Roundhill’s weekly-pay ETF lineup has built a following among income seekers willing to swap diversification for fat, frequent checks. Roundhill AMZN WeeklyPay ETF (CBOE:AMZW) is the Amazon flavor, and its weekly distributions have ranged from $0.152133 to $0.737091 per share since launch. The question is whether that paycheck holds up when Amazon’s stock cools or ... AMZW’s Weekly Payouts Drop 79...
Roundhill’s weekly-pay ETF lineup has built a following among income seekers willing to swap diversification for fat, frequent checks. Roundhill AMZN WeeklyPay ETF (CBOE:AMZW) is the Amazon flavor, and its weekly distributions have ranged from $0.152133 to $0.737091 per share since launch. The question is whether that paycheck holds up when Amazon’s stock cools or ... AMZW’s Weekly Payouts Drop 79% as Volatility Collapses; Can Investors Count on Them?
Diy13/iStock via Getty Images Earlier this month, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. ( KDP ) completed the acquisition of a 96.22% stake in JDE Peet’s, a coffee and tea group whose brands include Jacobs, Douwe Egberts, and Peet’s Coffee. The deal materially expands Keurig Dr Pepper’s exposure to the global hot beverages market, a segment where Keurig is already under pressure. Visible Alpha consensus points to...
Diy13/iStock via Getty Images Earlier this month, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. ( KDP ) completed the acquisition of a 96.22% stake in JDE Peet’s, a coffee and tea group whose brands include Jacobs, Douwe Egberts, and Peet’s Coffee. The deal materially expands Keurig Dr Pepper’s exposure to the global hot beverages market, a segment where Keurig is already under pressure. Visible Alpha consensus points to full-year revenues of $26.3 billion, implying a 58% year-on-year increase, largely reflecting the consolidation of JDE Peet’s. Stripping out the acquisition effect, however, organic growth is expected to slow to 5.2%, down from 8.6% in 2025, suggesting a cooling in core momentum. Keurig Dr Pepper faces some key challenges with coffee inflation weighing on its US Coffee division, consumer headwinds, and execution risks as the company begins to integrate JDE Peet’s. Across the company’s key divisions, the divergence is evident. The US Refreshment Beverages segment is expected to deliver a robust 7.5% constant currency growth in 2026, supported by volume expansion of 4.3% and price increases of 3.2%. Even so, this marks a deceleration from last year’s 11.9% constant currency growth. By contrast, the US Coffee segment remains a weak spot, with constant currency growth declining 1.4%, reflecting a 3.4% drop in volumes, only partially offset by price growth of 2.2%. Softer at-home consumption alongside persistently high green coffee prices continues to weigh on both margins and demand elasticity. The international segment, excluding JDE Peet’s, is expected to see constant currency growth of 6.7%, almost entirely driven by price. Analysts expect price growth of 6.8% for the full year, while volumes remain broadly flat at 0.1% Original Post Editor's Note: The summary bullets for this article were chosen by Seeking Alpha editors.
Take a glance at the stock market, and all appears well in the Brazilian economy. The Ibovespa has soared more than any other major index in the Americas over the past year — almost 60% in dollar terms at last count. But inside C-suites and corner shops and cafes all across the country, the picture is far bleaker. With borrowing costs hovering near a two-decade peak and credit growing increasingly...
Take a glance at the stock market, and all appears well in the Brazilian economy. The Ibovespa has soared more than any other major index in the Americas over the past year — almost 60% in dollar terms at last count. But inside C-suites and corner shops and cafes all across the country, the picture is far bleaker. With borrowing costs hovering near a two-decade peak and credit growing increasingly scarce, a historically high number of companies are fighting to keep their doors open. The latest high-profile example of a company dealing with mounting financial stress came just last week, when hospital operator Kora Saúde Participações SA filed for an out-of-court debt restructuring . It’s the same fate that a pair of corporate heavyweights — biofuels producer Raízen SA and supermarket chain Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição — had suffered weeks earlier. Much of the pain has fallen on smaller companies, a group that powers almost 30% of Latin America’s largest economy. Over eight million of them are now behind on their debt payments. In many ways, experts say, the reckoning was inevitable, a natural consequence of the borrowing binge unleashed by the pandemic. For President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , it comes at the worst possible time. Concern is mounting that the corporate distress will start to ripple through the broader economy just as Lula makes his final plea to voters to re-elect him in October. Deadlocked with the opposition candidate in polls, Lula has begun to roll out measures to shield households from the spillover effects. “This is essentially the hangover from the pandemic,” said Rafael Nogueira, managing partner at Chimera Capital. The stock rally is deceiving, he said, because the market is dominated by a handful of powerhouse firms. “The middle-market companies that form the backbone of Brazil’s economy aren’t necessarily listed, and many of them are now shut out of capital markets,” Nogueira said. When policy makers slashed borrowing costs to a re...
