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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will embark on a two-day trip to Slovakia and Hungary to strengthen bilateral relationships with leaders who have warm ties to President Donald Trump. The visit will cover energy cooperation, NATO obligations and other bilateral matters, following Rubio's attendance at a major European security conference.
Noah (NOAH) looks undervalued at roughly $815M market cap, P/E ~9.2 and P/B ~0.57 while navigating a structural compliance reset and global expansion. Technical momentum is constructive and the stock yields ~4.8%. This trade idea lays out a long entry, targets and stop, plus catalysts and risks tied to execution and regulatory clarity.
Globalstar's commercial execution is starting to show up in the numbers: highest annual revenue and a best-ever free-cash-flow year, a major capital infusion from Apple, and growing commercial partnerships. The balance sheet and FCF profile support a tactical long while competition from Starlink and elevated valuation argue for a disciplined stop. …
The MOEX Russia Index finished the trading session unchanged, with several large-cap issues reporting no price movement. The Russian Volatility Index held steady, while gold, crude and Brent futures all recorded modest gains. The ruble strengthened against both the dollar and the euro, and U.S. dollar futures were marginally lower.
Duolingo is trading near its 52-week low after a year of headline-driven selling. The business generates strong free cash flow, has no net debt, and posts high returns on capital. With technicals oversold and valuation back to rational multiples, this is a tactical long with defined risk. Entry $112.90, stop $102.00, primary target $150.00 (mid-ter…
Cintas (CTAS) remains a high-quality, cash-generative business with double-digit ROE and consistent growth. Recent execution and a proposed UniFirst acquisition have been bullish catalysts, but the stock at ~$193 trades at ~41x earnings and >7x sales, leaving little margin for error. This trade idea recommends a short on strength with a mid-term ho…
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada will insist on a change of government in Iran before restoring diplomatic relations and announced additional sanctions on seven individuals tied to Tehran. She declined to say whether Canada would back any U.S. military strike. Separately, two U.S. officials said the U.S. military is prepari…
The European Central Bank has opened its Eurosystem repo facility, known as Eurep, to nearly all foreign central banks outside the euro area, excluding those under international sanctions or linked to money laundering or terrorist financing. The move raises the per‑central bank borrowing cap to 50 billion euros and will become operational in July. …
Armed attackers on motorbikes launched pre-dawn raids on three villages in Niger State’s Borgu Local Government Area, killing at least 30 people, burning homes and shops, and abducting an unknown number of residents, witnesses and officials said. The violence is part of a wider surge in attacks attributed to bandits across northern Nigeria and has …
Accelerant Holdings (ARX) has fallen from a $31 52-week high to near $10.67, trading like a distressed post-IPO name despite accelerating revenue and a profitable quarter as a public company. Fundamentals support a tactical long: strong revenue growth, improving unit economics, modest leverage and an enterprise value below $1B. This trade idea lays…
AppLovin's Axon AI stack and ad-monetization platform sit at the junction of mobile gaming growth and AI-driven ad effectiveness. The stock has already retraced from last year's highs, offering a mid-term swing opportunity: enter on a measured pullback, manage risk tightly, and aim for a re-rating driven by stronger monetization and improving margi…
At a large rally in Beirut marking the 21st anniversary of his father's assassination, former prime minister Saad al-Hariri said his Future Movement will participate in the next parliamentary elections. While Hariri did not make clear whether he will be a candidate, his statement ends the party's absence from the ballot in 2022 and comes as Lebanon…
Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) is a clinical-stage biotech focused on metabolic and endocrine disorders. Its dual GIP/GLP-1 candidate VK2735 is in phase 3 (injectable) and phase 2 (oral), positioning Viking as an under-the-radar competitor in the high-growth obesity therapeutics market. With a market cap of roughly $3.6B, a deep short-interest base, an…
Marvell is uniquely positioned at the intersection of custom AI processors and high-bandwidth optical connectivity. With a $66.6B market cap, improving margins, and recurring design-win momentum into hyperscale data centers, the stock looks actionable on a controlled pullback. This trade lays out a specific entry, stop and target with a 180-trading…
UiPath is moving from a pure-play RPA vendor into the orchestration layer for agentic AI. With accelerating enterprise adoption, improving profitability, and a valuation that still looks reasonable given ARR scale, this trade idea buys the setup around $11.30 with a mid-term horizon to capture re-rating as Maestro adoption and cross-sell accelerate…
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah, said U.S. military intervention could save lives and urged the Trump administration not to prolong negotiations with Iran’s clerical leadership. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, he argued an attack might weaken or hasten the government’s fall. The appeal came amid a broad crackdown in Ira…
Telkom Indonesia (TLKM) remains Indonesia's dominant telco and a critical digital infrastructure owner. The business combines predictable cash flows from mobile and fixed-line services with accelerating fiber and digital-services monetization. We view the current risk/reward as favorable: enter at $0.22, stop at $0.18, target $0.30 over a roughly 1…
Astera Labs is a pick-and-shovel play on hyperscaler AI deployments. The company’s expanded Scorpio X-Series roadmap and the secular lift in CAPEX for AI infrastructure support durable revenue growth. Valuation is rich, but the pullback from the 52-week high creates a risk/reward setup I’m willing to buy with a defined entry, stop and target over a…
Ethiopia's Media Authority has refused to renew credentials for three Reuters journalists based in Addis Ababa and revoked Reuters' accreditation to cover the 39th African Union summit in Addis Ababa on February 14-15. The action followed a Reuters investigative report alleging the existence of a training camp for fighters linked to Sudan's Rapid S…
Astronomers using the European Space Agency’s Cheops space telescope have identified a compact four-planet system orbiting the red dwarf LHS 1903, roughly 117 light-years away. The arrangement - a rocky planet closest to the star, two gaseous mini-Neptunes in the middle, and a rocky outermost planet - runs counter to common planet-formation expecta…
The Academy Museum in Los Angeles debuts an immersive exhibit dedicated to Hayao Miyazaki’s 2008 film 'Ponyo,' featuring over 100 original production materials from Studio Ghibli, hand-drawn art boards, production sketches by Miyazaki and a hands-on animation table that introduces children to stop-motion filmmaking.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a conciliatory message to European leaders at the Munich Security Conference, asserting that Washington does not seek to abandon the transatlantic alliance while also repeating criticism of European policy choices on issues such as mass migration and climate change. His speech was largely welcomed for i…
GFL Environmental's sale of a majority stake in its Environmental Services arm and subsequent capital allocation plan (debt repayment plus buybacks) materially improves the balance sheet. At $43.32, shares trade at a modest P/E (~6.2) versus an enterprise value of $20.3B and an EV/EBITDA of ~27. The combination of durable waste cash flows, lower in…
A review of court records shows more than 4,400 federal rulings since October concluding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement held immigrants unlawfully. The surge of habeas petitions - more than 20,200 filed since the administration took office - and strained government legal resources have produced repeated judicial orders for release, w…
Jefferies analysts argue that a new $550 billion U.S.-Japan investment arrangement presents material commercial and strategic opportunities that institutional investors have not yet fully priced. The deal reduces reciprocal tariffs, prioritises energy, AI infrastructure and critical minerals processing, and carries firm timelines and profit-allocat…
