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  • An Iran-linked strike damaged a fully loaded tanker at Dubai port, sparking a more than 3% jump in oil and shipping-risk concerns.
  • U.S. Trade Representative says WTO will play only a limited role after Cameroon deadlock; US will seek deals to preserve tariff-free digital transmissions.
  • RBA minutes show a narrow 5-4 vote to raise the cash rate 25bp to 4.1%, with future tightening uncertain due to Middle East risks.
  • The U.S. dollar posted its biggest monthly gain since July as Middle East tensions drove safe-haven flows and most currencies fell.
  • The yen steadied near 160 per dollar after Tokyo warned it may intervene if the currency weakens further.
  • Global bonds and gold have failed to attract shelter demand despite the conflict, leaving markets reliant on the dollar's uplift.

Latest Articles

Cruise Shares Fall as Oil Nears $100 After Attacks in Gulf

Cruise Shares Fall as Oil Nears $100 After Attacks in Gulf

Shares of major cruise operators fell in pre-market trading as Brent and WTI crude surged toward $100 per barrel following fresh Iranian strikes on vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. The jump in oil amplified concerns about operating margins across an industry where fuel typically represents 10%-15% of revenue, with unhedged exposure amplifying dow…

Fulgent Genetics: Oversold, Underpriced, and Misunderstood

Fulgent Genetics: Oversold, Underpriced, and Misunderstood

Fulgent Genetics (FLGT) trades near cycle lows at ~$14.19 despite a technology-led testing platform, a clean balance sheet, and valuation multiples that look cheap relative to recovery scenarios. The market has punished the stock for legal inquiries and margin volatility; that reaction appears overdone. This trade idea lays out a mid-term long with…

Japan Post Holdings trims Aflac stake with $2.1M share sale

Japan Post Holdings trims Aflac stake with $2.1M share sale

Japan Post Holdings sold 19,000 Aflac shares on March 10, 2026, in three transactions totaling $2.1 million. The insurer reported mixed fourth-quarter 2025 results, with revenue beating estimates while earnings per share missed. Market assessments show Aflac slightly overvalued and a recent analyst price-target adjustment maintained an Underperform…

Barclays Flags Select Building Materials Stocks as Energy Prices Surge

Barclays Flags Select Building Materials Stocks as Energy Prices Surge

Barclays advises investors to be selective among European building materials companies as renewed energy cost pressure and higher inflation expectations change the sector outlook. The broker favors firms that have demonstrated pricing power and that have significant hedging or long-term energy contracting in place to protect near-term earnings.

TSX Futures Edge Lower as Iran Conflict Drives Oil Surge and Market Unease

TSX Futures Edge Lower as Iran Conflict Drives Oil Surge and Market Unease

Futures tied to Canada’s primary market drifted slightly below unchanged as investors digested an intensifying conflict in Iran that has pushed oil higher and shaken confidence across resource and broader equity markets. Materials and gold faced pressure from a firmer dollar, while energy stocks gained on renewed crude strength. U.S. futures fell s…

Bankwell Financial Director Adds 10,000 Shares in $466K Purchase

Bankwell Financial Director Adds 10,000 Shares in $466K Purchase

Bankwell Financial Group director Lawrence B. Seidman bought 10,000 shares of common stock on March 11, 2026, for a total of $466,461, acquiring the shares through several affiliated entities. The transaction comes as the stock has risen 62% over the last year and trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.45. Separately, Bankwell reported a better-…

Insider Moves: General Atlantic's $50.6M Alkami Buy Leads Wednesday Activity

Insider Moves: General Atlantic's $50.6M Alkami Buy Leads Wednesday Activity

A series of filings on Wednesday revealed significant insider transactions across technology, consumer electronics, mining, mortgage finance and real estate sectors. Leading the activity, General Atlantic and affiliated entities bought $50.6 million of Alkami Technology shares across three days, while several executives executed large, pre-arranged…

Why Amazon Is a Buy Now: AWS, Ads and AI Will Force a Re-rating

Why Amazon Is a Buy Now: AWS, Ads and AI Will Force a Re-rating

Amazon looks misunderstood by the market. Between structurally higher-margin AWS, accelerating advertising, and expanding AI monetization vectors, the stock offers an asymmetric risk-reward for a mid-term swing. I outline an actionable trade with entry, stop and target, catalysts to watch and what would change my view.

Bernstein Lifts Ratings on Cigna and CVS, Citing PBM Reform as Catalyst

Bernstein Lifts Ratings on Cigna and CVS, Citing PBM Reform as Catalyst

Bernstein upgraded Cigna Group and CVS Health to Outperform, raising price targets and nudging valuation multiples higher after concluding that recent pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reforms have removed a major uncertainty for the sector. Analyst Lance Wilkes pointed to new PBM transparency legislation, an FTC settlement and company-level PBM model…

Firefly Aerospace Shares Rally After Alpha Flight 7 Validates Upgrades

Firefly Aerospace Shares Rally After Alpha Flight 7 Validates Upgrades

Firefly Aerospace’s stock climbed 19% after Alpha Flight 7 - the Stairway to Seven mission - successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2, completed orbital insertion and delivered a demonstrator payload for Lockheed Martin. The flight performed a stage two engine relight and validated key Alpha Block II upgrades, setting the stage …

Guidance cuts among European firms hit five-year low, BofA says

Guidance cuts among European firms hit five-year low, BofA says

Bank of America reports that guidance cuts from European companies are at their lowest level in five years, with the Q4 2025 earnings season recording 16 guidance cuts and three profit warnings. The ratio of upgraded guidance to total revisions has risen to 0.63, while firms remain guarded about the operational impact of the Middle East conflict. B…

Canada’s January trade gap widens as vehicle exports plunge and imports fall

Canada’s January trade gap widens as vehicle exports plunge and imports fall

Canada recorded a larger-than-expected merchandise trade deficit in January as exports fell more steeply than imports. A pronounced drop in motor vehicle and parts shipments, along with weaker metal and non-metallic mineral product exports, drove the fall. Higher energy exports partly mitigated the decline but were not enough to prevent the deficit…

Raymond James: Med Tech Prices Largely Stable in 2025 After Short Upturn

Raymond James: Med Tech Prices Largely Stable in 2025 After Short Upturn

Raymond James analyzed decade-long pricing data for medical technology and found that, after a period of deflation followed by modest price gains in 2023-24, reported pricing in 2025 was effectively flat once Johnson & Johnson's Stelara loss of exclusivity is removed. The firm concludes that volume growth, not price increases, remains the key reven…