Hong Kong stocks jumped on Thursday, led by technology shares, as easing tensions in the Middle East and a drop in oil prices boosted sentiment after overnight gains on Wall Street. The benchmark Hang Seng Index opened 1.2 per cent, or 317 points, higher at 26,531, recovering the 26,500 level, while the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 2.4 per cent to 5,089. Tech heavyweights led gains, with Alibaba Gr...
Hong Kong stocks jumped on Thursday, led by technology shares, as easing tensions in the Middle East and a drop in oil prices boosted sentiment after overnight gains on Wall Street. The benchmark Hang Seng Index opened 1.2 per cent, or 317 points, higher at 26,531, recovering the 26,500 level, while the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 2.4 per cent to 5,089. Tech heavyweights led gains, with Alibaba Group Holding rising nearly 4 per cent and Baidu advancing almost 5 per cent. Oil producers fell as...
Earnings Call Insights: TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (TPVG) Q1 2026 Management view "During the first quarter, we continued to take steps to position TPVG to strengthen its portfolio while maintaining our long-term emphasis on increasing its durability, income-generating assets and NAV to create enduring shareholder value." (Co-Founder, Chairman & Co-CEO James Labe) "We generated NII of $0...
Earnings Call Insights: TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (TPVG) Q1 2026 Management view "During the first quarter, we continued to take steps to position TPVG to strengthen its portfolio while maintaining our long-term emphasis on increasing its durability, income-generating assets and NAV to create enduring shareholder value." (Co-Founder, Chairman & Co-CEO James Labe) "We generated NII of $0.23 per share, covering our dividend and funded more than $26 million in debt investments within our guided range." (Co-Founder, Chairman & Co-CEO Labe) "For the quarter, our weighted average annualized portfolio yield increased to 13.5% compared to 12.7% in the previous quarter." (Co-Founder, Chairman & Co-CEO Labe) "The Board of TPVG has authorized a discretionary 12-month share buyback program of up to $12.5 million." (Co-Founder, Chairman & Co-CEO Labe) "Given the refinancing of our $200 million term debt tranche, where we elected to reduce our outstanding term debt and lean into our revolver as well as the current level of unfunded commitments, our adviser allocated $1 million in new commitments with 2 companies to TPVG as compared to $90 million of new commitments to 12 companies in Q4." (Co-Founder, President, Co-CEO Sajal Srivastava) "Total investment and other income for the first quarter was $22.8 million." (CFO Mike Wilhelms) Outlook "Our quarterly target for new fundings continues to be in the $25 million to $50 million range for 2026." (Co-Founder, President, Co-CEO Srivastava) "We expect to increase our allocation of new commitments as unfunded commitments expire and as we receive prepayments and repayment over the rest of the year." (Co-Founder, President, Co-CEO Srivastava) "As a result, we expect the impact of any further interest rate reductions on our net investment income to be limited, particularly as lower base rates would also reduce interest expense on our floating rate borrowings under the revolving credit facility." (CFO Wilhelms) Prior-quarter man...
South Korean stocks are set for a further boost as Interactive Brokers Group Inc. gives US retail investors direct access to the world’s hottest market. “Eligible clients worldwide can now access Korean equities with same-day account enablement, real-time execution, and transparent institutional-grade pricing,” according to a statement by IBKR, which added that it’s the first major US-based broker...
South Korean stocks are set for a further boost as Interactive Brokers Group Inc. gives US retail investors direct access to the world’s hottest market. “Eligible clients worldwide can now access Korean equities with same-day account enablement, real-time execution, and transparent institutional-grade pricing,” according to a statement by IBKR, which added that it’s the first major US-based broker to offer such a service. The launch is expected to draw renewed inflows from US individual investors, who until now have gained exposure to the market through exchange-traded funds listed in New York, or the limited number of American Depositary Receipts issued by Korean companies. Global investors plowed near-record sums into stocks on the benchmark Kospi earlier this week, when the access via IBKR was in a trial stage. “IBKR’s opening of Korean stock trade was a big topic among family offices and high nets at Berkshire AGM during the weekend ,” said Chan H. Lee , a managing partner at hedge fund Petra Capital Management in Seoul. “Many of them were excited about the opportunity to go direct in Korea.” Korea’s stock rally has extended in 2026, with the benchmark Kospi Index up more than 75% so far — the world’s best among major markets and close to surpassing last year’s epic gain. Chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. have led the charge, while foreign investors are also revisiting companies across power, defense, and shipbuilding sectors to capitalize on Korea’s industrial competitiveness. Read: Korea Surpasses Canada as World’s Seventh-Largest Stock Market The rally has set a series of milestones, most recently making Korea the world’s seventh-largest market as it surpassed Canada, after earlier powering past the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
FEATURE Revisiting past stock picks matters because it keeps the process honest and helps improve it over time. Looking back at what worked and what didn’t provides insight into where decisions were right or off track.
FEATURE Revisiting past stock picks matters because it keeps the process honest and helps improve it over time. Looking back at what worked and what didn’t provides insight into where decisions were right or off track.
Citrini Research may not be the household name that Goldman Sachs , but the macro-focused research firm made a name for itself earlier this year with a blog post entitled, "The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis." That thought experiment outlined a theoretical dystopian future where AI destroys jobs and transforms the modern economy. The blog post also gave a convincing narrative of how software stoc...
Citrini Research may not be the household name that Goldman Sachs , but the macro-focused research firm made a name for itself earlier this year with a blog post entitled, "The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis." That thought experiment outlined a theoretical dystopian future where AI destroys jobs and transforms the modern economy. The blog post also gave a convincing narrative of how software stocks could get upended by AI, and the software-as-a-service sector plunged on the news as it captured the zeitgeist of investor fear at the moment. Now, in a post on X, Citrini dropped a theory about how to find the top chip stocks, which is simply to look for the ones that haven't surged yet. Continue reading