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Citi analyst Ronald Josey elevated Ethos Technologies (LIFE) to the top of his small and mid-cap rankings after the company reported second-quarter results that materially outpaced expectations. Ethos posted strong growth in activated policies and revenue, raised its 2026 revenue and adjusted EBITDA guidance, and saw a notable after-hours share mov…
Meta Platforms has introduced Muse Code in beta, a terminal-focused coding agent powered by Muse Spark 1.2. The system plans changes, generates code and validates outcomes while maintaining persistent background agents that build session context. For larger tasks it spawns parallel sub-agents working in isolated worktrees. Meta says Muse Code can b…
BioCardia, a NASDAQ-listed developer of cellular and cell-derived therapeutics targeting cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, announced its Q2 2026 earnings release and a corporate update conference call scheduled for August 12, 2026. The event will include management remarks followed by a Q&A session and will be accessible via webcast and teleph…
PayPal is trading near $58 with a $60.50 takeover proposal on the table that the board has already deemed inadequate. The company generates $6.6B in free cash flow and trades at roughly 7.6x P/FCF and ~11x P/E. I view $60 as too low; this idea lays out a long trade with entry, stop and targets tied to both a negotiated takeover path and operational…
Alphabet A (GOOGL) posted a decisive bearish candle on the 5-hour chart, formed on the session's highest selling volume (29.5M). The move threatens the V-shaped recovery’s backbone near $361.84, with immediate support at $348.50 and a key neutral band between $355.73 and $362.00. Traders face a bifurcation: reclaim and hold above $362.00 to favor b…
Cass Information Systems reported strong earnings, healthy cash generation, and continues to return capital to shareholders. With EPS of $2.74, a $0.32 quarterly dividend, modest leverage and an expanding technical trend, I am upgrading my stance and laying out an actionable long trade with clear entry, stop and target.
S&P Global Ratings upgraded Kinross Gold Corp. to 'BBB' from 'BBB-' and raised the issue-level rating on its unsecured debt, assigning a stable outlook. The upgrade reflects improved adjusted credit metrics driven by robust cash flow from elevated gold prices and a marked reduction in funded debt. S&P projects Kinross' net cash position to exceed $…
Moody’s Ratings adjusted Newell Brands Inc.'s outlook from negative to stable while affirming the company's B1 Corporate Family Rating and related debt ratings. The agency also assigned a B2 rating to Newell’s proposed $500 million senior unsecured notes due 2031, which the company intends to use to redeem its $500 million notes maturing in 2027. M…
Private investment firm Aurelius has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire Hain Daniels, the European division of Hain Celestial, which owns consumer food brands including Ella's Kitchen and Linda McCartney's. No deal is finalized and the sale process follows a sharp fall in Hain Celestial's share price and the appointment of advisers earlier i…
Subaru (FUJHY) trades near the low end of its 52-week range with a sub-1.0 PB, a 3.5% yield and improving policy/tariff tailwinds. We upgrade to a Buy and lay out a mid-term (45 trading days) trade: entry $7.80, stop $7.10, target $10.50. Risk is real — tariff shifts, EV transition costs and heavy short activity can keep price volatile — but the ri…
The recent sell-off across software stocks has shifted investor focus from growth at any cost to cash generation and AI leverage. Adobe Inc and Intuit Inc rank among the largest fair-value opportunities, with estimated upsides north of 59% and 61% respectively, while Teradata Corporation posts a 70% one-year return despite shrinking revenue. The do…
Phillips 66 reported a near fourfold increase in second-quarter net income driven by sharply higher refining margins as the Middle East conflict tightened global fuel supplies. The company posted $3.85 billion in net income and saw refining adjusted earnings leap to $3.09 billion, while realized margins more than doubled to $24.08 per barrel year-o…
Palantir’s market valuation sits well above typical high-growth software peers: a forward P/E of 95.4x, a price-to-sales of 108.74x and a price-to-book of 64.3x. Discounted cash flow and peer-based fair value analyses indicate roughly a 25% downside from current levels, even as revenue, EPS and profitability forecasts remain strong.
Watsco (WSO) faces margin normalization after an outsized 2025 pricing tailwind, but cash flow, a conservative balance sheet, and e-commerce traction make the stock an attractive long-term trade. Enter on weakness with a defined stop and a 180-trading-day time horizon to capture margin recovery, acquisition synergies, and continued dividend compoun…
A UK competition tribunal has ruled that a proposed class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of British businesses can proceed against Google. The Competition Appeal Tribunal dismissed Google's attempt to strike out the case, finding the collective proceedings meet the legal threshold. The claim, represented by academic Or Brook, covers an e…
Eli Lilly reported a striking Q2 2026 performance, with revenue of $22.97 billion and adjusted EPS of $8.38, both substantially ahead of analysts. Management lifted full-year revenue guidance to $85 billion-$87 billion, and the GLP-1 portfolio accounted for the majority of the quarter's sales. The stock climbed intraday as investors digested the be…
Over recent days, sophisticated cyber intrusions involving phone-based social-engineering tactics targeted several large Wall Street financial services firms, including major hedge funds and private equity managers. Point72 Asset Management notified investors it had been attacked but said no customer information was stolen. Other firms named by sou…
The U.S. Department of Justice has told officials it intends to withdraw a 1987 letter that had clarified antitrust concerns related to proxy advisory firms. The action comes as consolidation in the industry and political criticism of the firms' influence - particularly around environmental, social and governance (ESG) recommendations - have drawn …
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.K. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband met in Washington to press the need for Europe to assume a greater share of its own security, with Ukraine, Strait of Hormuz transit, and preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon prominent on the agenda. Miliband also highlighted the economic importance of reopening G…
Baird identified a set of electrical and AI infrastructure companies it believes are well placed to capture structural shifts tied to artificial intelligence deployments in data centers. The firm emphasized companies with distinct technological advantages or customer relationships that can underpin revenue even if overall capital spending cools, an…
The Dallas and New York Federal Reserve Banks will launch a pilot survey of the private credit market - estimated at $1.3 trillion - after the third quarter concludes. The initiative will segment lenders by borrower EBITDA into upper middle, middle and lower middle cohorts, and the Fed expects to publish survey results in the first quarter of 2027.…
Nano Labs is a Hangzhou-based fabless semiconductor and AI compute solutions company trading at a $43.9M market cap. Recent strategic moves into AI data-center infrastructure and insider buying create a clear thesis for an asymmetric long trade. The stock is cheap on headline multiples, has a small float, and technicals show stabilizing momentum — …
Trading on Wednesday delivered a mix of notable advances and sharp declines across market-cap tiers. Arista Networks and Eli Lilly were among the largest gainers in the mega-cap group, while Amazon and a number of large, mid- and small-cap companies fell. Several moves were tied to earnings beats, raised outlooks or soft revenue and guidance.
United Launch Alliance is reportedly preparing a roughly $500 million private bond offering to refinance outstanding borrowings, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday. The space-launch joint venture owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin would sell the debt directly to institutional buyers via a true private placement arranged by US Bancorp, Mi…
A federal magistrate judge has authorized plaintiffs in a 2022 antitrust lawsuit to depose current LinkedIn CEO Daniel Shapero and co-founder and former CEO Reid Hoffman, rejecting the company's request to block such questioning. The case accuses LinkedIn of controlling over 97% of the professional networking market and charging excessive prices fo…
