.3% from last year. Over the last 5 years, Heritage Financial has increased its dividend 4 times on a year-over-year basis for an average annual increase of 3.60%. Any future dividend growth will depend on both earnings growth and the company's payout ratio; a payout ratio is the proportion of a firm's annual earnings per share that it pays out as a dividend. Heritage Financial's current payout ratio is 54%, meaning it paid out 54% of its trailing 12-month EPS as dividend. Earnings growth looks solid for HFWA for this fiscal year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2025 is $2.09 per share, which represents a year-over-year growth rate of 12.97%. Bottom Line Investors like dividends for many re...
Getting big returns from financial portfolios, whether through stocks, bonds, ETFs, other securities, or a combination of all, is an investor's dream. But for income investors, generating consistent cash flow from each of your liquid investments is your primary focus. Cash flow can come from bond interest, interest from other types of investments, and of course, dividends. A dividend is that covet...
Getting big returns from financial portfolios, whether through stocks, bonds, ETFs, other securities, or a combination of all, is an investor's dream. But for income investors, generating consistent cash flow from each of your liquid investments is your primary focus. Cash flow can come from bond interest, interest from other types of investments, and of course, dividends. A dividend is that coveted distribution of a company's earnings paid out to shareholders, and investors often view it by its dividend yield, a metric that measures the dividend as a percent of the current stock price. Many academic studies show that dividends account for significant portions of long-term returns, with dividend contributions exceeding one-third of total returns in many cases. Sempra in Focus Based in San Diego, Sempra (SRE) is in the Utilities sector, and so far this year, shares have seen a price change of 6.06%. Currently paying a dividend of $0.62 per share, the company has a dividend yield of 3.13%. In comparison, the Utility - Gas Distribution industry's yield is 3.57%, while the S&P 500's yield is 1.59%. Taking a look at the company's dividend growth, its current annualized dividend of $2.48 is up 4.2% from last year. In the past five-year period, Sempra has increased its dividend 5 times on a year-over-year basis for an average annual increase of 4.87%. Future dividend growth will depend on earnings growth as well as payout ratio, which is the proportion of a company's annual earnings per share that it pays out as a dividend. Right now, Sempra's payout ratio is 55%, which means it paid out 55% of its trailing 12-month EPS as dividend. Looking at this fiscal year, SRE expects solid earnings growth. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2024 is $4.80 per share, with earnings expected to increase 4.12% from the year ago period. Bottom Line Investors like dividends for a variety of different reasons, from tax advantages and decreasing overall portfolio risk to considerably improving ...
Rarely over the course of its existence has Microsoft (MSFT +3.70%) not been a good stock to buy and hold. It's now one of the largest and most successful companies of all time. But as the market heads toward its next earnings season, this is a particularly good time to buy Microsoft stock. Here are three reasons why. 1. Microsoft stock is historically cheap Over the past decade, Microsoft stock h...
Rarely over the course of its existence has Microsoft (MSFT +3.70%) not been a good stock to buy and hold. It's now one of the largest and most successful companies of all time. But as the market heads toward its next earnings season, this is a particularly good time to buy Microsoft stock. Here are three reasons why. 1. Microsoft stock is historically cheap Over the past decade, Microsoft stock has rarely been as cheap relative to its earnings as it is right now. It is trading at around 24 times earnings and 21 times forward earnings. The last time it was anywhere near this cheap was during the bear market of 2022. The last time before that was in 2018. Microsoft stock is down about 12% year to date, and off by about 21% from its October peak. Part of the reason for the sell-off was that, after a three-year bull market, Microsoft was a tad overvalued at the end of 2025, as were most big tech stocks, so many investors likely cashed out. Expand NASDAQ : MSFT Microsoft Today's Change ( 3.70 %) $ 15.80 Current Price $ 442.79 Key Data Points Market Cap $3.2T Day's Range $ 432.36 - $ 445.64 52wk Range $ 356.28 - $ 555.45 Volume 1.6M Avg Vol 33.6M Gross Margin 68.31 % Dividend Yield 0.83 % But unlike other "Magnificent Seven" tech giants such as Amazon and Nvidia, Microsoft has not bounced back from its first-quarter retreat. This is primarily due to investors' concerns about its massive capital expenditures on artificial intelligence (AI), its slowing AI cloud growth, and its declining free cash flow. In addition, it may have been tainted by concerns about OpenAI's path to profitability, given that OpenAI is a major Microsoft partner. But these concerns are starting to subside. 2. New deal with OpenAI In the next fiscal quarter, Microsoft should start to reap the benefits from its latest agreement with OpenAI. In summary, Microsoft will remain OpenAI's primary cloud partner, and it will retain its license to use OpenAI intellectual property (IP) for models and products t...
COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE Rueil-Malmaison, le 29 mai 2026 Résultats annuels 2025 Chiffre d’affaires : 58,2 M€ Un résultat opérationnel courant négatif de 9,8 M€ Capitaux propres consolidés : 62,1 M€ soit 12,42 € / action ARTEA (Code ISIN : FR0012185536, Code Mnémo : ARTE), acteur engagé intégré de l'immobilier durable, des énergies renouvelables et des services, annonce ce jour la publication de ses co...
COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE Rueil-Malmaison, le 29 mai 2026 Résultats annuels 2025 Chiffre d’affaires : 58,2 M€ Un résultat opérationnel courant négatif de 9,8 M€ Capitaux propres consolidés : 62,1 M€ soit 12,42 € / action ARTEA (Code ISIN : FR0012185536, Code Mnémo : ARTE), acteur engagé intégré de l'immobilier durable, des énergies renouvelables et des services, annonce ce jour la publication de ses comptes pour l’exercice 2025, arrêtés lors du Conseil d’Administration qui s’est tenu le 26 mai 2026 et audités par les commissaires aux comptes Données consolidées, IFRS (En milliers d'euros) 31/12/2025 31/12/2024 Chiffre d'affaires 58 194 100 012 Dépenses liées aux activités de ventes (39 425) (72 396) Autres achats et charges externes (12 441) (8 996) Charges de personnel (6 795) (9 560) Impôts, taxes et versements assimilés (985) (729) Dotations aux amortissements, aux dépréciations et aux provisions (5 978) (3 891) Variation de juste valeur des immeubles de placement (4 521) (4 404) Autres produits et charges opérationnels courants 2 149 (1 550) Résultat opérationnel courant (9 804) (1 514) Autres produits et charges opérationnels non courants (8 401) - Quote-part de résultat dans les entreprises associées (8 821) 751 Résultat opérationnel après quote-part du résultat des entreprises associées (27 027) (763) Coût de l'endettement financier net (6 505) (6 494) Variation de juste valeur des CAP (1 144) (385) Autres produits et charges financiers 2 299 2 199 Résultat avant impôts (32 377) (5 445) Impôts sur les résultats 2 220 2 227 Résultat net des activités maintenues (30 157) (3 218) Résultat net des activités non poursuivies 13 183 (2 620) Résultat net de la période (16 975) (5 838) Résultat net – Part des propriétaires de la société mère (16 704) (5 488) Résultat net – Participations ne donnant pas le contrôle (271) (349) Cash-Flow net courant - Part des propriétaires de la société mère (3 460) 2 454 Cash-Flow net courant - Participations ne donnant pas le contrôle (56...
Shares of artificial intelligence (AI) chipmaker Cerebras (CBRS 2.19%) soared 68% on its first day of trading, but the hangover has been brutal for those who have continued to hold the stock. Shares are down over 22% as of this writing since the close on May 14. After the pullback, investors may be wondering if now is the time to buy shares. High performance and high expectations What separates Ce...
Shares of artificial intelligence (AI) chipmaker Cerebras (CBRS 2.19%) soared 68% on its first day of trading, but the hangover has been brutal for those who have continued to hold the stock. Shares are down over 22% as of this writing since the close on May 14. After the pullback, investors may be wondering if now is the time to buy shares. High performance and high expectations What separates Cerebras from other AI chipmakers like Nvidia (NVDA +0.79%) is its wafer-scale engine technology. Instead of printing multiple chips per silicon wafer that get separated, Cerebras fills the entire 12-inch wafer with chips meant to work together. That allows it to integrate multiple cores and memory in the silicon, increasing the speed at which it can process data. Transferring information between memory and other processing chips has been the biggest bottleneck for AI inference so far, and Cerebras's massive chips promise to reduce that challenge. The biggest concern with Cerebras's chips is that those efficiencies might not scale to larger models. It's simple enough to demonstrate greater speed when running an entire model on a single system. But scaling to a much larger model across a cluster of Cerebras's chips might not produce the same speed advantages. In response to concerns about its ability to scale to larger models, Cerebras has demonstrated Kimi K2.6 -- a trillion-parameter open-weight model -- running on a cluster of about 20 Cerebras systems. It claims this model can produce outputs 6.7 times faster than the next-closest competitor. The difference can be even more substantial in larger reasoning models and AI agents that recursively call the model. Recursive calling feeds the output of a model back into itself to iteratively solve complex problems, refine work, or generate sequential data. Inference time compounds with each call, leading to significant lags between input and output. Expand NASDAQ : CBRS Cerebras Systems Today's Change ( -2.19 %) $ -5.30 Current P...
