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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled significant uncertainty about how rising oil prices tied to Middle East hostilities could affect inflation and U.S. growth after the Federal Open Market Committee held the federal funds rate at 3.50%-3.75%. The FOMC's updated projections still point to at least one rate cut this year and another in 2027,…
Colombia's main stock index closed lower on Wednesday, driven by losses in Financials, Investment and Public Services sectors. The COLCAP dipped 0.25% at the close, while select large-cap stocks posted both notable gains and declines. Commodity contracts and currency pairs saw modest moves during the session.
Foreign ownership of U.S. Treasuries rose in January to $9.305 trillion from $9.271 trillion in December, led by increases from Japan, the United Kingdom and China. The gains reflect continued overseas appetite for U.S. government debt amid elevated yields, a rotation from equities into fixed income, and ongoing Treasury issuance to finance rising …
Moscow equities closed higher, with the MOEX Russia Index up 0.57% as advances in oil & gas, power and manufacturing stocks drove the session. NOVATEK recorded the strongest gain and reached a 52-week high. Broader market breadth favored declines, while key commodities and currency pairs showed divergent moves.
Venezuelan sovereign and PDVSA bond prices climbed after the United States issued a general license permitting broader commercial activity with PDVSA. The waiver to 2019 sanctions coincides with heightened oil prices amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran and follows other recent U.S. policy moves toward Venezuela.
Castellum, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Andrew Merriman purchased 3,000 shares of the company's common stock on March 18, 2026, paying $0.7983 per share for a total of $2,394. The transaction comes as the stock trades near its 52-week low and after the company has eliminated its remaining debt and boosted cash balances. Castellum's subsidiary Speci…
Ardelyx President and CEO Michael Raab sold 41,666 shares of common stock on March 16, 2026, generating roughly $243,329 from trades executed at prices between $5.79 and $5.92. Concurrently, he exercised options to acquire 20,833 shares at $0.99. Following the transactions, Raab directly holds 1,816,448 shares and maintains additional indirect hold…
Israel expanded its air campaign on Beirut and southern Lebanon, killing at least 10 people and demolishing a 10-storey building near the city centre. Warplanes also struck bridges over the Litani River, destroying at least two, as the military said it sought to block the movement of Hezbollah fighters and materiel. The confrontation has produced h…
Gary B Smith, Ciena Corp's president and chief executive officer, sold 2,952 shares on March 16, 2026, for roughly $1.06 million under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale came as the stock traded above the reported 52-week high and follows a robust quarter that lifted fiscal 2026 revenue guidance by 4 percentage points and attracted multiple analy…
EverCommerce Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Richard Remer sold 19,200 shares of common stock on March 17 and 18, 2026, generating roughly $197,144. The transactions - completed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted June 12, 2025 - took place as the company's shares experienced notable short-term volatility and follow mixed analys…
The Bank of Japan is widely expected to keep its short-term policy rate unchanged at 0.75% as it seeks clearer signals on how the escalating Middle East conflict and higher oil prices will influence an import-dependent economy already experiencing sustained inflationary pressure. Governor Kazuo Ueda is likely to reiterate the central bank's commitm…
Wall Street declined and Treasury yields rose sharply after a surge in oil prices, hotter-than-expected U.S. producer price inflation, and a Federal Reserve projection mix that traders read as meaning fewer rate cuts in 2026. The moves lifted the dollar, pressured equities across sectors and flattened yield curves, leaving investors reassessing gro…
Jean-Briac Perrette, President and CEO of Global Streaming at Warner Bros. Discovery, reported a sale of 659,120 Series A common shares on March 16, 2026, for about $18.07 million. The transaction, disclosed on a Form 4 filing with the SEC, occurs amid sharp gains in WBD stock and a wave of strategic and analyst activity tied to a proposed merger w…
OneStream Chief Revenue Officer Ken Hohenstein executed sales of 59,204 Class A shares on March 16 and 17, 2026, raising roughly $1.39 million at prices between $23.58 and $23.62. The transactions occurred under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted in August 2025; concurrently he exercised options to acquire the same number of shares. The moves come …
Pangaea Logistics Solutions LTD's CEO, Mads Rosenberg Boye Petersen, sold 19,572 shares on March 18, 2026, raising $138,237. The company also reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that combined a revenue beat with an earnings-per-share miss, underscoring a mixed financial picture for the shipping and logistics operator.
Ewan William Hamilton, Kodiak Gas Services' executive vice president and chief accounting officer, disposed of 5,797 shares on March 17, 2026, generating roughly $325,675. The sale occurred as Kodiak shares trade near a 52-week high and follow a quarter that combined an earnings-per-share miss with a sizable revenue beat. The company has announced …
Luxor Capital LLC, identified as a filing group holding more than 10% of Meridian Holdings Inc./NV (NASDAQ: MRDN), and its Managing Member Anthony Brian Goodman sold a total of 8,506 shares of Meridian common stock between March 11 and March 16, 2026, receiving aggregate proceeds of $71,098. The transactions took place in multiple tranches at vario…
Rocket Lab's stock climbed 2% in after-hours trading after the company secured a $190 million agreement to carry out 20 hypersonic test flights and after a Clear Street analyst began coverage with a Buy rating. The deal, led under the MACH-TB 2.0 Task Area 1 program by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, is the firm's largest single launch contrac…
Christopher C. Swenson, Chief Legal Officer of Nerdy Inc. (NYSE: NRDY), sold 18,366 Class A shares on March 16, 2026, at $0.90 per share for proceeds of $16,529 under the company’s sell-to-cover tax withholding program following the vesting of restricted stock units. The transaction leaves Swenson with just over 2.0 million shares. The sale occurs …
Nerdy Inc. Chief Financial Officer Jason H. Pello sold 30,609 Class A shares on March 16, 2026, through an automatic sell-to-cover arrangement intended to satisfy tax withholding following the vesting of restricted stock units. The transaction totaled $27,548. The company recently reported a fourth-quarter revenue beat but has received a notice fro…
Waters Corp director Wei Jiang purchased 500 shares on March 16, 2026, for $289.46 each, a $144,730 transaction that brings his direct holdings to 3,441.27 shares. The insider buy occurs while the stock trades near its 52-week low and after the company priced $3.5 billion of senior notes tied to the SpinCo acquisition; analysts have adjusted price …
Vicor Corp Chairman and CEO Patrizio Vinciarelli sold $9.5 million of company stock on March 17, 2026, under a prearranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The transactions occurred at prices between $186.4171 and $196.41 per share. The stock has risen roughly 270% over the past year and is trading at $191.84 with a P/E of 74.66, with third-party analysis…
Mary Celeste Fruge, vice president and general counsel at NPK International Inc. (NPKI), sold 1,000 common shares on March 16, 2026, at $13.56 and exercised options to acquire 1,000 shares at $4.32 the same day under an existing Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The stock trades above the sale price and has climbed 139% over the past year, while InvestingP…
Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla, a director at Southern Copper Corp (NYSE: SCCO), sold 193 shares on March 13, 2026, generating $33,697 in proceeds. The transaction was disclosed on a Form 4 filed March 18, 2026, with Andres Carlos Ferrero signing as Attorney-in-Fact. Southern Copper recently reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that marginally beat e…
A Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. director sold 164,775 shares on March 16, 2026 for approximately $1.67 million, according to a Form 4 filing. The transaction occurred while the stock traded close to its 52-week high and followed the company's fourth-quarter 2025 results, which outperformed Street expectations and prompted higher price targets from anal…
