A 15-year-old Oxford United academy player has died after collapsing during a match, the club have confirmed in a statement expressing their “immense sadness” at the news. Amelia Aplin collapsed on Saturday during the girls’ academy fixture against Fulham at Oxford’s Horspath training centre and later the club confirmed that a “serious medical incident” had occurred. An Oxford statement on Sunday ...
A 15-year-old Oxford United academy player has died after collapsing during a match, the club have confirmed in a statement expressing their “immense sadness” at the news. Amelia Aplin collapsed on Saturday during the girls’ academy fixture against Fulham at Oxford’s Horspath training centre and later the club confirmed that a “serious medical incident” had occurred. An Oxford statement on Sunday said: “It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of 15-year-old academy player, Amelia Aplin. The thoughts and sincere condolences from everyone at Oxford United are with Amelia’s family, friends, teammates and coaches. “We would like to place on record our appreciation for the efforts of the medical staff at both Oxford United and Fulham Football Club, along with the emergency services. “The club will offer support to Amelia’s family, players, coaches and staff impacted by this tragic event. We would ask that the family’s privacy is respected at this incredibly difficult time.” The Football Association said: “We are deeply saddened by the tragic passing of Amelia. Our thoughts go out to her family, friends and everyone associated with Oxford United Women at this incredibly difficult time.” Earlier on Sunday, Oxford announced that the third-tier league game between their senior women’s side and Real Bedford had been postponed. Oxford are fourth in the FA Women’s National League Southern Premier Division. A statement from the league added that they were “deeply saddened” to learn of Aplin’s death and said: “We will continue to support the club throughout this incredibly sad time.” A number of clubs from across the divisions have sent messages of condolences to Oxford on social media, including Manchester United Women, who described the news as heartbreaking and added on X: “Sending our condolences to Amelia’s loved ones and the Oxford United family at this desperately sad time.” Fulham said: “Everyone at Fulham Football Club is shocked and saddened to hear this...
Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) is one of the stocks on Jim Cramer’s game plan. Cramer said that it is the “most important company reporting” in the week, as he commented: After the close, wow, big one, Oracle reports. This one’s a total pain point ever since it decided to go all in on building data centers. The plan was hatched back when the stock was in the low $100s, then it soared to $345 as we...
Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) is one of the stocks on Jim Cramer’s game plan. Cramer said that it is the “most important company reporting” in the week, as he commented: After the close, wow, big one, Oracle reports. This one’s a total pain point ever since it decided to go all in on building data centers. The plan was hatched back when the stock was in the low $100s, then it soared to $345 as we learned that Oracle had huge orders to build data centers all over the country, including a gargantuan one from OpenAI. But when Oracle took down a gigantic amount of debt to do the buildout, investors started getting worried, and the stock’s now been more than cut in half since then. Photo by Chris Liverani on Unsplash Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) provides cloud and on-premise software, databases, and IT infrastructure to help businesses manage operations. While we acknowledge the potential of ORCL as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 30 Stocks That Should Double in 3 Years and 11 Hidden AI Stocks to Buy Right Now. Disclosure: None. Follow Insider Monkey on Google News.
Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) is one of the stocks on Jim Cramer’s game plan. Cramer said that it is the “most important company reporting” in the week, as he commented: After the close, wow, big one, Oracle reports. This one’s a total pain point ever since it decided to go all in on building data centers. The plan was hatched back when the stock was in the low $100s, then it soared to $345 as we...
Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) is one of the stocks on Jim Cramer’s game plan. Cramer said that it is the “most important company reporting” in the week, as he commented: After the close, wow, big one, Oracle reports. This one’s a total pain point ever since it decided to go all in on building data centers. The plan was hatched back when the stock was in the low $100s, then it soared to $345 as we learned that Oracle had huge orders to build data centers all over the country, including a gargantuan one from OpenAI. But when Oracle took down a gigantic amount of debt to do the buildout, investors started getting worried, and the stock’s now been more than cut in half since then. Photo by Chris Liverani on Unsplash Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) provides cloud and on-premise software, databases, and IT infrastructure to help businesses manage operations. While we acknowledge the potential of ORCL as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 30 Stocks That Should Double in 3 Years and 11 Hidden AI Stocks to Buy Right Now. Disclosure: None. Follow Insider Monkey on Google News.
