PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images Not every stock has to be a slam dunk investment. Rather, it helps to put an owner’s hat on whenever one buys a stock with a durable track record. To paraphrase Warren Buffett, you want to buy stocks of companies that you’d want to own 50% or 100%. This simple rule is a good personal sniff test on whether if an investment is speculative in nature or is a su...
PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images Not every stock has to be a slam dunk investment. Rather, it helps to put an owner’s hat on whenever one buys a stock with a durable track record. To paraphrase Warren Buffett, you want to buy stocks of companies that you’d want to own 50% or 100%. This simple rule is a good personal sniff test on whether if an investment is speculative in nature or is a suitable candidate as a long-term holding. This brings me to AbbVie ( ABBV ), which I last covered back in December 2024, highlighting the opportunity after a pullback in price with robust growth drivers. My bullish thesis has paid off, with ABBV delivering a 24% total return since my last piece, outpacing the 22% rise in the S&P 500 ( SPY ) over the same timeframe. At the current price of $201, ABBV trades solidly in the bottom half of its 52-week range with a reasonable forward P/E of 14.15 and a 3.4% dividend yield, as shown below. ABBV Stock 1-Yr Trend (Seeking Alpha) In this article, I revisit ABBV including recent business results , and discuss what makes now a great time to pick up this wealth compounder, so let’s get started! Why ABBV? AbbVie is a global pharmaceutical giant with key drugs in therapeutic areas of immunology, neuroscience and oncology. Through its acquisition of Allergan, the maker of Botox, it’s also gained a strong foothold in consumer-facing medical aesthetics. In recent years, ABBV’s newer drugs have been ramping up growth. This has resulted in multiple multi-billion dollar platforms that have more than replaced lost Humira revenues. Over the trailing 12 months, ABBV generated over $63 billion in total revenue. As shown below, revenue growth resumed since hitting trough in 2023. ABBV 5-Yr Revenue Growth (Seeking Alpha) ABBV recently delivered solid results during Q1 2026, with net revenue and adjusted EPS rising by 12.4% and 7.7% YoY, respectively. This was driven by robust contributions from the Immunology portfolio, which grew revenue by 16% YoY....
Taiwan is watching the coming summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping with unease, concerned that any discussions over arms sales could see the island used as leverage in a broader Sino-American deal. Trump arrives in Beijing on Wednesday for a three-day state visit. According to the White House, the engagements will include a bilateral meeting with Xi and a state ba...
Taiwan is watching the coming summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping with unease, concerned that any discussions over arms sales could see the island used as leverage in a broader Sino-American deal. Trump arrives in Beijing on Wednesday for a three-day state visit. According to the White House, the engagements will include a bilateral meeting with Xi and a state banquet on Thursday, as well as a working lunch before Trump departs on Friday. Speaking at the White...
The vast majority of the world's data - emails, financial transactions, the internet - is carried by fiber optic cables that run along the ocean floor and converge at a few narrow choke points. Periodically, policymakers will release reports noting that this arrangement seems risky, but these routes are the shortest, often in use since the telegraph era, and the system has managed remarkably well....
The vast majority of the world's data - emails, financial transactions, the internet - is carried by fiber optic cables that run along the ocean floor and converge at a few narrow choke points. Periodically, policymakers will release reports noting that this arrangement seems risky, but these routes are the shortest, often in use since the telegraph era, and the system has managed remarkably well. Cables break regularly, and traffic gets rerouted until a repair ship can come and fix the cut. But the war in Iran, coming after several years of disruptions from conflict in Yemen, is spurring governments and companies to consider alternate route … Read the full story at The Verge.
Celestica (NYSE: CLS) is riding strong AI data center demand, stronger guidance, and a shift toward higher-value networking and rack-level systems. The growth story looks compelling, but after a massive stock move, valuation, customer concentration, and execution risk matter more than ever. Stock prices used were the market prices of May 2, 2026. The video was published on May 10, 2026. Continue r...
Celestica (NYSE: CLS) is riding strong AI data center demand, stronger guidance, and a shift toward higher-value networking and rack-level systems. The growth story looks compelling, but after a massive stock move, valuation, customer concentration, and execution risk matter more than ever. Stock prices used were the market prices of May 2, 2026. The video was published on May 10, 2026. Continue reading
Shares of United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) have been tumbling recently on the news that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is launching Amazon Supply Chain Services. For logistics giant UPS, that's a concerning development as it means it may have a huge new competitor to worry about. It's more bad news on top of the already existing flurry of negativity around the logistics company. UPS stock is down more tha...
