Morocco Launches Mass Deportations To Block Europe Migration Route: EU's 'Externalization Strategy' Via Middle East Eye Since April 14, Morocco has been conducting large-scale deportation operations targeting sub-Saharan Africans migrating to Europe , reportedly arresting over 100 per day, local sources told Middle East Eye. According to Moroccan human rights groups, around 800 people were detained during coordinated raids in the forests between Fnideq and Belyounech, in the northern tip of the North African state, where many were sheltering before attempting to reach Europe. Tramway rail construction site in Morocco's city of Casablanca, via AFP The operation is still ongoing, with authorities then moving their focus to operations in and around Tangier. Witnesses have described mass arrests, beatings, racist abuse and forced transfers toward the Algerian border. Sudanese and Chadian detainees were bused south and abandoned near border zones, while people from countries including Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Guinea were deported on flights departing Casablanca. The crackdown comes as the European Union has intensified its cooperation with Morocco as part of its border externalization strategy , which is a key component of the bloc’s new Pact on Migration and Asylum set to take effect in June. The EU increasingly outsources immigration enforcement to North African nations with poor human rights records, designating over €900 million within the bloc's Global Europe development instrument to fund stricter migration control , border management and surveillance initiatives across the region. "The EU wants to restrict people’s mobility as far down the route as possible - what officials describe as stopping migration downstream ," Frey Lindsay, a journalist on Statewatch's Outsourcing Borders project, which tracks how the EU outsources migration control, told Middle East Eye. "It's about exerting border control without getting your hands dirty, basically." R...

Key Points Consumer staples companies tend to generate resilient cash flows because their products and services remain in demand across all economic environments. The strength of Dividend Kings and long-term growers comes from structural advantages. Dividend investing works best when you prioritize long-term dividend growth, rather than chasing the highest current yield. 10 stocks we like better than Procter & Gamble › If you are looking for reliable dividend growth in consumer staples, your search should rarely be about headline yield. Your search should focus on the kind of steady, compounding cash flow that can endure across entire economic cycles. Five names stand out right now, and they cover the full range of how a consumer goods dividend can compound over decades. 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. Coca-Cola The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) approved its 64th consecutive annual dividend increase in February, lifting the annual payout to $2.12 per share from $2.04. The reason this dividend has held up for more than six decades is structural. Coca-Cola sells syrup concentrate to a global network of independent bottlers, which produces high gross margins, low capital intensity, and pricing power even when consumer demand softens. The 2025 to 2026 stretch has also been one of the better periods for revenue per case, as international pricing has held up, and the company has continued to invest in away-from-home channels. The honest risk with Coca-Cola is that its volume growth in developed markets is modest, and weight-loss drugs are starting to influence beverage consumption at the margin. Neither factor has really shown up in the numbers, but both deserve to be monitored. 2. Procter & Gamble Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) declared its 69th consecutive annual dividend increase in Ap...

U.S. passengers flying from Ebola-affected countries rerouted toggle caption Michal Ruprecht for NPR Early Thursday morning, Michal Ruprecht went to Uganda's Entebbe International Airport at 2AM to catch a flight. At the airline counter, he told the agent that he was headed to Michigan. "He did this sort of double look and asked me, was I sure I was going to Michigan?" he recalls. Ruprecht, a medical student and freelance reporter, was returning home after a month-long reporting trip to Uganda, where he was working on stories for NPR. The man at the counter showed Ruprecht a memo from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. "He tells me that I have to arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)," Ruprecht says, "The first thing that was going through my head was denial. I wasn't sure if this was real." Sponsor Message Ruprecht was one of the first passengers to fly under a policy announced just hours before: all Americans who have passed through Uganda, South Sudan or the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the past 21 days must fly into IAD, an airport in a Virginia suburb of Washington, DC. Two additional U.S. airport options were added Friday evening: the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. The African countries, the DRC and Uganda, have been hit by a growing Ebola outbreak, which the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern on May 17. Already, there are 800 suspected cases and more than 180 suspected deaths, according to the WHO. A major component of the U.S. response has been travel restrictions, on those who have recently come through affected countries: routing U.S. citizens to specified entry points, reserving the right to deny entry to permanent residents and barring most others . At the Ugandan airport, Ruprecht frantically rebooked his flights. When he arrived at Dulles airport after 20 hours of travel, he was flagged for extra scre...

