The Invesco S&P SmallCap High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (NASDAQ:XSHD) promises small-cap yield with smoother price action. Monthly distributions have shrunk meaningfully over the past two years, and the fund’s core holdings reveal the payout strain behind that decline. How XSHD Generates Its Income XSHD tracks the S&P SmallCap High Dividend Low Volatility Index, which ... 5% Yield Hides a Proble...
The Invesco S&P SmallCap High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (NASDAQ:XSHD) promises small-cap yield with smoother price action. Monthly distributions have shrunk meaningfully over the past two years, and the fund’s core holdings reveal the payout strain behind that decline. How XSHD Generates Its Income XSHD tracks the S&P SmallCap High Dividend Low Volatility Index, which ... 5% Yield Hides a Problem: XSHD Holdings Cut Dividends Faster Than Share Prices Fall
lcva2/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Microsoft ( MSFT ) has been a laggard while the S&P 500 has rallied 7.41% YTD and 30.13% over the past year. The market can't decide what to do with MSFT as it's fallen -14.45% since the beginning of 2026 and continues to trade in a structural bear market as the stock price has fallen -25.52% from its recent highs. MSFT’s Q3 print was clean and delivered the...
lcva2/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Microsoft ( MSFT ) has been a laggard while the S&P 500 has rallied 7.41% YTD and 30.13% over the past year. The market can't decide what to do with MSFT as it's fallen -14.45% since the beginning of 2026 and continues to trade in a structural bear market as the stock price has fallen -25.52% from its recent highs. MSFT’s Q3 print was clean and delivered the type of growth that many wouldn’t expect from a company of this size. MSFT beat on the top and bottom lines while Azure grew 40% YoY. Microsoft Cloud crossed $54 billion in a single quarter, and everything looked great until their CFO, Amy Hood, provided CapEx guidance of $190 billion for the 2026 calendar year. The entire investor conversation stopped being about the underlying metrics and was cannibalized about the increase in CapEx YoY. This is where I believe the market is incorrect, and I am acting as if the post-earnings price action is a gift for long-term investors. I believe that MSFT is flashing operational signals that the market is missing, causing the valuation to be inexpensive in my opinion. I have been adding to MSFT at these levels and believe that it will break out as 2026 progresses. Seeking Alpha I wrote an article about MSFT at the end of February ( can be read here ), and since then it’s traded with the market appreciating by 6.24% while the S&P has increased by 6.65%. I felt that MSFT’s CapEx strategy was warranted as it fueled 116.86% of EBITDA growth since 2021 and allowed their Q2 revenue to increase 17% YoY. The concerns over CapEx and RPO quality caused shares to underperform the market and take MSFT into a bear market, which I believe is an opportunity. I am following up with a new article on MSFT to discuss their Q3 earnings as they report on a fiscal year, not a calendar year, and make the case as to why I believe that MSFT is drastically undervalued. I am a shareholder of MSFT, and I continue to add to my position. Seeking Alpha The price ac...
lcva2/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Microsoft ( MSFT ) has been a laggard while the S&P 500 has rallied 7.41% YTD and 30.13% over the past year. The market can't decide what to do with MSFT as it's fallen -14.45% since the beginning of 2026 and continues to trade in a structural bear market as the stock price has fallen -25.52% from its recent highs. MSFT’s Q3 print was clean and delivered the...
lcva2/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Microsoft ( MSFT ) has been a laggard while the S&P 500 has rallied 7.41% YTD and 30.13% over the past year. The market can't decide what to do with MSFT as it's fallen -14.45% since the beginning of 2026 and continues to trade in a structural bear market as the stock price has fallen -25.52% from its recent highs. MSFT’s Q3 print was clean and delivered the type of growth that many wouldn’t expect from a company of this size. MSFT beat on the top and bottom lines while Azure grew 40% YoY. Microsoft Cloud crossed $54 billion in a single quarter, and everything looked great until their CFO, Amy Hood, provided CapEx guidance of $190 billion for the 2026 calendar year. The entire investor conversation stopped being about the underlying metrics and was cannibalized about the increase in CapEx YoY. This is where I believe the market is incorrect, and I am acting as if the post-earnings price action is a gift for long-term investors. I believe that MSFT is flashing operational signals that the market is missing, causing the valuation to be inexpensive in my opinion. I have been adding to MSFT at these levels and believe that it will break out as 2026 progresses. Seeking Alpha I wrote an article about MSFT at the end of February ( can be read here ), and since then it’s traded with the market appreciating by 6.24% while the S&P has increased by 6.65%. I felt that MSFT’s CapEx strategy was warranted as it fueled 116.86% of EBITDA growth since 2021 and allowed their Q2 revenue to increase 17% YoY. The concerns over CapEx and RPO quality caused shares to underperform the market and take MSFT into a bear market, which I believe is an opportunity. I am following up with a new article on MSFT to discuss their Q3 earnings as they report on a fiscal year, not a calendar year, and make the case as to why I believe that MSFT is drastically undervalued. I am a shareholder of MSFT, and I continue to add to my position. Seeking Alpha The price ac...
