S&P Global ( SPGI ) declares $0.97/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 0.95% Payable June 10; for shareholders of record May 29; ex-div May 29. The company has now announced a dividend of $0.97 for two consecutive quarters. See SPGI Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on S&P Global S&P Global: A Quality Compounder Unfairly Punished By The Market S&P...
S&P Global ( SPGI ) declares $0.97/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 0.95% Payable June 10; for shareholders of record May 29; ex-div May 29. The company has now announced a dividend of $0.97 for two consecutive quarters. See SPGI Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on S&P Global S&P Global: A Quality Compounder Unfairly Punished By The Market S&P Global Inc. (SPGI) Analyst/Investor Day - Slideshow S&P Global Inc. (SPGI) Analyst/Investor Day Transcript Cerebras jumps as S&P confirms it qualifies for 'Fast Track' IPO entry for indices S&P Global's Mobility unit launches $2B notes offering ahead of spinoff
George Soros ranks among the richest hedge fund managers in the world. While Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) remains the billionaire’s largest position, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) ranks 2nd on the list of George Soros’ top holdings with a 2.32% portfolio share ($200 million). BofA Securities restated a Buy rating and $430 price target for Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) on May 15, ahead of the compa...
George Soros ranks among the richest hedge fund managers in the world. While Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) remains the billionaire’s largest position, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) ranks 2nd on the list of George Soros’ top holdings with a 2.32% portfolio share ($200 million). BofA Securities restated a Buy rating and $430 price target for Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) on May 15, ahead of the company’s annual developer event. According to analyst Justin Post, the event will focus on developers and is unlikely to feature financial data. The firm anticipates a wide range of AI developments, including next-gen Gemini LLM features, Gemini-powered OS upgrades, broader Gemini integration among products, search function enhancements, and smart glasses capabilities. Meanwhile, on May 13, TD Cowen maintained its Buy rating and $450 price target for Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), noting robust growth in its Waymo autonomous vehicle services. Compared with 1.26 million in December 2025, Waymo vehicles conducted 1.36 million passenger journeys in California in March 2026, a 92% year-over-year increase. Waymo usage increased year-over-year, with vehicles driving 88% of total miles to a passenger pickup or with a passenger in the vehicle, a rise from 85% in the fourth quarter. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is a leading tech giant with a diverse portfolio, including Google Ads, Google Chrome, Google Cloud, Search, and YouTube, and holds a dominant position in each of these markets. While we acknowledge the potential of GOOGL as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 33 Stocks That Should Double in 3 Years and 15 Stocks That Will Make You Rich in 10 Years Disclosure: None. Follow Insider Monkey on Google News.
Key Points The S&P 500 has finished higher for seven consecutive weeks. This is only the 40th time it's happened since 1928. Historically, one-, three-, six-, and 12-month annualized forward-looking returns from this point are above the S&P 500's long-term annual return of 10%. With strong corporate earnings growth in the background, this looks like a strong signal for the rest of 2026 and beyond....
Key Points The S&P 500 has finished higher for seven consecutive weeks. This is only the 40th time it's happened since 1928. Historically, one-, three-, six-, and 12-month annualized forward-looking returns from this point are above the S&P 500's long-term annual return of 10%. With strong corporate earnings growth in the background, this looks like a strong signal for the rest of 2026 and beyond. 10 stocks we like better than S&P 500 Index › Since the March low, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has been on a nearly unimpeded run. Last week, the index marked its seventh consecutive weekly gain, and it has recorded a return of around 16% over that period. Week of Weekly return March 30 +3.36% April 6 +3.56% April 13 +4.54% April 20 +0.55% April 27 +0.91% May 4 +2.33% May 11 +0.13% 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 » How rare is a seven-week winning streak for the index? Since 1928, this would be the 40th occurrence. The last time the S&P 500 hit this mark was in December 2023, when it eventually produced nine straight up weeks in total before snapping. It's also the ninth time it's happened in the 2000s. Naturally, one might assume that the index is due for a pause or a reversal after such stretches. Three of the past four weeks, however, have featured only minor to modest gains for the S&P 500. This would suggest positive, but not necessarily powerful, momentum that has a greater chance of running out of steam. If we look back at the past century of S&P 500 return data, history suggests that the gains are likely to keep coming. Let's break down the numbers. S&P 500 forward returns after a seven-week streak of gains Before we get to how returns have looked historically in the 12 months following a seven-week up streak, consider this. In only about one-third of historical instances has the ...
