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Senior officials say the president is weighing a broader reorganization of his cabinet as pressure mounts from an ongoing five-week conflict with Iran. The move follows the recent removal of the attorney general and comes amid domestic fallout - higher gasoline prices, weakening approval numbers and unease among Republicans ahead of November's midt…
Nano Dimension's acquisitions (Desktop Metal closed; Markforged added) take the company from a niche electronic additive player toward a diversified, scale-enabled industrial 3D printing platform. With an implied combined revenue run-rate north of $200M, a reported pro-forma cash position cited in earlier filings, and a market cap of ~$344M, the ri…
UiPath (PATH) trades at roughly a $5.9B market cap with an enterprise value near $5.0B, about $960M in reported cash and $352M in annual free cash flow. Management is pivoting into agentic AI orchestration and recent product partnerships add credibility. With valuation stretched toward the cheap side of AI peers (P/S ~3.66, P/E ~20.9) and a tidy ba…
President Donald Trump is weighing a broader reconfiguration of his Cabinet after removing Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to people familiar with White House deliberations. Sources say growing frustration over the political consequences of the conflict with Iran - now in its fifth week - and a prime-time speech that failed to shore up public…
Five EU finance ministers from Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Austria have jointly asked the European Commission to design a bloc-wide windfall profits tax on energy companies to address market distortions following a sharp gas price surge. The ministers cited a 'price shock' linked to U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran beginning February 28 and urg…
Mobileye still has technology and cash, but its growth narrative is under strain. The stock trades near $7.45 with a market cap of roughly $6.3B, heavy insider-driven M&A and conservative 2026 guidance have left the name rangebound. This trade idea favors a tactical short over a mid-term horizon while the company digests Mentee Robotics and OEM ord…
Check Point (CHKP) pulled back from 52-week highs amid geopolitical headlines and short-term noise. The company's Q4/2025 revenue of $745 million and full-year revenue of $2.725 billion, 42% operating margins, and $1.14 billion in free cash flow support a constructive trade. We lay out an actionable mid-term long trade with entry, stop, and target,…
Bitcoin is trading around the $67,000 level over the long Easter weekend, with holiday schedules and weekend conditions producing light trading volumes and reduced institutional participation. Markets are parsing a confluence of geopolitical escalation tied to Iran, ongoing regulatory developments and shifts in supply-demand dynamics as large holde…
Taiwan's economy minister says an energy minister from a 'major' LNG-producing country has assured Taipei of support for its natural gas needs, as the island shifts some supplies away from the Middle East following the Iran war. State-owned CPC reports crude stocks and petrochemical feedstock supplies remain stable, while a new U.S. LNG contract wi…
Indian refiners have taken delivery of Iranian oil for the first time since May 2019, the oil ministry said, as supply disruptions linked to the U.S.-Israel war and pressure on routes through the Strait of Hormuz strain global flows. The ministry added there is no payment obstacle for Iranian crude imports and that India has secured full crude requ…
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that investors vote against the BP board's attempt to retire two earlier shareholder resolutions that required company-specific climate reporting and against a proposal to permit online-only shareholder meetings. In a note, ISS described the suggested revocation as effectively unprecedented i…
The French government will make available loans of up to €50,000 through Bpifrance to small businesses in sectors with high fuel use. The 36-month loans carry a 3.8% interest rate, require no borrower guarantees and are aimed at firms spending at least 5% of revenue on fuel. Applications open April 13 via an online platform.
Caterpillar is more than construction equipment. Recent commercial tie-ups around behind-the-meter generation and a reopening of infrastructure demand make CAT a compelling mid-term long. Valuation is rich by historical cyclicals standards, but orders-for-power and services durability support upside. Trade plan included: entry $710.00, stop $675.00…
Barclays' equity research finds that recent airstrikes on two major Iranian steel plants have disrupted local output but are unlikely to cause a large immediate shock to global steel supply. With national utilisation already under 50% and the affected plants accounting for under 20% of Iran's capacity, production could shift domestically. The repor…
TRX Gold (TRX) is a mid-tier Tanzania-focused producer showing rapid revenue and EBITDA growth, funded by operations and brownfield expansion rather than equity dilution. With fiscal 2025 revenue of $57.6M and EBITDA of $22M, a planned throughput increase and gold at multi-year highs, TRX offers an asymmetric risk-reward for a long trade. Entry $1.…
British prosecutors have charged three males in connection with an arson attack on Jewish community ambulances in north London on March 23. The blaze, which Prime Minister Keir Starmer called a "deeply shocking antisemitic arson attack", occurred near a synagogue in the Golders Green area. The SITE Intelligence website reported that an Iran-aligned…
The International Monetary Fund has endorsed a measured path of interest rate increases by the Bank of Japan, saying monetary withdrawal should proceed gradually and be guided by incoming data. The endorsement comes amid heightened risks from a six-week conflict in Iran, rising energy costs, and a weakening yen that is pushing toward the 160-per-do…
Eagle Point Credit (ECC) is a closed-end fund focused on CLO equity and junior debt tranches. The shares trade at a steep discount, with a current market cap of $522.0M and a quoted dividend yield above 40%. While NAV pressure from CLO markdowns has pushed the market price lower, recent insider buying reports and healthy distribution mechanics crea…
The International Monetary Fund has advised the Bank of Japan to persist with measured interest rate increases even as the conflict in the Middle East introduces fresh risks to Japan's economic outlook. The IMF highlighted balanced risks to growth and inflation, endorsed the BOJ's withdrawal of extraordinary stimulus, and recommended that further h…
A coordinated series of Ukrainian drone and missile strikes on Saturday targeted maritime and industrial infrastructure in southern Russia, breaching air defenses in the Rostov and Samara regions. The incidents included an attack on a foreign-flagged commercial vessel in the Sea of Azov and large fires near major chemical producers in Togliatti. Au…
Blue Owl (OWL) has been hammered by private credit redemption headlines; the pullback to $8.57 leaves free cash flow and dividend yield metrics that look attractive versus the panic. This trade idea views the current weakness as a tactical buying opportunity with a high-risk stop and a long-term target reflecting recovery in private credit valuatio…
Russian regional officials reported that combined Ukrainian drone and missile strikes on southern Russia resulted in at least one fatality, four serious injuries, damage to commercial infrastructure in Taganrog, and a blaze aboard a foreign-flagged vessel in the Sea of Azov. Officials in Rostov and Samara regions provided the account of events, wit…
CMB.TECH completed the Golden Ocean merger and now controls ~250 vessels with a fleet value of $11.1B. The market caps the combined business at roughly $4.09B today, implying mid-cycle earnings expectations. With fleet renewal, newbuild deliveries and integration levers coming through 2026, I see room for earnings upside and a re-rating from here. …
Nomura's latest Policy Watch finds the Federal Reserve likely to defer its expected shift toward monetary easing. The firm moved its projection for the initial rate cut from June to September 2026 and now anticipates only two cuts this year, with the second arriving in December. The revision reflects renewed inflation risks tied to the Iran conflic…
Iranian forces were reported to be searching for a missing U.S. pilot after two American warplanes were downed over Iran and the Gulf, officials said on April 4. Two airmen were rescued, while one pilot remains unaccounted for as Iranian units comb terrain near a crash site. The incidents highlight ongoing risks to U.S. and Israeli aircraft amid a …
