Microsoft Corp's (NYSE:MSFT) short interest as a percent of float has fallen 3.8% since its last report. According to exchange reported data, there are now 56.12 million shares sold short, which is 0.76% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 1.2 days to cover their short positions on average. Why Short Interest Matters Short intere...
Microsoft Corp's (NYSE:MSFT) short interest as a percent of float has fallen 3.8% since its last report. According to exchange reported data, there are now 56.12 million shares sold short, which is 0.76% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 1.2 days to cover their short positions on average. Why Short Interest Matters Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises. Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish. See Also: List of the most shorted stocks Microsoft Corp Short Interest Graph (3 Months) As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Microsoft Corp has declined since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to rise in the near-term but traders should be aware that less shares are being shorted. Comparing Microsoft Corp's Short Interest Against Its Peers Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis. According to Benzinga Pro, Microsoft Corp's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 7.91%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its peers. This article was generated by Benzinga's automa...
Welcome to Next Africa, a daily newsletter on where the continent stands now — and where it’s headed. Sign up here to have it delivered to your email. In today’s edition we look at why Chinese attempts to establish a media foothold in Africa have fallen flat. The US sanctions Rwanda for backing rebels in Congo Africa braces for the fallout from war in the Middle East And lastly, shippers are steer...
Welcome to Next Africa, a daily newsletter on where the continent stands now — and where it’s headed. Sign up here to have it delivered to your email. In today’s edition we look at why Chinese attempts to establish a media foothold in Africa have fallen flat. The US sanctions Rwanda for backing rebels in Congo Africa braces for the fallout from war in the Middle East And lastly, shippers are steering clear of the Suez Canal China’s Media Stumble Davis Moroko works at a print shop in the leafy suburb of Gigiri in Nairobi. He follows the news. He watches the BBC. He scrolls YouTube. But ask him about CGTN — China’s overseas state broadcaster — and he looks puzzled. “I never watch Chinese media at all,” he says. “I didn’t even know they had a studio here.” They do. A large one. For nearly two decades, Beijing has poured money into building a media foothold across Africa, with its centerpiece in the Kenyan capital. News agency Xinhua relocated its sub-Saharan base to Nairobi in 2006 and China Radio International followed suit. CGTN opened a production hub in 2012, the same year China Daily, Beijing’s English-language flagship, began publishing an Africa edition from the city. Hundreds of journalists were hired and studios were built. The ambition was clear: shape the narrative in a region that’s central to China’s global rise. The problem is hardly anyone’s watching. Audience surveys show CGTN drawing only single-digit share of weekly viewership in major markets like Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria — far behind the BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera. Social media engagement is often modest. For a government that spends billions annually on global media, the returns in Africa look thin. A large part of the problem is editorial. Chinese outlets tend to emphasize relentless good news about the Asian nation’s development model while taking swipes at Western democracies and multilateral institutions. The tone can feel more like propaganda than journalism, particularly in markets like K...
In an unprecedented Chinese New Year marketing blitz, Alibaba Group Holding, Baidu, ByteDance and Tencent Holdings spent an estimated 8 billion yuan (US$1.1 billion) to turn their artificial intelligence assistants into household names, according to Morgan Stanley. Now the dust is settling. A week after the holiday ended, early data offers a first glimpse into how China’s AI landscape is evolving ...
In an unprecedented Chinese New Year marketing blitz, Alibaba Group Holding, Baidu, ByteDance and Tencent Holdings spent an estimated 8 billion yuan (US$1.1 billion) to turn their artificial intelligence assistants into household names, according to Morgan Stanley. Now the dust is settling. A week after the holiday ended, early data offers a first glimpse into how China’s AI landscape is evolving and which players gained lasting traction from the spending spree. Advertisement Morgan Stanley said all platforms experienced “traffic normalisation” once the promotions ended, although the extent of the pullback varied. Inside the spending blitz: who spent what Alibaba publicly disclosed a 3 billion yuan headline budget, but Morgan Stanley estimated in a research note on Monday that actual spending may have exceeded 5 billion yuan. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post.
The “two sessions”, the annual meetings of China’s top legislature and political advisory body, get under way this week, with Beijing expected to lay out its economic targets and strategic priorities. Advertisement The meetings, the most important yearly political events in the country, come just days after the United States and Israel targeted Iran with missiles, killing Iranian supreme leader Ay...
The “two sessions”, the annual meetings of China’s top legislature and political advisory body, get under way this week, with Beijing expected to lay out its economic targets and strategic priorities. Advertisement The meetings, the most important yearly political events in the country, come just days after the United States and Israel targeted Iran with missiles, killing Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dragging the region into chaos again. The sessions are expected to focus on the economy and innovation but it is also a chance for outsiders to get fresh ideas of China’s thoughts on its foreign policy, particularly at Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s press conference. Advertisement China has condemned the strikes as a violation of international law and called for parties to halt military operations. Wang said earlier that the “blatant killing of a sovereign leader” and the incitement of regime change were “unacceptable”.