Key Points Activist investor Elliott Management took a large stake in Norwegian and advocated for Board changes. In early March, fourth quarter earnings and forward guidance underwhelmed, causing a pullback. The weak guidance only reinforced Elliott's case to nominate more independent Board members, making Norwegian a potentially interesting turnaround situation. 10 stocks we like better than Norw...
Key Points Activist investor Elliott Management took a large stake in Norwegian and advocated for Board changes. In early March, fourth quarter earnings and forward guidance underwhelmed, causing a pullback. The weak guidance only reinforced Elliott's case to nominate more independent Board members, making Norwegian a potentially interesting turnaround situation. 10 stocks we like better than Norwegian Cruise Line › Shares of Norwegian Cruise Lines (NYSE: NCLH) rallied 12.9% in February, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Norwegian got a boost last month after activist hedge fund Elliott Management disclosed a near-10% stake in the company and published a presentation outlining how it could improve its results. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Investors initially responded positively to the prospect of needed changes; however, the stock has since fallen back to levels even below where it began February, following last week's fourth-quarter earnings release and the outbreak of war in Iran. On the positive side, this pullback may have given investors another opportunity to buy this value stock at lower levels, while also giving Elliott more leverage to advocate for changes. Elliott's case spurs the stock Norwegian has woefully underperformed relative to other large cruise company stocks for years, but Elliott's presentation claimed these are fixable problems, not structural problems. Specifically, Elliott pointed to years of executive mismanagement, exorbitant pay, related-party deals, and an insular board of directors as culprits. Perhaps anticipating the activist campaign, Norwegian had already replaced its Chief Executive Officer just days before Elliott's presentation. The company named board member John Chidsey as CEO, replacing outgoing CEO Harry Sommer, who ...
"We the people have taken refuge in our homes and are eagerly awaiting the destruction of the government so we can take to the streets like we did before," one man in his 20s from Tehran said.
"We the people have taken refuge in our homes and are eagerly awaiting the destruction of the government so we can take to the streets like we did before," one man in his 20s from Tehran said.
‘The following scenes are AI generated,” the projected text declares. Revealing the flattening, slopifying effect of AI, this delegation of the script might come across as audacious and intrepid – making a point about our over-reliance on AI and the doom it spells for society – if only the human-written chunks of this patience-testing play were any stronger. View image in fullscreen Energetically ...
‘The following scenes are AI generated,” the projected text declares. Revealing the flattening, slopifying effect of AI, this delegation of the script might come across as audacious and intrepid – making a point about our over-reliance on AI and the doom it spells for society – if only the human-written chunks of this patience-testing play were any stronger. View image in fullscreen Energetically infuriating … Stefanie Bruckner in The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian From experimental company TG Works, The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin is an absurdist trudge around ideas of violence, distraction and apathy in the age of the internet. But where they aim for existentialism, they land with a slump at the foot of randomness. Written and directed by Tommaso Giacomin, this undisciplined drama gives us Alec Baldwin (a committed James Aldred), a man who inconsequentially shares a name with the volatile actor whose on-set error killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. Our Alec is also in a position of wanting to apologise for something he has “accidentally” done to a woman. But as he is unwilling to explain his actions, we must endure long, deliberately evasive scenes of listless clowning and earnest dance breaks until the tepid payoff can play out. With lack of clarity about the rules of their illogical world, and ever-diminishing tension, there is little to pull our focus through to the end. Much like AI, the majority of this slapdash surreal show is an act of persistent pick pocketing, with swathes of the play’s content nabbed from the internet and an infuriating lack of scrutiny along the way. Rather than conjuring the impression of doomscrolling and its resulting numbness, the energetic cast of five simply give us the real thing: scrolling through YouTube clips, reading out news through live feeds in overlapping waves, and describing in detail pictures of murdered Palestinian children. Any emotion is cheaply wo...
