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The only sector who has been steadfast in the face of the horrible counter-trend rally has been energy. Here are my energy-oriented shorts...

Fast-food company Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, but sales rose 11.8% year on year to $1.79 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.30 per share was 1.4% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Aerospace and defense company Howmet (NYSE:HWM) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales up 6.5% year on year to $1.94 billion. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $1.99 billion was less impressive, coming in 0.7% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.86 per share was 11% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Online accommodations platform Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) reported Q1 CY2025 results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations, with sales up 6.1% year on year to $2.27 billion. The company expects next quarter’s revenue to be around $3.02 billion, close to analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.24 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.

Silver demand outstripped new supply for the fourth straight year as industrial demand set another record.

Financial services company Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q1 CY2025, with sales up 50% year on year to $927 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.45 per share was 21.8% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

On 1 May, Apple (AAPL) increased its dividend by 4%, from 25¢ to 26¢ per share. The dividend is payable on 15 May to shareholders of record on 12 May. 

Stocks were wobbly today, and lacked the kind of support they have enjoyed the last few weeks that helped pump some new life into the tariff-plagued bubble.

The S&P 500 finished the day lower by roughly 65 basis points.

The more advancers over decliners, the stronger the bullish argument. The more decliners over advancers, the stronger the bearish argument.

Warren Buffett shares investment advice that includes asking CEOs questions about their competition.

Dow declined 98.6 points or -0.24% to 41,218.83.

The economic effects of bad tariff policy can only get worse at this time. Investors, in general, are unprepared and very vulnerable.

History repeats itself on the stock market – with astonishing regularity.

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Over the past couple of months, it's been difficult to gauge the direction and magnitude of market moves.

Cloud computing and online retail behemoth Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales up 8.6% year on year to $155.7 billion. The company expects next quarter’s revenue to be around $161.5 billion, close to analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.59 per share was 16.2% above analysts’ consensus estimates.