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LAKE FOREST, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. (Nasdaq: REYN) (the “Company”) announced it will report second quarter financial results on Wednesday, July 29, 2026.The Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, Scott Huckins, and Chief Financial Officer, Nathan Lowe, will host a live webcast to discuss the results at 7:00 a.m. CT (8:00 a.m. ET) that same day. A link to the webcast and all related earnings materials will be available at https://investors.reynoldsconsume.

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SummaryUltra Clean Holdings (UCTT) is positioned as an attractive buy ahead of its upcoming Q2 report, despite recent profit-taking-driven stock volatility.UCTT reported Q1 revenue of $533.7M (+2.9% Y/Y) and non-GAAP EPS of $0.31, beating consensus, with strong quant and revisions grades signaling bullish momentum.Management expects robust Wafer Fab Equipment (WFE) demand, margin expansion, and capacity growth, supported by industry tailwinds and customer investments.A pre-earnings pullback, potentially driven by macro events, could offer a compelling entry point for investors seeking exposure to UCTT's growth trajectory.Looking for more investing ideas like this one? Get them exclusively at DIY Value Investing. Learn More » BlueJames/iStock via Getty Images

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Skupina Czechoslovak Group informovala o dokončení přenosu technologie výroby střelného prachu do společnosti MESKO. Podle české zbrojařské společnosti tím posiluje polské kapacity ve výrobě munice ráže 155 mm.

Czechoslovak Group prostřednictvím své dceřiné společnosti dokončila přenos technologického know-how pro výrobu střelného prachu do společnosti MESKO S.A., která spadá do polské státní skupiny Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa. Střelný prach bude využíván při výrobě modulárních prachových náplní pro dělostřeleckou munici ráže 155 mm.

Díky dokončenému technologickému transferu know-how může být střelný prach nyní sériově vyráběn v závodě společnosti MESKO v Pionkách.

Akcie CSG Akcie společnosti Czechoslovak Group (BAACSG) dnes na pražské burze odepisují 2,96 % na 337,9 Kč. Na RM-SYSTÉMu se akcie obchodují za 339,2 Kč.

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Související odkazy CSG oznámila založení nové americké dceřiné společnosti CSG: Tatra Trucks si zajistila financování od společnosti ovládané Michalem Strnadem CSG jmenovala Davida Jacobse prezidentem CSG Defense North America Společnosti Federal a Remington ze skupiny CSG získaly od FBI kontrakt v hodnotě 77,4 mil. USD CSG podepsalo dohodu o strategickém partnerství s ukrajinskou společností

, /PRNewswire/ -- Ceva, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of silicon and software IP for the Smart Edge, will announce results for the second quarter 2026 on August 10, 2026 before the NASDAQ market opens.

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Ceva powers the Smart Edge, bridging the digital and physical worlds to bring AI-driven products to life. Our Ceva AI fabric portfolio of silicon and software IP enables devices to Connect, Sense, and Infer – the essential capabilities for the intelligent edge. From 5G, cellular IoT, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and UWB connectivity to scalable Edge AI NPUs, AI DSPs, sensor fusion processors and embedded software, Ceva provides the foundational IP for devices that connect, understand their environment, and act in real time.

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Navitas Semiconductor stock NASDAQ:NVTS fell sharply in pre-market trading on Wednesday after Wolfspeed accused the company of infringing patents across several core power-chip product lines.

The development adds a legal overhang to one of the market’s more volatile AI-linked semiconductor trades.

NVTS was trading around $13.99, down about 8.2%, while some live feeds showed a steeper intraday fall of more than 9%.

The selloff is sharp because Navitas is no longer viewed as just a small power-chip company and investors are pricing it as a potential winner from AI data-centre power upgrades.

Wolfspeed lawsuit hits Navitas’ core growth storyThe immediate trigger is legal, as Wolfspeed said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Navitas in the US District Court for the District of Delaware on Tuesday.

The wide-bandgap semiconductors manufacturer said that it was taking action to protect its gallium nitride and silicon carbide intellectual property.

The complaint targets a broad range of Navitas products.

Wolfspeed said the allegedly infringing products include Navitas’s GaN-based FETs from the GaNFast, GaNSlim and GaNSafe families, as well as its GeneSiC MOSFETs and SiCPAK modules.

The company also named five US patents in the lawsuit.

Wolfspeed CEO Robert Feurle said the company is “deeply committed” to defending intellectual property built over decades of innovation and research investment.

He added that protecting Wolfspeed’s patent portfolio is a strategic priority for the company and shareholders.

That does not mean Wolfspeed has won anything, but investors now have to price in uncertainty around possible damages, licensing costs, injunction risk and management distraction.

Before the lawsuit, the bull case was gaining momentum.

Needham analyst N. Quinn Bolton raised his Navitas price target to $21 from $13 and kept a Buy rating after the company’s results and guidance came in ahead of Street expectations.

Bolton linked the improved outlook to Navitas’s pivot toward high-power markets, which is central to the AI data-centre story.

Baird analyst Tristan Gerra also maintained a Buy rating and lifted his target to $20 from $4 in May.

That large target hike reflected growing optimism that Navitas’s GaN and SiC products can play a bigger role in next-generation power systems.

But the valuation had already become harder to ignore.

Navitas had surged after its role in Nvidia’s MGX AI infrastructure initiative drew investor attention, with the stock up about 370% over the previous year and trading at roughly 137 times projected sales for the next 12 months.

When a stock is priced for flawless execution, even a legal overhang can quickly become a valuation event.

During the June 30, 2026, World Cup round of 32 match between France and Sweden at the 82,500-capacity MetLife Stadium, the logistical scale of a global mega-event was on full display. Moving 80,663 fans safely through a sprawling transit corridor and securing a massive open-air venue demands complex engineering. Underpinning the operation is a capital-intensive ecosystem of physical AI, advanced sensors, and automation software.

