Dilok Klaisataporn/iStock via Getty Images November, 2025, I wrote a bearish article on XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust ( XFLT ) titled: XFLT: Don't Waste Your Capital Chasing For This 17% Yield. The title says it all. Seeing how the underlying portfolio was structured and understanding to the bone the key cash flow drivers, I thought that it was a question of when and not if before XFLT announces value-destructive dividend cut. This is how XFLT has performed since the publication of my piece. Ycharts In the chart I also have inserted a couple of additional instruments for relevant benchmarking purposes. Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF ( JAAA ) and Janus Henderson B-BBB CLO ETF ( JBBB ) are two high-quality CLO funds with a focus on investment grade (and upper investment grade) structures. JAAA and JBBB offer quite attractive dividend yields of 5.6% and 8.1%, respectively. As we can see in the chart, both of these names have remained stable as a rock despite the credit related headwinds. Private credit or BDCs ( BIZD ) have contracted a bit, which is completely logical given the SaaS fears, elevated capital outflows and a broad bearishness on anything that is related to private credit. XFLT has dropped by a much larger amount. The reason is simple - it is a vehicle, which carries an asset blend of riskiest CLO exposures and private credit. Both private credit and risky part of CLO world have sold off, but the latter has clearly been much worse than the former. As a result of deteriorating performance, XFLT has been forced to cut its dividend again, for the third time in 3-year period. Oxford Lane ( OXLC ) - a CLO equity focused fund - has lost more than one third of its market cap since November, 2025. The CLO equity complex has been very badly hit and I don't think that we have reached a bottom yet. With this in mind, let me refresh my thesis now. Thesis review Because of the recent repricing, XFLT has become dirt cheap, at least optically. The div...

The Only Disaster Recovery Platform Created for Cloud Workloads Now Supports Azure — Bringing Rapid Recovery to Microsoft Environments DURHAM, N.C., March 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Arpio, the cloud disaster recovery platform long-trusted by enterprises seeking to protect complex AWS environments, today announced the launch of its Azure capabilities — extending its automated DR capabilities to Microsoft Azure workloads. With support for full-application DR, Arpio brings the same frictionless, proven disaster recovery that has transformed Amazon Web Services (AWS) resilience to the Azure ecosystem. Arpio Expands Cloud Disaster Recovery to Azure Unlike legacy disaster recovery tools that are retrofitted for the cloud, Arpio was designed from the ground up to provide native recovery for cloud applications. Disasters in the cloud run the gamut from cloud provider outages, to ransomware attacks, to man-made disasters like accidental errors or erase attacks, and Arpio provides protection against the full range. Arpio established its cloud expertise and ingenuity with its platform's market-shifting AWS disaster recovery capabilities; the Azure expansion marks a significant milestone in Arpio's mission to make enterprise-grade disaster recovery easy, comprehensive, and seamless in the event of any cloud disaster. Disaster Recovery Purpose-Built for the Cloud. Now Available for Azure. Traditional disaster recovery solutions were architected for on-premise data centers and have struggled to keep pace with the speed, scale, and complexity of cloud architectures. Arpio was built to solve a fundamentally different problem: how do complex organizations quickly and reliably recover dynamic, interdependent cloud workloads without the heavy, cost-intensive operational overhead of legacy DR? With the Azure launch, Arpio delivers: Reliable, cost-effective backup — Continuous, automated replication, ensuring that "pilot light" recovery environments stay synchronized with production so org...

VioletaStoimenova/E+ via Getty Images The U.S. ISM Services PMI Index jumped to 56.1 in February from 53.8 in January and easily beat the 53.5 consensus, according to data released by the Institute for Supply Management on Wednesday. That marks the 20th straight month of expansion and the PMI's highest level since July 2022, Steve Miller , chair of the ISM Services Business Survey Committee, said. "The services sector is heating up, with the Business Activity, New Orders, and New Export Orders indexes at their highest levels since 2024, and the Backlog of Orders Index with its best reading since July 2022," Miller said. Prices: 63.0 vs. 66.6 prior. Employment: 51.8 vs. 50.3 prior. New orders: 58.6 vs. 53.1 prior. Business activity/production: 59.9 vs. 57.4 in January. It's the third straight month that all four subindexes indicated expansion in the services sector, similar to a period from December 2024 through February 2025. All 10 reported indexes were in expansion territory for the first time since March 2021, Miller noted. More on the US Economy AI Destruction Is Noise, The European Sovereign Debt 'Doom Loop' Is Signal 10-Year U.S. Treasury Yield Flipflops, Spikes By 14 Basis Points To 4.07%, After Plunging To 3.93%, Amid Massive Volatility U.S. PMI Composite falls more than expected in February U.S. private sector adds 63K jobs in February, more than expected: ADP jobs report

