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U.S. equity futures were largely unchanged on Tuesday evening as market participants held a cautious stance ahead of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting conclusion and a concentrated earnings schedule from major technology companies. The S&P 500 reached a record close in regular trading, the Nasdaq gained on strength in large-cap tech name…
KRAKacquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Kraken, priced an initial public offering of 30 million units at $10 apiece, generating $300 million. The units will begin trading on Nasdaq under the ticker KRAQU on Jan. 28, 2026. Each unit contains one Class A ordinary share and one-quarter of a redeemable w…
The U.S. dollar tumbled to levels near multi-year lows after markets reacted to President Donald Trump’s apparent indifference to its decline. The move lifted the euro, the Australian dollar and commodity prices, while U.S. equities set fresh records. Investors weighed government signals on currency intervention and policy uncertainty against stron…
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company agreed to pay a $40 million civil penalty to resolve Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that it and two former executives inflated the performance of its Nutrition business segment. The Department of Justice closed a parallel criminal inquiry without filing charges. The resolve concludes years of investiga…
TD Cowen raised its price target on Boeing to $270 from $260 and kept a Buy rating after the company reported a mixed fourth quarter. The firm cited strong Boeing Commercial Airplanes deliveries but also noted a $565 million KC-46-related charge. Boeing beat fourth-quarter earnings and revenue expectations, reaffirmed a long-term free cash flow tar…
BMO Capital raised its 12-month price target on United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) to $110 from $105 while keeping a Market Perform rating after the company posted fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat consensus. UPS reported stronger U.S. Domestic performance and delivered EPS and revenue above analyst forecasts. Despite the upside, BMO highlighted …
Kenneth Ahn, president of Hagerty Marketplace, executed a pre-arranged sale of 50,000 Class A shares on January 26, 2026 for $620,500 at prices between $12.30 and $12.67. The transaction, carried out under a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted September 15, 2025, coincided with Ahn acquiring 50,000 Class A shares via conversion of Hagerty Group units at no co…
A director of the John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund purchased $10,001 worth of the fund's shares on January 26, 2026, while John Hancock confirmed renewed share repurchase plans for six of its closed-end funds for the 2026 calendar year. The fund carries a double-digit-looking yield and favorable metrics reported by InvestingPro.
President Donald Trump told a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, that he will soon reveal his choice to lead the Federal Reserve and predicted that interest rates will decline substantially once the new chair is in place. Trump continued to criticize current Chair Jerome Powell, whose term ends in May, and repeated claims that the Fed has been slow to loos…
Delta Air Lines has agreed to acquire 31 Airbus widebody aircraft - 16 A330-900s and 15 A350-900s - as part of a longer-term strategy to modernize its international fleet and support growth focused on corporate and high-income travelers. Deliveries begin in 2029, the purchase converts 10 previously held options into firm orders and includes options…
Sera Prognostics Chief Information Officer Harrison Robert Gardner sold 2,000 shares of Class A common stock on January 27, 2026, at a weighted average price of $2.97 for total proceeds of $5,940. The trade was executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted May 21, 2025. Separately, Sera reported Q3 2025 results showing an EPS of -$0.16, outperf…
Recent U.S. intelligence assessments express uncertainty about whether interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez will follow Washington’s directive to sever diplomatic and advisory ties with longstanding partners such as Iran, China and Russia. Rodriguez, installed after the U.S. captured former President Nicolas Maduro on January 3, has taken s…
Director Christopher D. Maggiore bought 1,766 shares of Zivo Bioscience Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIVO) on January 14, 2026, paying $8.49 per share for a $14,993 transaction. After the purchase Maggiore holds 519,292 shares directly. The company, with a $38.52 million market capitalization, has seen its stock rise 16.77% over the past week, and InvestingPro da…
SLB LIMITED/NV (NYSE: SLB) Chief Accounting Officer Howard Guild sold 13,268 shares on January 26, 2026 for $659,419 while also recording other related equity movements tied to performance share vesting. The stock has risen to $50.66 and trades near its 52-week high amid a wave of analyst target revisions following better-than-expected fourth-quart…
SLB Limited/NV Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Stéphane Biguet sold 61,017 shares of common stock on January 26, 2026, at $49.70 per share for gross proceeds of $3,032,544, according to a Form 4 filing. Earlier in the week Biguet received 51,885 performance shares that vested upon meeting specified criteria and also sold 20,418…
Woodside Energy reported a 13% year-on-year drop in revenue for Q4, citing lower realized prices and reduced production. The company also provided 2026 volume guidance that factors in planned downtime as it prepares to process Scarborough gas, and flagged significant capital expenditure to complete Scarborough and advance a Louisiana LNG project.
The U.S. dollar fell to a four-year low against a basket of currencies, a slide traders say was intensified by President Donald Trump describing the dollar as "great" when asked whether it had fallen too far. Market strategists and portfolio managers cited mixed consequences for multinationals, import prices, Treasuries and precious metals, and sai…
Mattel is trading below its early-January highs with momentum washed out, while valuation remains undemanding for a company that’s increasingly treated as an IP and licensing platform, not just a toy seller. The trade: buy weakness near current levels with defined risk, looking for a move back toward the 52-week highs and beyond as 2026 expectation…
Assured Guaranty Ltd and affiliated entities reported two insider sales of Sound Point Meridian Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPMC) common stock on January 23 and January 27, 2026, totaling $69,623. The transactions, executed at per-share prices between $14.2917 and $14.3061, reduced the reporting parties' indirect holdings to 5,269,690 shares. Separately…
Citigroup has asked a federal judge in Austin, Texas, to move Julia Carreon’s sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit into arbitration, rejecting her claims that wealth management head Andy Sieg repeatedly harassed her and that the bank’s human resources team pushed her out. The bank points to Carreon’s expressed support for Sieg during her te…
Dianne B. Ralston, SLB's Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, reported a sale of 18,617 shares on January 26, 2026 for $49.50 per share, valued at $921,541. The Form 4 filing also shows a separate disposition of 17,667 shares to cover tax obligations at $50.25, and the vesting-related acquisition of 47,437 shares on January 23, 2026 tied to performan…
Northern Trust Corp's Chief Operating Officer, Peter Cherecwich, sold 25,000 shares of common stock on January 26, 2026, for roughly $3.74 million. The transaction came amid a backdrop of robust fourth-quarter 2025 results that topped analyst expectations and prompted several price-target increases from major brokerages. The firm continues to trade…
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced a set of reconstitutions to its S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 lineups, prompting notable after-hours gains for Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LegalZoom and Dutch Bros. The adjustments, driven largely by pending mergers and a company liquidation, will be implemented in two tranches before market open on January 30, 202…
President Donald Trump said the man fatally shot by a federal agent during an immigration enforcement action in Minneapolis should not have been carrying a firearm or fully loaded magazines, comments that drew criticism from gun rights organizations and some Republicans. The shooting, which has been captured on bystander video, prompted a White Hou…
Mizuho upgraded Applied Materials from Neutral to Outperform and raised its price target to $370 from $275, citing accelerated capital expenditure in key markets and steeper wafer fabrication equipment (WFE) growth in 2026 and 2027. The move adds to a wave of bullish analyst revisions for the company as industry spending patterns and geographic rev…