Key Takeaways The 2026 World Cup is enabling host cities to invest into automated security and predictive traffic infrastructure. Ouster, Inc. (OUST) is utilizing digital 3D Lidar to dynamically manage game-day traffic surges. ROBO constituent Ondas Holdings (ONDS) is deploying “Cyber-over-RF” technology to actively hack and safely land rogue drones over host venues. Federal Mandates Driving Airspace Automation For investors, the 2026 World Cup is a live deployment of some of the technologies driving the next structural growth cycle within the ROBO Global Robotics and Automation Index (ROBO). Consider modern airspace management. The proliferation of commercial drones has turned open-air stadiums into security vulnerabilities, and counter-UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) authority now extends beyond federal agencies to state and local law enforcement and critical infrastructure operators.

The federal government has committed roughly $365 million to drone-focused security for the tournament’s 104 matches, including $250 million through FEMA for the 11 U.S. host states and $115 million from DHS for counter-UAS technology at venues. Ondas Inc. (ONDS), a roughly 1.5% weight in the ROBO index’s Autonomous Systems subsector, is a direct beneficiary. Its Sentrycs subsidiary has secured contracts valued in the millions of dollars with federal, state, and local agencies, covering roughly 70% of the U.S. states hosting matches.

Legacy security systems rely on indiscriminate signal jamming, which disrupts local municipal communications, or kinetic interception, which creates dangerous falling debris. Sentrycs bypasses these liabilities through its proprietary “Cyber-over-RF” technology, selectively hacking and assuming control of rogue drones and forcing an automated, safe descent. That precision makes it suited to dense, high-traffic security zones and supports a scalable software-as-a-service (SaaS) model.

Shifting Municipal CAPEX: Upgrading Infrastructure With Lidar On the ground, municipal capital expenditures are shifting from reactive legacy traffic cameras to predictive, AI-driven sensor networks built to handle game-day surges. According to VettaFi index research, the June 2026 ROBO rebalance shifted weight toward physical AI, adding Ouster (OUST) on the strength of 52% revenue growth to $169 million in 2025.

Host cities are deploying Ouster’s lidar-powered BlueCity platform at critical intersections around stadiums to manage severe vehicular and pedestrian bottlenecks. A scaled pure play in digital lidar following its Velodyne merger, Ouster operates on a single-chip CMOS architecture that collapses lidar’s moving parts onto silicon. The design delivers continuous cost-to-performance improvement, turning lidar from a luxury line item into an affordable solution for smart municipal infrastructure.

By combining high-resolution 3D lidar hardware with edge computing, the system autonomously adjusts traffic grids based on real-time spatial data. Commercial adoption is accelerating: BlueCity ended 2025 contracted at nearly 700 sites, with Ouster’s Gemini perception platform live at roughly 550 more.

Moving Beyond the Factory Floor The 2026 World Cup is one example of how automation is moving into public infrastructure, crowd logistics, and municipal security. For investors, the underlying developers of these sensing and orchestration technologies offer direct exposure to the broader physical AI megatrend across the ROBO index’s 11 subsectors.

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Picture a 68-year-old retired engineer outside Columbus. He collects about $2,400 a month from Social Security, has roughly $900,000 in a traditional IRA, and most of that money sits in a Nasdaq-100 index fund he has held for a decade. He does not plan to touch the IRA until the government forces him to.

Then a news alert crosses his phone. SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX), most recently carrying a market cap near $2.0 trillion, has been folded into the Nasdaq 100. His index fund quietly rebalances into it, and his IRA balance ticks higher. On one hand, that feels like positive news. On the other, it also sets up a tax bill he has not planned for.

Retiree threads on investing forums keep circling this same worry. One recent post asking whether “the math isn’t mathing on the SpaceX IPO” pulled in more than 2,700 upvotes from readers wondering what a mega-cap addition means for retirement accounts. For someone five years away from required minimum distributions (RMDs), the answer matters more than most people realize.

The Detail That Actually Drives His Tax Bill Required minimum distributions begin at age 73 under current law. The IRS takes his prior year-end IRA balance and divides it by a life-expectancy factor of roughly 26.5 at age 73. A bigger balance means a bigger forced withdrawal, taxed as ordinary income.

Here is where Social Security enters. Once the RMD stacks on top of his other income, the IRS calculates provisional income. For a single filer, provisional income above $25,000 makes up to 50% of Social Security benefits taxable; above $34,000, up to 85% becomes taxable. Those thresholds have sat still since the 1990s and are not indexed to inflation.

Concrete outlook: if a Nasdaq rally lifts his IRA from $900,000 to $1.1 million by the year he turns 72, his first RMD grows by roughly $7,500. On $28,800 a year in benefits, moving from the 50% zone into the 85% zone can add several thousand more in taxable income he did not have the year before. The rally he cheered at 68 silently cost him at 73.

The Nasdaq 100 already ran up almost 18% year to date, so the balance inflation is not hypothetical.

How the Pieces Connect That same larger RMD can also cross a Medicare IRMAA threshold. IRMAA uses a two-year lookback, so income reported at 73 sets Part B and Part D premiums at 75. One dollar over a tier can add several hundred dollars a year in surcharges.

The five-year window between the ages of 68 and 73 is where most of the real magic happens. Inside a traditional IRA, he can rebalance out of a concentrated Nasdaq position without owing a penny in capital gains, because trades inside the IRA are not taxable events. He can also convert slices of the IRA to a Roth in lower-income years, paying tax now at a known rate to shrink the balance the RMD formula will eventually work from. Starting at 70.5, qualified charitable distributions can satisfy part of the RMD while keeping adjusted gross income lower.

What to Think Through Before 73 A few decisions in this window carry more weight than the rest, and they only work if he acts while he still has years to spend.