格隆汇3月4日｜据The Information，OpenAI下一个AI模型将具备极强的推理能力。

Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty Images Horizon Technology Finance ( HRZN ) is one of those business development companies, or BDCs, where I have taken and maintained a bearish stance right from the first moment when I started to digest its fundamentals. In December 2023, I wrote a simple and straightforward article outlining why the offered yield (~10% back then) was not high enough to justify the underlying risks, like the fact that HRZN had almost the highest debt yield in the entire BDC sector. I have to say that it seems that it was a successful hit: YCharts Now, it has been almost a year since I issued a thesis review or update on HRZN. Part of the reason is related to the merger between HRZN and Monroe Capital ( MRCC ), where the former would absorb the latter. I thought to myself that perhaps once we see the fully consolidated (merged) data points together (March 13, 2026, will be a vote on this), we could see some form of improvement. However, seeing the recently published Q4 2025 financial dynamics of HRZN and knowing how MRCC's portfolio looks, I really doubt that it could morph into an investable case. To put it differently, you can't get a Ferrari by combining "old Nissan and Hyundai." Let me provide more details on why I remain very skeptical about HRZN. Thesis review Currently, HRZN trades at a P/NAV of 0.87x and offers a dividend yield of just below 12%. I am basing the yield estimate on the announced monthly dividend payments for the March-May period. What is interesting is that while P/NAV of 0.87x does indicate a decent absolute level of discount, the reality is that HRZN carries a relative premium to the median BDC, which is priced at P/NAV of 0.76x. So, already here, HRZN's multiple signals that there is something special, something advantageous that this BDC embodies. One theoretical explanation could be that after the merger (which, by the way, is not yet blessed by the shareholders) with MRCC, the BDC could benefit from a higher multi...

北京时间3月4日晚，美股周三早盘继续上扬，纳指上涨0.8%。在经历了前一交易日的波动后，投资者继续关注美以对伊朗战争的进展。美国2月ADP私营部门新增就业6.3万。 道指涨73.34点，涨幅为0.15%，报48574.61点；纳指涨179.12点，涨幅为0.80%，报22695.81点；标普500指数涨21.16点，涨幅为0.31%，报6837.79点。 美国财政部长斯科特-贝森特周三告诉媒体，美国将发布“一系列声明”以支持石油通过波斯湾的运输。此前，美国总统唐纳德-特朗普周二表示，美国将为海湾地区的油轮提供保险，并在必要时让美国海军护航油轮通过霍尔木兹海峡。 在贝森特发表评论后，中东战争爆发后出现的油价涨势在周三失去动力。布伦特原油期价下跌0.7%，而西德克萨斯中质原油合约跌幅超过1%。两者周二收盘时均脱离盘中高点，当日涨幅超过4%。 贝森特周三还表示，特朗普上月宣布的15%全球关税将于本周实施。然而，他补充说，他相信美国关税税率将“在五个月内”恢复到最高法院推翻总统关税政策决定之前的水平。 特朗普周二表示，美国将为所有通过波斯湾的海上贸易提供风险保险，以促使油轮恢复通过霍尔木兹海峡的运输。在伊朗革命卫队指挥官威胁要放火烧毁试图通过该航道的船只后，通过这一全球最重要的原油运输通道——霍尔木兹海峡的油轮运输已陷入停滞。 与此同时，以色列表示已对德黑兰发动另一轮攻击，该国国防部长誓言要“粉碎”伊朗政权的能力。 德意志银行的吉姆-里德在周三的一份报告中写道：“我们目前正处在关注头条新闻的阶段，昨天每小时都有相互矛盾的消息改变着市场情绪。从市场角度来看，主要问题是没有迹象表明任何一方有缓和局势的意图，而且看起来情况反而仍在恶化。” 欧洲上市的股票周三也出现复苏。 爱德华-琼斯的高级经济学家詹姆斯-麦卡恩在一份报告中表示：“在我们看来，在所有的噪音中，长期投资者可能开始看到市场中出现一些机会，特别是如果我们开始看到能源价格在未来几天和几周内趋于稳定并可能回落的话。” 周三经济数据面，美国2月ADP私营部门新增就业6.3万，1月数据下修至仅1.1万。 薪资处理公司ADP周三报告称，2月份私营部门招聘情况略好于预期，尽管大部分新增就业仅来自两个行业。 根据ADP的最新数据，经季节性调整后，2月份公司新增就业6.3万个，较向下修正后的1月份数据（1.1万）有所改善，也优于 道琼斯...

