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Birkenstock's stock plunged more than 11% in pre-market trading after the company reported fiscal Q2 2026 results that missed analyst expectations on both revenue and adjusted EPS. Sales totaled €618.3 million, slightly below consensus, while adjusted EPS fell to €0.50 from €0.55 a year earlier and missed the €0.59 estimate. Management kept its ful…
WeRide Inc., a Nasdaq-listed autonomous driving technology company, reported a 58% year-over-year revenue increase to US$16.5 million in Q1 2026 driven by growth in robotaxi and L4 vehicle sales. The company expanded its global robotaxi fleet to approximately 1,300 vehicles, launched new services in Singapore and Dubai, and advanced L2++ ADAS comme…
Volvo Cars says it is prepared to cooperate with other companies in the United States to make fuller use of capacity at its South Carolina plant. CEO Hakan Samuelsson outlined the firm's openness to partnerships across assembly, construction and supply-chain activities while stressing the need for greater industrial presence in the U.S. amid moves …
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. announced it has received its first direct purchase order from Costco's Southern California regional team, securing freezer aisle placement for its ready-to-cook marinated meat products in approximately 40 Costco locations across Southern California and Hawaii. This direct order bypassed the traditional regional roadshow …
Morgan Stanley's equity strategists raised their 12-month S&P 500 target to 8,300 on the back of robust corporate earnings, forecasting substantial EPS growth through 2028 and emphasizing that the rally is earnings-driven rather than the result of multiple expansion. The bank also raised its year-end 2026 target to 8,000 and adjusted sector prefere…
Shanghai equity benchmarks climbed to their highest level in 11 years on Wednesday, driven by demand for technology stocks ahead of a high-profile meeting between U.S. and Chinese leaders. The presence of Nvidia’s Jensen Huang among CEOs traveling with President Donald Trump to Beijing supported Chinese AI-related names, while investors downplayed …
President Donald Trump departed for a summit in China while signalling he does not expect to rely on Beijing to resolve the Iran war. With maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz still disrupted, competing demands from Washington and Tehran remain far apart. The conflict is exerting pressure on global energy supplies, raising military expendi…
Aggregated credit and debit card data from Bank of America indicate that cruise-related spending in April rose 15.8% year-over-year, a recovery from March’s 6.7% growth rate. On a month-to-month basis, April fell 8.1% versus March, a sequential drop that sits above the 2023-2025 average sequential decline of 12.7%. The uptick follows a period of so…
UBS Global Wealth Management has revised its U.S. monetary policy outlook, postponing expected rate cuts after April's inflation spike and stronger-than-expected employment data. The wealth arm now anticipates 25 basis point cuts in December 2026 and March 2027, reversing earlier forecasts for reductions later this year. Rising oil prices tied to t…
On May 13, Amnesty International and Human Rights First urged Polish authorities to stop facilitating U.S. deportation flights that have routed Ukrainian nationals through Poland, arguing the transfers to Ukraine could contravene international law. The rights organizations say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out flights in November…
The continuing conflict in the Middle East has begun to exert measurable stress across global markets. Sharp currency declines in Asia, renewed yen weakness, rising food and fuel costs, airline sector turmoil and renewed volatility in bond markets are among the pressure points. Policymakers and companies are reacting with interventions and operatio…
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited, a subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., announced the May 2026 cash distributions for multiple iShares ETFs traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and Cboe Canada. Distributions will be paid to unitholders on various dates in May and June, with detailed per-unit amounts listed for a wide range of funds, covering bo…
Aurora Mobile Limited (NASDAQ: JG), a leading provider of customer engagement and marketing technology services, announced it will release its unaudited financial results for Q1 ended March 31, 2026, on May 26, 2026, before U.S. markets open. The company will host an earnings conference call on the same day to discuss the results.
Qfin Holdings, a leading AI-powered Credit-Tech platform in China, announced it will report its unaudited financial results for Q1 ended March 31, 2026, after U.S. market close on May 26, 2026. The company will also host a conference call to discuss the results and business progress.
Bank of America has revised upward its projection for the artificial intelligence data center systems market, now forecasting roughly $1.7 trillion by 2030 versus an earlier $1.4 trillion estimate. The firm raised forecasts across AI accelerators, networking and CPUs, and adjusted price targets for several semiconductor names based on a sum-of-part…
Upwork (UPWK) has been punished far more than its fundamentals warrant. The marketplace is profitable, generating $229M in free cash flow and trading at an enterprise multiple under 7x EBITDA. Recent buyback authorization and improving operating metrics argue for a re-rating; I recommend a long trade with a measured stop and a multi-month horizon t…
Fitch Ratings says South Korea has capacity to deploy fiscal measures to cushion the economy from fallout tied to the Middle East conflict, supported by stronger public finances stemming from a boom in AI-driven chip exports. The agency highlights a need for fiscal stabilization should external pressures lift inflation while monetary policy remains…
Porsche SE, the holding company controlled by the Porsche-Piech families and Volkswagen's largest investor, reported a 21% drop in adjusted profit after tax to 382 million euros for the first quarter and recorded a 923 million euro unadjusted after-tax loss driven by a 1.3 billion euro non-cash writedown on its Volkswagen stake. Family shareholders…
As first-quarter earnings wrap up, capital is shifting into companies combining immediate earnings momentum with larger structural growth drivers, particularly around enterprise AI and AI infrastructure. Model-driven calls identified several high-conviction names that posted double-digit gains in May as the market began to reprice their long-term u…
The IDX Composite Index closed down 2.05% on Wednesday, marking a fresh 52-week low as selling pressure concentrated in Infrastructure, Financials and Agriculture sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, and notable moves included double-digit percentage rises in several small-cap names alongside steep drops in select large-cap stocks. Commodity …
UCLOUDLINK GROUP INC. announced its Q1 2026 financial results showing a 10.1% decrease in revenues to $16.9 million compared to the prior year. While total data consumption and user metrics grew, the company posted a net loss of $3.5 million, larger than last year's $0.6 million loss, primarily due to significant marketing and expansion investments…
Adecco Group reported its first-quarter 2026 results showing continued organic revenue growth and market share gains, but a gross margin slightly below expectations and uneven performance across business units weighed on profitability and investor sentiment. The shares plunged intraday, touching a 52-week low as concerns about the firm's ability to…
Merck KGaA shares jumped after the Darmstadt-based science and technology group posted a smaller-than-expected first-quarter earnings decline and raised full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance for fiscal 2026. The improvement was driven by robust demand for semiconductor-related products in the electronics unit and stronger performance in the Life Scien…
Investment bank Morgan Stanley said it could permit limited appreciation of the yuan if export performance stays robust, forecasting USD/CNY near 6.70 in the near term before a gradual move toward roughly 6.80 by mid-2027. Economists at the bank, led by Robin Xing, expect the pair to reach 6.75 by end-2026 and see potential for modest appreciation …
The International Energy Agency reported a 460,000 barrels-per-day drop in Russia's crude oil production in April year-on-year, to just above 8.8 million bpd. The agency also recorded a fall in oil product exports to 2.2 million bpd - the lowest level on record - while crude exports rose to 4.9 million bpd in April. The IEA linked the production an…