CNBC's Jim Cramer suggested on Wednesday that the recent decline in major energy stocks despite Middle East tensions is a definitive signal that the “geopolitical risk” in crude has peaked, clearing the path for a massive stock market rally. The Predictive Power Of Crude Cramer argued that the equity market often possesses foresight that news headlines lack. Despite reports of a widening conflict ...
CNBC's Jim Cramer suggested on Wednesday that the recent decline in major energy stocks despite Middle East tensions is a definitive signal that the “geopolitical risk” in crude has peaked, clearing the path for a massive stock market rally. The Predictive Power Of Crude Cramer argued that the equity market often possesses foresight that news headlines lack. Despite reports of a widening conflict with Iran, he points to the downward movement of energy giants as a sign that the worst-case scenarios—such as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz—are unlikely to materialize. “The oil market always seems to know everything,” Cramer stated, drawing a direct parallel to the 1991 Gulf War. He noted that during that era, oil prices plummeted the moment shooting started, contrary to expert predictions. “I'm starting to wonder if something similar could happen right now.” Don't Miss: Fast Company Calls It a ‘Groundbreaking Step for the Creator Economy' — Investors Can Still Get In at $0.85/Share Put professional stock research to work in a single ETF — explore Motley Fool Asset Management's factor-based funds. Energy Giants As A Market Signal The “Mad Money” host specifically highlighted the price action of industry leaders to prove his point. He noted that if the global energy supply were truly in peril, these stocks would be soaring rather than retreating. “You don’t get Exxon Mobil Corp., ConocoPhillips, and Halliburton Co. all down 1 or 2% if the Straits of Hormuz will be really closed for a long period of time,” Cramer explained. “It doesn’t work like that.” According to Cramer, these declines indicate that “the price of crude has seen its peak” and that the market is already pricing in a “defanged Iran” and a resumption of normal shipping. Meanwhile, during the publication of this article, the WTI Crude oil futures were trading higher in the early New York session by 3.08% to hover around $76.96 per barrel. Stocks Wednesday’s Close 5-Day Performance YTD Performance ConocoP...
In Brief To house the hundreds or thousands of temporary workers needed to build an AI data center, developers are increasingly relying on temporary villages known as man camps. This style of camp was popularized as housing for men working in remote oil fields. For example, as a Bitcoin mining facility in rural Dickens County, Texas is converted into a 1.6 gigawatt data center, Bloomberg reports i...
In Brief To house the hundreds or thousands of temporary workers needed to build an AI data center, developers are increasingly relying on temporary villages known as man camps. This style of camp was popularized as housing for men working in remote oil fields. For example, as a Bitcoin mining facility in rural Dickens County, Texas is converted into a 1.6 gigawatt data center, Bloomberg reports its workers are living in gray housing units with access to a gym, a laundromat, game rooms, and a cafeteria that grills steaks on-demand. A company called Target Hospitality has signed multiple contracts worth a total of $132 million to build and operate the Dickens County camp, which could eventually house more than 1,000 workers. Target apparently sees the U.S. data center construction boom as its most lucrative growth opportunity, with chief commercial officer Troy Schrenk describing it as “the largest, most actionable pipeline I’ve ever seen.” Target also owns the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas, which holds families detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Court filings have alleged that the center’s food has had worms and mold, and that children have suffered without accommodation for allergies and special diets.
The bodies of three Palestinians killed by extremist Israeli settlers were placed side-by-side in the schoolyard of Abu Falah, a village near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, wrapped in Palestinian flags. Family and friends lined up to bid farewell to the trio, who were killed earlier in the day, in what local officials and residents described as a coordinated and sustained assault that d...