Shares of United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) have been tumbling recently on the news that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is launching Amazon Supply Chain Services. For logistics giant UPS, that's a concerning development as it means it may have a huge new competitor to worry about. It's more bad news on top of the already existing flurry of negativity around the logistics company. UPS stock is down more than 50% in the past five years, as worsening trade conditions have weighed on its operations. The business has also experienced a revenue decline in two of the past three years. Does this recent news about Amazon make the transportation stock destined to go even lower this year, or could UPS actually be a good buy on weakness? Continue reading
If you're in the market for a healthcare stock for your long-term portfolio, give some consideration to AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) . It's a drug company that was spun off from Abbott Laboratories in 2013, and there are multiple reasons you might want to invest in it. Here's a closer look at AbbVie, and at some of those reasons to consider it. Image source: The Motley Fool. Continue reading
If you're in the market for a healthcare stock for your long-term portfolio, give some consideration to AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) . It's a drug company that was spun off from Abbott Laboratories in 2013, and there are multiple reasons you might want to invest in it. Here's a closer look at AbbVie, and at some of those reasons to consider it. Image source: The Motley Fool. Continue reading
JEFFERSONVILLE, N.Y., May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jeffersonville Bancorp, Inc. (OTCQB - JFBC) announced today first quarter net income of $3,282,000 or $0.77 per share compared to $2,718,000 or $0.64 per share for the same quarter in 2025. The increase in quarterly net income compared to 2025 of $564,000 was primarily attributable to an increase in loan interest and fees of $495,000, an incre...
JEFFERSONVILLE, N.Y., May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jeffersonville Bancorp, Inc. (OTCQB - JFBC) announced today first quarter net income of $3,282,000 or $0.77 per share compared to $2,718,000 or $0.64 per share for the same quarter in 2025. The increase in quarterly net income compared to 2025 of $564,000 was primarily attributable to an increase in loan interest and fees of $495,000, an increase in securities income of $222,000, and a decrease in the credit loss provision of $239,000. These improvements were partially offset by a decrease in other interest and dividend income of $187,000 and an increase in tax expense of $171,000.
PonyWang/E+ via Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ( TSM ) has approved a capital increase of up to $20B for TSMC Arizona, according to a filing Tuesday morning with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. TSMC Arizona is a wholly owned subsidiary that is building out a massive semiconductor manufacturing site in Phoenix. TSMC has already approved $165B for the site, which is sla...
PonyWang/E+ via Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ( TSM ) has approved a capital increase of up to $20B for TSMC Arizona, according to a filing Tuesday morning with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. TSMC Arizona is a wholly owned subsidiary that is building out a massive semiconductor manufacturing site in Phoenix. TSMC has already approved $165B for the site, which is slated to hold six semiconductor wafer fabs, two advanced packaging facilities, and a research and development team center. The company said it is the largest foreign direct investment in a greenfield project in U.S. history. In October 2025, the facility started volume production of Nvidia's ( NVDA ) Blackwell GPUs using its advanced N4P process. The company targets volume production on its N3 process by the second half of 2027. Its N2 and A16 process technologies are expected to enter production by 2030. Moreover, on Tuesday, the TSMC board of directors approved a capital budget of $31.28B for the installation of advanced technology capacity, fab construction, and installation of fab facility systems to meet demand for the artificial intelligence buildout. In addition, the board approved a $0.22 per share cash dividend for the first quarter of 2026. The dividend will be paid on Oct. 8, 2026, according to TSMC . More on TSMC TSMC: Early Signs Of Formidable Foundry Competition TSMC: Expect More All-Time Highs Ahead TSMC: The Vital Cog Of The AI Revolution Is Sending A Powerful Growth Signal Applied Materials, TSMC collaborate on next-gen semiconductor technologies Taiwan Semi, Sony plan to form joint venture for image sensors
PonyWang/E+ via Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ( TSM ) has approved a capital increase of up to $20B for TSMC Arizona, according to a filing Tuesday morning with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. TSMC Arizona is a wholly owned subsidiary that is building out a massive semiconductor manufacturing site in Phoenix. TSMC has already approved $165B for the site, which is sla...
