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Murray Stahl, President and Co-Portfolio Manager of RENN Fund, Inc. (RCG), purchased 1,134 shares of common stock on January 23, 2026, at $2.70 per share for a total outlay of $3,061. The filings show 360 shares were bought directly by Stahl, with the balance acquired indirectly through his spouse and several affiliated entities. Post-transaction h…
Lionsgate Studios said it has added former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to its board of directors effective immediately. Board chair Mark Rachesky highlighted Mnuchin's judgment and industry perspective, while Mnuchin said he looks forward to supporting Lionsgate's growth. Mnuchin brings a background in entertainment financing, private eq…
SummaryTruist Securities trimmed its price objective on The Trade Desk to $60 from $85 while retaining a Buy rating, citing added near-term uncertainty after the company's CFO departure. The Trade Desk reaffirmed its previously issued fourth-quarter 2025 guidance and announced an interim CFO appointment. Other firms have also adjusted their outlook…
New data compiled from four sources and reported by Adweek indicate that YouTube has surpassed Reddit as the most-cited social platform in responses generated by large language models. Improved processing of video-related text such as transcripts and explainers has made YouTube content more accessible to LLMs, while metrics from Bluefish show YouTu…
MercadoLibre is acting well on the tape, with price pushing above major short and intermediate moving averages and bullish MACD momentum. Fundamentals still support the long-term story (e-commerce plus fintech at scale in Latin America), but at ~52x earnings and elevated expectations, the market will punish any margin or cost slippage. This trade i…
Deanna D. Strable-Soethout, President and CEO of Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG), sold 8,025 shares on January 22, 2026, under a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted in February 2024, generating proceeds of $742,794. The company recently reported a third-quarter 2025 adjusted EPS beat and revenue in line with forecasts; JPMorgan subsequently moved its rati…
Deutsche Bank upgraded Cognizant Technology Solutions from Hold to Buy before the December-quarter earnings season, arguing the company has stabilized operations and is positioned to outpace the IT services sector on revenue growth. The bank also raised its price target to $100 and noted that broader IT services visibility for 2026 remains limited,…
U.K. equities closed slightly higher on Monday, buoyed by gains in mining, industrial metals and electrical stocks. The broad market benchmark finished up 0.06% as a number of major miners and packaging names recorded double-digit point gains, while several large-cap consumer and data names declined.
U.K. equities closed marginally higher on Monday, with strength concentrated in mining and related materials names. The Investing.com United Kingdom 100 ended the session up 0.06% as a handful of miners moved to new record levels and other large-cap stocks posted notable declines. Broader market breadth favored advancers, while commodities and curr…
Spain's benchmark IBEX 35 finished higher on Monday, gaining 0.78% as Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors provided upward momentum. Bankinter, Caixabank and Unicaja Banco were among the top performers while Amadeus IT, Industria de Diseno Textil and Acerinox ended the session lower. Ma…
French equities closed lower on Monday with the CAC 40 down 0.15% and the SBF 120 off 0.17%. Losses in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Industrials sectors weighed on the market, though several large-cap names posted gains. Market breadth favored decliners and volatility, as measured by the CAC 40 VIX, reached a new 52-week high.
Nike has opened an investigation into a potential cybersecurity incident after a ransomware group called World Leaks said it published 1.4 terabytes of data tied to the company. Attempts to obtain the files were unsuccessful and the claim could not be independently verified. Nike said it takes consumer privacy seriously and is actively assessing th…
Belgian shares ended the trading day higher, with the BEL 20 rising 0.31% as advances in Utilities, Basic Materials and Industrials outnumbered declines. Umicore and Elia both logged gains and reached 52-week highs, while a subset of mid-caps underperformed. Commodities and currency moves accompanied the equity session, with gold rising sharply and…
German equities finished higher on Monday, with the DAX up 0.20% at the close. Gains were concentrated in Consumer & Cyclical, Utilities and Software names. Bayer hit a 52-week high, several midcap and tech stocks posted strong percentage gains, while defense and aerospace names lagged. Volatility on DAX options ticked higher and commodity and curr…
Spain's benchmark IBEX 35 closed the session higher in Madrid, supported by advances in Financial Services & Real Estate, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Building & Construction sectors. Bankinter, Caixabank and Unicaja were the session's top performers, while Amadeus, Industria de Diseno Textil SA and Acerinox posted the largest declines. Market…
Portugal's main equity gauge, the PSI, closed higher on Monday, supported by advances in the Financials, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors. EDP Energias de Portugal, Banco Comercial Portugues and The Navigator Company were among the session's top performers, while Teixeira Duarte and Mota Engil were notable decliners. Commodity and currency mov…
Netherlands stocks closed lower on Monday, with the AEX index down 0.14% as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors pushed the market lower. Magnum Ice Cream Nv led gains, reaching an all-time high, while Relx PLC dropped to a 52-week low. Commodity and currency moves included modest declines in crude and Brent oil, a sharp …
Italian equities closed higher on Monday, with gains concentrated in Travel & Leisure, Telecoms and Utilities pushing the Italy 40 up 0.19% in Milan. Lottomatica led winners, while DiaSorin, Leonardo and STMicroelectronics posted the steepest declines. Market breadth favored decliners. In commodities, U.S. crude and Brent fell modestly while gold f…
Swedish equities ended higher on Monday, with the OMX Stockholm 30 up 0.35% as Basic Materials, Telecoms and Technology sectors provided the bulk of the upside. Epiroc AB Class A, Boliden AB and Sandvik AB were the session's strongest performers, while EQT AB, SAAB AB series B and Lifco publ AB weighed on the market. Market breadth was negative wit…
The OMX Helsinki 25 finished the trading day higher, supported by advances in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors. Neste led gains and reached a 52-week high, while a greater number of stocks declined than advanced. Commodity and currency markets showed mixed moves, with Brent and U.S. crude lower, gold futures higher, and the e…
AAR Corp. (AIR) has quietly become a market darling in the aviation services complex, riding strong sentiment around defense spending and the expanding aircraft MRO cycle. The problem is the stock is priced like execution risk has been removed, even as free cash flow is currently negative and the chart is pressing into fresh highs with a hot RSI. T…
Cosmos Health CEO Grigorios Siokas acquired 90,325 common shares on January 23, 2026, in a debt-for-equity exchange valued at roughly $45,000. The transaction leaves Siokas with direct ownership of 8,182,120 shares as the company manages a sizable debt load, a Nasdaq minimum-bid non-compliance notice and a mix of operational progress in its Greek b…
Zoom Communications shares climbed about 10% after Baird analyst William Power underscored the potential value of Zoom’s $51 million 2023 investment in AI firm Anthropic. With media reports suggesting a markedly higher current valuation for Anthropic, Baird estimates Zoom’s stake could be worth between $2 billion and $4 billion depending on dilutio…
At a speech in Brussels, NATO chief Mark Rutte dismissed proposals from some European leaders to form a defence force separate from NATO, arguing that such a move would be costly, duplicative and strategically damaging. He urged European states to assume greater security responsibility within the transatlantic alliance and warned that Russian Presi…
Morgan Stanley cut Varonis Systems to Equal-weight from Overweight, pointing to intensifying competition - notably from Microsoft - and challenges tied to the company’s legacy on-premise business as reasons the stock lacks clear near-term catalysts for a sustained re-rating. The bank lowered its price target and moved its valuation lens to 2027 fre…