A father trains his teenage daughter to fight monsters, while mum, Milla Jovovich, is away leading the human resistance Perhaps this is just coincidence, but it feels like a lot of action movies these days revolve around grown men and their daughters or daughter surrogates struggling to survive. Although rugged and ready to kill, the men involved are also “girl dads”, protectors and nurturers who ...
A father trains his teenage daughter to fight monsters, while mum, Milla Jovovich, is away leading the human resistance Perhaps this is just coincidence, but it feels like a lot of action movies these days revolve around grown men and their daughters or daughter surrogates struggling to survive. Although rugged and ready to kill, the men involved are also “girl dads”, protectors and nurturers who train their female offspring to fight as hard as any man in order to survive a world they may not be in themselves someday. Obviously there’s The Last of Us and Stranger Things , but also recent Jason Statham vehicle Shelter , the upcoming feature One Mile: Chapter One, and now Worldbreaker, which is bang on trend. With its sci-fi frame in which monsters called breakers have emerged from the poisoned earth and can turn humans into a second kind of monster (called hybrids), this feels a lot closer to The Last of Us, but with its own weird extra bangs and whizzes. For a start, Milla Jovovich is in it, in a distinctly supporting role as the female general of the human resistance and leader of what’s become a quasi-matriarchal society (because people with Y chromosomes are more likely to be infected). While Jovovich hasn’t got the best range as an actor, the one thing she’s good at, as proved in all those Resident Evil movies, is fighting monsters. Continue reading...
A drop of lemon and being selective about your choice of cookware could zap any troubles with blackened spuds, as would a highly novel solution from the seaside Why do some potatoes turn black on cooking, and how do I stop this happening? I usually leave them to cool in the cooking water, but should I plunge them in cold water instead?” Jean, Ha mpshire “We’ve all been there,” sympathises spud que...
A drop of lemon and being selective about your choice of cookware could zap any troubles with blackened spuds, as would a highly novel solution from the seaside Why do some potatoes turn black on cooking, and how do I stop this happening? I usually leave them to cool in the cooking water, but should I plunge them in cold water instead?” Jean, Ha mpshire “We’ve all been there,” sympathises spud queen Poppy O’Toole . “It’s a harmless chemical reaction,” the author of The Potato Book continues, “but it looks rank and only gets worse with the slow cooling process that Jean’s using.” But let’s wind things back for a moment. According to the food science guru Harold McGee , in his bible On Food & Cooking , the darkening of cooked potatoes “is caused by the combination of iron ions, a phenolic substance [chlorogenic acid] and oxygen, which react to form a pigmented complex”. So what’s the solution? Make the pH of the water “distinctly acidic”, which McGee does by adding cream of tartar or lemon juice “after the potatoes are half-cooked”. Another possible suspect for Jean’s blackening tubers is her cookware: “Reactive metals such as a carbon steel knife or aluminium pan may also be the cause of the issue,” says the Guardian’s Tom Hunt , which is why he recommends using a non-reactive metal (think stainless steel) instead. “Leaving the cooked potatoes in water is also a bad idea,” adds Jess Murphy, chef patron of Kai Galway in Ireland and author of The Kai Cookbook :“They are like little sponges.” Hunt couldn’t agree more: “The potatoes will absorb the water and turn soggy and less fluffy – and never refresh them under cold water or in a cold plunge, either, unless it’s momentary.” Got a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.com Continue reading...
British institutions can keep politicians somewhat in check. But in the US, shamelessness has become contagious It is both sad and ironic that, 250 years after the revolt against George III, the British monarchy is teaching its former colony lessons about accountability . While elite impunity is rampant in the US – from a president who conspired to steal an election, to the “ Epstein class ” – the...
British institutions can keep politicians somewhat in check. But in the US, shamelessness has become contagious It is both sad and ironic that, 250 years after the revolt against George III, the British monarchy is teaching its former colony lessons about accountability . While elite impunity is rampant in the US – from a president who conspired to steal an election, to the “ Epstein class ” – the man formerly known as Prince Andrew is facing both shame sanctions and legal consequences. The same is true for a towering member of the British establishment, the man still known as Lord Mandelson . Just what explains the difference? Being shamed is not the same as being convicted in a court of law – a difference that those pushing back against #MeToo and other supposedly woke movements never failed to emphasize. But both can be crucial for upholding norms of decency as well as democracy. Successful shaming depends on someone credibly accused of misconduct being part of groups whose approval matters to them. Larry Summers might well be resigning from Harvard because it would just have been too uncomfortable to face students and colleagues who might have voiced their disapproval of the attitudes revealed in the Epstein files . By contrast, certain Republicans appear to feel utterly unashamed, no matter how cruel or racist their utterances , because constituents do not seem to mind or because they can safely keep away from any unpredictable encounters (after all, GOP congressmen systematically cancel town halls ). Continue reading...
