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The escalating Mideast war is testing global market resiliency anew as investors brace for the open of stock, bond and energy markets Sunday evening in New York.

Key PointsRichard Todd Schwartz sold 247,114 shares of Common Stock for a total transaction value of ~$4.16 million on Feb. 17, 2026.This disposition represented 26.0% of his direct holdings at the time, reducing his direct ownership to 701,934 shares post-transaction.10 stocks we like better than Rush Street Interactive ›Richard Todd Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer of Rush Street Interactive (NYSE:RSI), reported the sale of 247,114 shares of Common Stock for a total consideration of ~$4.16 million on Feb. 17, 2026, according to a SEC Form 4 filing. Transaction summaryMetricValueShares sold (direct)247,114Transaction value$4.16 millionPost-transaction shares (direct)701,934Post-transaction value (direct ownership)$11.89 millionTransaction value based…

Zachary Rus is determined to be the adult he needed when he was a kid.  Rus grew up in Northwest Iowa in a town of around 700 people. His family experienced the effects of poverty and mental health issues. He knew he was gay from a young age and didn’t have anyone to help him understand what that meant.  He feels called to ensure the generations that come after him don’t have to experience the hardship he did.  “I get a lot of people asking, ‘Why did you move back? How do you stay there?’” Rus said of living in…

The mood around digital assets has shifted again among the world’s largest allocators, according to Ron Biscardi, CEO of iConnections, which runs one of the largest capital introduction conferences globally.Biscardi, who has spent more than 25 years in the alternative investment industry and runs a platform that represents over $55 trillion in assets, has a front-row seat. His firm tracks thousands of meetings between fund managers and institutional investors each year. That data shows how quickly sentiment can turn.After a couple of “rough” years following the crypto market crash following the FTX collapse in 2022, interest began to stabilize at…

Key PointsOccidental Petroleum has significantly reduced its debt load over the past few years. It’s generating solid free cash flow, driven by its midstream and marketing segments.It could also benefit from the growing demand from data centers and utility providers.10 stocks we like better than Occidental Petroleum ›Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) has been a popular energy stock since Warren Buffett invested in it several years ago. Berkshire Hathaway holds over 265 million shares in the oil and gas company and has maintained its investment despite volatility in the stock over the past few years.The company is paying down debt and…

Britain has begun drawing up options for a mass evacuation of its citizens from the Middle East “by air, land or sea”, as UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer distanced himself from US-Israeli strikes on Iran.UK officials believe at least 200,000 British nationals, many of them on holiday or in transit, may be in the region and have asked them to “register their presence”.One official said there were no current plans for a “small boats style evacuation” of citizens — a reference to the 1940 rescue of troops from Dunkirk — but added: “We have to be thinking about all…

The head of South Africa’s budget office resigned last week, after helping the National Treasury stabilize public debt.

This morning a “Potential Dividend Run Alert” went out for ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc. (NYSE: ARR), at our DividendChannel.com Dividend Alerts service (a free email alerts feature). Let’s look at the situation in greater detail, shall we? First of all, what is a “Dividend Run” anyway? This is an interesting concept which we first learned about at a past ValueForum conference. And to best explain the concept, we need to start with the expected behavior of a stock on its ex-dividend date.For anyone unfamiliar with the term, the ex-dividend date marks the trading day when any buyer of the stock…

Arete Wealth Advisors LLC trimmed its position in Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA – Free Report) by 16.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 21,393 shares of the electric vehicle producer’s stock after selling 4,103 shares during the period. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Tesla were worth $9,514,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of Tesla by 11.8% in the 4th…

Crude-oil markets won’t officially open for a few more hours, but traders are already using prediction markets like Kalshi to take bets on where prices will settle on Monday.