The mistake hardest to undo is coasting through the pre-RMD window. Once distributions start, the balance is what it is, and the tax torpedo fires on schedule. Partial Roth conversions in his late 60s and early 70s are the main lever, and they only work if he uses the years he still has. Every dollar of growth in a traditional IRA is pre-tax growth. When a name like SpaceX helps push the whole index higher, the government becomes a silent co-owner of that gain, and the bill lands through RMDs, Social Security taxation, and IRMAA at roughly the same time. Everyone’s numbers land differently, and a single detail like filing status, a pension, or a working spouse can flip which lever matters most. A short conversation with a tax-focused advisor before the first RMD year is usually the cheapest money a retiree ever spends. None of this makes SpaceX’s addition to the index a bad thing. A stronger index is good news for anyone holding it. The point is simply to make sure the growth works as hard for the retiree as it does for the tax code.

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For all the hype surrounding the SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) initial public offering (IPO) and the company’s launch valuation, even investing $100 as soon as possible would have proven a middling investment.

Specifically, SPCX shares were originally offered at $135 and are, at press time on July 8, trading at $149.52 following a 0.033% extended session rise. Under the circumstances, a $100 investment made already at the IPO would have risen to $110.76 for a $10.76 profit.

SpaceX stock price one-week chart. Source: Google Investors who got their hands on SpaceX stock at the beginning of the equity’s first trading day – June 12 – would have seen their position remain effectively flat, while those who purchased on that evening would have lost $7 as the company ended the day at $160.95.

Still, both groups would have been far more fortunate than those who took Jim Cramer’s amazement at the rally as a sign to buy – thus also joining Representative Dan Meuser – and purchased close to the all-time high (ATH) of $225.64.

Indeed, such investors could only be pleased that they hadn’t invested $5,000 or $10,000 in the stock as SPCX shares retraced 33.74%, meaning that $100 would have turned into $66.26 for a $33.74 unrealized loss.

What is next for SpaceX stock price in 2026 Elsewhere, the future of SpaceX appears increasingly uncertain at press time on July 8. Since the IPO, the company’s extreme launch valuation of $1.77 trillion, paired with revenue below $5 billion and the fact that the firm is operating at a loss, presented a substantial long-term risk factor.

More recently, investors might have found themselves alarmed by the fact that SPCX shares failed to see a significant rally even after their official inclusion into the Nasdaq-100 – though it will likely take some time for buying pressure from index funds to be fully reflected in the market.

Nonetheless, even if a renewed rally begins in July as many have been expecting since before the SpaceX launch, the company’s generous unlocking schedule for wealthy insiders could reverse Elon Musk’s corporate rocket once more in August or September.

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The average American household spent $78,535 in 2024, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey. Round that to $80,000, and you have a useful starting point for the retirement paycheck many households may need to replace. Gross salary can overstate the target because it includes payroll taxes, retirement contributions, and expenses that may fall after retirement.

What that paycheck costs upfront depends heavily on the yield you choose. The bigger issue is what that yield does to income, principal, inflation protection, and taxes over a long retirement.

The Three Yield Tiers, Priced In Capital A conservative 2.5% starting yield from a basket of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), and Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) requires $80,000 divided by 0.025, or $3.2 million in capital. Recent yields cluster near that range: about 2.1% for JNJ, 2.9% for PG, 2.6% for KO, 2.8% for MCD, and 2.3% for LOW. You are buying a stream of raises that may grow into the paycheck.

The moderate tier of 5% to 7% cuts the capital requirement sharply. Realty Income (NYSE: O), at a recent yield of about 5.2%, would require roughly $1.55 million to produce $80,000 in annual income. Preferred shares, net-lease REITs, and lower-leverage business development companies can cluster here. The trade-off is growth: Realty Income’s monthly dividends paid per share rose 1.8% year over year in the first quarter of 2026.

The aggressive tier of 8% to 14%, populated by mortgage REITs, leveraged covered-call funds, and high-yield bond funds, can replace $80,000 on $800,000 at a 10% distribution. Principal can erode, and distributions can get cut in downturns. In weaker cases, part of the apparent income may function like a slow liquidation of the asset itself.

Why The Smallest Yield Wins Over Time Johnson & Johnson’s quarterly dividend rose from $0.25 in 1999 to $1.34 in 2026. Lowe’s lifted its quarterly payout to $1.25 in 2026, up from a much smaller payout in 1999. Those are the kinds of dividend-growth records that make low starting yields more interesting than they look on day one.

Coca-Cola raised its quarterly dividend from $0.51 to $0.53 in 2026, marking its 64th consecutive annual dividend increase. Procter & Gamble raised its dividend for the 70th consecutive year in 2026 and has paid a dividend for 136 consecutive years since its incorporation in 1890. JNJ also stands at 64 consecutive years of dividend increases.

A static 10% distribution that never grows still pays $80,000 in year 30. With the CPI-U at 335.123 in May 2026, up 4.2% over the prior 12 months, that flat paycheck loses purchasing power when inflation persists. Run the math the other direction: $3.2 million yielding 2.5% today pays $80,000. Grow that distribution 8% annually, and the income roughly doubles in nine years and reaches about $373,000 by year 20.

The 10-year Treasury, recently around 4.4%, is the baseline for comparing income risk. It still carries inflation risk and price risk if sold before maturity, but yields far above it usually require taking equity risk, credit risk, leverage risk, or some combination of the three. The question is which risk compounds in your favor.

A Better Check Before You Commit Capital Reprice retirement against actual spending. A household earning $130,000 may need to replace closer to $80,000 once payroll taxes, savings contributions, and a paid-off mortgage drop out. The personal saving rate was 4.4% in January 2026 and 3.5% in March, according to BEA data reported by FRED, which is a reminder that many households need to measure spending directly rather than rely on salary.

Run a total-return comparison before chasing yield. Compare a dividend-growth basket against a 10%-plus distribution fund over the same period, with dividends included. Total return includes price, and a high payout can still leave an investor worse off if the principal erodes.

