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Washington Post
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
A rocket scientist wrestles with backlash over her Blue Origin flight
In early April, I was looking at a beautiful Elle magazine spread featuring the six women who were set to crew the all-female Blue Origin flight into space. There was Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King — and then my jaw dropped. There was my friend Aisha Bowe, surrounded by celebrities.
Washington Post
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Former NASA scientist wrestles with Blue Origin backlash
Today we're going to listen to a conversation between our colleague Lizza Dwoskin and her friend Aisha Bowe, an aerospace engineer who was on the all-female Blue Origin flight that went to space in April. It's about navigating what happens when a dream comes true — and then sparks public outrage. Blue Origin, the space company, is owned by Jeff Bezos. He also owns The Washington Post and is the co-founder of Amazon. Some of the other crew members were celebrities, including pop star Katy Perry and broadcast journalist Gayle flight became a flash point for anger from the political left directed at billionaires associated with the Trump administration. Bezos was among the tech moguls who attended Donald Trump's second inauguration. Now that some time has passed, Aisha was ready to sit down and talk about what this has all been like for her. Today's show was edited by Renita Jablonski, Maggie Penman and James Graff. It was produced and mixed by Ted Muldoon. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.
Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Here's why the cool inflation print isn't exciting markets
The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, the core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index, showed that price increases slowed in April. But as Numerator chief economist Leo Feler explains in the video above, the data may be too backward-looking to excite Wall Street. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination here. This PCE report that came out today, it's backward looking. It's looking at what happened in April, right? And so, in April, that's still way too early for uh any of the tariffs to have had any kind of meaningful impact uh on uh consumer price inflation. What we expect uh is that as firms deplete the inventories that they built up and and we also saw that firms built up a lot of inventory in January, February, and March. Um it's really going to be uh as those inventories are depleted, as firms are starting to bring in uh additional goods coming in from abroad. That's when the tariffs are likely to start having an impact. And so we're really thinking about uh perhaps later in June, July, August and on things that are going to be uh produced uh abroad. You have to think about things are going to be like back-to-school shopping, backpacks, apparel, computers. Um those are the the the items that would really start uh showing some kind of inflationary impact and as you said, I think the Fed is right to look through these current numbers because they're talking about what could have been the case. You know, had it not been for these trade wars, had it not been for some of the policy uncertainty. Um and they're really waiting to see whether or not there will be this uptick in inflation going forward so that they don't make the same mistake again uh of thinking that, you know, there might be a temporary inflation shock, transitory inflation, that turns out to be much more persistent as we had uh in 2021 and 2022.
Yahoo
8 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
1 Magnificent Vanguard ETF to Confidently Buy With $600 During the Stock Market Rebound
The S&P 500 is on the road to recovery after plunging by as much as 19% from its all-time high in April. Information technology is the dominant sector in the S&P 500, and it's home to trillion-dollar giants like Nvidia, Microsoft, and Apple. The Vanguard Information Technology ETF can help investors gain broad exposure to powerful trends like artificial intelligence (AI). 10 stocks we like better than Vanguard Information Technology ETF › The S&P 500 was down by as much as 19% from its all-time high after President Trump announced his "Liberation Day" tariffs on April 2. But it erased those losses since then because several countries have come to the table to negotiate new trade deals and the federal Court of International Trade ruled many of the tariffs were illegal, lowering the odds of an economic downturn. The S&P 500 is the most diversified of the major U.S. stock market indexes, hosting 500 companies from 11 sectors of the economy. But information technology is the largest sector in the index by far, representing 31.7% of its total market capitalization (value). It's home to the world's three largest companies: Microsoft, Nvidia, and Apple, which are worth a combined $9.85 trillion. The Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEMKT: VGT) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests exclusively in information technology stocks. It outperformed the S&P 500 every year, on average, since it was established in 2004, on the back of powerful technological trends like cloud computing, enterprise software, and now artificial intelligence (AI). Investors can buy one share in the Vanguard Information Technology ETF for around $600, and here's why it might be a good move as the broader market continues to recover. The Vanguard Information Technology ETF invests across the entire information technology sector, whether companies are in the S&P 500 or not. As a result, it currently holds 307 stocks spread across 12 subsegments of the sector. The semiconductor segment has the largest weighting in the ETF at 26.8%, followed by systems software at 21% and technology hardware and storage at 18.8%. Companies like Nvidia and Broadcom are the main reason the semiconductor segment has such a dominant representation. Both companies are leading suppliers of data center chips and components specifically designed for AI development, and they are experiencing more demand than they can possibly meet right now. As a result, Nvidia stock soared 1,490% over the last five years, catapulting the company to a $3.45 trillion valuation. Broadcom stock is up 726% over the same period, and the company is now worth $1.1 trillion. But Nvidia, Broadcom, Microsoft, and Apple aren't the only leading AI stocks in the Vanguard ETF. It holds dozens of others that typically receive less attention but are of very