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Alphabet’s recent momentum - highlighted by a large backlog and gaudy Cloud/AI growth - undermines the deepest bear arguments. At $393 the stock is trading near 30x trailing earnings with strong profitability and $64.4B in free cash flow. I recommend a trimmed long: enter on weakness, hold for up to 180 trading days, target $460 and use a $355 stop…
Companies operating global capability centres in India are hiring more selectively as geopolitical uncertainties and accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence prompt caution, according to the CEO of ANSR. Firms are reducing planned headcounts by significant margins, downsizing some centre ambitions and relying more on scalable, flexible work…
HSBC upgraded Shell and Repsol from Hold to Buy, increasing price targets for both names as stronger-than-expected earnings momentum, improved cash generation and a higher 2026 Brent assumption underpin the moves. Repsol's refining outperformance and Shell's acquisition of ARC Resources were highlighted as key drivers that enhance medium-term visib…
The USD/IDR rate jumped to a fresh record amid a broad market selloff after a two-day holiday, driven by global inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and large-scale index-driven foreign selling. Weakening reserves, substantial equity outflows and rising US yields added to the currency's pressure as investors brace for a possible Bank Indonesia…
NextEra Energy shares fell in pre-market trading after reports over the weekend said the company is in advanced talks to buy Dominion Energy in a predominantly stock-financed transaction. The proposed combination, which could value Dominion at roughly $66 billion and create a utility group worth more than $400 billion including debt, has triggered …
Baidu Inc. jumped in pre-market trading after reporting first-quarter 2026 results that exceeded consensus on both revenue and adjusted profit per ADS. The company highlighted robust growth in AI-powered businesses, with AI-related revenue exceeding half of core business revenue for the first time and cloud infrastructure posting a sharp increase. …
Ipsen SA reported promising mid-stage results for its synthetic long-acting neurotoxin corabotase, showing substantially higher six-month responder rates than its existing Dysport and placebo, along with rapid onset and sustained patient satisfaction. Nonetheless, the company's shares dropped over 4% as investors reacted to lingering questions abou…
Citi has released a new total addressable market model for server CPUs, forecasting the sector will swell to $132 billion by 2030 from $29.3 billion in 2025, a 35% compound annual growth rate. The firm expects agentic CPU applications to expand fastest, and has raised price targets on Intel and AMD based on the updated model and related industry de…
Credit growth across much of Latin America has slowed amid tighter financial conditions, with Barclays reporting evidence of weakening asset quality as households face higher debt service burdens. The bank's country-by-country snapshot highlights a moderation in Brazil's lending expansion, sharply slower credit momentum in Mexico, persistently shal…
Deutsche Bank strategists reported a rise in aggregate equity positioning last week as discretionary allocations shifted to overweight and systematic strategies continued increasing. Volatility-control funds raised their equity exposure to a three-month high, while commodity trading advisors trimmed long equity bets. Mega-cap growth and technology …
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals shares plunged in pre-market trading after its Phase 3 trial of fianlimab plus cemiplimab in first-line unresectable or metastatic melanoma missed the primary endpoint of improved progression-free survival versus pembrolizumab alone. Although the high-dose combination showed a 5.1-month median PFS advantage, the result was…
Dominion Energy stock jumped sharply in pre-market trading after reports that NextEra Energy is engaged in serious negotiations to acquire the Richmond, Virginia-based utility in a mostly stock transaction that would value Dominion at about $76 per share, or roughly $66 billion. The proposed exchange ratio would be about 0.8 NextEra shares for each…
Goldman Sachs models show that a 1 percentage point increase in U.S. diesel yield typically reduces finished motor gasoline yield by 0.8 percentage points as refiners redirect runs toward diesel when margins make it more profitable. In a prolonged Strait of Hormuz closure, OECD diesel inventories could remain above a 20-day critical threshold throu…
EHang Holdings Limited issued a Form 6-K/A correcting unaudited interim financial data for 2025 and provided an investor Q&A to address related inquiries. The company reaffirmed its leadership in advanced air mobility technology, highlighting certifications for its pilotless eVTOL aircraft and its plans for expanding autonomous air transport servic…
Shares of several companies tied to the commercial space industry rose in U.S. premarket trading after Elon Musk said he is working on plans to move forward with an initial public offering for SpaceX, a remark he made while in Texas. Satellite broadband and space transportation stocks led the moves, with EchoStar and Intuitive Machines among the la…
A social movement representing Western Cape communities and a UK-based non-profit have formally objected to Equinix's application to build two data centres in Cape Town, arguing that key information on water use, power demand, backup generation, emissions and other environmental impacts has not been disclosed and that the planning application shoul…
Citigroup analysts Charles Armitage and Rodrigo Campo upgraded Rheinmetall to "buy" with a €1,408 target and raised Saab to "neutral" with a SEK527 target following a widespread pullback in European defence stocks. Citi says the market reaction appears excessive given the sustained security threat from Russia and lays out detailed valuations and sc…
At Sandia National Laboratories' Kirtland Air Force Base facility, liquid-cooled supercomputers run high-precision simulations for nuclear security. With mainstream chipmakers shifting designs toward AI workloads and creating supply constraints, Sandia is evaluating newcomer processors, including Israeli startup NextSilicon, to ensure continued acc…
Waste Management (WM) is a high-quality, defensive industrial with a sizeable moat and steady free cash flow. A shallow pullback has left the stock near short-term support with attractive risk-reward for a mid-term swing: buy at $219.00, stop $210.00, target $240.00 (mid-term 45 trading days). The trade relies on buybacks, dividend momentum, and im…
BingEx Limited, trading on Nasdaq as FLX, announced a strategic investment agreement with Hangzhou Low-Altitude Industry Development Co., Ltd. This partnership aims to accelerate the company's expansion of drone delivery and low-altitude logistics in Hangzhou, enhancing the integration of aerial transport with its existing ground delivery network. …
iQIYI, Inc., a leading Chinese online entertainment provider, reported its unaudited Q1 2026 financial results with total revenues declining 13% year-over-year to RMB6.23 billion (US$902.5 million). The company saw an operating loss of RMB228.4 million and a net loss attributable to iQIYI of RMB294.6 million, a significant retreat from profitabilit…
Government bond yields across the Eurozone advanced on Monday in step with a broad sell-off in global sovereign debt. Germany's 10-year rate reached a 15-year high while French, Italian and Spanish yields also rose. The move comes as oil prices rallied above $110 a barrel and geopolitical incidents in the Gulf raise concerns about energy supply, in…
Inter IKEA, the group that manages sourcing and franchise relationships for the Swedish flat-pack furniture brand across 63 countries, is eliminating 850 positions as it seeks to reduce costs and become more efficient. The move comes as consumer spending weakens, costs and U.S. tariffs pressure margins, and the company pivots from large suburban wa…
VEON Ltd. announced that its subsidiary VEON MidCo B.V. is conducting investor meetings for a potential offering of unsecured US dollar medium term notes in two tranches to extend debt maturity. Concurrently, it launched a tender offer to repurchase outstanding 3.375% Senior Notes due 2027 for up to $750 million, aimed at optimizing capital structu…
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