If retirement is within five years, map the tax treatment by tier. Qualified dividends from U.S. corporations generally receive long-term capital gains rates of 0%, 15%, or 20%, assuming holding-period rules are met. REIT, BDC, MLP, and bond-fund income can be taxed differently, so the same $80,000 of pre-tax income may land very differently in a brokerage account versus an IRA.

The Best Yield Is the One That Can Last The goal is not to make a low yield look exciting or a high yield look reckless. The goal is to understand what each income stream is asking you to accept. A 2.5% portfolio requires far more capital, but it may give income room to grow. A 10% portfolio solves the first-year math, but it leaves less margin for cuts, inflation, and principal erosion. Retirement income has to work beyond year one.

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Amazon has issued an apology after a company boss was told she could not take her breastfed baby to a business course.

The idea of buying and holding stocks forever can feel a bit cliché at times. The reality is that it's extraordinarily difficult to find stocks worthy of permanent spots in your portfolio. It's even more challenging when you apply that to growth stocks, which investors often find in emerging industries where it's uncertain which companies will lead or for how long.

That said, there's no harm in doing the exercise. After all, there aren't any rules against selling later on if things don't work out. In the meantime, this mindset will hone your focus on looking for the very best companies the market has to offer.

Ready to start? Already ahead of you. Nvidia (NVDA +0.62%), Microsoft (MSFT +0.59%), and Meta Platforms (META +2.59%) jump off the page as entrenched tech stalwarts with significant artificial intelligence (AI) growth potential, which might ultimately be one of the biggest investment opportunities of this generation.

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Nvidia is entrenched as the gold standard of AI compute Once the data center supercycle began, Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs) quickly became the de facto chips for training AI models. That continues and has made Nvidia the world's largest tech company in the process. Although competition from custom silicon chips has crept in, it hasn't derailed Nvidia's blistering growth. CEO Jensen Huang has noted that Nvidia anticipates more than $1 trillion in orders through next year for its flagship Grace Blackwell and upcoming Vera Rubin chip platforms.

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Eventually, the data center boom will slow. But Nvidia will likely remain a top AI stock because of all the directions it can still go as AI investment and innovation expand beyond data centers. Nvidia has its sights set on physical AI, with software and hardware ecosystems built for autonomous vehicles and humanoid robotics. The company recently expanded its partnership with Palantir Technologies to give the U.S. government and other critical tech infrastructure operators access to Nvidia's GPUs and open-source AI models on Palantir's application software.

In the meantime, Nvidia is raking in billions of dollars in cash flow from its GPU sales, and that figure is rising quickly as Nvidia's explosive growth continues. Jensen Huang had Nvidia ready to dominate the AI market from day one, so it's difficult to bet against him as he guides Nvidia into an exciting but volatile AI future.

Microsoft has the inside track on AI at the enterprise level You can't stay atop the tech world without evolving. Microsoft has continued to learn new tricks over the years, from personal computer software to cloud computing and AI, all while its legacy products remained relevant and continue to have strong pricing power. Today, countless companies, from small businesses to massive corporations, depend on Microsoft's software products and cloud computing services in one form or another.

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Microsoft's various offerings make it a one-stop shop for enterprises, creating powerful network effects. Is Microsoft always the best at everything? No, but it's often easier and cheaper for enterprises to use whatever Microsoft offers than to go outside the ecosystem to another vendor. Like with other previous innovations, Microsoft has an inside track to sell AI technology, as it can simply roll it out to customers.

Admittedly, Microsoft's AI app, Copilot, has struggled to gain traction. But the company is pivoting after initially relying too heavily on its partnership with OpenAI. Microsoft's entrenched advantages are powerful, so when the smoke clears, it shouldn't surprise anyone if the company does just fine with AI. Despite the criticisms, Microsoft's Azure currently has $625 billion in commercial remaining performance obligations, suggesting the business is doing just fine.

Meta Platforms is an advertising juggernaut built on social media dominance There aren't many publicly traded monopolies you can invest in, but Meta Platforms might be one of them. Its social media apps, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, combine for 3.56 billion daily active users. This massive user base generates a ton of first-party data that Meta leverages to serve ads, a highly lucrative business model that continues to grow by leaps and bounds.

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Co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is still the CEO and is only 42 years old, a rarity for such a successful company. Mark Zuckerberg swings for the fences. It doesn't always work -- just look at Reality Labs -- but he also acquired Instagram and WhatsApp. The company's all-out push into AI has strengthened its core advertising business while opening new growth opportunities in cloud computing and AI glasses.

Meta Platforms isn't a stock for everyone. Its social media apps have attracted criticism and lawsuits for their addictive nature. Despite all that, Meta Platforms is such a strong advertising company that it can afford huge mistakes and still deliver double-digit growth year in and year out. That's a business worth buying and holding, especially with such seasoned but young leadership.

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Turning $500,000 into $100,000 of annual income requires a 20% yield, and no durable, diversified income portfolio should be built around that assumption. Anyone quoting a number that high is usually taking on extreme risk, relying on leverage, or handing back some of your own capital. The dividend-growth formula solves a different equation. It accepts a smaller paycheck today in exchange for the possibility of a much larger one in 10, 20, or 30 years.

Why $500,000 Cannot Produce Six Figures Today The equation is fixed: income target divided by yield equals capital required. Run it at three realistic tiers and the shortfall on $500K is obvious.

Conservative (3% to 4%): Blue-chip dividend growers and broad equity income. $100,000 divided by 0.035 equals about $2.86 million; at 4%, $2.5 million. Diversified and durable, but $500K produces roughly $17,500 in year one. Moderate (5% to 7%): REITs, preferred shares, midstream energy partnerships, covered-call funds. $100,000 divided by 0.06 equals about $1.67 million. Distribution growth slows or stalls, and inflation gnaws at real income. Aggressive (8% to 14%): Business development companies, mortgage REITs, leveraged option-income vehicles. $100,000 divided by 0.10 equals $1 million; at 12%, roughly $833,000. Principal frequently erodes, and cuts arrive first in downturns. The 10-year Treasury near 4.4% pays about $22,000 on $500K, risk-free. That is the realistic starting point. Every path to six figures from here runs through time, not yield.

