Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Materion Corp (Symbol: MTRN), where a total of 1,686 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 168,600 underlying shares. That amounts to about 77.8% of M

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Dave Inc (Symbol: DAVE), where a total of 3,609 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 360,900 underlying shares. That amounts to about 68.3% of DAVE's

美国一家上诉法院当地时间3月2日将此前导致美国总统特朗普大规模关税被裁定无效的多起诉讼发回至美国国际贸易法院。而美国国际贸易法院有权裁决退还进口商缴纳的相关税款。进口商此前已请求国际贸易法院，一旦案件重新归其管辖，应命令特朗普政府立即着手制定退税程序。 (CCTV国际时讯)

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Jefferies Group Inc. (Symbol: JEF), where a total volume of 32,065 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approxi

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Symbol: KTOS), where a total of 25,769 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 2.6 million underlying shar

对伊朗的空袭进入第三天，而冲突开始波及整个中东地区并搅乱了能源市场。不过美国国防部长海格塞斯驳斥了这场战争会变成无底洞的说法。 海格塞斯周一对媒体表示，周六与以色列联手拉开帷幕的行动是一次“目标明确、具有毁灭性和决定性的任务”。美军参谋长联席会议主席、空军上将丹·凯恩在五角大楼举行的记者会上宣布已掌握“局部制空权”。 在大选期间曾明确反对美军卷入旷日持久海外战争的特朗普对CNN说，战事“比预期进度要稍微快一点”，称自己原本估计会持续四周。“我认为进展非常顺利，” 他还说，“更大的浪”还没有掀起来。 为报复美国和以色列发动的打击，损失了最高领袖哈梅内伊的伊朗持续向周边国家发射导弹。周末期间，以色列、沙特阿拉伯、卡塔尔和阿拉伯联合酋长国等多国都传出爆炸声。油价飙升幅度创出四年最高纪录，航空公司纷纷取消航班，全球一些最繁忙的机场陷入停运。 据知情人士透露，阿联酋和卡塔尔正私下游说盟友，希望一起劝说特朗普找到下台阶给局势降温，尽快结束对伊朗的军事行动。 美国方面证实三架战斗机因友军误击在科威特坠毁，而自开战以来阵亡美军上升至四人。以色列在遭到黎巴嫩南部真主党武装分子袭击后，将打击范围扩大到贝鲁特。 原油价格早盘一度突破每桶80美元，后来涨幅维持在约9%。交易员仍在评估战争对能源流动造的影响，目前途经至关重要的霍尔木兹海峡的油轮运输已几乎陷于停顿。 卡塔尔能源公司在遇袭后将全球最大的液化天然气出口设施停产，沙特阿拉伯最大的炼油厂在遭无人机袭击后也暂停运营。全球市场燃油价格飙升，各国股市则暴跌。 《大西洋月刊》报道称，特朗普周日呼吁伊朗军方将权力交给本国人民，并表示他已同意与德黑兰新领导层对话。伊朗最高国家安全委员会秘书 阿里 ·拉里贾尼则宣布德黑兰不会与美国谈判，以此回应他通过阿曼调解人主动接触美国官员的报道。 据法新社报道，拉里贾尼表示伊朗已做好打“持久战”的准备。 过去48小时内，特朗普做出了各种各样、有时甚至自相矛盾的表态，他的说法包括冲突可能在几天内结束，也可能持续四到五周的。他列举了一些目标，例如解放伊朗人民，阻止德黑兰政权拥有远程导弹和核武器等。他也曾说过，他可能会与这个伊斯兰共和国达成协议。 冲突升级影响到霍尔木兹海峡，市场对全球能源出口大国的运输可能中断之忧进一步加剧。为应对预期中的油价进一步上涨，OPEC+周日同意下月恢复石油增产。 3月2日，以色列空袭黎巴...

