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Raymond James has reaffirmed a Strong Buy rating and a $19.00 price target on Ardelyx following a newly issued U.S. formulation patent for tenapanor. The patent (No. 12,539,299) may extend the drug's exclusivity window to 2042, and the firm says even a partial extension could add meaningful value to the company's discounted cash flow model. Ardelyx…
Federal authorities in Massachusetts charged four individuals for allegedly using 115 stolen identities to obtain over $1 million in benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. Prosecutors say the fraud financed bulk food purchases for a restaurant and generated more than $700,000 from false une…
TD Cowen increased its 12-month price target for Ametek Inc. (AME) to $260 from $230 while retaining a Buy rating. The revised target implies roughly a 14% upside from the stock's trading level near $228.92 and follows stronger order trends, improving segments, and an earnings beat for the fourth quarter of 2025.
Truist Securities reduced its price target on SL Green Realty (NYSE: SLG) to $44 from $47 while maintaining a Hold rating. The firm raised its 2026 FFO estimate slightly, left 2027 unchanged below consensus, and flagged potential dilution from planned asset sales and debt refinancings. Truist also noted risks from lease economics and uncertain whit…
U.S. stocks closed lower on Tuesday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.34%, the S&P 500 off 0.84% and the NASDAQ Composite sliding 1.43%. Losses were concentrated in Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Services, while select names posted sharp moves in both directions. Market breadth was mixed across the exchanges and volatility edged hig…
Mexico's benchmark S&P/BMV IPC finished the session up 3.14%, with the Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors leading gains. Grupo Mexico and Promotora y Operadora de Infraestructura posted the largest advances and reached all-time highs. Commodity prices and currency pairs registered significant moves alongside the equ…
Canada's S&P/TSX Composite finished the session higher, gaining 0.64% as strength in the Materials, Consumer Staples and Energy sectors supported the rally. Mining and energy stocks produced some of the largest advances, while a handful of prominent names posted substantial losses. Commodity prices moved higher and volatility measures softened.
Colombian stocks finished the session higher on Tuesday, with the COLCAP index up 0.59%. Strength in Industrials, Services and Agriculture underpinned the advance, while individual large-cap names displayed divergent performances — Cementos Argos Pf and Bolsa De Valores De Colombia reached multi-year highs even as Mineros SA and others posted notab…
Advanced Micro Devices projected first-quarter revenue above analysts' consensus, driven by demand for AI-focused data center processors and growth in server CPU deployments. Shares fell more than 4% in after-hours trading. Tight supply of high bandwidth memory and broader memory shortages are flagged as potential constraints for AI hardware and PC…
The MOEX Russia Index finished Tuesday's session higher, supported by advances in the Mining, Telecoms and Power sectors. Market breadth was positive, with more stocks rising than falling, while volatility measures and commodity prices moved higher alongside modest ruble weakness versus major currencies.
Clorox reported adjusted second-quarter earnings below analyst estimates as budget-conscious shoppers opted for lower-priced alternatives to branded cleaning products and the company faced elevated manufacturing and logistics costs. Revenue declined 1% to $1.67 billion, while adjusted EPS was $1.39 versus estimates of $1.43. The Household segment's…
Amgen reported fourth-quarter results that surpassed analyst expectations, driven by higher drug volumes and a lower tax rate. Revenue reached $9.9 billion and adjusted earnings per share beat estimates, while guidance for 2026 sets a revenue midpoint above Street forecasts. Results were mixed at the product level with strong gains for Repatha and …
Mexico has pledged to deliver at least 350,000 acre-feet of water per year to the United States and to implement a plan to repay outstanding water debt from the prior cycle. The commitment, announced in a joint statement by U.S. officials, includes monthly bilateral meetings to manage deliveries, while Mexico stressed that final volumes will depend…
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will appear before the House Oversight Committee for transcribed and filmed testimony on February 26 and 27 as part of the congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The planned contempt vote that could have led to criminal referrals has been paused while both agree …
Caterpillar Group President Bob De Lange sold 15,977 shares on February 2, 2026, for roughly $10.9 million while exercising options to acquire 20,512 shares. The transactions leave him with 79,953 directly held shares. The stock has climbed sharply over the past year, trades above its prior 52-week high, and recently reported quarterly results that…
Caterpillar Group President Anthony D. Fassino sold 10,671 shares on February 2, 2026, for about $7.2 million and exercised options to buy 15,000 shares at $196.70. Following the transactions he directly holds 41,151 shares and indirectly owns 1,499 shares via a 401(k). Separately, Caterpillar reported Q4 2025 earnings and revenue ahead of expectat…
KKR is preparing Wella Company, owner of OPI nail polish and multiple haircare brands, for a U.S. initial public offering potentially this year, according to people familiar with the matter. The private equity firm has engaged investment banks as it readies the global beauty business for a listing, with consumer demand for personal care remaining s…
Colombian President Gustavo Petro told Caracol radio that he and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the potential export of Venezuelan gas through Colombia, cooperation on combating drug trafficking, and Colombia's trade and drugs dispute with Ecuador during a White House meeting. The leaders also addressed coca crop eradication methods and Petr…
Kaiser Permanente has urged patients to complete urgent laboratory testing this week as unions representing pharmacy and lab staff in Southern California filed for a strike set to begin next week. The move comes as an open-ended strike by more than 31,000 nurses and health workers across California and Hawaii proceeds into a second week. Kaiser war…
Apple's Xcode 26.3 adds support for Anthropic's Claude Agent SDK, enabling developers to run Claude Sonnet 4 with expanded capabilities inside the IDE. The integration moves beyond prior turn-by-turn interactions to permit autonomous, long-running coding tasks, visual verification via Xcode Previews, and project-wide reasoning across SwiftUI, UIKit…
Bridger Aerospace (BAER) looks like a classic momentum setup into the 2026 wildfire season: improving revenue mix, fresh Super Scooper capacity and tighter technicals have driven the stock to $2.99. This is an actionable swing trade — not a conviction long-term compounder — because the company is small-cap, seasonally driven, and still carries oper…
Target (TGT) is trading under pressure from competitive and margin concerns, but the stock's valuation and cash flow profile make a compelling mid-term long. Entry at $111.31, stop at $103.00 and a target of $125.00 gives a favorable risk/reward while collecting a healthy 4%+ yield and exposure to improving private-label momentum.
Murray Stahl, President and Co-Portfolio Manager of RENN Fund, Inc. (RCG), purchased 954 shares on February 2, 2026, at $2.75 per share, a transaction valued at $3,118. The purchase occurred slightly above the fund's prevailing market price of $2.68. RENN Fund is a small-cap vehicle with a market capitalization of $18.78 million and nearly 37% reve…
Brazil's benchmark stock index closed higher Tuesday, rising 1.44% to a new all-time high. Gains were concentrated in the Basic Materials, Real Estate and Public Utilities sectors, while market breadth was narrowly positive. Several individual names recorded notable moves and volatility measures for Bovespa options declined.
A Bank of Canada analysis attributes the sharp rise in grocery prices in 2025 mainly to higher costs for imported foodstuffs and processed goods, compounded by a weaker Canadian dollar and specific supply shortages. Food inflation reached 5% in December 2025, driven by large increases in certain categories and by domestic pressures in livestock and…
