Key Points Ford canceled or postponed much of its big plan for electric vehicles, but not all. Ford still expects to bring a range of affordable EVs to market, starting with a new $30,000 pickup truck next year. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of millionaires › Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) has cut back -- or at least, postponed -- many of its big electric vehicle (EV) plans. The company s...
Key Points Ford canceled or postponed much of its big plan for electric vehicles, but not all. Ford still expects to bring a range of affordable EVs to market, starting with a new $30,000 pickup truck next year. These 10 stocks could mint the next wave of millionaires › Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) has cut back -- or at least, postponed -- many of its big electric vehicle (EV) plans. The company said in December that it was putting off plans for new battery factories and postponing or canceling several planned electric models. But Ford didn't cancel the program that was arguably at the heart of its EV transition plan: A new low-cost EV platform that will underpin a range of affordable new electric Fords, starting with a pickup truck next year. 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 » Understandably, the changed plans still have some Ford investors confused. Here's what you need to know. Ford has a new low-cost EV platform -- and a new electric truck coming in 2027 It's called the "Universal EV Platform" and the idea is that it will underpin a range of future electric Fords that should start around $30,000. The platform has been designed from the ground up to be easy to produce (lowering costs) and to work with several different types of vehicles (increasing Ford's economies of scale and lowering costs). The first Universal EV will be a new midsize electric pickup truck, expected to debut sometime in 2027. The truck is said to have a sleek design that lowers its air resistance, helping it get good range with a smaller battery that will cost less. (Do you see the theme here?) A pickup truck with 300 miles of range, starting around $30,000 Ford has promised that the truck will have two rows of seats and over 300 miles of range, at a starting price around $30,000. It'll use lithium-iron phospha...
Nvidia kicks off its annual GTC developer conference in San Jose, California, next week with CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote scheduled for Monday at 11am PT / 2pm ET. GTC — which stands for GPU Technology Conference — is Nvidia’s flagship annual event, where the chipmaker typically uses the spotlight to announce new products, champion partnerships, and lay out its vision for the future of computing. Hu...
Nvidia kicks off its annual GTC developer conference in San Jose, California, next week with CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote scheduled for Monday at 11am PT / 2pm ET. GTC — which stands for GPU Technology Conference — is Nvidia’s flagship annual event, where the chipmaker typically uses the spotlight to announce new products, champion partnerships, and lay out its vision for the future of computing. Huang’s keynote will focus on Nvidia’s role in the future of computing and AI. You can watch the two-hour address in person at the SAP Center or livestream the talk on the event’s website. The broader three-day event is focused on what’s coming next for AI across industries including healthcare, robotics, and autonomous vehicles, among others. On the software side, it’s rumored that Nvidia will release an open source platform for enterprise AI agents, dubbed NemoClaw, as originally reported by Wired. The platform would give businesses a structured way to build and deploy AI agents (software that can carry out multi-step tasks autonomously) and would position Nvidia to mirror similar offerings from companies like OpenAI. On the hardware side, the company is also rumored to be releasing a new chip designed to accelerate the AI inference process — the process by which an AI model applies what it has learned to generate responses or make decisions, as distinct from the initial training process, which requires far more computing power. Faster, cheaper inference is widely seen as one of the last bottlenecks to scaling AI applications broadly. The chip, if confirmed, would represent Nvidia’s latest bid to dominate not just the training market, where it already commands an estimated 80% share, but the inference market as well, where competition from custom chips built by Google, Amazon and others is fast intensifying. Kevin Cook, a senior equity strategist at Zacks Investment Research, told TechCrunch that attendees should also expect to learn what the company plans to do with its re...
Plus Therapeutics (PSTV) reported break-even quarterly earnings per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.03. This compares to a loss of $0.67 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +100.00%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this developer of cell therapies would post a loss of $0.02 ...
Plus Therapeutics (PSTV) reported break-even quarterly earnings per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.03. This compares to a loss of $0.67 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +100.00%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this developer of cell therapies would post a loss of $0.02 per share when it actually produced a loss of $0.04, delivering a surprise of -100%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates two times. Plus, which belongs to the Zacks Medical - Drugs industry, posted revenues of $1.37 million for the quarter ended December 2025, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.02%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $1.41 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates just once over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Plus shares have lost about 39.9% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's decline of 1%. What's Next for Plus? While Plus has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings rel...
