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Oilers oust Golden Knights with another shutout win: Highlights

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The Edmonton Oilers are heading back to the Western Conference final thanks to a rebound performance from goalie Stuart Skinner.

Skinner, who had a 6.11 goals-against average after he was pulled in Game 2 of the first round, picked up his second consecutive shutout to oust the Vegas Golden Knights Wednesday night 1-0 in overtime of Game 5.

Edmonton’s Kasperi Kapanen won the game and the series with a goal at 7:19 of the first overtime during a net-front scramble. The waiver pickup was making his second appearance of the playoffs. He has six career playoff goals but two of them have been scored in overtime.

Skinner returned to the net in Game 3 of the second round because of an injury to Calvin Pickard, who had won six in a row.

Vegas won its lone game of the series 4-3 on a Reilly Smith goal with 0.4 seconds left, but Skinner has been unbeatable since. He made 24 saves in Game 5.

He had a similar rebound performance in the second round last season as he took the Oilers to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Here are takeaways from the Edmonton Oilers’ Game 5 win against the Vegas Golden Knights:

Oilers vs. Golden Knights highlights

Connor McDavid’s point streak ends

McDavid’s eight-game point streak came to an end, but the Oilers are showing in this year’s playoffs that they don’t need big performances from him and Leon Draisaitl to win. Kapanen was the 16th Oilers player to get a goal this postseason. Corey Perry, who turns 40 on Friday, has five goals. Evander Kane, who missed the regular season, has four.

Vegas’ top scorers shut down

Pavel Dorofeyev, Tomas Hertl, Jack Eichel, Ivan Barbashev and Brett Howden combined for 141 goals in the regular season. But none had a goal in the second round.

Captain Mark Stone, who had a team-high four playoff goals, missed Game 5 with an injury. He was hurt in Game 3 but returned for Game 4.

What’s next for the Oilers?

They will face the winner of the Dallas Stars-Winnipeg Jets series in the conference final. Dallas leads that series 3-1 and can wrap it up Thursday night in Winnipeg. If that happens, it would be a rematch of the 2024 Western Conference final. The Oilers will lack home-ice advantage for the third series in a row.

What’s next for the Golden Knights?

Unlike recent years, the Golden Knights were relatively quiet at the trade deadline, bringing back original Golden Knights player Smith. They won the Pacific Division but will have to figure out why their offense didn’t produce.

Most of their core is signed long-term. Goalie Adin Hill is signed through 2031. Eichel has one year left on his contract and is eligible to sign an extension on or after July 1.

Smith, Brandon Saad, Victor Olofsson, Tanner Pearson and backup goalie Ilya Samsonov are pending unrestricted free agents.

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Colts delete controversial schedule release video

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The NFL released the full 18-week schedule for the 2025 season on May 14.

Each team had their own way of announcing their schedule via video. Two teams used the popular video game ‘Minecraft’ (the inspiration for a 2025 movie starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa) to take fans through their 18-week season: the Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Chargers.

The Colts’ video included subtly jokes aimed at their opponents for 2025 but the team has since removed their video from X.

Speculation is that it was removed due to the first opponent on the schedule: the Miami Dolphins. The original video featured a Tyreek Hill-styled dolphin seemingly being stopped by a Coast Guard boat.

That may be in reference to his arrest last year for a traffic violation before the Dolphins’ season opener.

The video is no longer posted on the Colts’ X account. Instead, the team has a thread of art made in Microsoft Paint for each matchup as made by the X user @nba_paint.

There’s also speculation that the team took the video down because the Chargers had a similar video.

Colts officials have not provided a reason for the video being taken down.

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Here’s how Shaun White is shaping snowboarding’s future

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The Winter Olympics are less than a year away and, for the first time in two decades, snowboarding superstar Shaun White is not training to compete.

The retired three-time Olympic gold medalist said he’s not going to sugarcoat it: It definitely feels weird.

‘I’m excited and I’m happy for the next [generation] that’s coming through and what they’re going to do at this next Games,’ he told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday. ‘But yeah, there will be some part of me that’s a little like ‘ugh’ − wanting to compete and wanting to ride.’

That, of course, doesn’t mean White has thought seriously about a return to competition such as the comeback that one of his contemporaries, Lindsey Vonn, made a few months ago. ‘I’m not contemplating it at all,’ White said.