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There has been a lot of chatter in the market that investors need to be careful of memory stocks following their strong performance, despite the stocks in the sector still trading at cheap valuations. The reason for this is that historically, both the DRAM and NAND (flash) markets have been highly cyclical with very large boom and bust cycles. However, it is certainly noteworthy that renowned billionaire investor David Tepper of Appaloosa Management increased his exposure to the sector in Q1, buying shares of both Sandisk (SNDK 3.79%) and Micron Technology (MU 1.23%). Micron is Tepper's second-largest position behind Amazon, and in Q1, he increased his shares by 11%. Meanwhile, Sandisk was a new position, representing around 3% of his portfolio. In fact, it was his only new position in the quarter. Let's look at why Tepper may be attracted to memory stocks even after their strong runs. Sandisk: A NAND pure play Sandisk is the market's only pure-play NAND (flash) memory maker after being spun out of Western Digital last year. The company has benefited from surging demand related to artificial intelligence (AI) and flash memory supply constraints, which have pushed up NAND pricing. NAND is a non-volatile type of memory, which means it retains its data even when the power is turned off. It's slower than volatile DRAM, which loses its data when it is not connected to a power source. As such, NAND is used for longer-term data storage, while DRAM is used for short-term, temporary storage. The NAND market saw a huge surge during the pandemic, as people largely confined to their homes drove a big uptick in electronics sales. However, this led to a pull forward in demand, and once the pandemic was over, the flash memory market crashed to the point where companies had negative gross margins. This caused the big memory makers to cut NAND production and turn more of their resources to the DRAM market. Expand NASDAQ : SNDK Sandisk Today's Change ( -3.79 %) $ -58.49 Current Price...

Key Points Both Sandisk and Micron Technology are enjoying surging prices for their memory products. Both companies have also begun to sign longer-term deals for the first time in their histories. 10 stocks we like better than Sandisk › There has been a lot of chatter in the market that investors need to be careful of memory stocks following their strong performance, despite the stocks in the sector still trading at cheap valuations. The reason for this is that historically, both the DRAM and NAND (flash) markets have been highly cyclical with very large boom and bust cycles. However, it is certainly noteworthy that renowned billionaire investor David Tepper of Appaloosa Management increased his exposure to the sector in Q1, buying shares of both Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) and Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU). Micron is Tepper's second-largest position behind Amazon, and in Q1, he increased his shares by 11%. Meanwhile, Sandisk was a new position, representing around 3% of his portfolio. In fact, it was his only new position in the quarter. 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 » Let's look at why Tepper may be attracted to memory stocks even after their strong runs. Sandisk: A NAND pure play Sandisk is the market's only pure-play NAND (flash) memory maker after being spun out of Western Digital last year. The company has benefited from surging demand related to artificial intelligence (AI) and flash memory supply constraints, which have pushed up NAND pricing. NAND is a non-volatile type of memory, which means it retains its data even when the power is turned off. It's slower than volatile DRAM, which loses its data when it is not connected to a power source. As such, NAND is used for longer-term data storage, while DRAM is used for short-term, temporary storage. The NAND market saw a huge surg...

