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Goldman Sachs raised price targets for European refining stocks and materially boosted diesel and jet crack assumptions after higher-than-expected diesel margins. The bank cited geopolitical-driven supply disruptions and persistent structural capacity tightness that have pushed refining margins well above historical norms, prompting significant upw…
Shares of Neste rose after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to Buy from Neutral and increased its price target to €40 from €32. The bank cited heightened geopolitical and supply risks, expanded regulatory support for renewable fuels in Europe, and the removal of the US small refinery exemptions overhang. While the firm trimmed its renewable sales v…
Morgan Stanley upgraded Accor SA to overweight and designated it a Top Pick, arguing that a forecasted inflection in RevPAR in 2027, recovering net unit growth, a favorable fee algorithm and significant cash returns will outweigh short-term disruption from weaker Middle East travel. The bank raised its price target and adjusted near- and medium-ter…
Citi remains constructive on precious metals, reiterating a near-term gold target of $4,800 per ounce and a 6-12 month forecast of $5,000, above the roughly $4,500 spot. The bank also projects silver at $75 per ounce versus a $67 spot. Citi characterizes the recent retreat in gold after a hawkish Warsh speech on August 29, 2026 as a dip that invest…
Citi and ANZ have raised their Brent crude price projections as continued disruptions to Middle East production and transit weigh on global oil balances. Citi now expects $86 per barrel for third-quarter 2026, while ANZ puts its short-term Brent view at $95 per barrel. Both banks highlight strained inventories and substantial Persian Gulf supply lo…
Shares of Deutsche Boerse fell about 1% following AlphaValue's downgrade from 'add' to 'reduce.' The broker cites fair valuation after a roughly 40% surge from February lows, while still acknowledging the company's quality and earnings strength. AlphaValue trimmed its medium-term EBITDA outlook relative to management guidance and modestly raised EP…
Alexandria (ARE) looks like it has already cleared the worst of the sell-off that drove it to a 52-week low of $39.41 earlier this year. Fundamentals remain challenged, but a sub-1.0 price-to-book, a $0.72 quarterly dividend and constructive short-term technicals argue for a tactical long on a disciplined retest. Trade plan: enter $53.00, stop $50.…
Bilibili Inc. has announced plans to offer $700 million in convertible senior notes due 2031, including a $200 million subscription from Tencent. Concurrently, Bilibili will conduct an equity placement involving borrowed shares and a secondary placement by Tencent, along with share repurchases totaling up to $300 million. The proceeds will be used …
Zscaler plunged in pre-market trade after reporting a solid fiscal fourth quarter yet signaling a slowdown for fiscal 2027. Revenue and adjusted EPS beat expectations, but management's guidance for significantly lower revenue and ARR growth, coupled with a restructuring charge and compressed free cash flow margin, shifted investor focus to near-ter…
Oklo is a pre-commercial SMR developer sitting on a strong liquidity profile and a clear route to customers in AI data centers. The trade: enter on a small pullback, target a re-rating to $55 in the next 45 trading days as procurement headlines or improved technicals reduce perceived execution risk. Stop tight under the mid-2026 low to protect agai…
India's market regulator has initiated personal hearings and legal measures to recover profits it says arose from trades that benefitted from advance knowledge of Hindenburg Research's critical report on the Adani Group. The actions target offshore entities and a Mauritius-based fund tied to Kotak International that allegedly facilitated short posi…
Argentine President Javier Milei declared plans to sanction oil companies and associated parties involved in exploration around the Falkland Islands, escalating a long-standing sovereignty dispute. The announcement, made in a national televised address, follows comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that he is reassessing the United States' neutra…
Barclays strategist Emmanuel Cau says that the U.S. payrolls report released today and next week’s consumer price index will be pivotal in shaping market expectations for Federal Reserve policy. With markets assigning about a two-thirds chance of a September rate hike and Barclays economists forecasting additional increases in September and Decembe…
CleanSpark has moved from a pure Bitcoin-mining identity toward long-duration AI data-center leases. A 20-year Georgia campus deal that management values at $6.6B (up to $11.6B with extensions) changes the math: the company is trading at a $3.23B market cap today, while EV sits at $4.81B. If contracted revenue starts to flow and management converts…
Sivers Semiconductors (SIVEF) has been punished in 2026, but the tape now offers a measured long entry at $2.85 for investors who will wait through execution risk and quarterly noise. Technicals show a downtrend that may be bottoming; short interest and short-volume spikes create the potential for sharp squeezes if H2 2027 product ramp news hits. T…
Rocket Lab (RKLB) is transitioning from launch-only to integrated spacecraft systems and is being valued like a winner of the space race. Revenue growth and backlog expansion are real, but the market is assigning a stratospheric multiple (price-to-sales ~53x, EV/Sales ~50x) while earnings and cash flow remain negative. This trade idea outlines a mi…
Renasant (RNST) is trading at attractive multiples relative to its own history and peers, with solid profitability (ROE ~8.1%), low leverage (debt/equity ~0.29) and a $0.24 quarterly dividend. We outline a mid-term (45 trading days) long trade with entry, stop and two targets based on valuation re-rating and technical recovery scenarios.
Richardson Electronics (RELL) is showing genuine top-line and margin improvement driven by Power & Microwave, Canvys, and early traction in BESS and SiC partnerships. The fundamentals point to a turnaround, yet the company still posts negative free cash flow and thin cash resources, meaning execution risk and potential dilution remain real threats.…
Sterling and the euro advanced on Friday amid a broader retreat in the US dollar after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller’s remarks reduced expectations of a September rate increase. Market attention now turns to US non-farm payrolls and several UK and European political and policy events that could reshape near-term moves in currencies an…
Volkswagen’s supervisory board unanimously approved Chief Executive Oliver Blume’s radical transformation program, Future Plan 2030, clearing the way for the company to double planned job cuts to 100,000 and reduce its model variants by roughly three-quarters by 2035. Shares rose more than 4% in early German trading after the announcement. The plan…
Barclays strategists say equities are once again reacting more to interest-rate prospects and energy-price swings. With oil climbing amid the U.S.-Iran standoff and European gas rallying from last year’s lows, the bank has pushed up its rate-hike outlook and flagged a choppier market as central bank decisions, geopolitical events and elections conc…
Ultra Clean Holdings (UCTT) is a semiconductor supply-chain play that has already re-rated on AI-driven capital spending but is pulling back into a technically attractive entry. Consensus earnings estimates are accelerating and the stock trades at roughly 1.37x sales, leaving room for upside if margin recovery and revenue momentum continue. This tr…
U.S. stock futures were largely unchanged as investors awaited the highly anticipated U.S. nonfarm payrolls report. Comments from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller eased some concern about an imminent rate hike, trimming the odds of a September 25-basis-point move. Corporate headlines weighed on sentiment: Lululemon sharply cut its annual…
Citigroup expects final Chinese approval for a wholly-owned mainland brokerage unit imminently and will expand the team materially in the coming months. The bank applied for the licence in late 2021 and intends to offer A-share brokerage, underwriting, research and principal trading onshore, leveraging its existing onshore corporate and commercial …
Bitcoin extended a recent rebound on Friday, trading near $81,000 after US rate-hike fears cooled and positive regulatory remarks boosted sentiment. The world’s largest cryptocurrency rose about 4.2% to $80,943.6 by 02:22 ET (06:22 GMT) and briefly traded above $82,000 earlier. A drop in Treasury yields following remarks from Federal Reserve Govern…
