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EQT has submitted a third revised, non-binding cash proposal for Perpetual Ltd this month, offering A$22.50 per share and valuing the firm at A$2.55 billion (about $1.78 billion). Perpetual's shares rose after the announcement, while the approach remains conditional on the completion of Perpetual's planned sale of its wealth management business to …
Okta's Q1 beat and updated FY27 guide reposition the company as a critical identity platform for the 'agentic' AI era. The stock has already rallied from its April lows, but fundamentals (revenue growth, cash flow) and reasonable enterprise multiples leave room for further upside. This trade recommends entering on a measured pullback and holding th…
Novo Nordisk faces near-term headline risk but the company’s GLP-1 franchise and scalable manufacturing give upside that looks priced for risk. Initiating a buy with an entry at $95.00, stop at $85.00 and primary target of $125.00 over a 180-trading-day horizon.
Oil prices retreated sharply after the United States and Iran paused military strikes over the weekend, prompting investors to roll back a wartime risk premium that had pushed crude to recent highs. While the diplomatic pause eased immediate fears, continued disruptions to shipping routes and dwindling stock buffers leave markets exposed to renewed…
U.S. equity futures moved higher on Sunday evening as oil dropped after a pause in hostilities between Washington and Tehran. Markets are now preparing for a busy week that includes earnings from large technology firms and the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, where investors will seek guidance on the outlook for interest rates and inflatio…
Silvaco Group, Inc. announced a partnership with NVIDIA to develop advanced physics-based digital twins for semiconductor design and manufacturing. Leveraging NVIDIA's AI, CUDA-X libraries, and accelerated computing infrastructure, Silvaco aims to significantly speed up simulation runtimes, improve accuracy, and enable cloud-native, collaborative w…
I previously downgraded Super Micro Computer (SMCI). New evidence on order flow, inventory digestion across the channel, and product mix suggests a higher-probability trade to the long side. This is a tactical swing trade with defined entry, stop and target and a clear set of catalysts and risks.
Asian equity markets and global bond prices climbed as a temporary pause in Gulf hostilities pushed oil markedly lower, reducing inflation worries. The drop in crude shifted some probability away from further Federal Reserve rate hikes ahead of a week packed with central bank decisions and a heavy schedule of corporate results, especially from majo…
Nvidia is reportedly in discussions to provide approximately $250 billion in financial backing for OpenAI to secure lease and construction financing for a planned 10-gigawatt data center campus in southern Ohio being developed by SoftBank's energy unit. The overall project could exceed $500 billion when equipment costs are included, and a separate …
CXMT Corp, also known as ChangXin Memory Technologies, will start trading in Shanghai following what has become the largest mainland semiconductor IPO on record this year. The company raised 57.92 billion yuan by pricing shares at 8.66 yuan apiece, giving it an implied market value of about 579 billion yuan ($85.5 billion) pre-over-allotment. With …
Spotify is a buy-the-dip swing trade. The company's ambitious 'North Star' goals (1B subscribers, $100B revenue, >40% gross margin by 2030), reasonable current valuation relative to long-term targets, and constructive technicals support a long entry at $470.00, a stop at $435.00, and a target of $650.00 over the next 45 trading days—provided Spotif…
Ascentage Pharma announced that its Chairman and CEO Dr. Dajun Yang has been named to The Medicine Maker Power List 2026, ranking No. 3 in the Small Molecules category. This recognition highlights Dr. Yang's leadership in advancing innovative small molecule therapies for cancer, including olverembatinib and lisaftoclax. The company is progressing m…
Brown-Forman said its board received an unsolicited proposal from Sazerac and determined the approach to be "not actionable." The company did not disclose the value of the proposal. Wolf Pen Branch, LP, holder of a majority of Class A shares, expressed confidence in Brown-Forman’s brands and said Sazerac’s proposal did not match its vision for the …
Russia's MOEX Russia Index closed the session flat, with sector swings producing both notable winners and losers. OZON, Polyus and Unipro were among the day's top gainers, while Rosneft, TATNEFT and LUKOIL registered the largest declines. Market breadth slightly favored decliners, and commodity and FX moves reflected softer oil and mixed metals flo…
Goldman Sachs warns that U.S. midterm elections will likely raise policy uncertainty and market volatility in the months ahead, with investors historically trimming equity exposure before rebuilding after the vote. The bank notes that the election outcome itself is unlikely to be a primary determinant of equity performance and highlights other mark…
Baker Hughes announced robust second-quarter 2026 financial results, highlighted by $10.5 billion in orders including a record $7.1 billion from its Industrial & Energy Technology (IET) segment. The company reported $6.7 billion in revenue, $681 million net income, and strong cash flow metrics. Growth was driven by strong demand across power system…
House Republicans presented a much-reduced reconciliation framework that trims proposed defense funding to $60 billion from a prior $350 billion target. Wolfe Research says the smaller package modestly improves prospects for enactment but substantially lowers its significance for investors, and warns that procedural and calendar constraints still m…
RxSight, Inc. announced inducement grants of stock options and restricted stock units to Aziz Mottiwala, new President and CEO, as part of his employment commencement. The equity awards vest over three to four years and are granted under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The company is a US-based ophthalmic medical device firm specializing in adjusta…
United Airlines initiated merger discussions with Delta Air Lines last year, including a direct call from United CEO Scott Kirby to Delta CEO Ed Bastian, according to people familiar with the matter. Delta conducted preliminary due diligence but decided not to advance talks. United later approached American Airlines about a merger, an approach Amer…
Yardeni Research argues Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is signaling a move away from tying policy to the headline Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation rate and toward measures that emphasize persistent price pressures. Warsh has avoided explicitly naming headline PCE as the policy benchmark and has urged focus on underlying inflatio…
Exchange-traded fund assets in Brazil have climbed to about 116 billion reais ($22.8 billion), nearly tripling over two years as investors seek tax-efficient access to the country’s high-yield debt market. Major asset managers have expanded ETF operations to meet demand, with fixed-income ETFs drawing substantial flows amid fee advantages and favor…
Citi expects the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged at its July policy meeting despite higher oil prices and market pricing that implies a roughly 30% chance of a near-term hike. The bank points to softer-than-expected June core inflation, slowing payroll growth and other signs of moderating economic pressure as reasons policymakers w…
Brazil recalled its ambassador to Buenos Aires after Argentine President Javier Milei used a visit to Brazil to criticize President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Brazil's judiciary, according to two sources. Milei joined Senator Flavio Bolsonaro at a campaign event in Sao Paulo where he attacked Lula and labeled the Brazilian government "thieving s…
Speaking in Pinar del Rio on July 26, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel accused the Trump administration of pursuing a policy he called 'political genocide' through an oil embargo and expanded sanctions. He criticized a U.S. State Department report that alleged Cuban infiltration of the U.S. government and support for an 'unprecedented wave of left…
Fast-fashion retailer Shein filed a draft prospectus for a Hong Kong initial public offering, disclosing rising revenues but a sharp drop in net income tied to changes in U.S. import duty rules. The filing gives investors their first detailed look at Shein's recent financials and highlights how the removal of the U.S. "de minimis" duty-free exempti…
