SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images Crude oil prices ( CL1:COM ), ( CO1:COM ) will not return to $65 per barrel even if the current conflict ends tomorrow, according to Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakly Financial Group. In an interview with CNBC, Boockvar projected that oil will settle around $80 per barrel as the new baseline, with continued upside risk due to lingering geopoli...
SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images Crude oil prices ( CL1:COM ), ( CO1:COM ) will not return to $65 per barrel even if the current conflict ends tomorrow, according to Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakly Financial Group. In an interview with CNBC, Boockvar projected that oil will settle around $80 per barrel as the new baseline, with continued upside risk due to lingering geopolitical tensions and global supply chain vulnerabilities. The analyst emphasized that a fundamental shift in how nations approach commodity stockpiling will keep prices elevated. “Every country is going to be creating strategic reserves, not just crude oil, of gas ( NG1:COM ), of fertilizer, of copper, of silver ( XAGUSD:CUR ), of nickel ( LN1:COM ),” Boockvar explained. “Because we thought we learned lessons after COVID about don’t get it caught short on supplies. We’re reminded of it again.” Boockvar identified persistent security threats as another factor preventing a deeper price decline. “The new price of oil post the end of this is going to be more like $80, not $65, with still risk to the upside,” he said, adding that “all you need is one rogue person with the drone” to threaten shipping routes even after a formal peace agreement. This uncertainty has reinforced his bullish outlook on energy stocks ( XLE ), ( AMLP ), ( VDE ), which he believes remain in a long-term bull market despite expected short-term pullbacks once hostilities cease. The current situation with shipping straits remains effectively binary, according to Boockvar—either fully open or closed with no middle ground. He noted that the economic pain is widespread enough that most countries, with the notable exceptions of Russia and North Korea, have strong incentives to see the conflict resolved quickly. Nations across Southeast Asia, Europe, and the broader global economy are all feeling the pressure of elevated energy costs. While the U.S. holds a relative advantage as a major oil producer, Boockvar cauti...
Bloomberg's Michelle Davis joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." Merck agreed to buy Terns Pharmaceuticals for $6.7 billion, giving the multinational company access to a promising new leukemia treatment as it faces the patent expiration of its bestselling cancer drug. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg's Michelle Davis joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." Merck agreed to buy Terns Pharmaceuticals for $6.7 billion, giving the multinational company access to a promising new leukemia treatment as it faces the patent expiration of its bestselling cancer drug. (Source: Bloomberg)
Key PointsAn executive at Maze Therapeutics reported selling 15,000 shares on March 20, 2026, yielding a transaction value of $736,000 at around $49.10 per share.
Key PointsAn executive at Maze Therapeutics reported selling 15,000 shares on March 20, 2026, yielding a transaction value of $736,000 at around $49.10 per share.
Before meeting with Bosnia and Herzegovina, head coach has urged his players to step up and embrace the occasion “Have you ever seen Usain Bolt in the 100m?” Craig Bellamy asks a crowd of journalists in the Wynnstay auditorium at Wales’s hub in Hensol, on the eve of the World Cup playoff semi-final against Bosnia and Herzegovina . “He’s smiling, waving – all right, it does help he knows he can run...
Before meeting with Bosnia and Herzegovina, head coach has urged his players to step up and embrace the occasion “Have you ever seen Usain Bolt in the 100m?” Craig Bellamy asks a crowd of journalists in the Wynnstay auditorium at Wales’s hub in Hensol, on the eve of the World Cup playoff semi-final against Bosnia and Herzegovina . “He’s smiling, waving – all right, it does help he knows he can run at 60% to win – but he has discovered the art of being relaxed and calm to be able to run at his best speed. If you’re tense, you’re fighting yourself.” Bellamy has been there as a player but as a head coach, while intense and fiercely driven, he believes cool heads will prevail at the Cardiff City Stadium on Thursday and, if they get the right result, in the playoff final at the same venue five days later. It is a message he has relayed in each session, every conversation, since his squad gathered on Sunday. “We all want something, but the more you want something, it doesn’t mean you’re going to get it,” he says. “In sport, I dislike the word ‘pressure’. It is a privilege to be where we are now. Why wouldn’t you enjoy this? If you can’t enjoy this and you only feel pressure, you ain’t made for elite sport. You put that on your shoulders, it gets you nowhere.” Continue reading...
Korneeva_Kristina/iStock via Getty Images Overview With the rise of covered call ETFs, there are plenty of places for investors to collect a high dividend yield. Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF ( QQQY ) offers investors an annualized distribution rate of 30%, but I don't believe the risk is worth the income. When I previously covered QQQY, I issued a sell rating due to the rapid rate o...