The first votes of the 2026 midterm cycle will be cast on Tuesday, with a pair of high-stakes US Senate primaries in Texas that will test both parties’ appetite for political change in the Trump era. Voters across the state will decide their nominees for a critical Senate seat, as well as for several key congressional contests reshaped by a mid-decade gerrymander sought by Donald Trump to preserve...
The first votes of the 2026 midterm cycle will be cast on Tuesday, with a pair of high-stakes US Senate primaries in Texas that will test both parties’ appetite for political change in the Trump era. Voters across the state will decide their nominees for a critical Senate seat, as well as for several key congressional contests reshaped by a mid-decade gerrymander sought by Donald Trump to preserve the GOP’s fragile House majority. In the Senate race, Republicans are measuring the potency of Trump’s Make America Great Again movement against old-guard conservatism. Democrats, meanwhile, face a choice between two progressive “powerhouses” with different theories of how to fight – and how to win – in the Trump era. The fiercely competitive races have left Democrats unusually hopeful about their chances in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat statewide since 1994, while Republicans fret they could lose a seat once viewed as safely red. Early voting has soared, particularly on the Democratic side, while political ad spending has surpassed $122m, according to data from AdImpact, making it the most expensive Senate primary on record. The vast majority of the money is being spent to help four-term incumbent John Cornyn fend off a challenge from Ken Paxton, the state’s scandal-plagued attorney general and a conservative culture warrior. Cornyn, 74, has emphasized his seniority and record, which he has defended as closely aligned with the president. By contrast, Paxton, 64, has presented himself as Maga’s vanguard in Texas, willing to battle both Democrats and Republicans. On the Democratic side, state representative James Talarico has crisscrossed the deep-red counties that voted for Trump, preaching a “politics of love” that roots progressive policy in the teachings of his Christian faith. The 36-year-old former middle school teacher and current seminary student argues that the central divide in American politics is “not left v right” but “top v bottom” and says Democrats ...
These days, it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that every new indie game is either a co-op extraction shooter or a roguelike deck-builder – fortunately that’s not quite the case. Each February, the week-long Steam Next Fest is a vast and varied showcase of forthcoming titles, all with downloadable demos, and only a minority of them adhere to those dominant genres. It’s a lovely chance to ...
These days, it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that every new indie game is either a co-op extraction shooter or a roguelike deck-builder – fortunately that’s not quite the case. Each February, the week-long Steam Next Fest is a vast and varied showcase of forthcoming titles, all with downloadable demos, and only a minority of them adhere to those dominant genres. It’s a lovely chance to dig into the sometimes bewildering Steam store and pick out interesting treats – and that’s exactly what I’ve been doing. Here are five of my favourites. Titanium Court View image in fullscreen ‘A ridiculous but incredibly clever mashup’ … Titanium Court. Photograph: AP Thomson This one is already nominated for four awards at this year’s Independent Games festival and is picking up a lot of interest for its surreal humour and stylised pixel art visuals. It’s kind of a strategy match-three puzzler, in which you need to move tiles around to protect your castle from rival armies. Water tiles cannot be crossed by enemy soldiers, while hills slow them down. As you match tiles you also gather resources such as stone and food, and acquire military units. Once the landscape is complete, a battle sequence begins in which your troops invade any nearby strongholds. It’s a ridiculous but incredibly clever mashup that could well become this year’s Balatro. Shutter Story View image in fullscreen ‘Genuinely tense and unsettling’ … Shutter Story. Photograph: Frostwood Interactive As a horror fan, I’ve been spoiled for choice this year, but Shutter Story by Frostwood Interactive has been a highlight. You play as a keen amateur photographer whose best friend, Eli, is convinced that his family is being haunted and the evidence is on their photos and home videos. Via a piece of software named SpectralAware you must study the images, tweaking the exposure and contrast and examining negatives to find any apparitions lurking in the background. It’s genuinely tense and unsettling, reminding me of ...
A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Japanese companies bought two U...
