Lean hog futures posted front month losses of 15 to 90 cents on Friday, as April was down $2.17 this week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $91.82 on Friday afternoon, up 43 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was another 24 cents higher on March 11 at $91.44. Managed money added 3,668 contracts to their net long in lean hog futures and options as of March 10, taking the...
Lean hog futures posted front month losses of 15 to 90 cents on Friday, as April was down $2.17 this week. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $91.82 on Friday afternoon, up 43 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was another 24 cents higher on March 11 at $91.44. Managed money added 3,668 contracts to their net long in lean hog futures and options as of March 10, taking the net long to 127,704 contracts. Don’t Miss a Day: USDA’s pork carcass cutout value from the Friday PM report was down a dime at $100.19 per cwt. The rib and belly primals were the only reported lower. USDA estimated the weekly federally inspected hog slaughter at 2.532 million head. That is 44,000 head above last week and 31,000 head above the same week last year. Apr 26 Hogs closed at $93.450, down $0.900, May 26 Hogs closed at $98.400, down $0.750 Jun 26 Hogs closed at $107.375, down $0.800, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Cotton futures posted Friday gains of as little as 7 points in some deferreds, with front months up as much as 74 points. May was up 165 points on the week.. Crude oil was up $3.57 to $99.30, with the US dollar index up $0.776 to $100.530. CFTC data from Friday afternoon showed a total of 6,183 contracts cut from the managed money net short position in cotton futures and options. They took that ne...
Cotton futures posted Friday gains of as little as 7 points in some deferreds, with front months up as much as 74 points. May was up 165 points on the week.. Crude oil was up $3.57 to $99.30, with the US dollar index up $0.776 to $100.530. CFTC data from Friday afternoon showed a total of 6,183 contracts cut from the managed money net short position in cotton futures and options. They took that net short to 66,754 contracts in the week ending on March 10. Don’t Miss a Day: Export Sales data has total cotton export commitments at 9.157 million RB, which is down 10% from last year. That is 81% of USDA’s forecast and lags the 94% average pace from the last 5 years. Shipments at 5.029 million RB are 4% below a year ago and 45% of the USDA export estimate, behind the 50% average shipping pace. The Cotlook A Index was down 5 points on Thursday at 75.70 cents. The Seam showed sales on 4,202 bales on March 12, averaging 56.13 cents/lb. ICE certified cotton stocks were down 2,728 bales on 3/12 via decertification, with the certified stocks level at 116,789 bales. The Adjusted World Price was back up just 6 points on Thursday to 51.50 cents/lb. May 26 Cotton closed at 65.85, up 71 points, Jul 26 Cotton closed at 67.89, up 74 points, Oct 26 Cotton closed at 69.61, up 60 points More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
The wheat complex posted double digit gains on Friday. Chicago SRW futures were up 10 to 15 1/4 cents on Friday, with May slipping 3 cents on the week. KC HRW futures closed 11 to 17 ¼ cents in the green on the day, as May was up 6 ½ cents from last Friday. MPLS spring wheat was 7 ½ to 11 ¼ cents higher as May was up just 2 1/2 cents on the week. Crude oil was up $3.57 at the close. Commitment of ...