Nobody can predict the market's future with any true certainty. Based on their real-world experience and resulting wisdom, however, more than a few analysts anticipate a different kind of decade ahead. Mutual fund giant Vanguard expects average annual returns of only between 4% and 5% for this time frame, for instance, while Goldman Sachs ' Peter Oppenheimer believes U.S. stocks will lag the rest ...
Nobody can predict the market's future with any true certainty. Based on their real-world experience and resulting wisdom, however, more than a few analysts anticipate a different kind of decade ahead. Mutual fund giant Vanguard expects average annual returns of only between 4% and 5% for this time frame, for instance, while Goldman Sachs ' Peter Oppenheimer believes U.S. stocks will lag the rest of the world's performance between now and 2026. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) only adds to any uncertainty, of course. It can improve efficiency, but it can also undermine employment. It's also possible that the massive investments currently being made in AI just won't pay off nearly as much as hoped. One thing is for sure, though. Investors are going to wrestle with all of this for a long while, spurring plenty of volatility in the meantime. If your gut's telling you now's a good time to chase a little less growth and set yourself up for a little more reliable income for a while, trust your gut. Here are three names to help get you started. Continue reading
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/DigitalVision via Getty Images Performance Assessment Celestica ( CLS ) ( CLS:CA ) has had a quick burst of healthy outperformance over the broader market index since my last update on the stock: Performance since HA's Last Article on CLS (Seeking Alpha, HA's Last Article on CLS) Elevator Pitch After the Q1 FY26 earnings release last week, I am still bullish. But I do spot ...
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/DigitalVision via Getty Images Performance Assessment Celestica ( CLS ) ( CLS:CA ) has had a quick burst of healthy outperformance over the broader market index since my last update on the stock: Performance since HA's Last Article on CLS (Seeking Alpha, HA's Last Article on CLS) Elevator Pitch After the Q1 FY26 earnings release last week, I am still bullish. But I do spot a couple of risks on the horizon: Scale-up of 1.6T networking is a key revenue driver for the next couple of years FCF margins should be monitored given massive capex ramps Sharp downward revisions for capex estimates on key customers are a risk to watch The valuation premium gap over its peers is reducing A textbook triangle base breakout signals further upside This article may use some Celestica-specific acronyms. If you are unfamiliar with Celestica, please refer to my initiating coverage article on Celestica to understand what CCS, ATS, HPS, and other things like networking switches mean. Scale-Up of 1.6T Networking is a Key Revenue Driver for the Next Couple of Years Celestica is winning major contracts with hyperscalers for its new 1.6T (1.6 terabits per second data transfer rate) Ethernet switches: ...we have secured a landmark program award for the design and manufacturing of a 1.6T, co-packaged optics Ethernet switch with a hyperscaler customer... We expect mass production to commence in 2027. Within our enterprise end market, the growth outlook remains very strong into 2027. As anticipated, volumes for our next-generation AI/ML compute program with a hyperscaler customer continue to scale through 2026. - CEO Robert Mionis in the Q1 FY26 earnings call I expect these 1.6T switch programs to ramp up in H2 FY26. We are already seeing an explosion in growth in the CCS segment, especially in the enterprise (hyperscaler and data center) segment: CCS' Communications vs Enterprise Revenue YoY (Company Filings, HA Analysis) Management expects further growth acceleration in ...
Trailer offers glimpses of Matt Damon as mythological hero Odysseus, Tom Holland as his son Telemachus and Anne Hathaway as his wife, Penelope The first trailer for Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey has been released. Starring Matt Damon as mythological hero Odysseus, the epic film retells the story of Odysseus’ 10-year voyage back to his homeland of Ithaca after the Greek vict...
