Something shocking is happening to the world’s most powerful stocks. One month into the Iran war, six of the Magnificent Seven have entered bear market territory. Amazon.com Inc. is trading at its lowest forward price-to-earnings multiple since November 2008 — a key metric that measures the stock against expected earnings over the next 12 months. Meanwhile, Microsoft Corp. has slipped to valuation...
Something shocking is happening to the world’s most powerful stocks. One month into the Iran war, six of the Magnificent Seven have entered bear market territory. Amazon.com Inc. is trading at its lowest forward price-to-earnings multiple since November 2008 — a key metric that measures the stock against expected earnings over the next 12 months. Meanwhile, Microsoft Corp. has slipped to valuation levels last seen in December 2016 — before the cloud era fully took hold and before Azure emerged a
Many Americans are worried that Social Security benefits are going to disappear because the retirement trust fund is in trouble. This fear has some basis in reality because the trust fund is scheduled to run dry as early as 2032. However, even if that occurs, seniors will still get somewhere around three-fourths of their promised benefit because benefits can still be paid from revenue collected by...
Many Americans are worried that Social Security benefits are going to disappear because the retirement trust fund is in trouble. This fear has some basis in reality because the trust fund is scheduled to run dry as early as 2032. However, even if that occurs, seniors will still get somewhere around three-fourths of their promised benefit because benefits can still be paid from revenue collected by current workers. And, due to Social Security's extreme popularity, there's virtually no way Congress will fail to take action to stop cuts. Unfortunately, with the focus on the trust fund, many people are missing a hidden threat to their retirement checks, which could actually end up being a much bigger issue. Here's what the problem is. Continue reading
A new season of Netflix’s dating show about neurodivergent singletons is a welcome antidote to grim reality TV headlines Logan is a big fan of Hannah Montana and Spongebob Squarepants. He loves model trains and watches videos of them crashing, because that way he knows that no one was hurt. His favourite desert is cheesecake. These are touchingly pure interests from a 25-year-old man who lives in ...
A new season of Netflix’s dating show about neurodivergent singletons is a welcome antidote to grim reality TV headlines Logan is a big fan of Hannah Montana and Spongebob Squarepants. He loves model trains and watches videos of them crashing, because that way he knows that no one was hurt. His favourite desert is cheesecake. These are touchingly pure interests from a 25-year-old man who lives in the hedonistic capital of Las Vegas. “I describe myself as trying to be well-groomed, very patient, not lazy and always punctual,” he says. “Classy, fancy, romantic – wait, romantic? Is that the word?” Logan is one of the new participants on Netflix’s Love on the Spectrum : a series that follows a group of neurodivergent young people as they search for a romantic connection, which returns this week for its fourth season. Unlike other dating shows, such as Love is Blind and Love Island, the stars of this show don’t seem to be motivated by fame and the promise of a Boohoo discount code in their name. In fact, Love on the Spectrum is the antidote to the reality TV of today, which often revolves around controversy and conflict. Watching these young people and their families navigate their search for love isn’t merely wholesome, it makes for life-affirming TV. Continue reading...
As Cesar Chavez Day becomes Farmworkers Day, we must remember that the hero is the movement The way we commemorate history is often – too often – by celebrating an individual with a statue, a place name, a holiday. While some have been torn down – statues of Gen Robert E Lee have given way in some parts of the US to statues of Harriet Tubman – Republicans are trying to reverse the shift in statuar...
As Cesar Chavez Day becomes Farmworkers Day, we must remember that the hero is the movement The way we commemorate history is often – too often – by celebrating an individual with a statue, a place name, a holiday. While some have been torn down – statues of Gen Robert E Lee have given way in some parts of the US to statues of Harriet Tubman – Republicans are trying to reverse the shift in statuary. To that end, the Trump administration recently plunked down a Columbus statue on the White House grounds, a replica of one thrown into the harbor in Baltimore in 2020 as the Black Lives Matter protests addressed racism and colonialism. Still, maybe the age of individual heroes is fading. This year, Jon Wiener, a retired history professor and current Nation magazine editor, nominated Minneapolis for the Nobel peace prize for its residents’ valor and solidarity in opposing ICE and defending their neighbors. The magazine’s editors wrote: “Through countless acts of courage and solidarity, the people of Minneapolis have challenged the culture of fear, hate, and brutality that has gripped the United States and too many other countries. Their nonviolent resistance has captured the imagination of the nation and the world.” The Nobel is a longshot, but the Twin Cities – both Minneapolis and St Paul – got the John F Kennedy Profile in Courage award “for risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant community members ... with extraordinary courage and resolve”. Continue reading...
