Air superiority is supposed to deliver a quick triumph. But history has shown that promise to be written on the wind Middle East crisis – live updates To explore the roots of Donald Trump ’s Iran military strategy and the pugnacious rhetoric of his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth , means looking back 105 years. In 1921, a year before Benito Mussolini and his blackshirts marched on Rome to launch t...
Air superiority is supposed to deliver a quick triumph. But history has shown that promise to be written on the wind Middle East crisis – live updates To explore the roots of Donald Trump ’s Iran military strategy and the pugnacious rhetoric of his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth , means looking back 105 years. In 1921, a year before Benito Mussolini and his blackshirts marched on Rome to launch the Fascist era, an Italian general named Giulio Douhet published The Command of the Air, proposing a revolution in warfare. Victory in the future, he said, would no longer come from the grinding trench combat of the great war. Instead it meant large-scale aerial bombardments, targeting not just combatants but civilians and civilian infrastructure and logistics. Continue reading...
One of the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF’s call options was the eighth-highest Vol/OI ratio in Wednesday’s trading. The software ETF looks to be at a crossroads. The question is whether the call option is bullish or bearish.
One of the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF’s call options was the eighth-highest Vol/OI ratio in Wednesday’s trading. The software ETF looks to be at a crossroads. The question is whether the call option is bullish or bearish.
We hardly knew ye. I was ready to give up on the Galaxy Z TriFold. We had a strong case for getting a refund from the eBay seller - they'd claimed it was the version sold in Taiwan, but the phone that arrived at my door came with a Chinese serial number . That meant no Google services and lots of unfamiliar apps all requesting sensitive permissions. It was weird. Better off just sending this one b...
We hardly knew ye. I was ready to give up on the Galaxy Z TriFold. We had a strong case for getting a refund from the eBay seller - they'd claimed it was the version sold in Taiwan, but the phone that arrived at my door came with a Chinese serial number . That meant no Google services and lots of unfamiliar apps all requesting sensitive permissions. It was weird. Better off just sending this one back and trying again to acquire the US version, I thought. Then Samsung discontinued it . Suddenly, the TriFold on my desk wasn't just a funny thing that happened on the way to getting a real TriFold. It was the only TriFold I was likely to get my hands on, probably e … Read the full story at The Verge.
Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images By Erwan Jacob, Macro Analyst, Datastream & Macroeconomics at LSEG Global inflation dynamics are shifting as recent CPI data, central bank decisions, and energy market developments reshape the outlook across major economies. Disruptions linked to the Middle East conflict are adding new pressures, particularly through higher oil and LNG prices. Read the insig...
Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images By Erwan Jacob, Macro Analyst, Datastream & Macroeconomics at LSEG Global inflation dynamics are shifting as recent CPI data, central bank decisions, and energy market developments reshape the outlook across major economies. Disruptions linked to the Middle East conflict are adding new pressures, particularly through higher oil and LNG prices. Read the insight to find out more about: CPI and central bank trends: The UK, Eurozone, and US show differing inflation paths, with the BoE and ECB maintaining rates amid slowing but uneven disinflation. Energy market disruptions: The conflict in the Middle East is affecting key oil and LNG supply routes, increasing the risk of renewed global inflation. Market reactions: Currency moves, PMI readings, and bond market shifts reflect rising energy prices, a stronger US dollar, and evolving expectations for policy easing. Inflation has remained a key economic theme over the past four years, driven by supply chain disruptions and energy shocks. A central measure of this trend is the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which tracks changes in the prices of a representative basket of goods and services – including food, housing, transport, and energy. It remains one of the clearest indicators of how the cost of living evolves. UK and Eurozone CPI and interest rate levels Recent CPI releases across major Western economies point to a broad slowdown, with several countries reporting softer-than-expected readings. Both the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE) have maintained current interest rates. However, the economic backdrop differs across the two regions. In the UK, inflation remains relatively persistent, with CPI rising 3.4% year-on-year as of December 2025. The BoE revised its 2026 growth outlook from 1.2% to 0.9%, while the unemployment forecast has been adjusted upward from 5% to 5.3%. Global uncertainty and macroeconomic volatility are likely to continue weighing on economic...
A jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff in a landmark case against tech giants Meta Platforms (META) and YouTube — the latter is owned by Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) — awarding $6 million in damages tied to the addictive nature of the companies' social media platforms.Morning Brief's Julie Hyman and Yahoo Finance Head of News Myles Udland discuss the ruling and whether this is a "Big Tobacco moment" for...
A jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff in a landmark case against tech giants Meta Platforms (META) and YouTube — the latter is owned by Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) — awarding $6 million in damages tied to the addictive nature of the companies' social media platforms.Morning Brief's Julie Hyman and Yahoo Finance Head of News Myles Udland discuss the ruling and whether this is a "Big Tobacco moment" for Big Tech and social media.
As geopolitical tensions persist and some fear a looming recession, many investors are withdrawing funds from tech stocks and allocating them to perceived safer investments. That's partly why the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is down about 8% from its all-time high (as of writing), which it hit late last year, lagging the two other major U.S. market indexes over this period. However, this has create...
As geopolitical tensions persist and some fear a looming recession, many investors are withdrawing funds from tech stocks and allocating them to perceived safer investments. That's partly why the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is down about 8% from its all-time high (as of writing), which it hit late last year, lagging the two other major U.S. market indexes over this period. However, this has created attractive opportunities to invest in quality tech stocks on the dip. Here are two that should be on investors' lists: Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) . Image source: Getty Images. Microsoft's shares began to decline before any of the recent volatility surrounding geopolitical tensions. Investors are increasingly worried that its runaway investments in artificial intelligence (AI) won't pay off, and according to many, it hasn't in recent quarters, with Microsoft Azure growth coming in strong -- but not quite as strong as some expected. But those bullish on AI should double down on Microsoft, especially at current levels. Here are three reasons why. Continue reading
PLTR is emerging as a major enterprise AI platform, leveraging deep government ties and rising commercial adoption, but rich valuation and intensifying competition loom.
PLTR is emerging as a major enterprise AI platform, leveraging deep government ties and rising commercial adoption, but rich valuation and intensifying competition loom.
PLTR is emerging as a major enterprise AI platform, leveraging deep government ties and rising commercial adoption, but rich valuation and intensifying competition loom.
PLTR is emerging as a major enterprise AI platform, leveraging deep government ties and rising commercial adoption, but rich valuation and intensifying competition loom.
iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEMKT:IYK) and Invesco Food & Beverage ETF (NYSEMKT:PBJ) both focus on defensive sectors, but IYK offers lower costs, a broader portfolio, and a higher dividend yield, while PBJ is more narrowly concentrated in food and beverage stocks. Both IYK and PBJ target investors looking for exposure to U.S. consumer staples, though their approaches differ. IYK offers a ...
iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF (NYSEMKT:IYK) and Invesco Food & Beverage ETF (NYSEMKT:PBJ) both focus on defensive sectors, but IYK offers lower costs, a broader portfolio, and a higher dividend yield, while PBJ is more narrowly concentrated in food and beverage stocks. Both IYK and PBJ target investors looking for exposure to U.S. consumer staples, though their approaches differ. IYK offers a classic take on the sector, spanning major household names and personal products, while PBJ focuses on food and beverage companies using a rules-based selection method. This comparison unpacks their key differences in cost, composition, performance, and risk. Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year monthly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. Continue reading
Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images The following segment was excerpted from the Virtus SGA International Growth Q4 2025 Commentary . Largest Contributors Fast Retailing Fast Retailing ( FRCOY ) was a top contributor during the quarter, driven by strong execution across its global operations. China returned to growth in August and September, with management guiding for further improvement ...
Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images The following segment was excerpted from the Virtus SGA International Growth Q4 2025 Commentary . Largest Contributors Fast Retailing Fast Retailing ( FRCOY ) was a top contributor during the quarter, driven by strong execution across its global operations. China returned to growth in August and September, with management guiding for further improvement in both revenue and profit in the coming fiscal year, a turnaround following topline decline in China this fiscal year. International operations continued to show significant growth and margin expansion, particularly in North America and Europe, where the company continues to target good growth and further margin improvement. Fast Retailing's scale, efficient supply chain, and ability to offer quality products at attractive prices help navigate macroeconomic headwinds and currency volatility, while ongoing innovation in product design and marketing support brand strength and customer loyalty. With Japan accounting for one-third of Uniqlo's business and international regions poised for further expansion, Fast Retailing remains well positioned to capitalize on global growth opportunities across its diverse markets and deliver double-digit revenue growth in the years ahead. We maintained an above-average weight position during the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing TSMC ( TSM ) was a top contributor during the quarter, driven by robust demand for advanced semiconductor manufacturing and improved gross margins as AI continues to grow strong and the non-AI segment showed signs of recovery. Management raised its revenue growth guidance to the mid-30% range, and given continued strength in demand, AI-related growth targets are expected to move above the current mid-40% level. TSMC's leadership in cutting-edge process nodes remains undisputed. The company raised its CapEx guidance to support future growth and is expected to increase its AI revenue growth target, reflecting...
