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President Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, faces a fragile path to Senate confirmation after Republican Senator Susan Collins announced she will oppose him. With Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell out indefinitely, Blanche can afford only one additional Republican defection. Written commitments won support from two GOP sena…
Kyndryl's stock slid after the IT infrastructure firm reported a weaker-than-expected first quarter of fiscal 2027: revenue fell to $3.62 billion, adjusted earnings per share missed consensus with a loss of $0.12, and free cash flow swung deeper into negative territory. While consulting revenue and hyperscaler-related sales showed strength and mana…
Booking Holdings trades at reasonable multiples vs. its cash generation and profitability. With FY2025 revenue of $26.9B, ~20% net margins and roughly $9B in free cash flow, a modest acceleration in earnings growth would drive the stock to sub-1x PEG territory. I’m initiating a long with a clear entry, stop and target and a mid-term horizon to capt…
U.S. distillate fuel exports rose to a record 1.9 million barrels per day last week, surpassing May's previous high, while domestic stockpiles fell to their lowest seasonal level since 1996. The outflow - the fifth straight week above 1.5 million barrels per day - comes despite refiners running at full tilt and follows international disruptions tha…
Hut 8 has converted itself from a crypto miner into an AI and HPC infrastructure owner-operator, locking multi-year leases that imply tens of billions in contracted revenue. The market is pricing growth into the shares ($96.18 current), and while valuation is rich (market cap ~$11.3B, P/S ~36), the combination of long-duration contracted cash flows…
FMCB reported consecutive record quarters, increased its dividend to $5.35 quarterly and expanded buybacks — signals of durable profitability and capital discipline. The stock trades at $1,391.25 on OTC Link with bullish technical momentum but extremely light liquidity. This trade idea outlines a clear entry, stop and two targets across a 180-tradi…
S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday affirmed its 'BB-' issuer credit rating for TeraWulf Inc. (WULF) and changed the outlook to stable from positive after the company disclosed a 20-year, $19 billion lease with Anthropic for a 401 MW AI data center campus in Hawesville, Kentucky. The agency also assigned a 'BB-' rating to WULF Compute LLC but gave …
Deal value in the U.S. upstream oil and gas sector plunged to $9 billion in Q2, a fourfold decline from the prior period, as volatile crude prices tied to the Iran conflict and a weaker gas outlook widened valuation gaps. A record Bureau of Land Management lease sale accounted for nearly half of the quarter's announced value, while a major Gulf of …
Virginia health authorities reported the state's first dengue infection in a person with no recent travel outside Virginia. Officials said the patient was probably infected by a local mosquito that had bitten an infected traveler. Similar locally acquired cases have been identified in parts of Florida, and experts warn changing conditions are makin…
Quanome Technologies, Inc., formerly Lakeside Holding Limited, has debuted on the Nasdaq Capital Market under ticker QNME, marking a strategic repositioning focused on quantum computing, AI, and advanced simulation technologies. The company aims to develop quantum-enabled applications across sectors including healthcare, energy, materials science, …
Smith+Nephew, a global medical technology company and official Joint Replacement and Sports Medicine Technology Partner of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, is actively participating in the 2026 Enshrinement Week with fan engagement activities including meet-and-greets with Hall of Famers, live podcasts, and educational exhibits showcasing their advan…
The Japanese yen held its ground on Wednesday after intervention efforts, with the dollar trading close to six-week lows as reduced safe-haven demand followed growing hopes for an end to the war in Iran. Tokyo and Washington conducted joint yen purchases last week, and U.S. officials vowed support for Japan's stabilization measures. Traders are wat…
Attovia Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:ATTO) saw its stock surge 24% in its first day of trading after pricing 17 million shares at $17 and raising $289 million. Shares opened at $21, implying a market capitalization near $904 million. The company, built around a technology platform and patents licensed from Alamar Biosciences Inc., issued an underwrite…
JPMorgan Chase and the Amazon Advanced Solutions Lab unveiled a joint research program producing three papers that demonstrate methods for applying near-term Rydberg quantum hardware to large-scale optimization problems in finance. The work includes a decomposition pipeline for portfolio optimization, a compilation toolkit for maximum independent s…
HF Sinclair (DINO) is an attractive swing long while refined-product tightness persists. The company combines exposure to outsized crack spreads with low leverage, strong free cash flow ($2.24B), and an attractive valuation (P/E ~8.4, EV/EBITDA ~5.7). Enter at current levels, keep a clear stop below the 50-day moving average, and target the 52-week…
Accendra Health (ACH) trades at a sub-$250M market cap with heavy short interest, depressed technicals, and stretched negative sentiment ahead of Q2. Fundamentals are messy - negative EPS and large free cash flow deficits - but valuation metrics (price-to-sales, EV/EBITDA) and a deep float open the door for a mid-term rebound if the quarter shows s…
Freshworks is trading cheaply for a profitable SaaS company with accelerating AI productization. Recent product announcements and consistent FCF, combined with a modest P/E and a market cap near $3.4B, set up a favorable risk/reward. We lay out an actionable mid-term trade with entry, stop, and target, and highlight the key catalysts and risks that…
The U.S. Treasury has taken Fly Baghdad Airlines, Iraq Express and two Boeing 737 aircraft off its Specially Designated Nationals list after determining the carrier altered its conduct. The sanctions had been applied in 2024 over alleged ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force. Treasury officials said the change does not signal …
Tanger reported higher shopper traffic and sales during June and July tied to World Cup-related visitation. With properties in eight of the 11 host cities, the company said the tournament presented a chance to reach new customers and that athletic and American brands performed well. Management attributed quarterly strength to marketing and traffic-…
The Federal Reserve banks of Dallas and New York will jointly run a pilot survey of the private credit market - estimated at $1.3 trillion - after the close of the third quarter, the New York Fed said in a statement on Wednesday. The work will classify borrowers by EBITDA size and aims to shed light on credit availability, lending standards and pot…
The S&P 500 posted a record closing high this week amid strong quarterly results, heavy AI-related capital spending by major cloud providers, and a partial reset in overheated AI names. With more than three quarters of companies having reported, second-quarter earnings are tracking to robust year-over-year growth, which along with moderated valuati…
On Aug. 5 retail buyers aggressively purchased SpaceX shares in the wake of a significant price drop after the company’s first public earnings report. Mom-and-pop traders bought a net $22.7 million in the first hour of trading, part of sustained retail demand that has yet to record a net selling day since the June 12 IPO. Heavy trading volumes and …
Martin Marietta Materials has secured all necessary regulatory approvals for its acquisition of Lhoist North America, with the transaction expected to close in Q3 2026. The deal will establish Martin Marietta as the leading lime and limestone producer in the United States, expanding its footprint in specialty materials used across multiple industri…
Alphabet shares dropped to a session low, falling 5.4% after reports that long-time Google AI leader Jeff Dean is leaving to found a new AI startup, Discovery Loop. The venture - a public-benefit corporation focused on automating complex scientific research and later expanding into hardware, drug discovery and clean energy - counts Alphabet as a fo…
ChangeNOW has appointed Martin Masser as Director of Strategic Partnerships to lead relationship-building with blockchain networks, wallets, fintechs, payment providers and infrastructure partners as the company consolidates crypto services into a single super app. Masser, who previously held senior growth and business development roles in the TON …
