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Caterpillar posted a record full‑year revenue of $67.6 billion, a 4% increase year‑over‑year, and an all‑time high fourth‑quarter sales figure of $19.1 billion, up 18%. The company’s backlog surged to $51 billion, a 71% jump, while adjusted operating profit margin held at 17.2% for the year. Tariff exposure grew, with net incremental costs expected to rise to $2.6 billion in 2026, but free cash flow remained strong at $9.5 billion, enabling $7.9 billion of shareholder returns. Management highlighted a two‑gigawatt generator order for a data‑center project, underscoring the Power and Energy segment’s momentum.
GrowGeneration reported Q3 2025 net sales of $47.3 million, a 15.4% sequential increase that beat its internal guidance. The company posted a positive non‑GAAP adjusted EBITDA of $1.3 million, reversing a $2.4 million loss from a year earlier, while gross margin rose to...
DLocal reported record‑breaking 2025 results, processing $41 billion in total payment volume (TPV), a 60% year‑over‑year increase, and surpassing $1 billion in annual revenue with a Q4 record of $338 million. Gross profit rose 37% to $116 million in Q4, while adjusted free cash...
Genesco reported Q4 fiscal 2026 revenue of $800 million, a 7% year‑over‑year increase, and company‑wide comparable sales up 9%. Journeys led growth with 12% comparable sales and 84 new 4.0 stores, while Schuh’s promotional push delivered 3% comps but pressured gross...
Solo Brands reported full‑year 2025 net sales of $600 million, up 4.4% year‑over‑year, with the U.S. market contributing $394 million—a 7% increase and 66% of total revenue. Q4 sales matched guidance at $164 million, while gross margin expanded to 57.3% for the year...
Maverick Capital, led by Lee Ainslie, disclosed a roughly $9.3 billion equity portfolio that remains moderately diversified, with the top ten holdings accounting for about 44% of assets. The fund’s long/short, research‑driven approach continues to favor high‑quality mega‑cap technology platforms alongside...
Firefly Aerospace reported Q4 2025 revenue of $30.8 million, roughly double the prior quarter, and a backlog of $1.3 billion fueled by new NASA CLPS awards and a $177 million Blue Ghost Mission 4 contract. The company completed an $855 million acquisition of SciTech, adding...
Accuray reported second‑quarter 2026 revenue of $102.2 million, a 12% year‑over‑year decline, primarily from a 26% drop in product sales tied to volatile China operations and tariff pressures. Service revenue rose 4% to $57.2 million, partially offsetting the product weakness, while gross...
British American Tobacco (BTI) trades at a forward price‑to‑earnings multiple of roughly 12×, delivering a 5‑6% dividend yield despite modest growth. The company maintains strong cash generation, with gross margins near 82% and a free‑cash‑flow yield above 10%. BTI’s shift...
Accel Entertainment reported record Q4 2025 results, with revenue of $341 million (up 7.5% YoY) and adjusted EBITDA of $56 million (up 19%). Full‑year revenue topped $1.3 billion and adjusted EBITDA reached $210 million, while cash stood at $297 million and net debt fell 1%....
Red Cat Holdings posted a record Q4 2025 revenue of $26.2 million, up $25 million year‑over‑year, and ended the year with $167.9 million in cash, a dramatic increase from $9.2 million. The company accelerated production of its Black Widow FPV drones to 50 units...
Starbucks is confronting heightened competition from agile coffee chains like Dutch Bros and 7 Brew, prompting RBC Capital to downgrade its rating to hold after noting larger‑than‑expected turnaround spending. The company announced over $500 million in labor investments and a $2 billion cost‑cut program...
TPG reported record Q4 2025 results, raising $51 billion in capital—a 71% increase—and ending the year with $303 billion in assets under management, up 23% YoY. GAAP net income was $77 million and after‑tax distributable earnings hit $0.71 per share, prompting a $0.61...
Intellicheck Inc. reported Q4 2025 revenue of $6.2 million, down from $6.7 million, as the company exited lower‑margin legacy businesses. The shift of all RFID and label production to a new Thailand facility lifted GAAP gross margin to 18.1% and non‑GAAP margin to...
