Investors in Dimensional U.S. Equity Market Etf (Symbol: DFUS) saw new options begin trading this week, for the April 17th expiration. At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the DFUS options chain for the new April 17th contracts and identified the following call contract of particular interest. The call contract at the $75.00 strike price has a current bid of 55 cents. If an investor was to purchase shares of DFUS stock at the current price level of $73.08/share, and then sell-to-open that call contract as a "covered call," they are committing to sell the stock at $75.00. Considering the call seller will also collect the premium, that would drive a total return (excluding dividends, if any) of 3.38% if the stock gets called away at the April 17th expiration (before broker commissions). Of course, a lot of upside could potentially be left on the table if DFUS shares really soar, which is why looking at the trailing twelve month trading history for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market Etf, as well as studying the business fundamentals becomes important. Below is a chart showing DFUS's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $75.00 strike highlighted in red: Considering the fact that the $75.00 strike represents an approximate 3% premium to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the covered call contract would expire worthless, in which case the investor would keep both their shares of stock and the premium collected. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 53%. On our website under the contract detail page for this contract, Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change and publish a chart of those numbers (the trading history of the option contract will also be charted). Should the covered call contract expire worthless, the premium wo...

Investors in RTX Corp (Symbol: RTX) saw new options become available today, for the April 24th expiration. At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the RTX options chain for the new April 24th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. The put contract at the $200.00 strike price has a current bid of $7.60. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $200.00, but will also collect the premium, putting the cost basis of the shares at $192.40 (before broker commissions). To an investor already interested in purchasing shares of RTX, that could represent an attractive alternative to paying $205.94/share today. Because the $200.00 strike represents an approximate 3% discount to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract would expire worthless. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 61%. Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change, publishing a chart of those numbers on our website under the contract detail page for this contract. Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 3.80% return on the cash commitment, or 28.33% annualized — at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost. Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for RTX Corp, and highlighting in green where the $200.00 strike is located relative to that history: Turning to the calls side of the option chain, the call contract at the $215.00 strike price has a current bid of $5.05. If an investor was to purchase shares of RTX stock at the current price level of $205.94/share, and then sell-to-open that call contract as a "covered call," they are committing to sell the stock at $215.00. Considering the call seller will also coll...

Investors in Boston Scientific Corp. (Symbol: BSX) saw new options begin trading today, for the July 17th expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 133 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration. At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the BSX options chain for the new July 17th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. The put contract at the $55.00 strike price has a current bid of 65 cents. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $55.00, but will also collect the premium, putting the cost basis of the shares at $54.35 (before broker commissions). To an investor already interested in purchasing shares of BSX, that could represent an attractive alternative to paying $71.18/share today. Because the $55.00 strike represents an approximate 23% discount to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract would expire worthless. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 86%. Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change, publishing a chart of those numbers on our website under the contract detail page for this contract. Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 1.18% return on the cash commitment, or 3.24% annualized — at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost. Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for Boston Scientific Corp., and highlighting in green where the $55.00 strike is located relative to that history: Turning to the calls si...

Investors in Service Corp. International (Symbol: SCI) saw new options begin trading today, for the January 2027 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 315 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration. At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the SCI options chain for the new January 2027 contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. The put contract at the $80.00 strike price has a current bid of $5.30. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $80.00, but will also collect the premium, putting the cost basis of the shares at $74.70 (before broker commissions). To an investor already interested in purchasing shares of SCI, that could represent an attractive alternative to paying $80.57/share today. Because the $80.00 strike represents an approximate 1% discount to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract would expire worthless. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 61%. Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change, publishing a chart of those numbers on our website under the contract detail page for this contract. Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 6.62% return on the cash commitment, or 7.68% annualized — at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost. Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for Service Corp. International, and highlighting in green where the $80.00 strike is located relative to that history: Turning to th...

Investors in The Charles Schwab Corporation (Symbol: SCHW) saw new options become available today, for the April 24th expiration. At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the SCHW options chain for the new April 24th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. The put contract at the $89.00 strike price has a current bid of $2.54. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $89.00, but will also collect the premium, putting the cost basis of the shares at $86.46 (before broker commissions). To an investor already interested in purchasing shares of SCHW, that could represent an attractive alternative to paying $93.63/share today. Because the $89.00 strike represents an approximate 5% discount to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract would expire worthless. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 69%. Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change, publishing a chart of those numbers on our website under the contract detail page for this contract. Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 2.85% return on the cash commitment, or 21.28% annualized — at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost. Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for The Charles Schwab Corporation, and highlighting in green where the $89.00 strike is located relative to that history: Turning to the calls side of the option chain, the call contract at the $95.00 strike price has a current bid of $2.90. If an investor was to purchase shares of SCHW stock at the current price level of $93.63/share, and then sell-to-open that call contract as a "covered call," they are committing to sell the stock at $95.00. Con...

