UPS dividend appears attractive but payout near 100 percent and plunging China volumes suggest a cut before stock becomes a bargain

United Parcel Service at $88–90 is often perceived as cheap because of the high dividend yield near 7.41 percent. At first glance the yield seems attractive, but the stock remains expensive because the dividend payout is nearly unsustainable. True value is likely to emerge only if dividends are reduced to a more sustainable level around …

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Woman breaks down over American Eagle ad

Framing a clothing ad as a call to arms while asking for donations says more about the grift economy than any culture war. Being attractive was illegal from 2020-2025 https://t.co/cegCyaSEGN — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) July 29, 2025 NEW: Woman films herself crying over the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle ad, says the “good whites” need to …

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Cap rates aren’t competitive, making real estate less attractive than bonds.

A theory for why CRE closed-end fundraising has fallen off a cliff: Cap rates and stabilized yields in real estate just aren't attractive compared to other asset classes. In many cases, quasi-government lending entities (Fannie and Freddie) in the multifamily space are getting… pic.twitter.com/Hv29TlLx2j — Shashankh Aryal (@aryal1994) December 17, 2024 TLDR: Real estate cap …

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Study: unattractive managers outperform funds with attractive managers by over 2% per annum

via ssrn: Abstract In this paper, we study the relationship between stock fund managers’ facial attractiveness and fund outcomes. Utilizing the state-of-art deep learning technique to quantify facial attractiveness, we find that funds with facial unattractive managers outperform funds with attractive managers by over 2% per annum. We next show that good-looking managers attract significant …

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We are at the top: “Now is an attractive entry point for long-term investors, says JPMorgan strategist.”

by MrBuffaLou JPM trying to make some bag holders materialize. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-markets-in-a-funk-why-now-is-an-attractive-entry-point-for-long-term-investors-says-jpmorgan-strategist-67dd989a?mod=home-page Someone has to buy Jamie’s shares! https://twitter.com/joosteninvestor/status/1717270633095004487 #recession … #GFC2 US #Banks edition#Banking $BKX $XLF $KRE 📉 👀 https://t.co/rjNti9bQ6L pic.twitter.com/lu6acbDVfC — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) October 29, 2023  

Guess who’s more likely to look happy and attractive

Scientists use deep learning algorithms to predict political ideology based on facial characteristics. “A new study in Denmark used machine learning techniques on photographs of faces of Danish politicians to predict whether their political ideology is left- or right-wing. The accuracy of predictions was 61%. Faces of right-wing politicians were more likely to have happy and …

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