Key PointsWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has outperformed the S&P 500 for many years, so it can pay to check out its portfolio when the market is dropping.
Key PointsWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has outperformed the S&P 500 for many years, so it can pay to check out its portfolio when the market is dropping.
Good morning . Oil rises as Donald Trump’s latest deadline closes in. Tiger cubs get bruised as the Iran war claws markets. And Artemis II astronauts head home after record-breaking orbit around the moon. Listen to the day’s top stories . — Nasteho Said Market Snapshot WTI crude oil futures $115.28 +2.6% S&P 500 futures 6,626.50 -0.4% Market data as of 01:21 AM ET. Data is subject to provider dela...
Good morning . Oil rises as Donald Trump’s latest deadline closes in. Tiger cubs get bruised as the Iran war claws markets. And Artemis II astronauts head home after record-breaking orbit around the moon. Listen to the day’s top stories . — Nasteho Said Market Snapshot WTI crude oil futures $115.28 +2.6% S&P 500 futures 6,626.50 -0.4% Market data as of 01:21 AM ET. Data is subject to provider delays. US President Donald Trump escalated his demands for a deal with Iran, insisting any agreement must include the reopening the Strait of Hormuz ahead of his Tuesday 8 p.m. Eastern Time deadline. While saying talks are “going well,” he warned of strikes on Iranian infrastructure if terms aren’t met. The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that Trump’s threats to hit Iranian civilian infrastructure risk violating international law . Oil advanced in volatile trading and equities lost momentum as traders stayed cautious before Trump’s cutoff. US equity futures declined while European contracts were mixed. Check out our Markets Today live blog for all the latest news and analysis relevant to UK assets. Veteran Strategist Ed Yardeni said tech stocks offer an attractive entry point after a 13% pullback from October highs, as valuations ease and earnings estimates improve despite concerns over AI disruption and geopolitical risks. Wells Fargo Investment Institute shifted their view on the sector from neutral to favorable, citing its underperformance against the S&P 500 and its durable outlook. ‘Slim Hope For Resolution’ Before Trump’s Iran Deadline Watch the video Viking and Maverick are among hedge funds known as Tiger Cubs that incurred big losses in March as the Iran war roiled markets, people familiar said. Still, the losses were less than Tiger Global’s main hedge fund, which tumbled 7.3%. Two Sigma’s biggest hedge funds are said to have outperformed multistrategy peers in the frantic month. A US airman rescued in Iran used a standard-issue Boeing communications dev...
Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images Introduction AGNC Investment Corp. CUM 1/1000 7% C ( AGNCN ) is among a group of AGNC Investment Corp.’s preferred shares with current yields in the high single-digit range. The preferreds are backed by AGNC’s Agency MBS strategy, a strong business that delivered 22.7% economic return in 2025 and 34.8% total return. The mREIT environment is stabilizing ...
Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images Introduction AGNC Investment Corp. CUM 1/1000 7% C ( AGNCN ) is among a group of AGNC Investment Corp.’s preferred shares with current yields in the high single-digit range. The preferreds are backed by AGNC’s Agency MBS strategy, a strong business that delivered 22.7% economic return in 2025 and 34.8% total return. The mREIT environment is stabilizing , and along with that, the high current income has made AGNC’s preferred stack popular among investors. The problem is how to choose from among the list of AGNC preferreds. There are various types of coupons here, all trading in a tight band around their $25 par value. On the surface, the decision appears simple enough - get the one with the highest yield. But that ignores two things: how tightly each issue tends to trade around par and call risk. These things have an impact on forward returns. I prefer AGNCN because it is the most balanced one here. My income philosophy rebels against yield-chasing. I like my income portfolio to fulfill my needs, not my wants. AGNC does not ask you to pay too much for yield but still delivers strong income—one that falls right within my preferred income bracket. What AGNC Really is AGNC’s leverage is a hefty ~7.2x tangible equity at quarter-end. Its portfolio consists of agency mortgage-backed securities. Leverage has reduced a little from earlier quarters as the MBS industry has stabilized. AGNC’s business model is simply this: it borrows at short-term repo rates, invests in long-duration agency MBS, hedges against interest rate hikes using derivatives like interest rate swaps and swaptions, and pockets the spread between the borrowing rate and the MBS yield. While this all looks easy enough, the income is very sensitive to interest rate changes and mortgage spreads. It works well when these are stable—when they are not, book value gets compressed, and so do returns. This model worked well last year. There was a shift towards lower rates,...
(RTTNews) - Casey's General Stores Inc.(CASY), an S&P MidCap 400 constituent, will replace Hologic Inc. (HOLX) in the S&P 500, S&P Dow Jones Indices said.
(RTTNews) - Casey's General Stores Inc.(CASY), an S&P MidCap 400 constituent, will replace Hologic Inc. (HOLX) in the S&P 500, S&P Dow Jones Indices said.
Hong Kong homebuyers flocked to the second round of new flat sales at the La Mirabelle I project in Tseung Kwan O, underscoring continuing demand for property amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. By noon, 72 of the 168 units had been sold, according to agents. Another 86 flats have been made available via tender. The flats via the regular sale were priced between HK$5.93 million (US$756,00...
Hong Kong homebuyers flocked to the second round of new flat sales at the La Mirabelle I project in Tseung Kwan O, underscoring continuing demand for property amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. By noon, 72 of the 168 units had been sold, according to agents. Another 86 flats have been made available via tender. The flats via the regular sale were priced between HK$5.93 million (US$756,000) and HK$8.99 million, including maximum discounts of 15 per cent. They were priced 1 per cent...
M. Suhail/iStock Editorial via Getty Images One of the predictable consequences of this year’s market volatility is the fact that investors have made a pronounced shift into lower-risk equities, prioritizing a “flight to safety.” Tech stocks, especially software companies with any potential whiff of AI disruption, are out, while defensive stocks that have more proven ability to keep growing sales ...
M. Suhail/iStock Editorial via Getty Images One of the predictable consequences of this year’s market volatility is the fact that investors have made a pronounced shift into lower-risk equities, prioritizing a “flight to safety.” Tech stocks, especially software companies with any potential whiff of AI disruption, are out, while defensive stocks that have more proven ability to keep growing sales amid a tougher consumer environment have been winners. But the result is that a shift has occurred in which stocks have inflated multiples, and right now countercyclical retail like TJX Companies ( TJX ), the parent company behind TJ Maxx, Marshall's, and Home Goods. TJX has soared 30% over the past year as investors cheered positive comp sales trends and consistent earnings growth. Data by YCharts We do have to ask ourselves, however, despite recent momentum, can TJX really justify its valuation premiums, especially when so many of its retail peers have seen much more disappointing performance? Investors have crowded into this name due to its perception of safety, but I think elevated multiples certainly remove that margin of safety. I’m initiating TJX at a "Sell" rating. The Leading Off-Price Chain in the U.S. Before we dig into valuation and recent performance, let’s get a solid lay of the land on the company’s business. TJX is the corporate umbrella for a portfolio of off-price retail brands. Its largest brands, TJ Maxx and Marshall’s, which the company collectively refers to as the “Marmaxx” segment in internal reporting, generated 60% of the company’s sales, excluding the TJ Maxx stores that are located outside the United States, which are separately segmented. The company also owns HomeGoods (as the name suggests, a home furnishings and decor retailer) and Sierra, which is an off-price version of REI, as well as a collection of smaller brands. The chart below, meanwhile, showcases TJX’s most recent store footprint as of the end of FY26 (the year for TJX that just end...