Korneeva_Kristina/iStock via Getty Images Overview With the rise of covered call ETFs, there are plenty of places for investors to collect a high dividend yield. Defiance Nasdaq 100 Weekly Distribution ETF ( QQQY ) offers investors an annualized distribution rate of 30%, but I don't believe the risk is worth the income. When I previously covered QQQY, I issued a sell rating due to the rapid rate of NAV erosion. However, it's been more than a year since my last coverage, and even though the share price has rapidly eroded, the fund has still managed to squeeze in a positive total return. Therefore, I wanted to revisit the fund's value proposition, risk profile, and performance expectations. Looking at the performance over the last twelve months, we can see that QQQY's share price has declined by nearly 23.5%. Interestingly, the fund was not able to provide any capital appreciation while the market indices hit all-time highs throughout 2025. When including all weekly distributions issued, the total return jumps up to 12.7% over the same time frame. Despite the positive total return, I find myself questioning whether or not the rapid level of price erosion is worth the tradeoff. In this environment of elevated market uncertainty and volatility, I believe there are additional downside risks. Data by YCharts Although I am optimistic about the outlook of the technology sector, the fund's inability to capture any upside growth limits the long-term appeal. Fund Strategy According to the latest fund overview , QQQY has total net assets of $163.8M. The fund aims to generate income from its option writing strategy against the Nasdaq-100 Index ( NDX ). The fund is actively managed, so the expense ratio sits at 1.01% of assets. The fund is a bit unique because QQQY implements a synthetic option writing strategy since it doesn't actually own any of the underlying equities that make up the index. This increases the risk profile since the share price can be less stable, but it also ...
Andrii Dodonov/iStock via Getty Images The latest backup in Treasury yields may still be in its early stages if history is any guide. Deutsche Bank assessed how the 10-year note yield ( US10Y ) behaved after four previous oil shocks—1973, 1979, 1990 and 2022—and found yields were some 100 basis points higher, on average, 220 days after the shock started. This time, changing hands at 4.33% at press...
Andrii Dodonov/iStock via Getty Images The latest backup in Treasury yields may still be in its early stages if history is any guide. Deutsche Bank assessed how the 10-year note yield ( US10Y ) behaved after four previous oil shocks—1973, 1979, 1990 and 2022—and found yields were some 100 basis points higher, on average, 220 days after the shock started. This time, changing hands at 4.33% at press time, the 10-year was up over 30 bps since Feb. 28, 2026, the start of the Iran war that stoked inflation concerns and pushed back Fed rate-cut hopes as oil prices ( CO1:COM ) ( CL1:COM ) surged. Of course, that does not mean the current move will track history exactly, although it does suggest the bond rout may be less mature. Deutsche Bank Treasury ETFs: ( TLT ), ( TLH ), ( IEF ), ( IEI ), ( SHY ), ( SGOV ), ( SCHO ), and ( BIL ). Oil ETFs: ( USO ), ( UCO ), ( DBO ), ( OILK ), and ( USL ). Natural Gas ETFs: ( UNG ), ( BOIL ), and ( UNL ). More on United States 10-Year Bond Yield, United States 2-Year Bond Yield, etc. Rate Cuts On Ice As Inflation Expectations Surge At The Short End Global Markets Swing On U.S.-Iran War Headlines As Risk-On Rally Falters - A Cross Analysis On S&P 500, U.S. Dollar Index, AUD/USD, And WTI Crude Commodities: Shifting War Outlook The U.S. and Iran are headed towards military escalation despite market optimism – Rapidan Energy Group CEO Goldman’s Wilson-Elizondo on why this is not the same market as last year
Robinhood 's (NASDAQ: HOOD) stock price is strongly correlated to market performance. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of March 23, 2026. The video was published on March 25, 2026. Continue reading
Robinhood 's (NASDAQ: HOOD) stock price is strongly correlated to market performance. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of March 23, 2026. The video was published on March 25, 2026. Continue reading
In trading on Wednesday, shares of Gladstone Commercial Corp's 7.125% Series C Cumulative Term Preferred Stock (Symbol: GOODN) were yielding above the 7.5% mark based on its monthly dividend (annualized to $1.6563), with shares changing hands as low as $21.98 on the day. Thi
In trading on Wednesday, shares of Gladstone Commercial Corp's 7.125% Series C Cumulative Term Preferred Stock (Symbol: GOODN) were yielding above the 7.5% mark based on its monthly dividend (annualized to $1.6563), with shares changing hands as low as $21.98 on the day. Thi
The founder of Europe’s largest celebration of Black literature and champion of inclusive reading becomes Queen Camilla’s inaugural National Reading Hero Selina Brown has been named the inaugural National Reading Hero recipient of the Queen’s Reading Room medal, a new literary award unveiled by Queen Camilla. Brown, founder of the Black British book festival, will receive the honour in recognition...
