Willie B. Thomas/DigitalVision via Getty Images As Ben Hogan said: “Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.” Just one bad stock can ruin your portfolio, and that fact is precisely why doing proper diligence is so important. Why Is Diligence Hard to Find? Very few investors perform proper diligence. Here’s why: It requires lots of hard work, such as reading thousands of pages of financial filings, particularly the footnotes. It is not exciting. How often do your hear Jim Cramer say “Diligence, diligence, diligence” like he cheers ”buy, buy, buy”? It does not help sell more IPOs, especially the bad ones where bankers don’t want investors to know the truth about earnings. For example, Sweetgreen ( SG ), Rivian ( RIVN ), Gitlab ( GTLB ), Allbirds ( BIRD ), Peloton ( PTON ), and more. Where To Get Diligence? Start with Core Earnings and the Bloomberg New Constructs Core Earnings Leaders Index ( BCORET:IND ). This index holds stocks where deep diligence reveals businesses that are more profitable than the market realizes, i.e., Core Earnings are higher than reported net income. It beat the S&P 500 by 9% (27% vs 18%) in 2025. How To Avoid Bad Stocks? Most importantly, the index avoids companies that are less profitable than the market realizes, i.e., Core Earnings are lower than reported net income. Below we detail two companies that were recently dropped from the index because their Core Earnings no longer exceed reported net income. The Boeing Company ( BA ): Overstated Earnings Our Robo-Analyst AI parsed Boeing’s 2025 10-K and found billions of dollars in non-operating income that artificially inflate GAAP earnings. As a result, Boeing’s 2025 Core Earnings are much lower than the company’s reported earnings. Boeing’s Core Earnings improved from -$7.4 billion in 2024 to -$2.6 billion in 2025. However, GAAP earnings improved much more, from -$11.9 billion to $1.9 billion, over the same time. Figure 1 shows the shift from -$4.5 billion in GAAP Earnings ...

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The Vanguard Utilities ETF focuses on a stable sector of the economy that can make it a more suitable option for risk-averse investors.

Key PointsUtility stocks can provide investors with high yields and low volatility.

Key PointsThe retailing giant's stock price keeps hovering above $1,000.

At the end of 2025, Costco Wholesale (COST +1.20%) seemed like a candidate for a 2026 stock split. Shares closed at just above $862 on Dec. 31, 2025, and if the stock price gained more momentum, $1,000 looked reachable. It's been above or flirting with that $1,000 threshold throughout the year, leaving many wondering whether a Costco stock split announcement is imminent. According to history, the answer is unlikely. But that's not bad news for shareholders, as we'll see in just a moment. The benefits of a split Analysts and shareholders want to see stock splits when the stock price is perceived as too high, limiting its appeal to retail investors. For example, if a stock is trading for $1,000 and undergoes a 10-for-1 forward stock split, the new price will be $100 per share. The value of what you own doesn't change, but the stock price will just be lower after the split. Again, this is more about investor psychology. Someone buying 10 shares of $100 stock may feel they are getting more for their money than they would buying one share for $1,000, even though the total value of those holdings will be the same. In addition to the psychology effect, there is some evidence that a stock split can trigger short-term gains. Bank of America's Research Committee found that companies that split their stock saw an average total return of 25.4% a year following the announcement of a split. Still, history suggests that a stock split shouldn't be expected any time soon. That's not to say it couldn't happen at some point in the future, but the last time Costco split its stock was in 2000, meaning it doesn't make such decisions lightly or often. With more investors having access to fractional shares, the management team may not see an imminent need for a stock split. That may disappoint some, but it's also a strong signal for long-term investors. Expand NASDAQ : COST Costco Wholesale Today's Change ( 1.20 %) $ 12.86 Current Price $ 1089.33 Key Data Points Market Cap $478B Day's Rang...

Sobel, who is also chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Elections, urged MPs from all parties to join the "common sense" call ahead of the bill's expected return to the Commons next month.

