TROY, Mich., March 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Presurance Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRHI) (“Presurance” or the “Company”) today announced results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025.
TROY, Mich., March 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Presurance Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRHI) (“Presurance” or the “Company”) today announced results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025.
Stocks got off to a strong start to the week after after President Donald Trump revealed the two countries had "productive" conversations about potentially ending the hostilities. Despite the surge that ensured, few think the bottom is in for stocks — as selling resumed later in the week — with some warning of a new headwind on the horizon." Wolfe Research analyst Rob Ginsberg in a Tuesday note sa...
Stocks got off to a strong start to the week after after President Donald Trump revealed the two countries had "productive" conversations about potentially ending the hostilities. Despite the surge that ensured, few think the bottom is in for stocks — as selling resumed later in the week — with some warning of a new headwind on the horizon." Wolfe Research analyst Rob Ginsberg in a Tuesday note said he thought Monday's jump was a "dead cat bounce," and believed the lows of the sell-off hadn't been hit. In a Thursday appearance on CNBC's " Money Movers ," Fairlead Strategies founder Katie Stockton said market momentum "is obviously to the downside." "There's just still too many unknowns," said Phil Blancato, chief market strategist at Osaic, in an interview. "My base case, as is most of the Street's, is that this thing is closer to an end than a beginning. But let's be honest, no one really knows for sure." .SPX mountain 2026-02-27 .SPX since Feb. 27, 2026 chart. The Nasdaq Composite and Dow Jones Industrial Average tipped into correction territory on Thursday and Friday, respectively. Both benchmarks, along with the S & P 500 , also posted their fifth weekly declines in a row, as U.S. crude prices popped back to around $100 per barrel. Driving the uncertainty is headline risk. Investors are balancing the possibility that something as simple as a truth social post by Trump ending the war could send equities surging, as Monday's sign at de-escalation did, or a strike by either party against a key piece of energy infrastructure could sink the market. But while investors are nervous about massive swings higher or lower, Barclays in a Tuesday note came out with a different perspective. The bank wrote the "shock phase" of the war is behind traders. If renewed selling comes, the bank thinks it will be less violent than the initial fall. "We expect markets are likely to continue to trade in a 2022-style, grind-lower fashion, should the selloff continue," wrote strategist An...
Private credit funds already under strain from heavy redemptions have a new pain point: losses in February are shaping up as the worst in more than three years.
Private credit funds already under strain from heavy redemptions have a new pain point: losses in February are shaping up as the worst in more than three years.
The following companies are expected to report earnings prior to market open on 03/30/2026. Visit our Earnings Calendar for a full list of expected earnings releases.Sigma Lithium Corporation (SGML)is reporting for the quarter ending December 31, 2025. The mining company's conse
The following companies are expected to report earnings prior to market open on 03/30/2026. Visit our Earnings Calendar for a full list of expected earnings releases.Sigma Lithium Corporation (SGML)is reporting for the quarter ending December 31, 2025. The mining company's conse
One of the best ways to earn great returns in equity markets is to buy high-quality stocks and hold them for a long time. But it's not always simple to know which corporations have what it takes to perform well over a couple of decades. Investment theses evolve, technological progress makes some companies' products obsolete, competitive advantages disappear, and regulatory changes threaten to erod...
One of the best ways to earn great returns in equity markets is to buy high-quality stocks and hold them for a long time. But it's not always simple to know which corporations have what it takes to perform well over a couple of decades. Investment theses evolve, technological progress makes some companies' products obsolete, competitive advantages disappear, and regulatory changes threaten to erode profits in some sectors. Even with all these potential challenges (and many others), I intend to hold several stocks, notably in the healthcare sector, for the next 20 years. Here are two of them: Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) . Image source: Getty Images. It's worth pointing out that Johnson & Johnson has been around for well over two decades. In fact, the company's origins date back to the late 1800s. Johnson & Johnson has remained relevant and successful all these years thanks to the strengths it still possesses. For instance, the drugmaker is an innovator. Johnson & Johnson markets dozens of drugs and medical devices and routinely launches brand-new products in both segments. That allows the company to manage issues such as patent cliffs while navigating a deeply competitive healthcare industry . Continue reading
A new official White House app on Android and iOS takes the content from the White House website and copies it into app format. A tweet announcing the app on Friday morning appeared alongside a video joking about missile launches that also appears to feature an iPhone, rather than the elusive Trump Pho n e . There's no word about exclusive features or tie-ins with the phone or Trump Mobile service...