A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Japanese companies bought two U.S. homebuilders last month alone, extending a string of purchases that has given the group an increasing market share over the last decade. Sumitomo Forestry acquired Tri Pointe Homes, which was a publicly traded builder, for $4.5 billion . Tri Pointe operates in 12 western, southwestern and southeastern U.S. states as well as Washington, D.C. Sumitomo now counts five, formerly U.S. homebuilders in its group and aims to supply 23,000 homes annually in the U.S. by 2030, according to a news release. "Initially [Japanese firms] were buying smaller private companies, maybe in one or two cities, and now this is a third public home builder acquisition that they've made, so they're writing much bigger checks," said Margaret Whelan, founder of Whelan Advisory and one of the biggest investment bankers in the builder space. Stanley Martin Homes, which was itself acquired by Japan-based Daiwa House in 2017, announced an agreement in February to purchase United Homes Group, which operates mostly in the Carolinas, for $221 million. Japanese builder Sekisui House, which operates in the U.S. as SH Residential Holdings, made a huge purchase in 2024, acquiring M.D.C Holdings for $4.9 billion. With the four other U.S. builders it acquired, Sekisui is now the sixth largest builder in the U.S. by volume. "Despite short-term headwinds for U.S. housing, Japanese buyers are reallocating capital out of a shrinking, aging domestic housing market and into the long-term growth story for U.S. housing," said Danielle Nguyen, vice president of research at John Burns Research and Consulting. "These firm...
shirophoto/iStock via Getty Images Introduction In the summer of 2023, I compared two Emerging Markets ETFs that excluded China, and both received Buy ratings for their outperformance over a non-restricted EM ETF, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF ( EEM ). With the U.S. Supreme Court voiding Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to impose tariffs, the Columb...
shirophoto/iStock via Getty Images Introduction In the summer of 2023, I compared two Emerging Markets ETFs that excluded China, and both received Buy ratings for their outperformance over a non-restricted EM ETF, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF ( EEM ). With the U.S. Supreme Court voiding Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to impose tariffs, the Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF ( XCEM ), the older of the two ex-China ETFs I covered then, jumped 2.4% that Friday. Of course, it didn’t take long for the president to impose new tariffs using a different law, as was expected, so the tariff uncertainty will continue. With that background, this article will compare XCEM and EEM based on current holdings and performance over several time periods. The biggest risk in owning XCEM, in my opinion, is the large weighting XCEM gives Taiwan Semiconductor. That said, I still think XCEM deserves to keep the Buy rating I applied in my last review. For those wanting China exposure, current momentum is favoring EM stocks, so EEM deserves a Buy as Core EM ETF. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF review Data by YCharts Seeking Alpha describes this ETF as (edited): The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF is managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors. The fund invests in public equity markets of global emerging region. It invests in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund invests in growth and value stocks of companies across diversified market capitalization. The fund seeks to track the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, by using representative sampling technique. iShares, Inc. - iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF was formed on April 7, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States. EEM has $29.8B in AUM and charges 92 basis points [bps] in fees. The TTM yield is 1.9%. Index review Appreciation for the index is important if the ETF is passively invested based on it. The index manager provides this information. The MSCI Eme...
Ana Stankovic/E+ via Getty Images Two roads diverged in a yellow wood... Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken So far, 2026 has been a year of diverging paths within the stock market. We've seen what many are calling the SaaSpocalypse, where companies that are offering software as a service instead of a product are selling off heavily. In my opinion, the selloff is largely overdone. The companies that ...
Ana Stankovic/E+ via Getty Images Two roads diverged in a yellow wood... Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken So far, 2026 has been a year of diverging paths within the stock market. We've seen what many are calling the SaaSpocalypse, where companies that are offering software as a service instead of a product are selling off heavily. In my opinion, the selloff is largely overdone. The companies that are worth investing in are the ones that have strong positive cash flow and can continue to grow without needing to issue equity or debt. Even better are the companies that are growing their dividend and actively repurchasing their shares at a discounted valuation compared to where they were trading previously. Data by YCharts The other side of the coin is the rapid appreciation of Value stocks ( IWD ). This has become a trend in 2026. Value stocks are climbing while Growth investments ( IWF ) are falling, and this is something we see at the beginning of many years that dies off as the year goes on and fears and jitters dissipate. The impressive earnings growth capabilities of aged growth investments often bring enthusiasm back to that side of the market, while value, with its boring, steady growth, falls by the wayside. However, the value and growth shift that we've seen so far is not fixing the integral problems of any company. High dividends that are unsustainable are being cut, and more are to come. So, where does that leave The Dividend Kings' Model Portfolio? Simply put, our Model Portfolio heavily leans towards value names while having some exposure to growth as wel l. The goal of our Portfolio is to balance dividend growth and capital appreciation when it comes to our common equity side and higher yields and capital preservation when it comes to our fixed income. One great way to enjoy strong dividend growth and predictable total returns from a dividend portfolio is to ensure that you have a high degree of utility exposure. Utilities benefit tremendously from having...
