International Business Machines Corp.

IBM, $260.26, is a #1 Buy for 2025. The company (New York symbol IBM; Shares outstanding: 931.5 million; Market cap: $242.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 2.6%; www.ibm.com) reported better-than-expected results for the second quarter of 2025. In the three months ended June 30, 2025, overall revenue rose 7.7%, to $16.98 billion from $15.77 billion a year earlier.


Earnings excluding one-time items gained 16.6%, to $2.65 billion from $2.28 billion. Due to more shares outstanding, per-share earnings rose 15.2%, to $2.80 from $2.43.

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO., $48.53, New York symbol ADM, is a hold.

The company processes corn, wheat, soybeans, flax seed and other crops into a variety of food ingredients such as flour, oils and sweeteners. It’s also a leading producer of ethanol from corn, a gasoline additive that reduces harmful emissions.

In the quarter ended March 31, 2025, Archer’s revenue fell 7.7%, to $20.18 billion from $21.85 billion a year earlier....

KYNDRYL HOLDINGS INC., $31.32, New York symbol KD, is still a hold.

The company took its current form in November 2021 when International Business Machines Corp. (New York symbol IBM) spun off its legacy business of helping corporate and government clients manage their datacentres....

KYNDRYL HOLDINGS INC. $34 is a hold. The company (New York symbol KD; Conservative Growth, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 230.5 million; Market cap: $7.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; No dividend paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.kyndryl.com) helps corporate and government clients manage their datacentres....

KYNDRYL HOLDINGS INC. $36 is still a hold. The company (New York symbol KD; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 232.3 million; Market cap: $8.4 billion; No dividends paid; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.kyndryl.com) helps corporate and government clients manage their datacentres....

KYNDRYL HOLDINGS INC. $24 is still a hold. The company (New York symbol KD; Conservative Growth, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 230.5 million; Market cap: $5.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; No dividend paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.kyndryl.com) helps corporate and government clients manage their datacentres....

The outcome of CNN’s June 27 debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden seems to have set off a political firestorm in the U.S., and not just between Republicans and Democrats. The debate also seems to have set off a secondary firestorm within the Democratic party, between members who claim the other side of the party should have known about or revealed Biden’s cognitive failings, and those who say his condition is not as bad as it looks.

My advice: don’t waste your time with the endless sniping now underway in the media....

KYNDRYL HOLDINGS INC. $25 is still a hold. The company (New York symbol KD; Conservative Growth, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 230.5 million; Market cap: $5.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; No dividend paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.kyndryl.com) helps corporate and government clients manage their datacentres.


On November 3, 2021, former parent company International Business Machines Corp....