A new official White House app on Android and iOS takes the content from the White House website and copies it into app format. A tweet announcing the app on Friday morning appeared alongside a video joking about missile launches that also appears to feature an iPhone, rather than the elusive Trump Pho n e . There's no word about exclusive features or tie-ins with the phone or Trump Mobile services. A handful of tabs in the app mostly replicate pages that exist on the Trump Administration's version of the White House website, including news, livestreams, social feeds, and a gallery. A prominent "Get in Touch" button on the social feeds tab inc … Read the full story at The Verge.
FAA investigating after plane carrying 162 passengers forced to change course to prevent collision A United flight came within a few 100ft of a US military helicopter near John Wayne airport in southern California, triggering an alarm directing the airline pilots to change course. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Friday that it was investigating the incident that happened at about 8....
FAA investigating after plane carrying 162 passengers forced to change course to prevent collision A United flight came within a few 100ft of a US military helicopter near John Wayne airport in southern California, triggering an alarm directing the airline pilots to change course. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Friday that it was investigating the incident that happened at about 8.40pm Tuesday when a military Black Hawk helicopter returning from a training mission crossed into the plane’s path. The pilots of the passenger plane carrying 162 passengers and six crew members stopped their descent and leveled off to avoid a collision. Continue reading...
Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow discusses the impact of the Iran war on markets as the Nasdaq 100 falls into correction territory and Big Tech stocks slide. Plus, Meta is set to fund the construction of seven new natural gas-fired energy plants to fuel its Hyperion data center in Louisiana. And, Anthropic is said to be looking to IPO as soon as October. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow discusses the impact of the Iran war on markets as the Nasdaq 100 falls into correction territory and Big Tech stocks slide. Plus, Meta is set to fund the construction of seven new natural gas-fired energy plants to fuel its Hyperion data center in Louisiana. And, Anthropic is said to be looking to IPO as soon as October. (Source: Bloomberg)
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images QuantumScape’s ( QS ) recent board appointment may prove more important than the headline suggests. According to the company's March 5 announcement, QuantumScape added Ross Niebergall to its board, an executive with deep ties across the defense industrial base, including senior roles at L3Harris ( LHX ), Raytheon ( RTX ), ThalesRaytheonSystems, and Aeroj...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images QuantumScape’s ( QS ) recent board appointment may prove more important than the headline suggests. According to the company's March 5 announcement, QuantumScape added Ross Niebergall to its board, an executive with deep ties across the defense industrial base, including senior roles at L3Harris ( LHX ), Raytheon ( RTX ), ThalesRaytheonSystems, and Aerojet Rocketdyne. On its face, that looks like a governance update. But I suspect the move may be better understood as a strategic signal: QuantumScape could be laying groundwork for a path into defense-adjacent energy systems. That would matter, not because defense suddenly becomes the company’s core business, but because it could accelerate the exact part of the QuantumScape story that the market still doubts most: industrial transfer. The story has changed QuantumScape is no longer mainly a battery science story. It is becoming a battery IP, process, and technology transfer story. The company is now unusually explicit about how it wants to make money. In its February 2026 investor presentation, QuantumScape lays out two monetization paths: near-term collaboration and development work that generates customer cash, and longer-term “high-touch licensing” with recurring royalties, upfront license fees, or prepaid royalties. That is a major shift from the old assumption that QS would need to become a capital-heavy battery manufacturer in its own right. The PowerCo relationship is the clearest proof of that pivot. The deck describes a non-exclusive license covering up to 85 GWh, including a $130 million royalty prepayment and over $150 million of conditional cash inflows when realized customer billings are included. In other words, QuantumScape is trying to monetize both the industrialization process and the downstream production ramp. That is the business model the market is being asked to underwrite. The problem is that investors still need evidence that the model can travel. Q...