财联社3月3日讯（编辑 牛占林） 美国前财政部长、前美联储主席耶伦周一表示，伊朗冲突对石油市场的影响将持续多久，将决定其会对美国经济增长造成多大打击以及带来多大的通胀压力，这让美联储的决策变得更加棘手。 耶伦当天在加州长滩举行的一次视频会议上表示：“我认为，近期的伊朗局势使美联储更加倾向于按兵不动，相较于事件发生前，他们对降息的态度会更加谨慎。” 耶伦指出，目前美国通胀率仍比美联储2%的目标高出约一个百分点。她表示，特朗普推行的关税政策对当前3%的通胀率贡献了大约半个百分点。 在伊朗局势升级之前，美联储已基本认为劳动力市场疲软问题得到一定缓解，政策制定者正等待通胀进一步回落。 "但现在出现了伊朗冲击，油价大幅上涨——未来几天局势如何发展尚不可知。"耶伦表示，如果霍尔木兹海峡的关闭持续时间超过数日，油价可能维持高位或进一步攀升。 周一国际原油期货结算价大幅收涨超6%。WTI原油期货4月合约收涨6.28%，报71.23美元/桶；布伦特原油期货4月合约收涨6.68%，报77.74美元/桶。 油价上涨为近期一系列指标增添了新的变数，从历史来看，能源成本飙升往往预示着更广泛通胀的上升。 耶伦强调，在通胀尚未回落至2%的情况下，美联储必须警惕市场参与者产生一种认知：“他们可能会开始认为：通胀确实从高位降到了3%，但美联储似乎并不真正致力于把通胀压回2%。” 她表示，如果这种心理预期形成，市场将担忧通胀长期维持在更高水平，从而加剧政策权衡的难度。因此，美联储可能会更加倾向于维持利率不变。 尽管存在包括伊朗冲突在内的严峻风险，耶伦总结称：“总体而言，我认为美国经济目前相当健康，我对经济前景持较为乐观态度。” 此外，除能源市场之外，另有迹象显示通胀压力可能正在固化。美国1月份核心生产者价格指数(PPI)环比上涨0.8%，超出预期。 多数经济学家表示，油价上涨的影响难以估量，最终可能被证明是暂时的——以往中东冲突多属此类情形。 "鉴于冲突尚处初期，目前尚不清楚价格上涨在中期是否具有可持续性，"晨星公司能源与自然资源副董事总经理Ravikanth Rai表示，"难以判断该地区的油气供应是否会受到结构性影响。" 而市场已加大押注，认为美联储将在3月会议上维持利率不变，并可能延续至夏季，官员们也在权衡能源价格上涨与经济增长不均衡等相互冲突的因素。

Eoneren/E+ via Getty Images As we move into the third month of 2026 amidst tense geopolitical conditions, b elow is a list of the best performing 10 healthcare stocks with market capitalizations of $10B or more in the past one month. The list is ranked based on price performance. The list is topped by ImmunityBio ( IBRX ), with an impressive gain of 64.37%. DaVita ( DVA ) and Tenet Healthcare ( THC ) follow as the next highest-ranking stocks. Notably, DaVita ( DVA ) holds the strongest Quant Rating on the list at 4.80, earning a Strong Buy recommendation. The list also features strong performers like The Ensign Group ( ENSG ) and McKesson ( MCK ), which posted gains of 24.52% and 18.36% respectively. The rankings represent a variety of healthcare industries, including Biotechnology, Health Care Facilities, Health Care Services, Pharmaceuticals, and Health Care Equipment. Here is the list: ImmunityBio ( IBRX ), 1 month performance percentage: 64.37% DaVita ( DVA ), 1 month performance percentage: 48.00% Tenet Healthcare ( THC ), 1 month performance percentage: 26.56% The Ensign Group ( ENSG ), 1 month performance percentage: 24.52% McKesson ( MCK ), 1 month performance percentage: 18.36% Moderna ( MRNA ), 1 month performance percentage: 17.87% Quest Diagnostics Incorporated ( DGX ), 1 month performance percentage: 15.02% Merck & Co., Inc. ( MRK ), 1 month performance percentage: 14.73% Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ( ZBH ), 1 month performance percentage: 14.48% Encompass Health ( EHC ), 1 month performance percentage: 13.89% Health Care ETFs: ( XLV ), ( VHT ), ( IHI ), ( IXJ ), ( IYH ), ( FHLC ), and ( FXH ) More on healthcare stocks Sector Rotation: Healthcare XLV Should Be The Next Stop ImmunityBio: Disconnect Between Clinical Progress And Stock Performance VT: Still The Best Approach To Passive Investing Notable healthcare headlines for the week: Viatris, Novo Nordisk, and Gilead Sciences in focus Notable healthcare headlines for the week: J&J, Masimo and Bayer in...

Claude climbs to top of app store charts in US and UK after being blacklisted by Pentagon over ethics concerns The AI model Claude has surged in popularity after being blacklisted by the Pentagon last week over ethics concerns. Claude climbed to the No 1 spot on Apple’s chart of top free apps on Saturday in the US – dethroning OpenAI’s ChatGPT, just one day after the Pentagon tapped OpenAI to supply AI to classified military networks. The bot’s app climbed the iPhone app charts in the UK but did not beat out ChatGPT. Claude also raced up the Android charts in the US and UK, though ChatGPT reigned supreme, according to data from Sensor Tower . Continue reading...