A woman’s confession on the eve of her nuptials causes uproar in this insouciantly offensive provocation from the director of Dream Scenario • This review contains spoilers How much of your past should you reveal to your adorable fiance before the big day? Very tricky issues are probably best avoided in the run-up to the ceremony, but can still be recklessly raised by attractively naive young peop...
A woman’s confession on the eve of her nuptials causes uproar in this insouciantly offensive provocation from the director of Dream Scenario • This review contains spoilers How much of your past should you reveal to your adorable fiance before the big day? Very tricky issues are probably best avoided in the run-up to the ceremony, but can still be recklessly raised by attractively naive young people who assume the worms surely can’t be that big or plentiful – or difficult to get back into the can. Such a situation is the centre of this contrived but amusing high-concept, high-anxiety movie from Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli; a Euro-satire of American bourgeois aspiration that sets out to discomfit and excruciate in the spirit of Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure or Thomas Vinterberg’s Festen. Continue reading...
A death rate of up to 90%, attributed to warming seas, is threatening the trade in Hiroshima prefecture, which produces most of the country’s farmed oysters The Kure oyster festival is doing a brisk trade in beer and grilled meat on sticks. But the longest queues are in front of the oyster stalls, where chefs shuffle piles of mottled shellfish across griddles, waiting for their hinges to ease and ...
A death rate of up to 90%, attributed to warming seas, is threatening the trade in Hiroshima prefecture, which produces most of the country’s farmed oysters The Kure oyster festival is doing a brisk trade in beer and grilled meat on sticks. But the longest queues are in front of the oyster stalls, where chefs shuffle piles of mottled shellfish across griddles, waiting for their hinges to ease and reveal their fleshy interiors. Nobuyuki Miyaoka, who is attending the festival with his son, daughter-in-law and their young children, likes his oysters steamed with sake and served with a few drops of tangy ponzu sauce. “The local oysters were fine until this year,” he says. “They used to be a lot bigger … look how small they are.” Chefs prepare oysters at the Kure oyster festival. This year, local businesses and consumers say the shellfish have been scarce and smaller than usual Continue reading...
Apple’s accidental roll-out on Tuesday of its highly anticipated Apple Intelligence feature in mainland China – which has yet to receive regulatory approval – before swiftly pulling it could raise the ire of regulators and expose the US tech giant to potential penalties, an industry expert warned. The brief release could have violated local rules on artificial intelligence security evaluations, al...
Apple’s accidental roll-out on Tuesday of its highly anticipated Apple Intelligence feature in mainland China – which has yet to receive regulatory approval – before swiftly pulling it could raise the ire of regulators and expose the US tech giant to potential penalties, an industry expert warned. The brief release could have violated local rules on artificial intelligence security evaluations, algorithm filings and data protection, according to You Yunting, a Shanghai-based intellectual...
Before electricity, central heating, and down quilts, winter in ancient China was not simply a season but a test of class. Cold was shared by everyone, but warmth was usually not. During the Han dynasty (206 BC-220), emperors used specially designed “Warm Chambers” to protect themselves from the winter cold. The walls were plastered with a mixture of mud and Sichuan peppercorns, thought to preserv...
Before electricity, central heating, and down quilts, winter in ancient China was not simply a season but a test of class. Cold was shared by everyone, but warmth was usually not. During the Han dynasty (206 BC-220), emperors used specially designed “Warm Chambers” to protect themselves from the winter cold. The walls were plastered with a mixture of mud and Sichuan peppercorns, thought to preserve heat while resisting dampness and insects; curtains and screens helped keep out draughts. These...
Whoop Inc. , the maker of popular screenless fitness bands, is now valued at $10.1 billion after raising an additional $575 million, a new milestone on its way to an initial public offering. The company, which now has more than 2.5 million members, was cash flow positive in 2025 and saw subscriptions increase 103% over the same period, it told Bloomberg News. The Series G round was led by Collabor...