The Compounding Math of Rising Payouts A 3.5% starting yield growing 8% per year doubles the income in roughly nine years, quadruples it in eighteen, and pushes yield-on-cost above 15% around year twenty-five. Reinvest dividends along the way and the curve bends steeper. The meaningful number is the growth rate of the payout multiplied by the years you hold it.

The historical record on real payers makes this tangible. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ | JNJ Price Prediction) paid a Q1 dividend of $0.33 in 2006 and $1.30 in Q1 2026, with 27+ consecutive years of increases visible in the data. Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) went from a $0.285 quarterly dividend in Q1 1999 to $1.0885 in Q2 2026, its 70th consecutive annual raise. McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) raised its quarterly payout from $0.375 in early 2008 to $1.86 in 2026. Investors who bought any of these two decades ago now collect a yield-on-cost that dwarfs anything a covered-call fund offers.

Where the Formula Points Next The low-yield, high-growth end of the spectrum matters as much as the aristocrats. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) yields only 1%, yet the quarterly dividend rose from $0.39 in 2017 to $0.91 by late 2025. Visa (NYSE:V) yields roughly 0.8% and has raised the payout every year since 2008, most recently to $0.67 quarterly. Optically underwhelming today, mathematically dominant on a twenty-year horizon.

Blend a small allocation of names like these with a larger core of aristocrats and $500K can plausibly generate a six-figure real income stream by the time an early-fifties saver reaches their mid-seventies, especially with reinvestment during the accumulation phase.

Three Steps Before You Build the Portfolio Calculate actual spending, not gross salary. Per-capita disposable personal income was $68,391 in Q1 2026, according to BEA data reported through FRED, but that is a national per-person average, not a household retirement target. Many households need to replace less than a $100,000 paycheck once payroll taxes, retirement contributions, and work-related costs disappear. Compare total returns of a dividend-growth fund against a 10%-yielding option-income fund over the same period. Include reinvested dividends, taxes, payout changes, and ending net asset value. The high-yield product may look better at first, but the decade-long result depends on whether its payout is supported by durable earnings or offset by NAV erosion.

Model the tax drag at each tier. Qualified dividends from many dividend-growth stocks may receive lower federal rates when IRS holding-period rules are met. BDC and mortgage REIT distributions are often largely ordinary income, though tax character can vary by year. That matters more when CPI is already up 4.2% over the 12 months ending in May 2026. $500,000 can still become a six-figure income machine, but not by pretending a 20% yield is normal. The realistic path is a long runway, reinvestment, and a portfolio of companies that can keep raising the check. The first year may look disappointing. The real payoff is what the income stream can become after years of compounding.

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There are some investors out there who like to keep a close eye on Cathie Wood investments. Many of the technology-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offered by Wood's Ark Investment Management are popular choices for investors.

Ark Invest recently made a big move, adding $7 million to its holdings in Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX 6.83%). It's not the first time Wood (through Art Invest) has bought SpaceX, and it comes as her funds move away from China-based stocks.

Should investors follow Wood's move and buy SpaceX stock? Here's what you should know.

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Why Cathie Wood bought more SpaceX Official filings show that Wood added $7 million worth of shares across a handful of Ark funds, including ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK 2.89%), ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW 1.85%), and ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (ARKF 1.19%).

To fund some of the SpaceX stock purchases, Wood sold more than 570,000 shares of the China-based technology company Alibaba. Wood's funds have been moving away from some of their Chinese stock investments recently as they position for more growth in artificial intelligence.

Wood is very bullish on SpaceX, believing that the company could reach an enterprise value of $3.1 trillion by 2030, as it builds out its aerospace, AI, and data center businesses. In fact, Ark has issued statements noting that SpaceX's Starlink internet service alone is worth $2 trillion.

Ark has projected that Starlink could generate $300 billion in annual revenue by 2035.

Wood's funds are also bullish on SpaceX's orbital data center prospects -- SpaceX eventually wants to launch data centers into space -- and the business has said that this market could be up to 20 times larger than the satellite communication market.

Wood's funds also project that SpaceX could reduce its launch costs by up to 90% -- which it's estimated to do with its new Starship rocket -- and that this could help SpaceX achieve some of its most ambitious orbital data center efficiencies.

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Should you follow Cathie Wood's SpaceX stock purchase? It's probably best not to buy SpaceX stock right now, despite Wood's moves. First, the company's shares are very expensive, with a price-to-sales (P/S) ratio of 109, well above the tech sector average of about 9.

Perhaps more importantly, buying shares of companies that have recently gone public isn't usually a smart move. Over the past quarter-century, most large companies gained an average of just 3.5% in the first 12 months after their IPO.

That means SpaceX is likely to be highly volatile over the next year. Investors would be better off evaluating the company after it has reported several quarters of financial results and assessing how well SpaceX is delivering on its ambitions before buying.

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After paying a $6.1 billion dividend on June 26 for the first quarter of fiscal 2027, as Finbold reported, Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) is likely to repeat a similar move during the next payout for the second quarter, potentially in early October 2026.

The Q2 fiscal 2027 Nvidia dividend could be paid on October 1, 2026, based on Nvidia dividend history, as analyzed by Finbold on July 8. Officially, the date for the company’s dividend payout for the second quarter of fiscal year 2027 is expected to be announced on August 26, 2026, when the company releases its earnings report.

As such, as per Nvidia dividend history, the ex-dividend date, the cutoff day on which investors must already own a stock to receive the next dividend payment, could be on September 10, 2026, as per forecast from dividendmax.

