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AeroVironment pulled back after a conservative Q3 print and guidance reset, but its $2.1B backlog, leadership in tactical drones and counter-UAS, improving order cadence, and an attractive technical setup argue for a mid-term long trade. We outline an actionable entry, stop and target with clear risk controls.
Deutsche Bank’s disclosure of a larger private credit portfolio in its Annual Report 2025 and Pillar 3 Report 2025 prompted a 4% share decline after investors digested details of increased exposure and identified risk themes tied to rapid private credit expansion and sector valuation pressures. The bank says most of the book is concentrated in mult…
TD Cowen began coverage of optical networking company Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) with a Buy rating and elevated the stock to one of its Top Picks. The brokerage cited Ciena's advantages in datacenter interconnect (DCI), its recent Nubis acquisition for intra-datacenter connectivity, and expanding cloud-related revenue as reasons the company is well placed t…
KLA Corporation's stock climbed 1.3% on Thursday after the company unveiled a supplemental $7 billion share repurchase authorization and increased its quarterly dividend by 21% to $2.30 per share. The moves were announced at KLA’s 2026 Investor Day in New York City, where management laid out a new 2030 Target Model and reiterated guidance for the M…
Green Brick Partners combines attractive profitability with a conservative balance sheet and an underappreciated growth runway. At $65.58 the stock trades at roughly 8-9x trailing earnings and 1.6x book with EV/EBITDA near 6.8. We upgrade to Strong Buy and lay out an actionable trade plan for a long-term horizon centered on balance-sheet resilience…
LiveRamp is positioning agentic AI on top of its identity and data-collaboration platform to automate audience activation and measurement across channels. Fundamentals show positive free cash flow ($169.3M) and no net debt, while technicals and short interest suggest conviction and potential squeezes. This trade idea takes a constructive stance: en…
Senator Maria Cantwell, the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, told multiple federal agencies that recent deployments of a laser anti-drone system in Texas revealed process failures that put the flying public at risk. In a written communication to the Pentagon, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Homeland Security and other a…
Whirlpool (WHR) has been hammered by tariff pain, a dilutive capital raise and a cooling housing cycle. Those headwinds look to be peaking: the company sits at single-digit P/E-like valuation, yields well above 6%, and technicals are deeply oversold. This trade idea proposes a mid-term swing long with a disciplined stop and clear targets while ackn…
Cerus Corp (NASDAQ: CERS) Chief Financial Officer Kevin Dennis Green sold 83,021 shares of common stock across March 5 and 6, 2026, bringing proceeds of roughly $169,646, while also acquiring 63,854 shares on March 5. The stock has fallen about 12% over the past week and was trading at $1.79 at the time of the report. Separately, Cerus reported fou…
U.S. stock futures opened lower after oil briefly climbed back above $100 a barrel, as shipping disruptions tied to the Iran conflict raised fresh concerns about global energy flows. The Strait of Hormuz has seen effective stoppages and attacks on merchant vessels, prompting new terminal closures and an unprecedented strategic reserve release by th…
UBS's Chief Investment Office cut European banks to a "neutral" rating and removed its Global Banks equity preference list, pointing to forward valuations for MSCI Europe banks near their 10-year average and reduced valuation cushioning. The note warned that modest negative shocks could prompt sharper corrections given crowded positioning, and high…
Banana Gun, a Telegram-based automated crypto trading bot, has surpassed $8 billion in annualized trading volume. Since launching in 2023 the service has processed $16.09 billion in cumulative volume across 25.3 million trades, supported by a global user base of 1.3 million. Average trade sizes and per-user activity levels align with retail brokera…
Huntington Ingalls (HII) looks like a pragmatic way to play a renewed White House push for a larger U.S. fleet and steady DoD funding for autonomy and ship modernization. The business prints strong free cash flow, trades at a mid-20s PE, and sits near technical support. I recommend a mid-term (45 trading days) tactical long with a defined entry, st…
PayPay, the Japan-focused payments app backed by SoftBank, started trading on the Nasdaq after raising roughly $880 million in its U.S. initial public offering. The offering priced at $16 per American Depositary Share, below the marketed $17-$20 range, valuing the company at $10.7 billion. The listing proceeded despite market disruptions linked to …
Eli Lilly remains the central beneficiary of the GLP-1 weight-loss boom. With orforglipron poised to expand oral market share, industry-leading margins, and near-$1 trillion market cap backing continuing cash generation, this is a structured long trade. Valuation is rich, so position sizing and a disciplined stop matter.
Morgan Stanley says firms that control the full AI stack - chips, cloud infrastructure, models and applications - will capture the most long-term value. The bank upgraded Alibaba to its top pick among China's large internet platforms, highlighting the company's T-Head chips, AliCloud, Qwen family models and application ecosystem. Morgan Stanley pro…
Lam Research is positioned to benefit from a multi-year wave of wafer fabrication equipment (WFE) spending driven by AI-capex and memory restocking. Recent beat-and-raise results, strong free cash flow and healthy balance-sheet metrics support a long bias. Valuation is rich today, but the supply-constrained nature of the cycle and durable margins g…
China Mineral Resources Group has notified domestic steel mills and traders that deliveries of Newman fines - a widely held BHP iron ore grade at ports - will be prohibited beginning next week, sources with knowledge said. The measure is the latest in a sequence of restrictions on BHP products tied to protracted contract negotiations; traders may s…
Talen Energy (TLN) is a leveraged, cash-flowing power generator whose recent acquisitions and exposure to wholesale power markets make it a direct beneficiary of higher natural gas and power prices. With regulatory clearance for new gas plants, stronger digital infrastructure demand, and a stretched but defendable balance sheet, TLN is a tradable l…
Jet fuel prices have surged as Brent crude approached $100 a barrel amid war-related supply concerns, prompting many global carriers to expand or extend fuel and currency hedges. This article catalogs hedging positions disclosed by a range of carriers, showing wide variation in coverage, hedging horizons and the mix of instruments used to manage co…
Bank of America analysts expect the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye to leave its policy rate unchanged at 37% at the Monetary Policy Council meeting. The forecast comes as foreign exchange reserves have fallen by about $21 billion through Monday, excluding gold valuation effects, and as oil price dynamics tied to Middle East tensions pose a…
Atlassian shares rose 2.5% in premarket trading after the company disclosed plans to reduce its workforce by about 10%, eliminating roughly 1,460 positions from a 14,626-employee base. CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said the company will redeploy capital toward AI and Enterprise Sales initiatives and described AI as reshaping skill mixes rather than simpl…
Berenberg has downgraded ALSO Holding AG (SIX:ALSN) from Buy to Hold and reduced its price target to CHF165 from CHF320, citing significant downside risk to the company’s mid-term guidance following fiscal 2025 results. The broker highlighted weaker-than-expected earnings metrics, a softening hardware market, and slower-than-anticipated commerciali…
Shares of several European defence contractors rose between 1.8% and 7.1% in early trading on Thursday as the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran reached its tenth day. The move came despite warnings from Bernstein that European defence companies are likely to see little material benefit from the conflict, while U.S. defence production and potential…
Oneok (OKE) offers a compelling mix of steady fee-based revenue, a near-5% yield, and valuation that still looks reasonable after recent gains. With multiple expansion projects coming online through 2028 and payout-backed free cash flow, a tactical long into $95 with a $79 stop captures both income and upside while keeping risk defined.
