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Nebius Group (NBIS) just re-rated after beating 2025 revenue guidance and guiding for aggressive capacity expansion. The market is pricing explosive top-line growth into the stock while the company remains unprofitable and capex-hungry. For traders willing to accept execution and margin risk, there is a mid-term opportunity to buy the AI infrastruc…
White House border czar Tom Homan dismissed Democratic demands for structural changes to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as unreasonable, saying he was not part of negotiations tying ICE reform to homeland security funding. Democrats pressed a 10-point reform list even as Republicans accused them of grandstanding by withholding support for…
Pakistan captain Salman Agha won the toss and chose to field against India in a Group A Twenty20 World Cup match in Colombo on Feb 15. The captains did not exchange a handshake at the toss. Pakistan had earlier reversed a decision to boycott the fixture in solidarity with Bangladesh, who declined to tour India over safety concerns and were replaced…
On Feb 15 the United States secured a 31-run win over Namibia in Chennai to close out their Group A matches with two successive victories. Captain Monank Patel and Sanjay Krishnamurthi produced half-centuries to lift the Americans to 199-4, while Namibia, despite an encouraging start led by Louren Steenkamp, were restricted to 168-6 as Shadley van …
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that Ukraine and a group of European leaders agreed on specific energy and military aid packages to arrive by February 24, the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion. The pledge followed talks in Munich with leaders from the Berlin Format. Kyiv says it continues to face intensified Russian attacks…
Saudi Arabia's stock market closed lower on Sunday, with the Tadawul All Share down 0.21% as losses in the Media & Publishing, Petrochemicals and Insurance sectors weighed on the benchmark. Despite the overall decline, several individual names gained sharply while others led the session's losses. Oil, Brent and gold futures recorded gains, and majo…
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) says detectives have detained a former minister of energy as part of the 'Midas' investigation into an alleged $100 million kickback scheme at the state nuclear agency. The detention took place while the individual was crossing the state border. The probe has already led to resignations at senior lev…
Russia's Taman port on the Black Sea sustained damage after a Ukrainian drone attack, according to the governor of Krasnodar region. Authorities reported a damaged oil storage tank, a warehouse and terminals in Volna village, with two people injured and more than 100 personnel engaged in firefighting. Kyiv's general staff said it had struck the por…
Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann told a UK newspaper that the substantial increases in minimum pay for younger workers over the past three years have been a key factor in rising unemployment for that age group, rather than an early sign of broader labour-market deterioration. Youth unemployment for 18-24 year olds rose to 13.7% in the thr…
Brazil possesses a significant portion of the world's rare earth oxide reserves but supplies under 1% of the global market. Structural barriers - notably the absence of domestic separation and refining capacity, financing limits tied to mining-right collateral rules, and a lack of an integrated industrial strategy - constrain the country's ability …
Hercules Capital (HTGC) looks oversold after a sharp pullback to $15.72. The stock now yields ~10%, trades at ~1.3x book, and posts an EPS of $1.83 with a P/E around 8.5. Between strong credit covenants, recent growth in net investment income, and an upcoming dividend payment, the market’s fear of downside feels overstated. This is a mid-term trade…
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said EU member states do not appear ready to promise a concrete accession date for Ukraine, despite President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's insistence that a date be included in security guarantees for a final peace package with Russia. Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics echoed Kallas, stressing the accession…
Battery-electric heavy trucks are approaching total cost of ownership parity with diesel in multiple use cases, particularly where subsidies apply and charging costs are low, former Scania executive Fredrik Allard said. Improved energy efficiency and lower maintenance for electric powertrains are driving better economics, but limited charging infra…
After decades of rising per-capita alcohol consumption, the United States has experienced a notable decline. While some market forecasts treat the downturn as permanent and have pressured valuations of listed brewers and distillers, Barclays contends the drop is cyclical. The bank highlights long-standing structural constraints on U.S. drinking, li…
At least nine Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in northern and southern Gaza on Feb. 15, including four people in a tent camp for displaced families and five in Khan Younis, Palestinian medics and health officials said. The Israeli military said the strikes were carried out in response to multiple violations of an October ceasefire, i…
PayPal has experienced a marked decline in its share of digital wallet checkouts as competitors capture more volume and shifts in how consumers shop online reduce the benefit of branded checkouts. Bernstein estimates PayPal’s share has fallen to roughly 40% today from about 90% in 2017 and near 50% in 2023. Faster growth among digital wallets, incr…
MPLX offers a compelling mix of a high distribution, visible growth projects and conservative coverage that make it my preferred midstream pick versus higher-yielding peers like Western Midstream. I lay out an actionable long trade with entry at $56.83, a protective stop at $51.00 and a first target of $62.00 over a 180-trading-day horizon.
Celestica is trading like a growth hardware play but the market is pricing in near-term risk and wants clarity on 2027 demand and margins. The trade: add on weakness, hold into 2027 proof points tied to SD6300 and AI/data-center wins. Entry $275.00, stop $245.00, target $350.00; horizon: long term (180 trading days).
Major brokerages this week highlighted a mix of upgrades and reiterated buys across software, semiconductor and industrial suppliers as AI-related sentiment pressures have driven selective selloffs. Citi screened for software names whose terminal multiples have compressed despite positive earnings revisions, flagging a set of firms it says are well…
Bernstein says the China Internet sector has begun 2026 in a muted fashion, but the pace of AI development is proving decisive for relative performance. Analyst Robin Zhu points to Alibaba's Qwen agentic services as a catalyst for its recent outperformance, while Tencent has lagged on chatbot progress even as it extracts AI returns through advertis…
Bank of America analysts say a widening split between affluent and low-income households is focusing attention on affordability ahead of U.S. midterms. They flag Fed-driven mortgage rate relief as a likely policy response that could weigh on the U.S. dollar, while uncertainty over Kevin Warsh's Fed policy stance and the labor implications of artifi…
Apple reported stronger-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results driven by a robust iPhone 17 cycle, but Bernstein warns that sharply higher memory prices - including a 237% rise in mobile DRAM and a roughly 70% gain in NAND since Q2 2025 - will lift iPhone costs and erode margins once cost increases fully pass through.
This weekly roundup distills the key analyst actions and rationales affecting four widely followed names: Oracle, Unity Software, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and Kraft Heinz. The notes capture upgrades and downgrades, price targets and the central drivers cited by each firm, ranging from balance-sheet concerns and capital-raising plans to produc…
Deutsche Bank strategists warn that Lufthansa’s potential re-entry into Germany’s DAX 40 at the quarterly review on March 4 is no longer assured after a sharp post-strike sell-off reduced the airline’s free-float market-cap buffer. The final list, based on free-float market capitalisation as of Feb. 27 using 20-day VWAPs, will determine whether Luf…
BCA Research has raised alarms about the scale and vulnerability of the Japanese yen carry trade, saying positions funded in yen have swelled to levels that make a reversal potentially disruptive for global markets. The firm points to enormous outstanding forward and swap exposures, limited hedging by domestic insurers, and historical patterns wher…