George Monbiot is right to challenge hypocrisy in the media’s treatment of antisemitism (No one should get a free pass on antisemitism – so why does the right?, 14 May). If antisemitic imagery or rhetoric appears in rightwing newspapers or political movements, it should be confronted with the same urgency applied elsewhere. But there is also a danger in allowing legitimate criticism of selective media narratives to slide into minimising antisemitism itself. Antisemitism is real, ugly and historically persistent. Recent attacks on synagogues, Jewish institutions and individuals across Europe cannot simply be dismissed as inventions of the press or the political class. At the same time, many people are becoming uneasy with the way that accusations of antisemitism are sometimes deployed within political discourse, particularly around criticism of Israel and Gaza. When media organisations appear highly selective about where outrage is directed, public trust erodes. People begin to suspect that antisemitism is being instrumentalised politically rather than addressed consistently as a form of racism. That perception is dangerous for everyone, including Jewish communities, because it risks devaluing the seriousness of genuine antisemitism. If every criticism of establishment narratives is treated as suspect while equivalent rhetoric on the right is softened or ignored, accusations lose moral clarity. The answer is not to downplay antisemitism, nor to weaponise it. It is to apply the same standards everywhere, regardless of political tribe, newspaper allegiance or ideological convenience. Robert Ormiston Worthing, West Sussex Your analysis of the Jewish left’s current predicament was timely, but it overlooked a painful reality brewing within progressive domestic circles (As the right moves in on antisemitism, where does that leave the Jewish left?, 14 May). In my own family, several members identify as being on the extreme left, framing their worldview through the lens of s...

Schools can compromise children’s privacy, exposing them to potential identity fraud, harassment and AI exploitation, says Dr Claire Bessant It was concerning, but sadly unsurprising, to read a Guardian article reporting that UK schools are being blackmailed with AI-generated child sexual abuse images created from photos shared on school websites and social media pages ( UK schools should remove pupils’ online photos as AI blackmail threat grows, say experts, 8 May ). Lord Russell , in the 2024 debates on the data (use and access) bill, highlighted the potential for AI to be used to scrape images from school websites and social media. His comments were informed by research undertaken by Defend Digital Me , which found pupil data in publicly available AI training datasets. Welsh government guidance warns schools to “exercise great caution sharing images or videos of learners publicly on social media platforms due to the potential risk of the content being misused”. It notes that social media platforms are vulnerable to web scraping, and that the large-scale collection of information posted online, and resulting loss of control over images, can expose pupils to privacy risks. The only advice that the Department for Education provides schools on pupil image use appears in its data protection guidance . This states that social media use “often requires extra care”, and that schools should “make pupils and parents or carers aware that social media involves wider sharing and may carry higher privacy risks”. Continue reading...

The way the media refers to the far-right activist amplifies his invented persona – and a change in approach would undermine his cult of personality, says Brian Davison I am puzzled by the reporting of far-right activism in the Guardian and other media outlets. A single phrase is repeated constantly, and I do not understand why. “ Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon ” is the fixed phrase used to describe Britain’s foremost activist, and the remainder of the article invariably goes on to refer to him as “Robinson”. Surely this is simply amplifying his own invented persona, with its echoes of a first world war working-class hero? The phrase is so ubiquitous and consistent that I feel it must have been selected in an editorial meeting at some point in history because the alternatives were somehow risky. The man is now well-known enough that we no longer need to use his pseudonym. I would very much like to see a pivot to using the phrase “Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who calls himself Tommy Robinson”. Continue reading...

In explaining Xi Jinping’s allusion to the Thucydides trap, Kate Lamb refers to Thucydides’ statement that “it was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable” (What is the Thucydides Trap and why did Xi Jinping mention it in his meeting with Donald Trump?, 15 May). That is the translation used by the Harvard political scientist Graham Allison, who popularised the phrase “Thucydides trap”, and who attributes the translation to Richard Crawley’s 1874 edition. It is often said that Thucydides’ Greek is better translated as “the Athenians growing great and creating fear in the Spartans compelled them towards making war”. That is, Thucydides was speaking of a subjective impression of necessity on the Spartans’ part rather than claiming absolute necessity. Less well-known is the fact that the translation Allison uses was introduced into Crawley’s edition in a revision by his nephew Richard Feetham in 1903, at the very time that the danger of “inevitable war” between Britain and Germany began to be seen as a threat. Thucydides’ history brings out how perceptions of necessity can be self-fulfilling. It is to be hoped that Allison’s misleading reading of Thucydides can at least help modern politicians avoid his misnamed, but still all too real, trap better than their early 20th-century predecessors. Tim Rood St Hugh’s College, Oxford University It was cruel of Xi Jinping to bring up the Thucydides trap in his opening remarks when meeting Donald Trump. Not because of any historical parallels with present-day events, but because it is almost impossible that Trump will be able to respond due to his wayward tongue being unable to render Thucydides or even Peloponnese. Look forward to a new conflict being added to the classical canon: the polo ponies war. Phil Coughlin Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear

