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OAK's Series B Preferred Units Crosses Above 8% Yield Territory

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In trading on Thursday, shares of OAK's 6.550% Series B Preferred Units (Symbol: OAK.PRB) were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.6375), with shares changing hands as low as $20.28 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 7.9

Noteworthy Thursday Option Activity: TFIN, BTU, SOLS

TFIN, BTU, SOLS

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Triumph Financial Inc (Symbol: TFIN), where a total volume of 2,186 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approx

Notable Thursday Option Activity: RIVN, SIRI, MP

RIVN, SIRI, MP

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Rivian Automotive Inc (Symbol: RIVN), where a total of 220,407 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 22.0 million underlying shares. That amounts to a

Wheat Slipping Lower on Thursday

The wheat complex is trading with weakness on Thursday. Chicago SRW futures are down 8 to 9 cents at midday. KC HRW futures are showing 5 to 6 ½ cent losses across most contracts on Thursday. MPLS spring wheat is showing fractional gains to losses of 2 cents. Export Sales...

Cattle Falling on Thursday, with Feeders Falling the Limit

Live cattle futures are $3 to $4.90 across most contracts on Thursday. Cash trade has been limited so far this week with a few $260 sales in KS and $265 in the North. The Thursday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 652 head offered, with bids...

Cotton Falling at Thursday’s Midday

Cotton futures are trading with contracts down 300 to 366 points on the Thursday session. The US dollar index was $0.306 higher at $99.320. Crude oil is up $1.75 on the day to $100.08. USDA’s Export Sales report from Thursday morning showed 131,792 RB of cotton sold for 2025/26 in...

Hogs Facing Pressure on Thursday

Lean hog futures are down $1.65 to $1.92 across most contracts on Thursday. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported on Thursday morning due to thin trade. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 45 cents on May 19 at $91.00. Export Sales data from USDA showed pork sales...

Will Elon Musk eventually merge SpaceX with Tesla? Speculation is building

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Analysts speculate that Elon Musk will merge his two companies but traders on prediction markets are not so certain.

Prediction markets are fueling a high-stakes brawl between states and federal regulators

Sixteen states are in legal proceedings against prediction market platforms, while one state has moved to ban them.

Traders think this legacy tech stock is the ultimate quantum play

Options traders stormed into the stock, trading almost 200,000 contracts, on pace for 15 times the daily average of the past 30 days.