HP ( HPQ ) declares $0.30/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 5.72% Payable July 1; for shareholders of record June 10; ex-div June 10. The company has now announced a dividend of $0.30 for three consecutive quarters. See HPQ Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on HP HP Inc.: Cheap On Paper, Challenged In Reality HP Inc.: Growth Weighed Down By Prin...
HP ( HPQ ) declares $0.30/share quarterly dividend , in line with previous. Forward yield 5.72% Payable July 1; for shareholders of record June 10; ex-div June 10. The company has now announced a dividend of $0.30 for three consecutive quarters. See HPQ Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on HP HP Inc.: Cheap On Paper, Challenged In Reality HP Inc.: Growth Weighed Down By Printing Segment HP Inc.: Near 52-Week Low, 6% Yield, Valuation Attractive Amid Dynamic Memory Environment Large-cap stocks trading at discounted earnings multiples Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise see bullish views at J.P. Morgan ahead of earnings
A Power of Siberia natural gas pipelines facility in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, China, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Bloomberg | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with the long-stalled Power of Siberia 2 natural gas pipeline on the agenda, as the Iran war disrupts energy supplies. Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushak...
A Power of Siberia natural gas pipelines facility in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, China, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Bloomberg | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with the long-stalled Power of Siberia 2 natural gas pipeline on the agenda, as the Iran war disrupts energy supplies. Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said Tuesday that the project "will be discussed in great detail between the leaders." The planned 2,600-kilometer pipeline would carry 50 billion cubic meters of gas annually from Russia's Yamal fields to China via Mongolia. Moscow and Beijing signed a legally binding memorandum to advance construction in September 2025, but pricing, financing terms, and a delivery timeline remain unresolved. China reportedly wanted pricing terms for the new pipeline to match Russia's domestic rate of around $120-130 per 1,000 cubic meters , while Moscow is seeking terms closer to Power of Siberia 1, which analysts estimate would more than double that figure. China has been a major buyer of Moscow's energy, with its imports of Russian oil jumping 35% year over year in the first quarter, according to official customs data . The proposed additional pipeline would complement the existing Power of Siberia 1 system , which delivered about 38 billion cubic meters of gas to China last year, according to Reuters, and both countries agreed to expand its annual capacity further. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Power of Siberia 1 system delivered approximately 38 billion cubic meters of gas to China in 2025 and both countries agreed to expand its annual capacity further. CNBC The U.S.-Iran war that started late February has effectively led to a closure of the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting half of China's oil imports and nearly a third of its LNG supply . While that energy shock creates fresh incentives for Beijing to consider an additional overland pipeline that bypasses maritime chokepoints ...
Meta told employees to work from home Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes AI company’s top priority Meta Platforms has started laying off employees across its global offices, with workers in Singapore reporting termination emails landing in their inboxes as early as 4AM local time on Wednesday. According to a Bloomberg report, thousands of employees across the world began receiving layoff emails early ...