UD10671/iStock via Getty Images CoreWeave ( CRWV ) reported Q4 earnings after the bell on Thursday. The stock was initially down roughly 2% as soon as the print came out, but by the end of trading on Friday, the drop reached as much as 21%, dragging the stock price down to $79 per share. Monday morning, we’re seeing the crash deepen with the stock down 15% over the past five days and now hovering ...
UD10671/iStock via Getty Images CoreWeave ( CRWV ) reported Q4 earnings after the bell on Thursday. The stock was initially down roughly 2% as soon as the print came out, but by the end of trading on Friday, the drop reached as much as 21%, dragging the stock price down to $79 per share. Monday morning, we’re seeing the crash deepen with the stock down 15% over the past five days and now hovering at around $76 per share. For now, the stock seems to be hovering around its EMA21 on the monthly. YahooFinance Heading into print, we published a note sharing our view that the FY26 outlook will bring upside to estimates for $12B, backed by Nvidia’s ( NVDA ) Vera Rubin ramp in 2H26. Indeed, we got what we were looking for and some of what we and the market feared. Management guided for FY26 revenue to $12B-$13B, ahead of the average estimate of $12B, and Q4 revenue beat estimates, growing 110% Y/Y to $1.57B. Backlog grew from $55.6B to $66.8B, a notable jump over a three-month span and comfortably higher than the $15.1B reported in a year ago quarter. These bits of good news were materially overshadowed by 1. a softer-than-expected Q1 revenue outlook of $1.9B-$2B, which missed consensus of $2.29B, and 2. the persistent pain point of widening losses. The stock has pulled back substantially over the past couple of days and remains in the red this Monday morning, even as other neoclouds have recovered from Friday’s downturn. We see an opportunity in CoreWeave to trade on the build-up of momentum now that negatives have been comfortably priced in. Our mistake heading into print was to underestimate how far the market would punish CoreWeave in the short term, even while the FY26 outlook is better-than-expected. SeekingAlphaxYCharts During the print, CapEx was also raised, consistent with our expectations, to the range of $30B-$35B, more than two-fold FY25 CapEx at $14.9B. The CapEx surge doesn’t trigger any alarms for us, and the reason is that the CapEx forecast for the year is...
Worawith Ounpeng/iStock via Getty Images Manager perspective and outlook Market sentiment during the quarter appeared mixed. The US unemployment rate rose and consumer spending growth appears to have slowed, both likely affected by the longest government shutdown in US history. Still, overall economic growth was buoyed by investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and related sectors. Corporate fu...
Worawith Ounpeng/iStock via Getty Images Manager perspective and outlook Market sentiment during the quarter appeared mixed. The US unemployment rate rose and consumer spending growth appears to have slowed, both likely affected by the longest government shutdown in US history. Still, overall economic growth was buoyed by investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and related sectors. Corporate fundamentals remained firm following a strong earnings season and elevated capital market activity. However, a divergence of economic confidence between CEOs and consumers raised concerns about an economic divide between higher and lower income earners. AI “bubble” fears appeared to further dampen sentiment. A weakening labor market led the Fed to resume rate cuts, reducing the federal funds rate twice, for a target range of 3.50-3.75%, the lowest since 2022. Markets expect two more rate cuts in 2026 as the Fed has expressed a desire to get interest rates close to a neutral stance. Credit spreads – the yield difference between Treasuries and US investment grade bonds – widened due to moderate volatility early in the quarter but have remained historically tight. Our bond outlook is constructive. Market-implied recession probabilities in our view remain well below the expectations of surveyed economists, and interest rate stability, if it materializes, would likely further support demand. Our view is that growth will accelerate in 2026 but might face a headwind of elevated inflation early in the year. Portfolio characteristics* Fund Index Effective duration (yrs) 5.99 5.69 Coupon (%) 4.26 3.67 30-day SEC yield (Class A shares) 3.33 - 30-day SEC unsubsidized yield (Class A shares) 3.30 - Click to enlarge Investment categories (%) Portfolio Index Securitized 49.94 26.15 MBS 30.47 24.26 ABS 14.70 0.45 CMBS 4.77 1.44 Corporate Bonds 22.79 20.70 US Investment Grade Bonds 22.37 20.68 US High Yield Bonds 0.41 0.02 Government Bonds 21.35 45.63 US Treasuries 21.35 45.63 Non-US Debt 8.41...
Dalin Ou/iStock via Getty Images Performance Summary The Fund (Class A at NAV) posted a positive return for the quarter. Positive contributors included precious metals, direct equity names, emerging-market debt in local currency, tactical equity themes, and government bonds. The top detractors included tail-risk hedges and currency hedges. Overall, both the return-seeking assets and the stabilizin...
