Ray Dalio is compressing his timeline. On a recent Prof G Markets episode with Ed Elson titled “Ray Dalio: The World Order Has Unraveled,” the Bridgewater founder said “We’re on the brink of some of these problems” and pegged the window at “particularly in the vicinity of, you know, two years away from what obviously ... Ray Dalio: ‘We’re On the Brink’ of Major Problems Within 2 Years

Concerns about high oil prices are adding to inflation fears in Japan, as the BOJ just moved to rescue the yen from a roughly 40-year low.

Sasithorn Phuapankasemsuk/iStock via Getty Images Stalled peace talks between the U.S. and Iran are keeping pressure on the Strait of Hormuz, but the bigger story may be what markets are missing. Humza Hussain, Vice President & Director, Commodities at TD Asset Management, explains why he believes global commodities are grossly mispriced, with tightening supply risks pointing to higher prices and potential inflation even if tensions ease. Transcript Kim Parlee: Peace talks between the US and Iran have shown little signs of progress. And that means the uncertainty hanging over the Strait of Hormuz is likely to continue. My next guest says markets are underestimating just how fragile the global commodity picture really is right now. In fact, he describes it as grossly mispriced. From oil and natural gas to industrial metals and even agriculture, supply risks are building beneath the surface, raising questions about a new wave of inflation. We are joined now by Humza Hussain of TD Asset Management. And it's great to have you here in the studio. Humza Hussain: Happy to be here, Kim. Kim Parlee: As I mentioned before, I can see you nodding while I'm saying these things-- just, I guess, reinforcing how you feel about the risks. Why is it happening like this? Why do you think the market is grossly mispricing? In your words, what's happening in the commodity side? Humza Hussain: I think there's a bunch of factors coming together, working together, conspiring together to keep kind of crude prices lower than they would, lower than you would expect them to be when you've had such a disruption. So I think the first thing is that I think we kind of got lucky in the fact that we had a lot of sanctioned oil floating around, which conveniently became unsanctioned. And so you had 150 million barrels that helped to cover some of the gaps. And all that has disappeared. I think the other thing that is keeping prices lower is the volatility. And I think if you think about just day to da...

There are many suggestions floating around Washington on how to fix the program’s funding issues.

Choosing the right investments is key to building long-term wealth in the stock market, but many investors focus heavily on picking stocks . According to legendary investor Warren Buffett, though, that may not be the ideal approach. In Berkshire Hathaway 's 2021 letter to shareholders, Buffett spoke on his and late business partner Charlie Munger's approach to choosing investments -- and his strategy is simpler than you might think. Image source: The Motley Fool. Continue reading

Key PointsSoFi set several records in its Q1 2026 earnings report.

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Seven members of OPEC + have reached an agreement in principle to raise oil output targets by around 188,000 barrels per day in June, Reuters reported Saturday, citing unnamed sources. The lift in output would be ​similar to April’s hike of 206,000 barrels per day, minus the share of the UAE. Read: OPEC+ Delegates Expect Another Symbolic Supply Hike Without UAE The move, which is largely symbolic due to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz being at a near-standstill, comes ahead of a policy meeting on Sunday. It also comes days after the announcement that the United Arab Emirates is leaving OPEC, dealing a blow to the group and its leader Saudi Arabia as the oil industry grapples with the supply disruption caused by the Iran war. In a surprise announcement earlier this week, the UAE said it planned to leave the group on May 1. Read More: UAE Quits OPEC as War Upends Oil Markets and Gulf Tensions Rise

Tokyo Dome hosts biggest fight in Japanese history Naoya Inoue is the greatest show in sports today Inoue and Nakatani slated for 1pm BST/8am EDT Reach out to Bryan on Bluesky or by email Takuma Inoue, Naoya’s younger brother, has just defended his WBC bantamweight title with a 12-round unanimous-decision win over Kazuto Ioka on the undercard. Ioka recovered nicely from a pair of early knockdowns in the second and third rounds, but the outcome was never in doubt – particularly with the open scoring in use. The official scores were 118-108, 119-107 and 120-106. The 37-year-old Ioka fell short in his bid to win a world title in a fifth different weight class, joining Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford, the recently retired American star who is taking in tonight’s fights from ringside. Continue reading...