Trailer offers glimpses of Matt Damon as mythological hero Odysseus, Tom Holland as his son Telemachus and Anne Hathaway as his wife, Penelope The first trailer for Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey has been released. Starring Matt Damon as mythological hero Odysseus, the epic film retells the story of Odysseus’ 10-year voyage back to his homeland of Ithaca after the Greek victory at the siege of Troy. Continue reading...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Chevron ( CVX ) is a major beneficiary of rising petroleum prices due to the standoff between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran, which negatively affected oil production in the Gulf and shipping out of the Strait of Hormuz, just off the coast of Iran. Chevron beat EPS expectations easily on May 1, 2026 -- it delivered a $0.44 per-share beat for Q...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Chevron ( CVX ) is a major beneficiary of rising petroleum prices due to the standoff between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran, which negatively affected oil production in the Gulf and shipping out of the Strait of Hormuz, just off the coast of Iran. Chevron beat EPS expectations easily on May 1, 2026 -- it delivered a $0.44 per-share beat for Q1'26 -- amid an expansion in its production base as well as higher realized petroleum prices. However, the energy enterprise still missed Q1 top line estimates by $4.1B. As there seems to be no clear path for a reconciliation between the U.S.'s and Iran's positions about nuclear enrichment, I believe we are going to see a scenario of higher-for-longer petroleum prices in 2026... which could boost Chevron's earnings potential quite significantly. Although Chevron's shares have already revalued higher after the outbreak of the war in February, I believe we could see a new up-leg for Chevron's shares as well as higher total capital returns, driven by a return of excess free cash flow to shareholders in the form of stock buybacks. Data by YCharts Previous Rating I rated Chevron a 'Strong Buy' amid the escalation in the Middle East in March, as a war between the U.S. and Iran was a catalyst for higher petroleum prices. I liked Chevron for its earnings upside then, given its material expansion of its production footprint in the Permian Basin, following the acquisition of PDC Energy in 2023. Because of the acquisition of Hess Corporation in 2025, Chevron is also able to boost its production in Guyana's Stabroek Block. With no real peace solution in sight in the Middle East, I would expect a higher-for-longer oil environment to prevail, therefore creating a catalyst for earnings growth in 2026 for Chevron. Strong Earnings Growth Ahead In the first fiscal quarter, Chevron delivered strong earnings growth amid higher realized petroleum prices linked to the Iran war. In Q1'26, Chevron...
A senior BNP Paribas SA banker who was fired for allegedly bullying his subordinates on the trading floor lost a €1.7 million ($2 million) unfair-dismissal award on appeal after judges drew on testimony from staffers. The Paris Court of Appeal reversed an earlier decision that Omar Alami, formerly head of BNP’s equity derivatives sales for Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg, had been wrongly dism...
A senior BNP Paribas SA banker who was fired for allegedly bullying his subordinates on the trading floor lost a €1.7 million ($2 million) unfair-dismissal award on appeal after judges drew on testimony from staffers. The Paris Court of Appeal reversed an earlier decision that Omar Alami, formerly head of BNP’s equity derivatives sales for Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg, had been wrongly dismissed for gross misconduct. In a ruling released last month, judges said the allegations set out in BNP’s dismissal letter were “substantiated.” The lender fired Alami in 2019 after receiving complaints sparked by an incident where he allegedly called a trader “useless” and “incompetent” in front of colleagues over a potential €800,000 mistake. The court cited testimony gathered by BNP as part of its internal investigation into the harassment complaints, including a staffer describing Alami’s management as “emotional terrorism” and another as “feudal.” One banker said: “I’ve never been so well paid, yet I’ve never felt so unhappy at work.” While the supposed mistake that invoked Alami’s wrath turned out to be a false alarm, the appeals court considered the testimony against him consistent enough to justify his dismissal. It also cut back a deferred bonus worth more than €650,000 that had been part of the initial award granted by the Paris employment tribunal in 2022. Read more: Fired BNP Boss Accused of Emotional Terror Seeks $4 Million A lawyer for Alami declined to immediately comment, while BNP declined to make any statement. In their April ruling, the appellate judges didn’t buy into Alami’s argument that BNP had discriminated against him owing to his Moroccan origins. The court said in its ruling that while Alami claimed he was chided over his origins and nicknamed “couscous,” he failed to provide any evidence to back his allegations, which BNP has denied. The Paris appeals court acknowledged that it must have been “unpleasant” for Alami to be accused by a staffer of “...