Dalin Ou/iStock via Getty Images Performance Summary The Fund (Class A at NAV) posted a positive return for the quarter. Positive contributors included precious metals, direct equity names, emerging-market debt in local currency, tactical equity themes, and government bonds. The top detractors included tail-risk hedges and currency hedges. Overall, both the return-seeking assets and the stabilizing and hedging positions added value, reflecting a buoyant market, albeit one with increased volatility. While the macro environment entering 2026 appears constructive, it also calls for a disciplined approach to portfolio construction, emphasizing diversification of return sources, selective risk-taking, and flexibility in navigating an evolving economic cycle. Performance Commentary Overall, both the Fund's return-seeking assets and its stabilizing and hedging positions added value. Global equity markets closed out 2025 with strong performance despite concerns about artificial intelligence (AI)-related expenditure and the plausibility of AI-related revenues. The major equity indices such as the S&P 500 finished the year up, supported by robust earnings and renewed optimism around AI and economic growth. Over the year, international equities notably outpaced the US, with developed and emerging-market benchmarks delivering double-digit gains as currency movements and stronger-than-expected growth provided additional support. Nonetheless, market breadth narrowed late in the quarter, and elevated valuations in key technology names prompted a more cautious tone heading into 2026. In fixed income, bond markets reflected evolving expectations around monetary policy, growth and inflation. Government bond and high-quality corporate bond yields generally trended lower over the quarter on moderating inflation data and expectations for central bank interest-rate cuts, underpinning positive total returns from core bond benchmarks. Credit spreads remained relatively tight, although some...
Representative Ro Khanna is facing backlash from billionaires for supporting a California wealth tax . Now a tech entrepreneur wants to turn that anger into a June primary challenge for Khanna’s Silicon Valley seat. The bid by Ethan Agarwal , 40, is a long shot given Khanna’s national profile and campaign war chest of nearly $15.5 million. But Agarwal said he is counting on support from deep-pocke...
Representative Ro Khanna is facing backlash from billionaires for supporting a California wealth tax . Now a tech entrepreneur wants to turn that anger into a June primary challenge for Khanna’s Silicon Valley seat. The bid by Ethan Agarwal , 40, is a long shot given Khanna’s national profile and campaign war chest of nearly $15.5 million. But Agarwal said he is counting on support from deep-pocketed tech executives such as Garry Tan , the CEO of Y Combinator, an influential startup accelerator, and venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya . Tan’s spokesperson Sam Singer confirmed he is donating to the campaign, but didn’t say how much. Palihapitiya said he hopes Khanna “loses his reelection badly,” but didn’t disclose if he’s contributing to Agarwal. Khanna’s embrace of a proposed one-time 5% tax on California’s billionaires shattered his Silicon Valley support, said Agarwal, who has dropped his previous campaign for governor. The wealth tax was “the straw that broke the camel’s back, but it’s been fomenting for a long time,” said the Democrat, citing the congressman’s role in Bernie Sanders ’ 2020 presidential campaign and his calls to set up guardrails around artificial intelligence. The contest for California’s 17th Congressional District, one of the country’s richest , will test the ability of Khanna, 49, to bridge the tax-the-rich policies he has promoted nationally while reassuring tech executives that he is an advocate for the industry and for sustaining the AI boom. His balancing act came to a head in December when the progressive posted his backing for the tax on billionaire wealth in California, a proposal that rattled Silicon Valley but has yet to qualify for the November ballot. Google co-founder Sergey Brin and a group of fellow billionaires are bankrolling a series of competing California ballot initiatives that would nullify the proposed levy being pushed by a politically powerful health-care workers union. “I have been completely shocked at how easil...
Freight demand remains uneven, but ArcBest is betting on integration and technology to drive long-term growth. In this Talking Transports podcast, ArcBest CEO Seth Runser joins Bloomberg Intelligence’s Lee Klaskow to discuss the company’s evolution from a traditional less-than-truckload into a multibillion-dollar integrated logistics provider. Runser outlines how managed transportation is gaining ...
Freight demand remains uneven, but ArcBest is betting on integration and technology to drive long-term growth. In this Talking Transports podcast, ArcBest CEO Seth Runser joins Bloomberg Intelligence’s Lee Klaskow to discuss the company’s evolution from a traditional less-than-truckload into a multibillion-dollar integrated logistics provider. Runser outlines how managed transportation is gaining traction, why dynamic pricing and AI-enabled tools are improving efficiency and how $175 million in
“Not everything is an AI problem,” says IBM Software SVP and Chief Commercial Officer Rob Thomas. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Thomas and Bloomberg Intelligence senior technology analyst Anurag Rana discuss IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI strategy, from Red Hat/OpenShift and containers for multicloud portability to why the mainframe remains the platform for real-time, high-availabilit...
