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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told officials that the U.S. military is prepared to carry out any direction President Donald Trump gives regarding Iran to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear capabilities. With a substantial U.S. force already in the region, Hegseth said the Defense Department - referenced using the administration's informal …
Stocks across market-cap tiers experienced notable volatility on Thursday, with several large-cap tech names moving sharply in opposite directions. Facebook (META) posted double-digit gains while Microsoft (MSFT) dropped more than 12%. Headline-driven reactions also hit industrials, travel and smaller-cap names, reflecting earnings results, guidanc…
Earnings season continues into the final week of January with a heavy calendar on Friday. Major oil producers Exxon Mobil and Chevron, credit-card issuer American Express, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Colgate-Palmolive are among those scheduled to release quarterly results. The list spans multiple sectors and includes companies reporting either be…
Friday, January 30, 2026, brings a full docket of economic releases with the Producer Price Index (PPI) taking center stage. Traders will also parse Core PPI, Chicago PMI, Baker Hughes rig counts and a series of CFTC speculative position updates, while remarks from Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman bookend the afternoon. The combined flow of…
Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Nvidia Corp. and Uber Technologies Inc. revealed a joint effort to deploy robotaxi services using the refreshed Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Announced during a Mercedes showcase, the collaboration builds on coordination among the companies and other industry players, including Stellantis NV, that began last year. Nvidia CEO Jensen…
Coterra Energy and Devon Energy are reportedly engaged in advanced merger discussions that could produce an announcement in the coming days. Shares in both companies rose on the news as investors priced in the prospect of a large-scale consolidation between firms with overlapping positions in the Delaware Basin and complementary gas assets in the M…
Raymond James reduced its price target for Mastercard to $631 from $707 while preserving an Outperform rating after the company's fourth-quarter results. The firm's analysts see the EPS beat as driven by tax and grant benefits rather than top-line strength, but note supportive expense guidance and product initiatives that underpin a broadly constru…
Senator Ron Wyden has asked the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office to explain why U.S. tariffs on imports from Switzerland were cut to 15% from 39% soon after a meeting where Swiss business executives presented lavish gifts to the U.S. president. Wyden set a February 11 deadline for answers about who set the original tariff, who recommended the cut…
Apple Inc. has acquired Israel-based Q.ai, a developer of technology that decodes facial muscle movements to interpret silent communication. The deal brings co-founder Aviad Maizels back into Apple’s orbit and was reportedly valued at nearly $2 billion, marking the company’s first sizable acquisition in years.
SpaceX and xAI are engaged in discussions about a potential merger ahead of a planned SpaceX initial public offering later this year. Recent Nevada corporate filings and a person briefed on the matter indicate that the transaction would swap xAI shares for SpaceX equity and create new Nevada entities to facilitate the deal. Key elements - including…
Needham has increased its price target on Allegro MicroSystems to $41 from $37 and reaffirmed a Buy rating following quarterly results that outperformed expectations. The upgrade reflects stronger bookings, a healthier backlog, favorable pricing assumptions for calendar 2026 and growth across Automotive and Data Center end markets.
A senior Democrat on a House oversight panel has asked global commodity traders Vitol and Trafigura to produce all communications with members of the Trump administration from January of last year through the present, seeking to clarify any arrangements tied to U.S. management of Venezuelan oil sales after the capture of President Nicolas Maduro.
Meta's stock ripped higher after an earnings beat and bullish guidance. Fundamentals - strong free cash flow, high ROE, low leverage - justify an upgrade. Technicals show momentum but near-term overbought readings argue for a disciplined entry. Trade plan: enter on weakness, stop tight, target a measured breakout above the prior 52-week high.
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved legislation to create a federal framework for cryptocurrencies on a party-line vote, granting the Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversight of spot crypto markets and rulemaking authority for digital commodity exchanges, brokers and dealers. The bill faces an uncertain path in the full Senate, where it…
UBS has increased its gold price projection to $6,200 per ounce for March, June and September 2026, up from a prior $5,000 target. The bank cites robust central bank purchases, elevated ETF inflows and rising bar-and-coin demand, alongside lower U.S. real rates and heightened economic and political uncertainty. The SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) has re…
Freedom Capital Markets raised Abbott Laboratories (ABT) from Hold to Buy while reducing its 12-month price target to $120 from $130. The move comes after Abbott reported a weaker-than-expected fourth quarter for 2025 and as the stock trades near its 52-week low. The research firm cited long-term upside tied to the planned integration of Exact Scie…
Randall Moreadith, Chief Scientific Officer of Serina Therapeutics, sold 6,500 shares of common stock on January 28, 2026, after exercising options to acquire the same number of shares. The sale generated $23,185 at a weighted average price of $3.567 per share. The transaction coincides with recent regulatory, financial and governance developments …
CIBC economists Benjamin Tal and Katherine Judge find a widening divergence in North American manufacturing, with U.S. output and capital intensity rising well above Canadian levels. U.S. manufacturing GDP is now almost 10% above pre-pandemic figures while Canadian output remains below its 2019 baseline. The bank's analysis highlights a sharp incre…
Rosenblatt Research upgraded Fortinet from Neutral to Buy and increased its price target to $100 from $85, pointing to reseller feedback that indicates strengthening demand tied to a hardware refresh cycle displacing older Cisco firewall systems. The firm sees additional upside from SASE adoption linked to firewall upgrades, aggressive Q4 sales exe…
Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Kaellenius said the detailed provisions of the European Commission’s December proposals to relax the transition to electric vehicles could negate intended emissions benefits. The plan would roll back an effective ban on new internal combustion engine cars from 2035, allow sales of plug-in hybrids and range extenders beyond an …
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the National Security Agency, U.S. Army Lieutenant General Joshua Rudd, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee that Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is indispensable to the agency’s mission. During the Jan. 29 confirmation hearing he endorsed the broad foreign surveillance…
UBS has raised its XAU/USD price target for March, June and September 2026 to $6,200 per ounce, up from $5,000, citing stronger investment flows, continued central bank purchases and heightened geopolitical and policy uncertainty. The bank still expects prices to ease to $5,900 by the end of 2026, and lays out upside and downside scenarios of $7,20…
Enrollment in Affordable Care Act plans for 2026 fell by over one million, bringing total sign-ups to about 23 million. The decline accompanies a substantial rise in average premium costs for subsidized enrollees after temporary pandemic-era subsidies expired. Data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and polling from KFF point to bo…
Ethos Technologies priced its initial public offering to reach a $1.2 billion valuation on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq, tapping investor interest in life insurance businesses and a recovering U.S. IPO market. Backed by Accel and Sequoia, the firm emphasizes a streamlined online underwriting and policy activation process and plans to broa…
Freedom Capital Markets raised its price target on Tesla to $440 from $406 while holding a neutral stance on the stock. The firm pointed to fourth-quarter 2025 results that modestly exceeded consensus and flagged Robotaxi progress as a potential offset to ongoing EV demand weaknesses into 2026. Analysts remain divided on valuation and near-term out…