Jobless Claims & JOLTs Confirm 'Higher Hire, No Fire' Economy With JOLTs data showing record hiring (and ADP signaling acceleration in job additions ), today we get some signal on firings as the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time was at 200k last week (below the 205k exp) and continuing to languish near multi-decade lows (near 1967 lows!!)... Source: Bloomberg ...
Jobless Claims & JOLTs Confirm 'Higher Hire, No Fire' Economy With JOLTs data showing record hiring (and ADP signaling acceleration in job additions ), today we get some signal on firings as the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time was at 200k last week (below the 205k exp) and continuing to languish near multi-decade lows (near 1967 lows!!)... Source: Bloomberg Non-seasonally adjusted across all the states saw a 299k drop in claims led by Rhode Island and Arizona ( California and Michigan saw the biggest increases )... Continuing jobless claims also fell, now at 1.766 million Americans receiving unemployment benefits (better than the expected 1.8 million expected) and at its lowest since Jan 2024 ... Source: Bloomberg Finally, we note that Challenger, Gray, & Christmas pointed out that in April, Artificial Intelligence (AI) led all reasons for job cuts for the second month in a row , with 21,490 announced during the month, 26% of total cuts. This reason has been cited for 49,135 cuts this year, and it is the third-leading cause of layoff plans. AI accounts for roughly 16% of all 2026 job cut plans , up from 13% through March. “Technology companies continue to announce large-scale cuts and are leading all industries in layoff announcements,” said Andy Challenger, the company’s chief revenue officer. “Regardless of whether individual jobs are being replaced by AI, the money for those roles is.” Overall, Challenger, Gray, & Christmas says U.S.-based employers announced 83,387 job cuts in April, down 21% from the 105,441 cuts announced during the same month last year. Another alternative labor market data source, Revelio Labs, shows a sizable rise in jobs this month - best since March 2025 (all adding up to a solid print for tomorrow)... Led by a big uptick in Services jobs... Taking all of that into account, it appears we have morphed into a 'higher hire, no fire' economy (but tomorrow's payrolls print could throw shade on that idea)...
Here are Thursday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Goldman Sachs reiterates Nvidia as buy Goldman said it expects a "beat and raise" quarter ahead of earnings later this month. "We expect investors to focus on: (1) the magnitude of upside to Nvidia's $ 1 trillion datacenter guidance at GTC; (2) potential upside from agentic AI to the server CPU business; (3) competitive dynamics; (4) gross margin o...
Here are Thursday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Goldman Sachs reiterates Nvidia as buy Goldman said it expects a "beat and raise" quarter ahead of earnings later this month. "We expect investors to focus on: (1) the magnitude of upside to Nvidia's $ 1 trillion datacenter guidance at GTC; (2) potential upside from agentic AI to the server CPU business; (3) competitive dynamics; (4) gross margin outlook given rising input costs." JPMorgan upgrades Freshpet to buy from hold JPMorgan said buy the dip in the pet food company following earnings on Wednesday. "We are upgrading the FRPT shares to Overweight from Neutral. The shares were down 9% yesterday (SPX +1%) following a 1Q26 sales beat and guidance increase." Barclays reiterates Microsoft as overweight The bank said the Microsoft story "remains on track" following a series of investor meetings with the company. "We took away two points from our investor trip to MSFT. ( 1) Efficiency gains are a main focus for management and are having tangible benefits like better Azure growth. (2) Growing Copilot adoption will likely trigger a greater focus on a seat/ consumption pricing. Overall, the story remains on track." Jefferies upgrades Agilon Health to buy from hold Jefferies said visibility is improving for the healthcare services company. "With supportive MA [Medicare advantage] rates locked in for '26/'27 & payors likely still on a margin focused pricing path, the outlook for AGL has been improving." Evercore ISI reiterates Apple as outperform Evercore said Apple's supply chain is robust. " AAPL's supply chain playbook remains highly sophisticated, but the AI cycle has meaningfully reduced the relative leverage it historically carried with key suppliers. Still, incremental insourcing and AAPL's sophisticated supply/demand planning leave it better positioned than many OEM peers. Maintaining our OP rating and $330 target." Bank of America upgrades Scorpio Tankers to buy from underperform Bank of America said the "cash gen...