“Not everything is an AI problem,” says IBM Software SVP and Chief Commercial Officer Rob Thomas. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Thomas and Bloomberg Intelligence senior technology analyst Anurag Rana discuss IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI strategy, from Red Hat/OpenShift and containers for multicloud portability to why the mainframe remains the platform for real-time, high-availability transactions. Thomas outlines IBM’s “new enterprise stack” and a layered, multimodel approach wher
“I wake up every day wanting to make health care better,” says Halle Tecco, founder of Rock Health and author of Massively Better Healthcare. Tecco joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer on this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast to reflect on digital health’s evolution — from her early days at Apple’s App Store to building one of the sector’s first venture funds. She ex...
“I wake up every day wanting to make health care better,” says Halle Tecco, founder of Rock Health and author of Massively Better Healthcare. Tecco joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer on this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast to reflect on digital health’s evolution — from her early days at Apple’s App Store to building one of the sector’s first venture funds. She explains why Covid reset adoption curves, how hospitals became leading tech buyers and why aligning “m
-- On track to file IND and/or CTA for Wilson Disease and AATD programs in 1H 2026 and mid-2026, respectively; initial clinical data for both expected in 2027 -- -- Ongoing engagement with FDA for PM359 in CGD; plan to submit BLA following final alignment --
-- On track to file IND and/or CTA for Wilson Disease and AATD programs in 1H 2026 and mid-2026, respectively; initial clinical data for both expected in 2027 -- -- Ongoing engagement with FDA for PM359 in CGD; plan to submit BLA following final alignment --
GREENWICH, Conn., March 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oxford Square Capital Corp. (NasdaqGS: OXSQ) (NasdaqGS: OXSQG) (NasdaqGS: OXSQH) (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) announced today its financial results and related information for the quarter ended December 31, 2025.
GREENWICH, Conn., March 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oxford Square Capital Corp. (NasdaqGS: OXSQ) (NasdaqGS: OXSQG) (NasdaqGS: OXSQH) (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) announced today its financial results and related information for the quarter ended December 31, 2025.
SPRINGFIELD, N.J., March 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Village Super Market, Inc. (NSD-VLGEA) today reported its results of operations for the second quarter ended January 24, 2026.
SPRINGFIELD, N.J., March 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Village Super Market, Inc. (NSD-VLGEA) today reported its results of operations for the second quarter ended January 24, 2026.
Credit: AMD AMD has brought its Ryzen AI branding to desktop PCs for the first time with a new batch of Ryzen 400 AI CPUs based on its Zen 5 architecture. They use much of the same technologies as existing Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 CPUs, but are designed as replacements for the Ryzen 8000 series, and combine RDNA 3.5 GPU cores (up to eight of them) with AMD's XDNA 2 neural processing unit (NPU) for local A...
Credit: AMD AMD has brought its Ryzen AI branding to desktop PCs for the first time with a new batch of Ryzen 400 AI CPUs based on its Zen 5 architecture. They use much of the same technologies as existing Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 CPUs, but are designed as replacements for the Ryzen 8000 series, and combine RDNA 3.5 GPU cores (up to eight of them) with AMD's XDNA 2 neural processing unit (NPU) for local AI processing, earning them the Copilot+ PC designation. Although Intel's mainstream desktop CPUs have had NPUs for a while, AMD's haven't. Its mobile-first Ryzen CPUs did, though, and now it's brought that technology over to the desktop with its mid-Zen 5 refresh. Although consumer chips are shown on the slide, these chips don't seem destined for DIY gaming PCs, with AMD instead targeting professionals. There are six new CPUs in the Ryzen AI 400 range. The AMD Ryzen AI 7 Pro 450G has eight cores, 16 threads, and a max boost clock of 5.1 GHz. It also comes with 8 RDNA 3.5 GPU cores and an NPU that can deliver up to 50 TOPS of local AI performance. This is followed by the Ryzen AI 5 440G with six cores and 12 threads, a 4.8GHz boost clock, and just four GPU cores. The AI 5 425G has the same cores and threads, but a mere 4.5 GHz boost clock and just 14MB of onboard cache (the top chips have 24MB and 22MB apiece). AMD also offers lower-power versions of each of these chips. These have the same boost clocks and core counts, but lower TDPs, suggesting they may operate at lower clock speeds in real-world use, even if they have the same maximum clock speeds. Credit: AMD There are also "Pro" versions of all these chips that unlock additional professional features for enterprise settings. This new lineup is intriguing, as it lacks the very top-tier mobile silicon AMD has been offering for a while now. There are 16-core and 12-core variants that would blow these chips out of the water—especially with their higher-core-count GPUs, too. With the DIY PC space likely to be hit hard by sho...
