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  • Bond yields spiked on Kevin Warsh's Fed chair debut, increasing odds markets will force a hawkish Fed pivot and earlier rate hikes.
  • Pakistan sent about 8,000 troops, a fighter squadron and air-defence systems to Saudi Arabia, raising regional military tensions amid Iran mediation.
  • WHO declared a public health emergency after fast-spreading Ebola in eastern DRC strained hospitals and cross-border cases appeared in Uganda.
  • NextEra agreed to buy Dominion for $66.8 billion, creating the largest U.S. utility and expanding access to data-center power markets.
  • Bank of America lifted TSMC's 2027 capex forecast to $75 billion, signaling stronger demand for advanced chips and higher industry investment.
  • IMF raised the U.K. growth forecast to 1.0% but warned political instability and the Middle East war risk could drag spending and investment.
  • Barclays flagged a sharp slowdown in China's April retail, industrial and investment data, increasing downside risks to global growth and supply chains.

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Analyst Lifts Valuations Across Memory Names as Chip Pricing Strengthens

Analyst Lifts Valuations Across Memory Names as Chip Pricing Strengthens

A Susquehanna analyst raised earnings estimates and price targets for several memory-chip companies, pointing to DRAM and NAND selling prices tracking above prior expectations and an improving demand profile tied to AI workloads and caching requirements. Updated forecasts push Micron, Samsung Electronics, SanDisk and SK Hynix targets higher while k…

Live Nation Shares Climb After DOJ, Live Music Antitrust Suit Settled

Live Nation Shares Climb After DOJ, Live Music Antitrust Suit Settled

Shares of Live Nation Entertainment rose 5% on Monday after the company reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve an antitrust lawsuit alleging illegal monopolization of the live music market. The agreement terminates federal litigation that had examined Live Nation's competitive position and business practices in the live…

Expand Energy Interim CEO Acquires $215,000 in Company Stock

Expand Energy Interim CEO Acquires $215,000 in Company Stock

Michael Wichterich, serving as interim president and CEO of Expand Energy Corp (NASDAQ: EXE), bought 2,000 shares of the company's common stock on March 6, 2026, paying between $107.00 and $108.00 per share for a total of $215,000. The transaction, filed on a Form 4 with the SEC, brings his direct holdings to 83,498 shares. The purchase arrives ami…

WisdomTree Director Adds $3,267 in Stock via Dividend Reinvestments

WisdomTree Director Adds $3,267 in Stock via Dividend Reinvestments

Tonia L. Pankopf, a director at WisdomTree, Inc. (NASDAQ: WT), purchased $3,267 of company equity through a dividend reinvestment plan across six transactions between November 20, 2024 and February 25, 2026, according to a Form 4 filing. WisdomTree, an asset manager with a $2.28 billion market capitalization that has paid dividends for 13 consecuti…

Ares Capital - Buy the Dip: Collect Yield While Waiting for a Rebound

Ares Capital - Buy the Dip: Collect Yield While Waiting for a Rebound

Ares Capital (ARCC) is trading below recent moving averages and close to its 52-week low, offering a near-10% yield, a sub-1.0 price-to-book and single-digit P/E. For traders and income investors willing to accept credit and rate-cycle risk, the current pullback looks actionable: a mid-term swing trade to capture a technical rebound and collect at …

Zscaler: Buy the AI-Defense Discount — A Practical Long Trade

Zscaler: Buy the AI-Defense Discount — A Practical Long Trade

Zscaler is trading well below its 52-week high after a guidance cut and sector rotation, yet its core Zero Trust product set, growing ARR, and positive free cash flow position it as a direct beneficiary of the AI-defense cycle. This trade idea outlines an actionable long with entry, stop, and target, framing valuation, catalysts, and the risks that…

Insider Jorey Chernett Buys $91,200 of Airsculpt Technologies Stock

Insider Jorey Chernett Buys $91,200 of Airsculpt Technologies Stock

Jorey Chernett, who holds a 10% ownership stake in Airsculpt Technologies, purchased 45,600 shares of the company's common stock on March 6, 2026, paying a weighted average of $2.00 per share for a total of $91,200, according to a Form 4 filing. After the transactions, Chernett's direct holdings in Airsculpt rose to 6,398,211 shares. The move comes…

Saudi Stocks Close Lower as Key Sectors Drag Tadawul All Share Down 1.60%

Saudi Stocks Close Lower as Key Sectors Drag Tadawul All Share Down 1.60%

Saudi Arabia's main stock index, the Tadawul All Share, finished Monday down 1.60% as losses in Transport, Hotels & Tourism and Media & Publishing weighed on the market. While several individual stocks recorded strong gains, a larger number of declines pushed the exchange lower. Crude oil prices rose sharply, while gold futures and currency pairs s…

Middle East war forces a rethink of consensus 2026 trades

Middle East war forces a rethink of consensus 2026 trades

The escalation of hostilities in the Middle East has upended several of 2026’s most widely held market convictions. Investors have rotated into perceived safe havens such as the U.S. dollar, while non-U.S. equities and emerging market assets have come under pressure. Heightened energy price risk has reduced the likelihood of near-term rate cuts by …

Gulf output disruptions and halted shipping send oil prices sharply higher

Gulf output disruptions and halted shipping send oil prices sharply higher

Oil markets tightened sharply after a string of supply disruptions across the Gulf. Saudi Arabia has initiated cuts to production, other regional producers have declared force majeure or sharply reduced output, and shipping into and out of the Gulf has slowed to a near standstill amid the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran. The combination of reduced flo…

Jefferies Says AI Will Not Displace Most Commercial P&C Brokers

Jefferies Says AI Will Not Displace Most Commercial P&C Brokers

Jefferies analysts contend that artificial intelligence is unlikely to disintermediate commercial property and casualty (P&C) brokers outside of the smallest commercial segments. The firm argues that complexity, advisory services, and data limitations shield upper middle market, large, specialty, and reinsurance brokerages, and views AI primarily a…

Founder Group Stock Jumps After RM16 Million Malaysian Solar EPCC Win

Founder Group Stock Jumps After RM16 Million Malaysian Solar EPCC Win

Founder Group's shares climbed 20% after the company announced an approximately RM16 million (US$4.14 million) Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning contract to build a 25.40MW solar photovoltaic facility in Malaysia under the government-backed Corporate Green Power Programme. The project is expected to produce roughly 53,000 MW…

Jefferies: Energy Drink Distribution Widens Across U.S. Retail Outlets

Jefferies: Energy Drink Distribution Widens Across U.S. Retail Outlets

Jefferies analysts report that energy drink availability across U.S. grocery and convenience channels has grown markedly over the past three years, even as the category's share of total non-alcoholic beverage distribution points has edged up only slightly. The firm continues to hold Buy ratings on Monster Beverage (MNST) and Celsius Holdings (CELH)…