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Zanetti: Serving Inter and my mission to help the next generation
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Javier Zanetti lived out his dreams as a player, lifting 16 trophies in an Inter Milan career that spanned a record 858 appearances, winning 145 caps for Argentina, and earning a reputation as one of the best defensive players of his generation.
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Hearts sweep aside Falkirk to move six points clear
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Claudio Braga and Stephen Kingsley were on target as resurgent Hearts won 2-0 away to misfiring Falkirk to move six points clear at the top of the William Hill Premiership.
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Steph Curry exclusive: Golden State Warriors superstar opens up on free agency in 2027 and preparing for the 2025/26 season
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Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry speaks exclusively to Sky Sports to discuss 2027 free agency
Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry has opened up on his plans for free agency in 2027 after admitting situations change “really fast” in the NBA.
The prospect of Curry, a two-time league MVP and 11-time All-Star, playing for any franchise other than The Dubs is a strange one.
After being drafted with the seventh overall pick in 2009, Curry has gone on to revolutionise the game of basketball, helping himself to four championships, one finals MVP and the NBA record for most three-pointers made with 4,058 to add to his overall tally of 25,386 points.
All while wearing No 30 for the Warriors.
- 4 x NBA champion
- 2 x NBA MVP
- 2022 NBA Finals MVP
- 11 x NBA All-Star
- 2 x NBA All-Star MVP
- 11 x All-NBA Team selection
- 2024 NBA Clutch Player of the Year
- 2 x NBA Three-Point Content champion
- Most three-pointers made in NBA history
Curry signed a one-year extension with the team in 2024, worth a reported £47.5m ($62.6m) and ending growing speculation around his future in the process, keeping him in San Francisco until 2027.
Two years from now, when that deal expires, the greatest shooter of all time will be 39.
After averaging just under 25 points, six assists, and over four rebounds in his 16th season, as well as longevity being more prominent than ever in the league, it is clear to see that his time in the NBA is far from over.
But could the next chapter in his illustrious career lie away from Chase Center? Do not rule it out.
“What I have learned about this league is that things change really fast,” Curry told Sky Sports while discussing Underrated Golf, a programme set up by the point guard to break down barriers to entry and increase diversity in the game of golf.
Underrated Golf is an initiative led by Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry to create a pathway into the sport for young athletes from underrepresented communities.
The programme aims to break down barriers in the game of golf to give prospects a level playing field, in a bid to create a more inclusive and accessible environment for young golfers.
“What you might feel like in two years from now could be totally different. I try to stay in the moment as much as possible; it’s not the glitziest answer but it allows me to enjoy what is happening now.
“I do want to play for only one team, let’s keep that pretty clear. Being at the Warriors has been unbelievable and I feel blessed to have only played for one franchise and to have accomplished what we have.
“So if I could have the best of both worlds and continue to be championship relevant over the next couple of years, that would be great but this league is wild. You kind of just stay in the moment.”
Despite a decision on his future looming as we approach 2027, Curry’s full focus remains on securing more success with the team he holds so dear to his heart in the upcoming 2025/26 season.
The arrival of six-time All-Star Jimmy Butler in February has shown early signs of promise after the Warriors reached the Western Conference semi-finals last time out, only to be denied the opportunity to show their title-winning credentials following a Grade 1 hamstring strain for Curry in game one against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
A 4-1 defeat in the series would follow but heading into 2025/26, the roster has been bolstered by a new two-year deal for Jonathan Kuminga, as well as the arrival of 2024 NBA champion Al Horford,to run alongside long-term teammate Draymond Green in the frontcourt.
Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler (left) Stephen Curry (centre) and forward Draymond Green (right)
With Curry now back to full fitness and fresh depth surrounding him, the intentions from the Warriors have been clear from pre-season.
The Dubs are 3-1 in games Curry has featured in, beating the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers twice, with attention now turning to the season opener against the Lakers on October 21, live on Sky Sports.
When asked what aspects of the game still motivate a player who has already achieved so much in the sport as we approach a new 82-game season, Curry added: “I talk about championships, and that drive – it allows every part of the journey to matter.
“Even in the off-season, how you prepare for the year, come in and try and build chemistry with your teammates and how you get through the emotional rollercoaster of an 82-game season.
“All of that is built into being at your peak come playoff time in April.