The wheat complex posted double digit gains on Friday. Chicago SRW futures were up 10 to 15 1/4 cents on Friday, with May slipping 3 cents on the week. KC HRW futures closed 11 to 17 ¼ cents in the green on the day, as May was up 6 ½ cents from last Friday. MPLS spring wheat was 7 ½ to 11 ¼ cents higher as May was up just 2 1/2 cents on the week. Crude oil was up $3.57 at the close. Commitment of Traders data from this afternoon showed managed money cutting 3,455 contracts to their net short position in CBT wheat futures and options, taking it to 22,345 contracts as of Tuesday. In KC wheat futures and options, specs were net long 9,425 contracts, an increase of 9,425 contracts wk/wk. In MPLS spring wheat, spec funds piled onto the long side by 12.027 contracts to a net long of 15,990 contracts. Don’t Miss a Day: USDA’s Export Sales data has wheat export commitments at 23.663 MMT, which is up 11% from last year. That is also 97% of the USDA export projection at 900 mbu and behind the 99% average sales pace. Shipment data is running ahead of schedule, at 18.894 MMT, which is 77% of USDA’s number vs. the 74% average pace. South Korean importers purchased a total of 50,000 MT of wheat from the US in a tender overnight. The French wheat crop was estimated at 84% good/excellent according the the FranceAgriMer, steady with the previous week. May 26 CBOT Wheat closed at $6.13 3/4, up 15 1/4 cents, Jul 26 CBOT Wheat closed at $6.24 1/2, up 15 cents, May 26 KCBT Wheat closed at $6.30, up 16 1/2 cents, Jul 26 KCBT Wheat closed at $6.43 3/4, up 16 1/2 cents, May 26 MIAX Wheat closed at $6.46 1/2, up 11 cents, Jul 26 MIAX Wheat closed at $6.59 1/4, up 11 cents, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Live cattle futures closed steady to 30 cents higher across the nearbys on Friday, with February down $3.825 this week. Cash trade was reported at $208 in the North, down $2-4 from last week. Southern sales are coming in at $206, down $2 from the week prior. Feeder cattle futures showed 10 to 40 cent losses on Friday, as March fell $10.825 on the week. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was down another ...
Live cattle futures closed steady to 30 cents higher across the nearbys on Friday, with February down $3.825 this week. Cash trade was reported at $208 in the North, down $2-4 from last week. Southern sales are coming in at $206, down $2 from the week prior. Feeder cattle futures showed 10 to 40 cent losses on Friday, as March fell $10.825 on the week. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was down another $2.05 from the day prior at $275.59 on February 6. Commitment of Traders data showed specs cutting back 6,535 contracts from their previous record net long position in live cattle futures and options to 150,374 contracts as of Tuesday. In feeder cattle, they were net long 28,175 contracts by February 4, a reduction of 704 contracts in that week. USDA wholesale Boxed Beef prices were lower in the Friday PM report, with the Chc/Sel spread @ $8.97. Choice boxes were down another $2.11 to $321.87/cwt, with Select $1.87 lower at $312.90. USDA estimated this week’s federally inspected cattle slaughter at 584,000 head. That was 16,000 head below last week and down 33,013 head from the same week last year. Feb 25 Live Cattle closed at $200.775, up $0.150, Apr 25 Live Cattle closed at $196.775, unch, Jun 25 Live Cattle closed at $192.100, up $0.275, Mar 25 Feeder Cattle closed at $264.900, down $0.400, Apr 25 Feeder Cattle closed at $264.825, down $0.175, May 25 Feeder Cattle closed at $263.600, down $0.100, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Corn futures rounded out the Friday session with contracts steady in some deferreds to 4 ¾ cents higher in the front months as March expired. May closed the week with a 6 ¾ cent gain from on the week. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 4 3/4 cents to $4.24 1/4. Crude oil was up $3.57 at the close. The weekly Commitment of Traders report from CFTC showed a total of 140,297 contra...
Corn futures rounded out the Friday session with contracts steady in some deferreds to 4 ¾ cents higher in the front months as March expired. May closed the week with a 6 ¾ cent gain from on the week. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 4 3/4 cents to $4.24 1/4. Crude oil was up $3.57 at the close. The weekly Commitment of Traders report from CFTC showed a total of 140,297 contracts of futures and options added to the spec fund net long position in the week ending on March 10. That was the largest Tuesday/Tuesday bull move since May 2019 and took the net position to 193,271 contracts. Producer selling was noted, as commercials added 143,803 contracts to their net short to 477,414 contracts. Don’t Miss a Day: Export Sales data from Thursday brought the marketing year corn export commitments to 66.513 MMT, which is 32% larger than the same period last year. That is 79% of USDA’s export number and near the 80% average pace. Shipments at 41.74 MMT are now 50% of USDA’s number and running ahead of the 43% average pace. CONAB estimates the Brazilian corn crop at 138.27 MMT, down 0.18 MMT from last month. The first crop was up 0.65 MMT to 26.7 MT, as the second crop number was trimmed by 0.83 MMT to 108.43 MMT. May 26 Corn closed at $4.67 1/4, up 4 3/4 cents, Nearby Cash was $4.24 1/2, up 4 3/4 cents, Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.78 1/4, up 4 1/4 cents, Sep 26 Corn closed at $4.79 1/4, up 2 1/4 cents, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Soybeans rounded out the Friday session with contracts down 2 to 6 ¼ cents across the board, as May still held up for a 24 ½ cent gain. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 2 cents at $11.50 1/4. Soymeal futures were down $1.60 to $2.50 higher on the day, as May was up $5.50 on the week. Soy Oil futures were mostly within 8 points of unchanged, as May was 86 points higher since ...
