27 days ago
Under IRC Section 77, farmers can elect to report CCC loan proceeds as Schedule F income, triggering Social Security earnings even without selling a crop.
In 2026, net farm profit above $24,480 costs pre-retirement-age farmers $1 in Social Security benefits for every $2 earned over the limit.
The Section 77 election binds future years too, so farmers should compare tax outcomes and review their earnings history before committing.
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Picture a Midwestern grain farmer with bins full of corn and prices too weak to tempt him into selling. Storage is already paid for, so he pledges the crop as collateral for a USDA Commodity Credit Corporation loan and keeps the grain in the bin. Cash arrives, but no customer has bought a bushel.
#section #Social #security #future
In 2026, net farm profit above $24,480 costs pre-retirement-age farmers $1 in Social Security benefits for every $2 earned over the limit.
The Section 77 election binds future years too, so farmers should compare tax outcomes and review their earnings history before committing.
Read More: Avoid these 13 retirement mistakes before they derail your future (sponsor)
Picture a Midwestern grain farmer with bins full of corn and prices too weak to tempt him into selling. Storage is already paid for, so he pledges the crop as collateral for a USDA Commodity Credit Corporation loan and keeps the grain in the bin. Cash arrives, but no customer has bought a bushel.
#section #Social #security #future
1 month ago
San Jose, California-based Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry. With a market cap of $433.3 billion, the company offers enterprise network security, software development, data collaboration, cloud computing, and other related services.
Companies worth $200 billion or more are generally described as "mega-cap stocks," and CSCO definitely fits that description, with its market cap exceeding this threshold, reflecting its substantial size, influence, and dominance within the communication equipment industry. Cisco stands as a ***** an in the networking industry, bolstered by its formidable market share and brand reputation. Cisco's brand is synonymous with reliability and innovation in networking, cybersecurity, and collaboration products, which has helped it maintain a loyal customer base and attract new clients.
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#Networking #csco #Stock
Companies worth $200 billion or more are generally described as "mega-cap stocks," and CSCO definitely fits that description, with its market cap exceeding this threshold, reflecting its substantial size, influence, and dominance within the communication equipment industry. Cisco stands as a ***** an in the networking industry, bolstered by its formidable market share and brand reputation. Cisco's brand is synonymous with reliability and innovation in networking, cybersecurity, and collaboration products, which has helped it maintain a loyal customer base and attract new clients.
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Wu-Tang Clan Member Raekwon Is a Palantir 'OG,' Visiting Headquarters 16 Years After Receiving His Custom PLTR Jacket
Dear Palantir Stock Fans, Here's What Maven's Billion-Dollar ARR Means for PLTR
#Networking #csco #Stock
1 month ago
US stocks moderated their slide on Tuesday morning as uncertainty around the war in Iran, a bond market sell-off, and speculation about the Fed's next interest rate move kept buyers on the sidelines.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) recovered to a loss of roughly 0.1% after initially falling by 0.7%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) lost 0.3%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) was down by roughly 0.7% after initially dropping 1.3% after stocks closed August with solid gains.
Stocks entered September with double-digit year-to-date returns and earnings expectations that continue to rise. However, volatile oil prices and the potential return of Fed rate hikes have given investors reason to worry heading into the historically weakest month for stocks.
US bond yields continued their march higher on Tuesday, with the 10-year yield (^TNX) rising to 4.75%, its highest intraday level since January 2025, before ticking down to 4.76%. The 30-year (^TYX) climbed to 5.27%, hovering near multi-decade highs, before also pulling back to 5.24%.
Crude oil prices also remained elevated after the US and Iran returned to a hot war, with Brent futures (BZ=F), the global benchmark, trading above $92 per barrel. According to Bloomberg, two oil tankers were struck while attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz in the latest sign that the conflict could reescalate.
#year #bond #roughly #down
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) recovered to a loss of roughly 0.1% after initially falling by 0.7%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) lost 0.3%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) was down by roughly 0.7% after initially dropping 1.3% after stocks closed August with solid gains.
Stocks entered September with double-digit year-to-date returns and earnings expectations that continue to rise. However, volatile oil prices and the potential return of Fed rate hikes have given investors reason to worry heading into the historically weakest month for stocks.