财联社5月23日讯（编辑 魏齐） 全球顶尖指数编制机构富时罗素当地时间5月22日公布初步名单，披露即将纳入或调出美股全市场罗素3000指数以及罗素微型股指数的企业，标志着2026年6月美国罗素指数半年期调整工作正式开启。 本次2026年6月指数调整将于6月26日周五美股收盘后正式生效。罗素美国指数预计调入、调出企业名单，以及指数调整流程的更多详细信息，均可在富时罗素官方网站查询。每年6月，罗素美国指数系列都会重新校准，以此反映不断变化的美股市场格局。指数方会更新大盘、中盘、小盘、微型股之间的市值划分门槛，同时参照指数内其余企业，重新评估各家公司的投资风格属性。 目前约有12.2万亿美元规模的投资资产，以罗素美国指数作为业绩基准 ，或是投向跟踪该指数的金融产品。罗素指数调整阶段，往往会成为美股主要交易所全年成交量最高的交易日之一，2025年6月指数调整当日收盘阶段成交额达2172亿美元。 2026年此次调整具备特殊意义，指数编制方重新启用半年一次的指数调整周期。 值得一提的是， Alphabet与AMD成为罗素1000价值指数中规模靠前的调出标的，两家公司被完全划归成长属性范畴。 全美十大企业排名重构，英伟达登顶市值榜首 过去一年间，全美市值前十企业的席位与排名出现明显变动，市场头部企业集聚效应持续显现。英伟达市值大涨82.5%，一跃成为全美市值最高企业。Alphabet公司年度涨幅位居前十企业首位，排名从第五位攀升至第二位。苹果公司与微软公司去年位列榜单前两名，今年分别下滑至第三位、第四位。 市值前十企业中有九家企业席位保持不变，沃尔玛取代礼来制药，成为榜单唯一新晋企业。头部企业体量持续大幅扩张，如今前十家企业市值均突破1万亿美元，其中五家企业市值超2万亿美元，四家企业市值突破3万亿美元。反观2025年，仅有七家企业市值跨过1万亿美元关口，市值超2万亿美元的企业仅有两家。 头部企业与市场整体的市值差距进一步扩大，前十企业合计总市值从一年前的17.9万亿美元增至26.4万亿美元，涨幅约48%。 苹果、微软、英伟达、亚马逊、Alphabet、Mata、特斯拉组成的美股七大巨头企业市值同样大幅增长，合计总市值从2025年的15万亿美元增至22.4万亿美元，增幅49%。市场集中度不断提升，指数行情走势也愈发容易受到少数巨型市值企业影响。 小盘股回暖，向上晋级的主力来自科技与...

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。 伊朗伊斯兰议会议长卡利巴夫23日在会见巴基斯坦陆军参谋长穆尼尔时表示，伊朗不会在国家和人民权利问题上作出让步。 据伊朗迈赫尔通讯社23日报道，卡利巴夫表示，“我们不会背离国家和人民的权利”，尤其是面对一个“根本没有诚信、无法被信任”的对手。 他说，如同在战场上“以勇气和力量捍卫国家主权”一样，伊朗也将在外交领域“以智慧和实力”维护国家正当权利和利益。 卡利巴夫还表示，军人比任何人都更了解和平的价值，但同样绝不会允许国家尊严和权利遭到践踏。（新华社） 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。

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Chesky_W/iStock via Getty Images Introduction The last seven months has been ugly for Axon ( AXON ). From a high of $886 in October 2025, the stock has declined more than 50% to around $390 despite continued 30%+ revenue growth. Most of that drawdown is linked to the SaaSpocalypse narrative, where investors have been dumping high-multiple software names on the fear that AI agents will commoditize seat-based subscriptions. Axon got caught in this selling because of its rich multiple and 40% of its revenue coming from SaaS and AI subscriptions. We think that the fear is misapplied here, and that the gap between price and fundamentals represents the opportunity. Axon Price Action (Seeking Alpha) We have been closely following Axon since November 2023, and one thing we are very confident about is the durability of its flywheel. See our past coverage where we made several calls across different phases of the company’s evolution: November 2023: Axon: Flywheel Business Model And Expanding TAM Makes It A Buy March 2024: Axon Enterprise: Flywheel Continues To Deliver Strong Results May 2024: Axon: Strong Q1, Reiterate Buy June 2024: Axon Enterprise: Draft One AI Is A Game Changer October 2024: Axon: Flywheel Strategy Fueling Growth In this article, we want to review the Q1 2026 results, and update our view on the durability of the Axon flywheel in light of the ongoing SaaS multiple compression. Why The SaaSpocalypse Fear Misreads Axon The bear case for SaaS is simple. Stand up an AI agent to replicate a horizontal SaaS workflow, the per-seat pricing erodes and net revenue retention collapses. For plenty of pure-software names that concern is legitimate: content generation, support deflection, simple workflow/low-code, are all areas where AI can replicate the core output, making them structurally vulnerable. Axon is the wrong target for it, and there are three reasons that tell us why. 1- Starting with the hardware layer. The software does not float free of the physical world...