In this article USO Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT watch now VIDEO 1:22 01:22 We are in a critical market moment here, says Jim Cramer Mad Money with Jim Cramer CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday warned panicked investors tempted to dump their portfolios due to Iran war-induced market volatility: Don't follow the crowd off the ledge. "Even if the current situation is terrifying, rememb...
In this article USO Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT watch now VIDEO 1:22 01:22 We are in a critical market moment here, says Jim Cramer Mad Money with Jim Cramer CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday warned panicked investors tempted to dump their portfolios due to Iran war-induced market volatility: Don't follow the crowd off the ledge. "Even if the current situation is terrifying, remember that under almost all circumstances, it makes sense to stick with the market, if only because you'll have a better chance to make back your losses once peace breaks out," Cramer said on "Mad Money." "Believe me, you'll be kicking yourself if you sell everything and then you have to watch this market rebound without you." It's tough to keep your emotions in check on a day when the S&P 500 and Nasdaq dropped roughly 1.5% and 1.8%, respectively, and U.S. oil prices soared more than 9.5% and settled back above $95 per barrel. With crude inversely impacting stocks, it was no wonder prices soared on Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, saying the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as a " tool to pressure the enemy ." The surge in international benchmark Brent crude settled above $100 for the first time since 2022. If investors decide to completely exit the market on declines like these, then it will be difficult to correctly time the lows to get back in. "It would be amazing if you could sell everything today, right now, avoid the pain you'll most likely experience in the coming days, and then get back in the day before the war ends," Cramer said. "That would be ideal, but we have no idea when the war will end." One point of reassurance in this sea of negativity, according to Cramer, is that President Donald Trump does not want a bear market in stocks on his hands. Historically, the president has viewed the stock market as a barometer of success. While it's painful to see three down sessions in a row on the S&P 500, the index is only 4.7% off its most recent record hi...
Jonny Clayton thrashed Luke Humphries 6-1 in the final to claim his second Premier League night of the season and take a commanding lead at the top of the table after six weeks. The Welshman struggled with gout in his ankle all night in Nottingham, but while his walking was hampered his throw certainly was not. The 2021 Premier League champion averaged more than 99 and was a brilliant 67% on his d...
Jonny Clayton thrashed Luke Humphries 6-1 in the final to claim his second Premier League night of the season and take a commanding lead at the top of the table after six weeks. The Welshman struggled with gout in his ankle all night in Nottingham, but while his walking was hampered his throw certainly was not. The 2021 Premier League champion averaged more than 99 and was a brilliant 67% on his doubles to become the first man to win two league nights this season after five different victors in the first five weeks. Clayton saved his best for the final after being steady if unspectacular when beating both Michael van Gerwen and Stephen Bunting 6-3 with an almost identical average that was just above 95. Humphries had earlier ended Luke Littler's bid for back-to-back victories in a thrilling 6-5 semi-final victory, but his wait for a first league win of the season goes on after disappointing in the final. More to follow.
Earnings Call Insights: Universal Electronics Inc. (UEIC) Q4 2025 Management View Interim CEO Rick Carnifax stated that "Q4 and 2025 overall were defined by decisive action, operational discipline and measurable progress toward putting UEI back on the path towards profitability, delivering the company's first profitable year since 2022." He highlighted diversification efforts, noting that connecte...
Earnings Call Insights: Universal Electronics Inc. (UEIC) Q4 2025 Management View Interim CEO Rick Carnifax stated that "Q4 and 2025 overall were defined by decisive action, operational discipline and measurable progress toward putting UEI back on the path towards profitability, delivering the company's first profitable year since 2022." He highlighted diversification efforts, noting that connected home grew 16% year-over-year and emphasized the launch of the TIDE thermostat product. Carnifax pointed to new program wins and strong customer interest in QuickSet homeSense and TIDE Touch, reinforcing UEI's positioning in the connected home and HVAC segments. Carnifax indicated that "continued turbulence in home entertainment and softening in connected home that began in the second half of 2025 underscores our outlook and action plan for 2026." He announced a strategic restructuring including a reduction in force, structural cost reductions across SG&A, supply chain, and overhead, and a focused approach on higher-margin opportunities. The company is not providing quarterly guidance for 2026, instead opting for full-year guidance "reflects a conservative view of the business, continuing to recognize the mature declining nature of home entertainment and a more tempered outlook for connected home." CFO Wade Jenke reported, "For the fourth quarter of 2025 net sales decreased 20.6% to $87.7 million compared to $110.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2024." He added that full-year net sales declined 6.7%, with connected home sales up 15.8% to $125.4 million. Jenke said, "We executed structural cost-saving actions focused on reducing fixed costs and improving operating leverage," and noted the shutdown of the Mexico factory and transition to contract manufacturing and Vietnam production. Outlook Management expects a year-over-year revenue decline for 2026 and stated that the company will "rapidly reduce operational costs to increase profits given the revenue uncertainty." Adj...