The bodies of three Palestinians killed by extremist Israeli settlers were placed side-by-side in the schoolyard of Abu Falah, a village near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, wrapped in Palestinian flags. Family and friends lined up to bid farewell to the trio, who were killed earlier in the day, in what local officials and residents described as a coordinated and sustained assault that drew condemnation from the Israeli military. Homes were damaged and vehicles torched as residents sheltered indoors and gunfire echoed through the village. At least two dozen people were injured. Life across the West Bank has gotten much harder for its 3 million Palestinians since the Israel-Hamas war began three years ago in Gaza, the smaller of the two Palestinian Territories. The economy is tanking and insecurity spreading amid rising violence by extremist settlers and measures Israel says are meant to protect its citizens but which Palestinians say curb their movement . After the US-Israel air campaign against Iran started last week, there’s now a new threat: missile barrages from the Islamic Republic and its allied militias in Lebanon. As air‑raid sirens sound across Israeli cities, warning civilians to take shelter, Palestinian communities in the West Bank have nowhere to go. Residents say they feel trapped between regional conflict in the skies and armed settler groups on the ground — and sometimes both in quick succession. That was the case in Abu Falah, where Ahmad Khatab, a construction contractor, said he heard sirens and rockets about half an hour before the settlers arrived. “There were about 25 settlers in the middle of the village,” said Khatab, a father of four who lives near to where the violence unfolded and went out to offer help. “They usually never reach that deep inside, usually they stay on the outskirts.” Their numbers swelled to around 100 during the attack, he added. Two people died from gunfire and one from smoke inhalation, according to local heal...
Dividend stocks are not all the same. Some will readily decrease or suspend their payouts at the first sign of trouble, while others will continue increasing them even during market downturns or economic recessions. Dividend investors prefer those that are in the latter category. Let's consider two stocks along those lines that are worth buying: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ +0.43%) and Zoetis (ZTS 0.63%...
Dividend stocks are not all the same. Some will readily decrease or suspend their payouts at the first sign of trouble, while others will continue increasing them even during market downturns or economic recessions. Dividend investors prefer those that are in the latter category. Let's consider two stocks along those lines that are worth buying: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ +0.43%) and Zoetis (ZTS 0.63%). These two healthcare companies are excellent picks for income-oriented investors. 1. Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson has many qualities that long-term income seekers seek. The company's business, albeit not particularly exciting, is consistent and resilient. Johnson & Johnson is a leading pharmaceutical company with a vast portfolio of approved medicines, as well as a medical device leader operating across several therapeutic areas. Revenue and earnings typically grow at a decent clip. That's the case even when it encounters problems such as patent cliffs and government-led drug price negotiations -- issues it is currently dealing with, but it expects its annual reported sales to grow this year and top $100 billion for the first time. Johnson & Johnson also has a rock-solid balance sheet, evidenced by its higher credit rating than the U.S. government's. Expand NYSE : JNJ Johnson & Johnson Today's Change ( 0.43 %) $ 1.03 Current Price $ 240.66 Key Data Points Market Cap $579B Day's Range $ 235.45 - $ 240.81 52wk Range $ 141.50 - $ 251.71 Volume 303K Avg Vol 8.9M Gross Margin 67.97 % Dividend Yield 2.16 % Further, Johnson & Johnson is an innovative company. It routinely launches new products, both in its biopharma and medtech divisions, that help it counter stiff competition, whether biosimilar or otherwise. Johnson & Johnson is now awaiting approval for its robotic-assisted surgery system, the Ottava, that could be an important growth driver over the long run. And the company's pharmaceutical pipeline features several dozen ongoing clinical trials that will help it re...
There are countless ways for investors to make money on Wall Street, but few are as consistently successful as buying and holding high-quality dividend stocks. Based on a study by Hartford Funds, in collaboration with Ned Davis Research ("The Power of Dividends: Past, Present, and Future"), dividend stocks have more than doubled the annualized return of non-payers over more than half a century (19...