Soybeans rounded out the Friday session with contracts down 2 to 6 ¼ cents across the board, as May still held up for a 24 ½ cent gain. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 2 cents at $11.50 1/4. Soymeal futures were down $1.60 to $2.50 higher on the day, as May was up $5.50 on the week. Soy Oil futures were mostly within 8 points of unchanged, as May was 86 points higher since last Friday. Crude oil closed up $3.57 on the day. Weekly CFTC data via the Commitment of Traders report indicated another 23,205 contracts added to the managed money net long in soybean futures and options. That took the net position to 222,107 contracts. Specs in bean oil added another 33,329 contracts to their net long at 108,838 contracts. Don’t Miss a Day: USDA Export Sales data has soybean export commitments at 36.49 MMT by 3/5, a 19% drop from the same period last year. That is now 85% of USDA’s estimate for 2025/26 and behind the 93% average sales pace. Shipments are 27.15 MMT, and now 63% of that USDA number and behind the 79% average pace. US Treasury Secretary Bessent and Chinese counterparts meet this weekend in Paris to prep for the meeting between President Trump and President Xi later this month. NOPA data will be out on Monday, with traders looking for the February crush total at 202.73 mbu. Soybean oil stocks are seen at 1.928 billion lbs. Brazil’s soybean crop estimate was trimmed by just 0.13 MMT to 177.85 MMT according to the latest CONAB estimate. May 26 Soybeans closed at $12.25 1/4, down 2 cents, Nearby Cash was $11.50 1/4, down 2 cents, Jul 26 Soybeans closed at $12.37 1/2, down 2 1/2 cents, Aug 26 Soybeans closed at $12.18 1/4, down 3 cents, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Right in the middle of the ongoing feud between the Silicon Valley AI company Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense over whether the military will use—or not use—Anthropic’s large language models is yet another company: Palantir. Palantir, the Miami-based data analytics and artificial intelligence platform, is a key software provider for the Department of Defense—and the main channel by whi...
Right in the middle of the ongoing feud between the Silicon Valley AI company Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense over whether the military will use—or not use—Anthropic’s large language models is yet another company: Palantir. Palantir, the Miami-based data analytics and artificial intelligence platform, is a key software provider for the Department of Defense—and the main channel by which the Department has been using Anthropic’s large language model, Claude. “We are legitimately still in the middle of all this,” CEO Alex Karp said in an interview with Fortune on the sidelines of the company’s twice-a-year AIP conference on Thursday. “It’s our stack that runs the LLMs.” Karp says he had been in numerous discussions with all parties involved—discussions he declined to give specifics about, as he says he doesn’t want to “out conversations” or “bash people.” But Karp does want to make one thing clear: The Defense Department is not using AI for domestic mass surveillance on U.S. citizens—and, to his knowledge, it has no plans to. “Without commenting on internal dialogs, there was never a sense that these products would be used domestically,” Karp said. “The Department of War is not planning to use these products domestically. That’s a completely different kettle of fish… The terms the Department of War wants are completely focused on non-American citizens in a war context.” Palantir has a vast business doing work for the U.S. government, including the DoD. Anthropic partnered with Palantir in 2024 to offer its AI technology to the DoD via Palantir. Anthropic also began working directly with the DoD last year to create a version of its technology designed for the Defense Department. The contentious back-and-forth between Anthropic and the Defense Department has been ongoing since around January, and the two sides don’t agree on what set it off. Statements that Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael made last week allege that Palant...
