VERSES® “Digital Brain” Featured in WIRED and Popular
VERSES AI Inc. announced significant recognition for its AXIOM digital-brain architecture in WIRED and Popular Mechanics, highlighting its innovative approach to achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). WIRED described AXIOM as a unique machine-learning system that mimics human brain functions, showcasing impressive efficiency in gaming environments. François Chollet, creator of the ARC-AGI benchmark, praised AXIOM’s focus […]
Top Emerging Market Stock ETFs for Canadian Investors
Investing in emerging markets can help diversify a portfolio, but this can be difficult, given the challenge of researching, buying, and selling stocks that aren’t listed in Canada. Exchange-traded funds offer an easy way to gain exposure to emerging markets while minimizing those difficulties. We’ve screened the 25 ETFs in Morningstar’s Canadian emerging markets equity […]
Positive Updates on U.S. Trade and Inflation Fail to Boost Markets
Good news on U.S. trade and inflation not lifting markets A cargo ship at Qingdao Port in Shandong Province, China, on June 9, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Consumer prices in the U.S. have been benign since February, and the May reading continues that trend, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ […]
Virginia Campaign Finance Laws Make Initial Move Beyond the Honor System
Virginia campaign finance laws take first step beyond honor system In a bitter 2009 Democratic primary, Roanoke Del. Onzlee Ware’s opponent accused him of dipping into his campaign funds for personal use. The complaint reached the state elections agency in Richmond, which fired off a letter demanding Ware provide receipts for the expenses in question. […]
Apple: Sleek Redesign and Enhanced Generative AI Features
Editor’s Note: This analysis was originally published as a stock note by Morningstar Equity Research. Key Morningstar Metrics for Apple Apple Stock Update Apple AAPL unveiled updates to all of its major operating systems at its Worldwide Developers’ Conference, or WWDC, keynote. Highlighted by iOS 26 (reflecting a release date ahead of calendar 2026), updates […]
Wyoming Oil and Gas Lease Sale Rakes in $7.7M—A Drop in the Bucket Compared to Trump’s First Term
Wyoming Oil And Gas Lease Sale Nets $7.7M, ‘Peanuts’ Compared To Trump’s First Term The Bureau of Land Management’s latest quarterly Wyoming oil and gas lease sale Tuesday took in $7.7 million. It shows that the reality of oil and gas leasing in Wyoming hasn’t yet caught up to President Donald Trump’s pledge to “unleash American energy.” The Tuesday sale […]
Dollarama Reports Impressive Same-Store Earnings Results
Editor’s Note: This analysis was originally published as a stock note by Morningstar Equity Research. Dollarama’s DG sales rose 8% in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, led by 5% same-store sales growth. Adjusted operating profit grew 16% as margin expanded 160 basis points to 22.9%. The shares rose nearly 10% on June 11 after […]
The Deficit Poses the Largest Threat to US Bonds
It’s an unusually eventful time for the bond market. Prices have been roiled by the United States’ trade war against the world, Moody’s downgrading the country’s credit rating, and a tax bill that stands to add trillions to the federal budget deficit. These concerns aren’t misplaced, and the growing deficit is unsustainable, posing a greater […]
Soft Metals Diminish the Efficiency of Solid-State Battery Exchanges
soft metal reduces the exchange of solid-state batteries American researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have made significant strides in enhancing solid-state batteries, which are pivotal for the future of electric vehicles and portable electronics. By ingeniously blending lithium with sodium, they have discovered a method to decrease the pressure necessary for these batteries […]
Resolution Sets Its Sights on the U.S. Critical Minerals Market
Australia’s Resolution Minerals (ASX: RML) is entering the critical minerals market in the United States with the acquisition of the Horse Heaven antimony-gold-tungsten project in central Idaho. Located in the historic Stibnite mining district, the brownfield project borders Perpetua Resources’ (NASDAQ: PPTA, TSX: PPTA) $2 billion Stibnite redevelopment, which is the only known antimony reserve […]