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Ferrari will reveal its first fully electric vehicle, the four-door Luce, in Rome on Monday. Priced above €500,000 and capable of 310 kph (193 mph), the Luce is described by insiders as a large, visually distinct Ferrari developed with LoveFrom, the design studio linked to Jony Ive. The launch follows years of electrification work at the company an…
SCZ, the iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF, dipped recently but key technicals and yield profile make the risk/reward attractive. Market-cap $14.6B, a 2.6% dividend yield and a 30-day SEC yield of 2.04% help lower carry-adjusted downside while price sits near support. We lay out a mid-term (45 trading days) trade plan with entry, stop and target alon…
STMicroelectronics President and CEO Jean-Marc Chery will speak at the BNP Paribas Exane CEO conference on June 2, 2026. The event will be webcast live and available for replay, highlighting the company's ongoing commitment to semiconductor innovation and sustainability goals.
The Taiwan market finished Monday with the Taiwan Weighted index unchanged, recording a new all-time high. Several large-cap cement names finished the session without price movement. Energy benchmarks fell sharply while gold futures gained. Key currency pairs and the US Dollar Index futures registered modest moves.
This week’s Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore is set to center on the war in Iran, perceptions of U.S. commitment to Asia and rising pressures around Taiwan. Delegates from governments, militaries and industry will seek clarity on security, supply-chain and defence-spending implications as regional leaders weigh the effects of a prolonged Middle Eas…
Chinese semiconductor stocks climbed on Monday after Huawei disclosed a new chip design framework it says will enable high-end chips to reach transistor densities comparable to 1.4-nanometre processes within five years, and announced an architecture set to appear in upcoming Kirin chips later this year. The disclosure lifted sentiment toward domest…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States will either secure a strong agreement with Iran or pursue other options if diplomacy fails, while Washington downplayed expectations of an immediate peace breakthrough in the three-month-old war. Officials described an outline that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and set a time-limited nu…
A group of former U.S. employees has initiated a class action in an Illinois federal court alleging Guzman y Gomez failed to deliver a 60-day notice when it closed its U.S. operations. The Sydney-listed Mexican-themed restaurant chain said it is aware of the legal action, maintains it met its legal obligations to U.S. staff, and declined further co…
He Tingbo, long a central figure in Huawei’s chip efforts, now leads the company’s semiconductor business and its Scientist Committee. Her public keynote outlining Huawei’s “Tau Scaling Law” highlights the firm’s pivot away from conventional transistor scaling as U.S. sanctions have constrained access to foreign chip technologies and advanced manuf…
Australia's intelligence head told a Royal Commission inquiry into the Bondi Beach mass shooting that antisemitism surged and escalated after the October 2023 Israel-Gaza war outbreak. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation concluded the rise in hostile incidents - including vandalism and arson - helped justify raising the national terro…
Nano Labs (NA) trades like a micro-cap semiconductor house with hybrid ambitions: fabless chips, AI hardware and an explicit pivot into crypto reserves. At a $57.3M market cap, the stock is cheap on headline multiples (P/E 2.6, P/B 0.53) while technicals show constructive momentum. This is a tactical long for traders willing to accept execution and…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a diplomatic framework that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz appears close, while also warning Washington will pursue other options if talks with Iran fail. The draft deal reportedly would extend a ceasefire, lift restrictions on Iranian oil exports and end a blockade of Iranian ports, though Tehran has yet…
Renewed prospects for a deal to end the Iran conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz encouraged investors to take on more risk, sending stocks in Tokyo and Taipei to record highs while weighing down oil and the U.S. dollar. Skepticism persists after U.S. President Donald Trump urged caution, and market liquidity is thin with public holidays in the…
Navios Maritime Partners (NMM) trades at just 0.63x book and a single-digit P/E while generating strong TCE and EBITDA trends. Technicals and short-interest dynamics point to asymmetric upside in the next 45 trading days, while bond issuance and steady distributions reduce near-term financing risk. We outline an actionable swing-long trade with exp…
Taiwan's foreign minister said a direct telephone conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Taiwan President Lai Ching-te would be viewed positively, but stressed that any such call would require Trump to take the initiative. Officials from both sides have not held planning discussions about a presidential call, and broader questions rem…
A global modeling study of more than 67,000 vascular plant species finds that climate change may eliminate the necessary conditions for a substantial share of plants by the end of the century. Between 7% and 16% of species could lose more than 90% of their present habitat, with impacts concentrated in cold, dry and coastal regions and complex impli…
Asian markets moved higher on Monday as Japanese benchmarks pushed to record levels and chip-linked stocks advanced following gains in U.S. semiconductor names. Optimism around a potential U.S.-Iran memorandum on the Strait of Hormuz lifted risk appetite, while Brent crude fell sharply on prospects for restored shipping flows. Wall Street futures s…
Cast Advisers' Q1 2026 investor letter signals a cleaner earnings runway: higher fee capture, tighter cost control, and a resume of buybacks/insider purchases. We initiate a long position at $12.00 with a $18.00 target and a $9.00 stop, targeting a full-position hold over the next 180 trading days while monitoring quarterly AUM and fee trends.
Jardine Matheson has agreed to purchase Australia-based I-MED Radiology Network for an enterprise value of A$3.4 billion ($2.4 billion). The Hong Kong group will acquire all shares from funds advised by Permira and other sellers, funding the transaction with a mix of cash reserves and debt. The deal includes I-MED’s minority holding in AI radiology…
Jardine Matheson has agreed to buy I-MED Radiology Network from Permira and other shareholders for A$3.4 billion ($2.4 billion), securing full ownership of a diagnostic imaging group with 215 clinics and over 7 million patient procedures a year. The deal includes I-MED’s minority holding in AI imaging developer Harrison.ai, is expected to be earnin…
Eleven Australians who were among 430 volunteers on a multinational flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces have returned home. Organisers say some detainees suffered sexual assault, beatings and other mistreatment that required hospital treatment. Israel's prison service denies the accusations, which Reuters could not independently verify. The inci…
Occidental is generating steady free cash flow, cutting leverage and sitting on a cyclical oil tailwind. With the stock trading at roughly $59, an attractive EV/EBITDA of 6.7 and free cash flow of about $3.6B, buying the common here is a pragmatic way to capture dividend yield, potential corporate optionality and a re-rating if oil stays elevated. …
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told reporters in Taipei that the company’s estimate of a $200 billion market opportunity for central processors includes China. Huang stressed the strategic importance of the Chinese market even as approvals for Nvidia’s H200 chips remain incomplete and broader export, supply-chain and compliance questions continue to shape…
At the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems in Shanghai, Huawei unveiled a new semiconductor scaling principle and a chip architecture the company says could reach transistor densities comparable to a 1.4 nanometer process node by 2031. The announcement included claims that the approach has already underpinned 381 mass-produced…
Three months after launching a major military campaign against Iran, U.S. authorities describe extensive battlefield successes, but strategic objectives outlined by the administration remain elusive. Tehran's ability to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz, its continued nuclear activities, and robust domestic political resilience have left analysts and so…