Good morning Asia, Brent rising but also watch products as we consume products not crude. For Asia, Qatari gas is very key & for some like Pakistan, that is 100% of supply. For others, still a big challenge, such as India. Even...
Intuitive Machines reported Q4 2025 revenue of $44.8 million but an operating loss of $33.1 million, reflecting integration costs from the Kinetics and Lantaris acquisitions. The combined entity now commands a $943 million backlog, giving it two‑thirds of its 2026 revenue visibility and...
Aveonna Healthcare Holdings reported Q4 2025 revenue of $662 million, a 27.4% year‑over‑year increase, and adjusted EBITDA of $85 million, up 54%. Growth was broad‑based across Private Duty Services, Home Health & Hospice, and Medical Solutions, aided by an extra 53rd accounting...
Trusts are a versatile estate‑planning tool that let grantors transfer ownership of assets to a trustee, enabling probate avoidance and greater control over distribution. The article outlines common trust types—revocable living, irrevocable, special‑needs, and charitable—highlighting their distinct benefits and tax...
Iran has successfully broken through Qatari air defenses for the second day in a row, this time striking the globally significant Ras Laffan energy complex. The strikes come after Iran’s own natural gas processing plants along the shared North Dome/South Pars...
Gold fell below the $5,000‑per‑ounce threshold, reaching $4,836, its lowest level since mid‑February, as inflation worries dampened expectations of U.S. rate cuts. Spot gold slipped 3 % while silver also dropped about 3 %, reflecting broader risk aversion. Rising energy costs tied...
Citi analysts say Netflix is poised to raise subscription prices later this year now that the Warner Bros. Discovery merger has collapsed. A 5% increase in average revenue per user could boost the stock by up to 6% and move Netflix...
JPMorgan Chase has created an Athlete Council, chaired by Dwyane Wade, to shape wealth‑planning services for professional athletes. The council includes Tom Brady, Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan and Sue Bird, leveraging their personal finance experiences. JPMorgan will also open an...
U.S. equities are perched on a technical fault line as the S&P 500 closed at 6,624.70, barely above its 200‑day moving average of 6,615.70. The Dow Jones slipped below its 200‑day average for the first time since June, while the Nasdaq...
Chinese President Xi Jinping met Turkmenistan’s leader Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in Beijing, reaffirming the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two nations. Xi emphasized unwavering support for Turkmenistan’s sovereignty, neutrality, and independence, while urging deeper collaboration in the natural‑gas sector. The dialogue...
Market pricing now shows a 19.2% chance of a Fed rate hike by June, overtaking the 17.3% probability of a cut. The shift stems from a perfect storm of cost‑push inflation and heightened geopolitical risk, notably the U.S.–Iran conflict driving...
$CPCE - The CBOE equity put/call ratio spiked to 1.11, its highest level since April 2024. The 10 day moving average of the ratio is now at 0.73 which is higher than it was at April 2025 low. The last...
The article explains how investors can boost risk‑adjusted returns by properly sizing positions rather than merely finding ideas. It introduces a simple upside‑to‑downside framework, illustrates it with PayPal and Perimeter Solutions, and ties the ratio to a practical allocation rule...
New Zealand’s fourth‑quarter GDP expanded only 0.2% quarter‑on‑quarter, missing the 0.4% consensus, while annual growth held at 1.3% year‑on‑year, below the 1.7% forecast. Both production‑based (0.2% q/q) and expenditure‑based (0.1% q/q) measures signalled a sharp slowdown in domestic demand. The weaker...
Crude prices rose on Wednesday as Iranian strikes hit the South Pars gas field and Asaluyeh processing facilities, shifting market concerns from shipping‑lane disruptions to direct infrastructure risk. Brent closed above $107 a barrel, while WTI settled at $96.32, widening the...
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The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark rate unchanged for a second straight meeting, citing persistent inflation and heightened geopolitical uncertainty. The latest dot‑plot shows a dramatic shift, with roughly 75% of officials forecasting little or no rate movement through 2026...
The S&P 500 fell 1.4% today, its 7th daily decline so far this year with a loss above 1%. Expect to see many more of these days in the coming weeks/months - the average year since 1928 has 29...