Investors in Duke Energy Corp (Symbol: DUK) saw new options begin trading today, for the June 2027 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 468 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration. At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the DUK options chain for the new June 2027 contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. The put contract at the $130.00 strike price has a current bid of $8.00. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $130.00, but will also collect the premium, putting the cost basis of the shares at $122.00 (before broker commissions). To an investor already interested in purchasing shares of DUK, that could represent an attractive alternative to paying $131.07/share today. Because the $130.00 strike represents an approximate 1% discount to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract would expire worthless. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 57%. Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change, publishing a chart of those numbers on our website under the contract detail page for this contract. Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 6.15% return on the cash commitment, or 4.80% annualized — at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost. Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for Duke Energy Corp, and highlighting in green where the $130.00 strike is located relative to that history: Turning to the calls side of the option...

Investors in Travelers Companies Inc (Symbol: TRV) saw new options begin trading today, for the December 2027 expiration. One of the key data points that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 651 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration. At Stock Options Channel , our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the TRV options chain for the new December 2027 contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. The put contract at the $300.00 strike price has a current bid of $31.00. If an investor was to sell-to-open that put contract, they are committing to purchase the stock at $300.00, but will also collect the premium, putting the cost basis of the shares at $269.00 (before broker commissions). To an investor already interested in purchasing shares of TRV, that could represent an attractive alternative to paying $302.72/share today. Because the $300.00 strike represents an approximate 1% discount to the current trading price of the stock (in other words it is out-of-the-money by that percentage), there is also the possibility that the put contract would expire worthless. The current analytical data (including greeks and implied greeks) suggest the current odds of that happening are 64%. Stock Options Channel will track those odds over time to see how they change, publishing a chart of those numbers on our website under the contract detail page for this contract. Should the contract expire worthless, the premium would represent a 10.33% return on the cash commitment, or 5.79% annualized — at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost. Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for Travelers Companies Inc, and highlighting in green where the $300.00 strike is located relative to that history: Turning to...

Iran's Financial Hub, The UAE, May Freeze Billions In Assets Over Retaliatory Strikes The United Arab Emirates is pissed after Iran targeted Dubai and other US allies with over 1,000 drones and missiles in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks over the last week - and is now weighing freezing billions of dollars in Iranian assets held in the Gulf state, according to the WSJ , citing people familiar with the discussions. If that happens, it could sever one of Tehran's most vital economic lifelines . A black plume of smoke rises from a warehouse at the industrial area of Sharjah City in the United Arab Emirates following reports of Iranian strikes in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) For years, the United Arab Emirates has functioned as a financial hub for Iran , including wealthy individuals, businesses, and accounts associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). While some of that (if not most) is legitimate business, the UAE has also been used to launder money through 'shadow banking' and other schemes - something the UAE has worked with the west (probably not that hard) to combat. The UAE has been a 'Switzerland' of sorts - welcoming capital from around the world with little judgement, including happily doing business with Russian commodities traders and bankers following the invasion of Ukraine, despite US officials insisting that they ramp up scrutiny on money flows and crack down on sanctions evasion. In 2022, Paris-0based Financial Action Task Force placed the UAE on its "gray list" for failing to combat money laundering and terrorism financing. In 2024, $9 billion linked to clandestine Iranian financial activity passed through UAE-based firms, largely connected to oil sales by Iran-linked companies in Dubai, according to the Treasury Department. Iranian Funds for Hezbollah Are Flowing Through Dubai (WSJ) Treasury Sanctions Iranian Network Laundering Billions for Regime Through Shadow Banking Scheme (US Treasury) Af...

Barrick Mining (B +0.70%) is doing really well, posting record earnings and cash flows in its last quarter. It's a gold stock, though, and sentiments can change quickly with metal prices. This week, Barrick stock fell 13% at its lowest point through 10 a.m. ET Friday, driven by a wave of volatility and confusion sweeping through the precious metals markets. Why is gold reversing amid a war? The markets typically become chaotic and volatile during economic and geopolitical crises. The ongoing war in the Middle East has triggered a massive sell-off in equities. During turbulent times like these, investors flock to "safe-haven" assets like gold and silver. That's not what's happening right now, though. Gold is on track for its first weekly decline in nearly five weeks, according to TradingEconomics.com. Gold is trading below $5,100 an ounce as of this writing, after briefly topping $5,400 per ounce earlier this week. That has left investors confused. Why is gold falling during a war? Expand NYSE : B Barrick Mining Today's Change ( 0.70 %) $ 0.32 Current Price $ 45.68 Key Data Points Market Cap $76B Day's Range $ 44.02 - $ 45.72 52wk Range $ 17.00 - $ 54.69 Volume 3.8M Avg Vol 15M Gross Margin 48.22 % Dividend Yield 1.86 % One reason is that the U.S. dollar has strengthened, making gold more expensive for global buyers and hurting demand. Global investors are moving into cash and the U.S. dollar instead, capping any rally one might have expected in gold. Shares of Barrick are falling alongside gold as its earnings and cash flows are directly correlated to the price of the yellow metal. Should you buy the dip in Barrick? With Barrick projecting lower gold production for 2026, ranging between 2.9 million to 3.25 million ounces compared with 3.26 million ounces it produced in 2025, falling gold prices have amplified concerns over the gold stock's near-term earnings growth. Barrick, however, is arguably in its strongest financial position in many years and is also planning ...