What Happened? Shares of wireless chipmaker Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) fell 4% in the afternoon session after a broader selloff hit the semiconductor sector amid valuation concerns and investor nervousness ahead of Nvidia's earnings report. The decline was part of an industry-wide trend where investors retreat from richly valued chip stocks. These stocks were a primary force behind the U.S. market's climb to record highs. Earnings from Nvidia, a key player in the artificial intelligence space, were viewed as a significant test for the AI boom narrative that powered the market. This uncertainty contributed to the negative sentiment across the semiconductor space, leading to a slide in major chipmakers. The stock market overreacts to news, and big price drops can present good opportunities to buy high-quality stocks. Is now the time to buy Qualcomm? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free. What Is The Market Telling Us Qualcomm’s shares are somewhat volatile and have had 13 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business. The previous big move we wrote about was 8 days ago when the stock gained 7.6% after a combination of strong fiscal second-quarter results, promising developments for its data center processors, and a favorable US-China tariff suspension fueled multiple analyst upgrades. The rally was rooted in the company's April 29th earnings report, which surpassed Wall Street's revenue and profit estimates. However, the more significant news was CEO Cristiano Amon's disclosure that Qualcomm's data center processors are set to ship to a major hyperscaler customer before the end of calendar 2026, boosting investor optimism about AI-related demand. Following these developments, Wall Street sentiment turned bullish. Daiwa Securities upgraded the stock from Neutral to Outperform and raised its price target to ...

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英国考虑推出一种新签证，向在英国投资至少500万英镑（约合670万美元）的富裕人士提供三年居留权，该国希望借此举恢复对全球高净值人士的吸引力。 根据政府机构近期发给财富顾问征询意见的提案文件，企业家和其他可自由迁移居住地的富裕人士若参加该项目，需要投资于所谓的重点领域，例如增长迅速的英国企业。文件显示，这类“邀请制”签证申请将接受更严格的审查，三年后可申请获得永久居留权。 近年来，英国作为全球高净值投资者目的地的声誉受到打击，此前英国提高了对来自海外、被称为“非本土居民”（non-dom）的富裕人士税负。相关改革于去年在斯塔默政府执政期间生效。随后，John Fredriksen、Nassef Sawiris和Guillaume Pousaz等亿万富豪纷纷离开英国或减少了与英国的联系。 英国政府发言人在电子邮件声明中表示：“我们正尽一切努力吸引投资进入英国。Global Talent Taskforce正在评估所有选项，以识别并吸引全球最优秀的人才。” 责任编辑：丁文武

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By Kenrick Cai MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, May 19 (Reuters) - Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai will kick off Google's annual developer conference on Tuesday where the tech giant is expected to ‌reveal a flurry of artificial intelligence upgrades for consumers and coders. This year’s I/O conference in ‌Mountain View, California - traditionally Google’s flagship event for showcasing the cutting edge of its consumer-facing products - will be the company's ​first since last winter's major update to its Gemini AI model helped it regain ground in the AI race. Google parent Alphabet recently came within striking distance of Nvidia as the world’s most valuable company. It may seek to fortify its standing on Tuesday with a refreshed version of Gemini, plus new products and ‌features built with the model’s capabilities. Google ⁠has pushed to turn its vast consumer reach into an edge in AI, connecting Gemini to personalized user data across its suite of products that includes ⁠Chrome, Gmail, and YouTube. The company is embedding generative AI into its traditional search engine and seeking to amass users on its chatbot that is also called Gemini and competes with ChatGPT. Search was Alphabet’s biggest revenue driver ​in 2025, ​when it reported $402.8 billion in total revenue. The ​company is ramping up spending on AI ‌infrastructure, expecting $180 billion to $190 billion in capital expenditures this year. Advertising revenue, including from search ads, has continued to burnish Google's growth in recent quarters, assuaging investor fears that AI could disrupt Google's products and soften its market dominance. AI rivals OpenAI and Anthropic have been gearing up for IPOs, focused on capturing lucrative enterprise customers. Google is also expected to dedicate time at the conference to focus on businesses, ‌particularly software developers who have been a primary source ​of enterprise AI revenue. In 2025, the company hired key staff ​from popular AI code generation startup Windsurf ​in a...