The founder of Europe’s largest celebration of Black literature and champion of inclusive reading becomes Queen Camilla’s inaugural National Reading Hero Selina Brown has been named the inaugural National Reading Hero recipient of the Queen’s Reading Room medal, a new literary award unveiled by Queen Camilla. Brown, founder of the Black British book festival, will receive the honour in recognition of her work establishing Europe’s largest celebration of Black literature and bringing inclusive stories into primary schools in areas with low literacy rates. Continue reading...
In trading on Wednesday, shares of Gabelli Utility Trust's 5.375% Series C Cumulative Preferred Shares (Symbol: GUT.PRC) were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.3436), with shares changing hands as low as $22.25 on the day. This comp
In trading on Wednesday, shares of Gabelli Utility Trust's 5.375% Series C Cumulative Preferred Shares (Symbol: GUT.PRC) were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.3436), with shares changing hands as low as $22.25 on the day. This comp
Google introduced an algorithm that it says improves memory usage in AI models. Whether that will actually eat into business for Micron and rivals is unclear.
Google introduced an algorithm that it says improves memory usage in AI models. Whether that will actually eat into business for Micron and rivals is unclear.
Sunbird Image Sunbird first plasma with Krypton Sunbird view Image Sunbird front view in the chamber. Sunbird Test Chamber Image Sunbird in large vacuum test chamber In March 2026 Pulsar achieved first plasma in our Mark I Sunbird exhaust test system, marking an important early milestone in the programme. The test demonstrates initial plasma confinement within the exhaust architecture. BLETCHLEY, ...
Sunbird Image Sunbird first plasma with Krypton Sunbird view Image Sunbird front view in the chamber. Sunbird Test Chamber Image Sunbird in large vacuum test chamber In March 2026 Pulsar achieved first plasma in our Mark I Sunbird exhaust test system, marking an important early milestone in the programme. The test demonstrates initial plasma confinement within the exhaust architecture. BLETCHLEY, United Kingdom, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pulsar Fusion, a UK-based space propulsion compan
The Bank of France reduced its 2026 economic-growth forecast and lifted its inflation prediction as it includes the impact of surging energy prices caused by the Iran war. The updated outlook follows similar revisions from the European Central Bank and also features adverse and extreme scenarios. But the Bank of France projections suggest less acute inflation than the ECB’s, envisaging consumer pr...
The Bank of France reduced its 2026 economic-growth forecast and lifted its inflation prediction as it includes the impact of surging energy prices caused by the Iran war. The updated outlook follows similar revisions from the European Central Bank and also features adverse and extreme scenarios. But the Bank of France projections suggest less acute inflation than the ECB’s, envisaging consumer prices rise less than 2% next year even in the severe eventuality. Inflation in the euro area’s second-largest economy has been running under the bloc’s average for months. France is also less reliant on oil than its peers due to a greater use of nuclear power. For growth, the Bank of France’s adverse scenario shows a larger drag this year but an alignment with the baseline forecast from 2027. The severe scenario points to a larger reduction in growth this year and next.
Enterprise data teams moving agentic AI into production are hitting a consistent failure point at the data tier. Agents built across a vector store, a relational database, a graph store and a lakehouse require sync pipelines to keep context current. Under production load, that context goes stale. Oracle, whose database infrastructure runs the transaction systems of 97% of Fortune Global 100 compan...
Enterprise data teams moving agentic AI into production are hitting a consistent failure point at the data tier. Agents built across a vector store, a relational database, a graph store and a lakehouse require sync pipelines to keep context current. Under production load, that context goes stale. Oracle, whose database infrastructure runs the transaction systems of 97% of Fortune Global 100 companies by the company's own count, is now making a direct architectural argument that the database is the right place to fix that problem. Oracle this week announced a set of agentic AI capabilities for Oracle AI Database , built around a direct architectural counter-argument to that pattern. The core of the release is the Unified Memory Core, a single ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability)-transactional engine that processes vector, JSON, graph, relational, spatial and columnar data without a sync layer. Alongside that, Oracle announced Vectors on Ice for native vector indexing on Apache Iceberg tables, a standalone Autonomous AI Vector Database service and an Autonomous AI Database MCP Server for direct agent access without custom integration code. The news isn't just that Oracle is adding new features, it's about the world's largest database vendor realizing that things have changed in the AI world that go beyond what its namesake database was providing. "As much as I'd love to tell you that everybody stores all their data in an Oracle database today — you and I live in the real world," Maria Colgan, Vice President, Product Management for Mission-Critical Data and AI Engines, at Oracle told VentureBeat. "We know that that's not true." Four capabilities, one architectural bet against the fragmented agent stack Oracle's release spans four interconnected capabilities. Together they form the architectural argument that a converged database engine is a better foundation for production agentic AI than a stack of specialized tools. Unified Memory Core. Agents rea...