Whoop Inc. , the maker of popular screenless fitness bands, is now valued at $10.1 billion after raising an additional $575 million, a new milestone on its way to an initial public offering. The company, which now has more than 2.5 million members, was cash flow positive in 2025 and saw subscriptions increase 103% over the same period, it told Bloomberg News. The Series G round was led by Collaborative Fund, with participation from investors including Qatar Investment Authority, Mubadala Investment Co., Abbott Laboratories and GP Bullhound. Several high-profile individual investors also joined the round, including professional athletes Cristiano Ronaldo , LeBron James , Rory McIlroy and Reggie Miller . Boston-based Whoop was previously valued at $3.6 billion after a $200 million funding round in 2021. To date, the company has raised over $950 million. “This new raise allows us to really strengthen our balance sheet and ultimately invest more in areas of the business that are already working,” founder and Chief Executive Officer Will Ahmed said in an interview. “We’ve had a very ambitious research and development road map that we’re going to continue to invest behind.” The company will also use the funding to increase its marketing efforts; expand third-party sales; add to its wholesale and retail offerings; and continue its international push, he added. Whoop is part of a growing cohort of consumer hardware brands that take a broader approach to fitness beyond just tracking workout stats. The company, along with competitors such as smart ring maker Oura Health Oy , is increasingly focused on proactively monitoring users’ health and offering insights on how they might improve. Oura last fall completed a funding round of its own that brought its valuation to a similar figure of $11 billion. Ahmed has said he envisions Whoop evolving into a “health operating system” using its own artificial intelligence models to analyze health data continuously and one day be able to ...
SINGAPORE, March 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Super Hi International Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: HDL and HKEX: 9658) (“Super Hi” or the “Company”), a leading Chinese cuisine restaurant brand operating Haidilao hot pot restaurants in the international market, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year ended December 31, 2025.
SINGAPORE, March 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Super Hi International Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: HDL and HKEX: 9658) (“Super Hi” or the “Company”), a leading Chinese cuisine restaurant brand operating Haidilao hot pot restaurants in the international market, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year ended December 31, 2025.
SHANGHAI, March 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jiayin Group Inc. (“Jiayin” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: JFIN), a leading fintech platform in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
SHANGHAI, March 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jiayin Group Inc. (“Jiayin” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: JFIN), a leading fintech platform in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
AUSTIN, Texas and NEW YORK, March 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- T1 Energy Inc. (NYSE: TE) (“T1,” “T1 Energy,” or the “Company”) today reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2025. The Company will hold a conference call today at 8:00 am EDT.
AUSTIN, Texas and NEW YORK, March 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- T1 Energy Inc. (NYSE: TE) (“T1,” “T1 Energy,” or the “Company”) today reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2025. The Company will hold a conference call today at 8:00 am EDT.
SINGAPORE, March 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sound Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SOGP) (“SOGP” or the “Company” or “We”), a global AI-powered audio company, today announced its unaudited financial results for the six months and fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
SINGAPORE, March 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sound Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SOGP) (“SOGP” or the “Company” or “We”), a global AI-powered audio company, today announced its unaudited financial results for the six months and fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
OGULCAN AKSOY/iStock Editorial via Getty Images In a very choppy stock market environment in 2026, investors have to be careful to deploy active portfolio management to weed out weak companies from our portfolios. Persistent inflation, a weak consumer spending environment, and the possibility of a less-accommodating Fed are all threats on the horizon that will challenge businesses that have alread...
OGULCAN AKSOY/iStock Editorial via Getty Images In a very choppy stock market environment in 2026, investors have to be careful to deploy active portfolio management to weed out weak companies from our portfolios. Persistent inflation, a weak consumer spending environment, and the possibility of a less-accommodating Fed are all threats on the horizon that will challenge businesses that have already entered into the year facing pressure. Lionsgate Studios Corp. ( LION ), the Hollywood studio known best for the Hunger Games and John Wick series, has been struggling over the past year to keep generating box office hits and return to top-line growth while managing an overbearing debt load. Despite its challenges, shares have risen nearly ~40% over the past year, ever since the company spun off its streaming arm, Starz Entertainment Corp. ( STRZ ), into a separate publicly traded company. C an Lionsgate truly justify its gains over the past year, or is this a phantom rally that is unlikely to last in a choppy market? Data by YCharts I last wrote a “Sell” rating on Lionsgate in January, when the stock was trading at similar levels around $9. Since then, the company has reported continued profit contraction, while adjusted OIBDA has also shrunk and led to rising leverage ratios. It appears that Lionsgate is leaning heavily on its back library to drive revenue, while recent releases aren't picking up the slack as we wait for major tentpole releases ahead in FY27. I'm reiterating my “Sell” rating here. Weaker film profitability, lower TV revenue Lionsgate last reported fiscal Q3 (December quarter) results in early February, and though the stock has rallied modestly since that print, I found many issues that make the stock risky to hold through the rest of the year. The company's trended results are shown in the chart below: Lionsgate trended results by segment (Lionsgate Q3 earnings release) Let's start with the issues in the company's motion picture (box office films) divis...