美軍打擊伊朗，據報日前三架墜毀的戰機是被科威特戰機擊落，而不是早前外界猜測的防空導彈。另外，有報道指美國在行動首四天，已經損失20億美元軍備。 《華爾街日報》報道，周一美軍三架墜毀的F-15E戰機，是被科威特的美製F/A-18大黃蜂戰機擊落，而不是早前外界猜測的愛國者防空導彈。報道稱面對伊朗多架無人機入侵，科威特官員高度緊張，其一架F/A-18向美軍戰機發射三枚導彈，導致三架F-15E墜毀，機上所有飛行員全部安全彈射逃生。 網上有流傳的片段顯示，一名彈射逃生的美軍男飛行員，被當地人士拿著棍狀物件詢問身份，在報出是美軍後，現場人士才放下戒心。 另一條片段可見，有民眾向一名同樣被指是彈射逃生的美軍女飛行員，表示她已經安全，並感謝她的協助。 據土耳其傳媒報道，美軍在打擊伊朗行動展開後的首4日，就已經損失了價值近20億美元，折合超過156億港元的軍備。 有分析指，作為伊朗主要反擊手段之一的無人機，容易生產而且價格低廉，約3至5萬美元一架，而生產一枚彈道導彈亦只需約100萬。 而海灣國家攔截伊朗無人機及導彈的成本就比較貴，據報一枚愛國者導彈，價值約400萬美元。分析指，攔截一枚彈道飛彈，一般需要使用2到3枚攔截彈。 美國總統特朗普，周二提到美國的彈藥數量。 美國總統特朗普說：「我們有大量彈藥，我們有高端(武器)，很多東西都是拜登愚蠢地免費送出的，我支持烏克蘭，但他們(前政府)送出了很多東西，你知道，當我送出彈藥時，大家都要付錢。」 路透社報道，特朗普政府準備在周五，與包括洛歇馬丁、雷神公司母公司RTX等，美國最大的國防承包商高層，及其他主要供應商會晤，討論武器增產，以補充對伊朗發動軍事打擊後的庫存。

格隆汇3月4日丨Applovin涨超6%，Datadog涨超5%，Shopify涨超4%；Palantir涨超3%，本周累涨超10%。

Image source: The Motley Fool. Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 9 a.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chief Executive Officer — Michael P. Balkin Chief Investment Officer — Paul Seitz Chief Financial Officer — Daniel Trolio TAKEAWAYS Net Investment Income (NII) Per Share -- $0.18 per share reported for the quarter. -- $0.18 per share reported for the quarter. Net Asset Value (NAV) -- $6.98 per share at period end, representing a decrease compared to the previous quarter. -- $6.98 per share at period end, representing a decrease compared to the previous quarter. Portfolio Yield on Debt Investments -- 14.3% for the quarter and nearly 16% for 2025, described as "at or near the top of the BDC industry." -- 14.3% for the quarter and nearly 16% for 2025, described as "at or near the top of the BDC industry." Portfolio Size -- $647 million total investment portfolio at quarter close. -- $647 million total investment portfolio at quarter close. New Debt Investments -- Funded nine debt investments totaling $103 million in the quarter, including two refinancings. -- Funded nine debt investments totaling $103 million in the quarter, including two refinancings. New Originations and Activity -- $103 million in new originations offset by $13 million in scheduled repayments and $50 million in principal prepayments, refinancings, and paydowns. -- $103 million in new originations offset by $13 million in scheduled repayments and $50 million in principal prepayments, refinancings, and paydowns. Investment Income -- $21 million for the quarter, compared to $24 million in the year-ago quarter, attributed mainly to lower interest income on the debt investment portfolio. -- $21 million for the quarter, compared to $24 million in the year-ago quarter, attributed mainly to lower interest income on the debt investment portfolio. Expenses -- Total expenses were $12.5 million; interest expense was $8 million, both down versus the prior-year period. -- Total expenses were $12.5 million; interest expense was ...

