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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) offers a durable way to diversify a global banking sleeve. The stock trades at a reasonable P/E (11.7) and PB (1.84) with a $129.6B market cap, a 2.9% yield and exposure to higher-rate environments. Technicals are soft, which creates a tactical entry opportunity. Trade plan: enter at $22.73, stop $20.50, targe…
Hyperscale Data disclosed an at-the-market offering of its 13% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock for up to $35.4 million, naming Wilson-Davis & Co. as sales agent. The company said most net proceeds are intended for Bitcoin acquisitions and possible purchases of gold, silver and copper, with a smaller portion allocated to wor…
HCM IV Acquisition Corp. raised $287.5 million by selling 28,750,000 units at $10.00 each, including an over-allotment of 3,750,000 units. The units started trading on the NASDAQ Global Market on February 12, 2026 under the symbol HACQU. The company is a blank-check vehicle focused on technology or innovation in the financial services industry and …
Moody's Ratings has affirmed Flowers Foods' Baa3 long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings but shifted the outlook to negative from stable. The agency cited elevated leverage following the Simple Mills acquisition, slower-than-expected deleveraging driven by category softness and margin pressures, and forecasts that leverage will remain elevate…
U.S. equity markets closed mixed on Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average edging up 0.10%, the S&P 500 eking out a 0.05% gain and the Nasdaq Composite retreating 0.22%. Sector rotation drove the split, as gains in Utilities, Basic Materials and Industrials were offset by losses in Technology, Telecoms and Consumer Services. Market breadth fa…
BorgWarner is trading with strong technical momentum after a sharp run from its 2025 lows. Its ePropulsion and power-electronics capabilities give it optionality to sell into EV OEMs and adjacent markets such as data-center DC power and fast-charging infrastructure. The company trades at a market cap near $13.1B with free cash flow of roughly $1.18…
Mexico’s benchmark S&P/BMV IPC advanced 0.79% at Friday’s close, driven by strength in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples. Leading individual winners included Grupo Carso, Grupo Financiero Inbursa and Alsea, while Coca-Cola Femsa, Orbia and Sigma were among the weakest performers. Commodities and FX showed mixed moves, with…
Moody's Ratings has affirmed PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas & Electric Company's ratings while revising their outlooks from stable to positive, a change that touches roughly $44 billion of outstanding debt. The agency cited expected improvements in cash flow metrics through 2026-2027, progress on wildfire mitigation, and strengthened California l…
Canadian stocks closed higher on Friday, with the S&P/TSX Composite rising 1.87%. Gains were concentrated in the Materials, Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare sectors. Magna International and Trisura Group were among the session leaders, while Advantage Oil & Gas, Colliers and CAE were the largest decliners. Market breadth favored advancers and …
S&P Global Ratings has lowered its credit rating on Advantage Solutions Inc. and placed the company on CreditWatch negative following an announced exchange offer for outstanding term loan and note obligations. The rating action reflects uncertainty over lender participation and the potential for some creditors to be subordinated, alongside sector p…
Colombian equities finished higher on Friday with the COLCAP index up 1.73% as gains in Industrials, Services and Agriculture propelled the market. Top session movers included a modest rise for Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA and declines for several cement, fuel and financial names. Commodity and currency markets showed modest moves alongside…
S&P Global Ratings has shifted Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp.'s outlook to negative while maintaining its 'B' issuer credit rating, pointing to elevated leverage and weakening margins. The agency highlights downside risks to its base case tied to comparable-sales performance, the potential impact of cost cuts on profitability, and continued softn…
Democratic lawmakers sharply criticized the Trump administration after it paused a set of proposed technology and trade restrictions targeting Chinese companies, including potential bans on China Telecom's U.S. operations, sales limits on Chinese equipment for American data centers, and curbs on routers and Chinese telecom internet businesses. Crit…
S&P Global Ratings has affirmed Angola's long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings at 'B-' and short-term at 'B', with a stable outlook. The agency pointed to the country's exposure to external market swings, a weaker fiscal trajectory and sizeable financing requirements, while noting foreign currency reserves and anticipated oi…
Russian equities rose at Friday's close, with the MOEX Russia Index finishing 0.42% higher. Telecoms, power and oil & gas names helped drive the advance. Market breadth favored gainers, the Russian Volatility Index plunged to a one-year trough, and key commodity and FX benchmarks moved modestly in mixed directions.
S&P Global Ratings upgraded Lebanon's long-term local-currency sovereign rating to 'CCC+' from 'CCC', citing improved ability to meet local-currency obligations driven by consecutive fiscal surpluses and reform progress tied to an IMF program. The agency retained the country's foreign-currency rating at 'SD' and assigned a stable outlook to the loc…
S&P Global Ratings upgraded its outlook on Tajikistan from stable to positive while maintaining the sovereign's long- and short-term foreign and local currency ratings at 'B'. The revision reflects stronger-than-expected balance of payments dynamics in 2025, fueled by a large rise in labor remittances, record international reserves supported by fav…
Shares of Sunrise New Energy Co Ltd, which does business as E-Power Inc., climbed 27.4% at Friday's close following the announcement of a long-term anode material supply contract with a global top-5 lithium-ion battery manufacturer and a mutual strategic intent to co-invest in a 30,000-tonne-per-year anode production plant in Indonesia.
Celestica is a supplier to the AI infrastructure stack with recent product launches and improving profitability metrics. At roughly $280, the valuation already prices growth but not execution risk. This trade idea offers a structured long for investors who want exposure to the AI data-center cycle with a clear entry, stop and target, paired with ca…
Cognex (CGNX) has turned a rapid recovery into a durable growth trajectory. Strong Q2 print, healthy margins, a large cash cushion and an improving market backdrop for machine vision support a tactical long trade with defined risk. Technical momentum is extended, so size the position and use a clear stop.
Marvell (MRVL) is a leading supplier of custom ASICs, networking and optical connectivity for hyperscale AI data centers. The stock has pulled back from its 52-week high to a more reasonable multiple while fundamentals - profitability, free cash flow and customer momentum - point to re-acceleration. This trade frames a defined entry at $78.00, a pr…
Pravin Desale, senior vice president of R&D at Lattice Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ: LSCC), sold 4,937 shares on February 12, 2026 under an approved 10b5-1 plan, generating roughly $498,526. The disposals occurred at prices between $97.5091 and $107.30 per share. Lattice reported fourth-quarter 2025 revenue of $145.8 million, up 24.2% year-over-year …
Deutsche Bank upgraded Airbnb from Hold to Buy and raised its price target to $154, representing roughly 27% upside from the stock's current level of $121.19. The bank points to faster nights-booked growth, new product features and a simplified host fee structure as drivers of near-term momentum and margin resilience. Analysts' price targets range …
Disc Medicine Inc.'s stock tumbled after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Complete Response Letter for bitopertin, the company's investigational therapy for erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP). The FDA said it requires results from the ongoing Phase 3 APOLLO study before it can rule on approval. Disc Medicine provided updated timing f…
The autoparts retail sector remains resilient as consumers keep older vehicles on the road. A recent comprehensive analysis by WarrenAI identifies five names that illustrate the sector’s split between richly valued growth franchises and more attractively priced value opportunities. Investors are urged to weigh quality against price, as differences …