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) is one of the best low risk stocks to buy in 2026. On May 20, Alibaba Group unveiled its new Zhenwu M890 AI chip, developed by its T-Head subsidiary to provide a domestic alternative to Nvidia processors amid tightening US export curbs. The chip offers three times the performance of its predecessor and is purpose-built to handle the heavy memory demands of autonomous AI agents. Alibaba also introduced the Panjiu AL128 server system, which integrates 128 of the new accelerators into a single rack. The system is immediately available to Chinese enterprise clients through Alibaba Cloud’s Bailian platform. T-Head has shipped over 560,000 total Zhenwu units to date across industries like automotive and finance. Alibaba (BABA) Unveils Zhenwu M890 AI Chip for Autonomous Agents To complement the hardware, Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) debuted its Qwen 3.7-Max large language model, optimized for complex coding and agent tasks. Supported by a 380 billion yuan (~$53 billion) infrastructure investment, the company also detailed a multi-year roadmap featuring the successor V900 chip in 2027 and the J900 chip in 2028. Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) operates as a technology infrastructure and marketing solutions provider. It operates both within the People’s Republic of China and internationally. While we acknowledge the potential of BABA as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 33 Stocks That Should Double in 3 Years and Cathie Wood 2026 Portfolio: 10 Best Stocks to Buy. Disclosure: None. Follow Insider Monkey on Google News.

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Sundry Photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Evercore maintained Arista Networks ( ANET ) as its Top Pick with an Outperform rating and a $200 price target, citing the AI boom. "We view Arista as a core name for investors to own as the company is uniquely positioned to solve the AI Infrastructure bottleneck and bolster XPU utilization," said analysts led by Amit Daryanani. The analysts highlighted five key points and also had a bull case thesis in which the price target is $300. Firstly, more than $150B in Networking Total Addressable Market, or TAM, growing at over 25% compound annual growth rate, or CAGR. The analysts estimate back-end networks could be over $120B TAM and sustain more than 30% CAGR, while front-end networks at $30B TAM will sustain a high-single-digit CAGR. "ANET is uniquely positioned to win in AI networking given its ability to deliver a scalable, unified Ethernet fabric across Scale-Up, Scale-Out, and Scale-Across architectures in a vendor-agnostic manner. Arista’s EOS software stack provides a key differentiation enabling operational consistency, automation, & resiliency across complex AI clusters and multi-vendor environments," said Daryanani and his team. Secondly, positioned for over 30% sales growth. The analysts noted that Arista recently raised their expectation to over 20% growth through 2028 (versus mid-teens at analyst day). Given tailwinds across AI infrastructure, new customer wins, and growth in enterprise, the company should sustain more than 30% growth driven by end-market, share gain, and new customers, the analysts added. Thirdly, customer diversification through Anthropic ( ANTHRO ), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or OCI, ( ORCL ) and Google ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ). "We expect ANET to have OCI and Anthropic as 10%+customers in CY26 along with Meta & MSFT. In addition, there is potential for ANET to scale with GOOG in CY27 & beyond. We see sizable incremental revenue from these two customers through CY28 as clusters scale," th...

亞太經合組織APEC貿易部長會議在蘇州閉幕，發表《蘇州聲明》。商務部部長王文濤稱，會議就貿易、供應鏈等議題達成共識，形容是來之不易。 為期兩天的亞太經合組織APEC貿易部長會議在蘇州閉幕，與會方聯合發表《蘇州聲明》，重申致力推進亞太地區的經濟一體化。 商務部部長王文濤在記者會指，目前國際形勢變亂交織，單邊主義、貿易保護主義抬頭，與會各方仍能就貿易、供應鏈，改革世貿組織等五方面達成共識，形容成果是來之不易。 商務部部長王文濤指出︰「秉持促進貿易和投資自由化、便利化，支持經濟增長和繁榮的初心，深入探討多邊和區域經貿合作，相互促進重要議題，充分證明開放的區域主義和真正的多邊主義是深得人心、相互成就、共同發展，符合各經濟體的根本利益。」 商務部國際司司長林峰提到，數字貿易是近年國際經貿合作的關鍵。會上各方完善了數字貿易政策協同框架，並希望彌補數字鴻溝，將發展盈利惠及更多人民。 商務部國際司司長林峰稱︰「深化數字貿易互聯互通建設，激活貿易新動能，各方同意推動數字基礎設施互聯互通與貿易數字化轉型，希望通過技術聯通與制度聯通，這雙聯來驅動數字貿易提質增效。」 另外，有分出席的會議的商務及經濟發展局局長丘應樺同新西蘭貿易及投資部長，就促進雙邊貿易等議題交換意見。 今年是APEC中國年，10月會在香港舉行財政部長會議，而11月會在深圳舉行領導人非正式會議。

"What is shameful [...] is that as we've uncovered in the course of this review for every £25 that we spend keeping young people on benefits, we spend only a pound helping them get into work through employment support," he said.