2024年，货车氮氧化物排放量在机动车排放总量中占比达83%，颗粒物排放占比达90.4% 政协委员李书福。图：视觉中国 【财新网】 公路运输在全国货运总量中占比较高，而公路运输主要依靠柴油内燃机货车，存在高能耗、高排放和高污染问题。在2026年全国“两会”期间，全国政协委员、吉利控股集团董事长李书福提交提案，建议在公路运输领域尤其是中长距离货运场景中推广应用甲醇电动货车。 柴油货车是汽车行业排放和污染大户。据生态环境部发布的《中国移动源环境管理年报（2025）》，2024年，全国营业性货运总量为578.4亿吨，其中包括公路货运量418.8亿吨，占比达72.4%。在污染物排放方面，货车氮氧化物排放量在机动车排放总量中占比达83%，颗粒物排放占比达90.4%。

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has been handed a 15-month suspended sentence by a Greek court following an incident on the island of Mykonos in August 2020. England international Maguire was given a suspended sentence of 21 months and 10 days in prison in 2020, after initially being found guilty of repeated bodily harm, attempted bribery, violence against public employees and insult. The following day Maguire's legal team lodged an appeal against the verdict. In accordance with Greek law, the appeal nullified his conviction and meant there would be a full retrial. The retrial was postponed on four occasions between 2023 and 2025, before it restarted in Syros on Wednesday. It concluded that Maguire was guilty of non-serious assault, resisting arrest and attempted bribery. In accordance with the reduced severity of the defender's crimes, Maguire's sentence was reduced to 15 months. Sources have told BBC Sport that Maguire denies wrongdoing and plans to appeal to the Supreme Court. Maguire has rejected a number of opportunities to settle the case out of court, as he is determined to clear his name legally. The 32-year-old is in the Manchester United squad for Wednesday's Premier League game at Newcastle United (20:15 GMT), despite having to come off during the win against Crystal Palace on Sunday with illness.

OpenAI的下一款AI模型将具备“极其强大的”推理。（The Information） 风险提示及免责条款 市场有风险，投资需谨慎。本文不构成个人投资建议，也未考虑到个别用户特殊的投资目标、财务状况或需要。用户应考虑本文中的任何意见、观点或结论是否符合其特定状况。据此投资，责任自负。

美国2月ISM非制造业PMI 56.1，预期53.5，前值53.8。 美国2月ISM非制造业新订单指数 58.6，前值53.1 2026-03-04 23:01:54 来源： 同花顺7x24快讯 分享 美国2月ISM非制造业PMI56.1，预期53.5，前值53.8。美国2月ISM非制造业新订单指数58.6，前值53.1。

AlexSecret Brown Brothers Harriman noted that institutional investors are preparing to expand their exposure to exchange traded funds, even as market volatility pushes portfolio managers to refocus on strategies designed to generate alpha. According to Brown Brothers Harriman’s 13th annual Global ETF Investor Survey, 96% of respondents plan to increase ETF allocations over the next 12 months, matching last year’s record level and underscoring the vehicle’s growing importance during periods of market uncertainty. The survey of institutional investors, fund managers, and financial advisors also highlights a notable shift toward active strategies. More than half of respondents said they plan to reduce allocations to index-based ETFs, while nearly half intend to trim holdings in both passive and actively managed mutual funds as they pivot toward actively managed ETFs. With active ETF assets approaching $2T, investor expectations for the segment remain high. Roughly 94% believe active ETF assets could exceed $10T within the next decade, and 77% expect that milestone to be reached within seven years. “ETF issuers are innovating to meet the evolving needs of today’s investors,” said Tim Huver, managing director on the ETF Servicing Team at BBH, noting that the next phase of growth will likely emphasize active management, broader asset class access, and more sophisticated operational capabilities. Investor interest in new ETF structures is also rising. About 82% said they would consider ETF share classes of mutual funds, while nearly all respondents indicated openness to private markets ETFs. Market Tracking ETFs: ( DIA ), ( DDM ), ( DOG ), ( DXD ), ( SDOW ), ( SPY ), ( VOO ), ( IVV ), ( RSP ), ( SSO ), ( UPRO ), ( SH ), ( SDS ), ( SPXU ), ( QQQ ), ( QQQM ), ( TQQQ ), ( QID ), and ( SQQQ ). More on markets Apollo warns Strait of Hormuz disruption could rattle global energy supply Dividends in demand as Iran conflict sends markets reeling Invesco says stay calm and invested ...