Key Points It's seeking $25 billiion in financing. This comprises eight tranches of varying coupons and maturities. 10 stocks we like better than Salesforce › After market close Wednesday, Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) priced a bond offering that will provide the monies for a massive share repurchase program. Since investors like such programs, particularly when they're huge, they snapped up the customer...
Key Points It's seeking $25 billiion in financing. This comprises eight tranches of varying coupons and maturities. 10 stocks we like better than Salesforce › After market close Wednesday, Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) priced a bond offering that will provide the monies for a massive share repurchase program. Since investors like such programs, particularly when they're huge, they snapped up the customer relationship management (CRM) company's stock the following day. It closed Thursday up nearly 3% in price. A seller and a buyer Salesforce divulged that the $25 billion in senior notes it is floating will comprise eight tranches. The coupons range from 4.5% to 6.7%, with the earliest note maturing on March 15, 2028, and the latest on March 15, 2066. The interest on all notes is to be paid semi-annually. 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 » All proceeds the specialized tech company receives from the issue will be devoted to share repurchases. Such buys will be made under an accelerated share repurchase (ASR) arrangement, under which unnamed investment banks are contracted to purchase Salesforce stock aggressively. The company added that the prepayment and initial share delivery under the ASR agreement is to occur by this coming Monday, March 16. That's a lot of red ink While large-scale (not to mention accelerated) share buyback programs can give a stock a nice boost when announced, I'd be a bit cautious here. $25 billion in debt is a significant amount to take on at once, even if some of those notes are very long-term, and the company has the resources to retire those borrowings over time. Personally, I like to see companies use large chunks of capital to improve their businesses rather than fund monster-scale share buyback initiatives. Still, this wouldn't dissuade me from owning Salesforce s...
Intro A month ago, when I analyzed the beaten‑down payment‑sector giants PayPal ( PYPL ) and Fiserv ( FISV ), I realized they weren’t the only fintech companies facing significant pressure. Reviewing the one‑year chart and comparing the biggest names in the payments space, I wrote, " PayPal, down 47%, ranks third from the bottom, almost on par with Shift4Payments ( FOUR ), which is down 51%." 1‑Ye...
Intro A month ago, when I analyzed the beaten‑down payment‑sector giants PayPal ( PYPL ) and Fiserv ( FISV ), I realized they weren’t the only fintech companies facing significant pressure. Reviewing the one‑year chart and comparing the biggest names in the payments space, I wrote, " PayPal, down 47%, ranks third from the bottom, almost on par with Shift4Payments ( FOUR ), which is down 51%." 1‑Year Chart of Peer Fintech Companies (Seeking Alpha) In addition to FOUR’s notably weak performance, Global Payments Inc. ( GPN ) also stood out within the peer group as the clear valuation outlier, trading at the lowest P/E multiples: GPN Lower P/E Multiples (Seeking Alpha) Given their weak stock performances but low valuation multiples, I decided to take a closer look at FOUR and GPN at the first opportunity to determine whether there are serious company‑specific reasons behind their sharp selloffs or whether the reaction might simply reflect a broader sector‑wide weakness, especially since leaders PayPal and Fiserv are also under significant pressure. The Similarities Between the Two GPN and FOUR are not truly comparable in scale. Global Payments is one of the largest payment processors in the world, handling about $3.7 trillion in gross payment volume following the Worldpay acquisition. FOUR, by contrast, is a much smaller, niche player focused on hospitality and experiences, processing just over $200 billion in volume. While historically centered in the U.S., it has recently expanded overseas, bolstering its global presence through last year’s acquisition of tax-free payments leader Global Blue. What the two companies do share—beyond similarly low valuation multiples—is their position in the same part of the payments value chain: both operate in the Acquiring segment, offering merchant solutions. The key difference lies in their strategic focus. Global Payments, as a leading global provider, offers broad, universal solutions across virtually all sectors, whereas FOUR con...
