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HSBC upgraded Arm to Buy from Reduce and lifted its price target to $205 from $90, saying the market has not fully priced in Arm’s pivot toward AI-driven server CPUs. The bank forecasts sharply higher industry CPU shipments in 2026-27, accelerating royalty income tied to adoption of Arm v9 and Neoverse Compute Subsystems, and identifies a possible …
U.S. equity futures opened lower as oil fluctuated and geopolitical developments in Iran kept investors on edge. In premarket action, FedEx jumped more than 9% after raising its full-year profit outlook and reporting stronger-than-expected fiscal third-quarter results tied to holiday demand, while Super Micro Computer slid sharply following crimina…
SkinBioTherapeutics Plc said it will not meet the AIM deadline to publish its half-year 2026 interim results after a board-ordered forensic review remains in progress. The Newcastle-based life sciences firm warned trading in its ordinary shares is likely to be suspended from April 1 pending conclusion of the investigation, a development that sent t…
Flowco Holdings Inc. (FLOC) saw its stock fall roughly 10% after affiliates of GEC Advisors LLC announced an underwritten public offering priced at $22.00 per share, below the previous close of $23.64. The selling stockholders are offering 7,800,000 Class A shares with an underwriters' option for 1,170,000 additional shares. Flowco will not sell ne…
Ferrari trades near $321 after a corrective pullback. The underlying business still posts exceptional profitability, a heavy buyback, and a pre-sold supercar pipeline. This trade idea buys the weakness for a long-term rebound while recognizing that the brand's EV strategy is the risk that could compress multiples if execution disappoints.
The Trump Administration on Friday put forward a national legislative framework intended to guide federal AI policy and called on Congress to pass comprehensive legislation addressing six priority areas: protections for minors, data center energy rules, intellectual property balance, safeguards against censorship, removal of regulatory hurdles and …
Quanex Building Products (NX) combines a repaired balance sheet, strong recent free cash flow and yield support with activist interest and near-term catalysts. The stock trades at an attractive EV/sales and P/FCF multiple despite earnings volatility. We lay out a mid-term trade (45 trading days) to capture continued outperformance while protecting …
Jefferies' retail tracking for the four weeks ending February 22 shows Western Europe food retail sales up 5.4% versus the prior four-week average of 6.6%, with on-the-ground volume gains limited to four of nine categories. Prices increased across the board, coffee and chocolate led price inflation, and private label share expanded in almost every …
UBS upgraded Polish energy group Orlen SA from sell to neutral and raised its 12-month price target to PLN120 from PLN100, citing higher oil and gas prices and wider refining margins driven by disruptions in the Middle East. The bank materially increased its price and earnings assumptions for 2026 and 2027, while flagging several downside risks inc…
Cloudflare (NET) looks attractive here: revenue momentum and strategic partnerships are accelerating monetization of the edge platform, technicals show bullish momentum, and the company’s infrastructure could capture a material share of new stablecoin and payments routing flows. I upgrade my stance to a buy and lay out an actionable mid-term trade …
The Swiss government said it will not permit weapons export licenses to the United States while attacks on Iran continue, citing a long-standing neutrality policy that bars supplying arms to states engaged in armed conflict. The ban is to remain in place for the duration of the conflict with Iran, the government said.
U.S. stock futures opened under pressure after a volatile week for energy markets driven by strikes on major Middle Eastern energy infrastructure and retaliatory attacks tied to the war in Iran. Brent crude briefly spiked to about $119 a barrel before easing toward $107, while natural gas benchmarks also jumped as Qatar reported damage to a large e…
Silvaco (SVCO) is transitioning from a pure EDA vendor into a tighter set of semiconductor IP and photonics/simulation niches through targeted acquisitions. The company beat Q4 revenue and EPS expectations and has a low debt profile, but negative free cash flow and an overbought tape argue for a buy-the-dip approach. This trade idea lays out an ent…
Mastercard is pulling back from 52-week highs but remains a high-return, cash-generative network with a new $1.8B acquisition to accelerate crypto payments. Technicals show momentum exhaustion and an RSI near 36, creating a tactical entry for a mid-term swing. This idea lays out an entry, stop, targets, catalysts and risks for a measured long trade…
BNP Paribas expanded its exposure to originated synthetic significant risk transfers (SRTs) in the non-trading book to €66.7 billion from €46.5 billion at the end of 2024, a 43% increase. The move reflects a broader expansion of SRT activity across banks, which has drawn attention from European regulators asking lenders to favor transactions that r…
SAP SE Chief Executive Christian Klein said the defense sector has emerged as the company’s fastest-growing business line amid rising global military budgets. Klein told reporters there is strong demand for upgraded software and AI to help scale defense operations. The company currently derives roughly 10% of its revenue from defense work and is mi…
Market-derived measures of Fed policy odds have shifted quickly: overnight index swaps now put a 10% probability on a Fed rate increase by April and 20% by October. The change follows a sharp climb in two-year Treasury yields and rising energy prices tied to conflict in the Middle East, while recent PPI data came in above consensus. Fed officials h…
On March 20, Super Micro saw its stock fall sharply after U.S. prosecutors charged three people connected to the company with participating in an alleged plot to divert billions of dollars of U.S. AI technology to China. The company said it was not listed as a defendant, cooperated with investigators and has placed the employees on leave while seve…
UBS has retained an "Attractive" rating on global equities even as it flags heightened energy-related downside risks following disruptions to flows through the Strait of Hormuz. The bank expects de-escalation within weeks, projects 12% earnings growth for the MSCI AC World Index this year, and recommends diversified exposure to structural themes wh…
Ovid (OVID) just cleared two big obstacles: Phase 1 safety data for OV329 and a $60M PIPE led by Point72. With an EV well below $200M and shares trading at $2.30, the stock offers a high-risk, high-reward long trade into Phase 2 starts and program expansion news. This idea lays out a specific entry, stop, targets, catalysts and the risks that can w…
Prestige Consumer Healthcare will purchase the Breathe Right brand and related assets from Foundation Consumer Healthcare for $1.045 billion, a figure that falls to about $900 million after tax benefits. The acquisition, which is expected to close in the first half of 2027, brings a brand that generated roughly $200 million in revenue and $95 milli…
Oil prices remained high on Friday amid sustained fears that damage to energy infrastructure and attacks tied to the Iran conflict will restrict supplies for an extended period. Brent crude held near $108 a barrel after touching roughly $119 earlier in the week following strikes on Iranian and regional natural gas facilities. Damage to major produc…
The U.S. State Department has launched a Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response to coordinate American responses to natural disasters and humanitarian crises worldwide. The move completes a sweeping reorganization that absorbed the U.S. Agency for International Development into State after the agency was dismantled earlier this year. The new …
Eris Lifesciences has released a generic version of semaglutide in India under the brand name Sundae, offering a 2 mg vial at 1,290 rupees per month (about $13.8). The company and its partner Natco Pharma are pricing the injectable well below established branded competitors, and Eris will introduce a pen device with multiple dosages in April.
U.S. officials have indicated that sanctions on Iranian crude currently stuck aboard tankers may be eased soon, allowing shipments to reach Asian ports within three to four days, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said. Wright reiterated comments from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and said that oil from an unsanctioned Iran would likely be absorbed b…
