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  • Oil prices retreated after three days of gains as a fragile Iran ceasefire faltered.
  • U.S. dollar strengthened to a near one-week high after consumer inflation surprised to the upside.
  • Gold held ground as prospects for a U.S.-Iran deal dimmed.
  • The Trump Organization terminated a planned A$1.5 billion Gold Coast skyscraper after its Australian partner allegedly defaulted.
  • Ring Energy priced a roughly $60 million common stock offering at $1.35 per share to repay revolver borrowings.
  • Breeze Acquisition Corp. II priced a $125 million IPO to target global healthcare, biotech, robotics and AI deals.
  • Incoming BHP CEO Brandon Craig signaled a push for growth beyond 2035 via increased exploration and targeted, smaller acquisitions.

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From Copper King to Photonics Powerhouse: A Trade Idea on Credo (CRDO)

From Copper King to Photonics Powerhouse: A Trade Idea on Credo (CRDO)

Credo is executing a fast pivot from high-performance copper SerDes and active electrical cables into silicon photonics after the DustPhotonics deal. Management is guiding toward meaningful optical revenue and accretive EPS, and the stock still shows momentum despite elevated multiples. This trade idea lays out a long entry, targets, stop, catalyst…

Merz Affirms European Commitment to NATO, Echoes U.S. Aim to End Iran Conflict

Merz Affirms European Commitment to NATO, Echoes U.S. Aim to End Iran Conflict

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Europe remains committed to a robust NATO and shares the United States' objective of ending the war with Iran and preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Speaking in Stockholm with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Merz called for preserving the transatlantic alliance despite recent strains betw…

Palantir's Pullback Masks a Business Re-rating Opportunity

Palantir's Pullback Masks a Business Re-rating Opportunity

Palantir reported blowout Q1 results and raised guidance, but the stock has retraced sharply from its 52-week highs. Fundamentals show accelerating revenue (about 84-85% y/y), expanding profit and meaningful free cash flow, while valuation metrics remain extreme. This trade idea targets a re-rating scenario: buy a measured pullback with a clear sto…

Why Meta’s Pullback Is a Tactical Buying Opportunity

Why Meta’s Pullback Is a Tactical Buying Opportunity

Meta’s shares have pulled back into the low $600s after a recent stretch of sector volatility. Fundamentals are solid - $48.3B free cash flow, a 22x P/E and 29% ROE - and technicals show a constructive support band near $600. This trade idea lays out an entry at $610, a stop at $560 and a $750 target over a 46-180 trading day horizon, with clear ca…

Starmer Taps Gordon Brown to Lead on Global Finance as Labour Seeks Reset

Starmer Taps Gordon Brown to Lead on Global Finance as Labour Seeks Reset

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed former prime minister Gordon Brown as his adviser on global finance and cooperation and named Harriet Harman as his adviser on women and girls. The moves come as Labour reels from heavy municipal losses, sparking internal demands for a leadership change and adding fresh political pressure amid a cost-of-liv…

GTN Set To Rebound: Buy the Dip on an Oversold Local-TV Play

GTN Set To Rebound: Buy the Dip on an Oversold Local-TV Play

Gray Media (GTN) is trading well below its short-term technical averages amid heavy volume and elevated short interest. The combination of a healthy free cash flow print, an attractive 7%+ dividend, recent carriage and acquisition-related catalysts, and deep valuation multiples make a dip-buy trade compelling for a mid-term swing. Risk is real - le…

Buying the Interconnect: A Small-Cap Play on AI's Bandwidth Bottleneck

Buying the Interconnect: A Small-Cap Play on AI's Bandwidth Bottleneck

Sivers Semiconductors is a small-cap specialist in high-frequency RF and photonic transceivers that could see asymmetric upside as AI training and inference push demand for higher-bandwidth, lower-latency links. The trade is a risk-on mid-term long that depends on a product cadence and commercial wins with cloud and telecom customers; disciplined r…

Citi: Inventories, Softer Demand and Talks Have Blunted Further Oil Gains

Citi: Inventories, Softer Demand and Talks Have Blunted Further Oil Gains

Citigroup analysts attribute the sharp pullback in oil prices from recent peaks to a combination of elevated global inventories, slowing demand growth in developing economies and market assumptions that U.S.-Iran negotiations could ease supply risks. Brent briefly reached $125-$126 a barrel before retreating to lower contract-month levels, while Ci…

Merz Says Europe Seeks to Preserve NATO Unity Amid Rift Over Iran Conflict

Merz Says Europe Seeks to Preserve NATO Unity Amid Rift Over Iran Conflict

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told reporters in Stockholm that Europe remains committed to maintaining NATO as an effective alliance even as disagreements with the United States over the war with Iran have surfaced. Merz emphasized a shared objective with America to end the conflict and to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, while notin…

Allies Anticipate Further U.S. Troop Reductions in Europe After German Withdrawals

Allies Anticipate Further U.S. Troop Reductions in Europe After German Withdrawals

European governments are preparing for the possibility that U.S. President Donald Trump will announce more troop withdrawals from the continent following an order to remove 5,000 personnel from Germany. Diplomats and officials cited options that include cuts in Italy, cancellation of planned missile deployments in Germany, reduced participation in …

One Nation Captures First House Seat as Far-Right Gains in Farrer Byelection

One Nation Captures First House Seat as Far-Right Gains in Farrer Byelection

Preliminary vote tallies from a byelection in the rural New South Wales seat of Farrer show Pauline Hanson’s One Nation winning its first-ever lower house seat, with David Farley projected to defeat the incumbent Liberal candidate. The result comes as commentators link it to a broader rise in far-right populist party support internationally and fol…

Kremlin Says Road to Peace in Ukraine Remains Long and Complex

Kremlin Says Road to Peace in Ukraine Remains Long and Complex

The Kremlin on May 9 warned that, despite a U.S.-brokered three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, achieving a comprehensive peace settlement remains a lengthy and complex process. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the United States appears eager for a deal, but described the political and technical details of any Ukrainian settlement as …

Customers Paying Upfront for Power Projects as States Expand CWIP Policies

Customers Paying Upfront for Power Projects as States Expand CWIP Policies

State regulators and utilities are allowing customers to fund large electricity infrastructure projects during construction through Construction Work In Progress (CWIP) rules. Once rare, CWIP incentives now exist in at least 40 states and are being used to accelerate grid upgrades amid rising demand from data centers and other load growth. The appr…