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry during the pre-season game against the Los Angeles Clippers
“Individual accolades take care of themselves. When you win, everybody is rewarded. As long as I’m taking care of championship motivation, everything else takes care of itself. Whether you win or not, you just lay it all out there.
“We have a brand new team again. We’ll all try and stay healthy and try and get to the finish line. That’s our goal.”
The Warriors have won seven championships in total across their 78-year history, with Curry leading them to more than half of that total.
If the franchise is to add an eighth banner to the rafters in 2026, their point guard will be the man to lead them there.
His powers at the highest level are showing no signs are waning, with the 37-year-old looking to replicate the successes of the likes of LeBron James and Kevin Durant by “redefining” what it is to be playing at a high level towards the latter stages of their respective careers.
“I feel like I’ve got some good basketball ahead of me. I’m trying to redefine what it is to be playing at a high level at this age,” said Curry when the question of his timeline leading the roster was posed.
“I still love the work that goes into it and playing the game; hopefully, that will carry me. I don’t want to put any limits on it.”
Watch the Golden State Warriors against the Los Angeles Lakers live on Sky Sports + on October 21, tip-off 3am UK time.
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World Athletics Championships: Team GB target top-eight finish in Tokyo, while new ‘sex test’ is introduced in world first
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Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson is in good form going into the World Athletics Championships
The world’s best athletes will take to the track and field this weekend when the World Athletics Championships get under way in Tokyo from September 13-21.
Many of the stars who shone at Paris 2024 will be there, including Britain’s 800m Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson and USA’s 100m Olympic champion Noah Lyles.
One of the major talking points away from the sport has been the introduction of a mandatory SRY or sex test for athletes who intend to compete in female categories.
All athletes in female category take new ‘sex test’
World Athletics, led by their President Seb Coe, have taken an unambiguous stance for several years when it comes to talking about and defining new rules around the sensitive issues of the protection of female categories, transgender and DSD (Difference of Sexual Development).
They became the first global sporting federation to announce they would introduce a mandatory, once-in-a-lifetime gene test, known as an SRY Test earlier this year.
The test identifies the Y chromosome which causes male characteristics to develop. If an athlete returns a negative result, they are eligible to compete in female categories at world ranking events, including these World Championships.
World Athletics President Lord Coe says the governing body will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to protect the female category in the sport after it approved the introduction of cheek swabbing to determine if an athlete is biologically female World Athletics President Lord Coe says the governing body will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to protect the female category in the sport after it approved the introduction of cheek swabbing to determine if an athlete is biologically female
Coe told Sky Sports he expected every athlete required to take an SRY Test will have done so by the time track and field events get under way in Tokyo, including all French athletes.
In France, the process has been complicated by French law where the SRY gene test is illegal in France due to a 1994 law banning DNA testing for non-medical, non-judicial purposes to protect family integrity, so French athletes have had to undertake the SRY test by travelling outside of France.
Coe confirmed that while it is World Athletics’ stated aim to have all athletes tested by the start of the World Championships next month, the results do not have to be known due to the tight time frame.
For athletes whose national federation hasn’t been able to offer an SRY test yet, World Athletics will step in and offer the test at holding camps in Japan used by athletes prior to competing in Tokyo.
“By and large, the process has gone pretty smoothly, but it’s not been without its challenges,” Coe said. “The vast majority have been pretty straightforward and we’ve (World Athletics) made a contribution of about US$100 per test.”
How important are championships for Coe?
Very.
He has transformed the athletics governing body since his election in Beijing in 2015 from the tarnished old IAAF to the new World Athletics.
He’s serving his third and final term as president and while no doubt still pondering his defeat in March’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency election to Kirsty Coventry, his first love has always been track and field, and during his term as president he has tackled controversial issues like banning Russia and bringing in updated rules on gender eligibility.
Lord Coe accepts defeat to Kirsty Coventry in the IOC Presidential vote and says he welcomes the fact it’s a former Olympic athlete who will take up the role Lord Coe accepts defeat to Kirsty Coventry in the IOC Presidential vote and says he welcomes the fact it’s a former Olympic athlete who will take up the role
While those issues can be divisive, the progress of time has shown that many, if not most, sporting federations have followed athletics’ lead by watching and then following.
It’s interesting to note that the new IOC President, whom he lost out to, is preparing the IOC to greater understand and perhaps even lead on gender eligibility and protections for female sports stars.
