Play on or game over? A look back at 2025 for the video game industry
CNBC· 2025-12-28 14:00
This summer, Switch 2 became the fastest-selling console in Nintendo's history, selling 10.36 million units in the first four months of salesGuillaume Payen | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesIt has been a monumental year for the video game industry, marked by new devices and billion-dollar deals.Further consolidation occurred within the sector when a consortium led by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, alongside Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners and Silver Lake, announced plans to take Elec ...
Humana Stock: Margin Headwinds To Persist In 2026 (NYSE:HUM)
Seeking Alpha· 2025-12-28 13:20
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Lloyds to shut invoice factoring unit by year's end, FT reports
Reuters· 2025-12-28 13:18
公司动态 - 劳埃德银行集团将关闭其发票保理服务 该服务将于今年年底前终止 [1] - 劳埃德银行集团是英国最大的抵押贷款机构 [1] 信息来源 - 该消息由英国《金融时报》于周日报道 [1] - 报道引用了两位熟悉此事的人士作为消息来源 [1]
Pure Storage: The Outlook Is Pure; The Valuation Far Less So (NYSE:PSTG)
Seeking Alpha· 2025-12-28 13:14
分析师背景 - 分析师Bert Hochfeld拥有宾夕法尼亚大学经济学学士学位和哈佛大学MBA学位 [1] - 其职业生涯长期专注于科技领域,曾任职于IBM、Memorex/Telex、Raytheon Data Systems和BMC Software等公司 [1] - 自1990年代起担任卖方分析师,并因对软件行业的研究覆盖获得《华尔街日报》奖项 [1] - 于2001年创立独立研究公司Hochfeld Independent Research Group,为富达投资、哥伦比亚资产管理公司、SAC资本等众多知名机构和对冲基金提供研究服务 [1] - 曾运营专注于科技投资的Hepplewhite对冲基金,该基金被独立第三方机构Hedge Fund Research评为截至2011年的五年期间表现最佳的小盘股基金 [1] - 在Seeking Alpha上发表了超过500篇关于信息技术领域公司的文章 [1] - 在Tip Ranks分析师排名中,因其信息技术股选择及后续成功,位列前0.1% [1] 持仓与合规披露 - 分析师披露其通过股票、期权或其他衍生品持有PSTG和DELL的多头头寸 [2] - 分析师声明文章为个人观点,未获得除Seeking Alpha之外的相关补偿,且与文中提及的任何公司无业务关系 [2]
Is TIC Solutions Stock a Buy After Cruiser Capital Initiated a Position Worth Nearly $2.8 Million?
The Motley Fool· 2025-12-28 13:07
This specialty provider of testing, inspection, certification and compliance (TIC) recently completed a key merger.What happenedAccording to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing dated November 14, 2025, Cruiser Capital Advisors, LLC reported a new equity position in TIC Solutions (TIC +0.38%). The filing reflected ownership of 207,607 shares as of September 30, 2025, valued at approximately $2.76 million, representing 2.8% of the fund’s reportable U.S. equity holdings. The fund reported 57 tota ...
CIBC Jamaica profit plunges 88 per cent amid Hurricane
Jamaica· 2025-12-28 13:06
CIBC Caribbean Bank Jamaica Ltd made $45.9 million profit for its October 2025 year end or four-fifths less than a year earlier, as the bank grappled with the impact of Hurricane Melissa.It also forecasts that the credit quality of its borrowers could worsen threefold, but, even if that materialised, it would still remain well below the regulated ceiling for problem loans set by the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ).“It is generally understood that the full impact from Hurricane Melissa will become more apparent over t ...
