#fy2027-guidance

#fy2027-guidance

It's possible one day we'll do something like that. We're not going to be in sports. We're not going to be in politics. There's a bunch of stuff we won't do.

ERA has structured its recruitment model around four growth pathways; increasing existing agent productivity, recruiting outside agents, adding ancillary revenue streams, such as mortgage and title, and pursuing M&A. The approach has found traction among brokers who view the brand as a vehicle for expansion rather than a simple flag-planting exercise.

Consumer Loan Marketplace volume was primarily driven by new partner expansion with 307 partners and continued growth in volume from nascent products such as small-business lending loans and DSCR loans. From a DSCR perspective, we do have now about 25 or so partners that have been activated, with another 15 agreements out.

It was wise of Omnicom to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings after the market closed on Wednesday, since its stock gained in after-hours trading - unlike Publicis, which got walloped by traders after its quite positive financial results. However, its results were neither spectacularly good nor terribly bad, with 2025 revenue up 10%, thanks in part to including one month of revenue from Interpublic Group, which it finished absorbing at the end of November. Foreign exchange values also goosed the revenue by $125 million, bringing total revenue for the year to $17.3 billion.

TD Cowen reduced estimates across the household and personal care space, arguing that companies will be unable to fully mitigate higher oil-related input costs stemming from the Iran war.

The emergence of so-called "agentic AI," systems that can perform tasks independently and support decisions, plays a central role in this. Two-thirds of respondents believe that there is currently more hype surrounding agentic AI than previous technological developments. At the same time, three-quarters are still discovering how this technology can be used effectively. According to Basware CEO Jason Kurtz, the time for experimentation is over; executives expect concrete results.

Earnings-call word usage shows increased emphasis on growth in Q3 versus Q2, decreased mentions of tariffs and uncertainty, and slope of highlighted words represents change in usage between quarters.