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Despite there being literally hundreds of thousands of different cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) remains far and away the market bellwether. It currently accounts for a staggering 60% of the total market cap of the crypto market, and it's typically the first cryptocurrency into any investor's portfolio. There's a good reason for that: Bitcoin has been the clear market leader in performance over the past decade. If you want to capture the performance of the crypto market, you need to have a position in Bitcoin. Long story short, Bitcoin still looks like crypto's best generational wealth bet, and here's why. With Bitcoin, it's important to keep your eye on the big picture. Yes, Bitcoin is down a disappointing 40% since October. But over the past decade, Bitcoin has clearly outperformed every major cryptocurrency. Continue reading

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XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) currently trades in the $1.35-$1.40 range, roughly 62% below the $3.65 peak it hit last July. Most XRP holders are at a loss right now. The token has had every reason to recover this year with a string of catalysts capable of pushing the price higher. There was the SEC and CFTC ... XRP Price Prediction: 3 AI Models Predict Where XRP Will Trade by December 2026

格隆汇5月2日｜外交部发言人就赖清德搭乘斯威士兰国王“私人飞机”窜斯答记者问。问：据报道，台湾地区领导人赖清德已于5月2日搭乘斯威士兰国王的“私人飞机”抵斯。请问中方对此有何评论？ 答：赖清德在宜兰发生地震后仅几小时，弃岛内民生于不顾，偷偷钻进一架外国飞机溜出台湾，大肆挥霍公帑，上演“偷渡式”外窜闹剧，沦为国际笑柄，拉长“台独”丑行清单。赖清德之流在国际上灰头土脸的遭遇再次表明，一个中国原则早已成为国际关系基本准则和国际社会普遍共识。无论民进党当局怎么勾连外部势力、以什么形式“豢养他人”，都是枉费心机，改变不了台湾是中国一部分的事实。无论“台独”分裂势力如何隐形变异，都改变不了人人喊打、抱头鼠窜的命运。我们奉劝斯威士兰等个别国家看清历史大势、顺应时代潮流，不要为少数“台独”分裂分子火中取栗。

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Amplify CWP Growth & Income ETF (NYSEARCA:QDVO) sits in an awkward niche: it pays a monthly distribution funded partly by call-option premiums, yet the portfolio underneath is essentially a mega-cap technology growth fund. That combination has produced a 32% total return over the past year alongside steady monthly checks. The question for income investors is ... QDVO’s 32% Return Masks a Hidden Risk for Income Investors

Newmarket’s 2,000 Guineas starts at 3.35pm (BST) Get in touch: email Greg about today’s racing Good afternoon from Newmarket on the first Saturday in May – 2,000 Guineas day, in other words, and a date that has been circled on the calendars of Flat racing fans since the 2025 turf season concluded in November. The first Classic of the new campaign – one of just five all season – has a long and storied history that stretches back to 1809, and the original prize, as the name suggests, was 2,000gns, or £2,100. That, so Google tells me at least, is the equivalent of £220k today, so the actual first prize for this afternoon’s winner, which is a shade under £300k after a couple of supplementary entries earlier in the week, compares fairly well. Continue reading...

OLEKSANDR KOZACHOK/iStock via Getty Images In the early 90s, the REIT sector ( VNQ ) was still fairly small, representing just around $100 billion of assets, primarily office, retail, and residential. But then the REIT structure really took off, and all sorts of specialty REITs began to emerge. Now 30 years later, the REIT industry controls over $4 trillion worth of assets, spanning across 20+ different property sectors, including: Office Industrial Hotels Malls Strip centers Apartments Single-family rentals Manufactured housing Self-storage Senior housing Skilled nursing Medical office buildings Life science Hospitals Net lease Ground lease Cannabis cultivation facilities Casinos Timberland Farmland Data centers Cell towers Cold storage Outside storage Billboard Lamar Beyond that, REIT-like entities now exist in 40+ different countries, resulting in over 1,000 publicly listed entities worldwide. Some of the biggest REIT markets include: United States Canada Mexico United Kingdom Germany France Singapore Japan Hong Kong Australia South Africa NAREIT But which are the most undervalued REITs right now? It is not an easy question to answer, as most REITs are objectively cheap today, trading at historically low FFO multiples and large discounts to net asset values: Principal Even then, there are some specific property sectors that stand out for being even more heavily discounted. We are heavily investing in those at High Yield Landlord in an effort to capture larger gains in the coming years, as REITs recover from their bear market: Self-Storage, Particularly in Europe Self-storage REITs have suffered in recent years due to the bumpiness caused by the pandemic. It initially led to a huge surge in demand as people were seeking to make space for a home office. Many were also relocating to look for better opportunities. Finally, we also had more deaths than usual, with people leaving a lot of stuff behind. But this quickly attracted the attention of property developers, wh...

In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall breaks down the latest results from Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) and its incredible growth, while also making the case for Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIP) (NYSE: BIPC) as a lower-risk way to invest in Bloom's success in powering AI data centers. *Stock prices used were from the Morning of April 30, 2026. The video was published on May 2 2026. Continue reading

美國有34年歷史的廉航，精神航空Spirit Airlines停止營運，是伊朗戰事中首間倒閉的航空公司。 精神航空在當地周六凌晨3時起全面停飛，公司網站顯示客戶服務已停止，大約1萬7千名員工失業。 1992年開始營運的精神航空提供極低的基本票價，以無附加服務的商業模式聞名。 但自2020年以來累計虧損超過25億美元，之後兩度申請破產保護。公司行政總裁指今年3月，原本與債權人就重組達成協議，但伊朗戰事爆發後，持續推高航空燃油價格，公司財務預估失準，最終只能夠有序結束營運，公司承諾向受影響旅客退款。

