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Several energy companies have posted strong gains in recent months, with Occidental Petroleum leading the group after an AI-driven selection earlier this year. A set of mid-cap and downstream energy names has also recorded sharp month-to-date and March moves. The investment model that identified these names refreshes its picks monthly, uses a broad…
Saudi Arabia's stock market finished lower on Sunday, with the Tadawul All Share ending the session down 0.13% as Financial Services, Real Estate Development and Retail sectors weighed on the index. While several individual names posted strong gains, including an all-time high for Saleh Abdulaziz Al Rashed And Sons, other notable stocks fell. Commo…
Several high-profile policy announcements by U.S. President Donald Trump were preceded by concentrated trading activity that generated outsized profits for some market participants. Exchange records, trading-platform data and third-party analysis show large bets on oil futures, prediction-market contracts and equity options in tight time windows be…
Anonymous market wagers that paid off shortly before several high-impact policy announcements during the second Trump term have prompted calls from legal experts and former regulators for closer review. A detailed examination of trading around decisions on tariffs, Venezuela and Iran identified at least four episodes in which unknown traders placed…
This week brought a batch of influential analyst updates focused on companies positioned around the artificial intelligence opportunity. Bank of America returned Microsoft to a Buy rating and set an elevated $500 target, calling the company a "primary beneficiary of AI monetization". JPMorgan trimmed SAP to Neutral amid slowing cloud backlog growth…
This weekly roundup distills the key analyst moves across five companies. Northland downgraded Super Micro Computer to Market Perform amid governance concerns and executive reshuffling. BofA launched coverage of Nebius Group with a Buy rating, highlighting its positioning in AI Infrastructure-as-a-Service and an addressable market projection. Wolfe…
A Morgan Stanley benchmark using fourth-quarter 2025 figures finds Russell 1000 companies holding $2.2 trillion in cash, yet the cash-to-enterprise-value ratio sits near a two-decade low. Firms are directing substantial operating cash into capital expenditures, with capex rising sharply while free cash flow remains robust. Select large-cap technolo…
Moscow's main stock gauge closed the session unchanged as a handful of gains in transport and telecom names were balanced by declines elsewhere, notably in fertilizer shares. Commodities firmed and the ruble showed modest movement versus major currencies, while implied volatility held steady.
Nestle confirmed that a truck carrying 12 tons of KitKat chocolate bars - 413,793 individual bars from a new product range - disappeared last week while traveling from central Italy to Poland. The vehicle and its load remain missing. KitKat says the stolen bars can be traced by unique batch codes and is asking anyone who scans those codes to follow…
The World Trade Organization e-commerce moratorium prohibits customs duties on electronic transmissions such as software downloads, streaming media and e-books. First adopted in 1998 as a temporary measure, it has been renewed repeatedly and was extended for two years at the 13th WTO ministerial in 2024. With its scheduled expiration at the 14th WT…
Businesses in Windsor, Ontario - a manufacturing hub tightly linked to Detroit - are experiencing a slowdown as uncertainty around the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA or CUSMA in Canada) affects customer behaviour, investment decisions and labour markets. A local signage firm that serves automotive clients saw a severe drop in orders l…
Guy Spier is returning capital to investors in his $470 million Aquamarine Fund, pointing to personal health concerns and a shifting landscape for active management driven by passive flows and artificial intelligence. Despite a lifetime gain of 1,186% since 1997, the fund has lagged the S&P 500 for eight straight years as information advantages nar…
Schindler has declared it will actively oppose any merger between Kone and TK Elevator before competition authorities, warning that combining the two rivals would create the world's largest lift company and upend the industry. CEO Paolo Compagna said the deal would be a "bloodbath," likely require extensive divestitures and take years to resolve, a…
Italy's markets regulator Consob has determined that none of the three candidate slates submitted for the board of Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) are illegitimate. The decision, taken in close consultation with the European Central Bank, follows a complaint from MPS's incumbent board about a slate put forward by PLT Holding. Consob's final positio…
Goldman Sachs says the S&P 500 has pulled back about 9% from January highs as rising oil prices, higher interest rates and the Iran war weigh on markets. The index's P/E multiple has fallen from 21x to 19x even as analysts have nudged 2026 EPS estimates up by 3%. With the U.S. Equity Sentiment Indicator at -0.9, the coming first-quarter 2026 earnin…
Since U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, a cascade of Iranian attacks on Israel, U.S. bases and Gulf states - and a new front in Lebanon - has produced thousands of deaths across the region. Reported totals vary by source and Reuters has not independently verified the figures. The counts include civilians, combatants, and military per…
Monika Bickert, who led the creation and enforcement of Facebook/Meta’s content policies and served as a public face during debates over political content and teen mental health, is departing Meta to take up a position at Harvard Law School. She will remain at Meta until August to work on a transition plan with Kevin Martin and said in an internal …
Battery X Metals Inc. filed an amended Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2026, advancing its proposed initial public offering on a U.S. national securities exchange. The Vancouver company revised its confidential draft registration to address SEC comments on prior submissions; it has not set the number of shares…
The NASDAQ Composite has moved into correction territory as the U.S. military conflict with Iran intensifies, prompting the steepest valuation pressure on the technology sector since the dotcom era. Capital Economics analysts characterize the downturn as a temporary repricing of inflated valuations rather than the onset of systemic earnings deterio…
Bank of America has agreed to a $72.5 million settlement to resolve a civil suit brought by women who say the bank facilitated their sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein, according to court records. The agreement, which requires approval from U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, settles claims that the bank ignored suspicious financial activity tied to Epste…
BlackRock raised CEO Larry Fink’s total compensation for 2025 to $37.7 million, driven largely by higher equity awards and a sizable bonus. The package includes a $1.5 million base salary and a $10.6 million bonus. The increase accompanies record assets under management and strong quarterly earnings for the asset manager.
A Government Accountability Office report released Friday found the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management lost nearly a quarter of its personnel during fiscal year 2025. The attrition, driven largely by voluntary incentives, has prompted concerns about diminished rulemaking expertise at the office that supervises he…
Mexico's main stock index ended the session in negative territory, dragged lower by losses in industrials and consumer-related sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, while commodity and FX moves showed notable strength in gold, oil and the US dollar against the peso and euro-peso crosses at the close.
Colombia's benchmark index ended the session lower, with the COLCAP slipping 0.93% as losses in Financials, Investment and Public Services weighed on the market. Several large caps posted notable moves: Celsia SA and Interconnection Electric SA ESP were among the session's gainers, while Bancolombia Pf and Grupo Cibest SA were the largest decliners…
Russian equities ended the trading session lower, with losses concentrated in Mining, Power and Oil & Gas names. The MOEX Russia Index fell 1.31% as decliners outpaced advancers by a wide margin. Volatility measures rose and key commodity contracts pushed higher, while the ruble moved modestly against major currencies.