US bond yields continued their march higher on Tuesday, with the 10-year yield (^TNX) rising to 4.75%, its highest intraday level since January 2025, before ticking down to 4.76%. The 30-year (^TYX) climbed to 5.27%, hovering near multi-decade highs, before also pulling back to 5.24%.
Crude oil prices also remained elevated after the US and Iran returned to a hot war, with Brent futures (BZ=F), the global benchmark, trading above $92 per barrel. According to Bloomberg, two oil tankers were struck while attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz in the latest sign that the conflict could reescalate.
#year #bond #roughly #down
1 month ago
SU Group Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:SUGP) has secured exclusive Macao distribution rights for the Inspec Spider robotic infrastructure inspection system, adding a new potential revenue stream to its recently established operation in the region.
The agreement gives subsidiary Shine Union (Macao) Limited sole rights to market, distribute and sell the high-mast inspection technology in Macao, while extending SU Group's portfolio into technology-enabled infrastructure inspection.
SU Group (NASDAQ:SUGP) gains exclusive Macao distribution rights for Inspec Spider during the term of the agreement, creating a new revenue opportunity.
The deal gives the company's new Macao subsidiary an early commercial offering as SU Group works to expand beyond its established Hong Kong operations.
Inspec Spider combines robotics, cameras and AI-assisted ******* ysis to inspect high masts and poles up to 35 metres from ground level.
#macao #NASDAQ
The agreement gives subsidiary Shine Union (Macao) Limited sole rights to market, distribute and sell the high-mast inspection technology in Macao, while extending SU Group's portfolio into technology-enabled infrastructure inspection.
SU Group (NASDAQ:SUGP) gains exclusive Macao distribution rights for Inspec Spider during the term of the agreement, creating a new revenue opportunity.
The deal gives the company's new Macao subsidiary an early commercial offering as SU Group works to expand beyond its established Hong Kong operations.
Inspec Spider combines robotics, cameras and AI-assisted ******* ysis to inspect high masts and poles up to 35 metres from ground level.
#macao #NASDAQ
1 month ago
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Silver (SI=F) September futures opened at $69.34 per ounce on Monday, August 24, 2026, down 0.3% from Friday's closing price. Silver fell slightly this morning, reaching $69.29 as of 8:40 a.m. ET.
Silver opened above $69 for the first time since June 16, bringing its month-over-month gain to 18.2%.
Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi published an informative piece this morning, detailing what is driving the recent price growth of precious metals:
Gold and silver prices are being fueled by a potent combination of monetary policy interventions, escalating geopolitical friction in the Middle East, and persistent global inflation.
#price #advertiser #disclosure #september
Silver (SI=F) September futures opened at $69.34 per ounce on Monday, August 24, 2026, down 0.3% from Friday's closing price. Silver fell slightly this morning, reaching $69.29 as of 8:40 a.m. ET.
Silver opened above $69 for the first time since June 16, bringing its month-over-month gain to 18.2%.
Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi published an informative piece this morning, detailing what is driving the recent price growth of precious metals:
Gold and silver prices are being fueled by a potent combination of monetary policy interventions, escalating geopolitical friction in the Middle East, and persistent global inflation.
#price #advertiser #disclosure #september
1 month ago
Microsoft's $678 billion commercial backlog and Azure's explosive growth underpin a $590 price target implying 22% upside.
MSFT's $332 billion in recurring revenue tops NVDA's total, while GOOGL trades cheaper at a forward P/E of 17 versus MSFT's 24.
Act now: the **** yst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and Microsoft didn't make the cut. Grab the names FREE today.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has spent the last year alongside NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) as the two poster children of the AI trade. But Microsoft has one thing Nvidia does not: a $678 billion contracted commercial backlog that turns AI demand into recurring, subscription-grade revenue.
Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Microsoft is $590.43, and that backlog is a big reason the model sees room to run.
#NASDAQ #recurring
MSFT's $332 billion in recurring revenue tops NVDA's total, while GOOGL trades cheaper at a forward P/E of 17 versus MSFT's 24.
Act now: the **** yst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and Microsoft didn't make the cut. Grab the names FREE today.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has spent the last year alongside NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) as the two poster children of the AI trade. But Microsoft has one thing Nvidia does not: a $678 billion contracted commercial backlog that turns AI demand into recurring, subscription-grade revenue.
Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Microsoft is $590.43, and that backlog is a big reason the model sees room to run.
#NASDAQ #recurring
1 month ago
The second-quarter 13F from Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKA)(NYSE:BRKB) reached the SEC on Aug. 14, and it shows what CEO Greg Abel did with the conglomerate's $299 billion U.S. stock portfolio during his second full quarter running the company. Much of the portfolio sat still: Apple, American Express, and Coca-Cola -- three of the four biggest positions -- didn't move by a share. And the filing's largest addition, about $17 billion of Alphabet, extended a purchase Alphabet had already disclosed back in June.
The new information sat in two smaller lines. Berkshire cut its Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) stake by about 30.2 million shares, a reduction of 5.9% worth about $1.7 billion at quarter-end prices. That was the largest dollar amount Berkshire subtracted from any position.
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And it added about 17.5 million shares of Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), growing that stake 44% to 57.3 million shares, worth about $5.4 billion at the end of June.
A bank out, an airline in. What makes the pairing worth a closer look is the history on each side of it.
#billion #million #shares #alphabet
The new information sat in two smaller lines. Berkshire cut its Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) stake by about 30.2 million shares, a reduction of 5.9% worth about $1.7 billion at quarter-end prices. That was the largest dollar amount Berkshire subtracted from any position.
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And it added about 17.5 million shares of Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), growing that stake 44% to 57.3 million shares, worth about $5.4 billion at the end of June.
A bank out, an airline in. What makes the pairing worth a closer look is the history on each side of it.
#billion #million #shares #alphabet
1 month ago
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Management attributed the return to 3% organic sales growth to the 'Beauty Reimagined' strategy, which shifted the company toward a faster, more agile, and consumer-centric operating model.
Operating margin expansion of 320 basis points was driven by the Profit Recovery and Growth Plan (PRGP), which successfully streamlined fixed costs and reduced organizational layers to increase accountability.
Growth was highly diversified across the portfolio, with Jo Malone London and TOM FORD joining the billion-dollar brand club alongside established leaders like La Mer and Clinique.
The company successfully stabilized its Makeup segment, improving organic sales trends by 500 basis points through targeted innovation in lip franchises and expansion into high-growth social commerce channels.
#basis
Management attributed the return to 3% organic sales growth to the 'Beauty Reimagined' strategy, which shifted the company toward a faster, more agile, and consumer-centric operating model.
Operating margin expansion of 320 basis points was driven by the Profit Recovery and Growth Plan (PRGP), which successfully streamlined fixed costs and reduced organizational layers to increase accountability.
Growth was highly diversified across the portfolio, with Jo Malone London and TOM FORD joining the billion-dollar brand club alongside established leaders like La Mer and Clinique.
The company successfully stabilized its Makeup segment, improving organic sales trends by 500 basis points through targeted innovation in lip franchises and expansion into high-growth social commerce channels.
#basis
1 month ago
Perhaps the most important stock in the entire market, given its importance to the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, Nvidia's (NVDA) results are a quarterly thing to behold.
That's not because there's really any chance Nvidia misses its numbers. This is a company investors have become pretty darn comfortable in projecting a beat and raise every time.
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That's not because there's really any chance Nvidia misses its numbers. This is a company investors have become pretty darn comfortable in projecting a beat and raise every time.
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#call #nvda #worth
2 months ago
Regency Centers Corporation (REG) is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns, operates, and develops grocery-anchored shopping centers across the U.S. Valued at $13.9 billion by market cap, the company's portfolio includes properties with highly productive grocers, restaurants, service providers, and leading retailers.
Regency Centers has delivered modest gains over the past year, but the stock has fallen short of the broader market's strong performance. REG has gained 5.4% over this time frame, while the broader S&P 500 Index ($SPX) has rallied nearly 20.2%. Moreover, in 2026, REG stock is up 9.7%, surpassing the SPX's 13.2% rise on a YTD basis.
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Regency Centers has delivered modest gains over the past year, but the stock has fallen short of the broader market's strong performance. REG has gained 5.4% over this time frame, while the broader S&P 500 Index ($SPX) has rallied nearly 20.2%. Moreover, in 2026, REG stock is up 9.7%, surpassing the SPX's 13.2% rise on a YTD basis.