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matdesign24/iStock via Getty Images Individual investors’ allocations to bonds increased while stock and cash allocations decreased in the February AAII Asset Allocation Survey. Stock and stock fund allocations decreased 0.8 percentage points to 69.4%. Stock and stock fund allocations are above their historical average of 61.5% for the 69th consecutive month. Bond and bond fund allocations increased 1.0 percentage points to 16.4%. Bond and bond fund allocations are above their historical average of 16.0% for the first time in five months. Cash allocations decreased 0.2 percentage points to 14.2%. Cash allocations are below their historical average of 22.5% for the 39th consecutive month. February AAII Asset Allocation Survey results: Stocks and Stock Funds: 69.4%, down 0.8 percentage points Bonds and Bond Funds: 16.4%, up 1.0 percentage points Cash: 14.2%, down 0.2 percentage points February AAII Asset Allocation Survey details: Stocks: 30.7%, up 1.6 percentage points Stock Funds: 38.7%, down 2.4 percentage points Bonds: 5.2%, up 0.6 percentage points Bond Funds: 11.2%, up 0.4 percentage points Historical averages: Stocks/Stock Funds: 61.5% Bonds/Bond Funds: 16.0% Cash: 22.5% The AAII Asset Allocation Survey has been conducted monthly since November 1987 and asks AAII members what percentage of their portfolios are allocated to stocks, stock funds, bonds, bond funds and cash. The survey and its results are available online at: AAII Member Surveys | AAII . If you want to become an effective manager of your own assets and achieve your financial goals, consider a risk-free 30-day Trial AAII Membership .

Ares Management Corp. closed an $850 million deal that allowed an asset that its private equity business bought in 2018 to be rolled into a new vehicle. Leonard Green & Partners was the lead investor in the fund, which holds systems integrator Convergint Technologies, while Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ’s alternatives business also contributed, according to an emailed statement. Read More: Leonard Green Leads $1 Billion Ares Continuation Fund Private equity businesses are increasingly turning to continuation funds to hold assets for longer amid a sluggish dealmaking environment, allowing them to return capital to investors and raise fresh cash. The market for secondaries has been on a tear amid a slowdown in deals and fundraising, hitting a record $240 billion of volume last year, according to a report from Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Ares said one of its private equity funds “made a substantial new investment in Convergint,” which installs and services security and safety systems. The firm’s funds “will continue to hold a shared control position” in the company alongside Leonard Green and Harvest Partners. Ares sold a stake in the business to Leonard Green and Harvest Partners in 2021.

Getty Images By Benjamin Jones, Global Head of Research, Strategy & Insights; Paul Jackson, Global Head of Asset Allocation Research, Global Thought Leadership; Brian Levitt, Chief Global Market Strategist and Head of Strategy & Insights Over the weekend, the United States and Israel launched a coordinated military assault on Iran. Iran retaliated with missile and drone strikes on US military installations across the region. What could this emerging situation mean for markets? A core tenet to our view is that markets typically look past geopolitical events unless they materially alter economic fundamentals. To help determine what might come next, we offer four possible scenarios for what we could face in the coming weeks and explore the possible reaction of various asset classes. What we know so far about the conflict As we write this on Sunday, March 1, this is what we understand the current situation to be. Early on Saturday morning, the United States and Israel launched a coordinated military assault on Iran. The scale of these strikes was larger than we’ve seen in the recent past, and Iranian state television has confirmed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed. Iran has retaliated with missile and drone strikes on US military installations across the region. Civilian areas have been hit in Dubai and Doha, but it is not clear whether these were targeted explicitly. We have not seen any reports of oil facilities across the region being hit or disrupted at this point. Iranian media claims the Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed, though the state hasn’t issued an official blockade. A few ships have been attacked, and the latest we have seen is that many are starting to drop anchor rather than travel through the Strait at this time. What could happen next? US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have stated they are pursuing regime change. This means it is not clear what would allow them to quickly declare victory and de-...

