The chain restaurant sector has battled an array of economic issues over the last five years that have led to location closings and bankruptcy filings. Certain fast-food chains, such as Long John Silver’s, have downsized their businesses dating back to the Great Recession in 2008. More recently, as inflation drove up the costs of labor…
Kevin Heal Chief Compliance Officer & Senior Analyst: Financial Services Kevin is the Chief Compliance Officer for the Argus Research Group. His responsibilities include ensuring that the firm is SEC compliant and adheres to all rules and regulations. He has over thirty years of Wall Street experience with both large investment banks and regional dealers…
Over the past year, platinum has quietly outperformed gold. While gold prices have increased significantly — between April 2025 and 2026, its price went from $3,126 per ounce to $4,785 per ounce — gold’s performance pales in comparison to platinum’s rise. During that same time period, platinum’s price more than doubled. In April 2026, its…
MP Materials Corp (NYSE:MP) stock was last seen down 1.2% at $58.46, heading for its fourth-straight loss. The shares are still up 128% year-over-year, however, with the rare earth manufacturer now retesting support from the 260-day moving average. According to Schaeffer’s Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White, MP is trading within 0.75 times the 260-day moving average’s 20-day…
The bills are coming in on AI tools, and suddenly human payrolls don’t look so bad. Companies including Anthropic and OpenAI lured firms in with flat-rate fees and monthly subscriptions, but now they’re pivoting to pay-as-you-go plans, with usage calculated in units called tokens. Must Read Those tokens don’t add up to token amounts. We’re…
With a market cap of $41.2 billion, Crown Castle Inc. (CCI) is a leading communications infrastructure company that owns, operates, and leases approximately 40,000 cell towers and 90,000 route miles of fiber across the United States. Its extensive nationwide network supports small cells, fiber solutions, and wireless connectivity in every major U.S. market. Companies worth more…
(World Oil) – The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) assessed more than $1.1 million in enforcement penalties against operators and businesses during its latest open meeting, continuing the agency’s oversight of the state’s oil and gas industry and intrastate pipeline systems. Texas regulators assess $1.1 million in oil and gas penalties- oil and gas360 Commissioners approved a…
David Spector, Chairman & CEO of PennyMac Financial Services (NYSE:PFSI), reported the indirect sale of 10,000 shares of common stock valued at approximately $880,000 via multiple open-market transactions on May 12, 2026, according to an SEC Form 4 filing. Transaction summary Metric Value Shares sold (indirect) 10,000 Transaction value $880,000 Post-transaction shares (direct) 504,401 Post-transaction…
Micron (NASDAQ: MU) stock got caught in an epic sell-off last week as semiconductor chip stocks lost $1 trillion in market capitalization. Micron crashed 13.5% Friday — but today it’s bouncing back. Shares of the computer memory specialist gained 6.9% through 10:20 a.m. ET Monday, and investors may have Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang…
Bell Global Equities Fund, managed by Bell Asset Management, released its latest investor update, available for download. March saw heightened volatility due to the Middle East conflict, with the MSCI World ex Australia Index falling 2.5% and the Bell Global Equities Fund (Wholesale class) declining 3.1%. The portfolio’s underweight in Energy was the primary headwind to relative…
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