Andrej Karpathy Director of AI Tesla a keynote speaker at the Train AI conference at Pier 27 in San Francisco, Ca. on Thurs. May 10, 2018. Michael Macor | San Francisco Chronicle | Getty Images Andrej Karpathy, an artificial intelligence researcher who co-founded OpenAI before getting poached by Tesla , announced on Tuesday that he's joining Anthropic. "I think the next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative," Karpathy wrote in a post on X , referring to large language models. "I am very excited to join the team here and get back to R&D." Anthropic said Karpathy starts this week and will be building a team focused on using Claude to accelerate pretraining research, which helps the company's models acquire their core knowledge and capabilities. It's the latest high-profile hire for Anthropic, which is poised to surpass OpenAI's private market valuation and is in an intensifying battle for talent with its chief AI rival. Ross Nordeen, a founding member of xAI and an ex-Tesla employee, announced earlier this month he was joining Anthropic, the same day the company struck a deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX to rent compute capacity at xAI's Colossus 1 data center in Memphis, Tennessee. After helping to start OpenAI, Karpathy left for Tesla in 2017 to serve as director of AI. There, he led the computer vision team for Tesla Autopilot. Musk recruited Karpathy away from OpenAI while the Tesla CEO was a board member at both tech companies. Karpathy's work at OpenAI and Tesla came up repeatedly during the Musk v. Altman trial, which concluded on Monday, with the jury and judge ruling in OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's favor. In one email exchange that was presented as an exhibit during the proceedings, Musk described Karpathy as "arguably the #2 guy in the world in computer vision," behind Ilya Sutskever, another OpenAI co-founder. "The OpenAI guys are gonna want to kill me, but it had to be done...," Musk wrote, regarding his hiring of Karpathy. Karpathy was one ...

phakphum patjangkata/iStock via Getty Images Emerson Electric ( EMR ) on Tuesday released its 2025 sustainability report, detailing progress on emissions reductions, energy efficiency and workplace safety as industrial companies face growing scrutiny from some investors over environmental and social performance. The automation and industrial technology company said it reduced Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 49% from a 2021 baseline while lowering energy intensity by 27% over the same period. Emerson ( EMR ) also said it diverted 70% of non-hazardous waste from landfill and incineration across its manufacturing operations compared with 2022 levels. The report comes as industrial companies increasingly use sustainability disclosures to appeal to ESG-focused investors and customers seeking lower-carbon supply chains. Environmental performance metrics, workplace safety records and governance transparency have become more important in capital allocation decisions, particularly for large institutional investors and customers in energy, manufacturing and infrastructure sectors. Emerson ( EMR ) said its technologies are helping customers improve operational efficiency and reduce emissions across industrial facilities and infrastructure projects. The company also noted it received an “A” climate score from CDP for the second consecutive year, a rating often tracked by sustainability-focused investors and funds. In addition to environmental targets, Emerson reported a workplace injury rate of 0.25 and an employee engagement score of 78.9%. The company also reiterated a pledge to invest $200 million over a decade to support education initiatives in communities where it operates. Chief Sustainability Officer Mike Train said the company’s sustainability efforts are tied to operational improvements and product development initiatives aimed at supporting customers and local communities. Emerson ( EMR ) didn’t provide updated long-term emissions targets or disclose the fi...

Growth stocks are attractive to many investors, as above-average financial growth helps these stocks easily grab the market's attention and produce exceptional returns. But finding a great growth stock is not easy at all. That's because, these stocks usually carry above-average risk and volatility. In fact, betting on a stock for which the growth story is actually over or nearing its end could lead to significant loss. However, it's pretty easy to find cutting-edge growth stocks with the help of the Zacks Growth Style Score (part of the Zacks Style Scores system), which looks beyond the traditional growth attributes to analyze a company's real growth prospects. Howmet (HWM) is on the list of such stocks currently recommended by our proprietary system. In addition to a favorable Growth Score, it carries a top Zacks Rank. Studies have shown that stocks with the best growth features consistently outperform the market. And returns are even better for stocks that possess the combination of a Growth Score of A or B and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy). While there are numerous reasons why the stock of this maker of engineered products for the aerospace and other industries is a great growth pick right now, we have highlighted three of the most important factors below: Earnings Growth Earnings growth is arguably the most important factor, as stocks exhibiting exceptionally surging profit levels tend to attract the attention of most investors. For growth investors, double-digit earnings growth is highly preferable, as it is often perceived as an indication of strong prospects (and stock price gains) for the company under consideration. While the historical EPS growth rate for Howmet is 40%, investors should actually focus on the projected growth. The company's EPS is expected to grow 29% this year, crushing the industry average, which calls for EPS growth of 12.5%. Cash Flow Growth While cash is the lifeblood of any business, higher-than-average cash flow growth is m...