Chrysalis Investments Ltd. cut the value of its stake in UK financial technology firm Starling Bank , as the conflict in the Middle East impacted stock markets and the digital bank’s peers. Chrysalis said its stake in Starling was valued at £347.7 million ($471 million) as of March 31, according to a filing on Tuesday. That’s down about 14% from the end of December, when the firm marked the stake ...
Chrysalis Investments Ltd. cut the value of its stake in UK financial technology firm Starling Bank , as the conflict in the Middle East impacted stock markets and the digital bank’s peers. Chrysalis said its stake in Starling was valued at £347.7 million ($471 million) as of March 31, according to a filing on Tuesday. That’s down about 14% from the end of December, when the firm marked the stake at £436 million, filings show. The investment firm didn’t disclose the size of its stake. Valuations of Starling’s peers fell about 20% over the same period, Chrysalis said in the filing, adding the digital bank’s “strong operational momentum,” however, helped offset a larger drop. A representative for Starling declined to comment. Chrysalis didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Chrysalis marked down the net value of assets in its fund by 17% from the end of December through March. That cut “largely reflects the performance of global equity markets over the period,” the firm said. The S&P 500 , which tumbled about 8% between end-February and March 30 over the conflict in Iran and concerns around artificial intelligence, has rebounded about 10.3% since. The investment manager also marked its stake in Klarna Group Plc down by 54% to £41 million at the end of March, according to the filing. Klarna shares have fallen more than 60% since the buy-now-pay-later firm went public in September. Chrysalis’ investment in Starling makes up more than 50% of its fund’s net asset value. Starling, which provides personal and business accounts, also has a platform called Engine that it offers banks to help launch their own digital offerings. Read More: Chrysalis Looks to Drop Managers as UK Fund Sells Assets
The impact of Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities can still be felt, even three months after it ended. For immigrants, the impact has been devastating — many are at risk of losing their homes and business, and some are dealing with mental health challenges. (Image credit: Tim Evans for NPR)
The impact of Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities can still be felt, even three months after it ended. For immigrants, the impact has been devastating — many are at risk of losing their homes and business, and some are dealing with mental health challenges. (Image credit: Tim Evans for NPR)
"It was actually pure dumb luck," said Tom Sisto of the successful search for an organic compound that would eventually form the basis of his company's flow battery. Sisto is the chief executive officer and co-founder of XL Batteries, a firm with a bold goal to help "store one third of the world's electrons". He spoke in an interview at the BloombergNEF Summit New York on April 22, 2026, touching ...
"It was actually pure dumb luck," said Tom Sisto of the successful search for an organic compound that would eventually form the basis of his company's flow battery. Sisto is the chief executive officer and co-founder of XL Batteries, a firm with a bold goal to help "store one third of the world's electrons". He spoke in an interview at the BloombergNEF Summit New York on April 22, 2026, touching on the duration, cost and scalability of a battery technology that doesn't rely on complex global supply chains for metals. (Source: Bloomberg)
Energean Plc is planning to scale up operations in Africa to diversify from its focus on the Middle East as conflict in the region roils energy markets. The London-based energy company, which acquired two offshore oil blocks in Angola from Chevron Corp. in March, is keen on more projects in the continent, Chief Executive Officer Mathios Rigas said in an interview. “Angola happened for two reasons:...
