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Jefferies is recommending investors buy selected consumer staples stocks after gasoline prices surpassed $3.50 per gallon. The firm points to recurring, modest near-term slowdowns in staples growth when this price level is reached, and says those dips have typically been short-lived. Jefferies maintains buy ratings on Coca-Cola (KO), Monster Bevera…
Shares of Robinhood Markets (HOOD) and Bank of New York Mellon (BK) rose after the U.S. Treasury Department designated BNY as a financial agent to support the rollout of the Trump Accounts program. Under the arrangement, BNY will manage the initial accounts and partner with Robinhood on development of the Trump Accounts app; Robinhood will serve as…
Workers at JBS's beef processing plant in Greeley, Colorado agreed to return to their jobs after the company consented to restart contract negotiations, ending a three-week picket. The union, representing roughly 3,800 employees, said talks will resume on April 9 and 10. The dispute comes amid record beef prices and constrained cattle supplies.
AMC Entertainment shares rose roughly 9% on Monday morning following company-reported record results for the Easter holiday frame. Over the five-day period from April 1 to April 5, AMC recorded its highest combined global admissions and food and beverage revenue in the company’s 106-year history, with more than 6.0 million guests attending AMC and …
The recent escalation in the Middle East disrupted market expectations and accelerated a selloff that hit smaller, high-growth stocks hard. Five weeks into the volatility, a subset of under-followed small caps are trading at deep discounts to recent highs while fundamentals for a number of those companies remain intact or improving. A focused AI-dr…
AST SpaceMobile shares climbed about 3% following a public post from Meta executive Vinod Samarawickrama describing a recent visit to the satellite company. He highlighted AST SpaceMobile’s approach of using large, high-power phased array satellites to connect directly to standard smartphones and noted the company’s plan to deploy 45 to 60 satellit…
Wolfe Research highlights a handful of oil companies as preferred selections while warning that a recent rally has pushed sector valuations to levels that may not be justified absent a sustained rise in long-term oil prices. The firm is applying a selective screening process focused on absolute value and rate of change, noting a 36% increase in ave…
Barclays has cut earnings estimates for most U.S. auto dealers ahead of first quarter 2026 results, pointing to softer retail sales and weather-related drag on Parts & Service growth. The bank raised certain cost ratios to reflect weaker new-vehicle volumes and warned that Middle East tensions could materially affect export-dependent businesses. Ca…
Novatek has registered a new subsidiary, Severny Inzhiniring (Northern Engineering), to construct vessels and floating facilities as the company contends with a shortage of ice-class LNG tankers linked to Western sanctions. Ilya Lushchikov, who leads Novatek’s Murmansk LNG project, will head the new entity. Novatek is the majority owner of Arctic L…
Bank of America analysts say systematic trading strategies, led by Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), remain a source of selling pressure across equities and fixed income. While major markets showed tentative recovery recently, the bank's note highlights that faster CTA models are heavily short and could extend selling into commodities such as copp…
Madison Air has begun a roadshow for a proposed initial public offering of 82,692,308 shares of common stock, targeting a price between $25.00 and $27.00 per share. The company intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker MAIR and said net proceeds would be used to repay certain debt obligations. A consortium of major banks and a…
Three Wall Street firms initiated coverage of PayPay Corp with Buy-equivalent ratings and price targets that imply roughly 20-30% upside from current levels. Analysts point to Japan’s low cashless penetration, PayPay’s dominant QR-code share and its moves into banking and securities as the primary drivers of projected revenue and margin expansion.
BlackRock has submitted a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an ETF intended to track the Nasdaq-100 index. The proposed iShares Nasdaq-100 ETF would trade under the ticker IQQ and enter a market with few funds that directly mirror the tech-heavy benchmark, challenging Invesco’s QQQ Trust ETF, which manages roughly $376 billion.
Fubo's stock rose 3% after the company issued fiscal 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $80 million to $100 million and announced a fiscal 2028 adjusted EBITDA target of at least $300 million. Management projects positive free cash flow beginning in fiscal 2027 and expects to be net cash by fiscal 2028 under its current operating plan.
A set of large insider stock sales by senior executives at CoreWeave, Astera Labs, Apple and Micron were disclosed on Friday. The filings show multi-million and multi-million-dollar transactions executed predominantly under Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, with detailed price ranges, share counts and dates provided for each sale. Market metrics cited in …
Workers at JBS's Greeley, Colorado beef processing facility have agreed to cease a three-week strike and are scheduled to return to the plant after the company committed to resume contract negotiations. Morgan Stanley analysts anticipate that as the plant ramps up capacity, U.S. beef spreads will partially retreat, a development that would weigh on…
Saudi Arabia's stock market finished slightly lower on Monday, with the Tadawul All Share index down 0.08% at the close. Losses in Agriculture & Food, Transport and Industrial Investment sectors contributed to the pullback. Market breadth favored decliners over advancers, while oil and gold prices moved in mixed directions and currency pairs showed…
Goldman Sachs examined four decades of National Longitudinal Surveys covering more than 20,000 individuals and concludes that workers displaced from occupations disrupted by technology face longer unemployment spells, sustained real wage declines and slower household wealth formation compared with peers. Occupational downgrading and recessionary jo…
A coalition of investors is pressing major cloud providers for more detailed disclosures about water consumption and conservation at U.S. data centers, citing community opposition to recent projects and gaps in corporate reporting. Resolutions and active engagement ahead of annual meetings seek site-level data and clarity on how rising compute dema…
JPMorgan Chase's updated spending data through March 27 indicates an acceleration in U.S. consumer spending growth to about 5.8% year-over-year in March, up from 5.0% in February. Discretionary outpaced non-discretionary spending, younger consumers led the gains, and higher fuel and airfares boosted gas station and airline spending.
UBS cites reports that Stellantis has held early talks with China’s Leapmotor to produce electric vehicles at an idle Ontario plant, a development unfolding against a backdrop of shifting tariff arrangements, legal barriers in the U.S., and political pushback in Canada. Automakers including Ford are preparing for a range of outcomes as potential ne…
National Healthcare Properties has filed a registration statement for a proposed initial public offering on the Nasdaq. The self-managed REIT says its portfolio includes senior housing communities and outpatient medical facilities across 29 states, and has named Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and BMO Capital Markets as lead underwriters.
Strategy Inc. reported purchasing 4,871 bitcoin between April 1-5 for $329.9 million, resuming acquisitions after a pause. The company generated proceeds by selling shares of its STRC and MSTR stock, and reported a multibillion-dollar unrealized loss on its digital asset holdings for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. As of the most recent filing, S…
Oracle said Hilary Maxson will become chief financial officer on April 6, 2026, reporting to CEO Clay Magouyrk and overseeing the company’s global finance organization. The hire arrives as Oracle reports robust cloud demand and a quarter of more than 20% organic revenue and non-GAAP EPS growth. Current interim finance chief Doug Kehring will return…
Citigroup enters the first-quarter semiconductor earnings season with a measured sector view, highlighting Advanced Micro Devices and Analog Devices as names with potential upside catalysts even as it maintains a cautious overall stance. The bank keeps Broadcom, Nvidia, Texas Instruments and Monolithic Power Systems as top picks and sees data-cente…
