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These stocks look poised to outperform the S&P 500 over the long run.The stock market has been on an absolute tear over the past three years. Since bottoming in October of 2022, the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.53%) is up 91%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC 0.38%) has more than doubled in the same period. But there’s growing concern that some of the biggest driving forces in the current bull market may be in a bubble. Just a handful of large companies have seen meaningful financial impact from the growth of artificial intelligence (AI), but practically all large-cap U.S. companies have…

The Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF is gaining momentum with a surge in trading volumes over the last two months and its assets under management (AUM) surpassing the US $25 million mark.The Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF (ticker ILS), listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the beginning of April, becoming the first catastrophe bond investment fund strategy to be US exchange-listed and traded. Brookmont Capital Management, LLC is the manager behind the first US cat bond ETF, while King Ridge Capital Advisors LLC acts as the sub-adviser to the fund and manages the cat bond portfolio for it. In recent…

The Nigerian Navy personnel attached to Forward Operating Base Escravos have destroyed five illegal refining sites in the creeks of the Niger Delta. This is as part of the sustained fight against crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism, and related illicit activities in the region. The Commanding Officer of the FOB Escravos, Navy Capt. Ikenna Okoloagu, while speaking to journalists on Tuesday, said the significant operational successes were recorded in a series of coordinated operations within the past few days. According to him, apart from the deactivation of the five illegal refining sites, the naval personnel “seized approximately 13,350 litres of…

Egypt is reinforcing its position as an attractive and stable hub for foreign direct investment in the Middle East and North Africa, according to the head of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), Hossam Heiba. Speaking at a high-level panel during the 2025 FDI Leaders Network Autumn Meeting in Doha, held from November 25 to 27, Heiba said the government was committed to improving the investment climate and streamlining procedures to encourage higher inflows. The event gathered senior executives and heads of investment promotion agencies from numerous countries. According to a statement released by GAFI on Saturday,…

Ahead of its PS5 version launching tomorrow, the Trophy list for Red Dead Redemption has gone live, sharing what is an identical list to the PS4 edition. Exophase has the complete list of 52 Trophies, which is mostly focused on the base game, with some Trophies for the Undead Nightmare expansion to go along with it. As this is the same list as the PS4 version, we can pull on the Trophy guides published for that edition to confirm we’re looking at a very achievable Platinum Trophy on PS5. PSN Profiles lists just one missable Trophy, which requires you to…

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund sector has delivered its strongest October returns on-record in 2025, as the group of ILS funds tracked by the ILS Advisers Fund Index reported an average performance for the month of 1.44%.It’s the highest average ILS fund return recorded by the ILS Advisers Index for any October since it began tracking the market back in 2006. The record October 2025 performance came on the heels of the highest single month of ILS fund returns reported by this Index ever, as once all the data was in September 2025 saw a stunning average ILS fund return…

JERUSALEM — Following two years of subdued Christmas celebrations due to the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, this year the holiday will be celebrated in the Holy Land in all its splendor, especially in Bethlehem. “The tree is already up and employees are working 24 hours a day to prepare for Christmas,” Bethlehem Deputy Mayor Lucy Talgieh told the Register. “After five years of COVID closures and then the war, we want to celebrate.” The festivities will include a tree-lighting ceremony at Manger Square, and the streets leading to the square and the Church of the Nativity will be full of decorative…

From climate tech to robots helping humans, these young entrepreneurs are building new tools, materials and technologies for a sustainable and safe world.By Kate Gammon, Bella Sayegh and Elisabeth BrierWhen Katherine Sizov learned over 40% of food is wasted before it’s consumed, she was driven into action. Her company, Strella, uses AI models and sensors to monitor produce supply chains—knowing when apples and pears are ripe before it’s too late means less waste in our food system. Her technology has already saved over 40 million pounds of fruit from rotting.Sustainability, efficiency and recycling are big drivers for many startups on…

BRP Diego Silang is docked in front of its sister ship, BRP Miguel Malvar. Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, the two frigates share identical features and capabilities. (Photo by GABRYELLE DUMALAG / INQUIRER) SUBIC, Zambales — The Philippine Navy on Tuesday commissioned the BRP Diego Silang, a new frigate expected to boost the country’s external defense posture as tensions persist in the West Philippine Sea. The ship was placed into service at Naval Operating Base–Subic in Zambales in a ceremony led by Defense acquisitions chief Salvador Melchor Mison Jr. The Navy said the frigate will immediately support maritime patrols and…

After an exceptionally strong rally in 2024, Indian stock markets had become richly valued. Terms like “market froth,” “stretched valuations,” and “overheated markets” were doing the rounds. These elevated valuations were the result of strong domestic inflows, optimistic earnings expectations, India’s robust macros, foreign capital rotation to India, and momentum-driven sentiment.What followed this outperformance was subdued returns in 2025 – a classic reminder of how richly valued markets hurt the potential for future returns. Corporate earnings fell short of expectations and investor exuberance eased off thanks to global risks and uncertainty, bringing down stock prices.This cooling off of valuations has…