United Fire Group reported record 2025 results, delivering $67 million underwriting profit and $1.3 billion net written premium, a 9% increase year‑over‑year. The combined ratio fell to 94.8%, and return on equity climbed to 13.7%, the highest in two decades. A 25% dividend hike to $0.20 per share reflects stronger capital and confidence in continued profitability. Management highlighted technology upgrades and a favorable reinsurance renewal that lowered ceded rates and expanded coverage.
Assurant reported double‑digit adjusted EBITDA and EPS growth for 2025, with 11% EBITDA growth excluding catastrophes and 12% EPS growth. The company’s Global Housing segment surpassed $1 billion in adjusted EBITDA, while device protection subscriptions rose to over 66 million and vehicle...
AMC Networks reported a strong 2025, with streaming becoming its largest domestic revenue source and free cash flow of $272 million surpassing the $200 million target. The company cut gross debt by nearly $600 million, lowering net leverage to 3.1 x while maintaining $675 million...
Viper Energy Partners reported a strong rebound in Q4 2020, generating roughly $200 million in operating cash flow that translated almost entirely into free cash flow thanks to its zero‑capital‑requirement royalty model. The company declared a $0.14 per unit distribution, repurchased...
Erie Indemnity reported a stronger Q3 2025 with the combined ratio improving to 100.6% from 113.7% a year earlier, and net income rising 14% to $183 million. Direct written premiums grew double‑digit year‑to‑date, while policyholder surplus topped $9.6 billion, supporting capital resilience....
Forward Air Corp reported full‑year 2025 adjusted EBITDA of $293 million, a $40 million increase year‑over‑year, while consolidated EBITDA held steady at $307 million. The OmniLogistics segment nearly doubled its EBITDA to $124 million, boosting its margin by 360 basis points, and Expedited Freight...
Rising market liquidity and higher probability‑of‑default (PD) levels are unlocking new opportunities in the secondary market for Significant Risk Transfer (SRT) instruments. Early stress signals in loan portfolios have prompted investors to shift capital toward buying and selling existing SRT...
Oscar Health reported a 28% revenue jump to $11.7 billion for 2025, driven by strong membership growth that lifted year‑end enrollment to 2 million and a total of 3.4 million members by February 2026. The company posted a $443 million net loss, largely from...
A joint review of Chinese, Kazakh and Kyrgyz customs data reveals massive discrepancies in reported trade values, with China claiming $48.7 billion in exports to Kazakhstan and $27.2 billion to Kyrgyzstan in 2025, while the two neighbours report only $34.1 billion and $5 billion...
ACV Auctions reported Q4 2025 revenue of $184 million, a 15% year‑over‑year increase, and adjusted EBITDA of $8 million, up 36% YoY, both at the high end of guidance. Unit sales hit 193,000 vehicles, with full‑year volume growing 12% and...
Dominion Energy lifted its five‑year capital investment outlook by 30% to roughly $65 billion, with more than 90% of the additional spend earmarked for Dominion Energy Virginia to accommodate surging data‑center demand. The company guided 2026 operating earnings per share (excluding...
Tenable Holdings reported Q4 2025 revenue of $260.5 million, a 10.5% YoY increase, and full‑year growth of 11%. The AI‑powered Tenable One platform drove 46% of new and expansion business, delivering a net dollar expansion rate of 106% and pushing...
Over the past decade, most U.S. investors quietly abandoned international investing. Why? Because the U.S. was outperforming. Now that international is starting to lead, give it a few years and watch the same crowd pile back in. It’s the same cycle, over and...
Domino’s Pizza reported 5.4% global retail sales growth for 2025 and 4.9% in Q4, driven by strong US same‑store sales and record net store additions. US carryout sales rose 6.5% in the quarter, while delivery grew modestly, and franchisee profitability...
Alaska Air Group’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer, Andrew R. Harrison, sold 5,500 shares for roughly $311,000 at a weighted‑average price of $56.63 per share. The transaction represents about 15% of his direct holdings, a higher proportion than...