CHARTCHAI KANTHATHAN/iStock via Getty Images The last time I spoke about Achieve Life Sciences ( ACHV ), it was with a Seeking Alpha article entitled " Achieve: Expedited Review Of Cytisinicline Sets The Stage For Development Expansion ." With respect to this article, I already mentioned that the company had its New Drug Application [NDA] of cytisinicline as a new treatment option for smoking cess...
CHARTCHAI KANTHATHAN/iStock via Getty Images The last time I spoke about Achieve Life Sciences ( ACHV ), it was with a Seeking Alpha article entitled " Achieve: Expedited Review Of Cytisinicline Sets The Stage For Development Expansion ." With respect to this article, I already mentioned that the company had its New Drug Application [NDA] of cytisinicline as a new treatment option for smoking cessation in adults accepted by the FDA , and a Prescription Drug User Fee Act [PDUFA] date of June 20, 2026, was set up. This is thanks to the ORCA-2 and ORCA-3 phase 3 studies, which showed that this drug given three times daily [TID] either every 6 weeks or every 12 weeks along with behavioral support had patients achieve statistically significant greater smoking abstinence than the patients given placebo over an extended period of time. Today, I'm going to maintain the "Buy" rating that I had set last time around. The reason why is because this date is still approaching; thus, it remains to be seen if it is ultimately approved for U.S. marketing by the FDA. However, there have been a few updates since then relating to this program. The first of which is that the company had completed the ORCA-OL long-term safety study . This is crucial because the FDA required that the company complete this with safety data of 100 patients at 1 year and then 300 patients at 6 months [cumulative data]. Well, the company went well beyond this target, having completed safety data for 334 patients in the ORCA-OL long-term safety study. Other positives noted then were that the company provided the FDA with the required 120-day safety update required for the NDA and also the final pass review of the Data Safety Monitoring Board [DSMB]. Speaking of which, the final pass concluded that cytisinicline had mild adverse events [AEs], and there were no significant treatment-related adverse events. The second update is that the company had released a publication manuscript in Nicotine & Tobacco Research ...
In this podcast, Motley Fool contributors Tyler Crowe, Matt Frankel, and Lou Whiteman discuss: To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center . When you're ready to invest, check out this top 10 list of stocks to buy . A full transcript is below. Continue reading
In this podcast, Motley Fool contributors Tyler Crowe, Matt Frankel, and Lou Whiteman discuss: To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center . When you're ready to invest, check out this top 10 list of stocks to buy . A full transcript is below. Continue reading
Angel Di Bilio United Airlines ( UAL ) struck an important tentative agreement with the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. If ratified by flight attendants The union did not provide full details about the deal but said it includes higher base pay, additional compensation for flight disruptions, new restrictions on overnight flight assignments, and other improvements for United's ( UAL ) 30,000 ...
Angel Di Bilio United Airlines ( UAL ) struck an important tentative agreement with the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. If ratified by flight attendants The union did not provide full details about the deal but said it includes higher base pay, additional compensation for flight disruptions, new restrictions on overnight flight assignments, and other improvements for United's ( UAL ) 30,000 flight attendants. The new agreement includes immediate raises upon ratification and top wage rates that reach $100 per hour by the end of the agreement, making United ( UAL ) flight attendants the best-paid in the industry. It also includes boarding pay, new pay for long gaps between flights, and a signing bonus for every flight attendant worth a total of $740M. The tentative agreement is subject to approval by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA's Master Executive Council, including all local presidents. If they approve, the tentative agreement will be put out for ratification by our flight attendants. If ratified, the new contract would become amendable after five years. The National Mediation Board was involved in helping the parties reach an agreement. Shares of United Airlines ( UAL ) have trailed the return of the Dow Jones US Airlines Index ( DJUSAR ) so far this year. More on United Airlines United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (UAL) Presents at JPMorgan Industrials Conference 2026 Transcript United Airlines: Rare Quality At A Peer-Group Discount United Airlines' 2026 Just Got Much More Cloudy United banks on premium customers with new fleet Airline stocks gain altitude on oil's reversal, reports of positive Iranian negotiations
Yahoo Finance Senior Producer John Hyland breaks down today's top moving stocks in this Market Minute.Oil and gas prices (CL=F, BZ=F) continue to climb as uncertainty in the Middle East persists. Treasury yields are rising (^TNX), and mortgage rates have hit a 6-month high. Amazon (AMZN) is holding a contest offering $1,000 prizes to delivery drivers who share why they love their job.
Yahoo Finance Senior Producer John Hyland breaks down today's top moving stocks in this Market Minute.Oil and gas prices (CL=F, BZ=F) continue to climb as uncertainty in the Middle East persists. Treasury yields are rising (^TNX), and mortgage rates have hit a 6-month high. Amazon (AMZN) is holding a contest offering $1,000 prizes to delivery drivers who share why they love their job.
