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  • Pentagon-Anthropic standoff nears Friday deadline over military-use limits, risking Defense Department contracts and AI supplier uncertainty.
  • PBOC cuts forward FX reserve requirement to zero, triggering CNH weakness and prompting JPMorgan to close its offshore yuan long.
  • India's GDP growth was revised to 7.8% for Q3 and the fiscal-year forecast raised to 7.6%, supporting emerging-market demand prospects.
  • UBS flags moderate upside for Eurozone equities as cost cuts have driven EPS beats, suggesting selective equity buying into recovery.
  • Texas GOP primary between Cornyn and Paxton transforms a safe Senate seat into a competitive contest, potentially forcing national Republican resource shifts.
  • Trump will visit Corpus Christi to promote his economic and fossil-fuel agenda near competitive House districts and the U.S. LNG export hub.

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Meta’s Multi-Year Play Is Turning Into Profits: A Long-Term Trade Plan

Meta’s Multi-Year Play Is Turning Into Profits: A Long-Term Trade Plan

Meta has been reinvesting aggressively into AI infrastructure and Reality Labs while its Family of Apps continues to generate strong cash flow. Valuation sits at a reasonable premium for a company with $46.1B in free cash flow, a $1.74T market cap and double-digit returns on equity. This trade idea outlines an entry, stop and target for a long trad…

Stephens Lifts AutoNation Price Target to $232 as Mixed Q4 Results Highlight Margin and Buyback Dynamics

Stephens Lifts AutoNation Price Target to $232 as Mixed Q4 Results Highlight Margin and Buyback Dynamics

Stephens raised its 12-month price target on AutoNation Inc. to $232 from $228 while maintaining an Equal Weight rating. The move follows AutoNation's fourth-quarter 2025 results, which showed an EPS beat alongside a revenue miss, ongoing share repurchases and pressure on EBITDA and margins. Valuation indicators and near-term comparative headwinds …

Needham Lifts Gilead Sciences Price Target to $170 After Strong HIV Sales

Needham Lifts Gilead Sciences Price Target to $170 After Strong HIV Sales

Needham raised its price objective on Gilead Sciences to $170 from $140 and maintained a Buy rating after the biotechnology company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat estimates. Strength in the HIV franchise, led by Biktarvy and Descovy, and solid growth in the HIV PrEP market supported the outlook. Gilead issued initial 2026 product sa…

IndeRes Raises Spotify to Buy After Strong Q4; Raises Target to $595

IndeRes Raises Spotify to Buy After Strong Q4; Raises Target to $595

IndeRes upgraded Spotify (SPOT) from Accumulate to Buy and nudged its 12-month price target to $595 from $590 after the streaming company delivered stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results and optimistic first-quarter guidance. The firm cited superior profitability, user gains and management commentary on U.S. pricing as reasons for the upgrad…

Stephens Lifts Peoples Financial Services Price Target to $56, Cites Mixed Q4 Results and Margin Strength

Stephens Lifts Peoples Financial Services Price Target to $56, Cites Mixed Q4 Results and Margin Strength

Stephens raised its price objective for Peoples Financial Services Corp. (NASDAQ: PFIS) to $56.00 from $50.00 and left its rating at Equal Weight after reviewing the bank's fourth-quarter 2025 results. The firm pointed to a shortfall in pre-provision net revenue and higher expenses and charge-offs as drivers of an EPS miss, while noting a stronger-…

Morgan Stanley Cuts Sea Ltd. Target to $173 but Keeps Overweight Call

Morgan Stanley Cuts Sea Ltd. Target to $173 but Keeps Overweight Call

Morgan Stanley reduced its price target on Sea Ltd. (ticker SE) from $209 to $173 while leaving an Overweight rating intact. The revised target remains well above the stock's recent price of $113.33. The bank expects the company to channel investments into operations to increase scale and competitiveness as e-commerce evolves with artificial intell…

Prospect Capital: A NAV Re-rating Trade with Yield as a Catalyst

Prospect Capital: A NAV Re-rating Trade with Yield as a Catalyst

Prospect Capital (PSEC) is trading at about half of book value with an outsized cash yield and a recent string of corporate actions. This trade idea targets a NAV revaluation driven by clearer earnings cadence, ongoing portfolio de-risking, and shareholder-friendly activity. Enter at $2.80, stop at $2.30, target $3.60 over a 180 trading-day horizon…

US Security Contractor Lists Arabic-Speaking Combat Veterans for Humanitarian Roles

US Security Contractor Lists Arabic-Speaking Combat Veterans for Humanitarian Roles

UG Solutions, a North Carolina-based security firm that supplied armed contractors to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) during its months of activity last year, has posted job listings seeking Arabic-speaking personnel with combat experience. The listings, which include roles described as an International Humanitarian Security Officer and a Cu…

T-Mobile Falls Short of Subscriber Estimates as Rival Promotions Intensify

T-Mobile Falls Short of Subscriber Estimates as Rival Promotions Intensify

T-Mobile reported 962,000 postpaid phone additions in the October-December quarter, the largest raw gain among the big three U.S. carriers, but below the 981,330 additions analysts had forecast. The company saw rising churn and slightly stronger-than-expected revenue driven by higher take-up of premium plans, while annual adjusted free cash flow gu…

Jefferies Sees Retail REITs Poised for Continued Strength into 2026

Jefferies Sees Retail REITs Poised for Continued Strength into 2026

Jefferies' Pan-European real estate outlook identifies retail real estate investment trusts as a favorable segment heading into 2026, citing low vacancy rates, meaningful rental uplifts and renewed investment activity. The broker highlights a handful of listed retail landlords - Mery, Carmila, Eurocommercial Properties and Supermarket Income REIT -…