I wrote about Artesian Resources (NASDAQ: ARTNA ) and Essential Utilities (NYSE: WTRG ) back in March to illustrate the trade-offs between concentration and scale: ARTNA is much leaner and a water pure-play while WTRGJoseph Jones, professor at The University of Southern Mississippi, has over fifteen years of experience studying the market. He focuses on portfolio construction from a dividend growth investor's perspective. The insights expressed in his research are solely his own; they do not represent the v ...

Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer, has increased the number of discounts it offers, especially in its grocery business, as it looks to offset the impact of tariffs and attract shoppers. In its second-quarter earnings report, the retail behemoth said it offered more than 7,400 "rollbacks," or discounts, during the three-month period ending in July. Walmart also provided 30% more grocery discounts compared to a year earlier. Not only is the company contending with tariffs, which it warned would f ...

Nationally ranked stock picker for 30 years. Victory Formation and Bottom Fishing Club quant-sort pioneer.....Paul Franke is a private investor and speculator with 39 years of trading experience. Mr. Franke was Editor and Publisher of the Maverick Investor® newsletter during the 1990s, widely quoted by CNBC®, Barron’s®, the Washington Post® and Investor’s Business Daily®. Paul was consistently ranked among top investment advisors nationally for stock market and commodity macro views by Timer Digest® during ...

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Short sellers are wagering against top AI stocks currently, which has earned them billions. On Wednesday, the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7%, capping a two-day decline of 1.5% as concerns about the sustainability of the AI boom made the rounds.According to data from S3 Partners, short sellers amassed $5.6 billion on wagers against AI-linked companies in just two trading sessions.Big Tech Takes a HitAmong the Magnificent Seven, Meta (META) has been the hardest hit, down 4% over the past five sessions. NVIDIA (NV ...

"The exciting thing about drone delivery is we don't need to have specific drone locations at every restaurant to make this effective," Curt Garner, president and chief strategy and technology officer at Chipotle, told CNBC in an interview. "Because of the coverage radius of drones, it might only be one restaurant in a particular neighborhood that can service the entire neighborhood. So that makes national expansion easier, finding those locations and then equipping them with Zipline."Employees will place t ...

This investment marks BrainsWay’s entrance into the market for mental health therapies that can be administered outside of a clinic, including at home Neurolief’s breakthrough Proliv™Rx device is pending Premarket Approval from the U.S. FDA, and if granted, will become the first FDA-cleared medical device for MDD treatment that can be delivered outside of the clinic BURLINGTON, Mass. and JERUSALEM, Aug. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BrainsWay Ltd. (NASDAQ & TASE: BWAY) (“BrainsWay” or the “Company”), a glob ...

Revenue: $327.6 million for Q2 2025$631.7 million for H1 2025 Net Income: $  69.9 million for Q2 2025$111.7 million for H1 2025 Earnings per common unit: $    2.34 for Q2 2025$    3.72 for H1 2025 Net cash from operating activities: $121.6 million for Q2 2025$278.2 million for H1 2025 EBITDA: $178.2 million for Q2 2025$325.8 million for H1 2025 Returning capital to unitholders: 716,575 common units repurchased in 2025 (through August 13) for $27.8 million$0.05 per unit cash distribution for Q2 20 ...

RISHON LE ZION, Israel, Aug. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BOS Better Online Solutions Ltd. ("BOS" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: BOSC) reported financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2025, continuing its growth trajectory. Second Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights Revenue increased 36.4% to $11.5 million, compared to $8.5 million in Q2 2024.Net income increased 52.7% to $765,000, or $0.13 per basic share, compared to $501,000, or $0.09 per basic share, in Q2 2024.EBITDA increased ...

The iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF (EMGF) was launched on 12/08/2015, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Broad Emerging Market ETFs category of the market.What Are Smart Beta ETFs?Market cap weighted indexes were created to reflect the market, or a specific segment of the market, and the ETF industry has traditionally been dominated by products based on this strategy.Investors who believe in market efficiency should consider market cap indexes, as th ...