bymuratdeniz/iStock via Getty Images U.S. large-cap utilities stocks have extended their strong run into 2026, with the S&P 500 Utilities sector delivering about a 6.4% total return year to date through March 25. Below is a list of the top 10 large-cap utilities stocks ranked by their year-to-date performance. The list focuses on electric utilities and multi-utilities companies based in the United...
bymuratdeniz/iStock via Getty Images U.S. large-cap utilities stocks have extended their strong run into 2026, with the S&P 500 Utilities sector delivering about a 6.4% total return year to date through March 25. Below is a list of the top 10 large-cap utilities stocks ranked by their year-to-date performance. The list focuses on electric utilities and multi-utilities companies based in the United States. The list is topped by Edison International ( EIX ), with a YTD performance of 18.76%. NextEra Energy, Inc. ( NEE ) and American Electric Power Company, Inc. ( AEP ) follow, with DTE Energy Company ( DTE ) and Entergy Corporation ( ETR ) rounding out the top five. Consolidated Edison, Inc. ( ED ), Pinnacle West Capital Corporation ( PNW ), and Evergy, Inc. ( EVRG ) are among the top performing stocks as well. FirstEnergy Corp. ( FE ) and NiSource Inc. ( NI ) complete the top 10. Here is the list: Edison International ( EIX ), YTD perf: 18.76%, Quant rating: 3.22 (Hold) NextEra Energy, Inc. ( NEE ), YTD perf: 14.13%, Quant rating: 3.30 (Hold) American Electric Power Company, Inc. ( AEP ), YTD perf: 11.70%, Quant rating: 4.33 (Buy) DTE Energy Company ( DTE ), YTD perf: 11.12%, Quant rating: 3.01 (Hold) Entergy Corporation ( ETR ), YTD perf: 10.92%, Quant rating: 3.98 (Buy) Consolidated Edison, Inc. ( ED ), YTD perf: 10.63%, Quant rating: 4.42 (Buy) Pinnacle West Capital Corporation ( PNW ), YTD perf: 10.39%, Quant rating: 3.21 (Hold) Evergy, Inc. ( EVRG ), YTD perf: 10.26%, Quant rating: 2.92 (Hold) FirstEnergy Corp. ( FE ), YTD perf: 9.81%, Quant rating: 3.85 (Buy) NiSource Inc. ( NI ), YTD perf: 9.39%, Quant rating: 3.79 (Buy) Utilities ETFs: ( XLU ), ( VPU ), ( FUTY ), ( IDU ), ( FXU ), and ( JXI ) More on utilities stocks IDU: Strong Utility Holdings Support Long-Term Upside XLU: Why It Is A Good Time To Take Profits The Dangers Of The XLU 'Safety Trade' Weekly ETF flows: three of 11 sectors record outflows; financial sector leads inflows Sector breakdown since th...
Crisis is yet another reminder that reset in industrial policy is needed that includes one for energy that is more strategic The cost of energy for British business was a crisis even before the Iran war sent prices higher: the UK already had the highest electricity prices for industry among G7 countries. Now comes the next whack. How big will it be? Projections from the energy consultancy Cornwall...
Crisis is yet another reminder that reset in industrial policy is needed that includes one for energy that is more strategic The cost of energy for British business was a crisis even before the Iran war sent prices higher: the UK already had the highest electricity prices for industry among G7 countries. Now comes the next whack. How big will it be? Projections from the energy consultancy Cornwall Insight are steep for both electricity and gas. For the former, it thinks increases of 10%-30% are on the cards; for the latter 25%-80%. The ranges are wide because, unlike with households, there are no price caps for businesses. Contracts are a negotiation, more or less, between supplier and customer. Continue reading...
Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) is one of my worst performing stocks in 2026. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of March 23, 2026. The video was published on March 25, 2026. Continue reading
Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) is one of my worst performing stocks in 2026. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of March 23, 2026. The video was published on March 25, 2026. Continue reading