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Rafael Caro Quintero, the 73-year-old founder of the Guadalajara Cartel now detained in Brooklyn, is engaged in early-stage plea discussions with U.S. prosecutors, his attorney said at a federal hearing. Prosecutors have indicated there is no formal offer, and a trial remains tentatively scheduled for March 8, 2027. Caro Quintero faces charges incl…
Intuit shares rose at Thursday's open after Morgan Stanley elevated the stock to its Top Pick list. Analyst Keith Weiss pointed to a compelling valuation - roughly 20X GAAP PE - and two major product cycles, Assisted Tax and Mid-Market Accounting & Services, as drivers that could reaccelerate revenue growth. The firm highlighted robust F2Q results …
Director Brent D. Rosenthal purchased 750 shares of Horizon Kinetics Holding Corp (NASDAQ: HKHC) on March 18, 2026, at $33.05 per share for a total of $24,787. The stock has since risen to $34.05 and is up nearly 45% year-to-date. Horizon Kinetics reported a Q4 2025 net loss of $0.78 per share and revenue of $17 million, down 6.6% from the prior qu…
A judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has preliminarily concluded that Apple’s current Apple Watch models do not violate patents held by Masimo for blood-oxygen reading technology. The decision rebuffs Masimo’s attempt to extend an import ban on Apple’s smartwatches and sends the matter to the ITC’s full commission for a final determin…
Stifel is highlighting smaller government services companies as potential beneficiaries of changing U.S. defense procurement priorities. Despite recent heavy selling attributed in part to DOGE concerns and broader industry uncertainty, the firm sees select contractors and emerging defense-technology integrators as positioned to capture growth throu…
Morocco's stock market closed lower on Thursday, with the Moroccan All Shares index down 1.53% as Utilities, Banking and Mining stocks led declines. Declining issues outpaced advancers by a wide margin, while oil futures rose and gold futures fell. Local currency pairs moved marginally lower against the euro and the dollar, and the US Dollar Index …
L'Oreal's recent share buyback, steady 2025 sales of €44.05 billion and a technically oversold ADR (RSI ~31) create a compelling setup for long-term investors. I upgrade the name to attractive for a long-term trade with a clear entry at $79.90, a stop at $70.00 and a target of $95.00 over the next 180 trading days.
The International Monetary Fund said it is closely tracking the Iran war and related interruptions to seaborne oil and gas flows, cautioning that a sustained rise in energy prices would lift global inflation and shave economic growth. The IMF noted crude has climbed more than 50% to exceed $100 a barrel, has not received formal requests for emergen…
Israel's main index finished modestly higher on Thursday with the TA-35 rising 0.23% at the close in Tel Aviv. Sector-level advances in Oil & Gas, Technology and Banking contributed to the uptick. Several individual stocks led the session, including Tower Semiconductor, Shapir Engineering and Navitas Petroleum, while Azrieli Group and parts of the …
Norway's stock market closed higher, with the Oslo OBX rising 0.93% to a fresh all-time high. Gains were concentrated in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors. Energy-related names posted the largest advances, while select technology and industrial names recorded notable declines. Commodities and curr…
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC reported purchasing a single share of Texas Pacific Land Corp (NYSE: TPL) on March 18, 2026 at $531.96, bringing its direct ownership to 3,467,928 shares. The transaction occurred as TPL trades close to a InvestingPro 52-week high of $547.20 and after the company posted fourth-quarter 2025 results that modestly…
The Athens market closed sharply lower on Thursday, with the Athens General Composite falling 2.47% as declines in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors weighed on the exchange. A handful of small-cap utilities posted gains while several industrial and infrastructure names were among the session's steepest decliners. Market breadth was negati…
ConnectOne Bancorp director Michael W Kempner sold 67,800 shares of the bank’s common stock on August 11, 2020, for roughly $1.0 million, and still holds a sizeable position. The stock has since risen, and recent company results for Q4 2025 showed an EPS beat but a revenue shortfall. The bank offers a 2.82% dividend and has increased payouts for se…
On March 17, 2026, Northfield Bancorp director Paul Stahlin reported a purchase of 10,000 shares of the bank's common stock via a Form 4 filing. The acquisition came at a weighted average price of $13.19 and brings Stahlin's direct stake to 54,354 shares while he also holds 4,383 restricted stock units. The transaction coincides with the company tr…
Choice Hotels International CFO Scott E. Oaksmith sold 2,203 shares across two transactions on March 17-18, 2026, totaling about $220,342, under a 10b5-1 trading plan adopted December 12, 2025. The company reported Q4 2025 adjusted EPS of $1.60 and revenue of $390 million, both ahead of expectations, and declared a quarterly cash dividend payable A…
Ampco Pittsburgh Corp Chief Executive Officer Brett McBrayer purchased 7,500 shares on March 19, 2026, spending $50,025 at $6.67 per share. The filing shows McBrayer now holds 585,731 shares. The transaction coincides with recent share price volatility and a quarterly report in which revenue rose but earnings per share fell short of analyst expecta…
Titan Machinery is trading cheaply relative to sales and book with strong free cash flow and an improving European franchise. Expect short-term pressure from margin compression and inventory rationalization, but the balance sheet and cash generation justify a tactical long for patient traders.
Guggenheim has started coverage of Paychex with a Neutral rating, pointing to execution risks over the near term even as the firm views Paychex as relatively well insulated from longer-term disruption tied to artificial intelligence. Concerns center on aggressive Management Solutions growth targets, potential pressure from smaller deal sizes and we…
Turkey's benchmark BIST 100 closed lower on Thursday, slipping 0.51% as declines in the Banking, Technology and Basic Metals sectors outweighed gains among several mid- and small-cap names. Market breadth was narrowly positive, while commodities and currency pairs showed varied performance across the session.
Japan Post Holdings sold 15,700 shares of Aflac Inc. common stock on March 17, 2026, for $1.72 million at a weighted average price of $109.77. After the transaction the firm retains a direct holding of 52,100,900 Aflac shares. Separately, Aflac reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that missed EPS expectations but exceeded revenue forecasts, and Miz…
Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital pointed to a swift 50 basis point rise in the U.S. two-year Treasury yield over a period of under three weeks and suggested the move could indicate a forthcoming Federal Reserve rate increase. The two-year reached 3.928% on Thursday morning before easing to about 3.8%. Market pricing in Fed fund futures still …
FMC is trading near its 52-week low after a brutal 2025. Management is exploring strategic alternatives, which creates a clear binary: a sale or renewed execution. This trade idea buys the rumor with a strict stop and a mid-term horizon to capture a potential takeover premium or short-covering rally while acknowledging the company’s negative earnin…
Twilio’s communications platform is showing durable adoption amid AI-driven product upgrades and improving expansion metrics. The company generates nearly $1.0B in free cash flow, carries modest leverage, and trades at a reasonable price-to-sales multiple for a growth software name. This idea buys a controlled pullback with a clear stop and a targe…
Unilever shares fell after reports the company may separate its packaged food division and ended merger talks with Kraft Heinz. Investors worry the potential split could distract management, especially following a lengthy ice cream unit separation and prior executive turnover linked to portfolio reshaping efforts. Although the food business posts h…
Exxon Mobil's fifth floating production, storage and offloading vessel for Guyana, Errea Wittu, is approaching completion in Singapore and is scheduled to depart for Guyanese waters ahead of plan. The FPSO will handle up to 250,000 barrels per day from the Uaru field. Company officials say higher crude prices may allow earlier recovery of local cos…