It was about 1am. After a day of relentless filming in which he had met and “married” a stranger, the Married at First Sight UK cameras stopped rolling and Adrian Sanderson was left alone with his new TV partner. “Honestly, I’ll never ever forget that feeling – it was so difficult,” he says. “When those producers leave you and you’re, like: ‘I’m alone – I don’t get this. How is this about to happen?’ It would be daunting for anyone. You’re exhausted by this time. “You just don’t have a minute to process anything. You don’t have your phone. You don’t know what’s going on. In my opinion, it’s just not safe. It’s not OK.” At another moment during filming, Sanderson remembers sobbing uncontrollably. One of the show’s experts asked him why he was upset. “I remember thinking: ‘I’ve got no idea. I’ve got no clue.’ “What concerns are you going to raise? I now have my experience in television. But remember, that’s day one. You have no idea.” View image in fullscreen Adrian Sanderson. Photograph: Wenn Rights Ltd/Alamy Sanderson, who took part in the 2022 edition of the show, is among those who now believe that whatever welfare protocols are in place, the format and pressures involved mean it simply cannot be made completely safe for those taking part. “It’s unfair on the welfare team [looking after the cast],” he says. “They seem to get a lot of criticism, but it’s not them. It’s the format of the show. “I couldn’t really get near my friends and family. So I felt so isolated.” He spoke after a week in which two women, who have not been named, told the BBC’s Panorama they had been raped by their on-screen husbands. A third woman who agreed to be identified, Shona Manderson, accused her on-screen husband of subjecting her to a non-consensual sex act. All the men deny the claims. Channel 4 now has two reviews in place, examining its handling of previous concerns and whether new welfare protocols are needed. CPL, which makes the show, has said its welfare processes are “gold stan...

Rodney Taylor stood outside on a balmy late afternoon recently in Atlanta’s Candler Park neighborhood, relishing his first root beer float in a year and a half. Released on 1 May from Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center, the Liberia-born barber had been detained since 15 February of last year, after ICE agents with guns drawn dragged him from his car in front of his house, while his two youngest children, now eight and six, looked on from the back seat. Now he was all smiles, surrounded by family and supporters. He had just spoken at his second public event in two weeks, a fundraiser for his family. During his detention, his wife, Mildred Danis-Taylor, lost her job, and the family lost one of their two cars. With Mildred nearby, the two spoke exclusively to the Guardian about his first few weeks of freedom and their future. Rodney, 47, is a green-card applicant and double amputee with prosthetic legs. He was brought by his mother to the US from Liberia on a medical visa as a young child. ICE detained him due to a burglary conviction from when he was a teenager that Georgia pardoned him for in 2010, according to his attorney, Sarah Owings, who shared paperwork from his case. He lacks three fingers on his right hand and has high blood pressure. His health deteriorated significantly in ICE detention, including the development of painful bone spurs in his back. Still, despite a habeas corpus petition, multiple protests, letters from state elected officials and, on 4 March, Georgia US representative Lucy McBath holding up a letter in a Capitol Hill hearing room detailing Stewart’s dangerous conditions – signed by McBath and 20 fellow lawmakers and citing the Guardian’s reporting – ICE kept Rodney locked up. That ended this month, when there was unexpected laughter on his arrival home in Loganville, Georgia, where he was greeted by a Christmas tree. Mildred had decided to leave the symbol of the holiday standing in the living room “until he comes home”. So when Rodney ente...

Ham, cheese, spread, bread: it’s a failsafe formula, right? Apparently not, with our chef-tester disappointed with flavour and provenance • The best (and worst) supermarket quiche This was a really tough test for me, as a wholefood chef who cares deeply about quality. In this instance, animal welfare, provenance and processing were my main concerns, and there’s disappointingly little transparency on display. Some products claim to use British pork, a term that in itself has little, if any, meaning, not least in terms of traceability, sustainability or welfare; others boast of higher welfare standards without any certification. This week’s best bargain and best overall are therefore merely acceptable, rather than exceptional. Most of the sandwiches feature reformed ham, which is bulked out with phosphates and water, but some higher-quality ones are made with real ham – that is, sliced meat without added water; some of the best are made with shredded ham hock. Every single product contains additives, however. As for flavour, most are good enough only to fill a hole, but a few are genuinely tasty: moist, flavourful and fresh. And please butter your bread, supermarkets! Mayonnaise is not a substitute. Continue reading...

Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s immigration czar and the architect of some of the government’s cruelest policies, doesn’t care what you think about him. He doesn’t care if you call him “Pee-wee German” or “Weird Stephen” or “Voldemort”, or any of the other nicknames he has inspired; his self-esteem is excellent. “I have a very, very secure, intact ego,” Miller told Fox News’s Jesse Watters this week after being asked how he felt about his wife, Katie Miller, potentially landing a big distribution deal with Paramount for her terrible Maga podcast. “I’ve never had a larger fan following,” Miller continued. “[A]ny man who works for President Trump is a man that is very, very strong and self-assured in his role.” Well, yes, I suppose you’ve got to be a very, very strong man to separate babies from their parents – which is what Miller will forever be famous for. Back in Trump 1.0, Miller played a key role in implementing a “zero tolerance” border policy that systematically removed more than 5,000 immigrant children, some just a few months old, from their parents at the US-Mexico border. A Human Rights Watch report released in December 2024 found that as many as 1,360 children had never been reunited with their parents. Swayed by all the outrage, Trump eventually signed an executive order ending the family separation policy in 2018. But the practice continues, albeit in a different form. A report released on Monday from the Brookings Institution estimates that more than 145,000 US citizen children have had at least one parent detained since the start of Trump’s second administration, amid a mass deportation campaign heavily influenced by Miller. To be clear: there are no official figures about how many children have been affected by Trump’s mass deportations. But Brookings, which is a highly reputable nonpartisan thinktank, conducted a statistical analysis that looked at the demographic characteristics of the roughly 60,000 people currently in detention, and the 400,000 pe...

Brandon Moser/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Around $500 billion. That is the market cap/enterprise value at which I would be willing to invest in the IPO of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. aka SpaceX ( SPCX ), and even then, I would still be very cautious. After doing some calculations, I realized that SpaceX really is a company with absurd potential - but for the math to work we need estimates that are very unpredictable, which can be either very optimistic or very pessimistic. In other words, the estimates of an IPO priced somewhere between $1.5 and $2 trillion are not exactly wrong, since, in a near-perfect scenario, it is possible to envision that in 10 or 20 years SpaceX might really be able to reach a market cap of several trillions ($10?). But the problem is that the margin of safety here is nonexistent; there are so many stages until finding a substantial EBITDA, that execution risk is high, and there’s also market risk, macroeconomic risk, all of this reinforces how cloudy SpaceX's case is. Because of that, my initial rating for SPCX is a Sell, signaling that even in the current pre-IPO context, I prefer to avoid this stock. SpaceX Today Let’s take a step back and understand what SpaceX is today. Even if it seems not very important, it will give us a base so that (bullish) future numbers do not influence our analysis so much. The core of SpaceX, as the name itself says, is Space. The segment that became famous because of the “rocket that goes in reverse,” which really was an important innovation since it lowers cost given the reuse capability. And with this better cost structure (which should continue improving) the company is able to generate revenue through government contracts such as those related to national defense (but also with commercial companies, selling this “space freight”). Connectivity is the business today that seems to make the most (traditional) sense. It takes the rocket launch capability of the Space Division and transforms it i...

