Thesis The iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) is a large fixed income ETF from BlackRock. As per its literature: The iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated bonds that are rated either investment grade…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Hertz Global — The car rental stock slid nearly 5% following a downgrade to sell from neutral at Goldman Sachs. Analyst Lizzie Dove believes that investors have yet to fully price in some near-term pressures. Block — Shares of the financial…

Sweden’s Volvo Cars on Thursday climbed to its highest level since November, after the automaker reported record single-month sales for March and solid electric vehicle growth in Europe.Shares rose by 6.2% at 12:20 p.m. in London and hit their highest level since Nov. 16, according to LSEG data. The company,…

Investment overview I give a buy rating for TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) as I believe management is being conservative in its FY25 guide, and the recent consumer strength coupled with a potential improving macro-outlook makes FY25 seem beatable. While my model shows ~8% upside, which may not seem very attractive, I…

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Intel — Shares fell more than 4% after the company disclosed a growing operating loss in its semiconductor manufacturing business. Intel reported an operating loss of $7 billion in 2023 for the arm of the company, compared to $5.2 billion from…

Tesla could “go bust” while its stock could fall to $14, Per Lekander, a hedge fund manager who has been shorting Elon Musk’s electric carmaker since 2020, told CNBC on Wednesday.His comments come after Tesla reported 386,810 vehicle deliveries in the first quarter of the year, significantly below even the…

Someday I’ma be a seagull stock analyst! Introduction It’s been a year since we’ve discussed Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO). Last March, we covered them with a buy rating. The stock has done precisely nothing since and currently sits within a few pennies of where it stood last year. We aren’t going…

Natural gas prices have plunged as the world grapples with an oversupply after a warmer-than-expected winter. The recent heyday in liquefied natural gas boosted prices and profits, spurring a wave of investment in the sector. More than 150 million tonnes per annum worth of LNG capacity is currently under construction, marking…

A quiet revolution is underway to address a widely underestimated climate challenge: extreme heat.Local authorities have appointed several chief heat officers (CHOs) in cities worldwide in recent years to prepare residents for increasingly frequent and severe bouts of excessive heat.”They call it the silent killer,” said Eleni Myrivili, who serves…

The exterior and parking lot of a Kroger supermarket. As a fan of baseball, some parallels can be drawn between baseball and investing in equities. Where do I start? One similarity between the two is that nobody bats a thousand. This plays on Peter Lynch’s idea that in investing, you’re…