Instead, as the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina near, the 38-year-old explained that he’s shifted his focus to the future of snowboarding − how the sport will evolve, and the athletes that will be at the center of that evolution. Last year, he founded a new snowboarding and freeskiing league called The Snow League, which held the first of its four events in Colorado in March. And next month, he’ll be on Mount Hood in Oregon to work with top junior athletes as part of Project Gold, a national talent identification program run by U.S. Ski & Snowboard.

‘It’s all elements of the industry becoming more professional and more looked at like a true sport,’ White said. ‘I think that for a long time it was just like ‘oh, this is cool’ (but) people didn’t really take it seriously.’

White grew up attending the High Cascade Snowboard Camp that will serve as the backdrop for Project Gold. He also became a part-owner of the summer camp, and its freeski counterpart, in 2023.

A summer camp for winter sports like snowboarding and skiing might feel like an odd match, but White said off-season training has become critical, especially for elite athletes. It’s why, even though Mount Hood boasts year-round snow, the camp recently also added a dry slope with an adjustable takeoff ramp and airbag-cushioned landing area for training runs.

‘When I talk about the future of the sport and where this next amazing athlete’s going to come from, I always say − and I do believe − that they’ll come from somewhere that doesn’t have any snow,’ White said. ‘They’ll be in a situation where they’re like, ‘Oh yeah, I’ve just been training on this bag year-round, I had access to this facility and I’m just going every day.”

White pointed to Japan, where snowboarders have access to indoor halfpipes and other year-round training facilities, as one example. The country is home to the reigning Olympic gold medalist in men’s halfpipe, Ayumu Hirano, and one of the sport’s recent pioneers in big air, Hiroto Ogiwara. At the Winter X Games in January, the 19-year-old Ogiwara became the first snowboarder to land a 2340 − which, to spare you the math, is a whopping six and a half rotations.

‘It’s wild,’ White said with a laugh when asked about that feat. ‘I was like ‘oh my God, I got out at the right time.”

White announced his retirement from competitive snowboarding after a fourth-place finish at the 2022 Beijing Games. After winning three gold medals across five editions of the Winter Olympics, he said he doesn’t take many runs through full-size halfpipes anymore but he does still spend plenty of time strapped to a board. He’s found new joy in backcountry trips with friends and family, or hitting jumps and rails.

‘I really feel for athletes in the football world and others, where it’s like, how are they going to go enjoy the game in a solo situation? Go throw the ball around in the yard?’ White said. ‘For me, it’s like maybe the band’s no longer together, but I can still play the guitar. And that’s a very enjoyable thing. I can still go ride the mountain.’

At times, White admitted, his mind has also drifted to an all-too-natural question: What if? He’ll watch a video clip of a halfpipe trick and wonder if he could still do it, or see headlines about Vonn returning to the podium after a five-year hiatus and having a passing thought about a similar attempt.

Then, he said, his mind will settle and he’ll ‘come back to reality.’ He’s happy with the decision that he made to walk away.

‘Retirement’s such a kind of ugly word, in a way,’ he said. ‘I’ve definitely just shifted my focus to something else.’

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The 5 worst games of NFL schedule … which you’ll still watch anyway

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Bad football is like bad pizza, right? Sure, comfort food has various degrees of excellence – or lack thereof – but at the end of the day, you’re probably still going to reach for it.

Wednesday night’s complete revelation of the 2025 NFL schedule is similarly metaphoric to savoring something you bought on the Lower East Side … or wolfing down Chuck E. Cheese because the options are limited at that birthday party of 4-year-olds you’re helping to chaperone.

So while we’ll breathlessly anticipate games like Ravens-Bills, Lions-Commanders or the Super Bowl 59 rematch between the Chiefs and Eagles, we’re here to list the five least-appetizing games on the 2025 scheduled in this space – ranked bad to worst – even though we suspect you’ll still grab a slice (or five) anyway:

5. Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles, Sept. 4, 2025

How does the matchup initiating the league’s 106th season make the list? Weeelll, it’s the end of summer. No more vacation. School is back in session. The weather is going to turn. The Cowboy Carter Tour will be over while the Cowboys embark on what will surely be a 30th consecutive tour around the league that won’t conclude on Super Sunday.

Stick to football? Fine.