Korro Bio, Inc. (KRRO) came out with a quarterly loss of $5.32 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $1.93. This compares to a loss of $2.26 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -175.08%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post a loss of $2.61 per share when it act...
Korro Bio, Inc. (KRRO) came out with a quarterly loss of $5.32 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $1.93. This compares to a loss of $2.26 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -175.08%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post a loss of $2.61 per share when it actually produced a loss of $1.92, delivering a surprise of +26.44%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates two times. Korro Bio, Inc., which belongs to the Zacks Medical - Drugs industry, posted revenues of $1.29 million for the quarter ended December 2025, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 13.87%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $2.27 million. The company has not been able to beat consensus revenue estimates over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Korro Bio, Inc. shares have added about 46.8% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's decline of 1%. What's Next for Korro Bio, Inc.? While Korro Bio, Inc. has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions....
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White House Disputes ABC Report Claiming Iran Wants To Launch Drones At West Coast Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The White House and FBI on Thursday disputed claims of an internal government alert saying Iran wants to launch drones to attack the West Coast of the United States, saying that ABC News should move to retract its reporting. White House press secretary K...
White House Disputes ABC Report Claiming Iran Wants To Launch Drones At West Coast Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The White House and FBI on Thursday disputed claims of an internal government alert saying Iran wants to launch drones to attack the West Coast of the United States, saying that ABC News should move to retract its reporting. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a news briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 18, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A report and social media post from ABC News on Wednesday said that the FBI warned police departments in California of the potential threat. The media outlet said it cited an FBI alert that its reporters reviewed. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote in an X post on Thursday, “No such threat from Iran to our homeland exists, and it never did.” Leavitt said the ABC News story and X post “should be immediately retracted ... for providing false information to intentionally alarm the American people.” “ They wrote this based on one email that was sent to local law enforcement in California about a single, unverified tip, ” she wrote. “The email even states the tip was based on *unverified* intelligence. Yet ABC News left out this critical fact in their story! WHY?” Responding to ABC, FBI spokesman Ben Williamson said that ABC’s report omitted the word “unverified” from the bulletin that was sent by the FBI to its local Joint Terrorism Task Forces partners. He included a screenshot of ABC’s report and a screenshot text of the FBI’s bulletin. “ We recently acquired unverified information that as of early February 2026, Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack ” with drones targeting the United States from “an unidentified vessel,” the FBI bulletin stated, in part, according to his X post. The bulletin added the law enforcement bureau has “no additional information on the timing, method, ta...
The “two sessions” of China’s top legislative and political advisory bodies have concluded with the passage of major resolutions. A number of things set it apart. One is the endorsement by lawmakers of the nation’s 15th five-year plan – a road map with which Hong Kong is aligning its development. The other is that despite the distractions of war in the Middle East between rival power the United St...
The “two sessions” of China’s top legislative and political advisory bodies have concluded with the passage of major resolutions. A number of things set it apart. One is the endorsement by lawmakers of the nation’s 15th five-year plan – a road map with which Hong Kong is aligning its development. The other is that despite the distractions of war in the Middle East between rival power the United States and economic partner Iran, and the roller-coaster impact on the price of oil, China’s week-long, top political event passed smoothly. Perhaps most telling was Beijing’s approach to dealing with potential stresses on the bilateral relationship with the US. Despite the involvement of China’s interests in the war and the oil crisis, calm prevailed, with preparations continuing for President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, expected late this month . This resonates with the commitment to high-quality domestic development – good not only for China but the world. It benefits Hong Kong in particular. As long as China focuses on economic development, Hong Kong can leverage its unique strengths as a bridge to China’s economy to seize opportunities. Indeed, Hong Kong officials have spoken recently about the possible flow of capital into Hong Kong seeking a haven from the Middle East crisis. Advertisement Upon the closing of the two sessions, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu pledged to turn the new roles designed for Hong Kong in the new development blueprint into concrete results for the city’s high-quality development and improvement of people’s livelihoods. The National People’s Congress also endorsed Premier Li Qiang’s government work report, which set this year’s gross domestic product growth target at 4.5-5 per cent – the lowest in more than three decades, reflecting both a complex external environment and greater emphasis on high-quality, sustainable development. This is in line with the growth rate needed to achieve Beijing’s goal of a moderately developed country by 2035...