OnTerra Systems LLC OnTerra Systems’ MapSavvy WMS & WMTS now includes imagery from Google Maps, HERE Maps & Bing Maps OnTerra Systems Comparison of Google Satellite Imagery With Other Imagery Sources This graphic shows a comparison between an older source of satellite imagery compared to Google Maps imagery - which is now available as part of OnTerra Systems' MapSavvy Web Map Service. MapSavvy off...
OnTerra Systems LLC OnTerra Systems’ MapSavvy WMS & WMTS now includes imagery from Google Maps, HERE Maps & Bing Maps OnTerra Systems Comparison of Google Satellite Imagery With Other Imagery Sources This graphic shows a comparison between an older source of satellite imagery compared to Google Maps imagery - which is now available as part of OnTerra Systems' MapSavvy Web Map Service. MapSavvy offers imagery from Google Maps, HERE Maps & Bing Maps in one affordable Web Map Service. WMS & WMTS formats are both available. · GlobeNewswire Inc. DENVER, March 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OnTerra Systems today announced that its MapSavvy WMS and WMTS services now have Google Maps layers, along with imagery from Bing Maps and HERE Maps. In addition, the new Google Maps imagery layers are available in both WMS and WMTS service. These new Google layers include: Google Satellite – Ortho satellite imagery with Google’s Maps highest resolution and latest updates. This varies by location but includes all satellite imagery available on Google.com/Maps. Google Hybrid – Satellite imagery with road data. This includes place names and road names, making it easy to locate an area and visualize imagery. Google Roadmap – Road data layer if your use case does not involve the need for satellite imagery. You can use this last as a base street map. Google Terrain – Google terrain layers which combine road data with topographic data to visualize land features like mountains and changes in elevation. These new Google Maps layers in MapSavvy are available in addition to existing Bing Maps and HERE Technologies layers in the WMS and WMTS services. These different vendor imagery layer options provide a great way to visualize different capture (image acquisition) dates which is useful in before and after visualization for a variety of applications. Applications include drone operation planning, agriculture, research, disaster assessment, architecture & engineering planning, and more. The addition...
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., March 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) will participate in the Leerink Partners Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. Management will participate in a fireside chat at 10:20 a.m. Central Time. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be accessible through AbbVie's Investor Relations website at investors.abbvie.com. An archived edition of the ...
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., March 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) will participate in the Leerink Partners Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. Management will participate in a fireside chat at 10:20 a.m. Central Time. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be accessible through AbbVie's Investor Relations website at investors.abbvie.com. An archived edition of the session will be available later that day. About AbbVie AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, neuroscience and oncology – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube. Media: Gabby Tarbert (224) 244-0111 gabrielle.tarbert@abbvie.com Investors: Liz Shea (847) 935-2211 liz.shea@abbvie.com Cision View original content:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/abbvie-to-present-at-the-leerink-partners-global-healthcare-conference-302701106.html
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 3, 2026) - Hillcrest Energy Technologies (CSE: HEAT) (OTCQB: HLRTF) (FSE: 7HI) ("Hillcrest" or the "Company") today announces the engagement of Empire Market Ventures LLC as an investor relations consultant, and that CEO Don Currie will present live at the Clean Energy & Renewables Virtual Investor Conference, hosted by VirtualInvestorConference...
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 3, 2026) - Hillcrest Energy Technologies (CSE: HEAT) (OTCQB: HLRTF) (FSE: 7HI) ("Hillcrest" or the "Company") today announces the engagement of Empire Market Ventures LLC as an investor relations consultant, and that CEO Don Currie will present live at the Clean Energy & Renewables Virtual Investor Conference, hosted by VirtualInvestorConferences.com, on March 5ᵗʰ, 2026. Hillcrest has entered into an investor relations agreement with Empire Market Ventures (the "Consultant") dated March 2, 2026 (the "IR Agreement") pursuant to which the Consultant and its affiliates will provide the Company with investor relations services including market awareness campaigns, investor outreach, and promotional services (collectively, the "Services"). The Services will be provided through platforms and channels managed by the Consultant and its affiliates, targeting retail and institutional investor audiences. The Services will include digital marketing and investor awareness campaigns conducted through social media platforms (including Facebook, Instagram, X, Reddit, Telegram and StockTwits), SMS and email marketing to opt-in investor databases, iOS app push notifications, interviews and podcast features, video production and branded content creation, custom landing pages, pay-per-click (PPC) advertising campaigns and news article distribution across financial media domains. The Company's engagement of the Consultant is for investor relations services commencing on March 2, 2026. The engagement of the Services is expected to end on June 2, 2026. The Services will be performed by Austin Daniels, on behalf of the Consultant. Empire Market Ventures, LLC, 40 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005. Telephone: 929-251-5090. Each of Austin Daniels and Consultant are at arm's length from the Company. In consideration of the Services, the Company has agreed to pay $100,000 USD to the Consultant. The Services will be conducted at the direction of...