美軍潛艇擊沉伊朗軍艦，是二次大戰以來首次，據報至少80人死亡，多人失蹤。 美國國防部長赫格塞思稱，美軍一艘潛艇在印度洋，發射一枚魚雷擊沉一艘伊朗軍艦，說是自從二次大戰以來，美國首次用潛艇擊沉敵艦。他沒有公布死傷情況。 斯里蘭卡海軍稱，一艘伊朗軍艦在斯里蘭卡對開海域，懷疑被潛艇擊沉並發出求救信號，32人獲救，送到斯里蘭卡的醫院治理。軍方稱出事的潛艇載有180人，正由印度返回伊朗途中，當局派人在有關海域搜救，但相信其他人生還機會不大。

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE:TSM). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga. Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with TSM, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen. So how do we know what these investors just did? Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 40 uncommon options trades for Taiwan Semiconductor. This isn't normal. The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 42% bullish and 42%, bearish. Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 10 are puts, for a total amount of $1,105,654, and 30 are calls, for a total amount of $1,833,404. What's The Price Target? After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $195.0 and $510.0 for Taiwan Semiconductor, spanning the last three months. Insights into Volume & Open Interest In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Taiwan Semiconductor options trades today is 3381.54 with a total volume of 1,788.00. In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Taiwan Semiconductor's big money trades within a strike price range of $195.0 to $510.0 over the last 30 days. Taiwan Semiconductor Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days Significant Options Trades Detected: About Taiwan Semiconductor Present Market Standing of Taiwan Semiconductor With a trading volume of 2,176,227, the price of TSM is up by 0.49%, reaching $354.85. Current RSI values indicate that the stock is may be approaching overbought. Next earnings report is scheduled for 43 days from now. Professional Analyst Ratings for Taiwan Semiconductor 1 market experts have recently issued ratings for th...

Rockwall, TX, March 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LitXchange, a fintech infrastructure company building a next-generation stock and crypto trading platform, announced today that it has filed a patent covering customer-verifiable cryptographic trade receipts designed specifically for regulated broker-dealer environments. LitXchange - Stocks & Crypto - For Retail, By Retail The company is developing technology to allow everyday investors to independently verify the integrity of their trade executions using cryptographic proof. The system is designed with optional public blockchain anchoring to enhance transparency while remaining fully integrated within regulated brokerage infrastructure. For decades, retail traders have relied on broker-issued confirmations — documents they are expected to accept at face value. While confirmations provide transaction details, they offer no independent mechanism for verification. LitXchange’s proposed system aims to introduce tamper-evident, verifiable trade receipts built for use inside regulated retail brokerage environments — not outside them. “Retail investors shouldn’t have to rely solely on trust,” said Marcel Kalinovic, Founder and CEO of LitXchange. “We believe transparency can be engineered directly into brokerage infrastructure in a way that strengthens confidence while maintaining full regulatory alignment.” Why This Matters Retail participation in financial markets has expanded significantly in recent years, alongside growing public scrutiny around market fairness, transparency, darkpools, and order routing practices. LitXchange’s patent filing centers on: • Customer-verifiable transparency • Compliance-aware system architecture • Infrastructure purpose-built for regulated broker-dealers Unlike many blockchain-native systems developed outside traditional finance, LitXchange’s approach is structured specifically to operate within existing regulatory frameworks. Optional public blockchain anchoring mechanisms are designed to ...

