Quick Read IBM’s $14.7B free cash flow covered dividends at a 42% payout ratio in 2025, but one-cent annual raises since 2020 deliver little real income growth. Cisco raised its dividend 2% backed by $14B in operating cash flow; Oracle froze its payout while burning cash on $28B in capital spending. Just released. Our analysts
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) shares slid about 7% Thursday morning, extending Wednesday’s selloff after Barclays questioned whether AI-server demand can justify the stock’s rally. Barclays analyst Tim Long lowered Dell to Equal Weight from Overweight and cut his price target to $574 from $603. He also downgraded Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Quick Read DraftKings has cratered 44% in 2026 to $19.14 as exchange-based prediction markets steal sports betting share without the licensing costs that burden DKNG. Flutter stock’s 65% collapse dwarfs MGM’s softer 20% drop, exposing pure-play sportsbook operators as the hardest-hit names in gambling. Whether DraftKings’ share of betting handle stabilizes against exchange platforms is
Image from Pixabay American Airlines (AAL) stock has lost 24.4% since July 16, against a 2.7% gain for the S&P 500. The carrier trails Delta and United on profit, and executives cut their 2026 earnings outlook again in July, citing higher fuel costs. Yet the airline is chasing higher-spending travelers with more premium seats. Investors
The steady drip of Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX (SPCX) merger talk is increasing, and this time it’s coming from a Wall Street bank. In a note to clients on Wednesday, Barclays analyst Dan Levy said a tie-up “has increasingly become the consensus expectation.” He pointed to media reports and to Elon Musk’s own public hints.
Model and broadcaster Han Hye-jin drew attention for her unusual travel scale, using even business class for a same-day trip to Hong Kong. On the 16th, a video titled “I went on a same-day trip to Hong Kong and lost my phone” was posted on Han Hye-jin’s YouTube channel. That day, Han Hye-jin set out
It’s not unreasonable to be jittery about the stock market these days. The S&P 500 has posted double-digit gains in six out of the past seven full years — and it was recently up 15% year to date — so a pullback this year or next is very possible. Given that, how should you invest?
Published on 15/10/2026 – 11:27 GMT+2 Britain’s hard-right anti-immigration Reform UK party was hit by a fresh scandal on Thursday after party councillors and candidates were filmed in an undercover investigation using racist language. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In one excerpt from the 90-minute programme “Undercover: A Year in Reform” by ITV News, black children were referred
Quick Read Cipher Digital (CIFR) and Applied Digital (APLD) each dropped 6% as rising financing costs punish data center builders borrowing ahead of rent revenue. The Global X Data Center ETF (DTCR) fell just 1% versus the S&P 500’s 0.3% dip, confirming the selloff targets leveraged builders, not the broader sector. Cipher Digital’s Barber Lake
The S&P 500 has gained nearly 14.1% so far this year (as of Oct. 9). But much of the market’s earnings growth remains concentrated in major technology companies. According to London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), S&P 500 earnings are expected to grow around 31% year over year in the third quarter. The global financial markets
Quick Read COHR fell 21% in one week and sits 40% below its 52-week high, while Wall Street’s average target implies 57% upside. FN and LITE sold off alongside Coherent, but Fabrinet carries the group’s deepest discount at 87% implied upside versus Lumentum’s 31%. CEO confirmed fiscal 2027 is completely booked with orders extending into
Oct 15 (Reuters) – The editor-in-chief of Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta was taken in for questioning by investigators in Moscow on Thursday, the outlet said, after authorities searched his home. The TASS state news agency, citing law enforcement sources, said Sergei Sokolov was being questioned in a case regarding the “unlawful use of personal
[Sportschosun reporter Lee Ji-hyun] A day trip to Hong Kong by model and TV personality Han Hye-jin and comedian Uhm Ji-yoon turned chaotic after a phone went missing. A video titled “We Went to Hong Kong for a Day Trip and Came Back Without My Phone” was posted on Han Hye-jin’s YouTube channel on
Quick Read Paychex (PAYX) raised its quarterly dividend 10% to $1.19, delivering a 4.4% yield backed by $2.56B in operating cash flow that covers payouts at a 63% ratio. ADP pairs big dividends with buybacks, while Paycom funds $345M in repurchases with new debt, making Paychex the only one centering capital returns on dividend growth.