J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images Listen here or on the go via Apple Podcasts and Spotify James Kostohryz, who runs Successful Portfolio Strategy , on Strait of Hormuz closure and other conflict repercussions (0:40) Bear markets and what's priced in (17:50) Oil price; aggressively in non-North American E&P stocks (27:00) Even if you don't invest in bonds, it's essential to understand what's...
J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images Listen here or on the go via Apple Podcasts and Spotify James Kostohryz, who runs Successful Portfolio Strategy , on Strait of Hormuz closure and other conflict repercussions (0:40) Bear markets and what's priced in (17:50) Oil price; aggressively in non-North American E&P stocks (27:00) Even if you don't invest in bonds, it's essential to understand what's going on there (40:05) Why gold's vulnerable to a decline (48:50) US dollar, industrial commodities, tech sector (55:40) Transcript Rena Sherbill: Happy to welcome back to Investing Experts, James Kostohryz, who runs Successful Portfolio Strategy on Seeking Alpha. We've been fortunate enough to have James on a few times , most notably talking about the Iran War and its likelihood of it being protracted is a matter of when and not if. And that has proven to be the case. He was also discussing the likelihood of the Strait of Hormuz being closed. Also something that has come to pass. And it seems that every day brings more and more depressing, devastating news out of that region and also how it's stretched into various regions in the globe as we've all seen. So happy to bring back James to get some context and to ground us in this moment and to get more insight and edification on how he sees the war going and what that means for us as investors. So James, welcome back to the show and happy for you to just reintroduce yourself for those that haven't been fortunate enough to hear your previous episodes and then lay out the picture as you see it as we're heading into April 2026, how you see the next few days, few weeks, few months going. James A. Kostohryz: Thank you for having me again, Rena. I appreciate it. Yes, as you've pointed out, for quite a while, going back even a couple of years, I've been saying that a major war between Iran and Israel was likely, and that in the course of this war, it's likely that Iran would be likely to resort to blocking the Strait of Hormuz, whi...
Donny DBM/iStock via Getty Images Highlights • Weakness in the labor market and two interest rate cuts by the Fed contributed to a modest U.S. bond market rally in the fourth quarter. • High-yield corporate bonds and residential mortgage-backed securities were the best performers, while investment-grade corporate bonds underperformed. • The fund trailed the return of its benchmark, the Bloomberg U...
Donny DBM/iStock via Getty Images Highlights • Weakness in the labor market and two interest rate cuts by the Fed contributed to a modest U.S. bond market rally in the fourth quarter. • High-yield corporate bonds and residential mortgage-backed securities were the best performers, while investment-grade corporate bonds underperformed. • The fund trailed the return of its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, due primarily to country allocation and foreign currency positioning. Market review and outlook The U.S. bond market posted positive returns in the fourth quarter, capping a solid year of performance. Despite strong third-quarter economic growth, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) lowered short-term interest rates twice during the fourth quarter due to continued weakness in the labor market, including a four-year high in the unemployment rate. The Fed's decision-making was complicated by an extended federal government shutdown, which caused delays in economic data collection and reporting. For the quarter, short-term bond yields declined, reflecting the Fed rate cuts, while intermediate-term bond yields were largely unchanged, and long-term bond yields rose slightly. From a sector perspective, high-yield corporate bonds and residential mortgage-backed securities led the market's advance, while investment-grade corporate bonds and U.S. Treasury securities lagged. As we move into 2026, we expect global economic activity to moderate in the coming year. Uncertainty about future interest rate policy decisions and U.S. tariff policy are expected to weigh on consumer spending, the housing market, and job growth. As a result, we expect market volatility to remain elevated as market participants navigate the economic and geopolitical uncertainty. In this environment, we continue to focus on striking a balance between yield and risk while emphasizing quality, stability, and liquidity. Contributors and detractors The fund posted a gain for the quarter but trailed...
