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Barclays moved Unite Group Plc to an "equal weight" rating from "overweight" and trimmed its price target to 520p from 615p after the company issued its third profit warning in four months alongside full-year results in February. The bank pointed to deteriorating leasing metrics, weaker nomination agreements with universities and downward revisions…
UBS economist Arend Kapteyn cautions that, should the Strait of Hormuz remain effectively closed, the current pace of drawdowns would drive global crude and product inventories to unprecedented lows by the end of April. Even allowing for pipeline flows from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, continued Iranian exports and International Energy Agency releases…
Venture Global (VG) is a high-conviction swing trade following an Iran-related supply shock that sent European LNG prices sharply higher. With a meaningful portion of 2026 output exposed to spot pricing, recent earnings beat and strong EBITDA guidance, and attractive valuation on an EV/EBITDA basis, VG looks positioned to capture a multi-week rebou…
Bank of America’s March Global Fund Manager Survey found investors pulling back risk exposure amid geopolitical and inflation worries, pushing cash allocations higher and damping sentiment. Despite this bearish tilt, positioning metrics are not at the levels typically seen during market capitulation, and investors continue to favor commodities and …
Bank of America adjusted its Thai baht forecast, anticipating a near-term weakening to 33 per U.S. dollar by mid-2026 followed by a recovery to 31 per dollar by the end of 2026. The revision reflects the combined effects of an oil price shock and an elevated Thai nominal effective exchange rate after post-election equity inflows, which has increase…
Bank of Montreal announced plans to open over 130 financial centers in California and roughly 15 in Arizona during the next five years, part of a broader program to add 150 branches across the United States. The move follows a branch-sale program and the 2023 acquisition of Bank of the West, and is aimed at deepening client engagement and expanding…
A Barclays analysis finds OpenClaw-style AI agent platforms are being adopted at pace across China, prompting strong demand for token usage and cloud compute, and prompting bullish stances on major internet players with AI capabilities. The platform’s cloud-centric deployment and sharply lower token costs are cited as key drivers of adoption, even …
Global risk appetite cooled after a brief rally, as persistent conflict in the Middle East and rising oil prices weighed on sentiment. Equities gave back some gains, the dollar firmed, and attention turned to central bank policy decisions after Australia’s central bank delivered a tight 5-4 rate increase. Technology optimism from an AI chip rally p…
Neste shares climbed more than 3% after Barclays upgraded the stock to "overweight" from "equal weight," citing a credible operational turnaround, accelerated cost savings and a substantially stronger earnings outlook for 2026. The bank raised its price target to €32 from €17 and projected higher margins, robust EBITDA and improved cash flow metric…
At a technology showcase in early March at its Shenzhen headquarters, BYD unveiled a Flash Charging system built around its second-generation Blade battery and associated vehicle systems. Management emphasized that ultra-fast charging and cold-weather performance remain key barriers to further electric vehicle uptake, and outlined plans to deploy 1…
Jefferies reports that interruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have tightened near-term liquefied petroleum gas balances by effectively stranding about 1.5 million barrels per day of Middle East LPG. The dislocation is providing support for U.S. Gulf Coast cargo demand, but U.S. midstream firms face limited ability to increase exports because export …
Gold has retreated from its early-March peak but UBS says its fundamental case as a portfolio diversifier and safe haven endures. Strategist Joni Teves cites persistent strategic demand and potential upside if growth softens and stimulus returns, while noting near-term pressure from higher real rates, a firmer dollar and market focus on oil-driven …
Volkswagen AG's premium brand group, which includes Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley and Ducati, is targeting an operating return of 6% to 8% this year, up from 5.1% a year earlier. The group cites new model rollouts and efficiency actions to offset last year’s headwinds - including US tariffs, CO2-related provisions and competitive pressure in China - w…
India's benchmark indices ended Tuesday's session higher, led by strength in Metals, Auto and Real Estate names. The Nifty 50 rose 0.74% while the BSE Sensex 30 gained 0.75%. Market breadth was positive on both exchanges, volatility eased and commodities showed mixed moves with crude oil jumping sharply.
S&P Global Ratings warns that Gulf Cooperation Council banks could see domestic deposit withdrawals as large as $307 billion under a hypothetical stress scenario if the conflict intensifies. The agency's base case models the most intense phase of hostilities lasting two to four weeks, and it found no signs of major outflows so far. Banks currently …
At its annual GTC developer conference, Nvidia presented an enlarged revenue view for its AI chips driven by a move from model training toward inference and mass deployment. The company raised the potential addressable market to at least $1 trillion through 2027, introduced new processors and system integrations including technology licensed from G…
Japan and the United States are poised to announce joint initiatives to develop supplies of rare earths, lithium and copper at an upcoming leaders' summit. The planned collaboration will involve Japanese companies Mitsubishi Materials and Mitsui & Co and will target projects including a rare earths refining facility in Indiana and a lithium mine in…
The German government unveiled plans to at least double national data centre capacity and increase artificial intelligence data processing capacity fourfold by 2030. Proposed steps include allocating land for development, speeding up regulatory reviews, shifting municipal business tax receipts to locations that host new facilities, and encouraging …
Goldman Sachs lowered its rating on Li Auto to neutral from buy following the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 results, reducing 12-month targets for both ADRs and Hong Kong shares, and flagging widening net losses, weaker volume guidance, and compressed vehicle margins. The brokerage also trimmed near- and medium-term volume and profit forecasts and …
The International Air Transport Association's Long Term Demand Projections anticipate global air passenger demand will more than double by 2050. Under IATA's mid-range scenario, demand rises from 9 trillion revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) in 2024 to 20.8 trillion in 2050, a 3.1% compound annual growth rate. Alternative high and low scenarios sh…
Gecko Robotics, a Pittsburgh-based firm, secured a $71 million contract to field wall-climbing robots, tank-crawling machines and small flying drones across U.S. Navy vessels in the Pacific Fleet. The robots feed structural and material data into Gecko's Cantilever AI platform, which the company says can identify needed repairs up to 50 times faste…
President Donald Trump is urging Congress to enact the SAVE America Act, a slate of election-related changes that would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration, mandate physical photo identification at the polls, give the Department of Homeland Security access to state voter rolls, and add other provisions inclu…
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is campaigning for a third term in Denmark’s March 24 general election, leaning on a high-profile, defiant stance in the dispute with the United States over Greenland. Her international standing has improved amid crises, but lingering doubts among voters about her handling of domestic issues and past controversies c…
A Washington federal judge will hear renewed arguments challenging President Donald Trump’s plan to transform the site of the demolished East Wing into a $400 million, 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom. The National Trust for Historic Preservation seeks a preliminary injunction, arguing neither the president nor the National Park Service may …
Chile’s state-owned miner Codelco reported a steep fall in copper output to open the year, triggering doubts among industry analysts and former executives about a large December surge that helped the company meet its annual target. January production fell to 91,000 metric tons - a sharp decline from December and a small year-on-year drop - reigniti…
