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SpaceX is exploring a consumer-facing mobile phone service under the Starlink brand for U.S. customers and may ultimately construct its own terrestrial wireless network, people familiar with the matter said. The potential offering would expand Starlink beyond wholesale partnerships with telecom operators and place SpaceX in direct competition with …
WISeKey International Holding Ltd announced that its subsidiary WISeID is well positioned to benefit from accelerating government initiatives, including a draft U.S. Executive Order, aimed at migrating digital identity and authentication systems to quantum-resistant standards by 2030-2031. The company highlights its quantum-safe authentication solu…
MTY Food Group offers a pragmatic mid-term trade: buy a stable, franchised restaurant portfolio trading at a modest multiple, use an entry at $18.50 with a $27.00 target over ~45 trading days while protecting downside with a $15.00 stop. The thesis blends yield-like cash generation and capital return optionality with a near-term technical/opportuni…
USA Rare Earth (USAR) is positioning itself as a domestic mine-to-magnet supplier after securing material federal and private funding and acquiring downstream capacity. The stock combines strategic optionality with early-stage operational risk: market cap ~ $4.7B, enterprise value ~$3.15B, negative EPS and free cash flow, but $3.5B in recent fundin…
Tennant Company (TNC) reported a painful ERP-driven hit to sales and earnings in 2025, but the business still generates positive cash flow, sits on a modest balance sheet and trades at reasonable enterprise multiples. This trade idea targets a recovery as execution and customer service normalize, while keeping a tight stop to limit exposure to lega…
Rising memory and storage costs tied to growth in AI data centres are forcing consumer electronics makers to pass through higher prices, a development highlighted by Apple’s decision to raise prices on iPads and MacBooks while keeping iPhone pricing intact. Micron’s strong results and $22 billion of customer supply commitments underline tightening …
DAI and similar multi-collateral stablecoins typically trade close to their $1 peg. Short-lived deviations create tradeable mean-reversion opportunities. This note outlines a practical, risk-managed long trade on DAI around a small sub-$1 drift: entry $0.995, target $1.005, stop $0.985, horizon 10 trading days.
Samsung Electronics shares fell sharply on Friday, tumbling 7.8% to ₩330,500 amid a broad tech-sector sell-off that began on Wall Street. The immediate catalyst was Apple’s move to raise MacBook and iPad prices to offset higher memory and component costs, which weakened confidence in the strength of AI-driven hardware demand. The decline was intens…
Alibaba's stock tumbled to a fresh 52-week low after Anthropic accused operators tied to the company's Qwen AI lab of using nearly 25,000 fake accounts to flood the Claude model with tens of millions of requests, and as Alibaba filed a lawsuit seeking removal from the U.S. Department of Defense's "Chinese Military Companies" list. The combined repu…
SSR Mining's announced $1.5B sale of its 80% Copler stake, a newly authorized 10% buyback and a strong free cash flow profile shift the company's risk/return profile. With net cash-like balance sheet metrics, attractive FCF yield and multiple catalysts ahead, this is a buy for a position-horizon trade.
South Korea’s main stock index, the KOSPI, dropped sharply on Friday as steep declines in technology and chipmaking shares led to a market-wide sell-off. The index fell more than 8%, activating a circuit breaker that stopped trading for 20 minutes. Investors reacted to price increases from Apple and reports that OpenAI may delay its public offering…
The U.S. dollar has strengthened entering the second half of 2026, rising about 3% in the first half as investors bet on further Federal Reserve rate hikes and flock to American assets tied to the AI-led economic upswing. The move has pushed the dollar to multi-decade highs versus some currencies, encouraged record inflows into U.S. equities, and f…
Newmark (NMRK) trades at a reasonable multiple with improving technicals and a recent strategic bolt-on that should help valuation reset. Enter a mid-term long ahead of Q2 results with a clear stop and measured upside targets—this is a tactical, risk-aware trade that banks on an earnings catalyst and continued recovery in transaction volumes.
Gold prices declined on Friday and were poised for a fourth consecutive weekly drop as a resurgent U.S. dollar and growing market expectations for further Federal Reserve rate increases weighed on bullion. Other precious metals also weakened, while a reported attack on a cargo vessel near the Strait of Hormuz briefly revived safe-haven demand that …
Major Asian suppliers to Apple fell sharply after Apple raised prices for MacBooks and iPads, stoking investor concern that rising semiconductor costs are denting consumer demand and technology spending. South Korean memory names led the selloff while several Japanese and Chinese component suppliers also tumbled; Taiwan-based manufacturers were rel…
At Honda Motor's annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo, Chief Executive Toshihiro Mibe apologised for the automaker's recent poor financial results and secured approval for his reappointment to the company's board. Shareholders also approved ten other director nominees as Honda seeks to recover from strategic missteps that led to its first annual lo…
Shares of Luk Fook climbed after the company reported record full-year results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, with revenue and profits rising sharply and the board proposing a materially higher dividend. Management also announced plans to re-establish a presence in Singapore with a VivoCity flagship as part of a three-year push for overs…
Samsung Group and SK Hynix are expected to present multi-year investment programs centered on semiconductors, artificial intelligence infrastructure and other advanced technologies at a government-hosted economic briefing on June 29. Reports say Samsung's plan could exceed 1,000 trillion won over the next decade, while SK Hynix is poised to raise u…
Sinda Ltd. has set the price of its initial public offering at $12.00 per share for 17,750,000 common shares and granted underwriters a 30-day option to buy up to 2,662,500 additional shares. The company expects its common stock to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SIND on June 26, 2026, with the deal expected to close J…
Asian equities fell sharply on Friday as investors booked gains following an AI-led rally earlier in the week. Losses were concentrated in South Korea and Japan after Apple raised prices on Macs and iPads to offset rising chip costs, reviving concerns around AI-related hardware expenses. Markets elsewhere in the region also declined while investors…
Saudi Aramco has resumed oil loading at its Ras Tanura terminal in the Gulf after a suspension of almost four months, with two Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) observed loading and a third waiting nearby, according to LSEG shipping data. The energy company last loaded from Ras Tanura on March 8 and shifted exports to the Red Sea port of Yanbu foll…
Australia is reviewing enforcement of its under-16 social media account ban after new research found limited changes in adolescent platform use six months after the law took effect. The government says it will test the robustness of the law and consider strengthening the eSafety Commission's powers while several platforms face potential fines and l…
SoftBank Group shares fell roughly 13% after reports indicated OpenAI is seriously considering postponing its initial public offering from 2026 to 2027. The move undercuts near-term monetization hopes for SoftBank, which holds an estimated $65 billion stake in OpenAI and co-led the company’s $122 billion funding round in March 2026. The decline rev…
Asian stocks eased from record levels as investors digested steep price increases from Apple that underscored rising chip and memory costs. The sell-off in major technology names, mixed signals from earnings, and month-end rebalancing weighed on regional indices, while the yen remained close to four-decade lows on the prospect of policy interventio…
Global-e (GLBE) is a cross-border e-commerce enabler that just agreed to acquire Passport for $350M plus up to $75M in earnouts. The deal brings meaningful near-term revenue ($~100M expected in 2026) and logistics capabilities that can lift margins and reduce merchant churn. With a market cap of ~$5.82B, improving fundamentals and bullish technical…