There are countless ways for investors to make money on Wall Street, but few are as consistently successful as buying and holding high-quality dividend stocks. Based on a study by Hartford Funds, in collaboration with Ned Davis Research ("The Power of Dividends: Past, Present, and Future"), dividend stocks have more than doubled the annualized return of non-payers over more than half a century (1973-2024): 9.2% vs. 4.31%. While it's probably not a surprise that dividend stocks have a track record of outperforming, you might be shocked to learn that some of the biggest dividend payers on the planet aren't necessarily the highest-yielding stocks. You can find higher yields than Microsoft (MSFT 0.43%), ExxonMobil (XOM +0.34%), and JPMorgan Chase (JPM 1.28%), but you'd struggle to find public companies with more generous dividend programs on a nominal-dollar basis than this trio. Collectively, seven of Wall Street's most influential businesses are returning more than $114 billion annually to their shareholders through dividends. 1. Microsoft: $27.05 billion in annual dividends paid to shareholders Even though Microsoft's quarterly payout of $0.91 ($3.64/annually) equates to just a 0.9% yield, it's on track to dole out more than $27 billion to its shareholders from dividends over the next year. Microsoft's ability to pay Wall Street's largest nominal dividend reflects the duality of its operating model. On the one hand, it's enjoying lightning-fast growth potential from cloud computing, its cloud infrastructure service platform, Azure, and the incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions into Azure and other platforms. AI has reaccelerated Azure's growth rate to nearly 40% on a constant-currency basis. But Microsoft is still generating exceptional operating cash flow from its legacy segments, such as Windows and Office. Even though Windows is no longer, by itself, a growth catalyst, it remains the dominant global desktop operating system and can generate robus...
Key Points Dividend stocks have more than doubled the average annual return of non-payers, when looking back more than half a century. Wall Street's premier nominal-dollar dividend payers are brand-name businesses with well-defined competitive advantages. Among these companies, you'll find Wall Street's largest share repurchase program, as well as two companies sporting respective annual dividend ...
Key Points Dividend stocks have more than doubled the average annual return of non-payers, when looking back more than half a century. Wall Street's premier nominal-dollar dividend payers are brand-name businesses with well-defined competitive advantages. Among these companies, you'll find Wall Street's largest share repurchase program, as well as two companies sporting respective annual dividend increase streaks of 63 and 39 years. 10 stocks we like better than Microsoft › There are countless ways for investors to make money on Wall Street, but few are as consistently successful as buying and holding high-quality dividend stocks. Based on a study by Hartford Funds, in collaboration with Ned Davis Research ("The Power of Dividends: Past, Present, and Future"), dividend stocks have more than doubled the annualized return of non-payers over more than half a century (1973-2024): 9.2% vs. 4.31%. While it's probably not a surprise that dividend stocks have a track record of outperforming, you might be shocked to learn that some of the biggest dividend payers on the planet aren't necessarily the highest-yielding stocks. You can find higher yields than Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), but you'd struggle to find public companies with more generous dividend programs on a nominal-dollar basis than this trio. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Collectively, seven of Wall Street's most influential businesses are returning more than $114 billion annually to their shareholders through dividends. 1. Microsoft: $27.05 billion in annual dividends paid to shareholders Even though Microsoft's quarterly payout of $0.91 ($3.64/annually) equates to just a 0.9% yield, it's on track to dole out more than $27 billion to its shareholders from dividends over the ...
Strait of Hormuz transit remains near a standstill for a seventh day, with Iran-linked ships the only commercial vessels making the crossing in the past 24 hours. During the observed window, one Iran-linked bulk carrier departed the Persian Gulf, according to vessel-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. No ships appeared to make the journey in the opposite direction. The last commercial ship with n...
Strait of Hormuz transit remains near a standstill for a seventh day, with Iran-linked ships the only commercial vessels making the crossing in the past 24 hours. During the observed window, one Iran-linked bulk carrier departed the Persian Gulf, according to vessel-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. No ships appeared to make the journey in the opposite direction. The last commercial ship with no apparent link to Iran to transit Hormuz was the Chinese-owned bulk carrier Sino Ocean , which made the crossing on Saturday morning. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital energy artery, has effectively halted following several attacks on merchant ships. Missile and drone activity continues to pose a critical risk to all vessels in the vicinity. The inability to move oil tankers into and out of the Gulf means storage tanks are filling and some refineries have cut capacity. Iraq has been forced to scale back production, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have followed, while Saudi Arabia is boosting shipments from its terminals in the Red Sea to record levels. By Friday, there were just nine empty supertankers in the Gulf, tracking data show. NOTE: Widespread signal interference and disabled transponders have made real-time tracking of ships difficult around the Strait of Hormuz. This gap in reporting prevents consistent daily oversight, as ship locations often remain unknown until they reappear on satellite feeds days later. Because vessels can move without AIS signals until they are well away from Hormuz, automated position signals were compiled over a large area covering the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea to detect those that may have departed or entered the Persian Gulf. When potential transits are identified, signal histories are examined to determine if the movement appears genuine, or are the result of spoofing — where electronic interference can falsify the apparent position of a ship. Some transits may not have been detected if vessels’ tran...
