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Hillary Clinton told the House Oversight Committee during a closed-door deposition that she does not recall meeting Jeffrey Epstein and has no information about his criminal conduct. Speaking after a seven-hour session in Chappaqua, New York, Clinton said she never flew on Epstein’s plane or visited his properties. The hearing featured repeated lin…
GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to capture the electricity-infrastructure surge driven by AI data centers. Backlogs in gas turbines, a transformer-focused Prolec GE deal and accelerating electrification projects point to outsized revenue visibility. I’m raising my tactical price target to $980 and presenting a mid-term long trade: entry $820, sto…
Theravance Biopharma's stock dropped sharply after its Phase 3 CYPRESS trial of ampreloxetine did not achieve its primary endpoint. The company will wind down the program, initiate a major workforce and cost restructuring, and accelerate a Strategic Review Committee process that may include a sale. Management also outlined cash and revenue expectat…
China has publicly opposed recent military strikes by Israel and the United States against Iran and has demanded an immediate cessation of hostilities. Foreign Minister Wang Yi conveyed the position in a phone call with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, reiterated China’s preference for dialogue and negotiation, and signalled Beijing will act t…
Escalating hostilities in the Middle East have introduced new headwinds for luxury goods companies that had been counting on the region to help offset a broader slowdown. Temporary airspace closures and halted operations at major airports such as Dubai and Doha have curtailed travel and closed stores in key shopping centres, threatening a revenue s…
Global Ship Lease (GSL) is a contained, cash-generating charter owner of 69 containerships. With $1.92B of contracted revenue and an average remaining charter term of 2.5 years, the company looks poised to benefit from rising 2026 geopolitical frictions that favor fixed, long-term charters. We outline a long trade with an entry at $39.05, a $50.00 …
Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Schmid reiterated his opposition to additional interest-rate reductions, arguing that the labor market is balanced while inflation remains above the central bank's target. He warned that demand is outstripping supply and that services prices are rising too quickly for a return to the Fed's 2% goal, and …
Micron sits at the center of the AI memory supercycle. With a market cap north of $426B, strong profitability (ROE ~20%), and constrained high-bandwidth memory supply, the upside to $1,000 is plausible if revenue and margins continue to scale. This is a long-term trade idea: enter at $378.6465, target $1,000, stop at $320. The trade leans on contin…
HSBC has reaffirmed its Buy rating on Broadcom while reducing its price target to $450 from $535, citing a valuation reset among AI-focused chip names as a buying opportunity. Analyst Frank Lee forecasts a slight beat to guidance for Broadcom's upcoming 1QFY26 results and projects stronger AI-driven growth later in the fiscal year, driven by ASIC r…
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Tuesday that cuts to the federal funds rate would be appropriate if inflation slows after the primary effects of tariffs have passed. Williams laid out an expected trajectory for inflation and described recent signs of stability in the labor market, while noting that tariffs are likely t…
Tehran’s streets have been emptied by a sustained U.S.-Israeli missile offensive that residents say has left neighborhoods under tight security, with electricity and water disruptions compounding fears. Iranian authorities report hundreds of deaths, while accounts from people inside and those fleeing the country describe damaged buildings, panic an…
X4 Pharmaceuticals (XFOR) is a small-cap biotech with an FDA-marketed drug (mavorixafor / XOLREMDI) and a funded development program to expand that label into chronic neutropenic disorders. The company has raised meaningful capital, secured an EU commercialization partner with milestone upside, and is trading at a market cap (~$290M) that leaves ro…
Juniper Investment Company, LLC sold 150,000 shares of Lincoln Educational Services Corp (NASDAQ: LINC) on February 25, 2026, generating roughly $5.35 million. The transaction occurred as the stock traded close to its 52-week peak and follows robust fourth-quarter 2025 results and upward price-target revisions by sell-side analysts.
U.S. officials say President Trump is considering backing Iranian groups willing to use force against the Tehran government. He has held direct talks with Kurdish leaders based in Iran and remains in contact with other local figures, while White House officials say no final decision has been made on providing weapons, training or intelligence.
New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said monetary policy is appropriately positioned to help stabilize the labor market and guide inflation back to the Fed's 2% objective, and that additional federal funds rate reductions would be justified if inflation follows his expected path. Williams delivered his remarks to a conference hosted by…
Standex International director Thomas E. Chorman executed a sale of 50 shares on March 2, 2026, under a pre-existing 10b5-1 trading agreement. The transaction followed a year in which the stock returned 47% but has since pulled back. Separately, Standex reported fiscal 2026 second-quarter results that modestly exceeded analyst expectations on both …
Widespread airspace closures across parts of the Middle East following strikes on Iran by U.S. and Israeli forces have left large numbers of foreign nationals stranded. Governments from Australia to the United Kingdom are weighing options ranging from urging citizens to use resumed commercial services to organising charters, land exits and special …
New Found Gold (NFGC) is a development-stage gold company trading at about $888M market cap. Recent drill success, a sizable strategic stake from Dundee, and still-elevated short interest create an asymmetric risk/reward: a successful delivery of resource and de-risking catalysts could drive valuation toward multi-billion-dollar developer levels. T…
The State Department on March 3 ordered non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members to depart from several embassies across the Middle East and urged American citizens in the region to use available commercial transport to leave immediately. The advisory comes amid a U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran that has disrupted air …
Pfizer is trading near the top of its 52-week range but still offers a compelling income-plus-upside trade. The combination of roughly $10.4B in annual free cash flow, a 6.3% dividend yield, modest leverage and a developing oral GLP-1 program supports a mid-term re-rating. We lay out an actionable swing trade with entry, stop and target, plus catal…
Markets pared back expectations that the Federal Reserve will begin trimming interest rates before September after air strikes linked to the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran lifted oil prices and provoked heavy selling in rate-sensitive assets. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed and global crude flows curtailed, traders have reduced the…
Nvidia reported January-quarter results that beat expectations and provided a first-quarter fiscal 2027 revenue outlook of $78 billion, outstripping market forecasts. Strong sequential and year-over-year data-center sales, growing networking revenues, and a sizable increase in supply chain commitments have given analysts greater confidence in the c…
Bank of America Securities says the U.S. dollar has reasserted its role as the preferred safe-haven currency during the recent Middle East tensions that have disrupted oil markets. The bank cites the United States' energy self-sufficiency and option-market signals showing a shift toward dollar demand, while noting the Canadian dollar also typically…
On March 3 the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sent a proposed rulemaking package for prediction markets to the President’s Office of Management and Budget, initiating the formal regulatory review. The action comes amid political backlash to wagers on geopolitical events and resistance from state gaming authorities, while the CFTC seeks t…
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said on March 3 that Tehran has not approached the United States, directly or indirectly, about negotiations to reduce tensions or to restart nuclear discussions. The remarks came three days after joint U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, amid fresh explosions in Tehran and global market jitters over possi…