Key Points Barrick's cash flows rely heavily on gold prices. The Iran war is driving gold prices lower, not higher, triggering a sell-off in the gold stock. Investors should wait before cashing out of Barrick. 10 stocks we like better than Barrick Mining › Barrick Mining (NYSE: B) is doing really well, posting record earnings and cash flows in its last quarter. It's a gold stock, though, and sentiments can change quickly with metal prices. This week, Barrick stock fell 13% at its lowest point through 10 a.m. ET Friday, driven by a wave of volatility and confusion sweeping through the precious metals markets. 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 » Why is gold reversing amid a war? The markets typically become chaotic and volatile during economic and geopolitical crises. The ongoing war in the Middle East has triggered a massive sell-off in equities. During turbulent times like these, investors flock to "safe-haven" assets like gold and silver. That's not what's happening right now, though. Gold is on track for its first weekly decline in nearly five weeks, according to TradingEconomics.com. Gold is trading below $5,100 an ounce as of this writing, after briefly topping $5,400 per ounce earlier this week. That has left investors confused. Why is gold falling during a war? One reason is that the U.S. dollar has strengthened, making gold more expensive for global buyers and hurting demand. Global investors are moving into cash and the U.S. dollar instead, capping any rally one might have expected in gold. Shares of Barrick are falling alongside gold as its earnings and cash flows are directly correlated to the price of the yellow metal. Should you buy the dip in Barrick? With Barrick projecting lower gold production for 2026, ranging between 2.9 million to 3.25 million ounces compared with 3....

The dollar is wrapping up its best week in more than a year, rallying as the ultimate safe haven amid the conflict in the Middle East and skyrocketing oil prices. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index is up 1.4% this week, the most since late 2024. The fighting in the Middle East shows no signs of abating, boosting the price of Brent crude oil futures by about 25% since the US and Israel struck Iran over the weekend, and as Iran hit back around the region. The hostilities are roiling crude production and shipping, and fanning inflationary fears for the Federal Reserves and other central banks. That’s led traders to trim bets on Fed interest-rate cuts, also boosting the dollar. Complicating the economic backdrop, a report Friday showed US employers unexpectedly cut jobs last month . With the focus mainly on energy prices, however, the data only briefly weighed on the dollar, which quickly returned to gains, and benchmark 10-year Treasury yields climbed for a fifth straight day. “The market is looking through soft data in this environment, as ongoing uncertainty and fresh highs in oil are the overwhelmingly predominant drivers,” said Alex Cohen , a foreign-exchange strategist at Bank of America Corp. Traders have piled into the dollar, which has gained against most of its global peers this week. The Canadian dollar, with its strong energy link, has held up. The euro has lost about 2% in the period, highlighting Europe’s vulnerability to higher oil and natural gas prices. What Bloomberg strategists say... “The dominant tail risk remains any sustained closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint for roughly a fifth of global oil flows, where shipping has effectively ground to a halt amid the widening US–Iran conflict. Coupled with President Donald Trump’s stance demanding Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender,’ this suggests the conflict is set to drag on rather than resolve swiftly, prolonging the energy crunch and embedding further upside pressure across energy markets.” - Bre...

iambuff/iStock via Getty Images Investment thesis IREN Limited ( IREN ) has recently announced exciting news regarding the acquisition of an additional 50,000 Nvidia ( NVDA ) GPUs, allowing it to scale its network infrastructure to a total of 150,000 GPUs. In addition, IREN's energy portfolio includes a total of 4.5 GW of protected network connections, with a new 1.6 GW mega-campus in Oklahoma. But this isn't really a surprise, because the company's management had already announced plans to expand its computing power, allowing IREN to take a more solid spot among AI infrastructure operators. It is estimated that this scaling will increase AI-Cloud's annual revenue to $3.7 billion in 2026, since the company is solving the problem of access to limited supplies of equipment and GPUs, reducing the time required to deploy additional computing power and increasing confidence in meeting task deadlines. Events in Iran, though, might throw a wrench in the works, possibly not in a good way. Here, let's take a look at a new assessment of IREN's financial profile and potential value. I'll break down how events in Iran might indirectly affect the stock's potential performance and highlight some specific risks. Nevertheless, in spite of all the risks and potential problems described below, I believe that the opportunities and threats profile is weighted heavily in favor of the former, and therefore I am maintaining my "Buy" recommendation for IREN. Previous thesis Since my last publication on IREN , share prices have fallen by 21.60%. Such a technical price correction is caused not so much by the company's internal problems as by market conditions, dominated by concerns about record CAPEX of hyperscalers, termination of the AI supercycle, and, to a lesser extent, by the negative impact of events in Iran. As I have argued in the past, a company's high investment attractiveness is due to the continued successful transformation of its business model, as reflected in the growth of Cl...