What is the expected amount to be paid in the next Nvidia dividend? For the first time in Nvidia’s dividend history, the company paid $0.25 per share last month. The company increased its dividend payout by 25-fold from the prior quarter, fueled by the ongoing AI (Artificial Intelligence) boom.

With Nvidia forecasting $91 billion in revenue for the second quarter, following a record $81.6 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2027, the company is well positioned to pay at least $0.25 again on October 1, 2026.

Is NVDA stock a good buy? NVDA stock is worth considering, as it has maintained a parabolic bull rally over the past few years and has significantly increased its dividend. Furthermore, the Nvidia stock dividend makes the company more competitive.

NVDA stock price performance. Source: Finbold Year-to-date (YTD), NVDA stock has gained over 5% and is trading at about $196.93 at press time. Nonetheless, Wall Street analysts, including Vivek Arya of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), anticipate further upside for NVDA shares over the coming 12 months.

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Ever since Netflix (NFLX +0.21%) walked away from trying to acquire assets from Warner Bros. Discovery, the stock price hasn't found its footing.

Investors initially cheered Netflix's decision to withdraw from the bidding war with Paramount Skydance. But shares didn't gain much traction afterward, and Netflix's warnings about its content costs in the first half of the year haven't helped. As of this writing, the Netflix stock price is down roughly 19% year to date.

On July 16, however, the next meaningful direction for the stock price could take shape.

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Netflix's next report On Thursday, July 16, Netflix will release its financial results for the second quarter of 2026.

Ad revenue totals will be an important metric to watch to see if Netflix is still on track to reach $3 billion by the end of the year. As subscription growth matures, ads are not just another sales vehicle for the company. Growing ad revenue can also help offset content costs.

Those content costs are also worth monitoring and hearing the company's take on. The management team did warn that content costs would be higher in the first part of the year, so if that headwind is mostly behind Netflix, that will offer some relief.

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What happens after July 16 If Netflix shows that ad revenue is on track to reach $3 billion or exceed that forecast, along with content costs stabilizing in the back half of the year, that's a recipe that could help send the stock price higher.

If ad revenue isn't living up to forecasts, if content costs are projected to climb in the upcoming quarters, or both, the next direction for the stock price is likely lower.

Either way, this report can highlight for long-term investors whether a rebound is forming or if there's still some turbulence to navigate through.

Jack Delaney has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

Those who banked on Bank of America's (BAC 0.07%) stock to rise last month were well rewarded for their bullishness. Most notably, the prominent lender was among the 32 banks and other financial institutions that aced the Federal Reserve's (Fed) 2026 edition of its annual stress tests. As in previous years, this will result in a dividend raise, another good reason to invest in the stock.

Among other positive developments, these helped push Bank of America's equity up by more than 10% in June.

Passing grades One of said developments was a new cross-border, real-time payments product Bank of America announced near the start of the month. The service, whose name wasn't revealed, is designed for high-volume, low-value financial transfers, like person-to-person (P2P) and business-to-consumer (B2C) payments.

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The bank is promising instant transfers for both sender and receiver, effected via the Swift or CashPro systems. Investors were encouraged by this because demand is rising for such a product -- Bank of America said that the P2P segment is expected to rise by 58% and B2C by a whopping 132% by 2032.

The Fed published the results of the stress tests on June 25 and, like the other companies in the regulator's exam room, Bank of America saw its shares bump higher. That stood to reason, as the point of the stress tests is to gauge how effectively a lender might cope with sharp and sudden economic crises.

Even though these tests have been conducted for years, it's still immensely satisfying to investors when their company, or companies, get a passing grade.

One reason for this is that it almost guarantees the passers will raise their dividends, a habit that has become nearly a custom. This year's raises are generous, too, with Bank of America's fellow Big Four lenders -- JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo -- all aiming for lifts of at least 10% in their coming quarterly payouts (each is subject to board of directors approval).

Bank of America is more cautious than its peers, preferring to wait a while before making a similar declaration. But we can count on a double-digit hike from it, too.

Finally, just after those results were disseminated, two analysts raised their price targets on the bank. Morgan Stanley's Betsy Graseck raised her to $67 per share from $61, while her peer John McDonald of Truist Securities upped his to $64 from $61. Both maintained their equivalents of buy recommendations.

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A solid lender, as ever Banks are cyclical businesses, so for anyone like me who believes the U.S. economy can hold up under the pressures it's currently facing (including inflation, among other potential headwinds), Bank of America is a solid stock play.

The stress test results show that it's well protected even if the cycle starts to turn against it, so the stock is even something of a defensive play if the economy goes sour. I would confidently invest in this well-known lender.

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United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:UAL) will release its second quarter earnings report after the closing bell on Wednesday, July 15.

Analysts expect the Chicago, Illinois-based company to report quarterly earnings of $1.82 per share, down from $3.87 per share in the year-ago period. The consensus estimate for United Airlines’ quarterly revenue is $17.58 billion. It reported $15.24 billion last year, according to Benzinga Pro.

On April 21, United Airlines Holdings posted better-than-expected first-quarter earnings.

Shares of United Airlines fell 3.2% to close at $128.31 on Tuesday.

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Patent filing follows recent RCL vanadium metallurgical testwork and further strengthens Temas' growing critical minerals technology platform

Highlights

Temas has initiated the filing of a new process patent covering the extraction of vanadium from complex ore bodies using its proprietary Regenerative Chloride Leach ("RCL") mixed chloride leaching technology.

Patent filing establishes a priority filing date of July 8, 2026, protecting the Company's latest metallurgical innovation.

Patent entitled "Chloride-based process for Vanadium extraction"

Filing follows the recent completion of the Company's previously announced RCL vanadium metallurgical testwork on material from its wholly-owned La Blache Titanium-Vanadium-Iron Project.

Represents another expansion of Temas' growing intellectual property portfolio supporting future technology licensing opportunities.