Greetings, it’s Bruce in Princeton, New Jersey. With the US and Israel once again attacking Iran, facilities serving the Iranian space program are now very much at risk. But first ... Three things you need to know today: Archer partners with SpaceX to bring Wi-Fi to air taxis . NASA shakes up its moon mission. US Space Force pauses launches on Boeing-Lockheed’s Vulcan. Iran’s satellite program at risk If all had gone according to plan, March was going to be a time for the Iranian space program to celebrate. By the middle of the month, the new Chabahar launch complex — the largest in the region — would finally open and the nation would launch four satellites to orbit. Among those would be the first installment in a proposed satellite internet network named for Qassem Soleimani , the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps commander killed in a 2020 strike authorized by US President Donald Trump. Instead, the Iranian space program is likely now in the crosshairs of the US and Israeli military. As my colleague Golnar Motevalli and I reported last year , the US sees the Iranian space program as a major part of its defense capabilities, given the similarities between rockets and missiles. The IRGC has a central role in the Iranian space program, with satellite launches of its own. That’s just a small part of the IRGC’s empire. As Bloomberg reported on Monday, that extends from missile and naval forces to cyber operations, energy and infrastructure. Read More: Why Iran’s Fate Lies in the Hands of Its Revolutionary Guards Iran also has made progress in deploying its own Earth observation satellites. A Russian rocket in December launched three Iranian satellites, including Iran’s biggest and most advanced imaging satellite. Other targets for the US and Israel therefore likely will include Salmas and Chenaran, a pair of new ground stations to serve Iran’s fleet of imagery satellites. Just last month, the head of the Iranian space agency hailed them as “key space facilities in the...

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Investing.com -- Samsung Electronics shares look attractive after the recent sell-off, according to Morgan Stanley analyst Shawn Kim, who said the correction has created a buying opportunity ahead of a major shift in AI memory architecture. Morgan Stanley noted the stock has dropped about 20 percent week to date, compared with a 17 percent decline in the KOSPI. Kim wrote that the memory market for AI inference is moving toward a hybrid model as chips become more specialised. While HBM continues to dominate, “SRAM is carving a niche for workloads where latency matters more than throughput density,” Morgan Stanley stated. The firm expects that Nvidia will introduce a new inference chip at its upcoming GPU Technology Conference, using a Language Processing Unit architecture built around large amounts of on-chip SRAM. Morgan Stanley said the architecture is “purpose-built for the sequential speed of inference” and appeals to customers who are “willing to pay for speed.” According to Kim, the debate is not SRAM versus HBM but how both will “remain hierarchical, combining SRAM for hot-path execution with HBM for scalable memory capacity.” Importantly, LPU designs could bypass “current supply chain bottlenecks in HBM and CoWoS packaging,” Morgan Stanley added. Despite uncertainty over how the AI memory market eventually fragments, the firm maintained Samsung Electronics as its top pick, citing HBM4 qualification, SRAM capabilities, foundry flexibility and the broader commodity upcycle. Morgan Stanley also reiterated its positive view on SK hynix. “Historically, such corrections have offered a good opportunity to buy,” Kim wrote, adding that earnings expectations still have “a lot of room for recovery.” Related articles Buy Samsung stock on a pullback, Morgan Stanley Goldman expects lower but still attractive stock market returns in 2026 As Claude disrupts stock market, Anthropic researcher warns ’world is in peril’

As US-China tensions simmer, people online are joking about wanting to ‘become Chinese’ – starting with their wellness routines Did you drink ice water today? If you did, that was “not very Chinese of you”, according to Sherry Zhu, a 23-year-old Chinese American creator based in New Jersey . If you were really serious about “becoming Chinese”, you would be sipping hot water every day, she warned in a TikTok video with millions of views. “I really do feel like, digestion-wise, a lot better when I’m drinking hot water,” she later explained to GQ . Zhu’s guidance is taken from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), a health system that dates back 5,000 years and offers a holistic approach to treating symptoms – physically, emotionally and spiritually. Other creators of Chinese descent have their own TCM hacks: keep your feet warm and your periods will be more bearable. Drink tea made with goji berries , jujubes and ginger as a cure-all. Move your body every day to promote the flow of qi , or internal energy. “Do my Chinese baddie routine with me,” they caption their videos in half-authoritative, half-joking tones. “Advice from your Chinese big sister.” Continue reading...