格隆汇3月6日｜蒙牛乳业(2319.HK)发布业绩更新公告，预期2025年度经营利润率7.9%-8.1%，虽较2024年的8.2%略为下降，但仍较2024年以前年度有所提升，整体保持稳健。预计2025年公司拥有人应占利润约14亿-16亿元；2024年同期公司拥有人应占利润1.045亿元。 另外，基于审慎原则及根据国际财务报告准则，集团目前预期将针对部分已停止使用且短期内无重启计划的闲置生产设施，以及若干还款能力存在不确定性的金融及合约资产(主要涉及若干客户的应收账款及若干委托贷款)作2025年的计提减值拨备，共计计提减值拨备金额约22亿至24亿元。 公司称，随着原奶价格环比企稳，需求持续改善，2025年下半年以来液态奶收入环比表现稳健，实现企稳回升；同时，鲜奶、奶粉、奶酪等品类全年均取得双位数增长并保持良好增长势头，业务结构呈现多元化发展趋势。 上述预期计提减值拨备或亏损金额并不会对公司目前和未来的营运，以及现金流产生重大不利影响。公司预期去年经营现金流按年表现稳健。

波斯湾出口通道受阻，沙特与阿联酋的原油库存也在快速积压 作者：乔治・坎切夫、萨默・赛义德 简要摘要 科威特因储油设施已满，已开始在部分油田减产，这预示着地区性储油危机正在蔓延。 知情人士称，科威特因原油库存饱和、无处存放，已开始 削减部分油田产量 ，这标志着一场范围更广的储油危机来临，给全球市场带来新的风险。 这名人士表示，作为石油输出国组织（OPEC）创始成员国，科威特正讨论 进一步限产、并下调炼油产能 ，仅保留满足国内消费的规模，相关全面减产决议预计将在几天内公布。 数据机构 Kpler 称，已有迹象显示科威特已开始减产，且未来几天必须进一步减产，否则库存将在约 12 天内完全饱和。 关停油井可能对油层压力造成长期损害，重启成本也很高，通常是 最后手段 。根据油层不同，恢复生产可能需要数天甚至数周。 瑞银 大宗商品策略师乔瓦尼・斯托诺沃表示： “一旦出口恢复，产量也不可能当天就全部回来。” 全球约五分之一的石油供应日常经由霍尔木兹海峡运输。 由于伊朗冲突导致这一咽喉航道航运瘫痪，该地区主要产油国正与时间赛跑。Kpler 称，沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋的主要储油设施也在快速饱和，两国库存预计不到三周就会触顶。 一旦储油设施装满 —— 业内称为 “罐顶”—— 产油国将不得不面对停产这一在技术和政治上代价高昂的现实。 “中东储油空间有限，避免库存溢出的唯一办法就是减产。” 斯托诺沃说，“海峡关闭时间越长，原油和成品油供应缺口就越大，价格就会越高。” 冲突爆发以来油价大幅飙升，全球基准布伦特原油从上周约 72 美元 / 桶，升至目前约 89 美元 / 桶。如果未来几天更多油田被迫停产，大量供应暂停可能推动油价再度大涨，部分分析师预计布伦特原油将突破 100 美元 / 桶。 海湾国家 —— 包括沙特、阿联酋、科威特和卡塔尔 —— 高度依赖遍布各地出口终端的大型储油库。 这些设施是关键缓冲，原油和成品油从油田输送至储罐，再通过复杂管网与泵系统按合同标准调和，最后装船运往全球客户。 当霍尔木兹海峡等出口通道受阻时，产油国可暂时将原油注入储罐维持生产。 伊拉克石油官员本周早些时候表示，伊拉克已被迫 将石油产量削减一半以上 。 最大油田鲁迈拉 日产 量减少 70 万桶 西古尔纳 2 号油田日产量减少约 45 万桶 迈桑油田日产量减少约 35 万桶 作为预防措施，伊拉克还暂停了北部基尔库克...

美股资产管理公司和银行股周五大跌，因一系列负面私人信贷事件引发市场对行业健康状况的新担忧。贝莱德跌逾5%，Ares Management跌6.3%，KKR & Co Inc跌6.3%，Blue Owl跌6%，黑石跌5.6%，阿波罗全球管理跌5.5%，美国富瑞金融集团跌逾10%，Western Alliance下跌13%。KBW银行指数下跌逾4%，23家银行股全线下跌至少2.9%。

Key Points Choosing the right investments could help your savings continue to grow as you take withdrawals. Delaying Social Security gives you more protection. The $23,760 Social Security bonus most retirees completely overlook › While many people get excited about the idea of retiring, that transition can also be nerve-wracking. In addition to dealing with a big change in routine, you may be grappling with financial worries -- even if you've managed to accumulate a pretty large nest egg. One reason so many retirees fear running out of money is the perpetual threat of inflation. Even modest price increases can erode your buying power over time. 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 » The good news is that with the right strategy, you can set your savings up to beat inflation. Here are a couple of tips to employ in your retirement plans. 1. Invest in income-producing assets The higher the returns your portfolio is able to generate, the more inflation protection you get. To that end, don't shy away from stocks in retirement, even though you may be feeling pretty risk-averse at that stage of life. You need stocks to produce strong returns that allow your money to grow even while you're taking withdrawals. In particular, you may want to load up on dividend stocks or exchange-traded funds. Not only do these assets have the potential to gain value over time, but the income they produce gives your portfolio a natural boost. Plus, companies with a strong history of paying dividends tend to be less volatile than those focused on chasing growth. 2. Delay your Social Security claim Once you turn 62, you're allowed to sign up for Social Security. And you can get your complete monthly benefits at full retirement age, which is 67 for anyone born in 1960 or later. There's also the option to delay your So...

Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty Images Investment Thesis As military drone maker AeroVironment, Inc. ( AVAV ), or AV, gets ready to report Q3 FY26 earnings release ("ER") on March 10th , the company is sitting on another huge goldmine of opportunity for allied nations to deploy its drones. The recent & sudden escalation of U.S.-Iran tensions will potentially lead to another surge in demand for loitering uncrewed munitions like drones that are routinely deployed in highly sensitive areas of heavy geopolitical conflicts, creating a huge opportunity for expanding AV’s order backlog, similar to the Ukraine conflict. But AV faces headwinds from the possibility of a talk about losing either parts of or entire contract orders from different defense agencies, which will continue to put pressure on the drone maker’s shares in an interim period, keeping the outlook volatile for the near term. I am downgrading my view on AeroVironment to Neutral ahead of fiscal Q3 earnings, explaining my thesis below. More Contract Visibility Needed From AeroVironment For military vendors like AV, who supply products like uncrewed munition weapons to the U.S. and its allied forces, stability and visibility in their backlog are extremely crucial in helping investors anchor their expectations of AV’s outlook. I had explained that in my thesis on AV many months ago when the company had won a billion-dollar contract from the U.S. Army. Until Jan. this year, my prior bullish thesis on AV perfectly played out, but since then, severe uncertainty has crept into AV’s outlook. This billion-dollar contract was reported to be a mix of cost-plus and fixed-pricing contracts that I noted, at the time, would not be a major drag on AV’s gross margins. In many ways gross margins also help structure the forward visibility for the drone maker. As AV gets ready to report its Q3 FY26 earnings next week, these 2 factors will be scrutinized by investors more than ever to shape the current investability in AV...

伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队发布公告称，在美以对伊朗发动战争和侵略行动的第七天，伊朗继续开展“真实承诺4”第22轮军事行动。当天，伊朗通过大规模发射新一代导弹，针对美以目标实施了多样且广泛的联合打击行动。公告表示，伊朗使用多种无人机（885564）和精确导弹，打击了美国在该地区的宰夫拉空军基地。此次行动中，除摧毁该基地的预警雷达外，用于存放和维修MQ-9无人机（885564）以及U-2侦察机的机库也被摧毁，目前仍在燃烧。公告称，伊朗米纳卜市一所小学遭遇袭击，导致165名学生死亡，此次袭击正是从该基地发起的。伊朗还使用巡航导弹和弹道导弹，打击了美国的阿里（BABA）.萨利姆空军基地，该基地的预警雷达及其附属设施、飞机燃料库以及两条机场跑道均被摧毁。目前，整个地区都能看到此处产生的滚滚浓烟。公告称，自本轮针对伊朗的侵袭开始以来，美军飞机正是从该基地起飞，向伊朗领土投掷导弹和炸弹。(央视新闻)

On Friday, Chinese EV leader BYD unveiled “FLASH Charging Technology” that can take an EV from 10% charge to 70% charge in five minutes. Most of Tesla’s charging infrastructure can deliver up to 200 miles of range in about 15 minutes. Tesla has a 1 megawatt charging system that can provide 400 miles of range to its huge all-electric semitruck in about 30 minutes.

PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images The PIMCO Corporate & Income Strategy Fund ( PCN ) is a closed-end fund that income-seeking investors may consider as a method of achieving their goals and earning an attractive level of income from the assets that they already possess. The fund does reasonably well at the provision of income, as it boasts a 10.79% yield at the current share price. Obviously, this is quite a bit higher than the yields of many other things in the market today. However, we should not look solely at a fund's yield when we make investment decisions, as this can sometimes result in us being attracted to assets that have poor fundamentals or may be about to cut their distributions. In the case of the PIMCO Corporate & Income Strategy Fund, it may be wise to exercise caution as the fund's current share price is well above the value of the bonds in its underlying portfolio. Thus, anyone purchasing at the current share price is paying more for the bonds that this fund holds than they are actually worth. Furthermore, as is typical for PIMCO's funds, PCN is a bond fund, and bonds as an asset class may deliver poor performance going forward. As such, it might be wise to look past the attractive headline yield and examine this fund closely in order to make an informed decision about whether or not you really want to own it at the current price. This article will focus on that task. Discussion Of The Composition Of The PIMCO Corporate & Income Strategy Fund And Its Implications The website for the PIMCO Corporate & Income Strategy Fund states that the fund primarily invests in bonds and other debt securities. From the website: Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes in a combination of corporate debt obligations of varying maturities, other corporate income-producing securities, and income-producing securities of non-corporate issu...

