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EU lawmakers will hold a trade committee vote on Thursday to move forward legislation implementing elements of an EU-US trade agreement. The proposals would lift EU import duties on U.S. industrial goods, expand access for U.S. agricultural products and maintain zero tariffs on U.S. lobster. The move follows earlier suspensions tied to concerns tha…
Fazel Payvand, Senior Vice President at Williams Companies (WMB), sold 2,898 shares on March 13, 2026, for $211,988. The transaction, disclosed in a Form 4 filed March 17, follows a period of strong share performance for WMB and comes alongside corporate actions including a note exchange offer, a dividend increase and recent analyst price-target up…
Cuban officials said the national electrical grid has been reconnected across much of the island from Pinar del Rio to Holguin after a nationwide collapse left roughly 10 million people without power. Despite reconnection efforts, electricity generation remains severely limited due to fuel shortages and obsolete infrastructure, leaving many househo…
General Motors and LG Energy Solution said Tuesday that their Ultium Cells joint venture will convert a Tennessee battery facility to produce batteries for energy storage systems and recall 700 workers who had been laid off. The move targets production of lithium-iron phosphate batteries in the second quarter amid excess EV battery capacity and shi…
Affirm's share-price consolidation looks like a durable bottom. Gross merchandise volume growth, positive free cash flow and early signs of higher-margin product mix justify a long position. Entry at $48 with a $40 stop and a $75 target gives a risk-reward profile aligned to recovering multiples and operational leverage.
A U.S. district court has certified a shareholder class alleging Boeing concealed safety problems with its 737 MAX prior to two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019. The class covers investors who owned shares between November 7, 2018 and October 18, 2019, after the court concluded plaintiffs have a common method to measure damages. The decision narrows …
Norges Bank Investment Management CEO Nicolai Tangen told delegates at the Euronext Annual Conference in Paris that Europe’s capital markets are fragmented and at risk, calling for harmonized rules and deeper integration to restore liquidity and competitiveness. The fund has increased its exposure to U.S. equities, driven in part by the dominance o…
Bank of America researchers say quantitative indicators and option-flow data show investors are moving decisively into U.S. dollar exposure as the conflict in the Middle East increases the prospect of prolonged hostilities and higher energy prices. Technical signals point to further dollar strength versus several currencies traditionally viewed as …
Academy Sports (ASO) reported modest Q4 and fiscal 2025 growth with a return to topline expansion, a 15% dividend bump, and guidance for low-single-digit sales growth. The stock is trading near $51.65 with a P/E below 10 on trailing EPS and EV/EBITDA around 6.4 — attractive on face value. Technicals and negative comps introduce near-term risk. This…
High Roller Technologies COO Francis John Milton IV bought 2,277 shares of company stock on March 13, 2026, spending $8,994 at $3.95 per share. The purchase comes after a roughly 10% pullback in the prior week and while the stock is up 86% year-to-date. Milton now directly owns 15,022 shares, including 10,000 unvested restricted stock units. Separa…
Broadcom (AVGO) is trading off recent highs on scentiment pressure despite accelerating AI revenue and positive analyst commentary. The pullback to $322 offers a defined-risk, mid-term swing with upside tied to continued AI infrastructure demand and an improving multiple as fundamentals prove out.
Coinbase is positioning itself as an 'Everything Exchange'—a single interface for trading, custody, staking, stablecoin services and developer access. At $208 the stock already discounts some volatility. We lay out a long trade with an entry at $205, $260 target and $185 stop, and explain the case, catalysts and balanced risks driving the idea.
Google said it will partner with DTE Energy to develop a new data center in Michigan, agreeing to enable 2.7 gigawatts of new clean resources that will flow into the local grid. The plan, structured under a Clean Capacity Acceleration Agreement, will deploy solar, advanced storage and demand flexibility while Google covers the facility's electricit…
London's Court of Appeal has granted Visa and Mastercard permission to appeal a Competition Appeal Tribunal decision that found their default multilateral interchange fees charged to retailers infringed European competition law. The ruling follows linked lawsuits by hundreds of merchants and was described by the merchants' lawyers as a first findin…
Managers of collateralized loan obligations are increasingly reducing positions in software-related loans, selling paper at discounts and prompting wider spreads across CLO tranches. The move follows a sharp pullback in software equity and credit earlier this year tied to concerns over AI disruption, and has prompted CLO managers and credit analyst…
Piper Sandler has begun coverage of the Web Builders category and designated Shopify as its top choice. The firm assigns an Overweight rating and a $165 price target, citing three principal drivers: constructive cohort trends that could support higher estimates, significant untapped payments opportunity, and Shopify's movement upmarket. While the b…
Nebius’ five-year, up-to-$27 billion agreement with Meta reframes capacity access for hyperscalers. For Meta, the deal buys predictable AI capacity and shifts some capex into contracted variable spending — a structural plus if Nebius delivers on performance and cost. Combine that with Meta’s strong free cash flow and modest leverage and the stock l…
Trading on Tuesday produced sharp swings across market-cap groups. Healthcare mega-cap Eli Lilly fell after a downgrade centered on the obesity market, while Tencent Music plunged on quarterly results that missed expectations. Payment, travel and select technology and energy stocks recorded notable gains, leaving the session broadly mixed.
KKR has been punished alongside peers as private-credit redemption headlines swirl. The selloff has pushed the stock near its 52-week low while underlying cash flow and franchise economics remain intact. This trade idea lays out an actionable mid-term long: entry at $88.21, stop at $82.50, target $105.00 (45 trading days).
AppLovin is expensive on traditional multiples but is showing momentum: strong revenue growth, an AI-driven ad engine narrative, improving technicals, and heavy short interest set the stage for a momentum trade. This idea is a mid-term (45 trading days) long entry on strength with a tight stop to respect the elevated valuation.
Amazon's AI investments — from AWS model services to custom Trainium/Inferentia chips and tighter integration across retail and advertising — set the company up for outsized profit leverage as enterprises scale AI. This trade idea outlines a tactical long on AMZN with an entry at $170.00, a $230.00 target, and a $145.00 stop over a long-term (180 t…
Incyte is priced more like a single-commercial product company despite generating meaningful free cash flow, carrying almost no debt, and fielding several late-stage assets. Recent mixed clinical reads have compressed the multiple; we see a trade to capture a re-rating as volatility around Opzelura and povorcitinib settles.
COPT Defense Properties (CDP) is a niche REIT anchored in defense and IT-adjacent office and wholesale data-center assets. With revenue growth re-accelerating, a 3.8% yield, and a conservative balance sheet structure, the stock looks set up for a mid-term swing trade. Entry $32.11, stop $29.50, target $36.00 over ~45 trading days.
Arista Networks sits squarely in the data-center upgrade cycle driven by AI. Strong Q4 results, a multi-billion-dollar deferred backlog, healthy cash generation and an expanding optical/silicon-photonics market make a near-term long trade attractive. Target $177.50 on a mid-term timeline, with a protective stop below $120.
A director at Granite Ridge Resources increased his direct share count through an automatic dividend reinvestment, buying 658 shares at $5.15 on March 13, 2026. The transaction raises his holdings to 1,328,839 shares, while the stock trades above the purchase price and carries an 8.33% dividend yield. The move follows an earnings release that showe…