In this article UAL AAL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Travelers walk through the terminal at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on May 1, 2026. Leslie Josephs | CNBC Higher fuel prices are testing how badly consumers want to travel this summer, whether flying or driving. Airfare hasn't been this high since May 2022, when airlines stumbled out of the pandemic with aircraft and employee shortages to face hordes of consumers ready for "revenge travel." Gasoline is above $4 a gallon and could go higher, AAA warned this week. Jet fuel prices doubled in the span of less than three months this year after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, kicking off a conflict that has left a key shipping channel effectively closed. Domestic round-trip airfares in April averaged $623, the highest in nearly four years, according to data from the Airlines Reporting Corporation, which tracks travel agency ticket sales. Jet fuel is the second-biggest expense for airlines after labor, and carriers say they are increasingly passing those costs along to customers. Separately, airlines are also trimming their growth plans because of higher fuel costs. Even if a route isn't cut, fewer flights on certain routes means that customers will have fewer seats to choose from and, with demand robust, that could drive up prices even more. Spirit Airlines, the most famous budget carrier in the U.S., shut down earlier this month, and partially blamed jet fuel prices for its failure to emerge from near back-to-back bankruptcies. It was the biggest U.S. airline collapse in decades. Other airlines swooped in to snatch up those customers in the aftermath, but the carrier's demise removes a main purveyor of low fares. Read more about jet fuel's impact on travel From train travel to staycations: How holidaymakers are adapting to airlines’ jet fuel shortage U.S. airlines are hiking fares — and travelers keep booking Airlines spent 56.4% more on jet fuel in month after Iran war started, U.S. ...

In this article LYV STUB Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rolfo | Moment | Getty Images This summer, mega artist Harry Styles will take the stage at Madison Square Garden in New York City for an exclusive 30-show residency – his only planned stop in the country and a show that's garnered intense attention since its announcement. Despite her best efforts, Shira Elfassy won't be there. "His tickets were absurd," Elfassy, 29, told CNBC. "It felt like an insult going in and seeing, like, not only can I not get in, not only are there no tickets left, but even then, the most basic price point is $500 for a nose-bleed seat — and this is becoming commonplace." Instead, Elfassy said she got tickets to see other artists live, like Florence + the Machine and Olivia Rodrigo, at far lower price points. She said feeling "priced out" of some concerts is now a common occurrence. "It's just a weird dynamic now. ... At this point, if I have to make the decision between making more summer plans or hanging out with my friends — or even just [to] pay rent — or I can go to this concert, it's a no-brainer," she said. "But it didn't used to be that way." Elfassy represents a growing cohort of consumers who aren't willing to keep up with the rising prices for live music, creating a K-shaped demand curve where higher-income consumers are spending more — and keeping prices inflated — while lower-income consumers are pulling back. That dynamic has played out across discretionary spending categories , like retail, dining and travel, as Americans grapple with persistent inflation, economic uncertainty and, now, soaring gas prices. In live music, this K-shaped environment is spurring fears that the lower end of the market is falling out entirely. Some are calling the demand shifts "blue dot fever," named for the blue dots on Ticketmaster seating maps that denote an unsold ticket. For some artists, it's forcing them to take a critical look at their performances. Post Malone, Zayn an...

jbk_photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Co-authored by Kody's Dividends How a company handles its market position can say a lot about the self-confidence of the management team, but also the awareness of consumers' mindsets. For decades, PepsiCo ( PEP ) has been considered as an alternative choice to Coca-Cola ( KO ) instead of a primary choice for many consumers. Consider this for a moment. You go out to eat with your family, and they ask you what you want to drink, and you say that you'll take a Coke. The server will almost always come back and say, "Is Pepsi OK?" Because it is the alternative to what you wanted, not what you specifically asked for. Pepsi decided to capitalize on this in a marketing campaign back in 2019. They took out a 30-second Super Bowl ad that emphasized the fact that Pepsi isn't just ok. It's more than ok! A line that Steven Carell, himself, delivered in the ad . Pepsi recognized that for many, Pepsi is viewed as the alternative, not the primary choice. They decided to not only own this fact but also show how they are better than okay. They are sometimes the better choice. When it comes to payment processors, the vast majority of people immediately think of a few select names, but the most prominent of them would be Visa ( V ). Visa is the biggest payment processor in the entire world, and behind it fall Mastercard ( MA ) and American Express ( AXP ). Today, I want to take a look at what one of these alternative options, when it comes to card payment processors, is doing to grow its business. Let's dive in! A Trifecta Of Business Wins, Business Model, And AI Agents Mastercard Q1 2026 Earnings Press Release There’s a lot to like about Mastercard: As of March 31 st , 2026, there were roughly 3.7 billion credentials on its network. In Q1 2026 , Mastercard processed 43.8 billion switched transactions (~9% YOY growth) and over $2.70 trillion in gross dollar volume (~7% YOY growth). Acting as the intermediary in more than 210 countries ...