Privia Health Group press release ( PRVA ): Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.19 misses by $0.06 . Revenue of $603M (+25.6% Y/Y) beats by $41.07M . Updated Full-Year 2026 Guidance d e f g Privia Health maintained its full-year 2026 outlook for most metrics, and raised its guidance range for Attributed Lives, as follows: FY 2025 Initial FY 2026 Guidance at 2.27.26 d Updated FY 2026 Guidanceat 5.7.26 ($ in mill...
Privia Health Group press release ( PRVA ): Q1 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.19 misses by $0.06 . Revenue of $603M (+25.6% Y/Y) beats by $41.07M . Updated Full-Year 2026 Guidance d e f g Privia Health maintained its full-year 2026 outlook for most metrics, and raised its guidance range for Attributed Lives, as follows: FY 2025 Initial FY 2026 Guidance at 2.27.26 d Updated FY 2026 Guidanceat 5.7.26 ($ in millions) Actual Low High Implemented Providers 5,380 5,900 6,000 Unchanged Attributed Lives 1,541,000 1,550,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 - 1,625,000 Practice Collections $ 3,470.5 $ 3,650 $ 3,750 Unchanged GAAP Revenue $ 2,122.8 $ 2,350 $ 2,450 Unchanged Care Margin d e f $ 462.2 $ 515 $ 530 Unchanged Platform Contribution d e $ 234.8 $ 260 $ 270 Unchanged Adjusted EBITDA d e f $ 125.5 $ 145 $ 155 Unchanged Click to enlarge Expect approximately 80% of Adjusted EBITDA to convert to free cash flow in full-year 2026 More on Privia Health Group Privia Health Group, Inc. (PRVA) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript Privia Health Group, Inc. 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Privia Health targets 19.5% adjusted EBITDA growth for 2026 while expanding national footprint to 24 states Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Privia Health Group Historical earnings data for Privia Health Group
(RTTNews) - Thursday, U.S. Energy Corp. (USEG) announced its first-quarter financial results, reporting a net loss of $3.185 million, or $0.08 per share, compared to $3.111 million, or $0.10 per share, in the prior year.
(RTTNews) - Thursday, U.S. Energy Corp. (USEG) announced its first-quarter financial results, reporting a net loss of $3.185 million, or $0.08 per share, compared to $3.111 million, or $0.10 per share, in the prior year.
Tesla China sales including exports jumped in April vs. a year earlier. Tesla stock is set to retake the 200-day line, with an aggressive buy point in sight.
Tesla China sales including exports jumped in April vs. a year earlier. Tesla stock is set to retake the 200-day line, with an aggressive buy point in sight.
(RTTNews) - A report released by the Labor Department on Thursday showed first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits rebounded by less than expected in the week ended May 2nd.
(RTTNews) - A report released by the Labor Department on Thursday showed first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits rebounded by less than expected in the week ended May 2nd.
US labor productivity continued to rise in the first quarter, though at a slower pace, indicating companies are gradually improving worker efficiency to mitigate costs. Productivity, or nonfarm employee output per hour , increased at a 0.8% annualized rate after a downwardly revised 1.6% advance in the fourth quarter, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed Thursday. Compared with a year a...