Growth investors focus on stocks that are seeing above-average financial growth, as this feature helps these securities garner the market's attention and deliver solid returns. But finding a great growth stock is not easy at all. In addition to volatility, these stocks carry above-average risk by their very nature. Also, one could end up losing from a stock whose growth story is actually over or nearing its end. However, the task of finding cutting-edge growth stocks is made easy with the help of the Zacks Growth Style Score (part of the Zacks Style Scores system), which looks beyond the traditional growth attributes to analyze a company's real growth prospects. Our proprietary system currently recommends First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) as one such stock. This company not only has a favorable Growth Score, but also carries a top Zacks Rank. Studies have shown that stocks with the best growth features consistently outperform the market. And for stocks that have a combination of a Growth Score of A or B and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy), returns are even better. Here are three of the most important factors that make the stock of this holding company for First Financial Bank a great growth pick right now. Earnings Growth Arguably nothing is more important than earnings growth, as surging profit levels is what most investors are after. For growth investors, double-digit earnings growth is highly preferable, as it is often perceived as an indication of strong prospects (and stock price gains) for the company under consideration. While the historical EPS growth rate for First Financial is 6.8%, investors should actually focus on the projected growth. The company's EPS is expected to grow 9.2% this year, crushing the industry average, which calls for EPS growth of 7.4%. Impressive Asset Utilization Ratio Growth investors often overlook asset utilization ratio, also known as sales-to-total-assets (S/TA) ratio, but it is an important feature of a real growth stock. ...

Growth stocks are attractive to many investors, as above-average financial growth helps these stocks easily grab the market's attention and produce exceptional returns. But finding a growth stock that can live up to its true potential can be a tough task. In addition to volatility, these stocks carry above-average risk by their very nature. Also, one could end up losing from a stock whose growth story is actually over or nearing its end. However, the task of finding cutting-edge growth stocks is made easy with the help of the Zacks Growth Style Score (part of the Zacks Style Scores system), which looks beyond the traditional growth attributes to analyze a company's real growth prospects. Ezcorp (EZPW) is on the list of such stocks currently recommended by our proprietary system. In addition to a favorable Growth Score, it carries a top Zacks Rank. Studies have shown that stocks with the best growth features consistently outperform the market. And for stocks that have a combination of a Growth Score of A or B and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy), returns are even better. While there are numerous reasons why the stock of this consumer financial services company is a great growth pick right now, we have highlighted three of the most important factors below: Earnings Growth Earnings growth is arguably the most important factor, as stocks exhibiting exceptionally surging profit levels tend to attract the attention of most investors. And for growth investors, double-digit earnings growth is definitely preferable, and often an indication of strong prospects (and stock price gains) for the company under consideration. While the historical EPS growth rate for Ezcorp is 23.1%, investors should actually focus on the projected growth. The company's EPS is expected to grow 12.5% this year, crushing the industry average, which calls for EPS growth of 4.7%. Cash Flow Growth While cash is the lifeblood of any business, higher-than-average cash flow growth is more important a...