Earnings Call Insights: Kosmos Energy Ltd. (KOS) Q4 2025 Management View CEO Andrew Inglis reaffirmed Kosmos' core priorities: "We're growing production from our core assets. We're laser-focused on cost reduction, and we're targeting a meaningful reduction in debt this year. We're doing all of this while high-grading our portfolio to drive down the overall breakeven of the company." Inglis highlighted the extension of Ghana licenses to 2040, ongoing production growth at Jubilee and GTA, and enhancements to the balance sheet, including the completion of a $350 million bond and additional oil price hedges. The CEO announced the sale of producing assets in Equatorial Guinea to accelerate debt paydown and further cost reductions. CFO Neal Shah stated, "We made a lot of progress with CapEx of $290 million, a year-on-year reduction of almost 70% and the lowest since 2017. We expect 2026 CapEx to remain around these multiyear lows and in line with 2025 when excluding the TEN FPSO purchase in Ghana." Shah added, "We have been actively working to enhance the balance sheet, paying down near-term maturities, adding liquidity, increasing our hedging and reducing costs. We are pleased to have completed the $350 million Nordic bond in January." Outlook Kosmos' agenda for 2026 remains focused on production growth, cost reductions, and debt reduction. "On production, we want to deliver 15% production growth year-on-year coming predominantly from our core, Jubilee and GTA assets. Alongside that, we plan to deliver a 20% reduction in total operating costs. We expect the combination of higher production and lower costs to reduce OpEx per barrel by around 35%. That increasing margin, combined with our portfolio high grading should allow us to reduce net debt by at least 10% with scope to do better," said CEO Inglis. The company forecasts Jubilee production in the range of 70,000 to 80,000 barrels of oil per day gross, with current performance supporting the upper end of the range and a...

Dividend stocks are having a moment. With the stock market off to a rocky start so far this year, investors have been turning to the securities for income and perceived safety. The latest bouts of volatility came Monday following air strikes on Iran by the United States and Israel over the weekend. Also weighing on investors this year are fears that artificial intelligence will disrupt certain industries, and recent worries about stagflation. Dividend aristocrats, or companies that have boosted their payouts in each of the past 25 years, are among the strategies outperforming the broader market in 2026. The ProShares S & P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF is up 10% so far this year, compared to a gain of less than 1% for the S & P 500 . NOBL .SPX YTD line The ProShares S & P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF is outperforming the S & P 500 year to date. The performance of dividend stocks can be attributed to "investor preference for non-Tech companies, as well as dividends' defensive nature," Wolfe Research analyst Chris Senyek said in a note Friday. Software stocks, in particular, have been hit hard over concerns about artificial intelligence damaging their businesses. On Friday, they tumbled after digital-payments company Block said it would cut more than 4,000 employees citing AI, stoking fears that the new technology will wipe out jobs. With dividend stocks in favor, CNBC Pro screened for Dividend Aristocrat stocks that are loved by Wall Street analysts. Each one must be a member of the ProShares S & P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF, have a dividend yield of 1.5% or more — above the S & P 500 yield of 1.1% -- and boast buy ratings from more than half the analysts covering the stock. Two stocks that made the cut just announced dividend increases in February: Coca-Cola and NextEra Energy . Coca-Cola lifted its quarterly payout by 4% to 53 cents per share, payable April 1 to shareholders of record as of March 13. It marks the 64th consecutive year of increases for the soft dri...

Stock gains despite U.S. move to halt use of partner Anthropic's AI tools.

Emergency crews in Longview, Texas conducted a high-stakes rescue after a hot air balloon struck a cell phone tower about 920ft (280m) above ground

Australian AI startup secures Melbourne data center contract ahead of planned listing, reinforcing A$6 billion valuation.

A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration's attempt to pause the legal fight over refunds of billions of dollars in tariffs that the Supreme Court ruled as illegal last month, according to media reports. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit initiated the next phase of the legal proceedings by sending the case back to the U.S. Court of International Trade to come up with a refund process, the Associated Press reported. The decision denied the U.S. Department of Justice's request on Friday to pause the process for 90 days. Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump did not have the authority to impose the sweeping tariffs he declared through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The ruling, though, didn't order the government to refund the tariffs or provide any guidance on how the government could return the money it collected. The U.S. Treasury has collected more than $130B from tariffs by mid-December, the A P said, but the U.S. could be responsible for refunds worth ~$175B, the Penn Wharton Budget Model calculated. Siddartha Rao , a partner at law firm Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, told the AP that lots of clients have been calling the firm with questions. “We are somewhat in uncharted territory,” he said. One major consideration is how the government will pay for the refunds. "T his is a Treasury problem, and it may very well be that the administration is reimposing tariffs for the reasons that it’s cited … it’s important for strategic trade agreements and for bargaining power and all of that," Rao told the AP. "But it also might be that they need to raise revenue to pay out refunds." Last week, Trump called for the re-adjudication of the Supreme Court's decision, but that's a request the high court almost never grants, Bloomberg reported . Dear readers: We recognize that politics often intersects with the financial news of the day, so we invite you to click here to join the separate political discussio...

