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B. Riley Securities singled out The Oncology Institute as the standout investment from its May conference, citing a recent refinancing that eliminated a near-term debt deadline and strengthened the company's financial position. The firm maintained a Buy rating and an $8 price target, highlighting improved free cash flow, expectations for continued …
Lorie Logan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, told a New York Fed conference that shifting certain central bank policy operations onto a central clearing arrangement - on a voluntary basis - would improve the efficiency and effectiveness of open market operations and help support U.S. markets. Her comments focused on operational mec…
Preferred Bank announced it will release its financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2026, before the market opens on July 22, 2026. On the same day, management will host a live conference call and webcast to discuss financial results, business highlights, and future outlook.
U.S. retailers including Amazon, Walmart, Target and Best Buy have launched back-to-school promotions earlier in the summer, as households under pressure from rising food and gas costs seek deals on school supplies, electronics and apparel. PwC and NRF data show average planned spending and the season's share of retail sales, while shifting shoppin…
OpenAI has made its GPT-5.6 family generally available after a preview period, launching three variants - Sol as the flagship, Terra as a balanced option, and Luna as the cost-efficient choice. OpenAI published comparative benchmark scores across agentic workflows, coding, knowledge work and cybersecurity, and disclosed a new parallel-agent "ultra"…
OpenAI on Thursday introduced ChatGPT Work, an agent built to gather context across applications and deliver completed materials such as spreadsheets, presentations, documents, and web apps. The release is accompanied by GPT-5.6, a model optimized for reasoning through multi-step tasks and following templates and reference files. The product includ…
Western Digital (WDC) is riding the AI memory wave alongside Sandisk and Micron. With a market cap near $203B, strong free cash flow and a 52-week high of $799.87, WDC looks set for another leg higher if data-center NAND tightness persists. This is a tactical long with defined entry, stop and target aimed at capturing AI-driven multiple expansion o…
Swiss Re’s sigma report projects hyperscalers will boost AI-related spending to $750 billion in 2026, up from an estimated $500 billion in 2025. The insurer cautions the rapid expansion of data centres will create complex accumulation and supply-chain risks, and that large-scale AI investment may add inflationary pressure affecting claims costs for…
A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower-court decision finding two patents challenged by AstraZeneca invalid in a dispute with Pfizer's Wyeth unit over the lung cancer drug Tagrisso. The ruling upholds the overturning of a jury award after a judge concluded the patents lacked adequate written descriptions and could not enable replication by an…
Tilray Brands, Inc., through its subsidiary Breckenridge Distillery, has introduced Breck Vodka Seltzer, a new ready-to-drink product line inspired by Colorado mountain culture. The product is available in four fruit flavors and is slated for national rollout in Fall 2026. This launch enhances Tilray’s consumer packaged goods offerings within its e…
Poland’s central bank has bought 82 tons of gold in 2026 through Thursday, bringing its holdings to 632.4 tons as it pursues a stated goal of 700 tons. Governor Adam Glapinski said the bank added 37 tons since the last official update in April, equivalent to roughly $5 billion at current market levels, and framed the purchases as a move to strength…
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit on Thursday against several large chemical manufacturers, alleging they knowingly produced and sold PFAS-containing products for decades while concealing evidence of health and environmental harms. The complaint seeks court orders for statewide cleanups, consumer warnings, an end to misleading…
Brazil's executive foreign trade panel extended a 12% tax on crude oil exports for an additional 60 days, maintaining a temporary levy first introduced in March. The decision, taken by the executive management committee of Camex (Gecex), will be reviewed again in 30 days. The government has tied tax revenue to consumer protection measures and retai…
Citizens Research initiated coverage of Tesla with a Market Perform rating, saying investor expectations for the rollout of Optimus humanoid robots and Robotaxi autonomous services appear to assume too-rapid launch schedules. While the firm acknowledged Tesla's technical strengths and optionality, it cautioned that Optimus will introduce a new laye…
Alignment Healthcare stock climbed 6.2% in mid-day trading to $21.27, recovering part of a roughly 17% decline that followed a whistleblower lawsuit. The rebound has been supported by an analyst note from KeyBanc, management's categorical rejection of the allegations, and a constructive market backdrop that has lifted managed-care peers.
Alignment Healthcare Inc. shares rose 6.2% on Thursday after a steep drop the previous day tied to a whistleblower lawsuit alleging misclassification of operating expenses as capital expenditures. Wall Street analysts urged that the Wednesday selloff, which erased about 17% of the stock’s value, was overdone and highlighted company and auditor revi…
Phoenix Education Partners (PXED) trades at a mid-teens P/E and yields roughly 2.4% on trailing dividends. Recent technical momentum and a sharply reduced float make the shares attractive, but litigation and reputational risk from a reported data breach remain real near-term headwinds. This trade plan offers an entry at $34.63, stop loss at $31.50 …
Anthropic has added Ben Bernanke, Distinguished Fellow at the Brookings Institution and former U.S. Federal Reserve Chair, to its Long-Term Benefit Trust. The independent trust, which supervises how the AI company pursues its public benefit mission, holds powers to appoint board members and advise on AI risks and societal effects. Bernanke joins a …
Ceribell, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBLL) President and CEO Chao Xingjuan executed a series of transactions on July 7, 2026, selling 39,000 shares of the company's common stock through a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale generated approximately $776,100 at a weighted average price of $19.90 per share. Concurrently, Ms. Chao exercised stock options to acquire …
FedEx stock rose 3.3% to $319.90 in mid-day trading after a wave of analyst upgrades, an improved company-specific outlook and the resolution of a notable labor risk. Upgrades from Barclays and Stephens, a stronger consensus among analysts, the ratification of a pilot contract and recent strategic divestitures combined to bolster sentiment for the …
FedEx Freight Holding shares jumped 6.5% intraday after Stephens began coverage with an Overweight rating and a $180 price target. The initiation follows earlier coverage from Goldman Sachs and comes as investors weigh signs that the prolonged freight downturn is easing, offering potential upside for the newly independent less-than-truckload carrie…
U.S. private credit firms saw a notable recovery in fundraising for closed-end, North America-focused direct-lending vehicles in the second quarter, yet lending activity by those firms contracted materially over the same period. Data from Preqin and PitchBook/LCD show a divergence between fresh capital entering the asset class and the pace at which…
Fiona Tam, Chief Accounting Officer at Velocity Financial, Inc. (NYSE:VEL), executed a sale of 68 shares on July 7, 2026, totaling $1,292 at a price of $19.00 per share. This transaction, conducted under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on March 14, 2026, leaves Ms. Tam with 48,361 direct shares. The sale price exceeds the current trading price o…
Jeffrey T. Taylor, Executive Vice President of Capital Markets at Velocity Financial, Inc., executed a sale of common stock on July 7, 2026, totaling $41,135. The transaction involved 2,165 shares sold at $19.00 per share under a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted in March 2026. This occurs against a backdrop of mixed first-quarter 2026 financial results for…
Meta's heavy AI compute spending has alarmed some investors, but the balance sheet, cash flow, and early commercial plays (clouding excess capacity) argue the company has optionality. This trade idea outlines a long position with clear entry, stop, and target, backed by fundamental and technical data and a set of realistic catalysts and risks.
