格隆汇2月15日｜淡水泉(香港)总裁兼首席经济学家陶冬近日预判，2026年将成为AI行业的“应用落地年”，竞争焦点将从“拼参数、拼技术”转向“拼应用、拼盈利”。行业将进入洗牌阶段，财务脆弱的公司可能因融资困境引发连锁反应。他特别警示，AI已成为美国经济的核心动能，相关投资占总投资规模超50%，大量资金沉淀在银行、债券与私募信贷中。他指出，一旦AI板块出现剧烈调整，可能触发系统性风险，届时美联储与白宫势必介入救市，政策走向或将出现戏剧性转折。

Barbican, London The UK premiere of a stirring joint concerto by five US artists refashioned patriotic songs, minstrelsy and poetry to present an alternative America built on inclusion It may be 250 years since the Declaration of Independence but the question of what the United States is and, more importantly, where it is headed has never felt more pertinent. Leonard Bernstein, born to parents of Russian/Ukrainian heritage, wrote West Side Story as a plea for tolerance in a society riven with prejudice. It was a canny opener for this American-themed concert and a showcase for the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s brass and percussion in particular. Conductor Daniele Rustioni held back at first, as if wary of too much schmaltz, but by the hip-wriggling mambo the players had found their groove. The UK premiere of the collaboration Concerto No 2: Anthem found bass-baritone and Barbican artist in residence Davóne Tines weighing the current state of the US in the balance and finding it sorely wanting. What if, he suggested, the nation code-switched, moving on from a bloody past built on the backs of immigrants and slaves to embrace a more inclusive society inspired by today’s Black American experience. In the brassy first movement, composer Michael Schachter’s arrangement of The Star-Spangled Banner puffed up the US national anthem until it choked on its own pomp and patriotism (probably a criminal offence in Trump’s America). But wait, argued the voice of poet Mahogany L Browne, what signifies freedom when “the noose is still hanging from democracy’s tree”? Continue reading...

格隆汇2月15日｜欧盟外交与安全政策高级代表卡拉斯15日在德国慕尼黑说，她认为欧盟成员国尚未准备好向乌克兰提供具体入盟日期。卡拉斯当天在参加第62届慕尼黑安全会议（慕安会）一场小组讨论时说，欧盟扩大始终是一项地缘政治决策，最终促使欧盟做出决定的将是地缘政治格局。她认为，乌克兰加入欧盟还有大量工作要做，当务之急是“采取行动表明乌克兰是欧洲的一部分”。

Mohamad Faizal Bin Ramli/iStock via Getty Images Materials, Industrials and Consumer discretionary are set to lead this week’s earnings calendar, with 475 companies scheduled to report. This week’s quant rankings highlight a clear divide, with Materials (particularly gold mining companies) leading the top-rated stocks, led by IAMGOLD Corporation ( IAG ) with a near-perfect quant rating of 4.99 along with Coeur Mining ( CDE ) and Newmont ( NEM ). Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating system grades stocks based on their relative performance on critical quantitative measures, including valuation, growth, stock momentum, and profitability. Ratings are assigned on a scale from 1 to 5, with any score of 3.5 or above considered a bullish rating and any score of 2.5 or below indicating a bearish assessment. Here are the top and bottom-rated upcoming earnings stocks, ranked by Quant: IAMGOLD ( IAG ), Quant Rating: 4.99 Prenetics Global ( PRE ), Quant Rating: 4.97 Coeur Mining ( CDE ), Quant Rating: 4.96 Newmont ( NEM ), Quant Rating: 4.93 Eldorado Gold ( EGO ), Quant Rating: 4.92 Orange S.A. ( ORANY ), Quant Rating: 4.91 Centerra Gold ( CGAU ), Quant Rating: 4.91 Donegal Group ( DGICA ), Quant Rating: 4.91 Vicor ( VICR ), Quant Rating: 4.88 Aegon ( AEG ), Quant Rating: 4.86 ReNew Energy Global ( RNW ), Quant Rating: 1.39 Sabre ( SABR ), Quant Rating: 1.37 Six Flags Entertainment ( FUN ), Quant Rating: 1.28 NeoVolta ( NEOV ), Quant Rating: 1.18 Cineverse ( CNVS ), Quant Rating: 1.17 Beta Bionics ( BBNX ), Quant Rating: 1.16 Telix Pharmaceuticals ( TLX ), Quant Rating: 1.15 Quantum ( QMCO ), Quant Rating: 1.11 Endava ( DAVA ), Quant Rating: 1.11 Sol Strategies ( STKE ), Quant Rating: 1.03 More on earnings Earnings calendar Earnings week ahead: WMT, ET. OXY, PANW, NEM, MDT, DVN, DE, ETSY, CVNA, and more Earnings scoreboard: 54 of 81 companies post earnings growth in latest week 2 out of 7 S&P 500 materials stocks beat EPS estimates this week: Earnings Scorecard