Few matchups are as overanalyzed and overburdened – in terms of their actual importance – as the first of the regular season’s 272 games. And when you add “America’s Team” to the mix? If the Eagles win comfortably, the narrative will be that a team which largely dominated during the 2024 playoffs will be on its way to a successful Super Bowl defense. Any other outcome? Then the Eagles aren’t nearly as good as you thought … and the Cowboys are back in a big way and under the radar no longer … plus, hey, maybe rookie head coach Brian Schottenheimer can become the first to get Jerry Jones a ring since Barry Switzer three decades ago.

You can see where this is going, hot takes just running amok for days until the rest of the league’s teams get out of the gate. Yes, it will be fun to have the NFL back and to ring in its return with one of the league’s better rivalries and two of its most high-profile teams. But just a little bit of dread is baked in here, too.

4. Cleveland Browns at Detroit Lions, Sept. 28, 2025

Why do I include this contest, which is appropriately buried at 1 p.m. ET on a Sunday? On its surface, it shapes up as one of the season’s more lopsided pairings, the home team chasing a third consecutive division title (and much more) while the visitor seemingly remains in its decades-long quarterback – and holistic – purgatory. (Detroit rates seventh in my most recent power rankings, 22 spots ahead of Cleveland.) Yet this game will roughly mark the 16th anniversary of the Lions’ 38-37 defeat of the Browns at Ford Field in 2009, when then-rookie QB Matthew Stafford – playing through a dislocated non-throwing shoulder – outdueled Brady Quinn and Co. (seriously) by throwing the game-winning touchdown pass on the final play in one of the best Alcoa Fantastic Finishes nobody saw or remembers … except me. (And make no mistake, Cleveland and Detroit were typically putrid back in 2009, combining for seven victories.) It’s precisely why all manner of pizza gets consumed. And who knows, maybe Jared Goff vs. Shedeur Sanders – perhaps – is, um … ‘legendary?’ Maybe?

3. Houston Texans at Seattle Seahawks, Oct. 20, 2025

They should be fine teams, each coming off a 10-win effort in 2024 and both stocked with some of the league’s compelling, younger players. But not only is this game in the dreaded 10 p.m. ET time slot that will regrettably return twice to Monday night this season, you’ll also have to hope the WiFi doesn’t blink – this showdown in the Pacific Northwest is exclusive to ESPN+ – or you could miss the next time Sam Darnold or C.J. Stroud gets sacked.

2. Atlanta Falcons vs. Indianapolis Colts, Nov. 9, 2025

If I want to watch this – if – then I have to get up by 9:30 a.m. ET to view the first regular-season game staged in Berlin? Didn’t the NFL foist Daniel Jones off on the Germans last year? (Yes. Yes it did.) Perhaps it’s an unexpected barnburner between teams that could be playoff dark horses. Maybe Atlanta RB Bijan Robinson is even anchoring my fantasy lineup. And perhaps it’s a battle of franchises that have typically been also-rans for the past decade in a game when the ball could quite realistically hit the ground half the time it’s put into the air. Sorry, Deutschland.

1. New York Giants at New England Patriots, Dec. 1, 2025

If you’re potentially feeling grateful after Thanksgiving weekend, you’ll doubtless be over it by Monday night. Tom Coughlin, Eli Manning, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick won’t be walking through that door – well maybe TB12 and BB will (game’s in Foxborough, so never say never) – in what could very likely wind up a showdown between three-win teams with Drake Maye and Jaxson Dart, who might well be making his prime-time debut by that point of the season, at the controls. High degree of skepticism for a tasty meal here … even if leftovers sometimes taste better.

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50% of S&P 500 Stocks Just Turned Bullish – What Happens Next?

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Bullish signal alert! Over 50% of S&P 500 stocks are now above their 200-day moving average.

In this video, Dave explains this key market breadth indicator and what it means for stock market trends. He shows how moving average breadth has reached a bullish milestone, what this means based on historical signals over the past 15 years, and how it compares to the Zweig Breadth Thrust. He also introduces the stoplight market phase technique—a simple but effective method using StockCharts tools to assess market conditions in real time.

This video originally premiered on May 13, 2025. Watch on StockCharts’ dedicated David Keller page!

Previously recorded videos from Dave are available at this link.

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Bullish Breadth Improvement Suggests Further Upside For Stocks

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We’ve been cautious about the uptrend phase off the April low for a number of reasons, including the lack of breadth support.  While short-term measures of breadth had turned more positive, the long-term breadth conditions had remained firmly in the bearish realm.  With the renewed strength in risk assets over the last week, our long-term breadth measures now indicate a healthy uptrend phase.  