这家德国出版集团出价超过《每日邮报》此前对该英国报纸的报价 作者：本・杜梅特、亚历山德拉・布鲁尔 德国出版集团阿克塞尔・施普林格已达成协议，以约 7.7 亿美元 收购英国《每日电讯报》，将这份历史悠久的英国报纸纳入其媒体资产矩阵。 此次交易是这场备受争议的出售进程中出人意料的转折，阿克塞尔・施普林格的出价超过了其竞争对手 —— 英国《每日邮报》及热门新闻网站 Mail Online 的所有者每日邮报通用信托公司。 阿克塞尔・施普林格长期以来一直觊觎英国媒体市场，曾于 2004 年竞购《每日电讯报》，并在 2015 年《金融时报》出售给日本日经新闻时成为落选竞标方。 《每日电讯报》是英国保守党成员最喜爱的读物，读者群体偏向富裕阶层，与鲁珀特・默多克的 新闻集团 等媒体形成竞争，后者出版《伦敦时报》并拥有《华尔街曰报》。 阿克塞尔・施普林格首席执行官马蒂亚斯・多夫纳表示： “我们希望在保留《每日电讯报》独特风格与传统的基础上推动其发展，助力它成为英语世界阅读量最大、最具思想启发性的中右翼媒体。” 美国收购公司红鸟资本合伙人与阿联酋投资集团 IMI 的合资企业 RedBird IMI 自 2024 年起担任《每日电讯报》的托管方。由于监管机构对 IMI 的政府背景存在顾虑，拒绝批准其长期持有该报。 去年 11 月，RedBird IMI 与每日邮报通用信托公司达成 5 亿英镑（约合 6.5 亿美元） 的出售协议，但该交易需获得英国政府批准。近几周，阿克塞尔・施普林格介入竞标，并给出 5.75 亿英镑 的更高报价。 旗下拥有《政治》新闻网和《商业内幕》的阿克塞尔・施普林格表示，将 大力推动 《每日电讯报》进军美国市场，将其打造为 “英语世界领先的中右翼媒体”。 多夫纳经常就地缘政治问题公开发声，包括表达支持以色列的立场。 不过，收购《每日电讯报》与他此前向《华尔街曰报》表示的、希望收购的新型数字媒体类型有所不同。 据《华尔街曰报》此前报道，多夫纳的商业目标包括在五年内将公司 40 亿美元估值 翻倍 ，部分通过投资以色列和美国在广告、内容创作、订阅服务等领域的科技公司实现。 该集团本周还宣布收购房地产新闻机构 Bi snow ，Bisnow 将与施普林格旗下的 Morning Brew 简报业务一同归入新成立的布鲁尔传媒集团。 2015 年至 2021 年间，多夫纳耗资约 1...

Flashpop/DigitalVision via Getty Images The stock market in 2026 has been undeniably volatile, with investors looking for any and all reasons to sell stocks. To be fair, there is certainly a lot of uncertainty on the table right now: AI disruption, geopolitical tensions at levels not seen in decades, and macroeconomic shakiness. That said, now is also a great time for long-term-oriented investors to take stakes in iconic, AI-resistant brands at a great price. And that’s where Airbnb ( ABNB ), the ubiquitous short-term rental platform, comes in. Its stock has been shaky over the last year as booking trends have proven choppy. But after a strong recent Q4 earnings print and an upbeat outlook for 2026, the coast is looking clearer for a rally this year. Data by YCharts I last wrote a "Buy" rating on Airbnb in December, when the stock was trading at $129 per share. Since then, Airbnb has moved marginally higher, but that increase in market value has been more than compensated for via healthy fundamental trends. Namely, Airbnb has achieved tremendous gross bookings acceleration over the past year, while continuing to bolster its bottom line. I’m reiterating my "B uy" rating here. What investors need to be aware of is the fact that under the hood, Airbnb has made a number of critical changes to its platform that have not only boosted its own booking trends but also increased the differentiation and appeal of Airbnb versus rival OTA companies. Internally, the company named these initiatives “Project Y,” with the underlying mission of making the home-booking process as easy and frictionless for guests, especially those newer to Airbnb, as possible. The company began rolling out core Project Y changes in 2025 to great success. The first tenet of Project Y is transparent pricing. Now, users see all-in pricing for their trips. While hosts still can build cleaning fees and local short-term rental taxes into their prices, and Airbnb invoices can still provide a clean breakdown o...

mattjeacock/iStock via Getty Images Introduction Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. ( SYBT ) is a Kentucky-based company operating the Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company. The bank has approximately $9.5 billion in assets, with close to $8 billion in assets under management. The bank recently reported on its FY 2025 results, while Stock Yards is also pursuing the acquisition of Field & Main Bancorp, a small bank in Kentucky, which should boost its own financial results. Data by YCharts A Robust Performance In 2025 The bank recently filed its annual report, which means we now have all the details related to its FY 2025 performance and the situation in its loan book. As the FY 2025 income statement below shows, the bank recorded a total interest income of approximately $468 million , which represents an increase of in excess of 10% compared to the 2024 interest income. Meanwhile, the total amount of interest expenses increased by just 8%, or just over $11 million , which boosted the net interest income by almost 20% to just over $300 million . SYBT Investor Relations That’s important, as the net interest income is a main driver of the bank’s total financial performance. As you can see in the income statement above, the total net non-interest expenses came in at above $115 million , despite the very robust $43 million income from wealth management and trust services. After also deducting the $6.7 million in loan loss provisions, the pre-tax income jumped to just over $178 million, resulting in a net profit of $140 million for an EPS of $4.77. As the bank pays a relatively small dividend (currently $0.32 per share on a quarterly basis), the majority of the bank’s earnings are retained on the balance sheet. And this allowed Stock Yards to boost its tangible book value per share to $29.50 at the end of last year. Meanwhile, it’s also important to highlight the robust loan book. Of the $7.04 billion in loans outstanding, $7.01 billion was classified as current. And most of the loans t...