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Maskot/DigitalVision via Getty Images Introduction Shares in CareTrust REIT ( CTRE ) are off to a strong start in 2026, building on the impressive returns delivered in 2025. For a company that uses only 3% debt in its capital structure, the >50% gain in the share price over the last year may clearly cause some investor anxiety and discussions about taking profits. From a fundamental perspective, CTRE gives few reasons to ditch your shares. Rent collection stands at 100%, and tenant rent coverage is improving year-over-year. As such, I confirm my previous Hold rating on the shares, driven by: A somewhat elevated 20.8x 2026 normalized FFO multiple, partially explained by low leverage. Very attractive normalized FFO growth expectations of 9.4% in 2026. A $500 million investment pipeline, allowing the company to capture the spread between private market yields of about 8.6% and CTRE's market-implied cap rate of 5.7%. Investors not familiar with CTRE may find the Company Overview section in my previous coverage insightful . The only notable change I would highlight is that enterprise value has now grown by 9% to $9.3 billion, with the latest Q4 2025 results presentation available here . Q4 2025 Results Overview CTRE delivered normalized FFO of $0.47/share, up 18% Y/Y. The increase was principally driven by significant investments of $1.5 billion concluded in 2025 at a yield of 8.6%, notably above the company's cost of capital. Rent collection remained robust at 100%, while EBITDARM coverage (a metric looking at rent coverage by tenants) improved to 2.78x, up 0.11x Y/Y. CTRE only issued 6.5 million in new shares in Q4 2025, well below the 23 million issued in Q3 2025. This allowed it to deliver $1.76/share in annual normalized FFO, in line with its updated guidance. All in all, I see no red flags with regard to CTRE's quarterly earnings, with the company delivering sound operating performance. What is more, equity issuance continues at a more moderate pace, allowing CTRE ...

Marcus Wong talks to Malavika Kaur Makol on how emerging-market currencies are staying calmer than those in developed nations.

Emerging-market currencies are proving more stable than those in developed nations, a streak some investors say could become the longest in more than two decades. JPMorgan volatility indexes show developing nations’ currencies have swung less than their Group of Seven peers for nearly 200 straight days — the longest stretch since 2008. If it passes 208 days, it would mark a record going back to 2000. The unusual calm in the cohort usually regarded as riskier is being driven by a mix of factors. A weaker dollar and expectations for gradual Federal Reserve easing have reduced pressure on developing markets. Meanwhile, strong commodity prices and robust capital inflows have supported demand for emerging-market assets. That backdrop is reinforcing the appeal of the carry trade, according to JPMorgan Asset Management. “EM currencies remain a carry trade, hence the controlled volatility environment will continue to attract ongoing inflows into EM local assets,” said Jason Pang , a fixed income portfolio manager at the money manager in Hong Kong. The carry-trade strategy — borrowing in low-yielding currencies to invest in higher-yielding emerging-market assets — thrives in calm conditions and can help stabilize currencies by sustaining inflows. Investors have poured money into emerging markets this year at the fastest pace for the period since 2019, according to a Bloomberg capital flow proxy gauge , extending last year’s surge , which was the largest since 2009. The inflows are supporting performance. A Bloomberg index of eight developing-market currencies has risen about 2.8% so far this year, extending last year’s stellar 17.5% advance. Structural factors are also helping to keep market swings contained. Improvements in emerging-market fundamentals, relatively stronger growth than in developed economies and ample FX reserves should help keep emerging-market currency volatility subdued this year, said Matthew Ryan , head of market strategy at Ebury Partners Ltd. In contr...