Today we’ll dive a little deeper into one of those breadth indicators, talk about why we track moving average breadth, and show how this recent bullish signal could be a sign of stronger price action to come.

Here we’re showing the S&P 500 on a closing basis along with its 50-day and 200-day moving averages.  Below that, we’re tracking the percent of S&P 500 stocks above their 200-day moving average, followed by the percent of stocks above their 50-day moving average.

Starting at the bottom, we can see that less than 10% of S&P 500 members were above their 50-day moving average at the April 2025 low.  The last time we had reached below the 10% level was back in October 2023, just before a significant market bottom.

While the surge in this short-term breadth indicator over the last month has suggested a tactical rally, the panel above shows how there were still less than 50% of S&P 500 members above their 200-day moving average.  So most stocks had regained the short-term moving average, but were still languishing below the long-term moving average.

As risk assets have surged higher this week, it’s meant enough upside momentum that now most S&P 500 members are back above their 200-day moving average.  Now let’s look at a longer-term time frame and consider previous instances where this long-term moving average breadth indicator has gone from below 25% to above 50%.

We’ve identified eight occurrences of this pattern since the 2009 market low.  In all eight occurrences, the S&P 500 has experienced positive returns in the next 12 months.  And with the exception of the signal in October 2015, we haven’t seen any retest of the previous swing low.

Let’s dig into that 2015 example a little further, and you’ll see what differentiated that particular signal from all the others.

In all the other occurrences, the S&P 500 broke above its 200-day moving average and held that crucial level of support.  In Q4 2015, however, the S&P 500 failed to hold the 200-day moving average, and the breadth indicators soon rotated back to a bearish phase.

It took another attempt in March 2016 before the chart finally resolved to the upside, with the S&P 500 leaving the 200-day moving average behind as it continued to push higher.  Breadth indicators continued to improve as investors began to believe in the bull market of 2016.

I was taught that “nothing good happens below the 200-day moving average,” which also implies that good things can definitely happen above this long-term trend barometer.  At this point, given the bullish breadth rotation that we’ve observed off the April low, I would say that as long as the S&P 500 remains above its 200-day moving average, then we stand a serious chance of further upside from here.

If, however, the SPX fails to hold this crucial line of support, and the index falls back below the 5750 level, then we may be looking at more of a 2015-style retracement as fears rise and stocks drop.

RR#6,

Dave

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Disclaimer: This blog is for educational purposes only and should not be construed as financial advice.  The ideas and strategies should never be used without first assessing your own personal and financial situation, or without consulting a financial professional.  

The author does not have a position in mentioned securities at the time of publication.    Any opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not in any way represent the views or opinions of any other person or entity.

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Tariff Tensions Ease, Nasdaq Soars — But is SMH the Emerging Leader?

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For months, investors have been on edge over U.S.-China tariff tensions, bracing for everything from fears of empty shelves to rising prices. But after this weekend’s trade talks, where both sides agreed to temporary tariff cuts (emphasis on temporary), stocks surged.

On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) jumped 1,160 points, while the S&P 500 ($SPX) and Nasdaq Composite ($COMPQ) rallied 3.26% and 4.35%, respectively.

Monday’s rally sparked hopes that the worst may be over. Yet analysts remain split: some see signs of a bottom, while others warn this 90-day pause is just the start of a long, messy negotiation.

So here’s the critical question: If this is the bottom, which sector (or industry) leads the rebound, and is it worth investing in it right now? For investors, the answer could be the difference between riding the next bull wave or watching it pass by.

Nasdaq-100 Shows Strength, but Which Sector Leads?

Checking StockCharts’ Market Summary midday on Monday, the Breadth panel showed that the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 ($NDX) had the most percentage of stocks (62%) trading above their 200-day simple moving average (SMA), indicating early strength and recovery (displayed in the Moving Averages tab).

FIGURE 1. MARKET SUMMARY – INDICES TRADING ABOVE 20 TO 200-DAY MOVING AVERAGES. The Nasdaq 100 is the most bullish index above the 200-day, warranting a closer examination.

About 51% of the Nasdaq 100 is made up of Information Technology stocks, while Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services together account for roughly 31% of the index.

Information Technology Dominates the Index

To get a clearer sense of market breadth, it’s useful to examine the sector-level Bullish Percent Index (BPI), which shows the percentage of stocks within each sector exhibiting technical strength.