PonyWang/E+ via Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ( TSM ) has approved a capital increase of up to $20B for TSMC Arizona, according to a filing Tuesday morning with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. TSMC Arizona is a wholly owned subsidiary that is building out a massive semiconductor manufacturing site in Phoenix. TSMC has already approved $165B for the site, which is slated to hold six semiconductor wafer fabs, two advanced packaging facilities, and a research and development team center. The company said it is the largest foreign direct investment in a greenfield project in U.S. history. In October 2025, the facility started volume production of Nvidia's ( NVDA ) Blackwell GPUs using its advanced N4P process. The company targets volume production on its N3 process by the second half of 2027. Its N2 and A16 process technologies are expected to enter production by 2030. Moreover, on Tuesday, the TSMC board of directors approved a capital budget of $31.28B for the installation of advanced technology capacity, fab construction, and installation of fab facility systems to meet demand for the artificial intelligence buildout. In addition, the board approved a $0.22 per share cash dividend for the first quarter of 2026. The dividend will be paid on Oct. 8, 2026, according to TSMC . More on TSMC TSMC: Early Signs Of Formidable Foundry Competition TSMC: Expect More All-Time Highs Ahead TSMC: The Vital Cog Of The AI Revolution Is Sending A Powerful Growth Signal Applied Materials, TSMC collaborate on next-gen semiconductor technologies Taiwan Semi, Sony plan to form joint venture for image sensors
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Football Daily didn’t get where it is today putting in more effort than is strictly necessary. But if Tottenham thought a Leeds team who had just guaranteed their own Premier League safety would give them an easy ride in their own harrowing survival battle, they were quickly disabused of any such notion. Lending credence to our possibly half-bake...
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Football Daily didn’t get where it is today putting in more effort than is strictly necessary. But if Tottenham thought a Leeds team who had just guaranteed their own Premier League safety would give them an easy ride in their own harrowing survival battle, they were quickly disabused of any such notion. Lending credence to our possibly half-baked theory that most teams are determined to send Spurs down because it would be a great laugh, Daniel Farke’s side scarcely left an inch of grass uncovered at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. While Spurs welcomed visitors whom they hoped would be sipping metaphorical mojitos “on the beach”, the dawning realisation that Leeds hadn’t travelled to London to mess about was a sight to behold. Leeds contested every loose ball, tackle and throw-in fiercely, showing the kind of intensity that has been conspicuously absent from much of Tottenham’s play this season. Only time will tell if the team from Yorkshire successfully pounded a nail into the Tottenham coffin lid but it certainly wouldn’t have been for the want of swinging the collective hammer. As a Rochdale fan based in Sydney for the last 25 years, I have only ever seen one other person wearing a Rochdale shirt in Australia (at an Ashes test at the MCG). Now we have the glory of our own paragraph in Football Daily, can I expect to see a similar explosion in replica Rochdale shirts as I’ve witnessed with Manchester City?” – Nick Livesey. I wonder how West Ham fans feel about Oliver Glasner’s comments about having a responsibility only to Crystal Palace after the anaemic performance offered by a depleted Aston Villa team against Spurs plunged the Hammers back into the drop zone?” – Neill McGowan. A recent Big Website article said ‘Tottenham hope to exorcise demons’. Risky, they’ve been useless out of possession” – Nick Coupland. Continue reading...
BBC to bring back classic gameshow after 24 years away Former world champion to host with Paddy McGuinness The BBC is re-racking the balls and chalking the cues again after announcing that classic TV gameshow Big Break will return after 24 years away. Seven-time snooker world champion Stephen Hendry is to co-host the series alongside presenter and comic Paddy McGuinness in a reboot of a show that ...
BBC to bring back classic gameshow after 24 years away Former world champion to host with Paddy McGuinness The BBC is re-racking the balls and chalking the cues again after announcing that classic TV gameshow Big Break will return after 24 years away. Seven-time snooker world champion Stephen Hendry is to co-host the series alongside presenter and comic Paddy McGuinness in a reboot of a show that originally ran for 10 series from 1991 to 2002. Continue reading...
