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Crown Castle International Corp. is scheduled to present at the Bank of America 2026 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference, highlighting its ongoing engagement with investors and industry stakeholders in the telecommunications infrastructure sector.
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures climbed to the highest prices for the contracts amid stronger purchases of U.S. soybeans. State stockpiler activity in China, multiple USDA-confirmed private sales and a U.S. government review of higher biofuel quotas for 2027 contributed to the market move. New-crop November soybeans finished up 20 cents at $…
Jacob Manoukian, U.S. head of investment strategy at JPMorgan Private Bank, told the Reuters Global Markets Forum that rising long-term bond yields could be signaling investor expectations of productivity improvements from AI investment rather than solely inflation or heavier government borrowing. JPMorgan remains constructive on semiconductors des…
BioNTech (BNTX) is a buy here. The company sits at the intersection of two durable growth vectors: ongoing commercialization and variant-adaptation of COMIRNATY (its mRNA vaccine franchise) and an accelerating late-stage oncology pipeline. At a market cap of ~$25.6B and a stock trading near $102, upside to our $150 target looks achievable over a 18…
Hong Kong-based Mint Incorporation Limited (NASDAQ: MIMI) announced the successful closing of its registered direct public offering, raising approximately $2.5 million. The offering included Class A ordinary shares and pre-funded warrants, with proceeds intended to support the company's strategic focus on artificial intelligence, robotics, and its …
Encompass Health (EHC) is the largest U.S. inpatient rehabilitation operator with steady free cash flow, improving reimbursement dynamics, and an earnings beat that lifted guidance. The combination of a modest valuation (EV/EBITDA ~9.2), raised guidance, and a scheduled Medicare rate increase supports a mid-term bullish trade while remaining mindfu…
A federal appeals panel ruled that Kalshi cannot prevent Nevada from enforcing its gaming regulations against the prediction markets operator's sports betting contracts. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a unanimous decision finding that federal commodity trading statutes likely do not preempt Nevada’s authority. The decision conflicts w…
NVIDIA slipped 4.6% to $217.49 on Friday despite reporting stronger-than-expected quarterly results and raised guidance, creating what appears to be a buy-the-dip opportunity. With a fair value of $281.50, the shares imply roughly 29.5% upside from Friday's close, and analyst targets point to about 38.2% further gains. The company's exceptional rev…
Lantronix (LTRX) just moved into my buy box. New product rollouts, strategic partnerships and a broadly healthy balance sheet make the equity a compelling mid-term swing trade. I outline an entry at $5.50, a stop at $4.50 and a target at $8.75 over a 45-trading-day horizon, plus the risks and catalysts that could change the thesis.
Tennessee officials say they intend to rename Nashville International Airport in honor of Dolly Parton following the singer’s death earlier this week. Governor Bill Lee discussed the proposal with Parton’s representatives and the issue will be considered by the Metro Nashville Airport Authority at a Sept. 17 meeting, where the authority’s naming po…
Rainier Acquisition Corporation, a newly formed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), has closed its initial public offering (IPO) raising $75 million. The company, trading on Nasdaq under RNAQU, aims to pursue mergers or acquisitions primarily in the global life sciences sector including therapeutics, diagnostics, and genomics.
California has filed a legal challenge in federal court against the U.S. Department of the Interior and Golden State Wind, seeking to void an April agreement that reimbursed the developer $120 million to relinquish an offshore wind lease and required investments in conventional energy projects. The state says the payout violated federal law and thr…
U.S. Global Investors, Inc. announced that it will host a webcast to discuss its fiscal year 2026 results on September 4, 2026. Financial data will be released prior to the webcast, where key company executives will participate in the discussion. The company is a registered investment adviser focusing on niche global markets and manages various inv…
Strategy Inc. shares fell sharply after a retreat in Bitcoin and investor profit-taking following a strong prior surge. Additional pressure came from the company's recent $2 billion at-the-market equity placement and a lowered analyst price target, while a mildly negative market backdrop and stretched technical readings encouraged consolidation.
Salesforce's new strategic tie-up with Anthropic and a $5.1B stake that just booked a $2.7B unrealized gain repositions the company from SaaS incumbent to an AI platform gatekeeper. Q2 results beat, raised guidance and early monetization metrics create a credible growth runway. This trade plan buys the narrative with a disciplined stop and a 180-tr…
Appian is showing signs of product-market fit in the AI era: cloud revenue acceleration, margin expansion, and positive free cash flow combine with technical momentum. I recommend a disciplined long entry at $42.00, stop at $37.00 and a primary target of $55.00 over a mid-term (45 trading days) horizon. Trade size should be sized to risk tolerance;…
Tesla's hardware-first investments in autonomy are beginning to generate measurable revenue streams (robotics, Semi, FSD), and current sell-off has created an actionable risk/reward for a mid-term long. Balance lofty multiples against clear early cash conversion and near-term catalysts like the Semi event (09/24/2026) and Optimus production ramp.
<p>Bunge (BG) remains my preferred way to play steady global food and protein demand. The stock's recent pullback offers a reasonably priced entry while the company levers scale from its agribusiness and oils franchises and returns cash through a sizable buyback program. I upgrade to Buy and lay out a trade plan below with precise entry, stop and t…
Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited secured CAD $195 million from the Government of Canada through the Strategic Response Fund to build advanced manufacturing facilities for fault-tolerant utility-scale photonic quantum computers. This investment supports Project OPTIMISM, aiming to develop Canada's quantum technology supply chain and advance Canad…
Xanadu Quantum Technologies announced CAD $195 million in Canadian federal funding to establish 'Inception,' a state-of-the-art photonics facility in Toronto aimed at scalable production of quantum computing components. This major investment supports Project OPTIMISM and positions Xanadu and Canada as leaders in quantum manufacturing and fault-tole…
A slate of regional manufacturing surveys and Treasury bill auctions are due Monday, August 31, 2026, with the Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Index and the Dallas Fed Manufacturing Business Index leading the morning releases. Market participants will also monitor 3-month and 6-month Treasury bill auctions for indications of demand in short-term gover…
A new paper in the Wiley journal Sustainable Development challenges the widely held belief that robusta coffee is intrinsically better suited to withstand climate change. Aaron Davis of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, who led the research, called the assumption an "internet myth" and said prior studies made methodological errors, including treating…
Foremost Clean Energy Ltd. has filed an early warning report following Rio Grande Resources' recent private placement that diluted Foremost's ownership in Rio Grande below the 10% reporting threshold. Foremost now holds approximately 8.65% in Rio Grande and is no longer subject to early warning reporting requirements. The company remains focused on…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended late-July U.S. intervention to buy yen, telling Senator Elizabeth Warren that volatile yen markets can trigger forced unwinds that destabilize global markets and ultimately raise borrowing costs for U.S. families and businesses. He said the action used existing Exchange Stabilization Fund foreign-currency a…
A federal appeals panel declined to grant Kalshi an injunction preventing Nevada from applying its gaming regulations to the company's sports-event prediction contracts. The 3-0 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the federal Commodity Exchange Act likely does not preempt Nevada's regulatory scheme as applied to those c…