FIGURE 2. MARKET SUMMARY SECTOR BULLISH PERCENT INDEX. While many sectors have bullish BPIs, the tech sector is leading.

While Communications and Discretionary are exhibiting technical strength, the Information Technology sector is leading the pack, with over 91% of stocks triggering Point & Figure buy signals.

Semiconductors: The Bellwether to Watch

While tech is also comprised of various industries, only one—semiconductors—is widely regarded as a “bellwether” industry. Shifting over to the US Industries panel, semiconductors displayed the highest StockCharts Technical Rank (SCTR).

FIGURE 3. BELLWETHER INDUSTRY SCTR SCORES. Among the bellwether industries listed, chipmakers are outpacing everything else.

While my threshold for bullish SCTR reading is 76, the semiconductor industry is the only bellwether industry that clears that bar.

But what might the performance of the Nasdaq 100, semiconductor, and broader market performance look like side by side? To answer this question, I plotted all three on a one-year PerfCharts view.

 FIGURE 4. PERFCHARTS OF SEMICONDUCTORS, NASDAQ 100, AND THE S&P 500. Here, semiconductors aren’t looking so hot, being the laggard of the bunch.

Using VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH) as the industry proxy, you can see that SMH was leading the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 last summer, but began lagging the two indexes starting in November. SMH was the hardest hit in the aftermath of the Trump tariffs, and, while it’s recovering, its performance is still trailing both indices.

This raises two key questions: First, is SMH’s upswing a true recovery or a temporary bounce? And second, is it worth investing in SMH in this stage of the cycle (in other words, does it present an opportunity to catch an uptrend early on)?

Weekly Chart Signals: Bear Market Drop or Recovery?

Let’s take a closer look at SMH, starting with a weekly chart.

FIGURE 5. WEEKLY CHART OF SMH. From a primary trend perspective, one that can last years, the uptrend is arguably intact, though facing challenges.

Here are the key points to look at:

  • SMH is trading above the 40-week SMA (equivalent to a 200-day SMA) following a sharp price gap up. But can it hold above that level?
  • SMH plunged 39.8% from its 2024 high of around $280 to the 2025 low of $170. This is a textbook bear market drop that raises the question: Is this latest surge just a bear market rally?
  • On the other hand, a long-term Fibonacci Retracement measured from the 2022 low to the 2024 high found support at the 50% and 61.8% retracement levels. This kind of pullback is not only “normal”, but also supports the view that SMH’s bullish “primary trend” is still intact.
  • However, the Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) is signaling weak buying pressure. For the rally to continue, there needs to be stronger accumulation, something the CMF has yet to confirm.

Daily Chart View: Support, Resistance, and Warning Signs

After looking at SMH from a broader scale, what might the price action reveal if we were to zoom in using a daily chart?

FIGURE 6. DAILY CHART OF SMH. Zooming in, SMH’s situation looks even less bullish.

This chart tells a tougher story: SMH looks ready to re-enter the months-long trading range it broke to the downside in March.

Should You Invest In SMH? Here’s What to Watch

To answer this question, here’s some points you might want to focus on:

For one, note how closely the stochastic oscillator cycles mirror SMH’s fluctuations. With a reading above 96, SMH may be due for a near-term pullback.

Should it pull back, SMH will need to remain above or bounce at the $210 support range (highlighted in blue) for the current, albeit small, uptrend to remain intact. Below that, it might bounce at the consecutive swing lows—$185 and $170—but such a deep pullback indicates weakness and raises the possibility that SMH may slip back into the trading range (highlighted in yellow) that dominated a lengthy five-month period.

On the upside, SMH needs to eventually clear that same range before challenging its all-time highs at the $281 level. If SMH manages to do so, it’s likely to unfold in a series of higher highs and higher lows, which will take some time to develop.

At the Close: A Bullish Setup or Bull Trap?

While SMH has begun to exhibit significant technical strength, warning signs remain. If you’re bullish on semiconductors, the next few weeks will be critical. Holding the $210 support zone is key for keeping the uptrend intact. A drop toward $185 or $170 would raise serious doubts about the sustainability of the current rally.

If SMH can clear its trading range and build a structure of higher highs and higher lows, it could be poised to challenge its all-time highs once again. Until then, stay cautious and keep a close eye on the technical levels discussed above.