He also wants athletics firmly in the position of the world’s second most popular sport behind football by showing off packed out stadia in Tokyo.
The World Championships take place in the 70,000 capacity Olympic Stadium where during the 2020 Olympics not one fan was able to watch the sport on offer due to a strict Covid-19 lockdown in Japan.
Many of the sessions during the nine days of competition are sell-outs and, according to Coe, no session will have fewer than 50,000 people in attendance.
Tokyo heat, humidity and typhoons
World Athletics deliberately scheduled the start of their marquee championships later than they would normally. Two years ago in Budapest, for example, the schedule ran during August.
High temperatures and humidity can be exceedingly high in Japan during the months of July and August, as many athletes who competed at the Tokyo Olympics four years ago will testify to.
The 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held at the National Stadium in Tokyo from September 13-21
However, heat mitigation measures will again be in place as Japan has experienced temperatures 2.36 Degrees Celsius above average between June and August, with local temperatures in Tokyo this week reaching 33 Degrees Celsius.
World Athletics president Seb Coe is of the belief that climate change is not temporary and is here to stay; at these championships, decisions on whether competition will go ahead will not be in the hands of local organisers, but World Athletics.
Information on drinks, ice baths and cooling techniques has been shared widely with athletes and their federations, while plenty of provision will be in place for spectators.
Tokyo and Japan, in general, is prone to typhoons at this time of year, indeed many British and Northern Irish athletes were confined to their hotel at their training camp for a few days due to a typhoon. If such a weather system hits Tokyo during the championships, it will again be a decision for World Athletics to make as to whether to postpone or cancel events.
Where could GB medals come from?
Great Britain and Northern Ireland haven’t been set a medal target, but a top-eight finish in the medal table is the challenge, with an expectation of several of their world-leading track stars to medal and all relay squads to medal.
So who are the stars? The women’s 800m final has been scheduled for the last session of the last day of the championships, as it’s been viewed as being a hot ticket in town. Two Brits could well end up on the podium, both friends and training partners coached by husband and wife duo Jenny Meadows and Trevor Painter – Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter-Bell.
Hodgkinson was one of the stars of Paris last year, streaking home to become Olympic champion and, although she has suffered hamstring injuries this year, she has come back to racing in time and is running ferociously quickly.
Keely Hodgkinson says she is in a good place after receiving her MBE and is fully focused on the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo Keely Hodgkinson says she is in a good place after receiving her MBE and is fully focused on the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
While perhaps not quite the right time for a tilt at the 800m world record, if Hodgkinson feels it, she’ll go for it.
Elsewhere, medals could come in men’s middle distance, with 1500m runner Josh Kerr defending his world title he won in 2023.
His battles with Norway’s Jacob Ingebrigtsen have already become legendary, with the two not the best of pals. At the Paris Olympics, one of the two should have taken the gold medal, but their attention on one another allowed the USA’s Cole Hocker to shock them both and cross the line first.
George Mills, son of Danny – the former Leeds, Manchester City and England defender – is a serious contender for medals in the men’s 5000m. This season he’s beaten Sir Mo Farah’s long-standing British 5000m record and ran the second fastest 1500m by a Brit, so the 26-year-old is well warmed up.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson is always a threat at major championships, and at Tokyo she will defend the heptathlon world title she won two years ago. She was also crowned world champion in 2019, and took Olympic silver in Paris.
Dina Asher-Smith will make her seventh appearance at a World Championship and, while the competition is fierce in both the 100m and 200m, she is running quickly this season.
“I’m just really happy,” she told Sky Sports. “I think the other week in Zurich is testament to what kind of shape I’m in because, honestly, I knew that I’ve been in good shape for a very long time and I know that I’ve been putting together some great races in the past few months, but to run a 10.90!
!I was picking it out because I know I could have had faster in me that day, but still obviously I’m very happy.”
Could Dina Asher-Smith medal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo?
Also very quick is Daryll Neita, who finished fourth in the women’s Olympic 100m final in Paris, narrowly missing out on a medal. She did, however, take home an Olympic Silver medal from the 4x100m women’s relay and in Tokyo it is expected that Great Britain and Northern Ireland medal in all five relay disciplines.