A view of the site of a car crash on Jupiter Island in Florida involving Tiger Woods on March 27, 2026. Courtesy: WPTV-TV Golf legend Tiger Woods was involved in a rollover car crash in Florida on Friday, the Martin County Sheriff said in a statement. The crash occurred just after 2:00 p.m. ET on Jupiter Island, where Woods resides. No further details about the incident were available, but local m...
A view of the site of a car crash on Jupiter Island in Florida involving Tiger Woods on March 27, 2026. Courtesy: WPTV-TV Golf legend Tiger Woods was involved in a rollover car crash in Florida on Friday, the Martin County Sheriff said in a statement. The crash occurred just after 2:00 p.m. ET on Jupiter Island, where Woods resides. No further details about the incident were available, but local media reported there were no injuries. Officials will be providing an update at 5 p.m. ET. Woods has been recovering from various injuries that he sustained in a previous car crash in 2021 in Southern California. On Tuesday, Woods made his season debut at TGL Golf, the professional indoor golf league he founded alongside Rory McIlroy. CNBC has reached out to the PGA Tour, Woods' agent, and TGL but has not immediately heard back. Get the CNBC Sport newsletter directly to your inbox The CNBC Sport newsletter with Alex Sherman brings you the biggest news and exclusive interviews from the worlds of sports business and media, delivered weekly to your inbox. Subscribe here to get access today . Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.
Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images The Federal Reserve returned to a policy of quantitative easing around December 1, 2025. Since then, the amount of securities held outright has increased. Here is the picture of the securities portfolio since the last Wednesday in November. Securities Held Outright (Federal Reserve) The securities portfolio has increased by $126.9 billion since then. The "wa...
Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images The Federal Reserve returned to a policy of quantitative easing around December 1, 2025. Since then, the amount of securities held outright has increased. Here is the picture of the securities portfolio since the last Wednesday in November. Securities Held Outright (Federal Reserve) The securities portfolio has increased by $126.9 billion since then. The "war" with Iran began on Saturday, February 28, 2026. The Fed's portfolio of securities has increased by $39.7 billion since February 25, 2026, the last Wednesday reporting date before February 28. Securities Held Outright (Federal Reserve) Looking at these increases in another way, in the "first" part of the quantitative easing, the portfolio increased, on average, $6.4 billion per week. In the "second" part of the quantitative easing, the part related to the time the U.S. was at "war" with Iran, the portfolio increased, on average, $9.9 billion per week. So, there was a modest increase in the weekly acquisition of securities for the Fed's securities portfolio in the weeks following the start of the Iran adventure. The interest here has to do with the speed at which the Fed is adding securities to its portfolio. If the Fed has stepped up the speed at which it is adding securities to its portfolio, one could argue that the "war" was resulting in this faster accumulation of securities. This "increase" could be associated with the government's effort to cause the Fed to accelerate the increase in the securities portfolio, something that President Trump had been hoping Fed Chairman Jerome Powell would do. The "war" effort could be achieving Trump's goal. Trump had expressed hope that if the Fed injected more reserves into the banking system, the Fed's policy rate of interest could be reduced to a much lower level. Even with the added reserves coming into the banking system, market conditions do not seem ready for further reductions in the Fed's policy rate of interest. Unfortunat...
Dominique Toublan, head of US credit strategy at Barclays, says the concerns surrounding private credit are not systemic. He joins Scarlet Fu alongside Winnie Cisar, global head of credit strategy at CreditSights, on "Bloomberg Real Yield." (Source: Bloomberg)
Dominique Toublan, head of US credit strategy at Barclays, says the concerns surrounding private credit are not systemic. He joins Scarlet Fu alongside Winnie Cisar, global head of credit strategy at CreditSights, on "Bloomberg Real Yield." (Source: Bloomberg)
The war in Iran has reshaped the dynamics between the United States and China, delaying a planned summit between President Trump and President Xi and exposing competing priorities. Former US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns says Beijing is balancing its political ties to Iran with its deeper economic reliance on Gulf energy supplies, while avoiding direct involvement in the conflict. As Washingt...
