Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) stock is outperforming the semiconductor sector today, climbing 5% to $390 after Apple announced an expanded multiyear chip agreement with the company. Meanwhile, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) stock is down 2% to $108, while Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) stock is lower by 1% to $513. The contrasting moves suggest that investors are rewarding Broadcom for ... Broadcom Spikes 5% o...
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) stock is outperforming the semiconductor sector today, climbing 5% to $390 after Apple announced an expanded multiyear chip agreement with the company. Meanwhile, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) stock is down 2% to $108, while Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) stock is lower by 1% to $513. The contrasting moves suggest that investors are rewarding Broadcom for ... Broadcom Spikes 5% on Expanded Apple Chip Deal; Intel and AMD Drift Lower
The broader market, as measured by the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) , is doing quite well right now, with it within a few percentage points of an all-time high. However, all investors should be prepared for an inevitable bear market, as they tend to occur once every few years. Having a plan in place now ensures that you'll be ready to act when the time comes, and I've already got several stocks pinpo...
The broader market, as measured by the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) , is doing quite well right now, with it within a few percentage points of an all-time high. However, all investors should be prepared for an inevitable bear market, as they tend to occur once every few years. Having a plan in place now ensures that you'll be ready to act when the time comes, and I've already got several stocks pinpointed that I'll be buying if the market plunges into bear market territory. Granted, the reason for a bear market could change, which stocks I'm buying, but having a short list and then checking off which ones are in the cross hairs of the bear market is a good plan. If the market enters a bear market, here are the first three stocks I'll be buying. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Getty Images In today's article, we will look into Kimco Realty Corporation ( KIM ), its financial metrics and ratios from the last quarter, and its financial instruments. We will look to the opportunities that they provide to us, as at the current time, the common stock is traded at a premium, and we prefer more KIM's preferred stocks ( KIM.PR.M ) and ( KIM.PR.L ) - which are investment-grade rat...
Getty Images In today's article, we will look into Kimco Realty Corporation ( KIM ), its financial metrics and ratios from the last quarter, and its financial instruments. We will look to the opportunities that they provide to us, as at the current time, the common stock is traded at a premium, and we prefer more KIM's preferred stocks ( KIM.PR.M ) and ( KIM.PR.L ) - which are investment-grade rated, trade below par, and have current yields above 6.5%. More information below, and if you want even more information, you can check our last article for the company here . We start as always with some basic details from the quarterly earnings of the company, and after that, some calculations with the information from them. 2026 financial snapshot (kimcorealty.com) KIM has close to $19.58 billion in total assets at the end of the first quarter of 2026. Its total debt is close to $8.3 billion, and the EBITDA is approximately $1.31 billion. It has an A-/A-/A3 credit rating by S&P/Fitch/Moody's. The current market capitalization of KIM is around $17.10 billion. The company has 100 million square feet and 565 properties. The largest part of the portfolio is in "Grocery and Beverages" and "Restaurants": Portfolio breakdown (kimcorealty.com) We calculated several coefficients using KIM's earnings . KIM's asset yield ((Total Revenue - Operating Expenses + Depreciation and Amortization)/Total Assets) is around 6.92%, and the asset coverage ratio (Total Assets/Debt) is approximately 236%. Operating expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization) are close to 37.3% of the total revenue. The interest expenses are around 4% of the total debt. We use the price-to-book value, which at the timе of writing is 1.64, to cаlculate the market-adjustеd ratios. The market-adjusted asset yield is approximately 5.14%, and the market-adjusted asset coverage ratio is ~316%. The forward price to AFFO is 18.88, and the forward AFFO yield is around 5.30%. Below are shown the basic valuation metrics...
Origem Energia SA , the Brazilian natural gas and oil company, is aiming for an enterprise value of $2 billion to $2.5 billion as it seeks strategic alternatives to raise capital, according to people familiar with the matter. The company hired Banco Bradesco BBI as its adviser for a transaction that might include the sale of a minority or majority stake or an initial public offering, the people sa...
Origem Energia SA , the Brazilian natural gas and oil company, is aiming for an enterprise value of $2 billion to $2.5 billion as it seeks strategic alternatives to raise capital, according to people familiar with the matter. The company hired Banco Bradesco BBI as its adviser for a transaction that might include the sale of a minority or majority stake or an initial public offering, the people said, asking not to be identified because the discussions are private. A fund run by alternative-asset manager Prisma Capital Ltda. , Origem’s controlling shareholder, might sell a stake and may even give up control of the company depending on the pricing, the people said. The deal might also wind up being just a capital injection, as the company needs that to take advantage of investment opportunities, according to the people. Representatives for Prisma, Bradesco and Origem declined to comment. Origem Energia is set to invest 2.1 billion reais ($407 million) through 2029 in the construction of seven thermoelectric plants in order to fulfill contracts secured in a capacity reserve auction held in March, Chief Executive Officer Luiz Felipe Coutinho told Valor Economico newspaper in March. The plants, totaling 380 megawatts of installed capacity, are expected to come online between 2028 and 2029, Coutinho said. That new production along with growth in its current businesses is expected to boost Origem’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to $500 million to $600 million in 2029, the people said, adding that the firm is also investing in commercialization and storage of gas, pipelines and an oil-exporting terminal. Origem’s 2025 Ebitda was 746.7 million reais, a 55% increase from 2024, according to its financial statements. The company has net debt of about 2 billion reais as of March, the statements show. It’s the fourth-biggest gas producer in Brazil, producing 2 million square meters of gas a day, according to Valor Economico. Origem Energia was for...