Individually, in the men’s sprint events (100m and 200m), Zharnel Hughes should at the very least make finals, as the qualified pilot has run sub-10 seconds in the 100m and sub-20 seconds in the 200m. With age, Hughes seems to get faster, as he broke both British 100m and 200m records in 2023, the same year he took his first ever global medal, a bronze at the last World Athletics Championships.
“Obviously the experience has been taking me into finals and stuff like that,” he said. “I’ve always been one to be reckoned with when it comes to the championships. I’ve always been able to position myself into the finals at every major championship.
“Unfortunately, last year it didn’t get to happen due to injury, but I’m feeling confident and I’m looking forward to getting myself on that podium for sure. I’ll be giving it my very best, I’m filled with determination and I’m quite confident in my ability that I can always catch you at the very end.
“I’m trusting myself and trusting my speed. The work that I’ve put in leading up to this championship has been tremendous. It’s going to be great.”
While the British team is medal heavy on expectation from the track, also keep an eye on pole-vaulter Molly Caudery. She won the 2024 World Indoor title and won the Diamond League meeting in Doha in May.
The Cornishwoman is a huge talent was expected to challenge for the gold at the Olympics last year, but had a shocker and failed to even qualify for the final. The 25-year-old is determined to learn the mental lesson from a year ago.
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Police in Chelsea, Massachusetts, say a missing 12-year-old boy has been located.
Authorities said the boy left his home Thursday night.
Shortly after 12:30 a.m., Chelsea police said the boy was being reunited with family after being found by the MBTA.
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End of an Era: Goodbye, Rubin!
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The entrance to the Rubin Museum of Art at 150 West 17th Street in New York City on October 4, 2024—two days before the museum closes for good. Arno Reyes Baetz for Observer Following a two-decade run as the only American museum dedicated entirely to Himalayan art, the Rubin Museum, as we know it, will shutter for good tomorrow, October 6. The institution announced the decision to close in January, at which time it also detailed plans to shift to a decentralized “museum without walls” model. The Rubin will retain some of its collection—an assemblage of nearly 4,000 objects spanning fifteen centuries—and will focus on organizing traveling exhibitions, enriching its grant program, and developing educational resources. What remains will, in theory, carry forward the museum’s mission in a lighter, more nimble format. Its final exhibition, “Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now,” is on view now. If you can make it before the museum closes tomorrow, you’ll find paintings, sculptures, sound installations, videos and performance art by over thirty contemporary artists from the Himalayan region.
Husband-and-wife philanthropists Donald and Shelley Rubin purchased the Rubin Museum building at 150 West 17th Street, a former Barneys department store, in 1998 for $22 million. The building’s tranquil, domed skylight and sweeping spaces would offer a seamless backdrop for the Rubins’ world-class collection. Transforming the 70,000-square-foot space into a haven for Tibetan art was ambitious, if improbable, even for a pair of deep-pocketed collectors. Though the Rubins oversaw extensive renovations, the couple retained as many original details as possible—including the building’s iconic spiral staircase, which became a centerpiece of the museum’s 25,000 square feet of exhibition space. Six years later, in 2004, the Rubin opened and swiftly became a model for culturally immersive museum design. It also eventually became a focus in the ongoing controversy around repatriating stolen artifacts.
Provenance disputes are nothing new in art, but they have been particularly acute for the Rubin, which repatriated two pieces to Nepal in 2022. The museum faced increased scrutiny earlier this year when, in March, activists renewed calls for the museum to take accountability “for decades of violent exploitation of our sacred ancestral objects.” The Tibetan-led campaign Our Ancestors Say No (OASN) has demanded the repatriation of allegedly stolen sacred artifacts, many displayed in the institution’s popular Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room. Following the Rubin Museum’s closure, over 100 works from the Shrine Room will find a new home at the Brooklyn Museum, via a loan dubbed “another thrilling example of New York City museum collaboration,” by Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak in a statement. Pasternak also pointed out that the Shrine Room has been “a renowned and beloved cultural experience for people around the world” since its opening in 2015. The art and ritual objects will be on loan to the Brooklyn Museum for at least six years, beginning in June of 2025.