US labor productivity continued to rise in the first quarter, though at a slower pace, indicating companies are gradually improving worker efficiency to mitigate costs. Productivity, or nonfarm employee output per hour , increased at a 0.8% annualized rate after a downwardly revised 1.6% advance in the fourth quarter, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed Thursday. Compared with a year ago, productivity climbed 2.9%, the largest annual increase since 2024. The recent trend in efficiency gains has helped ensure wage pressures are no longer a source of inflation, corroborating the views of Federal Reserve officials. Businesses are also ramping up spending on technologies like artificial intelligence to help ease the burden of other cost increases, such as those related to tariffs or the war in Iran. Labor costs are the biggest expense for many businesses, so companies invest in new technology and equipment to allow their workers to become more efficient. Improving productivity helps firms to temper price hikes for those American consumers who are increasingly stretched financially. Unit labor costs — what businesses pay employees to produce one unit of output — rose 2.3% from the previous quarter. Hours Worked Hours worked climbed 0.7% in the first quarter after falling 0.2% in the prior period. Hourly compensation, unadjusted for inflation, increased an annualized 3.1%. However, after adjusting for inflation, worker compensation fell at the beginning of the year. The BLS report also showed manufacturing productivity advance in the first quarter by the most in a year, rebounding from a end-of-year pullback. US economic growth accelerated at the start of the year after the longest-ever federal government shutdown limited growth in the closing months of 2025. Business investment surged, fueled by spending related to AI. Economists generally expect efficiency gains to continue this year amid the steady rush of investment in AI. More favorable business-tax provi...
(RTTNews) - While reporting financial results for the first quarter on Thursday, technology company Insight Enterprises, Inc. (NSIT) raised its adjusted earnings guidance for the full year 2026.
(RTTNews) - While reporting financial results for the first quarter on Thursday, technology company Insight Enterprises, Inc. (NSIT) raised its adjusted earnings guidance for the full year 2026.
Jonathan Kitchen Rackspace Technology ( RXT ) and Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding outlining a multiyear strategic partnership to develop an enterprise AI cloud tailored for regulated enterprises and sovereign workloads. “Enterprise AI is quickly moving from experimentation to production, and that requires a compute foundation engineered for per...
Jonathan Kitchen Rackspace Technology ( RXT ) and Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding outlining a multiyear strategic partnership to develop an enterprise AI cloud tailored for regulated enterprises and sovereign workloads. “Enterprise AI is quickly moving from experimentation to production, and that requires a compute foundation engineered for performance and efficiency at scale,” said Dan McNamara, senior vice president and general manager, Compute & Enterprise AI, AMD. “Our collaboration with Rackspace delivers AMD AI compute into managed, private, and governed environments so enterprises can deploy AI with the performance and flexibility their workloads demand.” The collaboration is aimed at helping Rackspace Technology build out its enterprise AI stack through four integrated capabilities spanning bare-metal compute, developer-focused inference tools, managed inference runtime services with defined SLAs, and a governed Enterprise AI Cloud platform. “The aim is to give enterprises a single operator accountable for every layer, calibrated to the sovereignty, performance, and compliance requirements of each workload,” the companies said. RXT shares jumped 26.4% premarket to $2.86. More on Rackspace Technology, AMD AMD Q1: The Rally Has Only Started AMD: New Highs Just Keep Coming AMD: Taking Profits And Eyeing Arm Rackspace Technology Non-GAAP EPS of -$0.06, revenue of $678M Rackspace Technology Q1 2026 Earnings Preview
Jonathan Kitchen Rackspace Technology ( RXT ) and Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding outlining a multiyear strategic partnership to develop an enterprise AI cloud tailored for regulated enterprises and sovereign workloads. “Enterprise AI is quickly moving from experimentation to production, and that requires a compute foundation engineered for per...
Jonathan Kitchen Rackspace Technology ( RXT ) and Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding outlining a multiyear strategic partnership to develop an enterprise AI cloud tailored for regulated enterprises and sovereign workloads. “Enterprise AI is quickly moving from experimentation to production, and that requires a compute foundation engineered for performance and efficiency at scale,” said Dan McNamara, senior vice president and general manager, Compute & Enterprise AI, AMD. “Our collaboration with Rackspace delivers AMD AI compute into managed, private, and governed environments so enterprises can deploy AI with the performance and flexibility their workloads demand.” The collaboration is aimed at helping Rackspace Technology build out its enterprise AI stack through four integrated capabilities spanning bare-metal compute, developer-focused inference tools, managed inference runtime services with defined SLAs, and a governed Enterprise AI Cloud platform. “The aim is to give enterprises a single operator accountable for every layer, calibrated to the sovereignty, performance, and compliance requirements of each workload,” the companies said. RXT shares jumped 26.4% premarket to $2.86. More on Rackspace Technology, AMD AMD Q1: The Rally Has Only Started AMD: New Highs Just Keep Coming AMD: Taking Profits And Eyeing Arm Rackspace Technology Non-GAAP EPS of -$0.06, revenue of $678M Rackspace Technology Q1 2026 Earnings Preview