high quality, and here are just a few of them: Stock Vanguard ETF Portfolio Weighting Salesforce 1.75% Palantir Technologies 1.73% Oracle 1.59% ServiceNow 1.36% Adobe 1.14% Advanced Micro Devices 1.09% Palo Alto Networks 0.87% CrowdStrike 0.75% Micron Technology 0.61% Snowflake 0.38% Data source: Vanguard. Portfolio weightings are accurate as of April 30, 2025, and are subject to change. Salesforce developed the world's most popular customer relationship management (CRM) platform, where businesses can store client data and track sales. But it has a growing portfolio of AI products like Einstein, a powerful virtual assistant that can write sales emails, instantly summarize phone calls with customers, and produce data-driven insights to help employees drive more revenue. Palantir developed a series of AI-powered software platforms like Foundry, Gotham, and AIP, which help businesses and governments extract more value from their data. Then there is Oracle, which is building some of the most advanced and cost-efficient data centers in the world for developing AI models. Advanced Micro Devices launched a series of graphics processing units (GPUs) for the data center to compete with Nvidia, and it's having quite a bit of success. Micron, on the other hand, makes memory and storage chips, which are increasingly important for processing AI workloads. In fact, Micron's high-bandwidth memory can be found in Nvidia's most powerful GPUs. Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike are two of the world's biggest cybersecurity companies, and AI is central to almost all of their products. It enables their respective platforms to automate tasks like threat detection and incident response, which reduces the workload on human cybersecurity managers and ensures fewer threats slip through the cracks. The Vanguard Information Technology ETF delivered a compound annual return of 12.8% since it was established in 2004, so it has heavily outperformed the S&P 500, which has returned 9.6% per year, on average, over the same period. That 3.2 percentage point difference might not sound like much at face value, but over a long-term period of 22 years, it would result in double the return in dollar terms thanks to the effects of compounding. I'm not suggesting investors should put all of their eggs in one basket, because the technology sector can be very volatile. However, young investors who can afford to take some risk might benefit from a larger allocation to this high-growth segment of the market, especially as megatrends like AI unfold. An investor who placed $50,000 in the S&P 500 in 2004 would be sitting on $342,761 today. But had they split that $50,000 equally and placed $25,000 in the S&P 500 and $25,000 in the Vanguard Information Technology ETF, they would have $485,019 today. That's a life-changing difference in potential returns over the long run. There is a risk that AI fails to live up to the hype, which would dent the valuations of many of the companies in the information technology sector. However, several companies are successfully monetizing AI in its current state already, and its capabilities are only expected to improve from here. As a result, the Vanguard Information Technology ETF might be a great buy right now for long-term investors. Before you buy stock in Vanguard Information Technology ETF, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and Vanguard Information Technology ETF wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $651,761!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $826,263!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 978% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 170% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join . See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 19, 2025 Anthony Di Pizio has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Adobe, Advanced Micro Devices, Apple, CrowdStrike, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, Palantir Technologies, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Snowflake. The Motley Fool recommends Broadcom and Palo Alto Networks and recommends the following options: long January 2026 $395 calls on Microsoft and short January 2026 $405 calls on Microsoft. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. 1 Magnificent Vanguard ETF to Confidently Buy With $600 During the Stock Market Rebound was originally published by The Motley Fool Sign in to access your portfolio
News18
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News18
Robin Thicke Gets Married To April Love Geary In A Dreamy Ceremony In Mexico
Last Updated: The couple got engaged back in December 2018 after nearly four years of dating. It is official! Singer-songwriter Robin Thicke and model April Love Geary are married. The couple, who have been engaged for six years, got hitched in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on Friday, May 30. The 30-year-old model took to her Instagram account to share some glimpses from their wedding ceremony, which were originally posted by the guests. April looked effortlessly elegant in a white lace wedding gown featuring a turtle neck, long sleeves and a fitted silhouette that flared out slightly at the bottom with a long veil. Robin, on the other hand, appeared dapper in a black suit paired with a white shirt and bow tie. He walked down the aisle to Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. She continued, 'This trip was such a dream. I love you so much @robinthicke. Also, a huge thank you to @alilasky for clearing out the whole area and making sure there wasn't a single person getting in the way." View this post on Instagram A post shared by April Love (@aprillovegeary) Robin and April have been together for over a decade now. The 48-year-old, who was previously married to actress Paula Patton, met with the model at a party in 2014. They publicly appeared together for the first time in 2015 at the Cannes Film Festival. After nearly four months of dating, the couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Mia Love, in February 2018. In December that year, the couple got engaged. In February 2019, Robin and April welcomed their second daughter, Lola Alain. The model gave birth to their third child, a son named Luca Patrick, in December 2020. It is worth noting that the singer has a 14-year-old son, Julian Fuego, from his marriage to Paula. The former couple was together for over 14 years before they got married in 2005. Nearly nine years after their marriage, Robin and Paula decided to part ways, and their divorce was finalised in 2015. First Published:
