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  • Asian markets slipped after Wall Street's selloff and tariff uncertainty, with MSCI Asia ex‑Japan turning negative.
  • U.S. futures ticked higher after a steep selloff, leaving markets poised for continued volatility ahead of Nvidia earnings.
  • Dollar softened as Asian markets reopened amid renewed tariff turmoil.
  • China kept one‑ and five‑year loan prime rates unchanged for a ninth month, signaling preference for targeted support.
  • Export‑control scrutiny rose after reports DeepSeek trained an AI model on Nvidia Blackwell chips potentially barred from China.
  • Analysts downgraded Newmont to Hold after the gold rally, citing tighter valuations despite strong cash flow.

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UBS Moves Warrior Met Coal to Buy as Blue Creek Progress Spurs Upside Case

UBS Moves Warrior Met Coal to Buy as Blue Creek Progress Spurs Upside Case

UBS upgraded Warrior Met Coal (HCC) from Neutral to Buy and lifted its price target to $108 from $100, citing an inflection driven by the Blue Creek project ramp, shorter-term market tightness in metallurgical coal and stronger operational performance. The firm expects double-digit returns in the back half of the year and flagged additional upside …

Fitch Outlook Upgrade Fuels Rally in Turkish Bank Stocks

Fitch Outlook Upgrade Fuels Rally in Turkish Bank Stocks

Shares of Turkey's largest banks jumped after Fitch Ratings shifted the outlooks for Akbank, Garanti Bankasi, Is Bankasi and Yapi Kredi from stable to positive. The banking index outpaced the broader BIST 100 as traders responded to the change in sentiment, though the long-term issuer ratings were left at 'BB-'.

MSCI Alert Sparks Volatile Sell-Off in Jakarta as Investors Flee

MSCI Alert Sparks Volatile Sell-Off in Jakarta as Investors Flee

MSCI, the index compiler behind the widely used Emerging Markets Index, warned clients about opaque shareholding structures and trading behaviour in Indonesia that clouded free float and investor categorisation. The announcement triggered a steep sell-off in Jakarta, with the Jakarta Composite Index tumbling as much as 16.7% over two days before re…

Kepler Cheuvreux lifts Volvo AB price target to SEK335, keeps Hold rating

Kepler Cheuvreux lifts Volvo AB price target to SEK335, keeps Hold rating

Kepler Cheuvreux has increased its one-year price target for Volvo AB to SEK335 from SEK325 while retaining a Hold recommendation. The revision follows a fourth-quarter performance that outpaced Kepler's earnings forecast by around 10%, stronger-than-expected order intake and upwardly revised market outlooks for Europe and North America. Volvo prop…

Riksbank Keeps Policy Rate at 1.75% Citing Geopolitical Uncertainty

Riksbank Keeps Policy Rate at 1.75% Citing Geopolitical Uncertainty

The Swedish central bank held its policy interest rate at 1.75% and maintained guidance that rates will remain at that level for an extended period. The decision, widely expected by markets, placed particular emphasis on rising uncertainty tied to recent geopolitical tensions and noted risks linked to US trade and foreign policy. Despite these conc…

Why Sportradar (SRAD) Is One of My Highest-Conviction Longs for 2026

Why Sportradar (SRAD) Is One of My Highest-Conviction Longs for 2026

Sportradar is a market leader in sports data and betting technology with accelerating margins, a string of strategic deals (IMG ARENA, Bundesliga expansion), active buybacks and a current technical oversold setup. At a market cap of ~$5.8B and rich but justifiable growth expectations, I view SRAD as a long-term trade for investors willing to tolera…

JPMorgan Lowers SSAB Rating to Neutral Citing Softer US Plate Spreads

JPMorgan Lowers SSAB Rating to Neutral Citing Softer US Plate Spreads

JPMorgan has cut its recommendation on SSAB AB from Overweight to Neutral and lowered its price target to SEK 71.00 from SEK 75.00, pointing to narrower US plate steel spreads in 2026 and a strong recent run in the stock that has trimmed potential outperformance versus peers.The bank nevertheless kept a constructive longer-term view on SSAB’s posit…

Inuit Say Greenland’s Land Belongs to All, Not to Be Bought or Sold

Inuit Say Greenland’s Land Belongs to All, Not to Be Bought or Sold

In a small Greenlandic settlement, residents and local leaders emphasize a longstanding Indigenous conception of land as shared and stewarded rather than owned outright. The community described daily life, the strain on services and population decline, and reiterated that under Greenlandic law people hold rights to use land where homes sit but do n…

Mersen narrows sales decline in Q4, trims capex and holds 2029 targets

Mersen narrows sales decline in Q4, trims capex and holds 2029 targets

Mersen reported a smaller-than-expected like-for-like sales decline in the fourth quarter and delivered a full-year 2025 sales fall that sat at the upper end of its revised guidance. Performance was buoyed by strength in Electrical Power while SiC and Solar weighed on Advanced Materials. Management trimmed capital expenditures and affirmed medium-t…

Drone Strike in Zaporizhzhia Kills Three as Russia Intensifies Attacks

Drone Strike in Zaporizhzhia Kills Three as Russia Intensifies Attacks

A Russian drone strike in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region killed three people and injured three more overnight, regional authorities said. Officials reported widespread attacks across the region and a separate strike on the port city of Odesa that sparked a large industrial fire. Ukrainian air defences intercepted the majority of drones launched, whi…

Nokia CEO Says Europe and U.S. Must Both Support Tech Firms to Secure Scale

Nokia CEO Says Europe and U.S. Must Both Support Tech Firms to Secure Scale

Nokia Chief Executive Justin Hotard said Europe and the United States are mutually dependent markets for large technology companies and warned that firms cannot rely on a single continent for scale. He highlighted the need for broad market access during a period of policy shifts that are reshaping supplier dynamics in telecoms, as Western vendors s…