The Federal Reserve left its policy rate unchanged at 3.50‑3.75% and, via the latest dot‑plot, signaled only a single 25‑basis‑point cut for 2026 and another in 2027. The announcement sent the Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 down between 1.3% and...
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The FDIC guarantees deposits such as checking, savings, and CDs up to $250,000 per depositor per institution, but it does not cover investment products. Mutual funds are classified as securities, not deposits, so they fall outside FDIC protection. Instead, brokerage...
Commercial real‑estate financing firm Gantry has arranged a $12 million permanent loan to refinance debt on two industrial warehouses in Hillsboro, Oregon. The 10‑acre site comprises 192,000 rentable square feet, including a 152,000‑square‑foot single‑tenant building and a 40,000‑square‑foot multi‑tenant flex space....
The higher timeframes always tell the real story The daily and weekly are my go to Nas100 (Nasdaq) rejecting off that daily 50 MA VIX bounce off that daily 50 MA Gold falling through that daily 50 MA Market is still ranging technically...
Spot natural gas prices fell on Wednesday as warmer weather forecasts for the eastern United States are expected to curb heating demand. The modest price decline outweighed a slight uptick in demand driven by a heatwave in the western region....
So much of this game is just trying your best not to learn the same lesson over and over again. The most recent re-learned lesson for me… common sense is nearly always a better foundation for a trade than expert wisdom...
Mortgage rates rebounded Wednesday, climbing to the highest levels seen in several months after three rapid repricings. A stronger-than-expected Producer Price Index lifted inflation expectations, while a $6 jump in crude oil pushed bond yields higher. Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s...
Do you remember when oil prices topped $150/barrel in the wake of the Libya strikes in 2011? And stayed above that price for most of the next two years? OK, you may not remember it because you probably weren't thinking about...
This is a remarkable chart. Oil surges like the one we’ve seen recently have consistently preceded recessions. Chart by @thierryborgeat https://t.co/GpMNhNl06Y
Remember my Manifesto? He’s legally elected FOMC Chair through December 31, 2026 regardless of who’s Chair of the Fed Board “Powell would also be eligible as a governor to remain in charge of rate-setting FOMC, potentially extending his influence over monetary...
4400 likes - all you people burning puts are supporting the global economy i thank you for your service
Qatars industrial complex housing the world’s largest LNG export plant suffered “extensive damage” after an Iranian missile strike 🇶🇦 ⚠️ The plant provides 20% of global LNG supply, and was shut earlier this month. But a delayed restart (due to...
Gave a quick talk for agents in San Francisco today. Would you be surprised to learn that all the pandemic-era inventory in the city is completely gone? We really are in the next era of the housing market https://t.co/JmnzqbgEMn
His advice is literally the same as Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield (Dickens): “Annual income 20 pounds, annual expenditure 19 pounds, 19 shillings and 6 pence, result happiness. Annual income 20 pounds, annual expenditure 20 pounds ought and 6, result misery”
Jeff Currie reads Scouting the Tape. "I think the best sector to try to get value in right now would be agriculture, because it hasn't priced it in." https://t.co/toQMBsZcct
In my latest @ColumbiaUEnergy Energy Explained blog post, Neelesh Nerurkar & I argue that restricting US oil exports, once again reportedly being discussed in DC, would backfire—offering little relief to US consumers while imposing more significant economic and geopolitical costs
If grandpappy bought $1 worth of Altria stock 100 years ago and reinvested the dividends, it would be worth $4,421,136 today. (ignoring Uncle Sam's cut) https://t.co/xAeDUtYZMt https://t.co/dD6ILijqop
Feels like they ran the $NVDA playbook nearly identically on $MU. Run it up into an earnings print everyone knew was going to be a massive beat, trap everyone at the top and dump it. https://t.co/U6oFLLrLx9
#SP500 Down Candle and parked on 200 day MA Line. Support 6521, 6443, 6360. Resistance 6710, 6845, 6901. RSI 39 not low. 13/21 day EMAs Bearish. Top Bollinger Band 6860. Midpoint Line 6727. Bottom Band 6590.
