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Oppenheimer expects the Federal Reserve to keep policy rates unchanged at this week’s FOMC meeting as policymakers weigh the economic consequences of the ongoing Middle East conflict and persistent inflation. Sharp moves in oil, a stronger dollar, and solid corporate earnings are shaping the near-term market landscape.
United Therapeutics Chairperson and CEO Martine Rothblatt sold $5.1 million worth of company common stock in two transactions on March 12 and March 16, 2026, at prices between $532.16 and $544.5849 per share. On March 16 she also exercised options to buy 9,500 shares at $146.03, for a total exercise cost of $1,387,285. The sales were carried out un…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC that the United States has been permitting Iranian oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Despite recent attacks on commercial shipping, Iran continues to export roughly 1.5 million barrels per day. The U.S. expects tanker movements to increase before naval escorts for commercial vessels begin.
MBX Biosciences President and CEO Hawryluk P. Kent purchased 18,500 shares of the company on March 13, 2026, for $525,662. The transaction occurred at prices between $28.28 and $28.48 per share and brings his direct holdings to 728,274 shares. The stock has risen 222% over the past year but is down 11% year-to-date. InvestingPro flags the shares as…
Bank of America has trimmed its forecast for the Banco Central do Brasil’s initial policy easing this week from a 50 basis point cut to 25 basis points, attributing the change to a recent sharp escalation in geopolitical tensions. The bank says the central bank’s January guidance that policy could begin to be loosened still stands, but warns that s…
BW LPG faces a shaky near-term outlook driven by spot-rate swings and fleet utilization, but the company's asset base and structural demand for LPG argue for a patient long trade. Enter opportunistically, use a defined stop, and scale out into strength across a 10- to 180-trading-day plan.
AtriCure Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRC) Chief Scientific Officer Vinayak Doraiswamy sold 5,000 shares on March 12, 2026, generating $149,150 in proceeds. The transaction occurred while the stock traded close to its 52-week low, and follows a fourth-quarter 2025 report that topped consensus on both adjusted EPS and revenue. Several brokerages adjusted their pr…
The recent spike in Brent crude above $100 follows growing hostilities in the Middle East and heightened talk of disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz. In a client note, BCA Research Chief Strategist Jeremie Peloso drew parallels with 2022 but warned the current episode could be shorter and yet more broadly disruptive, threatening oil supply and …
Intuit said it will markedly increase share buybacks by using up to $3.5 billion left under its current repurchase authorization, a move that would roughly double the first-half repurchase pace and nearly double full-year buybacks versus the prior year if executed under current market conditions. The company's founder and senior executives canceled…
Standard & Poor's has raised Croatia's sovereign credit rating by one notch to 'A' and returned the outlook to stable. The upgrade, the sixth in roughly eight years, reflects S&P's view of a solid and resilient economic outlook and cites reforms tied to the Recovery and Resilience Facility and forthcoming OECD membership as supporting factors. S&P …
Morgan Stanley remains constructive on aluminum, citing smelter shutdowns in the Middle East that remove 564,000 tonnes per annum - about 0.8% of global capacity - and a separate 500,000 tpa outage in Mozambique. The bank points to constrained Chinese supply, Indonesian power-related delays and broader production hurdles as additional supports for …
Director Wu Lei executed a series of pre-arranged sales of GigaCloud Technology Inc (NASDAQ: GCT) Class A Ordinary Shares on March 11-13, 2026, totaling 83,990 shares for $3,823,762. The transactions were carried out under a 10b5-1 trading plan through entities where Wu holds influence. The stock has posted substantial gains over the past year even…
Vivani Medical director Gregg Williams bought common stock in two separate trades on March 15, 2026, totaling about $1.68 million. The purchases followed a company financing that raised roughly $4.5 million and come as a Cortigent feasibility study reported positive safety and efficacy results for a visual cortical prosthesis.
Bank of America cautions that this week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting is unlikely to materially change the dollar’s trajectory given the absence of anticipated policy moves. The bank says rising geopolitically-driven uncertainty and oil price pressure are the primary forces keeping the dollar supported, with currency moves likely to be he…
Bank of America has raised its forecast for the 2026 average price of Brent crude to $77.50 per barrel, citing supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz that have accelerated inventory drawdowns. The bank presents two equally likely scenarios for the duration of the disruption and has adjusted its mid-cycle oil assumption upward, prompting higher …
The Bank for International Settlements is urging central banks to avoid an immediate policy response to the recent Iran crisis-driven surge in oil and wholesale gas prices, calling the episode a classic temporary supply shock that should be 'looked through' if it proves short-lived. The warning comes as money markets swiftly repriced rate expectati…
UBS upgraded Hemnet Group AB to "neutral" from "sell" after the stock fell roughly 50% over six months, lowered its price target to SEK 122 and forecast a weak first quarter with sharply lower revenue and EBITDA. The bank says further downside appears constrained but stopped short of a buy recommendation, citing uncertainty over whether a nascent l…
Meta's ad engine is benefiting from AI-driven targeting and higher advertiser spend, supporting solid cash generation. At the same time, an enormous near-term investment in data centers and Reality Labs is pressuring margins and forcing cost discipline measures. This trade idea buys a tactical pullback while respecting material execution and capita…
Envoys from the U.S.-established "Board of Peace" met with Hamas representatives in Cairo in an attempt to shore up a Gaza ceasefire that has been under pressure since the outbreak of a wider war with Iran. The talks coincide with Israel's announcement that it will reopen the Rafah pedestrian crossing with Egypt following a security assessment, and…
Nebius Group said it has reached a five-year agreement to supply Meta Platforms with $12 billion of AI computing capacity by 2027, and that Meta may purchase an additional $15 billion of planned capacity if those resources are not sold to others. The arrangement highlights growing competition for GPU and power resources between hyperscalers and spe…
Higher oil prices have pushed marine fuel costs up, creating renewed financial pressure on cruise operators. Carnival Corp stands out among major U.S. operators as the only large line that currently does not hedge fuel, leaving it potentially most exposed to a change in fuel costs that analysts say could dent 2026 profits more than peers.
Meta Platforms' stock climbed after reports the company is weighing workforce reductions of roughly 20% or greater to help offset heavy investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure and services. The potential reduction would rival the company's prior restructuring and could deliver several billion dollars in annualized cost savings, while …
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced a consolidation of its artificial intelligence efforts into a single business unit, named Alibaba Token Hub, a move reported by Bloomberg that coincided with a 2.6% rise in the company's shares in premarket trading on Monday. The unit, to be led by Chief Executive Officer Eddie Wu, will integrate the team develo…
Russia's Urals crude delivered to India's west coast rose to $98.93 a barrel, including shipping, the highest level since Moscow redirected shipments to India following the early-2022 invasion of Ukraine. The move follows a U.S. expansion of a permit allowing purchases of Russian oil and comes amid elevated global oil prices tied to the ongoing war…
Covista (CVSA) pairs a diversified post‑secondary footprint with growing online capabilities. The shares trade at a mid-teens P/E and sit well above short-term moving averages — a setup that supports a mid-term long trade targeting a re-test of prior highs while keeping risk defined under $95.
