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James M. Zemlyak, president of Stifel Financial CORP (NYSE:SF), sold nine shares on January 29, 2026, and the following day filed a Form 4 disclosing the exercise of options for 5,644 shares and the sale of 2,487 shares to satisfy tax obligations. Stifel also reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat consensus for both EPS and revenue, while t…
Cuba's deputy foreign minister, Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, confirmed that Havana and Washington have exchanged messages and used diplomatic channels but that those contacts have not developed into a formal dialogue. His comments follow heightened tensions after the U.S. capture of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and recent U.S. statements and policy th…
Aletheia Capital launched coverage of Teradyne (TER) with a Buy rating and a $400 price target, projecting earnings to triple between fiscal years 2025 and 2027. The firm cites accelerating demand for semiconductor test equipment driven by heterogeneous chiplet architectures and a roster of new device opportunities as primary growth levers.
Atlas Copco (ATLKY) looks set to benefit from improving industrial demand and structural growth in compressors, vacuum solutions, and power tools. The shares are close to their 52-week high and trade at a premium multiple, so this is a measured, mid-term trade that balances upside from cyclical recovery with limited margin for error. Entry $20.96, …
U.S. equities finished higher on Monday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.05%, led by strength in industrials, consumer services and basic materials. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted smaller advances. Individual movers ranged from double-digit percentage gains among cruise and storage names to steep declines in select small-cap listings and e…
Elon Musk is preparing to merge his rocket company and AI startup into a single publicly listed company valued at $1.25 trillion, with shares anticipated to price at about $527 each. The proposed deal, disclosed in a memo and described by people familiar with the matter, would bring together rockets, Starlink satellites, the X social platform and t…
Needham Capital raised its price objective for Napco Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) to $49 from $47 and kept a Buy rating after the company's fiscal second quarter beat revenue and earnings forecasts. Revenue grew 12.2% year-over-year and diluted EPS for the trailing twelve months stands at $1.23. Both hardware lines and recurring services con…
In a podcast appearance, the president said Republicans should "take over" voting in at least 15 unspecified jurisdictions and "nationalize" voting, repeating unproven assertions that his 2020 defeat was due to fraud. He provided no operational details. His remarks came amid an FBI search of a Georgia election office and reports he contacted agents…
OpenAI has expressed dissatisfaction with aspects of Nvidia's newest AI chips and has been exploring alternative suppliers since last year, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The move focuses on inference - the phase when a model answers user queries - and has led OpenAI to engage with companies such as AMD, Cerebras and Groq as…
TeraWulf Inc. reported two strategic brownfield acquisitions that expand its power capacity by about 1.5 gigawatts, lifting its platform to 2.8 GW across five sites. The company said the purchases in Hawesville, Kentucky, and the Morgantown Generating Station in Maryland provide near-term power availability and a foothold in the PJM market. Shares …
LifeMD (LFMD) is a pure telehealth play with an integrated pharmacy strategy and a recently refreshed GLP-1 pricing partnership that improves patient access. The company trades at a modest EV/Sales and is free-cash-flow positive despite negative GAAP earnings. This trade idea targets a measured long entry at $3.28 with a $5.00 primary target over a…
Swarmer has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of common stock. The company has not set timing, share count, or a price range for the offering, which will be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol SWMR if completed. Lucid Capital Mar…
Corning INC (GLW) senior executive O’Day Michael Paul disposed of 5,051 shares on February 2, 2026, for a total of $558,231 in several trades. After the sales, he retains direct ownership of 29,915 shares. Separately, Corning released fourth-quarter 2025 results that modestly exceeded expectations on both earnings and core sales, prompting an analy…
Private markets investor Apollo is acquiring a minority interest in The GoodLife Group in a deal that values the Canada-based fitness operator at roughly C$2 billion. The transaction marks the gym chain's first sale of outside equity; founder David 'Patch' Patchell-Evans will continue as chairman and investor. Apollo is investing via funds tied to …
Paul Mueller Company (MUEL) is an overlooked industrial equipment business with recent organic growth, strong Q2 margins, a low float, and corporate actions that should support a rerating. This trade idea lays out an actionable long with entry at $450.00, a stop at $410.00 and a $575.00 target over the next 45 trading days.
Mentor Capital, Inc. (OTC: MNTR) Chief Executive Officer Billingsley Chester reported two small open-market purchases of common stock across late January and early February 2026 that together total $178. Separately, the company disclosed a change in its independent registered public accounting firm to Cherry Bekaert following the acquisition of its…
Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has issued directives and taken steps aimed at reshaping how federal museums, national parks and cultural bodies present American history. Actions include an executive order targeting what the administration calls "anti-American ideology," reviews of interpretive materials at the National P…
MarineMax shares rallied 9% Monday afternoon after a report said investment firm Donerail Group proposed an all-cash acquisition of the luxury marine services company for about $1 billion, at $35 per share. The offer follows months in which Donerail had pushed MarineMax to consider strategic changes, including exploring a sale or replacing the chie…
Donerail Group has put forward an all-cash $35-per-share proposal to acquire MarineMax, valuing the superyacht services company at just above $1 billion, according to three people familiar with the discussions. The bid follows months of pressure from Donerail for major strategic and governance changes and arrives as other buyers eye the company or …
A CIBC analysis by economists Ali Jaffery and Avery Shenfeld finds that Canada’s fiscal stance will provide a measured lift to growth rather than a rapid acceleration. While federal outlays have grown materially as a share of GDP, provincial governments are exercising fiscal restraint. The report estimates a slowly building fiscal impulse that adds…
Satellite images and accounts from officials and regional analysts indicate Egypt has positioned at least one Bayraktar Akinci combat drone at an airstrip in East Oweinat, near the Sudan border. The move reflects a shift in Cairo’s approach to the nearly three-year war between Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), coming after a seri…
The update mechanism for the widely used code editor Notepad++ was manipulated by a threat actor identified by researchers as a Chinese-linked cyberespionage group. The intruders accessed the project's update infrastructure beginning in June 2025 and retained some hosting credentials into December 2025, enabling distribution of a bespoke backdoor a…
Cadence (CDNS) is a key software platform for semiconductor design and verification. Recent weakness has pulled the stock near $289, giving a measured long opportunity for traders who believe AI-driven ASIC design, strong free cash flow, and a rebound in China will re-accelerate growth. This trade idea lays out entry, stop, target, catalysts, and t…
Murray Stahl, President and Co-Portfolio Manager of RENN Fund, Inc., bought 1,154 shares of the fund's common stock on January 30, 2026, at $2.62 per share. The aggregate cost of the transaction was $2,971. The purchases were executed both directly and through several related entities and family members. After the trades, Stahl's direct ownership i…
An analysis using Investing Pro metrics by WarrenAI singles out four dating-app companies as noteworthy investment candidates for 2026. Match Group tops the list on valuation and financial strength, while Grindr shows the strongest recent revenue growth. Bumble appears as a deep-value, high-risk situation, and Hello Group is presented as a more con…