Keir Starmer sought to repair fraught relations with Donald Trump over the war in Iran on Sunday, as a Labour backlash gathered pace over Tony Blair’s assertion that the UK should have supported the US’s initial airstrikes on Iran. The prime minister spoke to the US president on Sunday afternoon following a barrage of criticism from Trump, who told his UK ally on Saturday that his help was not nee...
Keir Starmer sought to repair fraught relations with Donald Trump over the war in Iran on Sunday, as a Labour backlash gathered pace over Tony Blair’s assertion that the UK should have supported the US’s initial airstrikes on Iran. The prime minister spoke to the US president on Sunday afternoon following a barrage of criticism from Trump, who told his UK ally on Saturday that his help was not needed, even as the US continued to use UK bases for Iran strikes. After a breakdown in relations between Trump and Starmer that led Trump to declare on social media that “We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!”, the two world leaders spoke on Sunday to discuss their nations’ military cooperation. A Downing Street spokesperson said the leaders “began by discussing the latest situation in the Middle East and the military cooperation between the UK and US through the use of RAF bases in support of the collective self-defence of partners in the region”. They added that Starmer also “shared his heartfelt condolences with President Trump and the American people following the deaths of six US soldiers” and the two leaders “looked forward to speaking again soon”. The call comes after Blair riled Labour senior figures and backbenchers after telling a private gathering that Starmer “should have backed America from the very beginning” and let the Trump administration use British airbases. He added: “If they are your ally and they are an indispensable cornerstone for your security … you had better show up when they want you to.” Yvette Cooper rejected the former prime minister’s comments, saying she “disagreed” and added that Britain had to “learn the lessons” of mistakes made in Iraq. “I don’t think either of those positions is in the UK national interest, and it is the responsibility for Keir Starmer to act in the UK’s national interest for British citizens,” she told Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips on Sky News. Asked if she was calling Blair “a poodle”, she s...
Key Points Index-tracking funds can choose whatever benchmarks they want to track. Early on, most of the top ETFs tracked well-known indexes like the S&P 500. This left them without one key aspect of diversification, but a Vanguard ETF sought to change that. 10 stocks we like better than Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF › Countless investors rely on exchange-traded funds to get the stock market exp...
Key Points Index-tracking funds can choose whatever benchmarks they want to track. Early on, most of the top ETFs tracked well-known indexes like the S&P 500. This left them without one key aspect of diversification, but a Vanguard ETF sought to change that. 10 stocks we like better than Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF › Countless investors rely on exchange-traded funds to get the stock market exposure they want and need. For those seeking to track a market index composed of hundreds of stocks, it would be impractical to try to buy every single individual stock in the index and track it in your portfolio. ETFs made the job a lot easier, as the fund manager takes care of all that buying and selling for you. All you need to do is invest in shares of the ETF, pay a modest annual expense ratio, and earn the returns of whatever benchmark the fund has chosen to follow. However, one key question that investors have to answer is just how much exposure to stocks they want. In order to diversify your portfolio properly, it's important to have a fund that owns more than just a few different stocks. Yet even if you do own a fund with hundreds of different holdings, you still have to ask yourself whether that ETF actually gives you complete exposure to all the different types of companies you want. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » One Vanguard ETF took a step back and saw what many of its rivals' ETFs were concentrating their efforts on for investors. It chose to go a step further, and it has made all the difference for its shareholders. In this three-part series for the Voyager Portfolio, you'll learn more about the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEMKT: VTI) and how one simple decision marked a revolutionary change for the industry. It's easy to invest in proven winners During March, the Vo...
Oklo (NYSE: OKLO) is navigating the tension between explosive AI-driven power demand and the slow reality of nuclear licensing. I break down why new-customer backing matters, what execution risks remain, and how long-term upside depends on milestones that most investors are not yet fully pricing in. Stock prices used were the market prices of March 2, 2026. The video was published on March 7, 2026...