NEW YORK, March 13, 2026, 18:00 EDT Oracle shares slipped roughly 2.5% to $155.11 late Friday in U.S. trading, following a regulatory filing that revealed the software giant now expects its fiscal 2026 restructuring plan to cost up to $2.1 billion—an increase from the previous $1.6 billion estimate. That’s key for Oracle, which still faces skepticism over whether its AI expansion can actually deli...
NEW YORK, March 13, 2026, 18:00 EDT Oracle shares slipped roughly 2.5% to $155.11 late Friday in U.S. trading, following a regulatory filing that revealed the software giant now expects its fiscal 2026 restructuring plan to cost up to $2.1 billion—an increase from the previous $1.6 billion estimate. That’s key for Oracle, which still faces skepticism over whether its AI expansion can actually deliver profitable growth rather than just swelling expenses. This week, the company raised its fiscal 2027 revenue goal to $90 billion and cited $553 billion in remaining performance obligations—the sum of future contracted revenue. But Friday’s filing dragged the cost issue back into the spotlight. Oracle Investor Relations Oracle pointed to AI code-generation tools as a key reason it’s able to produce more software with a leaner workforce, according to its filing, which indicated most restructuring charges came from severance costs. The company stuck to its $50 billion fiscal 2026 capital spending target, noting it has already secured $30 billion through its ongoing plan to raise up to $50 billion in debt and equity this year. Oracle Investor Relations Oracle turned in third-quarter revenue of $17.2 billion, with adjusted EPS landing at $1.79. Cloud infrastructure sales surged 84%, topping out at $4.9 billion. RPO, on the other hand, shot up 325% to $553 billion. Oracle Investor Relations The stock jumped roughly 12% Wednesday. Matt Britzman, a senior equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, pointed out that a lot of the latest AI deals allow clients to “pay upfront or bring their own hardware,” which takes some of the funding pressure off Oracle. Reuters Oracle is chasing AI cloud deals with Meta and OpenAI, squaring off against Amazon’s AWS and Microsoft’s Azure. But Friday saw Oracle lag its competitors—Microsoft slipped roughly 1.6%, Amazon eased about 0.9% in late U.S. trade. Reuters Oracle leaders pushed back on the notion that artificial intelligence will undermine thei...
Right in the middle of the ongoing feud between the Silicon Valley AI company Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense over whether the military will use—or not use—Anthropic’s large language models is yet another company: Palantir. Palantir, the Miami-based data analytics and artificial intelligence platform, is a key software provider for the Department of Defense—and the main channel by whi...
Right in the middle of the ongoing feud between the Silicon Valley AI company Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense over whether the military will use—or not use—Anthropic’s large language models is yet another company: Palantir. Palantir, the Miami-based data analytics and artificial intelligence platform, is a key software provider for the Department of Defense—and the main channel by which the Department has been using Anthropic’s large language model, Claude. “We are legitimately still in the middle of all this,” CEO Alex Karp said in an interview with Fortune on the sidelines of the company’s twice-a-year AIP conference on Thursday. “It’s our stack that runs the LLMs.” Karp says he had been in numerous discussions with all parties involved—discussions he declined to give specifics about, as he says he doesn’t want to “out conversations” or “bash people.” But Karp does want to make one thing clear: The Defense Department is not using AI for domestic mass surveillance on U.S. citizens—and, to his knowledge, it has no plans to. “Without commenting on internal dialogs, there was never a sense that these products would be used domestically,” Karp said. “The Department of War is not planning to use these products domestically. That’s a completely different kettle of fish… The terms the Department of War wants are completely focused on non-American citizens in a war context.” Palantir has a vast business doing work for the U.S. government, including the DoD. Anthropic partnered with Palantir in 2024 to offer its AI technology to the DoD via Palantir. Anthropic also began working directly with the DoD last year to create a version of its technology designed for the Defense Department. The contentious back-and-forth between Anthropic and the Defense Department has been ongoing since around January, and the two sides don’t agree on what set it off. Statements that Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael made last week allege that Palant...