Asian shares were mixed and thin
Jamaica· 2025-12-28 13:06
亚洲市场表现 - 日经225指数微涨0.1%至50,407.79点 年内累计上涨近30% [1] - 上证综合指数上涨0.5%至3,959.62点 香港交易所休市 [1] - 泰国和印尼股市下跌 [3] 央行政策与市场情绪 - 中国人民银行承诺确保充足货币供应以支持融资、经济增长和通胀目标 [2] - 中国人民银行本周早些时候选择维持关键短期贷款利率不变 [2] 美国市场表现与前景 - 标普500指数上涨0.3%至6,932.05点 道琼斯工业平均指数上涨0.6%至48,731.16点 纳斯达克综合指数上涨0.2%至23,613.31点 [3] - 标普500指数年内上涨超过17% 投资者看好特朗普政府的放松管制政策及人工智能对提升企业利润的潜力 [5] - 市场交投清淡 因圣诞假期提前休市 预计本周成交量将持续清淡 [4] 美国经济数据与货币政策 - 美国第三季度GDP年化增长率达4.3% 为两年来最快增速 由持续消费推动 [7] - 截至12月20日当周 美国初请失业金人数减少10,000人至214,000人 低于FactSet调查分析师预测的232,000人 [8] - 投资者预计美联储在1月会议上将维持利率不变 [6] - 有报告显示消费者信心因高物价而动摇 劳动力市场放缓 零售销售走弱 [7] 行业与公司动态 - Dynavax Technologies股价飙升38.2% 因赛诺菲宣布以22亿美元收购这家疫苗制造商 [9] - 诺和诺德股价上涨1.8% 因其减肥药Wegovy的片剂版本获美国监管机构批准 [10] - 诺和诺德股价年内仍下跌近40% 面临来自礼来公司等日益激烈的减肥药竞争 [10] - 礼来公司股价年内上涨40% [10] - 美国原油期货收于每桶58.35美元 布伦特原油期货收于每桶61.80美元 [10]
Lagging 401(k) Balances Give Gen Xers Retirement FOMO
Yahoo Finance· 2025-12-28 13:01
Today, just 14% of private-sector US workers have access to a defined-benefit pension plan, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , compared with roughly 40% in 1979. On the upside, 70% have access to a defined-contribution plan, typically a 401(k) or its equivalent.Employers, always looking to cut costs, were eager to pivot from the then-predominant defined-benefit pension plans and offer 401(k) programs instead. Workers, meanwhile, saw a worthy tradeoff: Pension plans made it difficult to job-hop an ...
Prediction: 1 Artificial Intelligence Stock Will Lead the Next Bull Market
The Motley Fool· 2025-12-28 13:00
人工智能投资趋势演变 - 人工智能是近几十年来最佳的投资机会之一 结合了互联网泡沫时期的热情与真实的收入增长 [2] - 人工智能芯片定义了第一轮人工智能股票涨势 但下一轮趋势可能规模更大 能源将成为新的瓶颈 [1][3][4] - 解决人工智能瓶颈可带来数十亿美元的年收入并创造巨大前景 英伟达市值突破5万亿美元即是例证 [6] 能源成为人工智能新瓶颈 - 人工智能应用需要大量能源 导致出现能源短缺 传统数据中心基础设施无法满足人工智能软件的复杂工作负载 [8] - 科技巨头正转向能够提供充足能源的人工智能数据中心提供商 并愿意投入大量资本 例如Alphabet以47.5亿美元收购Intersect [9] - 英伟达的芯片解决了人工智能瓶颈的关键部分 而能源是下一个亟待解决的瓶颈 [8] IREN公司概况与市场定位 - IREN被视为下一轮人工智能涨势中极具吸引力的公司 其当前股价为40.30美元 市值130亿美元 当日下跌4.00% [3][7] - 公司毛利率为31.17% 52周股价区间为5.13美元至76.87美元 [7] - 公司主要收入目前来自加密货币挖矿 但人工智能基础设施是其未来发展方向 [12] IREN的核心业务与合同 - IREN与微软签订了一项为期五年的关键合同 提供200兆瓦的关键IT负载 合同总价值达97亿美元 相当于每年近20亿美元的经常性收入 [9] - 公司获得了该合同20%的预付款 这将有助于其为额外的人工智能数据中心提供资金 [9] - 每个类似微软的人工智能数据中心合同都能提供数十亿美元的年度经常性收入 使公司能够快速扩大收入规模 [11] IREN的增长潜力与未来展望 - IREN拥有数千兆瓦的管道容量 可以支持更多交易 预计将在2026年获得额外的千兆瓦合同并建设更多站点 [10] - 公司联合首席执行官表示 其满足需求的速度不够快 这表明未来将宣布更多站点 [10] - 公司目标是到2026年底实现34亿美元的人工智能云年化运营率收入 相比2025财年1640万美元的人工智能云收入是巨大飞跃 [12][13] - 2026财年第一季度(截至9月30日)人工智能云收入为750万美元 到2026年底跃升至超过30亿美元的年度经常性收入 预示着2027年及以后仍可能保持高增长率 [13]
NMZ: I Like This Muni Fund For The New Year (Rating Upgrade) (NYSE:NMZ)
Seeking Alpha· 2025-12-28 12:58
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund ( NMZ ) as an investment option at its current market price. It is a closed-end fund withI've worked in Financial Services since 2008 and that is essentially when I started my investment journey. The first half of my career was spent in New York, working professionally after college (BS - Finance and D1 Men's Tennis), but I have since relocated to North Carolina, obtaining my MBA and then working in the Banking sect ...