The People’s Bank of China left its benchmark Loan Prime Rates unchanged at 3.00% for the one‑year and 3.50% for the five‑year tenor, marking the ninth straight month of stability. Market participants had widely priced in a hold, reflecting the...
Vanguard’s 2026 outlook projects international equities delivering 4.9%‑6.9% average annual returns over the next decade, outpacing the 4%‑5% forecast for U.S. stocks. The Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS) has already outperformed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq‑100, rising 9% year‑to‑date and...

Builders are responding to affordability pressures and shifting demographics by delivering smaller, more efficient homes. The average new‑home size dropped to about 2,155 square feet in 2025, roughly 300 square feet less than a decade ago. Buyers now favor three‑bedroom...

Instead of putting $2K a month into a rental hoping for $200 in cash flow, I’d rather put $2K into marketing and chase a $15K wholesale fee. Same money. Way bigger upside.
January PPI lands Friday. Core PPI already printed +0.7% MoM vs 0.2% expected — biggest monthly jump since July 2025. NY Fed puts underlying PCE trend at 2.83% by December, up from 2.55% in September. WTI crude +15.6% YTD. Rapidan...

CAFCA Limited posted a 3% year‑on‑year increase in total sales volumes for Q1 2025, propelled by a 21% surge in copper product volumes. Export shipments to regional markets leapt 77% after the company overhauled its distribution model and eliminated consignment...

"Mean reversion applies to margins, multiples, and market sentiment." 🚀 Markets always swing, but smart investors know: extremes don’t last. Mean reversion isn’t just a theory—it drives margins, valuation multiples, and market sentiment.

President Donald Trump announced a sweeping 15 percent tariff on all imports, following a recent 10 percent levy introduced after a Supreme Court ruling struck down much of his earlier tariff regime. The across‑the‑board duty removes sector exemptions, injecting fresh uncertainty into...

Adyen posted H2 2025 net revenue of €1.27 billion, a 17% year‑over‑year rise, and total processed volume of €745 billion, up 19% excluding a major client. EBITDA grew 23% to €702 million, delivering a 55% margin, while full‑year 2025 revenue reached €2.36 billion. The company’s...
Array Digital Infrastructure (NYSE: AD) saw its shares fall 25% over the past year, yet the company reported a 58% jump in full‑year revenue to $163 million and a net income swing to $172 million. Institutional investor Newtyn Management bought 350,000 shares...
Newtyn Management disclosed a $43.31 million purchase of 2,906,420 Enviri Corporation shares, lifting the stake to 8.8% of its reportable assets. Enviri’s stock has surged 120% over the past year, far outpacing the S&P 500’s 13% gain. The company recently announced a...
World Bank’s poverty‑reduction mission is compromised by weak oversight in many developing nations, where borrowed funds are often diverted into election‑timed projects and opaque schemes. The article highlights how political opportunism inflates contracts, disguises debt as generosity, and undermines public...
TD Cowen raised its price target for PepsiCo (PEP) to $165 from $162 while keeping a Hold rating, citing the company’s clarified turnaround plan and reaffirmed 2026 guidance. Management expects sales growth of 4‑6% by the second half of 2026,...

Canadian home prices slipped 0.4% in January, pulling the national average back to February 2021 levels and pushing the sales‑to‑new‑listings ratio to a buyer‑dominated 36.4%. CIBC warns that while prices are below trend in Ontario and British Columbia, they remain...
India is poised to amend its treaty with France, stripping French investors of the capital‑gains exemption for holdings under 10% and raising dividend withholding to 15% for those stakes. The change would also halve the dividend tax to 5% for...

The episode surveys a week of global economic turbulence, highlighting AI’s expanding role in the Australian job market, rising geopolitical risks in the Middle East, and mixed central‑bank signals across major economies. Dr. Blair Chapman notes a surge in AI‑specific...