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2 months ago
On August 11, QumulusAI (NASDAQ:QMLS), a neocloud infrastructure provider, signed a GPU-as-a-Service agreement with DRW, a diversified global trading firm, to supply a dedicated Nvidia Blackwell B300 cluster. The capacity will be served from QumulusAI's U.S. data center footprint, carrying an initial one-year term and three one-year renewal options that could run up to four years in total.
The agreement follows a string of major AI infrastructure deals, pushing QMLS's total announced customer agreements past $246 million since early June. Previously on August 7, QumulusAI signed an agreement with an agentic hedge fund to provide Nvidia Blackwell GPU capacity. It also signed a $71.9 million, three-year agreement with an AI Inference platform provider to supply NVIDIA Blackwell B300 and B200 capacity.
These agreements signify a growing pipeline for QMLS that is supportive of management's fiscal 2026 targets. The company expects forward ARR of $300 million for fiscal year 2026 and approximately 30x growth in fiscal 2026 over fiscal 2025. This outlook is backed by executed contract revenue to date, expected renewals, deposit-backed compute capacity reservations and projected contract signings.
The particular DRW agreement in discussion expands QumulusAI's addressable markets beyond the current AI inference platforms that have driven much of its recent contract growth. DRW is the company's second financial-markets customer after the unnamed agentic hedge fund. Moreover, the deal signifies how QMLS is demonstrating that the demand for its GPU infrastructure spans across multiple customer categories.
The bear case here is that QMLS is yet to prove that it can execute on growth despite the strong flow of customer announcements. Particularly for the DRW agreement, the contract has an initial one-year term while the rest of the three years depend on annual renewals.
#contract
The agreement follows a string of major AI infrastructure deals, pushing QMLS's total announced customer agreements past $246 million since early June. Previously on August 7, QumulusAI signed an agreement with an agentic hedge fund to provide Nvidia Blackwell GPU capacity. It also signed a $71.9 million, three-year agreement with an AI Inference platform provider to supply NVIDIA Blackwell B300 and B200 capacity.
These agreements signify a growing pipeline for QMLS that is supportive of management's fiscal 2026 targets. The company expects forward ARR of $300 million for fiscal year 2026 and approximately 30x growth in fiscal 2026 over fiscal 2025. This outlook is backed by executed contract revenue to date, expected renewals, deposit-backed compute capacity reservations and projected contract signings.
The particular DRW agreement in discussion expands QumulusAI's addressable markets beyond the current AI inference platforms that have driven much of its recent contract growth. DRW is the company's second financial-markets customer after the unnamed agentic hedge fund. Moreover, the deal signifies how QMLS is demonstrating that the demand for its GPU infrastructure spans across multiple customer categories.
The bear case here is that QMLS is yet to prove that it can execute on growth despite the strong flow of customer announcements. Particularly for the DRW agreement, the contract has an initial one-year term while the rest of the three years depend on annual renewals.
#contract
2 months ago
For the past decade, Brian and Rose Armstrong have been full-time caregivers for their grandson, now 11.
The financial toll on their retirement savings is a grim reality for the 66-year-old Mount Laurel, N.J., residents, who retired two years ago.
Folks like the Armstrongs, who are caregiving for an aging parent, spouse, or other family member, face greater financial strain, lower retirement confidence, and more worry about the future — and millions of people are in that boat.
A staggering 63 million Americans — nearly 1 in 4 adults — provide unpaid care to an adult with health or functional needs or to a child with a serious medical condition or disability, according to AARP. That's up from 53 million in 2020.
People often have little choice, but there are financial repercussions for retirement — especially one that can span three decades or more.
#people #laurel
The financial toll on their retirement savings is a grim reality for the 66-year-old Mount Laurel, N.J., residents, who retired two years ago.
Folks like the Armstrongs, who are caregiving for an aging parent, spouse, or other family member, face greater financial strain, lower retirement confidence, and more worry about the future — and millions of people are in that boat.
A staggering 63 million Americans — nearly 1 in 4 adults — provide unpaid care to an adult with health or functional needs or to a child with a serious medical condition or disability, according to AARP. That's up from 53 million in 2020.
People often have little choice, but there are financial repercussions for retirement — especially one that can span three decades or more.
#people #laurel