Disclaimer: This blog is for educational purposes only and should not be construed as financial advice. The ideas and strategies should never be used without first assessing your personal and financial situation, or without consulting a financial professional.

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Gold Price Drops Over US$100 as US and China Agree to Tariff Pause

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The US and China agreed on Monday (May 12) to pause the majority of their tariffs for a period of 90 days, marking a significant de-escalation in trade tensions between the two countries.

The US will reduce its tariffs on most Chinese goods from 145 percent to 30 percent; meanwhile, China will lower its tariffs on US goods by a similar amount, dropping them from 125 percent to 10 percent.

In addition to the suspension of tariffs, a number of non-tariff measures will be suspended or reversed. These include removing rare earths export restrictions and taking some US tech and defense firms off trade blacklists.

The US will maintain a 20 percent tariff geared at pressuring China to curb the flow of fentanyl to the US. The other 10 percent is the baseline levy that the US has imposed on imports from most nations.

The Trump administration also said the lower tariff rate won’t apply to automobiles, steel and aluminum.

The deal is expected to bring a resumption of shipments to west coast port cities like Los Angeles and Seattle. Recent data indicates a significant reduction in activity as tariffs have pushed the price of goods beyond what many importers can afford. Port activity has dropped to levels not seen since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global supply chains.

Although the tariff pause is only temporary, the 90 day break will give the countries time to negotiate a more permanent deal and mitigate a growing trade war that began shortly after Donald Trump assumed the presidency in January.

‘Now, while the 90-day pause is a big step towards easing tensions, it’s crucial to remember that it doesn’t guarantee a complete resolution of the trade war,’ he explained.

‘Once those 90 days are up, everyone will be keeping a close eye on what happens next, especially the results of ongoing negotiations and whether the tariffs will be permanently cut or brought back.’

Market response was mixed on Tuesday (May 13), with the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:INX) jumping 0.9 percent to reach 5,896 points in morning trading and the Nasdaq-100 (INDEXNASDAQ:NDX) surging 1.75 percent to 21,231 points. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) went the opposite direction, shedding a half percent to 42,216 basis points.

The gold price fell as low as US$3,208.80 per ounce on Monday, a drop of more than US$100 compared to last week’s closing price. It regained some ground on Tuesday and was trading in the US$3,250 range by 1:00 p.m EDT.

The silver price also saw an immediate decline on Monday, but was trading in the US$33 per ounce range on Tuesday.

Securities Disclosure: I, Dean Belder, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.

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Blue Sky Uranium Expands Drill Plan to Advance the Ivana Uranium-Vanadium Project

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Blue Sky Uranium Corp. (TSXV: BSK) (FSE: MAL2) (OTC: BKUCF), (‘Blue Sky’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce an update to the 2025 drill program to advance the Ivana Uranium-Vanadium deposit towards feasibility. The drill program is being planned and executed by Blue Sky’s joint-venture operating company Ivana Minerales S.A., (‘ JVCO ‘, a partnership with Abatare Spain, S.L.U.).

The updated programs have led to a doubling of the original budget to US$6.0M , beyond the minimum annual commitment of US$3M for the first year stipulated in the joint-venture agreement. The new estimate includes US$4.4M for the infill drilling program and US$1.6M for a subsequent exploration drilling program.

Nikolaos Cacos , President & CEO of the Company stated, ‘It is clear that JVCO has decided to move forward with an aggressive work plan aimed at achieving technical and economic feasibility in the shortest possible time. This supports the near-term goal for Ivana: building a strong asset for our shareholders that offers Argentina a potential domestic uranium supply for its nuclear energy generation.’

As previously reported, the next program is expected to include up to 6,000 metres of reverse circulation (‘ RC ‘) drilling. The program has been refined to include approximately 330 drill holes with an estimated average depth of 18 metres as shown in Figure 1 . This will include infill drilling to support the reclassification of some inferred mineral resources to indicated mineral resources and to improve the geological modeling to allow the design of the deposit to be adjusted for mining. A second phase RC drill program of up to 2,500 metres now been planned to follow the infill program. This program will test at least two new high-potential exploration targets surrounding Ivana.

Drilling proposals are currently being evaluated, and the JVCO team is prioritizing the availability of equipment and the possibility of having two rigs drilling simultaneously to accelerate the work plan.

The Company expects the drill program to begin this fiscal quarter once the final technical, legal and community requirements have been completed.