美國有34年歷史的廉航，精神航空Spirit Airlines停止營運，是伊朗戰事中首間倒閉的航空公司。 精神航空在當地周六凌晨3時起全面停飛，公司網站顯示客戶服務已停止，大約1萬7千名員工失業。 1992年開始營運的精神航空提供極低的基本票價，以無附加服務的商業模式聞名。 但自2020年以來累計虧損超過25億美元，之後兩度申請破產保護。公司行政總裁指今年3月，原本與債權人就重組達成協議，但伊朗戰事爆發後，持續推高航空燃油價格，公司財務預估失準，最終只能夠有序結束營運，公司承諾向受影響旅客退款。

财联社5月2日讯，商务部官网发布公告，公布关于美国对5家中国企业实施涉伊朗石油制裁措施的阻断禁令。 根据《中华人民共和国国家安全法》《中华人民共和国对外关系法》《中华人民共和国反外国制裁法》及其实施规定、《阻断外国法律与措施不当域外适用办法》（以下称《阻断办法》）等相关规定，《阻断办法》工作机制针对美国以参与伊朗石油交易为由对恒力石化（大连）炼化有限公司等企业采取的列入“特别指定国民清单”（SDN清单）、实施冻结资产和禁止交易等制裁措施，依法开展综合评估，确认美国对上述企业的制裁措施存在不当域外适用情形。 为维护国家主权、安全、发展利益，保护中国公民、法人或其他组织的合法权益，商务部根据《阻断办法》第二条、第四条、第六条、第七条和工作机制的决定，发布禁令如下： 不得承认、不得执行、不得遵守美国依据第13902号行政令、第13846号行政令等规定，以参与伊朗石油交易为由，对恒力石化（大连）炼化有限公司、山东寿光鲁清石化有限公司、山东金诚石化集团有限公司、河北鑫海化工集团有限公司和山东胜星化工有限公司采取的列入“特别指定国民清单”、实施冻结资产和禁止交易等制裁措施。 本禁令自公布之日起施行。 商务部新闻发言人就阻断美国对5家中国企业实施涉伊朗石油制裁措施答记者问 问：2026年5月2日，商务部发布禁令，阻断美国以参与涉伊朗石油交易为由，对恒力石化（大连）炼化有限公司、山东寿光鲁清石化有限公司、山东金诚石化集团有限公司、河北鑫海化工集团有限公司、山东胜星化工有限公司等5家企业采取的列入“特别指定国民清单”（SDN清单）、实施冻结资产和禁止交易制裁措施，请问有何考虑？ 答：2025年以来，美国根据其制裁其他国家的行政令，以参与伊朗石油交易为由，将恒力石化（大连）炼化有限公司、山东寿光鲁清石化有限公司、山东金诚石化集团有限公司、河北鑫海化工集团有限公司、山东胜星化工有限公司等中国企业列入“特别指定国民清单”（SDN清单）、实施冻结资产和禁止交易等制裁措施，不当禁止或限制中国企业与第三国（地区）及其公民、法人或其他组织开展正常的经贸及相关活动，违反国际法和国际关系基本准则。 为维护国家主权、安全、发展利益，保护中国公民、法人或其他组织的合法权益，根据《阻断外国法律与措施不当域外适用办法》和有关工作机制评估结果，商务部发布禁令，规定不得承认、不得执行、不得遵守美国对上述5家中国企...

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By most metrics, SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) had a blowout performance for its 2026 first-quarter results. It set records across the board, but the stock price took a significant dip after the April 29 report was released. The company was dealing with a few broad issues as well as some specific issues heading into the earnings announcement, which already made it a tough year for shareholders, so this report is now creating a new wave of worry. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong is expected to experience thunderstorms on Sunday, as a cold front sweeps across the coast of Guangdong and brings temperatures down to as low as about 21 degrees Celsius (69.8 Fahrenheit) a day later. The Hong Kong Observatory said on Saturday that the weather would turn bad late on Sunday, with a trough of low pressure over central China...

“五一”假期第二天，全国主要高速公路、国省道干线公路交通流量较昨日有所回落但仍保持高位运行，部分旅游景区周边道路交通流量较为集中。截至17时，全国各大城市及主要高速公路、国省道干线交通总体安全顺畅，除大中城市周边、重点景区周边部分路段、部分时段出现排队缓行外，未接报一次死亡3人以上较大交通事故和长时间长距离交通拥堵。明天是“五一”假期第三天，预计各地近郊游、探亲流集中密集，短途出游与部分提前返程车流叠加，进出城、郊区、景区道路交通面临较大压力。另据中央气象台预报，5月3日，浙江、福建、江西、广东、广西、云南等地部分地区有中到大雨，局地有暴雨，对交通出行造成不利影响。(央视新闻)