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Last week I grabbed the Giants at 50/1 to win the World Series (you can still get them at 35/1), which seems appealing for a team with MLB’s best record. It’s not ideal San Francisco shares a division with the Padres and Dodgers, but baseball is far more wide open in the playoffs than other sports.  While some may suggest San Francisco is playing over its head or scream small sample (the long odds certainly do), the team’s major improvement at the plate dates to 2020. The Giants have… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Index funds are supposed to cut out the human-driven craziness that periodically infects markets, but the recent meme-stock fever proved the $11 trillion industry is far from immune. The remarkable surge in shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and a handful of other stocks is showing up in multiple exchange-traded funds, skewing portfolios, altering risk profiles and exerting outsized influence on prices. Take the $68 billion iShares Russell 2000 ETF (ticker IWM). In the… Source link

TipRanks 2 Big Dividend Stocks Yielding 7%; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ Let’s talk about defending your portfolio. It’s a common impulse for most investors, when the economy starts to turn sour. We’re in a growth phase now, with economic activity rebounding strongly from the corona-crisis shutdowns, and with reopening getting into full stride, economists are predicting up to 8% GDP expansion this year. But there are clouds on the horizon. Inflation is rising, and the April jobs report was,… Source link

Five minutes into the biggest fight of Charles Oliveira’s life, his biggest victory was just making it to the end of the first round. With the vacant UFC lightweight belt on the line, Oliveira and Michael Chandler had exchanged shots on top of shots in the UFC 262 main event, but Chandler was clearly the one who came closest to victory in the first frame. At one moment, it looked like the American was a strike away from taking the belt. And then Oliveira opened the second round by doing… Source link

Five minutes into the biggest fight of Charles Oliveira’s life, his biggest victory was just making it to the end of the first round. With the vacant UFC lightweight belt on the line, Oliveira and Michael Chandler had exchanged shots on top of shots in the UFC 262 main event, but Chandler was clearly the one who came closest to victory in the first frame. At one moment, it looked like the American was a strike away from taking the belt. And then Oliveira opened the second round by doing… Source link

South China Morning Post Apple’s attempt to diversify manufacturing to India is being stymied by New Delhi’s coronavirus crisis This is the first in a series of stories about the impact of India’s Covid-19 crisis on the Indian and Chinese economies and the global initiative to restructure supply chains. Apple’s efforts to diversify its production from China to India are being hit by the Covid-19 crisis there, with infections and factory shutdowns prompting analysts to question whether… Source link

Incredible photos of more than 50,000 people at a concert in Auckland have made New Zealand the envy of the world. Several images of the Six60 concert at packed Eden Park stadium were shared online and many people from countries still heavily impacted by coronavirus deemed Australia’s neighbours lucky to be able to see live music again in large crowds without concerns for safety. One Twitter user, Laird Cameron, posted a photo from the gig, saying: “Feeling blessed to be a New Zealander. Not… Source link

Go ahead, call Kamaru Usman a boring fighter. The UFC welterweight champion defended his title at UFC 261 on Saturday, defeating Jorge Masvidal for a second time in two years. Unlike his foot stomp-heavy win by decision last year, Usman delivered a stunning KO in the second round. Usman laid Masvidal out with a hard right after hitting him with a jab, and the fight was soon called. Here’s how broadcasters Jon Anik and Joe Rogan reacted ringside: Meanwhile, former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson,… Source link

BGR This nationwide food brand just recalled every single one of its products When a company has to recall a product it is often pretty serious. That’s especially true when the product is a food item that may contain a harmful pathogen. Typically, just one type of food is affected; a produce company might recall lettuce but still sell tomatoes that are perfectly safe, for example. Unfortunately for Jule’s Foods, a California-based food producer that sells its goods across the country, it has… Source link

MMA Weekly UFC Vegas 24 results: Robert Whittaker outclasses Kelvin Gastelum in main event It was a rough road, but the UFC Vegas 24 results came in on Saturday night having dropped two bouts in the final 48 hours leading up to the event. The night’s main event between former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and perennial top ten contender Kelvin Gastelum took place, but two supporting bouts were scratched. The UFC Vegas 24 co-main event between Jeremy Stephens and Drakkar Klose was… Source link