Consumer financial services company Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday before market hours. Here’s what you need to know. Synchrony Financial missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $3.79 billion, flat year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with but a slight miss of analysts’ […]
Remember environmentalist Paul Ehrlich’s 1960s-vintage prediction about how overpopulation would deplete the Earth’s resources and condemn millions to starvation? His Malthusian condemnation of humanity’s voracious appetite has kept a grip on the debate over the future of the planet, even scaring the young out of having children. Ehrlich was wrong. Yet as we have come […]
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VanEck Gold Miners (GDX) — gained 95% in a year amid Iran conflict geopolitical tensions. Gold miners benefit from operational leverage when gold prices rise, but higher oil costs compress margins simultaneously. GDX concentration risk: three holdings represent nearly a third of the portfolio. The analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top […]
This file photo taken on Feb 19, 2025 shows the Strait of Hormuz. [Photo/Xinhua] Every so often the global economy is reminded that it still runs, quite literally, through a narrow passage of water. The Strait of Hormuz is one of those places where geography and economics collide with geopolitical forces. When it is open, […]
Becky Gullett As digital transformation accelerates, businesses have renewed their focus on security, stability and fraud mitigation. That’s with good cause: The rapid movement of large amounts of money in today’s digital era provides ample opportunity for fraudsters to exploit any loophole they can find. This is further compounded by the continuous technological changes within […]
The investing world marveled in 2019 when legendary investor Warren Buffett bought shares of Amazon (AMZN +0.34%) as part of the Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB 0.10%) portfolio. The notoriously tech-averse billionaire’s only other long-term tech holding at the time was Apple (AAPL +2.65%). Now the investing world is reeling again, because shortly before Buffett stepped down […]
mpires are often imagined as vast swathes of land shaded on a map, but their true significance reaches far beyond geography. As the sociologist Karen Barkey observes, “Empire denotes differentiation, inequality and hierarchy,” reminding us that imperial power is not merely about expansion but about structuring societies—deciding who rules, who benefits and who is marginalised. […]
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Earlier in April, Quanta Services used its 2026 Investor Day to position itself as a key enabler of AI-driven infrastructure, outlining a US$2.40 trillion addressable market through 2030 across data centers, grid modernization and industrial reshoring. Management also indicated it expects to surpass its 2026 EPS target and pursue 15%–20% annual growth through 2030, underpinned […]