New Fortress Energy ( NFE ) announced commitments for an $885M senior secured notes offering through its subsidiary NFE Brazil Financing Limited. The new notes will mature in 2029 and carry a 12.00% annual interest rate, payable in kind every six months. The offering proceeds will mainly fund Brazil operations, refinance existing Brazil debt, repay bridge loans, and establish cash reserves. Around...
New Fortress Energy ( NFE ) announced commitments for an $885M senior secured notes offering through its subsidiary NFE Brazil Financing Limited. The new notes will mature in 2029 and carry a 12.00% annual interest rate, payable in kind every six months. The offering proceeds will mainly fund Brazil operations, refinance existing Brazil debt, repay bridge loans, and establish cash reserves. Around $420M of the proceeds will refinance existing Brazil Financing Notes, while about $52M will refinance the Brazil Bridge Term Loan. The financing is being executed alongside NFE’s broader UK recapitalization plan, which aims to separate Brazil operations from NFE ownership. Under the recapitalization, NFE’s Brazil business is expected to be owned by a consortium of global institutional investors after closing. The overall transaction is targeted to close by Q3 2026. More on New Fortress Energy New Fortress Energy: Existing Shareholders Draw Short Straw Under U.K. Restructuring Plan New Fortress Energy: Restructuring Leaves Limited Option Value For Common Shares New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) Discusses Debt for Equity Exchange and Consensual Restructuring Plan - Slideshow New Fortress Energy gets Nasdaq delisting warning over minimum price requirement Small-cap energy Quant picks ahead of Q1 earnings
Quantum computing has minted few clean winners, but IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) is making the strongest case for category leadership after a Q1 that blew past every line of guidance. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target reflects a model that combines forward earnings power with proprietary factor adjustments, and on IONQ the signal is unusually loud. The ... Prediction: IonQ Price Target Soars With a 383% Upside i...
Quantum computing has minted few clean winners, but IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) is making the strongest case for category leadership after a Q1 that blew past every line of guidance. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target reflects a model that combines forward earnings power with proprietary factor adjustments, and on IONQ the signal is unusually loud. The ... Prediction: IonQ Price Target Soars With a 383% Upside in 12 Months
PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images For 2Q26, the Telecom Services, Consumer Non-cyclicals, and Healthcare sectors each earn an Attractive-or-better rating. Our sector ratings are based on a normalized aggregation of our ratings for each stock in a given sector. Our stock ratings are based on five criteria that assess a company’s business fundamentals and valuation. Investors looking for sect...
PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images For 2Q26, the Telecom Services, Consumer Non-cyclicals, and Healthcare sectors each earn an Attractive-or-better rating. Our sector ratings are based on a normalized aggregation of our ratings for each stock in a given sector. Our stock ratings are based on five criteria that assess a company’s business fundamentals and valuation. Investors looking for sector funds that hold quality stocks should focus on the Telecom Services, Consumer Non-cyclicals, and Healthcare sectors. Figures 4 through 7 provide more details on the ratings of overall sectors, underlying assets, and individual funds. The primary drivers behind an Attractive fund rating is good portfolio management, or good stock-picking, with low total annual costs. Attractive-or-better ratings do not always correlate with Attractive-or-better total annual costs. This fact underscores that (1) cheap funds can dupe investors and (2) investors should invest only in funds with good stocks and low fees. See Figures 4 through 13 for a detailed breakdown of ratings distributions by sector. Figure 1: Ratings for All Sectors Image created by author with data from company flings To earn an Attractive-or-better Predictive Rating, an ETF or mutual fund must have high-quality holdings and low costs. Only the top 30% of all ETFs and mutual funds earn our Attractive-or-better ratings. iShares Global Comm Services ETF ( IXP ) is the top rated Financials fund. It gets our Very Attractive rating by allocating over 54% of its value to Neutral-or-better-rated stocks. MFS Utilities Fund ( MMUBX ) is the worst rated Utilities fund. It gets our Very Unattractive rating by allocating over 82% of its value to Unattractive-or-worse-rated stocks. Making matters worse, it charges investors annual costs of 4.16%. Figure 2 shows the distribution of our Predictive Ratings for all sector ETFs and mutual funds. Figure 2: Distribution of ETFs & Mutual Funds (Assets and Count) by Predictive Rating Image ...
SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images By Kelvin Wong The optimism that was being priced in by global markets last week for an imminent second round of US-Iran peace deal talks to take place this week has fizzled out after US President Trump rejected Tehran’s response to the latest US proposal on Sunday. The key hurdle is the transfer of Iran’s enriched uranium. In a nutshell, without any set dates ...
SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images By Kelvin Wong The optimism that was being priced in by global markets last week for an imminent second round of US-Iran peace deal talks to take place this week has fizzled out after US President Trump rejected Tehran’s response to the latest US proposal on Sunday. The key hurdle is the transfer of Iran’s enriched uranium. In a nutshell, without any set dates for peace talks emerging on the near-term horizon, the ongoing two-month-plus closure in the Strait of Hormuz is likely to extend, which may aggravate the global energy and oil crunch as oil flows continue to dwindle. Prolonged Strait of Hormuz closure may sustain elevated oil prices Fig. 1: WTI crude oil futures & other cross-assets performances from Feb 27, 2026 to May 8, 2026 (Source: MacroMicro) Fig. 2: Polymarket probability of Strait of Hormuz traffic returning to normal as of May 12, 2026 (Source: MacroMicro) Despite the fragile US-Iran ceasefire that has remained in place since April 8, 2026, oil continues to be the top-performing asset class. From the pre-war baseline of 27 February 2026 through Friday, May 8, 2026, WTI crude oil futures surged by 42%, underscoring persistent supply disruption concerns and elevated geopolitical risk premiums in the energy market (see Fig. 1). Betting data from Polymarket (a major prediction market platform) suggests a low probability of a return to normal shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. The probability of Hormuz’s traffic returning to normal by the end of May 2026 has been reduced to 12.5% as of May 12, 2026 from 35.5% printed on May 7, 2026. A similar trend is evident for the end of June 2026, where the probability has fallen sharply to 37.5% from 60.5% over the same period (see Fig. 2). Let’s now focus on the 1-3 days' trajectory of WTI crude oil from a technical analysis perspective. WTI crude - Bullish expansion above 20-day and 50-day MAs Fig. 3: West Texas oil CFD as of May 12, 2026 (Source: TradingView) Trend bias:...
Massive Life Support By Benjamin Picton, Senior Markets Strategist At Rabobank Massive Live Support “On massive life support” was Donald Trump’s characterization of the US-Iran ceasefire yesterday. This followed Sunday’s rejection of Iranian terms for peace that Trump described as “totally unacceptable”. In a boy-who-cried-wolf-style sign of growing market insensitivity to Presidential prognostica...
Massive Life Support By Benjamin Picton, Senior Markets Strategist At Rabobank Massive Live Support “On massive life support” was Donald Trump’s characterization of the US-Iran ceasefire yesterday. This followed Sunday’s rejection of Iranian terms for peace that Trump described as “totally unacceptable”. In a boy-who-cried-wolf-style sign of growing market insensitivity to Presidential prognostications, Brent was only up 2.88% to $104.21/bbl and WTI crude remains below $100/bbl. Dated Brent rose by 0.6% yesterday to $105.62. This even as the Wall Street Journal reports that the UAE has been “secretly” carrying out attacks on Iran, including on refining infrastructure. US equities closed broadly higher but European stocks were mixed. The FTSE100 eked out gains despite (because of?) fresh signs that Keir Starmer’s premiership is also on “massive life support” as more than 70 of his own MPs have now publicly voiced opinions that the Prime Minister should go following last week’s shellacking at the hands of the Reform party in local government elections. The French CAC40 fell by 0.69% and the German DAX was virtually unchanged. Asian stocks also had a mixed session earlier in the day with losses for Japanese and Australian indices, but gains for chip-heavy markets in China, South Korea and Taiwan. Bond markets have been more unified in their gloom over the last 24 hours. Yields on US 10s were unchanged at 4.41%, but virtually everywhere else saw chunky rises in benchmark borrowing costs . Yields on 10-year OATs were up 3.9bps, 3.5bps for Bunds, while Gilts saw yields spike 8.6bps in a sign that bond traders might be thinking it’s a case of “better the devil you know” when it comes left-of-centre Prime Ministers in the UK. With the prime ministerial instability gauge now well and truly pointed towards “embattled”, Starmer gave a speech yesterday that was intended to strike a tone of defiance and send the message that he wouldn’t be going anywhere. In that speech he sugge...