In an exclusive interview with Fortune’s Jeremy Kahn and Bea Nolan, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shrugged off existential-risk warnings from many leaders in the AI space, including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, saying the technology was “completely in our control.” “I don’t know why anybody would want to support the advancement of a technology that’s going to
Labour has said it will end its power-sharing agreements with the Green Party on local councils if they do not reject the “Zionism is Racism” policy adopted earlier this month. All Labour council groups who are currently in coalition, or other power-sharing arrangements, with the Greens at council level have been asked to write to
Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang is unlikely to ignore the building pressure on CoreWeave’s (CRWV) stock price and bond values. The simple reason why is that he can’t look the other way given how intertwined Nvidia is with the most well-known — and debated — neocloud. For one, in January of this year Nvidia announced
BEIJING (AP) — A new bridge linking China and North Korea opened Thursday after more than a decade of delay, signaling deeper ties between the two countries. China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported that a ceremony for the launch of the New Yalu River Bridge was held in the morning. An online video from state
The S&P 500 has been climbing in recent years, reaching multiple record highs, and the momentum has generally continued in 2026. If we look at the past three calendar years and add in the performance this year so far, the gain totals 100%. And one thing in particular has fueled this movement: investors’ excitement about
Quick Read Lumentum (LITE) turned a $1,000 investment into $22,715 over 10 years, a 2,171% return dwarfing the S&P 500’s 262%. AI hyperscalers replaced Apple (AAPL) Face ID as Lumentum’s growth engine, pushing Q4 revenue up 109% year over year to $1.01 billion. Nearly all decade-long gains arrived in the past 12 months, yet the
History shows that the 10-year/three-month Treasury yield spread has been one of the most reliable recession indicators. The general premise is that once this spread turns negative, which is to say that the three-month Treasury yield becomes higher than the 10-year yield, a recession is likely to come sometime in the subsequent six to 18
Oura IPO oversubscribed Wall Street stock market trading floor. Photo by BeInCrypto Warburg Pincus CEO Jeffrey Perlman, whose private equity firm backs more than 200 portfolio companies, says investors see public markets as one concentrated, correlated bet. He argues that pushes capital toward private assets. The pitch comes from a firm that calls the initial
Bond yields are going up. Along with a recent Federal Reserve hike in short-term interest rates in September, longer-term U.S. Treasury bond yields recently reached their highest levels in decades. Yields for the 10-year and 30-year bonds are both at their highest since 2002, at well over 5%. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal
New York — High-flying technology stocks are taking a bruising this week, as investors grow more skeptical about whether the AI boom will live up to expectations. Stocks dropped on Wednesday, led by declines in the tech sector, after a hotter-than-expected inflation report bolstered bets that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates further. The S&P
Ho Chi Minh City’s six-year reign as “Asia’s Best MICE Destination” ended this week, with Hong Kong usurping the title at the World MICE Awards in Jamaica. The awards were announced at the seventh annual ceremony held at Princess Grand Jamaica on Monday. The award to Hong Kong recognizes destinations serving the meetings, incentive travel,
Image from Pixabay Shares of Cipher Digital (CIFR) fell 12.8% on October 13, 2026, on a day the S&P 500 finished flat. Investors were evaluating a plan to raise $850 million through convertible notes that could eventually become shares. Cipher is taking on this debt to fund data center construction. During the second quarter of
The firm believes the sector’s tough year will continue and does not “see the trend reversing anytime soon.” The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund has gained just 0.76% year-to-date, while the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust has surged nearly 14% higher in the same time. However, the analyst said the market has likely overreacted to
During their recent episode, Taylor, Carlisle, and Jeff Weniger discussed Why the Magnificent Seven Are Holding Up the Stock Market. Here’s an excerpt from the episode: [Jeff] Well, sometimes you get the generals get shot first too. That’s how you can see a market deteriorating when the generals start to go. But the generals are
The nation’s biggest banks delivered mixed third-quarter results this week, but Wall Street’s reaction was overwhelmingly negative, with all six major bank stocks falling despite some strong results. CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday, on Day 2 of the financial earnings flood, that investors appear more concerned about what lies ahead than what the banks just
WASHINGTON — Tech titan Elon Musk on Wednesday indicated the Trump administration, not SpaceX, caused the throttling of a military version of Starlink in Ukraine that set off panic in the war-torn country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned the slowdown of Starshield, a military offshoot of Starlink, would cost lives by limiting its ability to
CCC Stock Surges 8% on “Advanced” Buyout Talks With GTCR and Elliott ©@Melpomenem from Getty Images via Canva; @metamorworks from Getty Images via Canva Key Takeaways CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCC) shares surged 8.1% on October 12, closing at $7.59 following reports of advanced acquisition talks involving GTCR and Elliott Investment Management. Copart (CPRT), previously linked
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CoreWeave (CRWV) stock fell 15% on Wednesday, a day after a chart of its rising borrowing costs gained traction on X. Bloomberg, citing an internal memo, reports that the AI cloud company’s CEO stated in a memo that the market is acting “irrationally.” “When you are building a new type of technology company, there will
Elon Musk said that Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government. SpaceX boss Elon Musk said Wednesday that any disruptions reported by Ukraine in using the Starshield satellite communications system would be the responsibility of the US government, not his company. “Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government. Any
Shares of Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) fell hard on Wednesday, down as much as 8.7%, before recovering and ending the trading day with a 4.7% decline. Bank of America reported earnings this morning, missing on both the top and bottom lines. On top of that, after market close yesterday, government regulators announced it was fining
Quick Read HOOD has lost 11% in 2026 to roughly $101, with selling pressure intensifying even as the broader market climbed, pointing to company-specific weakness. IBKR surged 31% while BULL fell 24% this year, bracketing Robinhood between its most established and newest rivals in 2026 performance. Robinhood’s new 24-hour weekend trading could lift transaction revenue,