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格隆汇2月15日丨NBC新闻首席政治分析师Chuck Todd表示，特朗普政府中期选举的成败可能较少取决于经济数据本身，而更多地取决于到春末夏初时，选民是否切实感受到日常生活有所改善。最近出现的积极指标，如通胀放缓、就业稳定增长以及油价下跌尚未完全被选民感受到。Todd认为，民众对经济情况的感知往往滞后于经济现实，并警告说时机将是决定性的。当试图判断选民在11月会根据什么经济状况投票时，他们是根据当时正在发生的经济情况投票，还是根据他们对经济当下的感受来投票？后者通常是一个滞后四到六个月的指标。以1992年的大选为例，克林顿胜出了，经济是原因所在，当时经济正在复苏，但公众直到大选后才感受到这一点。所以（人们感受到经济正在改善的）时机就是一切，到阵亡将士纪念日时人们的看法将表明共和党人是否有机会去扭转历史局面。

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Military official says Israel’s attack came in response to violations by Hamas of US-brokered ceasefire agreement At least 12 Palestinians were killed and several more injured across the Gaza Strip on Sunday in Israeli airstrikes that the military said were carried out in response to ceasefire violations by Hamas. The Gaza civil defence agency said five people were killed and several others hurt when an airstrike targeted a tent sheltering displaced people in the northern city of Jabalia. Continue reading...

baona/iStock via Getty Images Brookfield Corporation ( BN ) ( BN:CA ) is a much-revered Asset Management and Alternative Asset company, helmed by legendary Canadian investor Bruce Flatt. Brookfield Corporation looks like an asset manager, reports its numbers like an asset manager, and is priced like an asset manager. However, as explained in detail here , BN is changing its business from being an asset manager to being an insurance and reinsurance company. In the recent quarterly earnings call , management announced the next stage on this journey. Over the course of 2026, Brookfield will reverse course and reintegrate Brookfield Wealth Solutions ( BNT ) into the Brookfield balance sheet. This accelerates what I believe to be a fundamental transition of the BN balance sheet from an asset management company to an insurance company. The main difference between the two is that while an asset management company owns assets and generates fees from managing third-party assets, an insurance company 'owns' and manages liabilities. Insurance companies have a 'special power,' which Warren Buffett referred to as 'float.' Float is that insurance companies charge premiums for taking on risk. As many insurance risks don't see claims for years, the premiums become assets that can be invested until the claims become payable. It is this asset leverage that powers insurance company P&Ls. The problem is that, until there is no more possibility to pay claims, there is a matching liability on the balance sheet. Insurance companies often underestimate these liabilities and don't collect enough premiums. This makes insurance company results very volatile. As a result, the market pays a much lower multiple to own the stock than they do for lower-risk stocks - like asset managers. My Brookfield thesis is that the insurance strategy will power a boost in AUM and in earnings in the short term. However, in the longer term, the market will re-rate the earnings multiple for the business. There wi...

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Israel fired air strikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 11 Palestinians, Palestinian officials said, in what the military called a response to ceasefire violations by Palestinian militant group Hamas. Gaza doctors said an Israeli air strike on a tent encampment housing displaced families killed at least four people, while health officials said another strike killed five in Khan Younis in the south ‌and another person was shot dead in the north. Air strikes also targeted what...

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