‼️US Cybersecurity stocks are getting CRUSHED by AI fears: CrowdStrike fell -8.0% on Friday, Cloudflare -8.1%, Okta -9.2%, and SailPoint -9.4% after Anthropic unveiled a new Claude AI security tool that scans codebases for vulnerabilities and suggests patches. The Cybersecurity ETF, $BUG,...
The national average savings account interest is 0.39%. Yet T-bills are paying ~3.6% and no state/local taxes. Can buy them from TreasuryDirect or your broker. Or Treasury ETF (e.g $VBIL) or Treasury MMF (e.g $VUSXX) pay ~3.64%. Don't let your savings earn pennies.
Barclays and Stifel both trimmed their price targets for Amdocs Limited following the company’s Q1 earnings, with targets now at $92 and $88 respectively, though both maintain positive ratings. The earnings were described as resilient, buoyed by a newly announced...

There were 55 companies that increased dividends last week 17 of them have managed to increase dividends for at least ten years in a row The list is below:
What's fascinating is that tariffs are deeply unpopular --- as tax increases often are -- and the White House doubles, triples down on them.
In this episode of Lead‑Lag Live, Will Rhind, founder and CEO of GraniteShares, explains why platinum is experiencing a resurgence due to a structural supply deficit and the waning of peak‑ESG assumptions, while gold continues to hit new highs but...

L: Productivity miracle 1.0 - autos (white) replace horses (orange) in 10 yrs; horses never recover R: Productivity miracle 2.0 - China replaces US manufacturing workers; US mfg workers down ~35% in 10 yrs Productivity miracle 3.0 - AI v. white-collar jobs;...
Dealer gamma indicates stability through SPX 7,000, although expiration dynamics and a potential put skew unwind could trigger reflexive upside if that level is breached. Read our full weekly analysis: https://t.co/sk0ViuP0W7

Wedbush reinstated ServiceNow (NOW) on its IVES AI 30 list on February 9, reversing a December drop. The firm argues that the recent software‑stock sell‑off is exaggerated and that large SaaS players remain beneficiaries of the AI revolution. Analysts led by...
#AIM All Share Doji Candle. Resistance 822, 837. Support 796, 775. RSI 60 not high. 13/21 day EMAs Bullish but Lines converging. Doji on Weekly. Top Bollinger Band 818. Midpoint Line 812. Bottom Band 807.

Lagarde says US tariff moves risk upsetting equilibrium with the EU https://t.co/ode7ZBLduy via @weberalexander https://t.co/HemjTQHk5r

In this episode the hosts skip a deep dive on OpenAI’s latest revenue and operating‑expense numbers, deeming the headlines largely hype, and instead focus on previewing Nvidia (NVDA) and Snowflake (SNOW) stocks, offering short‑term technical outlooks and strategic considerations. They...
#FTSE100 doji Candle and Sideways. Resistance ATH 10746. Support 10253, 10050, 9819. RSI 82 crazy Overbought. Up Candle on Weekly. Weekly RSI 77 extremely Overbought; in last 40 years, the highest is RSI 80.
On theme with the Olympics. The goal is to bring the world of microcap together. 16 countries represented so far... 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🇪🇸 🇦🇺🇧🇪🇧🇷🇨🇱🇩🇪🇮🇱🇲🇽🇵🇦🇸🇬🇨🇭🇦🇪🇧🇸

Rolls‑Royce Holdings PLC announced a share repurchase programme of up to £1.5 billion, timed with a report of record profits and a "spectacular" turnaround. The buyback is designed to return excess cash to shareholders while supporting earnings per share. It follows...

Thanks to the logic of agglomeration economies, America's superstar cities will always centers of elite talent and the FOTB immigrants who serve them, but the middle class has moved en masse to the South and they've taken a lot of...

Asia as global manufacturing hub, shown by the ILO. More sources featured on today's Chartbook Top Links in the comment below. https://t.co/bpfQbXlbHK
This has quickly become my favorite weekend email @HostileCharts Larry Thompson's Sunday Stalk List on @StockMktTV. Some great charts in here: https://t.co/AN276aKU9t

So does the US have a balance of payments deficit for purposes of section 122 of the trade law (and thus the basis for imposing a 15% tariff). It is an interesting question 1/ many https://t.co/JidbJk37vw