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The Trump administration is evaluating plans to provide military protection for oil and gas tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz and to possibly support insurance for those voyages. The moves come as energy prices have risen sharply amid threats to vessels and ongoing fighting in the region, raising concerns about disruptions to natural gas and …
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the administration plans to conclude multiple trade probes within five months, allowing President Donald Trump to implement replacement tariffs after a Supreme Court decision invalidated previous duties. The investigations will proceed under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act and follow a global baseline…
Magnum Ice Cream Company is a recognizable premium ice cream brand that appears to be trading through near-term separation and integration uncertainty. This trade backs a disciplined, mid-term long: enter at $12.50, target $18.00, stop $9.75. The thesis rests on durable brand equity, resilient category dynamics, and the likelihood that market senti…
When Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, a subset of Russian hardliners hoped his erratic, transactional approach might serve Moscow's interests in Ukraine. The U.S. strike on Iran has since unsettled that cohort, convincing many that Trump poses a direct danger to Russia as well as to American rivals. Prominent nationalists and pro…
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said the United Kingdom will not compromise its principles to secure a more favorable trade arrangement with the United States, defending the government's refusal to back an American-Israeli offensive against Iran. Reeves cited legal judgment on the absence of a basis for offensive action, signaled close mo…
The SEC's Division of Investment Management held a brief call with independent trustees and fund counsel instructing them to tell issuers not to allow a set of proposed leveraged ETFs to go effective. The regulator flagged concerns that a new generation of funds - some designed to deliver as much as five times the daily return of underlying indexes…
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said the recent U.S.-Israel attack on Iran has increased uncertainty about the U.S. economic outlook and complicated the central bank's path for interest-rate policy. Kashkari, a 2026 Federal Open Market Committee voter, said he entered the year expecting easing inflation pressure to allow…
The U.S. Treasury unveiled plans to overhaul post-2008 bank liquidity regulations to increase lending capacity for priorities such as artificial intelligence infrastructure, domestic supply chains, and defense manufacturing. Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Jonathan McKernan, speaking from remarks prepared by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a…
Director Christopher Cannucciari bought 1,300 Greene County Bancorp Inc. (GCBC) shares on March 2, 2026, at $22.05 each, a $28,665 transaction. The purchase leaves him with both direct and indirect holdings while the company keeps its quarterly dividend steady at $0.10 per share, preserving a 27-year dividend payment streak and a current yield of 1…
Neil C. Viotto, Executive Vice President and COO of SR Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRBK), purchased 990 shares of the company’s common stock on March 3, 2026, in transactions totaling $16,828. The shares were bought indirectly through an IRA at prices between $16.67 and $17.0396 each. The purchase comes as SRBK shares have rallied about 40% over the pas…
Credo Technology fell sharply after a solid quarter and upbeat guidance. The pullback takes valuation from frothy toward more defensible levels, RSI is oversold, and high-frequency data-center demand gives a clear growth runway. This trade targets a bounce back to $140 within ~45 trading days, with a disciplined stop below $85 to limit downside ris…
Senior U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve officials signaled plans for a wide-ranging review of bank liquidity requirements, arguing current rules limit lending and hinder use of the Federal Reserve’s discount window. Proposals include recognizing prepositioned collateral at the discount window as part of banks' liquidity capacity, with caps that co…
A Bar Harbor Bankshares director purchased 500 shares on March 2, 2026, for $32.54 per share, bringing his direct holdings to 12,687.2492 shares. The trade coincides with the stock trading near $32.51, analyst price targets ranging $35 to $38, and company fundamentals highlighted by a 22-year streak of dividend increases and a 3.87% yield. Recent q…
President Donald Trump told Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to halt commercial dealings with Spain after Madrid denied access to its bases for a bombing campaign against Iran. Speaking at a White House meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump threatened sweeping trade measures, suggested the legal authority for an embargo exists and re…
Exxon Mobil intends to dispatch a technical team to Venezuela within weeks after resolving logistical and security arrangements, a senior company executive said, and would consider broader re-entry if acceptable investment terms and protections are secured. The comments come amid calls from the U.S. president for major private investment in Venezue…
Coca-Cola Executive Vice President Beatriz R. Perez executed a series of transactions on February 27, 2026, selling 21,326 shares of company stock for roughly $1.73 million and exercising options to acquire an identical number of shares. Additional share dispositions were reported to cover tax liabilities tied to performance share units. The filing…
Wolfe Research compiled a list of ten small- and mid-cap companies that pair notable dividend growth over the last twelve months with strong unlevered free cash flow yield. The cohort spans consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, healthcare and industrials, and includes firms whose recent earnings or corporate actions were highlighted in …
A filing shows director Elizabeth Mora sold 300 shares of MKS Instruments (MKSI) on March 2, 2026, under a pre-set 10b5-1 plan. The transaction occurred as the company reported fourth-quarter results that beat estimates and issued first-quarter revenue guidance above consensus, even as shares slipped in after-hours trading.
Carol Meltzer, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Gold.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOLD), sold 2,000 common shares on February 27, 2026, for about $112,751 while exercising options to acquire 2,000 shares at $6.05 each. The moves coincide with a $150 million private placement and an analyst upgrade from DA Davidson.
Blockchain research firms observed a sharp increase in funds leaving Iranian cryptocurrency exchanges in the hours after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. Chainalysis, Elliptic and TRM reported hourly spikes in outflows, with total movements of more than $10 million between Saturday and Monday. Analysts said the data illustrate crypto's expanding r…
The White House is set to review a package of measures aimed at limiting energy price increases after strikes on Iran disrupted tanker movements in the Middle East. Options include government assistance to help oil tankers obtain insurance, with senior administration officials scheduled to brief the president and finalise a response. Rising war-ris…
Bank of America published price targets for nine banking institutions using fiscal 2026 earnings and year-end 2026 tangible book value estimates. The firm’s approach weights forward price-to-earnings and price-to-tangible-book multiples against historical medians and expected performance improvements, highlighting where it sees upside and downside …
The Inter-American Development Bank projects economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean will slow to 2.1% in 2026, close to the region's long-term average. The IDB highlights rising debt-service costs, limited fiscal space, weak productivity and the need for institutional strengthening and regional integration to translate opportunities fro…
Shares of Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ:ALHC) declined after an affiliate of General Atlantic, L.P. priced a large secondary offering. The underwritten sale of 13,167,733 shares at $19.46 each is expected to close on March 4, 2026, with J.P. Morgan acting as underwriter. Alignment Healthcare will not receive funds from the transaction, and the annou…
Trinity Capital offers a compelling risk-reward here: a roughly 13.7% cash yield, P/E in the high single digits, and a market cap around $1.2B. We upgrade TRIN to a buy and outline a mid-term (45 trading days) trade with clear entry, stop and target that respects the BDC's leverage and cyclical exposure.
