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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the United States has proposed that Russia and Ukraine reach a settlement to end the war before the start of summer, with a new round of talks in Miami proposed to take place within a week and accepted by Kyiv. Recent U.S.-brokered meetings in Abu Dhabi produced a prisoner swap and technical discussions on ceasefi…
China on Saturday launched a reusable experimental spacecraft into orbit atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, state media reported. The mission is described as a technological verification effort to support peaceful uses of space, but officials did not disclose how long the vehicle will remain aloft or provide detai…
With Super Bowl kickoff scheduled for 00:30 Central European Time, many U.S. competitors at the Milano Cortina Winter Games are prioritizing sleep and competition preparation over watching the NFL title game live. Several American athletes said they will cheer quietly or in their dreams for their preferred teams rather than stay up, while a small n…
Palantir’s transition from defense stalwart to commercial AI platform is intact: accelerating U.S. commercial revenue, record profitability, and positive cash flow. The market has punished the stock with steep technical weakness even as fundamentals improve. This trade plan buys a controlled dip with a clear stop and a mid-term target tied to mean …
Macquarie has adjusted its 2026 price forecasts for gold and silver following an unusually turbulent January in global markets. The bank lifted its first-quarter and full-year gold estimates and pushed up silver targets, while cautioning that it will hold off on longer-term revisions because of continued volatility and a divergence between fundamen…
Soluna (SLNH) is trading at $1.05 after a heavy washout that, in our view, overstated the probability of permanent impairment. The company has an enterprise value of roughly $72.8M against a market cap near $100M, implying a tangible asset/recoup cushion and a path to upside if mining economics or asset dispositions normalize. This is a high-risk, …
Intel is promoting its Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge-T (EMIB-T) as a potential challenger to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s CoWoS advanced packaging for AI accelerators. Bernstein analysts highlight EMIB-T's ability to support larger reticle scaling, lower material waste through rectangular substrates, and potentially lower per-c…
Celestica is benefiting from surging demand for AI infrastructure and high-density storage. With a market cap near $37.6B, healthy free cash flow and an accepted NCIB, the stock offers an asymmetric risk/reward from current levels. I lay out an actionable trade with entry, stop and target alongside the catalysts and risks to monitor.
U.S. equity indexes experienced a volatile week capped by a Friday bounce, yet the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were still positioned to finish the week in the red after pronounced declines in technology shares. Individual companies moved sharply in both directions: Walmart climbed as investors sought defensive exposure; PayPal and Novo Nordisk gave back sig…
TikTok Shop has used early rollouts to refine its social-commerce model, with a U.K. launch in 2021 serving as a learning phase and a U.S. expansion in 2023 producing stronger outcomes. A Morgan Stanley industry expert advising brands on the platform says the recent push into Europe’s five largest markets is poised to accelerate, driven by social d…
Iron ore has underperformed other metals as demand cools and seaborne supply grows. Morgan Stanley argues the market retains resilience because the steel production mix still leans on blast furnaces, and cost dynamics set a firmer price floor. Analysts expect a mild price trough in 2026 even as the market moves into surplus.
Morgan Stanley analysts warn that a slowdown in U.S. population growth - driven primarily by reduced immigration - could pull the country’s potential economic output down toward pre-pandemic rates. Census Bureau data show the slowest rise in population since 2021, and the bank’s economists say absent faster productivity gains the pace of potential …
Enbridge (ENB) offers a compelling income backdrop heading into the Feb/Mar dividend window. Use a long common-stock trade to lock in dividend capture and optional upside while preferred Series L buyers sort yields and call risk. Entry at $50.34 with a $55.00 target and $47.50 stop, horizon ~45 trading days.
Multiple data sources reviewed in a Kepler Cheuvreux note point to an easing of the sharp drop in European-origin travel to the United States that occurred through much of 2025. Country-level divergence was pronounced, the third quarter was the trough for many markets, and late-2025 indicators including bookings and search interest show improvement…
WEG (WEGZY) is trading near $9.96 with solid business drivers in motors, transformers and electrification markets. The balance of steady fundamentals, a 3.0% dividend yield and industry tailwinds argue for buy-on-dip entries, but a lofty P/E of ~36 and PB near 9.9 cap upside. Recommended: a disciplined swing-long if price softens to $9.60, stop $9.…
F5 (FFIV) faces sustained headline pressure from a major BIG-IP security breach and multiple securities class actions. The business generates strong cash flow and carries healthy profitability, but recent guidance cuts and potential remediation costs justify a tactical short over the next 45 trading days. Entry $276.56, target $235.00, stop $295.00…
Regional authorities and community leaders in Sardinia are resisting a government proposal to concentrate up to a third of Italy's 41bis inmates on the island. Residents fear the move could revive a stigma of Sardinia as a penal destination and create openings for organized crime to exploit fragile local economies, the tourism sector and strained p…
India's recently concluded free-trade agreement with the European Union grants preferential treatment across the vast majority of EU tariff lines and nearly the entire bilateral trade value, according to ING Economics. Economists view the pact as a potential inflection point in India's external trade orientation as regional supply chains are being …
PayPal has been punished on disappointing guidance and an earnings miss, but the stock now trades at single-digit multiples, strong free cash flow, and very oversold technicals. This trade idea upgrades the stance to long: enter near $40.42, stop at $36.00, and target $58.00 over a 180 trading-day horizon while monitoring checkout growth and new le…
Ceribell President and CEO Chao Xingjuan sold 38,994 shares of common stock on February 4, 2026, for $786,240 and exercised options to acquire 25,000 shares at $4.70. The company, valued at about $747 million, holds more cash than debt and has received FDA Breakthrough Device designation for its LVO stroke detection monitor. Ceribell is not profita…
Fair Isaac (FICO) has been punished with broader software weakness and short-term fear, but its durable franchise in decisioning, strong free cash flow and a sizable addressable market make it a compelling mid-term swing trade. The combination of oversold technicals, meaningful short interest and a defensible product moat argues for a long entry wi…
Colgate-Palmolive CEO Noel R. Wallace disposed of 45,568 shares on February 4, 2026, generating $4,279,495 at a weighted average price of $93.9145. The company posted fourth-quarter EPS of $0.95, beating a $0.91 estimate, and a swath of analysts left or raised ratings and price targets on the stock.
PulteGroup director Thomas J. Folliard disposed of 37,000 shares on February 5, 2026, generating roughly $4.9 million in proceeds. The company also announced a quarterly cash dividend and attracted new analyst coverage as federal officials and industry leaders discussed incentives aimed at boosting housing affordability.
Richard R. DeLuca, Executive Vice President and President of Merck Animal Health, sold 37,685 shares of Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) common stock on February 6, 2026, at a weighted average price of $120.9241 per share, generating proceeds of $4,557,024. The sale left DeLuca with 160,173.834 shares directly owned. In the same period, several analyst firms…
NAPCO Security Technologies CEO Richard Soloway sold 150,000 shares on February 5, 2026, for roughly $6.4 million. The move comes after a strong share-price run and follows a fiscal second-quarter beat that prompted analysts to raise price targets and reaffirm ratings. Despite healthy financials, one valuation model flags the stock as overvalued re…
