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Barclays said in a Thursday note that it prefers U.S. office real estate to European office assets. The bank highlighted weaker tenant demand in Europe after pandemic-era changes to work patterns and pointed to more attractive valuations in the U.S., where a 10-22% year-to-date sell-off among its coverage has made the sector comparatively compellin…
Bank of America has updated its forecast for the Bank of England, saying it now expects the BoE to leave its policy rate at 3.75% in March rather than implement a cut. The change follows recent increases in energy prices, which the bank says are likely to force the central bank into a wait-and-see posture while it gauges how large and persistent th…
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said revised drafts of the Basel rules and the GSIB surcharge will reduce large bank capital requirements by a "small amount." Speaking at the Cato Institute in Washington, Bowman framed the changes as eliminating redundant standards and better aligning requirements with measured bank risks…
Goldman Sachs places its Q1 GDP tracking estimate at a 3.3% annualized rate after January data showed a larger-than-expected narrowing of the U.S. trade deficit largely driven by rising gold exports excluded from GDP. Housing starts came in stronger than anticipated with a 7.2% increase, while initial jobless claims edged down and remain below thei…
Piper Sandler raised its mid-cycle forecast for West Texas Intermediate crude to $75 a barrel from $70 and upgraded Occidental Petroleum and Murphy Oil to Overweight from Neutral. The brokerage cited a more than 2 million barrels-per-day swing in its 2026 global oil balance, lingering uncertainty tied to the Iran conflict, and company-specific deve…
Rothschild says enterprise software stocks have been repriced to historically low valuations amid investor anxiety about frontier AI labs. The firm reduced revenue assumptions and some price targets to account for possible unit-price pressure from AI, but retains Buy recommendations on Intuit, SAP and ServiceNow, arguing that entrenched data and bu…
Stocks moved unevenly on Thursday, with several mega-cap names and technology suppliers posting notable declines while a handful of large- and small-cap companies registered sizable gains. General Electric fell after news of an expanded defense partnership, broad declines hit financial and chipmaking groups, and CF Industries led gains among large-…
Prosecutors in Milan have asked a court to send Amazon’s European unit and four managers to trial on allegations of tax evasion amounting to roughly 1.2 billion euros. The move departs from prior Italian practice, where criminal probes were typically dropped after companies reached settlements with the tax authority and made payments.
JPMorgan downgraded MercadoLibre from Overweight to Neutral and reduced its price target to $2,100 from $2,650, citing sustained competition in Brazil and management's willingness to accept lower near-term margins while investing for growth. The bank cut multi-year margin assumptions and now expects 2026 profit metrics to come in well below consens…
Citi added Delta Air Lines and SkyWest to a 30-day upside catalyst list, arguing that recent macro turbulence and jet-fuel volatility are increasingly reflected in market prices for carriers with relatively low sensitivity to fuel costs. Analysts highlighted contractual fuel pass-throughs, refinery coverage, strong margin forecasts for FY25, and co…
Palantir Technologies is maintaining operational ties to Anthropic’s Claude model even as the U.S. Department of Defense has labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk. CEO Alex Karp said the company’s products are integrated with Anthropic and that future integrations could include other large language models. The Pentagon’s designation comes amid cont…
Fertilizer producers saw sharp early trading gains after threats to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz put mid-March shipments — timed to arrive for April spring planting in North America — at risk. Market moves were driven by supply concerns, rising input costs, and reports of oil and LNG production cuts tied to the conflict.
The U.S.-Israeli military campaign targeting Iran has sent shock waves through global commerce, triggering mass flight disruptions, elevated fuel and metal costs, interruptions to time-sensitive air and sea freight, and fresh risks to technology infrastructure and data centres. Key transit hubs and supply sources in the Gulf have been affected, for…
Stocks of investment vehicles that lend outside the banking system have fallen in recent weeks as investors question loan quality and push to redeem shares. Publicly traded business development companies now trade at meaningful discounts to reported assets, with several high-profile funds notably lower. Managers and analysts point to transparency c…
Wells Fargo downgraded Conagra Brands, The Campbell's Company and General Mills to Underweight, saying a combination of earnings downside, elevated leverage and compressed dividend ratios could leave the group vulnerable to underperformance. The bank trimmed price targets for all three names and flagged the potential for leverage above 4x by 2027.
Piper Sandler has started coverage of Shopify with an Overweight rating and a $165 price target, identifying the company as its preferred pick among web building platforms. The firm points to strengthening merchant cohort dynamics, a large untapped payments opportunity, and growing traction with larger merchants as the primary reasons for its const…
Bank of America strategists view the recent jump in the Nikkei Volatility Index above 50 - a historically rare level - as a potential signal that selling pressure in Japanese equities is approaching a bottom. They cite a mix of positioning shifts, rising oil prices, and domestic fiscal-year flows as drivers of recent swings, and say the market's pa…
Shares of major cruise operators fell in pre-market trading as Brent and WTI crude surged toward $100 per barrel following fresh Iranian strikes on vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. The jump in oil amplified concerns about operating margins across an industry where fuel typically represents 10%-15% of revenue, with unhedged exposure amplifying dow…
Barclays advises investors to be selective among European building materials companies as renewed energy cost pressure and higher inflation expectations change the sector outlook. The broker favors firms that have demonstrated pricing power and that have significant hedging or long-term energy contracting in place to protect near-term earnings.
Futures tied to Canada’s primary market drifted slightly below unchanged as investors digested an intensifying conflict in Iran that has pushed oil higher and shaken confidence across resource and broader equity markets. Materials and gold faced pressure from a firmer dollar, while energy stocks gained on renewed crude strength. U.S. futures fell s…
A series of filings on Wednesday revealed significant insider transactions across technology, consumer electronics, mining, mortgage finance and real estate sectors. Leading the activity, General Atlantic and affiliated entities bought $50.6 million of Alkami Technology shares across three days, while several executives executed large, pre-arranged…
Bernstein upgraded Cigna Group and CVS Health to Outperform, raising price targets and nudging valuation multiples higher after concluding that recent pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reforms have removed a major uncertainty for the sector. Analyst Lance Wilkes pointed to new PBM transparency legislation, an FTC settlement and company-level PBM model…
Airline equities opened lower after crude oil briefly climbed above $100 a barrel following Iranian strikes on two tankers in northern Persian Gulf waters. Jet fuel has jumped sharply over the past week, potentially adding roughly $1.5 billion or more in quarterly fuel costs per major U.S. carrier and nearly $5 billion across the three largest U.S.…
Firefly Aerospace’s stock climbed 19% after Alpha Flight 7 - the Stairway to Seven mission - successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2, completed orbital insertion and delivered a demonstrator payload for Lockheed Martin. The flight performed a stage two engine relight and validated key Alpha Block II upgrades, setting the stage …
Bodycote Plc shares fell more than 2% after RBC Capital Markets downgraded the heat-treatment specialist to "sector perform" from "outperform," citing a valuation that has reverted to its 10-year average following a strong run-up. RBC kept its 775p price target unchanged and reduced 2026 EPS and revenue estimates while flagging uneven end-market gr…