Oklo (NYSE: OKLO) is navigating the tension between explosive AI-driven power demand and the slow reality of nuclear licensing. I break down why new-customer backing matters, what execution risks remain, and how long-term upside depends on milestones that most investors are not yet fully pricing in. Stock prices used were the market prices of March 2, 2026. The video was published on March 7, 2026. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Should you buy stock in Oklo right now? Before you buy stock in Oklo, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Oklo wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $534,008!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,090,073!* Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 949% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 190% for the S&P 500. Don't miss the latest top 10 list, available with Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of March 8, 2026. Rick Orford has positions in Meta Platforms. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Meta Platforms. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Rick Orford is an affiliate of The Motley Fool and may be compensated for promoting its services. If you choose to subscribe through their link, they will earn some extra money that supports their channel. Their opinions remain their own and are unaffected by The Motley Fool. ...
Key Points RMDs usually begin in the year you turn 73. The amount you must withdraw depends on your age and account balance. Failing to take your RMDs results in a costly 25% penalty. The $23,760 Social Security bonus most retirees completely overlook › You do the hard work of saving your money for retirement and choosing where it goes. But if you put it in a tax-deferred retirement account, then ...
Key Points RMDs usually begin in the year you turn 73. The amount you must withdraw depends on your age and account balance. Failing to take your RMDs results in a costly 25% penalty. The $23,760 Social Security bonus most retirees completely overlook › You do the hard work of saving your money for retirement and choosing where it goes. But if you put it in a tax-deferred retirement account, then it's not all yours. You still owe the government a cut of your savings, and eventually, it makes you pay up. Required minimum distributions (RMDs) are mandatory annual withdrawals the government forces you to take when you reach a certain age, and it's pretty important that you get them right. Here are the three main things you need to understand about them. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » 1. Who has to take RMDs You have to take RMDs beginning in the year you turn 73, but there are a few exceptions. You never have to take RMDs from Roth accounts, and you don't have to take one from your current employer's 401(k) if you're still working and own less than 5% of the company. If you have multiple 401(k)s, you'll need to take an RMD from each one individually. That's not the case with IRAs. With IRAs, you have to calculate each RMD individually (more on that below), but you can withdraw all the funds from a single traditional IRA if you'd like. You must withdraw an amount equal to your total IRA RMDs, but you can take the funds from any traditional IRA(s) you like. You generally must take RMDs by Dec. 31 of the year in question. However, the first year you have to take RMDs, you technically have until April 1 of the following year. For example, if you're turning 73 in 2026, you don't have to complete your first RMD until April 1, 2027. 2. How to calculate your RMDs You'll need to look up your ...
Key Points Netflix officially received a $2.8 billion breakup fee from Warner Bros. Discovery after the studio pivoted to a "superior" merger proposal from Paramount Skydance. Just a few days later, the streamer acquired InterPositive, an AI filmmaking company founded by Ben Affleck in 2022. Affleck will join Netflix as a senior adviser on technology while his production company, Artists Equity, b...
Key Points Netflix officially received a $2.8 billion breakup fee from Warner Bros. Discovery after the studio pivoted to a "superior" merger proposal from Paramount Skydance. Just a few days later, the streamer acquired InterPositive, an AI filmmaking company founded by Ben Affleck in 2022. Affleck will join Netflix as a senior adviser on technology while his production company, Artists Equity, begins a new multiyear first-look deal with the platform. 10 stocks we like better than Netflix › Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) let go of its Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) buyout attempt this week, and there was much rejoicing. The company isn't giving up on buyout ideas as a whole, though. A small part of the $2.8 billion breakup fee is already going into a much smaller deal. In news that sounds like a mad lib, Netflix just acquired an artificial intelligence company founded by the featured construction worker from Good Will Hunting. The company is called InterPositive, named after an old-school film preparation technique. Ben Affleck started it in 2022, and nobody really knew it existed until Thursday. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » So, what does the company do? InterPositive builds artificial intelligence (AI) tools for filmmakers. Its tools can fix lighting mistakes, fill in missing shots, replace backgrounds, and so forth. The focus is on adding AI smarts to the technical grunt work of production, not generating fake actors or writing scripts. Affleck and his team train their models on a closed soundstage using footage they control, which is a very different approach from scraping the entire internet and hoping for the best. Directors can also upload their own dailies to customize the InterPositive tool for a specific project. It's less "AI makes your movie" and more "AI handles the s...
