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Reports emerged that Ford engaged in talks with Chinese EV maker Xiaomi about a potential joint venture to build electric vehicles in the United States. Ford has called the report "completely false," and both Ford and Xiaomi did not immediately respond to follow-up requests for comment. The episode has revived concerns among U.S. automakers and som…
Bitcoin declined more than 6% to under $79,000 on Saturday as the U.S. dollar strengthened following the selection of Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve chair. Ether fell almost 12% as cryptocurrencies remain directionless after a broad pullback last year, while gold and stocks have staged stronger rallies.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has issued an executive order requiring the city police department to investigate alleged illegal activity by federal immigration agents, preserve body-camera footage, identify federal supervisory officers at scenes, and file reports on any state or local laws allegedly violated. The directive comes amid broader state …
Several hundred people assembled outside the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen to show solidarity with Danish veterans who said they were insulted by President Donald Trump’s recent comments questioning European allies’ roles in the Afghanistan conflict. The crowd, including former service members wearing NATO medals, laid Danish flags embroidered with na…
British eVTOL manufacturer Vertical Aerospace brought its Valo demonstrator to New York as the first stop on a U.S. tour that follows the aircraft's December 2025 unveiling in London. CEO Stuart Simpson described 2025 as a year of execution, laid out near-term technical steps including piloted transition and hybrid-electric flight tests, reiterated…
SpaceX has filed with the Federal Communications Commission for authority to deploy a constellation of up to 1 million satellites that would harness near-constant solar energy to operate AI data centers in orbit. The filing was posted a day after reports that SpaceX and xAI have been discussing a potential merger ahead of an anticipated public offe…
A federal judge in Minnesota declined on Saturday to enjoin a large-scale Department of Homeland Security operation that sent thousands of immigration agents to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. The state had sought court intervention, alleging widespread civil rights violations including shootings and racial profiling. The judge acknowledged serious …
Western Union (WU) trades at bargain multiples — roughly 5x earnings and ~5x EV/EBITDA — while yielding north of 10%. Immigration policy risk and fintech competition create tangible downside, but the stock's valuation, recurring free cash flow, and catalysts (Solana stablecoin, digital services growth, possible buybacks) make a mid-term long trade …
Apple reported a blowout fiscal Q1 with $143.8B revenue and $85.3B in iPhone sales. With peers repriced on AI froth and memory-price uncertainty, Apple looks like a lower-beta way to capture tech upside. We upgrade to a buy and lay out an actionable mid-term trade: entry $259.49, stop $248.00, target $288.00 (45 trading days).
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company will make a "huge" investment in OpenAI, rejecting characterizations that he was unhappy with the artificial intelligence developer. Huang confirmed Nvidia will participate in OpenAI’s capital raise and hinted the contribution may be the largest investment the chipmaker has ever made, while saying the amount…
A heavy Jan selloff has pushed AppLovin (APP) into oversold territory despite 68% revenue growth and $3.35B in free cash flow. Headlines about Alphabet's Project Genie are acting as a convenient scapegoat for the software rout; the fundamentals and cash generation argue for a mid-term long trade with defined risk controls.
Brown-Forman (BF.B) has been punished by cyclical demand and regional headwinds, but the business remains cash generative, carries manageable leverage, and trades at reasonable multiples. This trade idea outlines a long-term buy with specific entry, stop, and target levels and frames the risks and catalysts that will determine whether this setup pa…
Regeneron looks attractively valued for a 2026 re-acceleration. After a mixed quarter where Eylea faced pressure but company-level revenues and cash flow held up, the stock trades at ~17-18x forward earnings with strong free cash flow. Upcoming pipeline readouts, label expansions, and a material manufacturing buildout create a plausible path to dou…
Starbucks is showing early signs of a meaningful operational reset: comparable-store sales accelerated to +4% and U.S. transactions turned positive for the first time in eight quarters. Valuation is rich by historical earnings multiples, but the company still generates meaningful free cash flow and yields 2.66% in dividends. This trade targets a mi…
S&P Global is positioned to capture outsized value as it standardizes private-market data and completes the Mobility spin-off in 2026. The company generates strong free cash flow, maintains a conservative balance sheet, and just raised the dividend modestly while preparing to separate Mobility. That combination argues for a re-rating over the next …
Amerant (AMTB) offers a risk/reward that looks attractive if CRE stress continues to stabilize. The franchise trades at roughly $21.72 with a market cap under $1.0B, P/E ~13x and P/B below 1.0. We propose a long trade sized for a mid-to-long holding period, with a clear entry, stop and target tied to a re-rating and improving fundamentals.
Drone strikes struck two Isuzu trucks in northern Tigray, killing one person and injuring another, according to a senior Tigrayan official and a humanitarian worker. The attacks, which sources said occurred near Enticho and Gendebta, come amid renewed clashes between regional forces and the Ethiopian National Defence Force and follow recent disrupt…
A blast that struck a building in southern Iran’s Bandar Abbas on Saturday is preliminarily attributed to a gas leak, the local fire chief said. State media reported at least two fatalities and 14 injuries. Officials and state outlets also reported a separate deadly gas explosion in Ahvaz. The incidents occur against a backdrop of heightened tensio…
iRhythm's recent selloff over a delayed product launch created a buying opportunity. With 2026 guidance of $870-880M (17-18% growth), positive free cash flow, $1.74B of cash on the balance sheet and an EV/sales multiple in the mid-single digits, the risk/reward favors a long trade sized for a volatility-aware portfolio. This idea lays out an entry,…
People across Havana and nearby neighborhoods say daily life has narrowed to securing food, water and fuel as blackouts lengthen, gasoline shifts to dollar-only pricing and the peso weakens more than 10% in three weeks. Supply interruptions from Venezuela and Mexico, combined with U.S. tariff threats on countries supplying Cuba with oil, are squeez…
Three months into her leadership, CBS News Editor-in-Chief rolled out a strategy centered on building a commentator roster, boosting podcasts and newsletters, and staging live events to attract younger and independent viewers. The proposal - which includes hiring 19 new commentators and leveraging contributors from her previous venture - has drawn …
Japan's prime ministerial hopeful Sanae Takaichi lauded the advantages a softer yen provides to exporters in a campaign speech, then clarified she had no directional preference. Her remarks come as the finance ministry has repeatedly warned it will act to support the currency if needed, and markets watch yen weakness, rising bond yields and inflati…
Bank of America’s 2026 thematic outlook identifies five priorities for online travel agencies, placing agentic AI at the forefront. The bank anticipates broad rollout of end-to-end AI booking tools in 2026, a modest cyclical uplift in U.S. bookings aided by favorable comparisons and the FIFA World Cup, intensified platform competition, faster growt…
ProKidney's autologous renal cell therapy, rilparencel, showed statistically significant Phase 2 improvements in eGFR slope and an encouraging safety profile. With a market capitalization near $280M, an EV of roughly $185M and active short interest, the stock offers an asymmetric risk/reward to disciplined traders. This trade idea lays out an entry…
Benitec Biopharma’s BB-301 program just cleared two practical hurdles: convincing early efficacy/durability in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD) and a $100 million financing that materially derisks development funding. Given the clinical readouts (including 24-month durability in patient 1) and an EV of roughly $318M, a long trade with defi…