Weather We talk sometimes around here about hedge funds getting into weather forecasting. Weather affects financial markets (notably commodities prices), and it is hard but not impossible to predict; it is a problem to which you can apply skill and technology. If you are very good at predicting the weather, one particularly lucrative place to put your skills to work is in commodities derivatives t...
Weather We talk sometimes around here about hedge funds getting into weather forecasting. Weather affects financial markets (notably commodities prices), and it is hard but not impossible to predict; it is a problem to which you can apply skill and technology. If you are very good at predicting the weather, one particularly lucrative place to put your skills to work is in commodities derivatives trading. I wrote about this last year : The nicest thing you can say about the financial industry is that it lavishly rewards correct understanding of the world. If you know a thing, and other people do not know it, financial markets provide an efficient and fairly general way to turn your knowledge into large amounts of money. … It seems to me that this creates nice incentive structures? … It is probably net good for the world that young people who are interested in rigorously understanding some specific domain know that they might get paid really well for that understanding. I still think that this is basically true, but one could have a slightly more cynical and Keynesian model. Something like: Financial markets reward, not correct understanding of underlying reality, but correct predictions of other people’s beliefs: Stocks go up because people believe that their future cash flows will be higher, not because the future cash flows will actually be higher. These things are related: Financial markets are smart and competitive, and the main reason that people believe stuff is that they have good reason to believe it. So getting really good at predicting underlying reality is broadly, if indirectly, useful for predicting beliefs and, thus, prices. But the overlap is not total. If you can choose between correctly predicting underlying reality and correctly predicting market perceptions, predicting market perceptions might be easier and more lucrative, and also more immediately lucrative. Bloomberg’s Joe Wertz has a story about predicting weather predictions : In Europe’s weath...
On this segment of Market Madness, NFJ Investment Group managing director and senior portfolio manager Burns McKinney names his preferred stock pick from each matchup: JPMorgan (JPM) vs. Netflix (NFLX), Amazon (AMZN) vs. Delta (DAL), McDonald's (MCD) vs. Nvidia (NVDA), and Nike (NKE) vs. Coinbase (COIN).
On this segment of Market Madness, NFJ Investment Group managing director and senior portfolio manager Burns McKinney names his preferred stock pick from each matchup: JPMorgan (JPM) vs. Netflix (NFLX), Amazon (AMZN) vs. Delta (DAL), McDonald's (MCD) vs. Nvidia (NVDA), and Nike (NKE) vs. Coinbase (COIN).
Big Tech’s growing trend of snapping up startup talent and technology without embarking on a formal takeover warrants further scrutiny, according to Teresa Ribera , the European Union ’s antitrust chief. Speaking to reporters at Bloomberg’s Washington bureau, Ribera said situations where powerful technology companies ink licensing deals and hire the bulk of a startup’s workforce could require more...
Big Tech’s growing trend of snapping up startup talent and technology without embarking on a formal takeover warrants further scrutiny, according to Teresa Ribera , the European Union ’s antitrust chief. Speaking to reporters at Bloomberg’s Washington bureau, Ribera said situations where powerful technology companies ink licensing deals and hire the bulk of a startup’s workforce could require more forceful measures to maintain competition in AI markets. “What we have started to assess is whether in certain cases we may need to update our capacity to adopt interim measures,” when reviewing those deals, Ribera said in response to a question about Nvidia Corp. ’s $20 billion licensing deal with artificial intelligence startup Groq , which has provoked concerns from Democratic lawmakers in the US. Interim measures are used in European regulatory probes to temporarily block potentially illegal conduct while a full investigation plays out. So-called acqui-hire and licensing deals are happening in “quickly moving sectors that require a deep understanding,” Ribera said. Interim measures would be used when there is “real risk that could not be solved by the time to adopt a decision.” Ribera added that it is important to work with enforcers around the world to combat the problem. A Spanish socialist, Ribera has been keen since entering office to hold Silicon Valley accountable to the bloc’s digital competition rules, and the practice of acqui-hires looks to be next on her hit-list along with a broader review of the artificial intelligence industry. Read More: Big Tech’s ‘Entire’ AI Operations Under EU Antitrust Scrutiny Earlier this week, she met with Google ’s Sundar Pichai , Meta Platforms Inc. ’s Mark Zuckerberg , and OpenAI’s Sam Altman . Ribera didn’t address the substance of her conversations with the companies but said she wanted to know “how they see the impact and challenges of the AI revolution and what it may mean for society and the economy.” The comments from Rib...