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Carnival (CCL) is a high-quality cash-generating recovery story trading at reasonable multiples after recent sectorwide weakness. We upgrade to a tactical long on this dip with an entry at $28.50, a target at $34.00 and a stop at $24.50 for a mid-term swing (45 trading days). The trade leans on improving free cash flow, a lower debt load versus pan…
J.P. Morgan warns that European chemical producers may have to raise selling prices by more than 5% over the next year to offset sharply higher oil and gas input costs. With Brent crude up about 35% and European TTF gas up roughly 84% since late December 2025, the brokerage says companies most exposed to energy and oil-based raw material inflation …
Shares of VCI Global Limited climbed 40% after V Gallant, a subsidiary, opened Malaysia’s first NVIDIA-powered AI GPU Computing Center and introduced the Intelli-X Enterprise large language model platform. The facility, which went live on Monday, is positioned to offer GPU leasing, enterprise LLM services, and localized AI solutions for regulated i…
An independent U.N. inquiry has concluded that recent attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran, followed by Iran’s retaliatory strikes across the region, violate the United Nations Charter prohibiting use of force against a state's territorial integrity or political independence. The probe expressed profound shock at a strike on the Shajareh…
CoreWeave shares climbed 4% on Wednesday following a multi-year strategic agreement with Perplexity that will move Perplexity’s next-generation inference workloads to CoreWeave’s AI cloud. The deal includes deployment of dedicated NVIDIA GB200 NVL72-powered clusters and internal use of Perplexity Enterprise Max by CoreWeave staff.
Sodexo (SDXOF) is a cash-generative services business paying roughly a 6% yield and currently trading like an unloved OTC name. Technicals show momentum near an overbought short-term band while short interest and low daily volume create both price pressure and a setup for squeezes. This trade idea is a long position at $56.00 with a $75.00 target a…
Hafnia ($7.80) looks set for further gains as near-term catalysts (dividend ex-date, potential TORM share sale, and an active shipping conference) combine with a valuation that still looks reasonable at a $3.95B market cap and a P/E of 11.4. Technical momentum is strong but overbought, so use a disciplined entry and stop. Recommended trade: long en…
SCHMID Group (NASDAQ:SHMD) saw its stock climb 23% following the delivery of its inaugural null Line H+ system for Panel-Level Packaging to a leading U.S. technology company. The platform, built for next-generation substrate manufacturing, handles formats up to 700×700mm, uses a single-sided touchless process, and includes an inline flipping statio…
Robert Waldner, a director at Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (NYSE: IVR), purchased 1,000 shares of the company on February 27, 2026, at $8.4463 per share for a total of $8,446, according to a Form 4 filing. The company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results showing EPS of $0.56 versus an expected $0.59, while revenue of $56.06 million substantially o…
Charles Brandon Smith, a former officer of Realloys Inc. (NASDAQ: ALOY), reported the sale of 8,500 shares on February 27, 2026, generating $131,500 in proceeds. The company has completed a merger and is pursuing supply agreements and domestic processing initiatives for rare earth elements while adding new board members. Realloys stock has shown su…
Saba Capital Management, L.P., a roughly 10% holder of BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust (NASDAQ: ECAT), reported a sale of 244,943 shares on March 2, 2026, according to a Form 4 filing. The block was executed at $15.15 per share for proceeds of $3,710,886. After the transaction Saba directly holds 23,123,608 shares. ECAT currently trades…
Venezuela's central bank reported a 7.07% year-on-year increase in gross domestic product for the fourth quarter, marking the country's 19th straight quarter of expansion. The bank attributed the quarterly rise largely to oil-sector gains and noted non-oil growth led by construction and mining. Independent analysts and local firms, however, estimat…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said crude oil markets are well supplied even as U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran disrupted Middle East output, and he indicated additional U.S. policy announcements are forthcoming. Oil prices rose about 1% on the disruption, though gains moderated after President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. Navy could escort …
U.S. stock futures ticked higher in premarket trading after earlier losses this week amid reports that Iran may be seeking an end to the conflict in the Middle East. Individual equities moved on company forecasts, quarterly results, regulatory actions, and a legal settlement. Notable premarket movers included gains in technology and biotech names s…
Citi said it trimmed risk across a range of macro positions after an abrupt volatility spike tied to geopolitical developments. The bank described the market moves as resembling a VAR shock, closed its long EURUSD spot position after hitting drawdown limits, took profits on EM FX carry positions and exited certain EM receivers and a long gilt-versu…
EPR Properties (EPR) is a monthly-paying experiential REIT that has quietly outperformed as the broader market consolidates. With a current price near $59.85, a dividend yield north of 6%, improving technicals and an active capital deployment plan, EPR looks like a pragmatic income-and-growth trade over the next 45 trading days. This trade idea lay…
NioCorp Developments (NB) remains my top pick among junior critical‑minerals names. The Elk Creek project’s mix of niobium, scandium and titanium is strategically valuable to U.S. supply chains; the stock trades at a $740.8M market cap with an enterprise value of $434.4M and is supported by improving government attention to domestic critical minera…
Saba Capital Management, L.P., a roughly 10% holder of PIMCO Dynamic Income Strategy Fund (PDX), disposed of 16,256 shares on March 2, 2026, at $20.59 per share for proceeds of $334,711. After the trade, Saba still beneficially owns 6,428,579 shares. PDX is trading near $20.55 with a market capitalization of $918.73 million and a dividend yield of …
Saudi Arabia's equity market ended the session higher, led by gains in Media & Publishing, Hotels & Tourism and Real Estate Development sectors. The Tadawul All Share climbed 1.20% at the close. Market breadth favored advancers by a wide margin, while energy and industrial heavyweights showed mixed moves. Oil, gold and currency indicators posted mo…
Morgan Stanley has named National Grid plc, ENGIE and RWE AG as its preferred European utility stocks to outperform through 2026, citing a policy focus on energy security and investor demand for defensive exposures amid market volatility. The broker points to a mix of regulated earnings, visible capital expenditure growth and structural exposure to…
Bernstein upgraded Target's rating to market-perform from underperform, arguing that expected U.S. tax refunds and prospective Federal Reserve rate reductions, together with management actions to update merchandising and stores, make the company's near-term recovery prospects more balanced despite ongoing execution risk. Target also issued optimist…
NATO air and missile defense elements deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean engaged and destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Iran after it crossed Iraqi and Syrian airspace and was detected on a track toward Turkish airspace. Debris from the interceptor fell in the Dortyol district of Hatay province; authorities reported no casualties. Turkey's…
Mazda, which withdrew from the Russian market in 2022, has climbed to sixth place in Russian car sales for January-February as recent changes to Russia's scrappage fees favor smaller, lower-output imported vehicles. Autostat data show a dramatic rise in Mazda imports, led by the CX-5, amid broader shifts in import routes through third countries, pr…
Iraq has reduced oil production across several major fields by more than 50% after onshore storage reached capacity and maritime carriers are steering clear of the Strait of Hormuz following attacks on shipping. Authorities have cut output at Rumaila, West Qurna 2 and Maysan, and suspended crude flows from the Kirkuk region as a precaution, limitin…
Abercrombie & Fitch projected annual net income per share above analyst consensus and predicted muted top-line growth for fiscal 2026, while incorporating the expected effects of U.S. tariffs on apparel imports. The company also reported a fourth-quarter adjusted EPS that exceeded estimates and said its full-year outlook assumes a 70 basis-point ta…
