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Economists polled expect Taiwan’s central bank to keep its policy interest rate at 2% at its upcoming quarterly meeting and to maintain that stance into at least the second quarter of 2027. Robust economic expansion, led by the technology and export sectors and supported by demand tied to artificial intelligence, has reduced near-term pressure to t…
IREN is one of the clearest beneficiaries of the AI compute squeeze: a $9.7B Microsoft agreement, rapid gigawatt-scale builds and attractive GPU financing support a multi-quarter rerating. That upside comes with a meaningful caveat — negative free cash flow and aggressive capacity adds raise the real risk of equity dilution and margin pressure. Thi…
Japan and Australia have told the United States they do not plan to dispatch naval vessels to escort shipping through the Strait of Hormuz after President Donald Trump urged allied nations to help protect the choke point. The request comes amid an intensified U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran that has effectively closed the strait to much of the w…
Amphastar's shares are trading near their 52-week low at $18.18 with a P/E of ~8.4, solid free cash flow of $121.2M and an enterprise value/EBITDA of ~6.4. With RSI depressed (21.6) and option implied volatility elevated, a mid-term bull put spread (defined risk) captures premium while keeping upside exposure. I lay out a concrete trade, risk contr…
Zhipu AI introduced GLM-5-Turbo, a foundation large language model tuned for the OpenClaw agent ecosystem, prompting a notable rise in its Hong Kong-listed shares. The model is designed to enhance tool invocation, instruction following and execution of extended task chains, and it offers features intended to ease enterprise integration. The company…
Hua Hong Group’s contract foundry Huali Microelectronics is readying a 7-nanometre chip production process at its Shanghai Fab 6, according to people familiar with the matter. If brought online, this capability would make Hua Hong the second domestic Chinese producer able to make chips at the 7 nm node. The move aligns with Beijing’s ongoing push f…
Warner Bros took center stage at the Academy Awards, collecting 11 Oscars across several films, but celebrations were muted by the pending $110 billion acquisition of its corporate parent by Paramount Skydance. The transaction, won by Paramount CEO David Ellison over Netflix, promises substantial cost savings and a pledged annual production slate, …
Mondelez trades near $55 after a period of weakness. With a $70.35B market cap, stable free cash flow and a 3.53% yield, the stock looks actionable on the thesis that a falling cocoa cost will lift margins and earnings more than any near-term price-driven volume weakness will hurt revenue. Technicals show oversold momentum and elevated short intere…
Himax Technologies is moving from product announcements to mass production across multiple high-value display and sensing categories. With a $1.71B market cap, positive technical momentum, and several meaningful design wins entering production in 2026, I recommend a long trade targeting continued re-rating as revenue and ASPs improve.
Most Asian currencies traded in a narrow range as persistent uncertainty over hostilities involving Iran and cautious positioning ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting supported the U.S. dollar near multi-month highs. The Australian dollar outperformed peers ahead of a Reserve Bank of Australia meeting where a rate increase is widely anticipated. Chin…
Coeur Mining (CDE) has seen meaningful volatility recently and is trading near levels that historically attract buyers. This trade idea proposes a tactical long entry with a clearly defined stop and a mid-term upside target, anchored to price structure and commodity catalysts rather than fresh company-specific headline news.
Spotify posted a banner quarter and raised guidance; improving economics, pricing power and accelerating user growth argue for continued upside. We lay out a long trade with an entry at $516.22, a $680 target and a $470 stop loss over a 180-trading-day horizon.
President Donald Trump has urged international partners to assist in securing the Strait of Hormuz after Iranian forces effectively closed the vital waterway, cutting off roughly a fifth of global oil shipments. Washington has said it contacted seven countries but has not named them. Responses from Japan, Australia, South Korea and Britain indicate…
Most Asian markets declined Monday as persistently high oil prices linked to the ongoing Middle East conflict pressured sentiment. U.S. futures ticked up slightly during Asian hours after Wall Street logged weekly losses. Chinese activity data for January-February showed stronger-than-expected industrial output and retail sales, but investors remai…
Meta ($613.62) has pulled back toward its 50-day moving average and offers a favorable risk-reward for a mid-term trade. Strong free cash flow ($46.1B), solid profitability (ROE ~27.8%) and deep exposure to AI-driven ad monetization underpin a $710 target over the next 45 trading days, with a protective stop at $585.
Tennant Company plunged after a botched ERP rollout erased roughly $30M of sales and produced a major earnings miss. The market has punished the stock sharply, pushing valuation to roughly $1.14B market cap and a P/E near 26 while technicals sit oversold. This trade idea buys that dislocation with a tight stop and a mid-term target reflecting a ret…
Syrah Resources and Tesla have agreed to push back the deadline to address an alleged default under their graphite offtake agreement. The extension moves the cure date from March 16, 2026 to June 1, 2026 and allows both parties additional time to complete qualification steps for natural graphite active anode material produced at Syrah’s Vidalia, Lo…
Gold slipped beneath the $5,000 per ounce threshold in Asian trading as concerns about energy-driven inflation tied to the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict persisted and investors grew cautious ahead of an upcoming Federal Reserve meeting. A stronger dollar, rising yields and trader liquidations added pressure on bullion even as geopolitical risk remained…
At its annual GTC developer conference, Nvidia is expected to present a suite of hardware and software updates designed to maintain its central role in AI computing. Executives will highlight advances across chips, data center architecture, programming tools, digital assistants and robotics while addressing investor expectations about reinvesting p…
The dollar remained close to a 10-month peak as markets entered a week dense with central bank policy meetings, including the Fed, ECB, BoE and BoJ. Traders are focused on how the Middle East conflict and higher oil prices could influence inflation and growth, while risk dynamics ripple across currencies such as the euro, sterling, the yen and anti…
Senior executives from major U.S. oil companies cautioned the administration last week that disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz linked to the conflict with Iran could exacerbate an energy supply squeeze, potentially driving crude prices higher and creating refined-fuel shortages. Company leaders urged reopening the shipping corridor as the most dur…
Senior U.S. and Chinese economic negotiators concluded extended talks in Paris aimed at producing possible 'deliverables' for a planned Xi-Trump summit in Beijing. Discussions touched on expanded Chinese purchases of U.S. agricultural goods, formal managed-trade mechanisms, and access to critical minerals and energy-related commodities. Leaders wil…
President Donald Trump said discussions are under way with other countries to cooperate in keeping the Strait of Hormuz open, while Iran maintains the blockade in response to U.S. and Israeli attacks. Trump described the effort as modest in scope, repeated calls for China to act, and said U.S. strikes have degraded Iran's drone capabilities. Oil ma…
U.S. equity futures rose modestly on Sunday evening as investors continued to assess the market implications of renewed fighting in the Middle East and a sharp rise in crude prices. Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 each gained 0.4%, while Dow futures were up 0.3% as of 20:10 ET (00:10 GMT). The moves come after a week in which major indexes c…
Asian equities opened cautiously as sustained hostilities in the Gulf kept crude prices elevated, reinforcing concerns about inflation and complicating policy decisions for central banks meeting this week. Market attention is split between the energy shock, upcoming central bank statements, Chinese economic data and Nvidia’s GTC event spotlighting …