Growth stocks are attractive to many investors, as above-average financial growth helps these stocks easily grab the market's attention and produce exceptional returns. However, it isn't easy to find a great growth stock. That's because, these stocks usually carry above-average risk and volatility. In fact, betting on a stock for which the growth story is actually over or nearing its end could lead to significant loss. However, it's pretty easy to find cutting-edge growth stocks with the help of the Zacks Growth Style Score (part of the Zacks Style Scores system), which looks beyond the traditional growth attributes to analyze a company's real growth prospects. Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited Sponsored ADR (ATAT) is one such stock that our proprietary system currently recommends. The company not only has a favorable Growth Score, but also carries a top Zacks Rank. Research shows that stocks carrying the best growth features consistently beat the market. And for stocks that have a combination of a Growth Score of A or B and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy), returns are even better. While there are numerous reasons why the stock of this company is a great growth pick right now, we have highlighted three of the most important factors below: Earnings Growth Arguably nothing is more important than earnings growth, as surging profit levels is what most investors are after. For growth investors, double-digit earnings growth is highly preferable, as it is often perceived as an indication of strong prospects (and stock price gains) for the company under consideration. While the historical EPS growth rate for Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited Sponsored ADR is 58.1%, investors should actually focus on the projected growth. The company's EPS is expected to grow 25.7% this year, crushing the industry average, which calls for EPS growth of 22%. Cash Flow Growth While cash is the lifeblood of any business, higher-than-average cash flow growth is more important and beneficia...

Multiple police forces have said they were assessing whether to launch investigations into Epstein-related allegations, including the Norfolk Constabulary and Police Scotland - which has since said there is no active investigation into the financer's jet using Edinburgh Airport.

英国政府于周一批准了一项新的通用贸易许可证。根据该许可证，特定产品将被豁免于现行的制裁限制，从而允许进口在海外使用俄罗斯原油精炼而成的柴油和航空煤油，并允许提供与之相关的各项金融与物流服务。 风险提示及免责条款 市场有风险，投资需谨慎。本文不构成个人投资建议，也未考虑到个别用户特殊的投资目标、财务状况或需要。用户应考虑本文中的任何意见、观点或结论是否符合其特定状况。据此投资，责任自负。

alexsl Financial markets are increasingly pricing in the possibility that the Federal Reserve may be forced to raise interest rates again before the end of 2026, reflecting persistent concerns over inflation and the resilience of the U.S. economy. According to interest-rate swaps data, traders now see more than an 80% probability of at least one Fed rate hike by late 2026. The shift in expectations comes as investors reassess the outlook for monetary policy following signs that inflationary pressures could remain elevated longer than previously anticipated. Markets had spent much of the past year anticipating a steady easing cycle from the central bank, but those expectations have become more cautious in recent weeks. Treasury yields have also moved higher as traders price in the possibility of tighter policy for an extended period, with the longer end U.S. 30 Year Treasury yield ( US30Y ) topping 5.20%, its highest reading in 19 years . Analysts say the renewed expectations for higher borrowing costs reflect concerns that inflation may not return to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target as quickly as policymakers hope. While the Fed has not indicated that additional hikes are imminent, markets are increasingly positioning for a scenario in which policymakers may need to keep financial conditions restrictive. Market Tracking ETFs: ( DIA ), ( DDM ), ( DOG ), ( DXD ), ( SDOW ), ( SPY ), ( VOO ), ( IVV ), ( RSP ), ( SSO ), ( UPRO ), ( SH ), ( SDS ), ( SPXU ), ( QQQ ), ( QQQM ), ( TQQQ ), ( QID ), and ( SQQQ ). Fixed Income ETFs: ( TLT ), ( TLH ), ( IEF ), ( IEI ), ( SHY ), ( SGOV ), ( SCHO ), ( BIL ), ( AGG ), ( BND ), ( VCIT ), ( MUB ), ( MBB ), ( JNK ), ( LQD ), ( HYG ), ( VTIP ), ( TIP ), ( SCHP ), ( STIP ), ( TIPX ), ( SPIP ), ( WIP ), ( GTIP ), ( LQDI ), and ( RINF ). More on markets Value or Growth? These 20 stocks offer both as markets hover near record highs Fed rate cut expectations outpace hike bets in latest BofA fund manager survey Magnificent Seven poised for te...