As the AI race drives an unprecedented surge in electricity demand, ThinkLabs AI is bringing the electric grid into the modern era AI-Enabled Power Grid Illustration Illustration showing a command center for the grid system where AI-driven analytics support efficiency, reliability and planning. Illustration credit: ThinkLabs AI New York, N.Y., March 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ThinkLabs, an AI-po...
As the AI race drives an unprecedented surge in electricity demand, ThinkLabs AI is bringing the electric grid into the modern era AI-Enabled Power Grid Illustration Illustration showing a command center for the grid system where AI-driven analytics support efficiency, reliability and planning. Illustration credit: ThinkLabs AI New York, N.Y., March 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ThinkLabs, an AI-powered grid intelligence company that empowers critical infrastructure with trustworthy, physics-info
ThinkLabs AI , a startup building artificial intelligence models that simulate the behavior of the electric grid, announced today that it has closed a $28 million Series A financing round led by Energy Impact Partners (EIP) , one of the largest energy transition investment firms in the world. Nvidia’s venture capital arm NVentures and Edison International , the parent company of Southern Californi...
ThinkLabs AI , a startup building artificial intelligence models that simulate the behavior of the electric grid, announced today that it has closed a $28 million Series A financing round led by Energy Impact Partners (EIP) , one of the largest energy transition investment firms in the world. Nvidia’s venture capital arm NVentures and Edison International , the parent company of Southern California Edison , also participated in the round. The funding marks a significant escalation in the race to apply AI not just to software and content generation, but to the physical infrastructure that powers modern life. While most AI investment headlines have centered on large language models and generative tools, ThinkLabs is pursuing a different and arguably more consequential application: using physics-informed AI to model the behavior of electrical grids in real time, compressing engineering studies that once took weeks or months into minutes. "We are dead focused on the grid," ThinkLabs CEO Josh Wong told VentureBeat in an exclusive interview ahead of the announcement. "We do AI models to model the grid, specifically transmission and distribution power flow related modeling. We can calculate things like interconnection of large loads — like data centers or electric vehicle charging — and understand the impact they have on the grid." The round drew participation from a deep bench of returning investors, including GE Vernova , Powerhouse Ventures , Active Impact Investments , Blackhorn Ventures , and Amplify Capital , along with an unnamed large North American investor-owned utility. The company initially set out to raise less than $28 million, according to Wong, but strong demand from strategic partners pushed the round higher. "This was way oversubscribed," Wong said. "We attracted the right ecosystem partners and the right capital partners to grow with, and that's how we ended up at $28 million." Why surging electricity demand is breaking the grid's legacy planning tools T...
It's rare to find a company that has a true monopoly on its industry. It's even rarer when that company has no meaningful competition in any form ready to break into the market and claim some of it. And it's rarer still when that company isn't resting on its laurels and is still innovating on the product or service that made it a monopoly in the first place. Continue reading
It's rare to find a company that has a true monopoly on its industry. It's even rarer when that company has no meaningful competition in any form ready to break into the market and claim some of it. And it's rarer still when that company isn't resting on its laurels and is still innovating on the product or service that made it a monopoly in the first place. Continue reading
(Bloomberg) -- Some of the country’s wealthiest corporations are calculating they owe far less to the Internal Revenue Service as a result of President Donald Trump’s overhauled tax code, underscoring how a law billed as a middle‑class cut also turned out to be a big win for Corporate America.Nearly a dozen of the 50 biggest US-listed companies attributed a drop in federal cash income taxes last y...
(Bloomberg) -- Some of the country’s wealthiest corporations are calculating they owe far less to the Internal Revenue Service as a result of President Donald Trump’s overhauled tax code, underscoring how a law billed as a middle‑class cut also turned out to be a big win for Corporate America.Nearly a dozen of the 50 biggest US-listed companies attributed a drop in federal cash income taxes last year as a direct result of Trump’s $3.4 trillion sweeping tax law, according to a Bloomberg analysis