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UBS upgraded BlackRock Inc. to a buy rating from neutral and assigned a $1,280 price target, pointing to sustained base management fee growth and margin expansion after the fund manager's fourth-quarter report and CFO remarks. The note highlights balance between growth opportunities and resilient margins, while other firms also revised targets and …
William Blair opened coverage of Ethos Technologies (NASDAQ:LIFE) with an Outperform rating, pointing to the company's integrated digital platform for life insurance as a key differentiator. The stock traded at $10.80 and has fallen about 36% over the past six months, while company metrics cited by the firm include a $676 million market capitalizat…
ServiceNow is trading near its 52-week low after a sector-wide AI-driven sell-off. Fundamentals remain intact: $109B market cap, $4.58B in free cash flow, solid return metrics and low leverage. Technicals show oversold conditions and improving momentum. This trade idea is a long biased play to capture re-rating as customers adopt ServiceNow to mana…
Three former colleagues who previously worked together at Farrer and received initial backing from Millennium Management in 2024 are launching separate commodity-focused hedge funds targeting a combined $1.4 billion. Les Finemore and Al Fullerton have formed Moreton Capital Partners, aiming for $1 billion with an AI-enhanced quantitative approach, …
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have told judges that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte occupied a central role in a campaign that led to the killing of thousands, and they urged confirmation of charges that would send the case to trial. The pre-trial hearings in The Hague opened with allegations that Duterte created, fund…
Novo Nordisk fell sharply after its next-generation obesity medicine CagriSema failed to demonstrate parity with Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide in a head-to-head trial. The share price drop wiped out the remaining market gains from Wegovy’s launch and pushed the stock to its lowest levels since mid-2021, reigniting concerns about competition and future re…
Futures tied to Canada’s primary equity benchmark eased on Monday as investors weighed the implications of recent U.S. trade-policy developments. The S&P/TSX 60 futures were slightly lower in early trading after the composite index posted weekly gains and a record closing high last week. U.S. moves on tariffs - including a Supreme Court rebuke of e…
Barclays reduced its price target for Six Flags Entertainment (FUN) to $22 from $25 while retaining an Overweight rating following a better-than-expected fourth quarter. New CEO John Reilly presented a strategic program focused on localized marketing, a simplified pass offering, automation and cost rationalization, but the company did not issue for…
Evercore ISI raised its price target on Monster Beverage to $85 from $80 and maintained an Outperform rating, while highlighting the company as its top large-cap growth beverage story. The stock has outpaced peers and is trading near its 52-week high, though analysis indicates valuation is rich relative to Fair Value. Evercore flagged elevated alum…
BofA Securities reiterated a Neutral rating on DraftKings (DKNG) with a $27 price target as the company prepares for its investor day on March 2. The firm expects management to present updated total addressable market figures for prediction markets and the core sports betting and iGaming business, and to refresh revenue and profitability targets fo…
Mizuho has launched coverage of PicPay (NASDAQ:PICS) with an outperform rating and a $30.00 price target, pointing to the Brazilian fintech’s sizable user base, high brand recognition and operational efficiency. The bank projects roughly 45% compound annual growth through 2027 and argues a higher earnings multiple would be justified than the compan…
Canaccord Genuity has initiated coverage of Public Policy Holding Co. (PPHC) with a Buy rating and a price target of $18.00. The stock is trading at $12.25, implying roughly 47% upside to the analyst’s target. The research note highlights a structural change in how policy influence is generated - with social media, cable news and online channels el…
Goldman Sachs downgraded Rio Tinto from "buy" to "neutral" and reduced its 12-month price target by 6% to £74 per share, saying the miner's roughly 60% share price appreciation over the prior six months leaves little room for further gains. The bank's target is based on an equal weighting of 1x net asset value and a 5.5x EV/EBITDA multiple. Goldman…
Generate Biomedicines has submitted paperwork for a U.S. initial public offering that proposes selling 25 million shares at $15 to $17 apiece, a sale that could raise up to $425 million. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company, founded in 2018, develops therapeutics by applying machine learning to protein design and lists immunology, oncology an…
Canaccord Genuity has started coverage of York Space Systems (NYSE: YSS) with a Buy rating and a $36.00 price target. At the time of the initiation the stock traded at $25.91, implying nearly 39% upside to the target; shares have fallen about 23% so far this year. York is described as an end-to-end manufacturer and operator of satellites serving na…
Wells Fargo upgraded Alphabet to Overweight and raised its price target to $387 from $354, saying Google’s combination of customer data, distribution and accelerating compute capacity positions it to lead the next phase of artificial intelligence. The bank's Project Google capacity analysis forecasts a major expansion in compute resources through 2…
Citi has promoted Texas Instruments (TXN) and Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) to its highest Buy ratings among analog semiconductor names after the latest earnings season, citing a shift to what it calls Phase 2 of the cycle. The bank highlights margin tailwinds at Texas Instruments and stronger-than-industry enterprise data product growth at Monol…
Morgan Stanley analysts say the Swiss franc is the most consistently reliable safe-haven across different types of market shocks and is likely to strengthen more than markets currently price. The bank highlights the franc's advantages on inflation, fiscal soundness and investor protections, and flags a more tolerant stance from the Swiss National B…
Aletheia Capital upgraded Nvidia to Buy from Hold and set a $250 price objective, citing an improving inventory picture and robust demand across AI compute. The firm projects a sharp expansion in compute capital spending and forecasts material data-center revenue growth for Nvidia, while other broker commentary and company portfolio moves add conte…
The European Commission has postponed the unveiling of its Industrial Accelerator Act by one week, moving the presentation to March 4 after disagreements on the geographic reach of proposed local-content requirements. The policy would set minimum thresholds for locally manufactured parts in publicly funded projects across strategic sectors includin…
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two consecutive cases that test the reach of the Helms-Burton Act, a 1996 statute permitting U.S. lawsuits over property nationalized by Cuba after 1959. One case involves Exxon seeking more than $1 billion from Cuban state entities for oil and gas assets seized in 1960. The other addresses judgments against four cr…
Pernod Ricard shares fell more than 3% on Monday following a downgrade from Deutsche Bank, which moved the stock from "hold" to "sell". The bank said a roughly 20% year-to-date rally has outstripped the company's underlying performance. The downgrade highlights concerns over leverage, the pace of earnings recovery, and consensus expectations for a …
Shares of silver producers listed in the U.S. and Canada moved higher in premarket trading on Monday after spot silver rose 2.6% to $86.73 per ounce, reaching its strongest level in more than two weeks. Market participants attributed the bullion advance to a dip in the U.S. dollar following a U.S. Supreme Court decision related to tariffs.
The Swiss government said it will continue negotiations with the United States to achieve a legally binding deal that would finalize a preliminary late-2025 agreement reducing U.S. tariffs on Switzerland to 15% from 39%. The Economy Ministry emphasized its commitment to the mandate and noted that key stakeholders, including cantons, have not asked …
The European Union has halted work to ratify a trade agreement with the United States pending clarification of new U.S. tariff measures. EU political groups and trade officials said legislative activity will be suspended while diplomats and committee leaders convene to reassess the pact amid uncertainty over the scope and longevity of Washington's …