** 随着美、以与伊朗之间冲突升级，扰乱全球航线并迫使中东主要枢纽关闭，旅游相关股票应声下跌，给该行业蒙上阴影。 ** 邮轮运营商股价大幅下挫：挪威邮轮公司下跌约11%， 嘉年华公司 下跌约7%，皇家加勒比下跌3%，维京控股下跌约5%。 ** 国际邮轮协会表示，邮轮公司目前已暂停中东航线，各船只正在调整航线，并与安全部门协调运营，以确保乘客和船员的安全。 ** 挪威邮轮公司发言人表示，公司正在关注伊朗及更广泛地区的冲突，但由于其船只并未在中东受影响区域运营，预计不会受到任何影响。 ** 然而，此前已预测2026年利润疲软的挪威邮轮公司警告称，由于地缘政治紧张局势升级，今年的燃料成本存在不确定性。 ** 随着中东局势升级引发航班混乱，美国航空公司股价也纷纷下跌。 责任编辑：张俊 SF065

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Prime minister does not believe US has a plan beyond ‘shock and awe’ stage, as some MPs dread what lies ahead • US-Israel war on Iran – live updates • What we know so far on day three of the Iran war • A visual guide to strikes on Iran and Tehran’s response Tony Blair’s support for the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 has long loomed like a spectre over the Labour party. It was present in 2013 when Ed Miliband as opposition leader voted to block UK military action against the Syrian regime. Continue reading...

Madmaxer/iStock via Getty Images I recently wrote an article about Operation Epic Fury and why I believe the stock market could see a relief rally in the coming days. It seems counterintuitive in some ways to suggest that stocks could rally, especially since the knee-jerk reaction to war breaking out in the Middle East is to buy oil and gold. I am seeing social media posts and articles about how oil prices could surge and cause significant economic damage. The main risk of a super spike in oil prices seems to be associated with the potential risk of Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz. Since the vast majority of Middle East oil travels through that narrow waterway, it is a choke point for the world's oil supplies. Another oil price spike scenario could entail damage to Iran's Kharg Island facilities or to the major oil facilities in neighboring countries. Of course, these possibilities can't be ruled out, and if this war escalates and becomes a regional war, oil and gold could surge on all of this uncertainty and take stocks down in the process. The risks of these types of events are always something to consider, albeit even more so now with tensions heightened. However, I think that while these risks appear elevated now, they make the actual chance of a peace deal or de-escalation more likely than ever. With this in mind, let's take a closer look at why I believe any oil and gold price spikes could be an opportunity to sell into strength and why oil and gold prices are more likely to decline in the coming days and weeks. Note: I’m mindful of the heavy human and political weight of current events, but for the purpose of this piece, I’m keeping the focus strictly on the market side of things. The goal here is to provide a clear-eyed look at the economic impacts, independent of the broader headlines. Key Recent Developments With Operation Epic Fury The initial stages of Operation Epic Fury seem to have surprised and overwhelmed Iranian leadership. Reports have confirmed...

Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty Images FS KKR Capital Corp ( FSK ) traded down to $10.80 last week. Whether it pays 48 cents quarterly (17.8% annualized) or only the 45 cents it now calls its base distribution, FSK now trades at a roughly 48.3% discount to the $20.89 year-end NAV. But FSK is not buying back stock nor conducting a tender offer that would dent the Advisor’s base to collect fees on. My primary competency is 1940 Act Companies, inclusive of Closed-End Funds (“CEFs”) and Business Development Companies (“BDCs”). I have no bias for or against Private Credit, but there is a great deal of risk in Private Credit BDCs. I must be conscious not only of liquidity, leverage, PIK, and default issues. I also must ask myself how sure I am that FSK won’t return to the 67% discount to NAV at which it traded during the Covid crisis. Q&A participants repeatedly questioned subjects like NAV accretive buybacks and the absence of look-back provisions on the incentive fee last week. When these subjects fall on deaf ears, discounts tend to grow. I am long FSK, but I need to be clear: FSK equally fits the prospect of a long-term value trap (a sell) and an Activism candidate (a speculative buy). It is important to assess both possibilities. First, I want to share a baseline alternative for what I see as more straightforward risk-adjusted alpha within Fixed Income. An efficient baseline alternative is useful to assess the risk/reward inherent to a far riskier yield play like FSK. What Are Safer Alternatives That Generate Good Yield, Because FSK's 17.7% Current Yield Can Be Considered An Obvious Red Flag? For the vast majority of my fixed income, I avoid managed products and their fee drains entirely. I pick up a great deal of yield over CDs or government bonds by buying 1940 Act Protected Preferreds issued by Closed End Funds (“CEFs”). Completely different animal than corporate preferreds or common shares of CEFs. With 1940 Act Preferreds, I have an expense ratio of zer...