guvendemir/E+ via Getty Images Escalating hostilities between the U.S. and Iran have brought renewed focus to global aerospace and defense stocks. President Donald Trump said a tentative ceasefire had ended after Washington launched a fresh round of strikes and tightened sanctions on Iran. Iran responded by targeting U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait after U.S. strikes were launched in res...
guvendemir/E+ via Getty Images Escalating hostilities between the U.S. and Iran have brought renewed focus to global aerospace and defense stocks. President Donald Trump said a tentative ceasefire had ended after Washington launched a fresh round of strikes and tightened sanctions on Iran. Iran responded by targeting U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait after U.S. strikes were launched in response to attacks on three commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Against that backdrop, several major aerospace and defense companies carry bullish Seeking Alpha Quant Ratings, led by ATI Inc.. ATI, a supplier of specialty materials used in aerospace and defense applications, holds a 4.83 Strong Buy rating. RTX Corporation follows at 4.66, while France-based Safran SA ranks third with a 4.65 rating. The Boeing Company and TransDigm Group complete the top five, each carrying Buy ratings. The remaining names in the ranking are rated Hold, illustrating that quantitative strength is concentrated among a smaller group even as geopolitical developments raise attention on the sector. Seeking Alpha’s Quant Ratings assess stocks across valuation, growth, profitability, earnings revisions, and price momentum. Scores range from 1 to 5; a rating of 3.5 or higher is considered bullish, while 2.5 or lower is considered bearish. The top 10 global aerospace and defense stocks by Quant Rating are: 1. ATI Inc. ( ATI ), Quant Rating: 4.83 2. RTX Corporation ( RTX ), Quant Rating: 4.66 3. Safran SA ( SAFRY ), Quant Rating: 4.65 4. The Boeing Company ( BA ), Quant Rating: 4.19 5. TransDigm Group Incorporated ( TDG ), Quant Rating: 4.16 6. Carpenter Technology Corporation ( CRS ), Quant Rating: 3.47 7. Moog Inc. ( MOG.A ), Quant Rating: 3.45 8. Howmet Aerospace Inc. ( HWM ), Quant Rating: 3.43 9. General Electric Company ( GE ), Quant Rating: 3.39 10. Woodward, Inc. ( WWD ), Quant Rating: 3.38 Aerospace & Defense: ( ITA ), ( PPA ), ( XAR ), ( SHLD ), ( FITE ), and ( DFEN ) More on d...
Some Federal Reserve officials brought up the case for raising rates at the Federal Open Market Committee's June 16-17 meeting, though they didn't support a hike at that meeting, according to minutes of the meeting released on Wednesday. One thing they agreed on — inflation remained well above the Fed's 2% goal. Views diverged, though, on whether they considered the current federal funds rate targ...
Some Federal Reserve officials brought up the case for raising rates at the Federal Open Market Committee's June 16-17 meeting, though they didn't support a hike at that meeting, according to minutes of the meeting released on Wednesday. One thing they agreed on — inflation remained well above the Fed's 2% goal. Views diverged, though, on whether they considered the current federal funds rate target range of 3.50%-3.75% restrictive or not. " Several participants remarked that they did not see the current policy stance as restrictive, while a few other participants commented that they saw the current policy stance as slightly restrictive," the minutes said. With inflation exceeding the Fed's goal for five years and more officials seeing the rate as not restrictive, the sentiment may be increasing for a rate increase. But they also discussed a range of scenarios for the monetary policy outlook, and most "remarked on scenarios in which inflationary pressures would dissipate and inflation would soon begin to return to 2%." In such a scenario, almost all the participants expected it would be appropriate to hold or eventually lower the target range. Most officials also pointed to scenarios with stable labor market conditions and inflation remaining elevated. In that case, "almost all of these participants indicated that some policy firming would likely be warranted to return inflation to 2%," the minutes said. On balance, the outlooks seemed fairly evenly split between keeping rates within or slightly below the current level or increasing the rate by the end of the year. That split, though, was seen in the dot plot released after the meeting. Developing… Check back for updates. More on the Federal Reserve Fed policy stance remains 'well positioned,' NY Fed's Williams says Fed Chair Warsh demurs on forward guidance as part of charting new course This Is Kevin Warsh's Fed Now
Last week, thousands of SamKnows routers were bricked after a government program ran its course. In 2020, as part of a program conducted by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), the Australian government's chief competition regulator, thousands of volunteers received routers to help test and report on the typical speed and performance of broadband plans in Australia. (More speci...