The war in Iran has reshaped the dynamics between the United States and China, delaying a planned summit between President Trump and President Xi and exposing competing priorities. Former US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns says Beijing is balancing its political ties to Iran with its deeper economic reliance on Gulf energy supplies, while avoiding direct involvement in the conflict. As Washington and Beijing look ahead to renewed talks on trade, supply chains, and security, the episode highlights both the limits of China’s global influence and the broader competition between the two powers. (Source: Bloomberg)
SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) is having a rough 2026. The stock is down 71% from its October highs. Short-sellers have piled in, with more than 35% of shares on loan to bearish investors. If you bought at the peak, you're not having fun right now. But here's the thing: SoundHound AI the company is doing fine, even while the stock suffers. Trading below $7 per share as of March 25, it looks like a s...
SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) is having a rough 2026. The stock is down 71% from its October highs. Short-sellers have piled in, with more than 35% of shares on loan to bearish investors. If you bought at the peak, you're not having fun right now. But here's the thing: SoundHound AI the company is doing fine, even while the stock suffers. Trading below $7 per share as of March 25, it looks like a steal right now. Image source: The Motley Fool. Continue reading
CreditSights Global Head of Credit Strategy Winnie Cisar discusses risks in credit and junk bonds in an interview with Scarlet Fu on "Real Yield." (Source: Bloomberg)
CreditSights Global Head of Credit Strategy Winnie Cisar discusses risks in credit and junk bonds in an interview with Scarlet Fu on "Real Yield." (Source: Bloomberg)
Ron and Patty Thomas/E+ via Getty Images Duke Energy Corporation ( DUK ) offers a low-risk 8% to 10% total return profile annually from its long-term EPS growth estimates being aggregated with its dividend yield, but faces near-term volatility as spiking inflation and Treasury yields look set to spark a dip in bond proxies. DUK last declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.0650 per share , kept un...
Ron and Patty Thomas/E+ via Getty Images Duke Energy Corporation ( DUK ) offers a low-risk 8% to 10% total return profile annually from its long-term EPS growth estimates being aggregated with its dividend yield, but faces near-term volatility as spiking inflation and Treasury yields look set to spark a dip in bond proxies. DUK last declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.0650 per share , kept unchanged from its prior distribution, and $4.26 per share annualized for a 3.29% dividend yield. The utility is also guiding for EPS growth of around 5% to 7% per year up until at least 2030. DUK generated fiscal 2025 fourth-quarter non-GAAP EPS of $1.50 , down from $1.66 from its year-ago comp on the back of higher operating and maintenance costs, with higher interest expenses also playing a part in the dip. Critically, full-year EPS came in at $6.31 per share , with the utility providing 2026 full-year EPS guidance of $6.55 to $6.80 per share. This would represent a growth of 5.8% at the midpoint over the 2025 figure. Hence, while investors are set to earn a negative 119 basis points spread to the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield ( US10Y ) at 4.40%, the combination of the yield with expected adjusted EPS growth should juice DUK's returns versus just holding Treasuries. I last covered DUK with a Hold rating, citing waning AI momentum as a reason to avoid the ticker. While AI public stock momentum has continued to dip since then, DUK has caught a bid. Duke Energy Fiscal 2025 Fourth Quarter Presentation The core risk at this level is rising Treasury rates as inflation expectations continue to grow following the Closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy chokepoint with crude oil and gasoline prices spiking in response. DUK already offers a negative spread to this risk-free rate, with this divergence at its highest points in over 5 years. Indeed, DUK was paying a yield that was in excess of the 10-year prior to 2022, and the current difference provides a leg for a more bear...