In addition to planning the drill program, the JVCO technical team is continuing its process of evaluating engineering companies capable of advancing the other technical and economic aspects of the project toward feasibility. In adherence to the principles of both joint-venture participants, the winning bid will offer the highest standards of modern and sustainable mining, extensive local experience, the ability and assurance of meeting the proposed goals within the required timeline and a commitment to an appropriate budget.

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The technical contents of this news release have been reviewed and approved by Mr. Ariel Testi , CPG, who works for the Company and is a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101.

About Ivana Minerales S.A.

Ivana Minerales S.A. is the operating company for the joint-venture between Blue Sky and its partner Abatare Spain, S.L.U. (‘ COAM ‘) to advance the Ivana Uranium-Vanadium deposit in Rio Negro Province of Argentina . The activities of JVCO are subject to the earn-in transaction (the ‘ Agreement ‘) in which COAM will fund cumulative expenditures of US$35 million to acquire a 49.9% indirect equity interest in the Ivana deposit, and then has the further right to earn up to an 80% equity interest in JVCO by completion of a feasibility study and funding the costs and expenditures up to US$160,000,000 to develop and construct the project to commercial production, subject to the terms and conditions in the Agreement. For additional details, please refer to the News Release dated February 27, 2025 , as well as the Company’s latest Financial Statements & MD&A available at blueskyuranium.com .

About Blue Sky Uranium Corp.

Blue Sky Uranium Corp. is a leader in uranium discovery in Argentina . The Company’s objective is to deliver exceptional returns to shareholders by rapidly advancing a portfolio of surficial uranium deposits into low-cost producers, while respecting the environment, the communities, and the cultures in all the areas in which we work. Blue Sky has the exclusive right to properties in two provinces in Argentina . The Company’s Amarillo Grande Project was an in-house discovery of a new district that has the potential to be both a leading domestic supplier of uranium to the growing Argentine market and a new international market supplier. Blue Sky is advancing its flagship Ivana Uranium-Vanadium Deposit through a joint venture with subsidiaries of Corporación América Group. The Company is a member of the Grosso Group, a resource management group that has pioneered exploration in Argentina since 1993.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

‘Nikolaos Cacos’
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Nikolaos Cacos , President, CEO and Director

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information (collectively, the ‘forward-looking statements’) within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Any statements that are contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often identified by terms such as ‘may’, ‘should’, ‘anticipate’, ‘will’, ‘estimates’, ‘believes’, ‘intends’ ‘expects’ and similar expressions which are intended to identify forward-looking statements. More particularly and without limitation, this press release contains forward-looking statements that, other than statements of historical fact, address activities, events or developments the Company believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including, without limitation, statements about the Company’s planned drilling campaign at the Ivana deposit and the timing thereof and the prospective nature of the ‘Bajo Huenteleo’ target area. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein.

Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements and, even if such actual results are realized or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, the Company. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things: uncertainty relating to mineral resources; risks related to heavy metal and transition metal price fluctuations, particularly uranium and vanadium; ri   sks relating to the dependence of the Company on key management personnel and outside parties;   the potential impact of global pandemics; risks and uncertainties related to governmental regulation and the ability to obtain, amend, or maintain licenses, permits, or surface rights; risks associated with technical difficulties in connection with mining activities; and the possibility that future exploration, development or mining results will not be consistent with the Company’s expectations, including in respect of the Company’s planned drilling program described in this news release. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements. Readers are encouraged to refer to the Company’s public disclosure documents for a more detailed discussion of factors that may impact expected future results. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the included forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by securities law.

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SOURCE Blue Sky Uranium Corp.

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Charbone Hydrogene annonce des investissements des inities et autres mises a jour corporatives

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Brossard, Québec TheNewswire – le 14 mai 2025 – CORPORATION CHARBONE HYDROGÈNE (TSXV: CH OTCQB: CHHYF, FSE: K47 ) (« Charbone » ou la « Société »), une rare compagnie d’Amérique du Nord cotée en bourse spécialisée dans la production et la distribution d’hydrogène vert, a le plaisir d’annoncer qu’elle a tenu son assemblée générale annuelle et extraordinaire des actionnaires le 28 mars 2025 et que les actionnaires de la Société ont approuvé toutes les résolutions proposées :