00:00 Scott Melker The SEC is about to let crypto exchanges trade Apple and Amazon as tokens and the details of how this is going to happen are absolutely astounding. We're not only getting pushback from Wall Street, but also some pushback from the tokenization industry. We're going to unpack that and everything else happening today in the news right now on the Daily Wolf. Let's go. 00:36 Scott Melker What is up everybody? Welcome to the Daily Wolf on Yahoo Finance. I'm your host, Scott Melker, also known as The Wolf of All Streets. You can find me @ScottMelker on all of your beloved social platforms. You can watch me on YouTube in the morning, you can read my newsletter every day. There is a lot going on and a lot of content for you to consume. Speaking of content to consume, we have a few stories that are really impactful for markets that we're going to unpack today. 01:07 Scott Melker Now, I'm going to be honest, this first story, I'm not really sure how I feel about it. I know that we make the pitch here that we'll separate the signal from the noise. This is definitely signal. The question is whether we should be excited or very wary of what's happening. Of course, that's the biggest story this week, which is the SEC said to ready plan for trading crypto versions of stocks. This is from Bloomberg Law. This was broken on Monday and I don't really feel like the media is covering this correctly or understands how deep the implications are. 01:47 Scott Melker So, the headline itself, the SEC wants your Apple stock on chain is not mind-blowing. Right? We've been talking about since this show existed and long before about the inevitable tokenization of everything. Larry Fink and BlackRock have been talking about it for years. Chairman Atkins at the SEC came in and talked about Project crypto and said that by the end of 2026, everything would be trading on blockchain rails. The DTCC who settles 4.7 quadrillion in volume a year of securities said that they are moving 02...

Home Depot (HD +0.51%) is one of the best-performing stocks in history, but more recently, the leading home improvement chain has been struggling. The last few years have been tough for the housing and home improvement sectors. Interest rates and mortgage rates remain elevated compared with much of the 2010s, and discretionary spending has been hampered by years of high inflation. Meanwhile, the lock-in effect from the pandemic has significantly slowed home sales, curtailing demand for home improvement products, as moving homes typically triggers spending on such supplies. Against that backdrop, Home Depot reported first-quarter earnings Tuesday morning, and the results were in line with estimates. Home Depot's Q1 Comparable sales rose 0.6% in the quarter and 0.4% in the U.S., and revenue was up 4.8% to $41.77 billion, which was slightly ahead of estimates at $41.51 billion. On the bottom line, adjusted operating income fell 2.3% to $5.15 billion, and adjusted earnings per share fell from $3.56 to $3.43, as the company noted "greater consumer uncertainty and housing affordability pressure." That was still slightly ahead of the consensus at $3.41. Looking ahead to the rest of the year, the company reaffirmed its guidance, calling for total sales growth of 2.5% to 4.5%, 15 new stores, and adjusted earnings-per-share growth of flat to 4%, or $14.69-$15.28, which compared to estimates at $15.04. Home Depot has essentially been treading water in a challenging environment for the last several years, and it continued to do so in the quarter. As you can see from the chart below, the stock has pretty much been flat over the last five years, while earnings per share has fallen, and revenue growth has been nearly flat after backing out the impact of the SRS acquisition, which caused the spike in revenue growth in late 2024. Is Home Depot a buy? Home Depot has executed reasonably well in a difficult environment, and the SRS acquisition seems like it is paying off as it is drivi...

Intel Corporation shares have come under pressure after an explosive rally, falling more than 17% over six consecutive sessions following a prior surge of over 214% between March 30 and May 11. The recent decline, which includes a 5.3% drop on Tuesday alone, has sparked renewed debate among investors about whether the stock's sharp pullback signals the end of momentum or a healthy consolidation after a parabolic move. Despite the recent weakness, Intel remains up more than 192% in 2026, underscoring just how dramatic the earlier rally had been. Market analysts suggest that the current correction is more consistent with profit-taking and technical cooling rather than a structural breakdown in the underlying trend, especially given the scale and speed of the preceding upmove. According to Bloomberg data, 53 analysts currently cover the stock, with 17 maintaining a “buy” rating, 33 recommending “hold,” and three suggesting “sell.” The average 12-month consensus price target stands at $89.63, implying a downside of around 16.7% from current levels — a signal that expectations may have run ahead of near-term fundamentals. Even as the stock consolidates, several brokerages remain bullish on Intel's medium-term trajectory. Citigroup Inc. reiterated a “buy” rating and raised its price target to $130 from $95, citing stronger-than-expected growth prospects in server CPUs driven by artificial intelligence workloads. The firm highlighted that demand from emerging “agentic AI” applications is reshaping the server CPU market at a much faster pace than previously assumed. ALSO READ: Open AI Co-Founder Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic, Working On Team Linked To Claude Similarly, Benchmark analyst Cody Acree maintained a “buy” rating while lifting his price target to $140 from $105. According to media reports, Citigroup's revised model points to a major structural expansion in the server CPU market, which it now expects to grow to $131.5 billion by 2030, up sharply from $29.3 billio...