Key Points Over the past 10 years, Microsoft stock has rarely been as cheap as it is now. Its updated agreement with OpenAI should add to its tailwinds. The latest update to the widely used Microsoft 365 suite is expected to noticeably boost the company's bottom line. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of millionaires › Rarely over the course of its existence has Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) not...
Key Points Over the past 10 years, Microsoft stock has rarely been as cheap as it is now. Its updated agreement with OpenAI should add to its tailwinds. The latest update to the widely used Microsoft 365 suite is expected to noticeably boost the company's bottom line. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of millionaires › Rarely over the course of its existence has Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) not been a good stock to buy and hold. It's now one of the largest and most successful companies of all time. But as the market heads toward its next earnings season, this is a particularly good time to buy Microsoft stock. Here are three reasons why. 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 » 1. Microsoft stock is historically cheap Over the past decade, Microsoft stock has rarely been as cheap relative to its earnings as it is right now. It is trading at around 24 times earnings and 21 times forward earnings. The last time it was anywhere near this cheap was during the bear market of 2022. The last time before that was in 2018. Microsoft stock is down about 12% year to date, and off by about 21% from its October peak. Part of the reason for the sell-off was that, after a three-year bull market, Microsoft was a tad overvalued at the end of 2025, as were most big tech stocks, so many investors likely cashed out. But unlike other "Magnificent Seven" tech giants such as Amazon and Nvidia, Microsoft has not bounced back from its first-quarter retreat. This is primarily due to investors' concerns about its massive capital expenditures on artificial intelligence (AI), its slowing AI cloud growth, and its declining free cash flow. In addition, it may have been tainted by concerns about OpenAI's path to profitability, given that OpenAI is a major Microsoft partner. But these concerns are starting to subside. 2...
SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images Crude oil futures add to their declines Thursday on expectations that an agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz could come anytime soon, as President Trump said he is making a "final determination" on a preliminary deal to extend the ceasefire with Iran. " I will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination," Trump said in a Truth Social...
SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images Crude oil futures add to their declines Thursday on expectations that an agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz could come anytime soon, as President Trump said he is making a "final determination" on a preliminary deal to extend the ceasefire with Iran. " I will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination," Trump said in a Truth Social post this morning that also reiterated previous statements that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon and that the strait must be open and any mines destroyed or removed. Underscoring that tensions remain, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran's parliament, said earlier in his own social media post that "we have no trust in guarantees or words, the only criterion is action," and that "the winner of any agreement is the one who is better prepared for war the day after." Following Trump's post, Iranian media reportedly rejected the president's claims about a deal, calling his comments "a mixture of truth and lies." Front-month Nymex crude ( CL1:COM ) for July delivery down 2.1% to $87.08/bbl, and front-month Brent ( CO1:COM ) July crude down 2% to $91.80/bbl. Crude prices have dropped more than 17% this month as the market awaits some sort of deal between the U.S. and Iran. ETFs: ( USO ), ( BNO ), ( UCO ), ( SCO ), ( USL ), ( DBO ), ( DRIP ), ( GUSH ), ( USOI ), ( XLE ) More on crude oil WTI Crude Is Entrenched In A Minor Downtrend Below 20-Day And 50-Day Moving Averages Oil Markets On The Brink: Why Today's Calm May Be Hiding A Historic Supply Shock I Think Oil Is About To Go Vertical
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo has been criticised for saying his French Open second-round match should not have been umpired by a woman as they do not have the "courage" to handle the crowd. The Paraguayan world number 71 lost to French teenager Moise Kouame on Court Suzanne-Lenglen on Thursday, with the 17-year-old receiving vocal support in a near five-hour 6-3 7-5 2-6 2-6 7-6 (10-8) victory. Vallejo cr...
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo has been criticised for saying his French Open second-round match should not have been umpired by a woman as they do not have the "courage" to handle the crowd. The Paraguayan world number 71 lost to French teenager Moise Kouame on Court Suzanne-Lenglen on Thursday, with the 17-year-old receiving vocal support in a near five-hour 6-3 7-5 2-6 2-6 7-6 (10-8) victory. Vallejo criticised umpire Ana Carvalho of Brazil for being unable to control the "annoying" and "disrespectful" crowd. He also said he was unhappy with how much time Kouame was given in between points. Players are only allowed to take up to 25 seconds between points, but umpires can use their discretion as to when to start the shot clock while the crowd settles down. "I think this sort of matches should be umpired by a man," Vallejo told Clay magazine in an interview listened to and verified by BBC Sport. "It's very difficult for a woman to do it because the crowd is very annoying and you need to have a lot of courage to go against the crowd. "I knew it [the crowd] was going to be like that. It didn't harm me, it only strengthened him." Asked whether having a male umpire would have made a difference, Vallejo added: "Yes, yes, absolutely. The crowd was really disrespectful, but I understand it because they are supporting their home player." Vallejo has since taken to social media to defend his comments, stating on X that they have been "taken out of context" and he was referring to Carvalho specifically, rather than all female umpires. The French Tennis Federation (FFT), who organise the tournament, have been contacted for comment.