  • ‘élire les administrateurs de la Société, soit Dave B. Gagnon, Denis Crevier, Frédéric Lecoq, François Vitez, André Halley et Jean-Claude Gonneau, qui siégeront jusqu’à la prochaine assemblée annuelle des actionnaires ou jusqu’à ce que leurs successeurs soient élus ou nommés;

  • De nommer KPMG LLP comme auditeur externe de la Société et d’autoriser les administrateurs de la Société à fixer sa rémunération, qui a été remplacé par Richter LLP, comme annoncé dans l’Avis de changement d’auditeur publié sur SEDAR+ le 9 avril 2025;

  • De confirmer le plan d’options d’achat d’actions de la Société sans modification par rapport à l’année précédente;

  • ‘approuver, par les actionnaires désintéressés, le règlement des dettes de rémunération totalisant 310 000 $ envers la direction par l’émission de 4 133 334 actions ordinaires de la Société à une valeur réputée de 0,075 $ par action, tel qu’annoncé le 12 février 2025 et émis à la suite de l’approbation reçue par la Bourse; et

  • D’approuver la dénomination sociale et de changer pour Charbone Corporation, avec une date d’entrée en vigueur future à déterminer.

La Société a également le plaisir d’annoncer que le Chef de la direction financière de la Société a exercé 900 000 bons de souscription et qu’un membre du conseil d’administration a acheté 400 000 actions sur le marché.

À propos de Charbone Hydrogène Corporation

Charbone est une entreprise intégrée d’hydrogène vert disposant de capacités stratégiques de distribution de gaz industriels en Amérique du Nord. Tout en poursuivant le développement de son réseau modulaire de production d’hydrogène vert, Charbone s’appuie également sur des partenariats commerciaux pour fournir de l’hydrogène, de l’hélium et d’autres gaz industriels sans les exigences en capital élevées des usines de production. Cette approche améliore les sources de revenus, réduit les risques opérationnels et accroît la flexibilité sur le marché. Charbone reste la seule société purement axée sur l’hydrogène vert cotée en bourse en Amérique du Nord, avec des actions cotées à la Bourse de croissance TSX (TSXV: CH); sur les marchés OTC (OTCQB: CHHYF); et à la Bourse de Francfort (FSE: K47). Pour plus d’informations, visiter www.charbone.com .

Énoncés prospectifs

Le présent communiqué de presse contient des énoncés qui constituent de « l’information prospective » au sens des lois canadiennes sur les valeurs mobilières (« déclarations prospectives »). Ces déclarations prospectives sont souvent identifiées par des mots tels que « a l’intention », « anticipe », « s’attend à », « croit », « planifie », « probable », ou des mots similaires. Les déclarations prospectives reflètent les attentes, estimations ou projections respectives de la direction de Charbone concernant les résultats ou événements futurs, sur la base des opinions, hypothèses et estimations considérées comme raisonnables par la direction à la date à laquelle les déclarations sont faites. Bien que Charbone estime que les attentes exprimées dans les déclarations prospectives sont raisonnables, les déclarations prospectives comportent des risques et des incertitudes, et il ne faut pas se fier indûment aux déclarations prospectives, car des facteurs inconnus ou imprévisibles pourraient faire en sorte que les résultats réels soient sensiblement différents de ceux exprimés dans les déclarations prospectives. Des risques et des incertitudes liés aux activités de Charbone peuvent avoir une incidence sur les déclarations prospectives. Ces risques, incertitudes et hypothèses comprennent, sans s’y limiter, ceux décrits à la rubrique « Facteurs de risque » dans la déclaration de changement à l’inscription de la Société datée du 31 mars 2022, qui peut être consultée sur SEDAR à l’adresse www.sedar.com; ils pourraient faire en sorte que les événements ou les résultats réels diffèrent sensiblement de ceux prévus dans les déclarations prospectives.

Sauf si les lois sur les valeurs mobilières applicables l’exigent, Charbone ne s’engage pas à mettre à jour ni à réviser les déclarations prospectives.

Ni la Bourse de croissance TSX ni son fournisseur de services de réglementation (tel que ce terme est défini dans les politiques de la Bourse de croissance TSX) n’acceptent de responsabilité quant à la pertinence ou à l’exactitude du présent communiqué.

Pour contacter Corporation Charbone Hydrogène :

Téléphone bureau: +1 450 678 7171

Courriel: ir@charbone.com

Benoit Veilleux

Chef de la direction financière et secrétaire corporatif

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