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Howmet Aerospace is a well-positioned industrial company within the aerospace & defense industry pressing all-time highs, despite the February- March volatility storm. HWM, formerly part of Alcoa, was focused on the oil & gas industry until a rebrand in 2020 when they re-focused on primarily aerospace, defense and commercial transportation markets. Looking around in aerospace and defense, there are some standout companies that have weathered the market pullback quite well including Kratos Defense & Security , Heico , General Dynamics , even Boeing and General Electric (even though GE is classified as an Industrial Conglomerate). All of these stocks look…

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Jay Williams has reached what he calls an “inflection point.”“If I can’t be the best version of myself, then I can’t be that for the people that I love,” Williams said. “I think that’s what I’m processing now.”Williams wears many hats these days: ESPN college basketball analyst, a regular contributor to the network’s shows like “Get Up” and “College GameDay,” co-founder of a media company, dad to a son and two daughters and a husband to his wife, Nikki. Taking on all these different roles has led to a recent self-discovery journey for Williams.“From a self developmental point of view,”…

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This photo taken on March 24, 2025 shows the hotel where U.S. and Russian delegations begin a new round of talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. U.S. and Russian delegations began a new round of talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday, eyeing a Ukraine settlement and Black Sea ceasefire deal before securing a broader agreement.Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty ImagesThe United States said on Tuesday it has made separate agreements with Ukraine and Russia to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea and to implement a ban strikes against energy facilities in the two countries.The White House…

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Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. KB Home — Shares of the homebuilder fell more than 4% after the company posted a top- and bottom-line miss in the first quarter. KB Home earned $1.49 per share on revenue of $1.39 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG were looking for earnings of $1.58 per share and revenue of $1.5 billion. The company also cut its revenue guidance for fiscal 2025. Cloudflare — Shares of the network security firm jumped more than 2% on the back of Bank of America’s double upgrade to buy from underperform. The bank said Cloudflare’s…

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Traders’ most widely cited measure of fear is currently pointing to cause for confidence, according to Wall Street veteran Nick Colas. The Cboe Volatility Index , an options-based measure of expected market gyrations, has drifted below its long-term average after previously spiking, which Colas said in his overnight market note Monday is often an attractive time to buy stocks. Specifically, he pointed out that the fear gauge closed at 27.9 on March 10, or more than one standard deviation above its long-term average of 19.5. That close, he said, “proved to be a good entry point to buy the S…

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Goldman Sachs believes AT & T could continue its upward momentum. The bank reiterated its buy rating on the mobile phone service provider in a note to clients on Tuesday. Analyst James Schneider’s price target of $29 suggests AT & T could rise another 8% from their Monday closing price of $26.96, excluding the company’s 4.1% dividend yield. Shares of AT & T have added 21% this year, bringing the past year’s return to more than 60%, again excluding its high dividend. AT & T is also far less volatile than the rest of the market, with a beta of…

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Brazil have endured so many low ebbs over the past 15 years that it can be hard to remember them all.The historically embarrassing 7-1 defeat to Germany at their own World Cup? Sure, but don’t forget the moronic reappointment of Dunga as coach in the immediate aftermath or the twin Copa America meltdowns of 2015 and 2016. The doomed, drawn-out pursuit of Carlo Ancelotti has to be on the list, too, as should about six other federation-level failures. You’d need a team of forensic experts to properly sift through all this rubble.There is also a more recent option that might…

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Trump administration officials haven’t kept their disdain for Europe quiet. But the contempt seems to be even louder behind closed doors.Europeans reacted with a mix of exasperation and anger to the publication of parts of a discussion between top-ranking Trump administration officials, carried out on the messaging app Signal. The discussion, about a planned strike on Yemen, was replete with comments that painted Europeans as geopolitical parasites, and was revealed on Monday in The Atlantic, whose editor was inadvertently included in the conversation.“I just hate bailing out the Europeans again,” wrote Vice President JD Vance, asserting that the strikes would…

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