Follows Temas' 29 June 2026 results confirming extensive high-grade titanium-vanadium mineralisation at La Blache, including vanadium grades of up to 0.48% V₂O₅ over broad intervals, underpinning the vanadium endowment to which the newly patented RCL process can be applied.

Strengthens Temas' ability to create value from vanadium; both from its own La Blache and Lac Brûlé assets and from third-party vanadium ore bodies, concentrates and mine waste through RCL technology licensing and processing partnerships.

The Company continues to progress confidential discussions and third-party lab testing with potential processing and licensing partners regarding deployment of the RCL platform across critical minerals.

Reinforces Temas' strategy of developing proprietary metallurgical solutions across multiple critical minerals beyond titanium.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / July 8, 2026 / Temas Resources Corp. ("Temas" or the "Company") (ASX:TIO)(CSE:TMAS)(OTCQB:TMASF)(FSE:26P0) is pleased to announce that, following the recent completion of the Company's Regenerative Chloride Leach ("RCL") vanadium metallurgical testwork announced earlier this year, the Company has initiated the filing of a new process patent covering the extraction of vanadium from complex ore bodies using mixed chloride leaching technology.

The patent application, entitled "Chloride-based process for Vanadium extraction" establishes a priority filing date of July 8, 2026, providing intellectual property protection for a novel process developed through the Company's ongoing metallurgical research and development activities.

The new patent application builds upon the encouraging results generated from Temas' proprietary RCL metallurgical testing on vanadium-bearing material from its 100%-owned La Blache Titanium-Vanadium-Iron Project in Québec, Canada. The work further demonstrates the adaptability of the RCL technology platform across multiple critical minerals while expanding the Company's growing portfolio of proprietary processing technologies.

As announced on 29 June 2026, Temas reported the first results from its systematic re-assay program at the Hervieux West deposit within La Blache, confirming extensive high-grade titanium-vanadium mineralisation together with gallium, scandium and chromium credits. Selected intervals returned vanadium grades of up to 0.48% V₂O₅ over substantial widths, including 143.0 m at 0.48% V₂O₅ (88.7% Fe₂O₃ + TiO₂) in hole HWR-10-052. The vanadium extraction process now being patented is directly applicable to this style of Fe-Ti-V oxide mineralisation, reinforcing the potential for Temas to create value from both its own vanadium-bearing assets and comparable third-party ore bodies through the RCL platform.

The Company believes that securing intellectual property protection remains a critical component of its strategy to commercialize the RCL technology through future licensing agreements, strategic partnerships and deployment across global mineral projects. The Temas RCL technology platform is comprised of successfully granted US and Canadian metallurgical process patents for the extraction of Gold, Iron, Titanium, Nickel and Rare Earth Elements using its proprietary mixed-chloride leaching technology.

In addition to this new patent application for the extraction of Vanadium, the RCL platform is supported by eleven granted patents across multiple critical minerals and jurisdictions:

Gold - granted (United States)

Gold - granted (Canada)

Iron - granted (United States)

Iron - granted (Canada)

Iron - granted (India)

Titanium - granted (United States)

Titanium - granted (Canada)

Nickel - granted (United States)

Nickel - granted (Canada)

Rare Earth Elements - granted (India)

Rare Earth Elements - granted (Canada)

Vanadium - application filed, priority date 7 July 2026 (new)

Kyler Hardy, Executive Chairman, commented:

"One of our strategic objectives has always been to continually expand the RCL technology platform through the development of new process innovations. The successful application of RCL to vanadium extraction has resulted in a process that we believe is both novel and commercially valuable. Filing this patent represents another important milestone in strengthening Temas' intellectual property portfolio and reinforces the versatility of the RCL platform across multiple critical mineral applications."

Tim Fernback, President & Chief Executive Officer, commented:

"The filing of this patent is another important step in transforming Temas from a critical minerals developer into a global clean metallurgical technology company. Every new patent strengthens our competitive position and builds long-term value in our technology licensing business. As demand accelerates for secure supplies of critical minerals such as vanadium, we believe proprietary processing technologies like RCL will become increasingly valuable to miners seeking lower-cost, environmentally responsible extraction. We continue to evaluate further RCL applications across critical minerals, including gallium, scandium, chromium and rare earth elements and intend to keep expanding our intellectual property portfolio as future metallurgical programs are completed."

Expanding the RCL Intellectual Property Platform

The RCL technology platform continues to evolve beyond its original titanium applications into a broad hydrometallurgical process capable of recovering multiple critical minerals from complex ores, concentrates and mine waste.

The Company's intellectual property strategy is focused on protecting novel metallurgical processes that can be commercialized through:

Technology licensing;

Joint venture opportunities;

Strategic processing partnerships;

Proprietary processing of Temas' wholly-owned mineral assets.

The filing of "Chloride-based process for Vanadium extraction" represents another significant addition to Temas' expanding portfolio of proprietary RCL technologies.

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ABOUT TEMAS RESOURCES

Revolutionizing Metal Production
Proprietary IP. Global Licensing. Titanium & Critical Minerals.

Temas Resources Corp. (ASX:TIO)(CSE:TMAS)(OTCQB:TMASF)(FRA:26P0) is a technology-driven critical minerals company advancing a dual-business model built around proprietary processing innovation and strategic mineral ownership. The Company's patented Regenerative Chloride Leach (RCL) technology platform delivers significant operational cost reductions - validated at up to 65% lower than traditional processing - while dramatically reducing energy use and environmental impact.

Temas' RCL process is the foundation of its technology licensing and partnership business, enabling global mining and materials companies to adopt sustainable, high-margin metal extraction methods across a range of critical minerals including titanium, vanadium, nickel, and rare earth elements.

Complementing its technology division, Temas also owns 100% of two advanced titanium-vanadium-iron projects in Québec, Canada - La Blache and Lac Brûlé - which are strategically positioned to feed directly into the Company's proprietary processing platform, creating a fully integrated mine-to-market supply chain for Western metals.

