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Baird cut Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ: ZION) from Outperform to Neutral and set a $65 target, a level close to the stock's current trading price. The move reflects Baird's view that the bank's rally and restored investor confidence mean the shares now trade at a fair valuation, even as some metrics suggest potential undervaluation. The bank's deposit com…
Citizens has begun coverage of Fermi (NASDAQ: FRMI), issuing a Market Outperform rating and a $30.00 price target while the stock trades around $8.00 and close to its 52-week low. The brokerage cites the potential impact of a single contract signing in early 2026 and models significant upside if Fermi develops and leases 11GW at market rates. The c…
British equities rose modestly on Monday alongside broader European advances, with the FTSE 100 up 0.4% as the pound slipped. Market attention centered on corporate results and strategic deals, including Plus500's upbeat outlook, NatWest's acquisition of Evelyn Partners and executive suspensions at Phoenix Global Mining. The Financial Conduct Autho…
Jefferies has moved Greggs to a 'hold' rating from 'buy' and lowered its price target to 1,610p, pointing to growing evidence that rapid adoption of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs is producing a persistent reduction in customer volumes. The brokerage has reduced like-for-like growth forecasts and models margin compression across FY26 and FY27, while manag…
Japan’s landslide parliamentary victory for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party gives her a strong political foothold to pursue an expansionary economic agenda. Markets reacted with equity rallies but have held back decisive moves in bonds and the yen pending clarity on how new measures will be funded and whether policymakers w…
A private survey shows Japan saw a rise in corporate bankruptcies in January, driven in part by higher labour costs and worsening labour shortages among smaller businesses. Separate government data indicated real wages fell 0.1% in December from a year earlier, improving from a steeper drop in November. Policymakers face a dilemma: lift pay to sust…
JPMorgan strategists contend that recent weakness in the U.S. dollar should generally support risk assets, including equities, and that concerns about foreign-exchange headwinds for Europe may be overstated. They point to a 3% fall in the DXY index in late January and say stronger local activity can counteract translation effects, while emerging ma…
Amcor (AMCR) offers a rare mix for income investors: a dividend yield north of 5% on a $22.2B market cap company with recurring cash flow and secular packaging tailwinds. The business is cyclical but defensive by virtue of exposure to grocery, healthcare, and e-commerce packaging. We outline a long trade plan (entry $47.50, stop $44.00, target $55.…
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s decisive victory in Japan’s lower house has diminished domestic resistance to a tougher security agenda. With 352 of 465 seats, her government is poised to accelerate defence spending, loosen arms-export restrictions and pursue a new national security strategy, steps that have provoked strong rebukes and economic cou…
Phoenix Global Mining Ltd has placed its executive chairman and chief financial officer on immediate suspension while the board investigates allegations concerning recent conduct and past payments to a former corporate finance adviser. The AIM-listed miner has put interim financial controls in place, is seeking an interim CFO, and says current cash…
Novo Nordisk’s Frankfurt-listed shares gained 4.5% on Monday following Hims & Hers’ decision to stop selling a $49 compounded weight-loss pill based on semaglutide after legal warnings from Novo and action from U.S. regulators. The move followed earlier signals from the FDA that it would crack down on unauthorized compounded GLP-1 medications. Desp…
Warpaint London has agreed to acquire the Barry M cosmetics brand for £1.4 million in cash, subject to court approval expected Monday. The purchase, completed out of administration, includes Barry M’s intellectual property, inventory and order book but explicitly excludes manufacturing capabilities and liabilities. Warpaint also issued a trading up…
Centrica has finalised the disposal of several non-core energy solutions businesses for in excess of £80 million, selling units in Italy and the Netherlands to a 3i Infrastructure portfolio company, enabling a management buyout in Hungary, and completing the sale of Panoramic Power. Management says proceeds will be redirected to Centrica Business p…
A consortium led by Advent and FedEx has agreed to buy InPost at €15.60 per share, valuing the parcel locker operator at €7.8 billion ($9.2 billion). The transaction, which preserves InPost's name, management team and Polish headquarters, aims to support further expansion of its automated parcel machines across multiple European markets. The partie…
Goldman Sachs has upgraded its projection for India’s real GDP growth in 2026 by 20 basis points to 6.9% year-on-year, attributing the revision to a substantial reduction in U.S. tariffs under an interim trade agreement. The pact lowers duties on a wide swath of Indian exports, includes commitments on Indian purchases of U.S. goods, and prompts Gol…
NatWest Group has agreed to acquire Evelyn Partners for an enterprise value of £2.7 billion, creating the UK’s largest Private Banking and Wealth Management franchise. The transaction combines Evelyn Partners’ £69 billion of assets under management with NatWest’s £59 billion, boosts fee income and is expected to be accretive to Return on Tangible E…
South Korea's National Assembly has established a 16-member special committee to accelerate passage of legislation tied to Seoul's $350 billion investment commitments in the United States. The move follows a late-January announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump threatening to raise tariffs on South Korean goods, which Seoul says prompted urgent …
Iranian authorities have arrested several senior figures affiliated with the Reform Front, including Azar Mansouri, the secretary-general of the Islamic Iran Nation’s Union Party, as part of a wider wave of detentions and intimidation following large-scale unrest last month. State-linked media and the judiciary’s outlet have reported indictments of…
UniCredit said it now targets net profit of 11 billion euros for this year after reporting quarterly results above analyst expectations. Management pointed to earnings support from investments in rival banks and a tax-credit boost, and reiterated longer-term ambitions to reach 13 billion euros by 2028 with average annual growth of 7% from 2026 to 2…
Japan's equity market closed higher on Monday, with the Nikkei 225 advancing 4.06% in Tokyo trading. Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors were principal drivers. A handful of large-cap industrials and semiconductors recorded the session's strongest gains, while several notable names fell. Market breadth favored advancers, and option-implied vol…
The Financial Conduct Authority is preparing to release comprehensive trading data for UK-listed equities, gathering transactions from exchanges, dark pools and off-exchange platforms to present a fuller view of liquidity. The regulator says current metrics, which depend heavily on the London Stock Exchange central limit order book, understate acti…
HSBC upgraded Align Technology (ALGN) from Hold to Buy and raised its price target to $200 from $150 following the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 results. The bank sees revenue growth edging higher in 2026 and expects planned direct 3D printing to be a long-term margin tailwind, even as the business contends with declining average selling prices, ma…
Morgan Stanley has launched coverage of Cipher Mining (CIFR), assigning an Overweight rating and a $38.00 price target. The bank frames established Bitcoin mining operations with contracted data centers as infrastructure assets that should attract long-term investors, while Cipher pursues a $2 billion secured note offering and new executive hires a…
Morgan Stanley initiated coverage of TeraWulf Inc. (NASDAQ: WULF) with an Overweight rating and a $37.00 price target, highlighting the company’s experience in building power assets and its record of securing data center agreements. The stock trades at $14.29, below the bank’s target and above an InvestingPro Fair Value assessment, while TeraWulf r…
Morgan Stanley has opened coverage of MARA Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MARA) with an Underweight rating and an $8.00 price target, citing a hybrid business model, high exposure to Bitcoin price moves, and limited hosting track record as constraints on upside from Bitcoin-to-data center conversions. The bank models MARA’s mining business using a 5x P/E mul…
