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Nucor Corporation Executive Vice President Needham Daniel R. disclosed the sale of 3,881 shares on January 30, 2026, in a Form 4 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The shares were sold at $178.0 each, totaling $690818. After the trade, Needham directly holds 88298.37 shares. Separately, Nucor reported fourth-quarter 2025 results th…
Palantir Technologies shares climbed sharply after the company reported quarterly results powered by a 66% increase in U.S. government revenue and provided above-consensus guidance for the first quarter, with management projecting a pronounced acceleration in sales in 2026 partly driven by government contracts. The rally reflects investor focus on …
UBS trimmed its price target on Marvell Technology to $115 from $120 while preserving a Buy rating following the closing of the Celestial AI acquisition. The firm expects near-term EPS dilution from the deal but has raised revenue forecasts for calendar 2027 and models upside if Marvell executes planned product ramps. Market consensus remains stron…
UBS reduced its price target for Procore Technologies (PCOR) from $87.00 to $74.00 while keeping a Buy rating, pointing to continued mid-teens growth supported by customer checks and industry data. The firm left its FY26 revenue forecast at 10% year-over-year and noted investor expectations for an initial FY26 outlook closer to 12% revenue growth a…
UBS increased its 12-month price objective on Woodward Inc. to $417 from $378 and reiterated a Buy rating following a quarter that beat expectations and prompted a cross-segment guidance raise. The upgrade accompanies continued strength in aerospace and industrial end markets, visible margin improvement tied to productivity investments, and durable…
The federal government is considering the reintroduction of electric vehicle purchase rebates while finalizing a national automotive strategy. Officials are balancing climate targets and recent trade negotiations, and the strategy is expected to address the paused EV sales mandate, infrastructure needs, and foreign investment interest. Details on t…
UBS raised its target on Amazon.com to $311 from $310 and reaffirmed a Buy rating as it updated valuation assumptions and boosted forecasts for AWS revenue and capital expenditures. The bank has increased its aggregated capex outlook for the period from Q4 2025 through Q4 2027 to $344 billion, with AWS representing $260 billion of that total. UBS c…
The White House convened representatives from major banking trade groups and crypto industry organizations to try to bridge a months-long impasse over proposed federal digital-asset legislation. The meeting ended without an agreement, with fundamental differences persisting over whether interest and other rewards on stablecoins should be permitted.…
Israel's main stock index, the TA-35, closed at a fresh all-time high after advancing 1.74%. Gains were concentrated in the Insurance, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors, with Menora Miv Hld, OPC Energy and Phoenix Holdings among the session's top performers. Semiconductor and related technology names registered the largest declines. Commodity and cu…
Greece's stock market closed higher on Tuesday, driven by strength in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors. The Athens General Composite rose 1.00% to a new five-year high. Several individual stocks reached multi-year or record peaks, while commodities and currency benchmarks showed mixed moves.
Wolfe Research says Kevin Warsh's arrival at the Federal Reserve creates a complex balance-sheet outlook in which both further easing and quantitative tightening (QT) are conceivable. Analyst Tobin Marcus highlights President Trump's mortgage-driven intervention and the Powell Fed's reserve management shift, while noting Warsh's history of advocati…
Lithia's recent capital moves and acquisitions signal a shift from relentless roll-up growth toward a more mature capital allocation mix. At current levels the stock offers a low P/E and attractive upside if the company can convert acquisitions into improved margins and restore free cash flow. This trade targets a re-rating over the next 180 tradin…
Canada’s Financial Consumer Agency (FCAC) has imposed a $4 million administrative penalty on the Bank of Montreal for breaches of the Bank Act’s consumer provisions tied to inaccurate fee disclosure. The lapses, occurring mainly from 2010 to 2024, affected specific discounted programs and resulted in erroneous fees for 101,091 customers, many of wh…
Meta remains a buy today on a mix of robust profitability, accelerating AI-driven revenue growth, and a still-favorable technical setup. That said, management's planned jump in capital spending and rising Reality Labs costs compress upside and increase volatility. This trade idea targets a measured rebound toward the 52-week highs while setting a t…
Benchmark has reduced its 12-month price target for LiveRamp Holdings Inc. to $38 from $53 while keeping a Buy rating, citing a more cautious valuation approach based on a three-year average forward EV/Adjusted EBITDA multiple of 10x. The stock, trading around $23.12 and close to its 52-week low of $22.82, is viewed by the analyst as attractively p…
Stifel raised its price objective for Simon Property Group (SPG) to $185 from $184 while keeping a Hold rating. The adjustment follows a fourth-quarter Real Estate FFO per share beat and reflects higher net operating income from the REIT's properties. Simon also reported outsized Q4 2025 EPS and revenue versus forecasts.
Truist Securities has reaffirmed a Buy rating on Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) and set a $223 price target, citing the company’s accelerating revenue growth and strong margin profile as evidence that Palantir is driving AI adoption at scale. The firm materially raised its 2026 revenue and free cash flow forecasts, while other analysts offered a…
Truist Securities has reaffirmed a Buy rating on Robinhood Markets with a $155.00 price target even as the stock plunged roughly 10% in a single session. The price objective implies roughly 74% upside from the cited $88.99 level, while third-party InvestingPro data shows the shares trading above Fair Value and carrying a price-to-earnings ratio of …
Benchmark increased its price target on Lionsgate Studios Corp to $12.00 from $11.00 while keeping a Buy rating ahead of the company’s upcoming quarterly results. The move reflects greater confidence in Lionsgate’s financial trajectory and clearer visibility on the studio’s release slate, anchored by strong box-office performance from recent theatr…
Trading on Tuesday produced a broad set of winners and losers across market-cap segments. Palantir and several industrial and materials names rose, while established technology and payments companies led declines. The session featured pronounced swings in individual stocks tied to earnings, guidance, leadership changes and corporate transactions.
The Trump administration is formalizing a recently announced trade understanding with India that cuts Indian tariffs on U.S. industrial goods to zero from 13.5% and lowers U.S. tariffs on most Indian products to 18% from 50%. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said India will retain targeted agricultural protections and must follow its own po…
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee has set a Feb. 12 hearing with National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy following an NTSB finding that a series of systemic failures at the Federal Aviation Administration contributed to a January 2025 mid-air collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that killed 67 people. The co…
Turkey's BIST 100 index closed higher on Tuesday, rising 1.87% to a fresh all-time high as gains in Telecoms, Basic Metals and Transport sectors propelled the market. Advancers outnumbered decliners by 373 to 219, with 17 stocks unchanged. Notable winners included Can2 Termik AS, Kiler Holding AS - which hit a record price - and Grainturk Holding A…
Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) sits at the center of the AI hardware boom. With ~72% pure-foundry share, $122.4B revenue in 2025 (+36% YoY), and industry-leading margins, TSM is a capital-intensive but structurally advantaged way to play hyperscaler spending. Trade plan: long at $336.88, stop $312.00, target $420.00 over a long-term (180 trading days) …
Univest Financial director Natalye Paquin bought 580 shares on February 2, 2026, at $34.579 per share, totaling $20,055. Paquin also received 1,766 shares on January 31, 2026, following the vesting of restricted stock units, and holds 1,283 RSUs scheduled to vest on January 31, 2028. Separately, Univest reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarte…
