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  • Samsung Q2 preview sparks sectorwide pullback, dragging Micron and SanDisk and pressuring memory stocks globally.
  • BE Semiconductor slides amid reports Samsung and SK Hynix reconsider hybrid-bonding timeline, raising BESI growth concerns.
  • Rivian shares fall after a surprise 75 million-share public offering despite strong preliminary Q2 results.
  • Capita plunges after government ends Royal Mail pension contract, withheld payments, and revealed a large Civil Service pension backlog.
  • SpaceX will join the Nasdaq 100 15 days post-debut, prompting substantial passive fund buying expectations.
  • NCC Group unveils a £170m tender offer and £15m buyback, lifting stock and boosting near-term shareholder returns.
  • Keller reports H1 trading ahead of consensus and a record £1.9bn order book, sending shares sharply higher.

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Brazil yield curve steepens after central bank decision viewed as dovish

Brazil yield curve steepens after central bank decision viewed as dovish

Markets pushed down near-term borrowing costs but lifted yields on longer maturities after Brazil's central bank cut its policy rate by 25 basis points to 14.25% and signaled openness to additional easing, even as inflation forecasts and activity projections were revised higher and the bank acknowledged upside inflation risks from fiscal stimulus.

Buy Microsoft on This Pullback: High-Conviction Trade Plan

Buy Microsoft on This Pullback: High-Conviction Trade Plan

Microsoft is down from its 2025 highs and trading near short-term support after broader tech weakness. Fundamentals remain intact - $2.79T market cap, 30% ROE, and $72.9B free cash flow - while technicals show RSI near 34. We upgrade to Buy and lay out an explicit long trade for a 180-trading-day horizon with a $480 target and a stop at the 52-week…

Chipmakers and Storage Names Drive Big Intraday Moves; IBM Lags

Chipmakers and Storage Names Drive Big Intraday Moves; IBM Lags

Stocks across market-cap tiers swung sharply on Thursday, led by gains in storage and semiconductor names and headline-driven moves among large- and mid-cap names. Western Digital and SanDisk were among the notable winners, while IBM and several other names traded lower. Corporate announcements including acquisitions, board appointments and clinica…

Butterfly Network Shares Spike After Midjourney Reveals Medical Division and Scanner Built on Butterfly Chip

Butterfly Network Shares Spike After Midjourney Reveals Medical Division and Scanner Built on Butterfly Chip

Butterfly Network stock jumped sharply in morning trading after Midjourney launched Midjourney Medical and introduced a full-body ultrasonic computational tomography device that uses Butterfly's licensed Ultrasound-on-Chip technology. The prototype contains 40 of Butterfly's imaging modules, and a co-development agreement could deliver up to $74 mi…

LivePerson CEO Executes Tax-Driven Share Sale Amid Acquisition Talks

LivePerson CEO Executes Tax-Driven Share Sale Amid Acquisition Talks

LivePerson Inc. CEO Anthony Sabino divested a portion of his equity stake in a transaction triggered by tax obligations following the vesting of restricted stock units. The sale occurs against a backdrop of significant share price depreciation and concurrent merger discussions with SoundHound AI. The transaction leaves Sabino with a substantial rem…

Berlin Weighs Keeping Partial Release of Strategic Oil Stocks Beyond August

Berlin Weighs Keeping Partial Release of Strategic Oil Stocks Beyond August

Germany's economy ministry is evaluating whether to prolong the temporary reduction in its oil stockpiling obligation beyond the current August 31 deadline. The measure, enacted in March as part of a coordinated International Energy Agency release that unloaded a record 400 million barrels from member strategic reserves, saw Germany contribute 2.65…

Fed Seeks Customer Identification Rules for Payment Stablecoin Issuers

Fed Seeks Customer Identification Rules for Payment Stablecoin Issuers

The Federal Reserve unveiled a proposal that would require payment stablecoin issuers to implement customer identification programs similar to those used by banks and credit unions, aiming to reduce opportunities for illegal finance. The plan follows recent moves by banking agencies to fold cryptocurrency into regulated banking frameworks after the…

Kaltura Executive Eynav Azaria Executes Share Sale Under Pre-Arranged Plan

Kaltura Executive Eynav Azaria Executes Share Sale Under Pre-Arranged Plan

Eynav Azaria, an officer at Kaltura Inc., sold 4,448 shares of the company's common stock on June 17, 2026, with a total transaction value of $6,346. The sale was executed at prices between $1.41 and $1.46 per share, averaging $1.4268, under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan established on December 15, 2025. Following the sale, Azaria retains direct owner…

Hims & Hers Shares Jump as Barclays Lift and FDA Peptide Vote Loom

Hims & Hers Shares Jump as Barclays Lift and FDA Peptide Vote Loom

Hims & Hers Health Inc. rallied in morning trading after a Barclays analyst raised his price target and reiterated an Overweight rating, citing accelerating GLP-1 engagement following a partnership announced in March. Investors are also focused on a July FDA advisory committee meeting that could expand compounding opportunities, while corporate hir…

CI&T: AI Confidence Repair Could Spark a Mid‑Term Re-rate

CI&T: AI Confidence Repair Could Spark a Mid‑Term Re-rate

CI&T's latest internal paper and external client survey are designed to address AI adoption concerns at enterprise clients. With Flow influencing roughly 90% of revenue, recent execution and a compact free float create a fertile setup for a re-rating. This trade idea proposes a mid-term long at $3.91 with a $5.00 target and a $3.30 stop.

Azerbaijan BTC Pipeline Shipments Fall 8.6% in First Five Months of 2026

Azerbaijan BTC Pipeline Shipments Fall 8.6% in First Five Months of 2026

Official statistics show Azerbaijan moved 10.6 million metric tons of crude via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline from January through May 2026, an 8.6% decline compared with the same period in 2025. The BTC carried 76.8% of the country's total oil transit of 13.8 million tons, while transit shipments from Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan through t…

Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Gun-Ownership Charge Tied to Marijuana Use

Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Gun-Ownership Charge Tied to Marijuana Use

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld a lower court decision dismissing an illegal firearms possession charge against Ali Hemani, who acknowledged regular marijuana use. The ruling leaves intact questions about how the Gun Control Act’s prohibition on firearm possession by "unlawful users" of controlled substances applies to marijuana and signa…