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Stocks Swing Widely as Healthcare Names Lead Declines and Tech, Semiconductors Post Gains

Stocks Swing Widely as Healthcare Names Lead Declines and Tech, Semiconductors Post Gains

Trading on Tuesday produced sharp moves across market-cap bands, with large healthcare insurers among the weakest names after policy news and a mix of gains in semiconductors, cloud and data center-related stocks. Mega-cap losses included UnitedHealth, while Humana and CVS were large-cap decliners. A range of mid- and small-cap companies also recor…

Cantor Launches Fintech Coverage, Says Financial 'Plumbing' Is Being Rebuilt

Cantor Launches Fintech Coverage, Says Financial 'Plumbing' Is Being Rebuilt

Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage of fintech and payments stocks, arguing that blockchain and artificial intelligence are driving a fundamental redesign of how money and assets move across accounts, balance sheets, and jurisdictions. The firm warns the change is obscured to many end users by modern interfaces built atop legacy systems, and ident…

Cardiff Oncology Shares Collapse After Phase 2 Onvansertib Update

Cardiff Oncology Shares Collapse After Phase 2 Onvansertib Update

Cardiff Oncology's stock fell almost 30% in premarket trading Tuesday after the company released Phase 2 data for onvansertib combined with standard first-line therapy in RAS-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer. While the 30mg arm produced a notably higher confirmed objective response rate than standard of care and was well-tolerated, the market r…

Health Insurers Drop Sharply After CMS Proposes Minimal 2027 Medicare Advantage Payment Increase

Health Insurers Drop Sharply After CMS Proposes Minimal 2027 Medicare Advantage Payment Increase

Shares of major U.S. health insurers plunged on Tuesday after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released an Advance Notice proposing a 0.09% increase to 2027 Medicare Advantage payments. The unexpectedly small increase - equivalent to just over $700 million in additional payments - weighed on names with sizable Medicare Advantage exp…

Genenta Science to Rebrand and Pivot into Italian Defense Consolidator

Genenta Science to Rebrand and Pivot into Italian Defense Consolidator

Genenta Science SpA ADR said it will change its name to Saentra Forge S.p.A. and redirect its corporate strategy toward acquiring privately held Italian businesses in national security sectors governed by Italian Golden Power rules. The announcement, which included a binding agreement to fund and potentially acquire a controlling stake in ATC - a N…

Burry Reopens Position in GameStop, Sees Stock as a Bet on CEO Ryan Cohen Rather Than Another Meme-Fueled Squeeze

Burry Reopens Position in GameStop, Sees Stock as a Bet on CEO Ryan Cohen Rather Than Another Meme-Fueled Squeeze

Investor Michael Burry has revealed a stake in videogame retailer GameStop and published an analysis explaining why he views the company as a wager on CEO Ryan Cohen's ability to deploy cash into a transformative acquisition, rather than a ticket to another explosive short squeeze. Burry, who previously owned GameStop shares in 2018 and sold them s…

UBS Identifies Four European Telecom Stocks to Watch in 2026

UBS Identifies Four European Telecom Stocks to Watch in 2026

UBS strategists, including Polo Tang and Ondrejsek Cabejsek, argue Europe's telecom sector could undergo a valuation reset provided investors are selective on timing and stock choice. After lagging the broader market in 2025, the sector may benefit from capex tailwinds as heavy fibre rollouts wind down. UBS highlights four preferred names — Orange,…