Shares of Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCLH 4.06%) rallied 12.9% in February, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Norwegian got a boost last month after activist hedge fund Elliott Management disclosed a near-10% stake in the company and published a presentation outlining how it could improve its results. Investors initially responded positively to the prospect of needed changes; how...
Shares of Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCLH 4.06%) rallied 12.9% in February, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Norwegian got a boost last month after activist hedge fund Elliott Management disclosed a near-10% stake in the company and published a presentation outlining how it could improve its results. Investors initially responded positively to the prospect of needed changes; however, the stock has since fallen back to levels even below where it began February, following last week's fourth-quarter earnings release and the outbreak of war in Iran. On the positive side, this pullback may have given investors another opportunity to buy this value stock at lower levels, while also giving Elliott more leverage to advocate for changes. Expand NYSE : NCLH Norwegian Cruise Line Today's Change ( -4.06 %) $ -0.85 Current Price $ 20.07 Key Data Points Market Cap $9.1B Day's Range $ 19.62 - $ 20.39 52wk Range $ 14.21 - $ 27.18 Volume 1M Avg Vol 21M Gross Margin 31.76 % Elliott's case spurs the stock Norwegian has woefully underperformed relative to other large cruise company stocks for years, but Elliott's presentation claimed these are fixable problems, not structural problems. Specifically, Elliott pointed to years of executive mismanagement, exorbitant pay, related-party deals, and an insular board of directors as culprits. Perhaps anticipating the activist campaign, Norwegian had already replaced its Chief Executive Officer just days before Elliott's presentation. The company named board member John Chidsey as CEO, replacing outgoing CEO Harry Sommer, who had held the position since 2023. However, Chidsey might receive pressure from Elliott as well. After all, Chidsey served on Norwegian's board of directors from 2013 to 2022, and then again from 2025 onward. So, it's likely Elliott isn't enthusiastic about Chidsey's appointment, given that he was on the board during the time Norwegian's alleged mismanagement occurred. Still, investors initially cheered El...
Key Points Recursion Pharmaceuticals is looking to use AI to speed up R&D in the biotech industry. The company has yet to show the value of its approach and faces significant uncertainty. 10 stocks we like better than Recursion Pharmaceuticals › Artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage on Wall Street these days, but not every AI stock is equally successful. Some of the bigger names in the fiel...
Key Points Recursion Pharmaceuticals is looking to use AI to speed up R&D in the biotech industry. The company has yet to show the value of its approach and faces significant uncertainty. 10 stocks we like better than Recursion Pharmaceuticals › Artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage on Wall Street these days, but not every AI stock is equally successful. Some of the bigger names in the field, like Nvidia, have seen their shares soar in recent years, while other, smaller ones, like Recursion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RXRX), continue to struggle. Recursion, a healthcare-focused AI company, could have some catalysts in the next 12 to 18 months, however. Can the stock bounce back this year? Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » What Recursion Pharmaceuticals does Recursion Pharmaceuticals is helping pioneer the use of AI in drug discovery. The company's operating system tests clinical compounds and helps predict which ones are most likely to make it through the grueling clinical and regulatory hoops required before approval. While Recursion Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2013, more pharmaceutical leaders have been using AI to aid their processes in recent years. And last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it was phasing out animal testing in favor of newer methods, including AI-based models. So, Recursion Pharmaceuticals was arguably ahead of the curve. However, the biotech has had little meaningful success. It currently has no approved products and no investigational medicines in late-stage studies. That could change in the next year or so. Recursion Pharmaceuticals plans to release data from ongoing early-stage clinical trials for various pipeline candidates. Now, since these are phase 1 studies (for the most part), which focus on safety and tolerability rathe...