Meta told employees to work from home Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes AI company’s top priority Meta Platforms has started laying off employees across its global offices, with workers in Singapore reporting termination emails landing in their inboxes as early as 4AM local time on Wednesday. According to a Bloomberg report, thousands of employees across the world began receiving layoff emails early Wednesday morning. Workers in Singapore were among the first to get the notification at around 4AM local time. Employees in Europe and the US are also expected to receive messages in their respective time zones. In an internal memo reviewed by Bloomberg, Meta’s Head of People Janelle Gale explained the company’s thinking behind the restructuring.“We’re now at the stage where many orgs can operate with a flatter structure with smaller teams of pods/cohorts that can move faster and with more ownership,” Gale wrote. “We believe this will make us more productive and make the work more rewarding,” she added.Ahead of the May 20 layoffs, Meta employees were encouraged to work from home as the layoffs rolled out. The company also reassigned around 7,000 employees to new AI-focused teams working on products and AI agents.The cuts are expected to mainly affect Meta’s engineering and product teams. Bloomberg reported that more layoffs could happen later this year as the company continues reshaping its workforce around AI projects. Meta had nearly 80,000 employees at the end of March before the latest restructuring and layoffs began.CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made AI the company’s top priority as Meta competes with rivals such as Google and OpenAI. The company is expected to spend more than $100 billion on AI-related capital expenditure this year alone.Bloomberg reported that Meta employees have increasingly raised concerns over layoffs and internal AI-related changes. More than 1,000 employees have reportedly signed a petition asking the company not to collect detailed device activity da...
Significant improvement in results compared to last year, driven by higher harvest volumes, improved fish quality, and a lower cost level in the value chain. At the same time, the first quarter delivered record-strong biological performance, providing a solid foundation for increased volumes and continued strong performance going forward. Operational EBIT for Norway was NOK 1,536 million in the fi...
Significant improvement in results compared to last year, driven by higher harvest volumes, improved fish quality, and a lower cost level in the value chain. At the same time, the first quarter delivered record-strong biological performance, providing a solid foundation for increased volumes and continued strong performance going forward. Operational EBIT for Norway was NOK 1,536 million in the first quarter of 2026. Harvest volume was 56,300 tonnes, with operational EBIT per kg of NOK 27.3. For the Group, operational EBIT was NOK 1,512 million in the first quarter of 2026. Harvest volume was 60,300 tonnes, with operational EBIT per kg of NOK 25.1. Record-strong biological performance in Norway, with positive cost developments in Central Norway, and volume guidance for Norway increased by 12,000 tonnes. Profitability in Sales & Industry was impacted by the upgrade of the InnovaMar harvesting and processing facility, which affected capacity utilisation and utilization of raw material during the period. Continued strong biological performance from Ocean Farm 1. The development licences at Arctic Offshore Farming have been converted into ordinary licences. Weak results from Icelandic Salmon and Scottish Sea Farms, driven by high costs in the value chain. “The start of the year has been record-strong across a number of biological key indicators, and based on our experience so far, we are increasing our volume guidance by 12,000 tonnes for 2026. This positive development provides a solid foundation for continued strong performance going forward, with increased volumes, lower costs in the value chain, and high-quality fish,” says Frode Arntsen, CEO of SalMar ASA. Strong start of 2026 The start of 2026 has been record-strong across a range of biological parameters (survival rate, growth, superior share, average weight, etc.), and SalMar would need to look back more than 10 years to find a similarly strong biological start to the year as seen so far in 2026. At the same tim...
– Starten på året har vært rekordsterk på en rekke biologiske nøkkeltall og basert på det vi har erfart så langt øker vi volumguidingen med 12 000 tonn for 2026. Den positive utviklingen gir et solid grunnlag for fortsatt gode prestasjoner fremover, med økt volum, lavere kostnadsnivå i verdikjeden og høy kvalitet på slaktet fisk, sier Frode Arntsen, konsernsjef i SalMar ASA.
– Starten på året har vært rekordsterk på en rekke biologiske nøkkeltall og basert på det vi har erfart så langt øker vi volumguidingen med 12 000 tonn for 2026. Den positive utviklingen gir et solid grunnlag for fortsatt gode prestasjoner fremover, med økt volum, lavere kostnadsnivå i verdikjeden og høy kvalitet på slaktet fisk, sier Frode Arntsen, konsernsjef i SalMar ASA.