Key Points Nvidia management is forecasting monster growth through 2030. The stock has seldom been this cheap on a forward earnings basis. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › Wall Street analysts offer one-year price targets on the stocks that they cover, and these projections can give investors an idea of what the experts' general sentiment about a stock is. While I wouldn't advocate for a str...
Key Points Nvidia management is forecasting monster growth through 2030. The stock has seldom been this cheap on a forward earnings basis. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › Wall Street analysts offer one-year price targets on the stocks that they cover, and these projections can give investors an idea of what the experts' general sentiment about a stock is. While I wouldn't advocate for a strategy of simply picking the stock that analysts think has the most upside potential and buying it without doing further research, you can use these forecasts to find some stocks where there are meaningful mismatches between current prices and medium-term expectations. One of the stocks with the most expected upside according to analysts is hiding in plain sight: Its current price is about $178 per share, while its average price target is $265. If it hits that level, it would amount to a nearly 50% rise in just one year. But what stock is it? The largest company in the world by market cap: Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Why is Nvidia's upside so high? The larger a company becomes, the harder it is for that company to keep growing at a rapid percentage rate. This makes sense logically, because the bigger the revenue base, the more new revenue it takes to increase the top line by the same increment. So, for example, if a company increases its sales by 100% from $50 billion to $100 billion, its next 100% gain will require twice as much actual additional revenue. But Nvidia defies logic. The reality is that demand for artificial intelligence (AI) computing hardware is insatiable, and hyperscalers and other tech companies are willing to buy up as many of Nvidia's processors as it can produce. While there are alternatives to its architectures, the GPU leader has a host of ...
China Owns Canada's Only Antimony Mine And Shuttered It In Critical Minerals Power Play Submitted by The Bureau's Sam Cooper (emphasis our own), In the rugged interior of Newfoundland, an hour's drive west from the Canadian Forces Base in Gander, sits a dormant mine with profound implications for the nation's security and prosperity. Beaver Brook could be the largest North American producer of ant...
China Owns Canada's Only Antimony Mine And Shuttered It In Critical Minerals Power Play Submitted by The Bureau's Sam Cooper (emphasis our own), In the rugged interior of Newfoundland, an hour's drive west from the Canadian Forces Base in Gander, sits a dormant mine with profound implications for the nation's security and prosperity. Beaver Brook could be the largest North American producer of antimony — a critical mineral threaded through the entire spectrum of modern military hardware, from small arms and artillery shells to advanced missile seekers and night-vision goggles. But China owns the mine and shut it down in early 2023 — one year before Beijing imposed export controls blocking antimony sales to U.S. military end users, driving prices from about US$5,900 per tonne to more than US$50,000. Antimony forms in crystalline masses, often clustered in dark silver needles — nature's own suggestion of the gunmetal world it enters. It was little known before Washington recognized that Beijing had quietly secured a near-monopoly over the world's critical mineral supply, antimony among them . The metal fires every conventional round, hardens military components, and provides the infrared edge that defines lethality in modern conflict. Armies could not sustain combat for even a single day without it — a reality that has driven urgent U.S. efforts to stockpile it, revive domestic processing, and cut reliance on China and Russia. The Newfoundland mine was acquired in December 2009 by Hunan Nonferrous Metals Corporation, a Chinese state-linked producer, for $29.5 million . It went silent in 2013 — the year Xi Jinping secured his presidency — revived in 2019 under China Minmetals Rare Earth Group, employed roughly 100 workers, shipped concentrate to China, and was abruptly shuttered again in 2023. It has not produced since. In a microcosm, The Bureau's reporting on Beaver Brook surfaces a contest that is reshaping geopolitics in ways inconceivable only a few years ago — on...