Last week, thousands of SamKnows routers were bricked after a government program ran its course. In 2020, as part of a program conducted by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), the Australian government's chief competition regulator, thousands of volunteers received routers to help test and report on the typical speed and performance of broadband plans in Australia. (More specifically, the Measuring Broadband Australia (MBA) program targeted fixed-line broadband services provided over the NBN, Australia's government-owned wholesale open-access broadband network, as well as services delivered over other access networks.) According to the final report that the ACCC distributed, the routers are whiteboxes that were “supplied by SamKnows” and that “perform tests to measure internet performance using test servers maintained by SamKnows and hosted in Australia.” Read full article Comments
Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) stock has been winning big when it comes to earnings and stock performance in recent years. And this has a lot to do with the company's leadership in a type of drug that's taken the world by storm: GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. Lilly dominates the market, and its drugs have been bringing in blockbuster revenue. With the obesity drug market on track to reach nearly $100 billion...
Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) stock has been winning big when it comes to earnings and stock performance in recent years. And this has a lot to do with the company's leadership in a type of drug that's taken the world by storm: GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. Lilly dominates the market, and its drugs have been bringing in blockbuster revenue. With the obesity drug market on track to reach nearly $100 billion by the end of the decade, the success story may be far from over. Still, Lilly stock has climbed 400% over the past five years and now trades for more than $1,200. Is it too late to get in on shares of the pharma giant? Let's find out. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Federal Reserve officials were split last month about the future of interest rates, with policymakers entertaining scenarios in either direction, according to meeting minutes released Wednesday. In Kevin Warsh's first meeting June 16-17 as chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, participants saw outcomes where inflation could ease and allow lower rates, while others envisioned a scenario wh...
Federal Reserve officials were split last month about the future of interest rates, with policymakers entertaining scenarios in either direction, according to meeting minutes released Wednesday. In Kevin Warsh's first meeting June 16-17 as chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, participants saw outcomes where inflation could ease and allow lower rates, while others envisioned a scenario where price increases stay elevated and lead to hikes. During his post-meeting news conference, Warsh billed the debate as a "family fight" that ended with the committee unanimously voting to keep the Fed's benchmark funds rate anchored in a range between 3.5%-3.75%, where it has been for all of 2026. However, the minutes did not elaborate on any drama that had taken place and outlined divergent views from members without a bias to which way the committee was leaning. The dot-plot grid of individual members' expectations, in which Warsh did not participate, narrowly tilted toward one rate hike this year, then a cut in each of the following two years. Asked to judge their most likely scenario, "many participants indicated that the appropriate level of the federal funds rate would be within or slightly below the current target range at the end of this year," the minutes stated. At the same time, the document also noted that "many other participants, however, assessed that the appropriate level of the federal funds rate would be above the current target range at the end of this year." "Participants noted that their future policy actions would depend on incoming information," the minutes said. The meeting summary, which at 14 pages was somewhat shorter though not dramatically so than the typical release, followed Warsh's repeated statements that Fed officials should communicate less about their future intentions. Keeping with that, the post-meeting statement was about one-third the size typical of the communique. Officials at the meeting seemed to approve of the tighter message. ...
fcafotodigital/iStock via Getty Images The Teucrium Corn Fund ETF ( CORN ) is a single-commodity futures exchange-traded fund designed to provide investors with direct exposure to the corn futures market. The strategy is passively managed, meaning that CORN will only provide exposure to commodity futures without the intent of earning in excess of the performance of the underlying corn commodity fu...
fcafotodigital/iStock via Getty Images The Teucrium Corn Fund ETF ( CORN ) is a single-commodity futures exchange-traded fund designed to provide investors with direct exposure to the corn futures market. The strategy is passively managed, meaning that CORN will only provide exposure to commodity futures without the intent of earning in excess of the performance of the underlying corn commodity futures contracts reflected in the benchmark. Given that the fund only invests in a single commodity, CORN may be considered as a speculative trading vehicle and may not be utilized as an equity market hedge as would a diversified commodity portfolio. About Teucrium Corn Fund ETF CORN was launched by Teucrium on June 9, 2010, on the NYSE Arca Exchange. CORN has a net expense ratio of 61bps, on par with peer commodity futures strategies. CORN currently has ~$185 million in net assets with an average of $11.7 million in share value changing hands on a daily basis. Seeking Alpha CORN was designed to track the performance of the Teucrium Corn Index, a benchmark made up of 3 distinct dated corn futures contracts. The Index tracks the performance of short-, medium-, and long-dated corn futures contracts in order to gain exposure to the market. The short-dated futures contracts are generally 3 months out to expiration. The medium-dated contracts currently expire 6 months out in December 2026, and the long-dated contracts expire at the close of the following calendar year in December. Corporate Filings CORN is generally viewed as a speculative trading vehicle reflecting the price changes of the underlying commodity. The fund is passively managed, meaning that CORN will not aim to beat the benchmark through active trading strategies. As a result of this, CORN will reflect price fluctuations as they relate to the price of the underlying commodity throughout any market cycle. For all intents and purposes, investors can utilize CORN if they perceive that the commodity will undergo a bull...