Riverwater Partners, an investment management company, released its “Micro Opportunities Strategy” Q3 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The strategy reported solid absolute returns in the quarter but lagged the benchmark as it did not keep pace with the strong rally. The strategy continues to focus on quality companies in the volatile environment. In addition, you can check the fund’s top 5 holdings to determine its best picks for 2025. In its third-quarter 2025 investor ...

President Trump advancing his economic agenda focused on growth, job creation, and working to bring down costs and the cost of living as the White House looks toward 2026 and the high stakes midterm election season. Vice President JD Vance in Pennsylvania yesterday, highlighting the president's achievements and progress on wages and investments, asking voters to stay the course as the policies take hold. I spoke with the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent here on the program yesterday.He said the US is enteri ...

Core Insights - Investors are increasingly favoring dividend stocks to mitigate market volatility and enhance income amidst high inflation [1] - A Reddit user shared a portfolio generated with ChatGPT, aiming for $2,000 monthly in dividend income from a $300,000 investment [1][2] Company Summaries - **Altria Group Inc. (NYSE:MO)**: Noted for a strong dividend growth record, having raised dividends for 56 consecutive years, with a current yield exceeding 7% and a stock price increase of approximately 12% this year [3] - **Enbridge Inc. (NYSE:ENB)**: Canadian energy company with a dividend yield of about 5.8%, having raised dividends for 31 years, and recently reaffirmed its 2025 earnings guidance [4] - **Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE:EPD)**: Recognized for its tax-deferred MLP structure and a strong history of distribution growth, currently offering a dividend yield of about 6.8%. Recently downgraded by JPMorgan from Overweight to Neutral due to lower EBITDA growth compared to peers [4] - **NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF (NASDAQ:QQQI)**: Provides exposure to Nasdaq 100 companies and generates income through selling covered call options on the index [5] - **Virtus InfraCap US Preferred Stock ETF (NYSE:PFFA)**: Invests in preferred stocks of U.S. companies, boasting a dividend yield of over 9% [6]

Next week, six companies will be replaced in the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) for its annual reconstitution. The NDX tracks the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq Composite (IXIC). The tables below outline the stocks being added and removed, along with their 2025 returns and current brokerage sentiment data from Zacks. I believe these changes can offer insight into where these stocks are headed. In the article below, I’ll make that case using historical data from past additions and removals ...

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) is a prominent player in the restaurant industry, known for its popular brands like Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse. The company is set to release its quarterly earnings on December 18, 2025. Analysts expect earnings per share (EPS) of $2.10 and revenue of approximately $3.07 billion.Darden's performance is anticipated to be driven by strong revenue growth from its Olive Garden and LongHorn brands. Despite facing cost pressures from increased beef and labor expenses ...

Group 1 - The article highlights the global perspective on oil production, emphasizing that while Texas is a common association in the U.S., countries like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, and Russia are significant players on the world stage [1] - The focus is on the importance of understanding the dynamics of oil production and its impact on investment opportunities within the sector [1] Group 2 - The article mentions the experience of Scott Kaufman, who has over a decade in the financial sector, providing insights into high-quality dividend growth and undervalued opportunities [1] - The goal is to achieve strong capital gains and a robust total return through strategic investments in the oil sector [1]

THIS NEWS RELEASE IS INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION IN CANADA ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Doman Building Materials Group Ltd. (“Doman” or the “Company”) (TSX: DBM) announced today that it has completed the previously announced early redemption of all $272,163,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 5.25% senior unsecured subordinated notes due May 15, 20 ...

"By collaborating with Image Quality Labs, we are delivering a key aspect that solves machine vision imaging barriers in a variety of applications,†said Dr. Øyvind Isaksen, CEO of poLight ASA. TØNSBERG, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--poLight ASA (OSE: PLT) and Image Quality Labs (IQL) today announced the development of an M12-based Raspberry Pi TLens® Studio evaluation and development platform, utilizing the new line of TLens® off-the-shelf (OTS) focusing camera lens. This platform enables machine vision design e ...

Key Points Nvidia has been the leading AI chip designer since the start of the AI boom, but AMD has been gaining ground. Both companies design the chips powering crucial AI tasks. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been the "go-to" source for artificial intelligence (AI) chips since the start of the AI boom, and this is thanks to two things: the company's first-to-market advantage and the strong performance of its chips. All of this has generated enormous earnings growt ...

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the industry-owned clearing and settlement market infrastructure, has selected the privacy-focused Canton Network as a tokenization partner, the companies said on Tuesday. The partnership, which will enable a subset of U.S. Treasury securities custodied at DTC to be minted on the Canton Network, follows DTCC’s recent receipt of a No-Action Letter from the SEC to implement and operate a new service to tokenize real-world, DTC-custodied assets. The organ ...