Broadcom (NasdaqGS:AVGO) is leading a new industry group, the OCI MSA, to set open standards for optical interconnects used in AI data centers. The company announced new AI networking products, including its Taurus 400G/lane optical DSP, Tomahawk 6 switch, and 800G NIC, aimed at very large scale AI clusters. Broadcom is working with JetCool and Flex on cooling solutions for multi kilowatt AI chips...
Broadcom (NasdaqGS:AVGO) is leading a new industry group, the OCI MSA, to set open standards for optical interconnects used in AI data centers. The company announced new AI networking products, including its Taurus 400G/lane optical DSP, Tomahawk 6 switch, and 800G NIC, aimed at very large scale AI clusters. Broadcom is working with JetCool and Flex on cooling solutions for multi kilowatt AI chips, targeting thermal challenges in hyperscale facilities. For you as an investor, this move puts Broadcom’s core chip and networking franchise directly at the center of AI infrastructure build outs. The company already operates across semiconductors and software, and these launches focus squarely on high speed connectivity inside AI data centers, which has become a priority as model sizes and training clusters grow. Open optical standards and new cooling approaches could affect how easily cloud providers mix and match hardware, and how they design future AI racks. If hyperscale customers adopt these solutions, it may influence which vendors capture networking and accelerator attach opportunities around AI workloads, with Broadcom positioning its portfolio across multiple layers of that stack. Stay updated on the most important news stories for by adding it to your or . Alternatively, explore our to discover new perspectives on Broadcom. NasdaqGS:AVGO Earnings & Revenue Growth as at Mar 2026 Advertisement Quick Assessment ✅ Price vs Analyst Target : With Broadcom at US$322.16 against a consensus target of US$467.80, the price sits about 31% below analyst expectations. : With Broadcom at US$322.16 against a consensus target of US$467.80, the price sits about 31% below analyst expectations. ⚖️ Simply Wall St Valuation : Simply Wall St views Broadcom as trading close to its estimated fair value, so expectations and valuation are largely aligned. : Simply Wall St views Broadcom as trading close to its estimated fair value, so expectations and valuation are largely aligned. ❌ Rece...
Amazon.com (AMZN) is back in focus after recent share price swings, with the stock showing mixed returns over the past week, month, and past 3 months. Investors are weighing these moves against its latest financial profile. At a latest share price of US$207.67, Amazon.com’s recent 1 day and 90 day share price declines contrast with its positive 1 year and multi year total shareholder returns. This...
Amazon.com (AMZN) is back in focus after recent share price swings, with the stock showing mixed returns over the past week, month, and past 3 months. Investors are weighing these moves against its latest financial profile. At a latest share price of US$207.67, Amazon.com’s recent 1 day and 90 day share price declines contrast with its positive 1 year and multi year total shareholder returns. This suggests short term momentum has cooled while the longer term story remains constructive. If you are looking beyond large tech names, this could be a good moment to see what else is gaining attention through our . With Amazon.com trading at US$207.67 and indicators like analyst targets and intrinsic value models implying a potential discount, the key question is whether this represents an undervalued giant or a stock where future growth is already priced in. Advertisement Most Popular Narrative: 53.9% Undervalued At $207.67 per share, the most followed narrative on Amazon.com values the company at $450, framing today’s price as a sizable gap to that view. Amazon (AMZN) enters 2026 materially misunderstood by the market. My valuation of $450 per share implies the stock is approximately 48% undervalued, not because Amazon is executing poorly, but because the market is mispricing intentional margin compression driven by some of the most strategically sound investments in the company’s history. Curious what sits behind that $450 figure? The narrative focuses on an AI centric AWS story, rising margins, and a future profit multiple more often linked to premium tech names. All of this is pinned to specific growth and margin assumptions you will only see in the full breakdown. Result: Fair Value of $450 (UNDERVALUED) However, this bullish case could be tested if AI and AWS monetization takes longer than expected, or if heavier investment keeps margins subdued and pressures sentiment. Next Steps With sentiment split between upside potential and real risks, this is a good time to re...