Through this combination of innovative IP commercialization and resource ownership, Temas Resources is positioned to deliver scalable, low-carbon solutions that strengthen Western critical-mineral independence and create long-term value for shareholders.

Benefits the ORF - RCL Technology:

The RCL platform technology involves the hydrometallurgical mineral extraction of concentrates, whole ores, slags and tailings to enhance recovery of critical metals, battery metals, Platinum Group Minerals ("PGMs"), precious and base metals and Rare Earth Element ("REE") recovery at materially higher through-yields and lower capital and operating costs than many of the conventional approaches that are in use traditionally. This novel RCL technology is ideally suited to treat increasingly complex ores in an environmentally sensitive manner.

Pilot Testing Complete: The Company has completed a pilot test of approximately 1 ton of material from its La Blache TiO2 mineral property yielding 88 kgs of a 99.8% pure TiO2 commercial grade product.1

Validated Cost Reduction: A significant cost reduction of over 65%2,3 is validated for TiO2 processing using the RCL platform technology (e.g., reagent recycling, potentially lower energy use, optimized recovery etc.). These fundamental process efficiencies are expected to translate into economic advantages when applying the platform to Nickel or other target minerals hosted in complex ores.

Environmental Performance: The closed-loop design and high reagent recycling rates are core to the RCL platform, irrespective of the target mineral. Over 69% lower operating costs compared to conventional processing due to its core features operating at near ambient temperatures.3 This means the reduced environmental footprint and enhanced ESG profile are benefits that extend to ores and minerals previously noted, not just TiO2.

High Recovery Potential: Just as we've demonstrated high-quality, 99.8% TiO2 product from pilot testing1 the RCL platform is engineered for high recovery and purity of all target metals. Our metallurgical expertise focuses on optimizing these recoveries and maximizing margins for each specific mineral.

RCL results in a quicker and more complete liberation of the target metals using atmospheric pressure and lower temperatures than competing methods and improves the selectivity and efficiency of subsequent solvent extraction steps. Management believes that this novel metallurgical process can be applied to many complex resource deposits worldwide, enhancing both extraction and recovery for the operator.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor the Market Regulator (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

This press release contains forward looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. The use of any of the words "anticipate", "plan", "continue", "expect", "estimate", "objective", "may", "will", "project", "should", "predict", "potential" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements

Although the Company believes that the expectations and assumptions on which the forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements because the Company cannot give any assurance that they will prove correct. Since forward looking statements address future events and conditions, they involve inherent assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of assumptions, factors and risks. These assumptions and risks include, but are not limited to, assumptions and risks associated with mineral exploration generally and results from anticipated and proposed exploration programs, conditions in the equity financing markets, and assumptions and risks regarding receipt of regulatory and shareholder approvals.

Management has provided the above summary of risks and assumptions related to forward looking statements in this press release in order to provide readers with a more comprehensive perspective on the Company's future operations. The Company's actual results, performance or achievement could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements and, accordingly, no assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits the Company will derive from them. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and, other than as required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise.

1 Source: Temas Resources Corp. "Pilot Scale Evaluation of Temas La Blache Ilmenite - Final Report PRO 21-16," 24 June 2022.

2 These metallurgical test results and cost-reduction data were first reported in the Company's Canadian market announcement dated 13 April 2021, titled "Temas Resources Acquires 50 % of Green Mineral Process Developer ORF Technologies Inc."

3 The cost-reduction figure is supported by independent evaluation conducted by the Natural Resources Research Institute (University of Minnesota, 2017) and subsequent pilot-scale validation by ORF Technologies Inc., as detailed in Temas Resources news releases of 2021 and 2022.

SOURCE: Temas Resources Corp.

Internet, Everywhere, July 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ, TSX: SHOP) plans to announce financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 before markets open on Wednesday, August 5, 2026.

Shopify’s management team will host a conference call to discuss second-quarter results at 8:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. The conference call will be available via webcast on the Investor Relations section of Shopify’s website at https://www.shopify.com/investors/events.

An archived replay of the webcast will be available following the conclusion of the call.

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Understanding the Power Inflow Signal

Order flow analytics analyze real-time buying and selling trends by examining the volume, timing, and order size across both retail and institutional traders. These insights offer a more detailed understanding of price behavior and market sentiment for a stock, allowing the trader or institution to make the most informed decision possible.

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CompaniesMOSCOW, July 8 (Reuters) - Chevron's (CVX.N), opens new tab Yasa Polaris oil tanker, used for Caspian Pipeline Consortium shipments, was attacked ​by a drone off Russia's Black Sea coast, ‌two industry sources said on Wednesday.

Chevron said on Monday it was aware of an incident with a vessel heading to the Caspian ​Pipeline Consortium's loading facilities near Russia's Black Sea ​port of Novorossiysk and the crew was safe, ⁠while exports from Kazakhstan were not affected.

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The Chevron-led Tengizchevroil oil ​company is the major exporter of CPC Blend oil ​sourced mainly from a giant Tengiz oil field it operates in Kazakhstan.

Yasa Polaris is an oil tanker built in 2022 and able ​to carry about 160,000 metric tons of oil, according to LSEG ​data. The vessel is managed by Yasa Holding registered in Turkey. ‌The ⁠shipmanager did not immediately answer a Reuters request for a comment.

Ukraine has targeted the CPC oil terminal and vessels carrying oil in the Black Sea area many times since the start of the war in 2022. Last year ​one of ​single point moorings ⁠at the CPC terminal was heavily damaged in an attack.

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium plans to ​export about 1.6 million barrels per day ​of ⁠CPC Blend crude in July, down from around 1.7 million bpd planned for June after drone damage to a Russian ⁠gas facility ​meant output had to be ​reduced, two trading sources said.

Reporting by Olesya Astakhova in Moscow and Ron ​Bousso in London. Editing by Mark Potter and Louise Heavens

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