The Dow Jones (^DJI) is packed with iconic businesses that have built strong brands and durable market positions. A select few continue to thrive, delivering solid returns and proving their resilience in an evolving market. Even among blue-chip stocks, only a few shine bright, and we’re here to help you find them. Keeping that in mind, here are three Dow Jones stocks positioned for long-term growt...
The Dow Jones (^DJI) is packed with iconic businesses that have built strong brands and durable market positions. A select few continue to thrive, delivering solid returns and proving their resilience in an evolving market. Even among blue-chip stocks, only a few shine bright, and we’re here to help you find them. Keeping that in mind, here are three Dow Jones stocks positioned for long-term growth. Apple (AAPL) Market Cap: $4.59 trillion Creator of the iPhone and App Store, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a legendary developer of consumer electronics and software. Why Should AAPL Be on Your Watchlist? Apple’s revenue base is so large because nearly everyone in the U.S. has an iPhone, but this is a double-edged sword. Growth must now come from upgrades, a harder pitch that has resulted in sluggish top-line performance recently. Still, Apple’s devices have endured for decades, speaking to its brand, design ethos, and technological chops. Its success is rare in the world of consumer electronics, which is fraught because of commoditization, competition, and obsolescence risk. The company may not have the best gross margin because of its hardware orientation, but it still manages to produce elite operating and free cash flow margins. This shows it doesn’t need over-the-top marketing campaigns to convince people to buy its products. Apple is trading at $311.87 per share, or 34.1x forward price-to-earnings. Is now the right time to buy? Find out in our full research report, it’s free. Microsoft (MSFT) Market Cap: $3.17 trillion Originally named "Micro-soft" for microcomputer software when founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is a global technology company that develops software, cloud services, devices, and AI solutions for consumers, businesses, and organizations worldwide. Why Will MSFT Beat the Market? Microsoft is one of the great brands not just in tech but all of business. It produces mission-critical software and bundles it together, resulting in cream-of-the-crop gross...
PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images Who told you that Pagaya ( PGY ) was nothing more than a story stock? Perhaps you heard that it could never possibly deliver on any vision for the future that it might offer to investors. Well, five straight quarters of consistent profitability should put those thoughts to rest once and for all. The Q1 2026 earnings report was an inconvenient truth smashing...
PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images Who told you that Pagaya ( PGY ) was nothing more than a story stock? Perhaps you heard that it could never possibly deliver on any vision for the future that it might offer to investors. Well, five straight quarters of consistent profitability should put those thoughts to rest once and for all. The Q1 2026 earnings report was an inconvenient truth smashing the narrative that bears have been pitching for some time, and I believe that the 19.55% short interest (at the time of this writing) in this stock should be shaking in their collective boots based on the progress that I see in their reported figures. Let's take a look at what has me so confident. Profitability is No Longer a Future Goal, it is the Expectation The first thing that skeptics will point to in the Q1 2026 report is undoubtedly the fact that Pagaya came in under analysts' expectations on revenue by $5.90M. That figure is accurate, but what they aren't telling you is the fact that revenue still great by 9.64% YoY. The miss was a result of the fact that analysts' expectations were so high. Besides that, Pagaya still beat on EPS by a full $0.17 when it reported earnings of $0.73 per share. That is an astounding figure for a company that wasn't even profitable until Q1 2025 . Now, it seems that investors can count on profitability as the baseline expectation. Additional positive indicators from the Q1 2026 report included: GAAP net income of $25M, the fifth consecutive profitable quarter in a row Adjusted EBITDA of $94M with a margin of 29.6% $44M in net cash flows from resecuritizations in the last twelve months These are not the kind of results that a company reports when it is floundering. Rather, I see these figures as incredibly powerful and emboldening to the bullish case for Pagaya, and this is only the beginning. The Capital Markets Continue to Buy What Pagaya is Selling Pagaya has not had any trouble conducting ABS transactions, as some had feared. Rather,...