Key Points Warren Buffett himself has invested in this particular asset. This evergreen buy is one you can add to your portfolio at any time -- the key is to hold on for the long term. 10 stocks we like better than Vanguard S&P 500 ETF › Warren Buffett is known for his ability to pick a winning stock. This skill helped him score a win over 60 years as the chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, delivering market-beating performance. Buffett retired from the job at the end of last year, but we still can look to his investing wisdom -- it rings true over time -- and apply it to our strategies. Throughout his career, Buffett invested in a variety of stocks, from financials to healthcare and consumer goods names. And he left his successor, Greg Abel, with a portfolio led by market giants Apple, American Express, and Bank of America. You might consider these or other long-term Buffett holdings for your portfolio and generate a win if you hang on for a number of years -- following Buffett's long-term investing style. 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 » But there's one investment in particular that Buffett has recommended to the non-professional investor. And this buy could help you build a million-dollar portfolio. Let's find out more. An easy and hassle-free move Investing in this asset doesn't require any particular skill, meaning it's an easy option for a new investor -- and represents a hassle-free option for the more seasoned investor. You don't have to closely watch the earnings reports of a company or study how its market position evolves. Instead, you can buy this asset, turn your attention to other things, and hold on for the long term. It's as simple as that. This investment Buffett recommends is an S&P 500 index fund, such as the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO). Exchang...

Jacques LOIC/Photononstop via Getty Images By Parshwa Turakhiya Natural gas futures ( NG1:COM ) are currently at ~$2.97 per MMBtu, and remain stable just above a major long-term level of support following a steep drop from January's peak of above $7. The panic-driven high has eased in the market, with worries about supply disruptions connected with Qatar and the Strait of Hormuz preventing further drops. The market now sits at a clear turning point. The panic-driven premium seen earlier this year has mostly disappeared, yet geopolitical tensions continue to keep volatility elevated. Traders are closely watching the $2.9 level to see if it can hold long enough for prices to establish a base. Support holds, but the chart remains fragile Technically, natural gas remains in a corrective structure. Price is below the full EMAs band, with the 20-day EMA close to $3.13, the 50-day about $3.48, and the 100- and 200-day EMAs close to $3.63 and $3.59. That stacked resistance between $3.10 and $3.60 remains a cap on upside attempts. Natural gas price dynamics (Source: TradingView) That trendline at $2.9-3 is the critical technical level . So long as it holds, it remains in stabilization mode for the market. A clean break below it would reveal $2.7 and then $2.5, providing evidence that the geopolitical spike has now completely gone away. From the upside, first the bulls require a move above $3.13 before the pull to the higher $3.4 to $3.5 line. Only then would the chart begin to imply a broader recovery. Qatar disruption keeps the fundamental floor in place The main fundamental support comes from global LNG supply disruption. Qatar, responsible for about a fifth of world LNG exports, has halted production, while severe disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has tightened supply expectations across Asia and Europe. Assuming that the conflict ends quickly, restarting liquefaction operations won’t be simple to do immediately. LNG facilities need to be cooled down and...

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You don’t have to completely redesign a smartphone to make the latest version a solid upgrade over its predecessor. While Apple Inc. went with a bold new look for its Pro models last year and has enjoyed strong demand ever since, Samsung Electronics Co. refrained from a similar visual shakeup for its Galaxy S26 Ultra. But don’t let familiarity fool you: The new handset is my favorite “Ultra” phone that the company has released in several years. Instead of a major overhaul, the leading Android phone maker put its efforts behind one very practical hardware innovation: a privacy display that will immediately appeal to anyone who constantly scrolls through confidential information on their screen. If you work in finance, medicine, government or any other field where you regularly handle sensitive material, this is a major draw. Samsung also built in quality-of-life improvements like faster charging speeds. And while the S26 Ultra still contains the same camera sensors as its last few predecessors, the company made tweaks to help those cameras capture more light and detail. There are some new artificial intelligence capabilities, like automated tasks through Google's Gemini model, which allows you to automate multi-step tasks like booking a ride home or reordering a favorite meal delivery. But these are still in their infancy and don’t offer a compelling enough reason on their own to buy this device. Samsung did throw in at least one new AI feature — natural language image editing — that I’ve found myself using frequently. Two other newly announced Samsung phones — the Galaxy S26 and S26+ — received price increases this year, making for a tougher sales proposition. The Ultra, however, still comes in at the same $1,300 mark as before, even with some improvements that include Qualcomm Inc. ’s latest chip. After a week of testing ahead of the phone’s March 11 release, here are six of my favorite aspects of the device: Privacy Display When activated, the 6.9-inch OLED screen...