For twenty years, the Rubin was praised for thought-provoking exhibitions and its unique approaches to Himalayan art. The museum’s Mandala Lab was celebrated for its interactive, multi-sensory space designed to create immersive, emotionally resonant experiences for visitors. The “Gateway to Himalayan Art” exhibition, on view since 2021, likewise received accolades for its ability to introduce audiences to the complexities and depth of Himalayan artistic traditions. Through these exhibitions and more, the Rubin Museum of Art became more than just a repository for artifacts. If it’s possible to look past the museum’s controversies, the Rubin’s legacy is as a cultural hub for engaging deeply with the spiritual and philosophical underpinnings of Himalayan art, making its closure all the more poignant. While The Rubin is framing its closure as a reimagining of what a museum can be—“more art, accessible to more people, in more places,” as its executive director Jorrit Britschgi put it—the closure of its Chelsea location feels like a loss.
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CHELSEA, Manhattan (WABC) — The clock is ticking down to the first day of school – and the Disney VoluntEARS helped one organization get kids ready for the big day.
Hudson Guild hosted the back-to-school bash at its main campus on West 26th Street in Chelsea.
The VoluntEARS gave away supplies gathered by Disney employees, including right here at Channel 7.
There were book bags, notebooks, and a variety of writing tools. All of the items came in countless colors to make sure the kids were happy with the takeaways. There were also activities just for fun, including a bounce house and face painting.
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Mauricio Pochettino looks set to become the next head coach of the U.S. men’s national team — but his appointment is not straightforward.
While the Argentine is out of work following his departure from Chelsea in May, there are more hurdles to be cleared before he can be formally confirmed in his new role.
So what is the hold-up and how quickly could things be resolved?
The Athletic has spoken to several sources with knowledge of the situation, who all asked to remain anonymous to protect their positions and because of the sensitivities around the negotiations, to try and answer those questions.
What has happened so far?
U.S. Soccer has been searching for a new head coach for its men’s national team since Gregg Berhalter was sacked on July 10 following a disappointing performance in the Copa America.
A day later, The Athletic reported that U.S. Soccer (USSF) had approached the former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp to gauge his interest in taking over, only for the German to politely decline the opportunity, saying he wanted to take a break from football.
Pochettino then emerged as the governing body’s preferred candidate and, on Thursday, The Athletic revealed that he had agreed to take the head coach role. Neither Pochettino nor the USSF has said anything publicly on the matter since the story broke.
So why is the contract not signed?
The terms of Chelsea’s severance package with Pochettino are where things get a bit more complicated.
Pochettino left Chelsea one year into a contract which originally stretched to two years, with the option of a third.
He has verbally committed to taking the USMNT job. Pochettino is free and clear to do so — there is nothing in his Chelsea contract preventing that and club sources insist no money is owed if he takes another position.
Pochettino left Chelsea with a year left on his contract (Dan Mullan/Getty Images)Given national team roles tend to pay less than their club equivalents, Chelsea are actively discussing with Pochettino possible solutions involving third-party sponsorships and other ways to support making the situation financially feasible for the Argentine.
His Chelsea contract only applies a prohibition on the top-six Premier League clubs for six months. Chelsea retain a strong relationship with Pochettino — Laurence Stewart, their technical director, even sent the USSF a glowing reference for him — and are continuing dialogue with him to enable him to proceed with the USMNT opportunity.
Do we know what the USSF will pay Pochettino?
Pochettino’s proposed salary at U.S. Soccer is not yet known, and — as reported above — how exactly it will afford a former Premier League manager who has worked for some of Europe’s biggest clubs is a key question.
Pochettino may have endured a disappointing season last year — even if Chelsea did recover from a poor start to finish sixth and qualify for the Europa Conference League — but he is still one of the most highly regarded coaches in the game.
His CV includes spells with Tottenham Hotspur and Paris Saint-Germain, and he has regularly been linked with the manager’s job at Manchester United and high-profile positions in Spain.
Securing a coach of his caliber will not come cheap, and his terms would certainly eclipse those offered to Berhalter, who coached in Major League Soccer before taking the USMNT job the first time.
According to the USSF’s tax filing, which was reported by AP, in 2022 Berhalter had a base salary of $1,391,136, and earned $900,000 in bonuses. By way of comparison, when Emma Hayes signed on as head coach of the women’s national team in November 2023, The Athletic reported that she would earn close to $2 million per year.
Matt Crocker, U.S. Soccer sporting director, said after Berhalter’s sacking that his search for a replacement would not be constrained by finances. “I just want to get the best coach possible that can help the team win,” he said. “Whether they’re from the U.S. or elsewhere. There has been progress made but now is the time to turn that progress into winning.”