AlexSecret/iStock via Getty Images The average S&P 500 stock gained 35% in the year leading up to the index's most recent all-time closing high made last Thursday (5/14). Since then, we've seen the biggest winners in the last year finally experience some gravity, while beaten-down stocks have shown signs of life. The tables below show the most extreme moves in the index in the year leading up to M...
AlexSecret/iStock via Getty Images The average S&P 500 stock gained 35% in the year leading up to the index's most recent all-time closing high made last Thursday (5/14). Since then, we've seen the biggest winners in the last year finally experience some gravity, while beaten-down stocks have shown signs of life. The tables below show the most extreme moves in the index in the year leading up to May 14th, along with performance in the two and a half trading days since then. Sixteen S&P 500 stocks gained more than 200% year-over-year through 5/14. As shown in the first table below, every one of these stocks has fallen since 5/14 for an average decline of 12.5%. On the flip side, 13 S&P 500 stocks were more than cut in half (down 50%+) in the year leading up to 5/14. Since then, they've averaged a gain of 10.1%! Below we've broken the S&P 500 into deciles (10 groups of 50 stocks each) based on year-over-year share-price performance through last Thursday (5/14). For each decile, we've calculated the average percentage change since 5/14. As shown, the decile of the best-performing stocks y/y through 5/14 is down an average of 8% since then, while the decile of the worst-performing stocks y/y through 5/14 is up 7.1%. Last March 24th, we highlighted the 25-year anniversary of the dot-com bubble peak in a Chart of the Day for members. The year leading up to the March 24th, 2000 peak saw similar but more extreme moves within the S&P 500. As shown below, the best-performing decile of stocks in the year leading up to 3/24/2000 gained 438.9% over that period, while the worst-performing decile of stocks fell an average of 49.3%. In the year after the 3/24/2000 peak, the decile of best performers y/y at the dot-com peak averaged a decline of 50%! The decile of worst performers in the year leading up to 3/24/2000 averaged a gain of 33.4% over the following year. Below is a table showing the best- and worst-performing stocks in the year leading up to the dot-com peak and how they ...
Billy Joel has condemned an upcoming biopic titled Billy & Me, told through the eyes of his first manager, as “legally and professionally misguided”. Billy & Me, which was announced on Tuesday, is set to tell the story of Joel’s first manager Irwin Mazur, who discovered the singer in 1966, signed him in 1970 and oversaw his career up until Joel signed with Columbia Records in 1972. His career took...
Billy Joel has condemned an upcoming biopic titled Billy & Me, told through the eyes of his first manager, as “legally and professionally misguided”. Billy & Me, which was announced on Tuesday, is set to tell the story of Joel’s first manager Irwin Mazur, who discovered the singer in 1966, signed him in 1970 and oversaw his career up until Joel signed with Columbia Records in 1972. His career took off with his album Piano Man one year later. Casting is now under way, with film-maker John Ottman, who recently edited the hit Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, set to direct. However, Billy & Me does not have Joel’s approval, rights to his music, or his life rights – the latter essentially being an agreement studios strike to buy a person’s permission to adapt their personal story without the threat of lawsuits. In a statement to Variety, Joel’s representative said on Tuesday: “Since 2021, the parties involved have been officially notified that they do not possess Billy Joel’s life rights and will not be able to secure the music rights required for this project. “Billy Joel has not authorised or supported this project in any capacity, and any attempt to move forward without it would be both legally and professionally misguided.” The film’s screenwriter, Adam Ripp, responded to Joel in the Hollywood Reporter. “At no point have we ever claimed to control or possess rights to Billy Joel’s original songs, nor has this film ever been conceived around the use of his hit catalog,” he said. “The project was always designed as an intimate origin story focused on the people and relationships surrounding Billy during this specific period of his life.” Ripp said the production holds the exclusive life rights for Mazur, as well as Joel’s longtime friend and former bandmate Jon Small, who is attached to the film as a consultant, co-executive producer and second unit director. Small and Joel first met as teenagers and were in the 1960s band the Hassles together, which put out Joel’s fir...