LPETTET/iStock via Getty Images I previously covered e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. ( ELF ) in January 2026, discussing why I had cautiously upgraded the stock as a Buy then, attributed it to its intermediate-term swing trade potential pending the reversal in consumer spending trends, the recovery in its bottom lines, and the easier YoY comparisons from FY2027 onwards. Even then, given the numerous headwinds and volatility risks, it went without saying that the stock was only suitable for those with a longer investing trajectory and a higher risk appetite. In this article, I shall discuss why I am reiterating my Buy rating for the ELF stock, thanks to the accretive rhode acquisition with "phenomenal" profit margins, the still resilient core gross profit margins despite the prior tariff risks, and the FY2027 recovery tailwinds from the new, lower tariff rate of 10%. This is significantly aided by the reasonable technical indicators across the RSIs/trading volumes, the fair valuations after the -60% correction from the June 2024 highs, and the materialization of an uptrend support line since April 2025. ELF Faces Numerous Tailwinds and Headwinds ELF 1Y Stock Price ( TradingView ) Since my last Buy rating, ELF has mostly traded sideways along with the wider market, with the wider health and personal care sector experiencing notable volatilities thus far. This development is unsurprising indeed, as the Supreme Court strikes down much of the President's tariffs, albeit replaced with the new 15% Worldwide Tariffs effective immediately, with the ongoing tariff uncertainties naturally implying further trade disruptions and a prolonged macroeconomic normalization cadence. This is worsened by the emergence of a " K-shaped economy " from the divergence between the "higher-income consumers, who are benefiting from stock-market and home-price gains, continue to spend" and the "lower-income individuals are cutting back as inflation eats into their spending power and the job market tightens....

And just like that, spring has arrived. After an exceptionally wet and dreary start to the year, tulips and crocuses are poking through the ground, blossom is everywhere and winter layers are being shed, all giving us reason to celebrate. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Spring officially begins on Friday 20 March, but on the Filter, we can’t wait that long. So, here are 63 of the best ways to get your mind, body and home ready for the new season’s arrival – and inject your days with a shot of positivity. How are you embracing spring? Let us know by emailing us at thefilter@theguardian.com How to celebrate the start of spring Dress the table with daffs View image in fullscreen Photograph: Iuliia Pilipeichenko/Getty Images/iStockphoto Buy a bouquet of supermarket daffodils for your kitchen table. Is there a more mood-boosting way to spend £1? Absorb early morning sunshine Drink your morning coffee on your front step – or wherever you can get outside. Studies show early morning sunshine can help regulate your circadian rhythm. Upgrade your mug with a sunny espresso number. Handmade demi mug Get on your bike View image in fullscreen Photograph: Francesco Vaninetti Photo/Getty Images If your bike has been languishing in the shed over winter, it’s time to dust off the cobwebs and give it a service. There are lots of community bike groups around the country that offer a free service or puncture repair, such as Dr Bike in London or Biko Bikes for students in Manchester. Try a new trouser shape Uniqlo’s unisex jersey barrel leg pant is universally flattering. Get a pair in off-white for a fresh spring look. Jersey barrel leg trousers View image in fullscreen You don’t need to live in the Cheviot Hills to appreciate nature. Photograph: Duncan Andison/Getty Images Even if it’s just 10 minutes, look up at blossom in a city, or head out on a longer hike in the countryside. Research pu...

With the wait for the new Winds and Waves games set to stretch into 2027, Pokemon’s 30th anniversary celebrations have plugged the gap with a deluge of nostalgia bait. Is the franchise in danger of losing its heart? • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here It has been almost impossible to escape Pokémon for the past few weeks. To mark the 30th anniversary of the original games, the Pokémon Company has been on an unprecedented promotional nostalgia trip for the entire month: there was a campaign where celebrities gushed about their favourite Pokémon, gifting us the memorable sight of Lady Gaga singing with a Jigglypuff, and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (great Game Boy Advance remakes of the original 1996 games) were rereleased on the Nintendo Switch. The Natural History Museum in London has opened a special Pokémon pop-up shop, and a limited-edition greyscale Pikachu plush toy sold out in about three seconds (they will be making more, to the disappointment of scalpers everywhere). And all that is just the start. We’ve seen the opening of a Pokémon theme park in Tokyo, the announcement of a tiny Game Boy-shaped music player that plays the games’ soundtrack, a collaboration with high-fashion brand JimmyPaul that had its own runway show … it’s been endless. Regular readers will know that I am exactly the target audience for this festival of Pokémon nostalgia: the first generation of Pokémon kids and now hurtling towards 40. And yet I have been unmoved by most of this, even slightly annoyed by it. Continue reading...