How could the USSF find the money?
The USSF will understand that hiring a head coach of Pochettino’s status, especially ahead of a home World Cup, necessitates a bigger budget than they would ordinarily contemplate. But it is also true that they will not be able to afford the kind of salary that a top-six Premier League club could offer and they might need to get creative to accommodate the cost of hiring Pochettino.
When Canada hired Jesse Marsch as their new men’s head coach in May, the deal was only made possible thanks to significant financial contributions from the country’s three Major League Soccer clubs — CF Montreal, Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps. The total sum donated to Canada Soccer was around $1.5 million. That meant Marsch’s official title became ‘MLS Canada Men’s National Team Head Coach’.
Marsch’s Canada wage includes help from MLS teams (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)According to conversations The Athletic has had with American MLS club owners, there is no appetite at this stage for a similar arrangement with Pochettino and the USMNT.
An alternative route would be for the shortfall to be bridged through sponsors. There is a precedent for this, too: when Lionel Messi joined Inter Miami in 2023, the transfer was facilitated by the player being offered a revenue share with some of MLS’ key partners, including Apple, Adidas and the clothing firm Fanatics.
Exploring more possibilities like this — capitalizing on their prospective head coach’s global profile — seems to be a more likely route for the USSF to be able to afford Pochettino.
Chelsea, currently without a front-of-shirt sponsor for the new Premier League season, are trying to help facilitate this.
Will this be resolved — and, if so, when?
There is an expectation that an agreement will be reached between all parties, given it is in everyone’s interests to do so.
One possible outcome is that Chelsea pay the difference between what the USSF are offering Pochettino and what the club would have to pay him if he stayed out of work. In that scenario — which is not uncommon in soccer — Chelsea would not have to pay the maximum amount they are liable for under the current severance agreement with Pochettino, but he would still get the full amount he is owed.
The USSF is hoping to conclude the deal within the next 48 hours, although that decision will need to be ratified at a board meeting. That, however, is likely to be a formality.
The next USMNT matches are the friendly games against Canada and New Zealand on September 7 and 10 respectively.
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Dividend stocks are set to surge as investors deploy $6 trillion from money-market funds, Bank of America says.
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Investors could be looking to invest their cash as the Fed gets ready to cut interest rates in September.
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BMO agrees, and recommends high-yielding stocks including Abbvie, Chevron, and Gilead Sciences.
Dividend-paying stocks are poised to surge in the second half of the year as investors start to deploy the $6 trillion sitting in money market funds, according to Bank of America.
Strategist Savita Subramanian called the dividend trade a “pain trade,” meaning the bulk of investors are not properly positioned for the potential upside gains in dividend-paying stocks.
“Over $6 trillion sits in US money market funds as the Fed is poised to start cutting rates,” Subramanian said in a note this week. “Bond funds have seen record flows YTD, but we see more opportunities within equities for investors searching for yield.”
There are more than 200 S&P 500 stocks that offer a higher real return potential than the 2% offered by the 10-year Treasury yield, according to the note, and about 75% of those stocks are under-owned by professional investors.
Some of the highest-yielding S&P 500 companies include Walgreens Boot Alliance, Altria, Verizon, Ford, and AT&T. And while the S&P 500 as a whole offers a dividend yield of about 1.25%, there are nearly 300 S&P 500 stocks that offer a higher yield.
“Overall, we expect dividends to make up a larger proportion of returns than the outsized price returns and multiple expansion of the past decade,” Subramanian said.
BMO’s Brian Belski is another Wall Street strategist who expects big gains to be had from dividend paying stocks, especially after their lackluster performance since the October 2022 stock market bottom.
“We believe these stocks have turned the corner and recent relative strength is likely to persist in the coming months,” Belski said in a note on Tuesday. “With the Fed now likely to cut rates sooner than previously anticipated, the likely drop in longer-term yields in response should provide a boost.”
Some of the high-paying dividend stocks recommended by Belski include Abbvie, Chevron, Duke Energy, Gilead Sciences, and Pfizer.
As investors hunt for yield at a time when interest rates are about to fall, dividend-paying stocks could be the underloved area of the stock market that is set to boom.
The Fed is expected to make its first interest rate cut of the current cycle at its September FOMC meeting.
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