Energean Plc is planning to scale up operations in Africa to diversify from its focus on the Middle East as conflict in the region roils energy markets. The London-based energy company, which acquired two offshore oil blocks in Angola from Chevron Corp. in March, is keen on more projects in the continent, Chief Executive Officer Mathios Rigas said in an interview. “Angola happened for two reasons: diversification and a strategic decision to enter West Africa, which has a lot of discovered-yet-undeveloped resources,” he added. Energean’s portfolio currently spans Israel — where it produces most of its gas — Egypt, and several European countries. A majority of its revenue comes from Israel, where the company was forced to close down the Karish gas field for six weeks after the Iran war started at the end of February. Israel’s decision to shut Karish “had big financial implications” for Energean, which had to continue meeting its obligations to its employees and bondholders, Rigas said. Energean will seek compensation from the Israeli government for the shutdown, he said. The company is also seeking additional exploration blocks adjacent to its discoveries in Hercules and Drakon, which have been put on hold because “they’re not big enough to justify a standalone development.” Israel’s policy of holding tenders for energy projects can also lead to delays, and “we allocate our capital — that’s not unlimited — to projects and countries that we believe are going to give the best, fastest results,” he added. “As a business, we want to be producing from Israel, Egypt and West Africa, with each leg of production at equal weight,” Rigas said. He expects the company to double overall production to 300,000 barrels a day of oil equivalent in five years. Last year, Energean terminated a deal to sell natural gas assets in Egypt, Italy, and Croatia to a unit of Carlyle Group Inc., and the company currently isn’t in the market for an alternative buyer, Rigas said. “This was a transac...
On 4 May 2026, Ouster launched its Rev8 family of OS digital lidar sensors powered by next-generation L4 Ouster Silicon, introducing what it describes as the world’s first patented native color lidar with up to double the range and resolution of its prior generation and immediate availability for automotive, industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure uses. An especially distinctive element is ...
On 4 May 2026, Ouster launched its Rev8 family of OS digital lidar sensors powered by next-generation L4 Ouster Silicon, introducing what it describes as the world’s first patented native color lidar with up to double the range and resolution of its prior generation and immediate availability for automotive, industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure uses. An especially distinctive element is Rev8’s native color capability, which fuses rich visual and depth data in a single sensor,...
Game is in danger of losing its integrity by howling about referees’ decisions and unedifying actions on the field under the notional banner of player welfare It felt like a proper occasion in Bordeaux on Sunday. The trams were so jammed en route to the ground that the kick-off had to be delayed to allow spectators extra time to find their seats. For those who dismiss the notion of club rugby riva...
Game is in danger of losing its integrity by howling about referees’ decisions and unedifying actions on the field under the notional banner of player welfare It felt like a proper occasion in Bordeaux on Sunday. The trams were so jammed en route to the ground that the kick-off had to be delayed to allow spectators extra time to find their seats. For those who dismiss the notion of club rugby rivaling football for vibrant mass interest here was a compelling counterpoint: a heaving 42,000-capacity stadium, off-the-scale passion, top-class sport in every respect. Later on, after the game was done, there was another revealing snapshot at the airport. As Bath’s beaten players headed for their flight home they were warmly applauded down to the gate by their travelling supporters. A corner of a foreign departure lounge was briefly akin to north-east Somerset. Despite the outcome, the fans instinctively wanted to show how much they have enjoyed their team’s efforts this season. Continue reading...
Nscale Global Holdings has agreed to spend €695 million ($812 million) on infrastructure in Portugal in an expansion of its partnership with Microsoft Corp . Nscale plans to supply more than 66,000 Nvidia Corp . Rubin GPUs to a collaboration with Microsoft and Portugal’s Start Campus, the company running the site, from late 2027, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Nscale will invest €230 ...
Nscale Global Holdings has agreed to spend €695 million ($812 million) on infrastructure in Portugal in an expansion of its partnership with Microsoft Corp . Nscale plans to supply more than 66,000 Nvidia Corp . Rubin GPUs to a collaboration with Microsoft and Portugal’s Start Campus, the company running the site, from late 2027, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Nscale will invest €230 million in shared infrastructure and €465 million in a second 200 megawatt building at the Sines data center campus. Formed from a cryptocurrency mining business in early 2024, Nscale has ridden the surge in demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company operates as a so-called neocloud provider, leasing computing power to AI developers, and has sought to differentiate itself with a Europe-focused strategy, lining up major projects in the UK, Norway and Portugal. Microsoft announced a multiyear deal in October to lease capacity at the site and has agreed to spend $10 billion for the build out as the tech giant works to overcome computing capacity shortages to meet demand from AI companies. Read more: Microsoft to Invest $10 Billion in AI Data Hub in Portugal Start Campus is permitted for a capacity of 1.2 gigawatts and is one of the largest data center developments in Portugal .