纯电超跑是不是个伪命题？ 近日，莲花汽车首款插混车型“FORME”正式亮相。这标志着莲花汽车的电动化战略正式从“激进纯电”转向“务实混动”。 2018年，莲花发布“Vision80”复兴计划，决心全面转向电动化，并先后推出纯电超跑Evija、纯电SUV Eletre和纯电轿跑Emeya。 莲花集团CEO冯擎峰在接受第一财经等媒体采访时表示，莲花在全球范围内销售，面临的市场环境更为复杂。2024年，当公司复盘前几年走过的路时，发现全部押注纯电路径较为激进，所以决定“往回收一收”，推出了“X-Hybrid”混动技术路线。 对于未来的路径选择，冯擎峰明确向记者表示，莲花汽车将保持纯电和混动两条腿走路，不会再做下一代纯燃油车型。他认为，燃油是一种情怀，而在未来十年到十五年的全球复杂环境下，超级混动是更好的解决方案——既能保留发动机的轰鸣，又能带来电动化的科技体验。 莲花并非孤例。近一年内，全球超跑企业已集体在电动化战略上“踩刹车”。 兰博基尼已内部叫停Lanzador纯电版本开发，新一代Urus的纯电版本也不再推进，改为插混路线。目前，兰博基尼旗下所有车型均已提供混动版本。官方数据显示，2025年兰博基尼的业绩提振主要得益于Revuelto混动超跑以及Urus SUV插电混动版的强劲销售。 兰博基尼CEO史蒂芬·温克尔曼表示，跑车爱好者怀念内燃机汽车的声浪，未能与电动汽车建立“特定的情感联系”，因此市场对纯电超跑的接受度“趋近于零”，开发电动汽车有可能成为该品牌的“昂贵爱好”。 法拉利仍在推进纯电项目，首款车型Luce计划于今年5月发布，但法拉利也已下调电动化目标。在去年10月的资本市场日，该公司表示预计2030年纯电车将占其总销量的比重为20%——较此前40%的目标腰斩，而降低的20%销量比重将被燃油车取代。 早在去年9月，保时捷也已明确宣布放缓电动化进程，部分纯电动车型上市计划延后，未来将推出更多燃油及插混车型。其中，原本计划以纯电动阵容亮相、定位高于卡宴的全新SUV系列，调整为仅提供内燃机和插混动力版本。 今年1月，保时捷前CEO奥博穆在接受采访时坦言，将第二代Macan设计成纯电动车是一个错误。他表示，保时捷正在增加燃油和混动车型的布局。

啟德體育園開幕一年，單計主場館，去年的門票收入就有近15億元，位列全球第三高。有附近商戶稱，有助提高生意額，希望日後舉辦更多不同類型活動。 這隊南韓男團剛過去的周六日，在啟德主場館舉行兩場演唱會，吸引不少粉絲捧場。除了這隊男團，來自廣州的她亦都多次到來，支持其他歌手。 一名演唱會觀眾說：「去年8月是來看鄧紫棋，1月周深跨年兩場演唱會都看了，因為香港的地理位置比較特殊，而且有些歌可能內地是沒辦法唱和審批，所以會過來香港聽。」 有附近餐廳負責人表示，活動為他們帶來額外兩至三成的生意，期望會有更多活動，帶來更穩定的人流。 九龍城泰國餐廳負責人林振成指出：「我們之前有舉辦過一些憑著票尾來到的時候，會有一些優惠，但我們慢慢發覺，他們就算有沒有優惠，都會吸引到他們過來，都會帶動了區內消費。」 有立法會議員就認為，體育園日後仍然有需要繼續以體育優先。 民建聯九龍西議員鄭泳舜表示：「我覺得參考全世界很多地方，他的場館都可能有其他不同類別的賽事，可能一些小型的賽車在裡面。」 要達到推動本港體育發展的目標，又要提升使用率，有學者認為，政府不同部門和體育園互相協調，做好規劃。 恒大市場學系高級講師殷暉認為：「我自己就建議有一個總統籌，他們會有一個全貌，當辦公室知道有不同活動同時申請的話，就可以配對。」 他建議體育園都可以考慮舉辦國際會議展覽等。 點擊觀看節目重溫

adventtr/iStock via Getty Images Investment thesis Gold will undergo a paradigm shift in 2026, decreasing its dependence on macroeconomic conditions and becoming the safest and most protective asset during periods of heightened geopolitical turbulence. Given the extremely high price volatility fueled by events in Iran and capital inflows from China, my forecast for gold is now $6,000 per ounce by mid-2026. With this in mind, I am looking for additional opportunities to invest capital profitably in order to monetize the expected growth in total return while receiving stable monthly payments. This article suggests a profitable combination of the NEOS Gold High Income ETF ( IAUI ) and the VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF ( GDXJ ), allowing you to earn a high dividend yield of around 7% and capitalize on the continued growth of gold prices from the high operating leverage of gold mining companies. The economic situation for gold Gold's current economic situation shows both record growth in prices to historic levels and increased volatility, fueled by events in Iran. Currently, the paradigm is shifting, where previous fundamental factors such as inflation and the US macroeconomic environment are becoming less prominent, whereas investors' risk-off/risk-on behavior and central banks' actions in forming gold and foreign exchange reserves are coming to the fore. Just one factor, with the appointment of Kevin Warsh in three days in February, has led to a $1,200 drop in the price of gold, underscoring the extreme volatility in the market. Considering the extreme rise in energy prices (oil and gas), prices for gold may get a boost from rising inflation, and at the same time, the chances of the Fed not cutting rates in 2026 are growing. In the past week, there was an expectation that the July 29, 2026 meeting would see a 25 basis point rate cut (67.3% probability). But now, things have changed, so the probability of a rate cut is only 49.0%. Ultimately, the Fed's rate cut in 2026 ...