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IAU (iShares Gold Trust) offers low-cost, liquid exposure to physical gold. After a steep rebound from last year's lows and a recent pullback from $104.40, the ETF is trading at $91.14 and looks set up for a mid-term trade into a renewed risk-off or weaker dollar. This trade pairs a pragmatic entry, a conservative stop and a realistic target tied t…
Wesbanco director Kerry M Stemler disclosed purchases of WSBC common stock on March 18, 2026, totaling $30,800 across multiple transactions. The buys leave Stemler with a substantial direct and indirect holding. The disclosure comes as the bank reports mixed Q4 2025 results, announces a commercial expansion into South Florida with new hires, and it…
Absences among Transportation Security Administration officers dipped slightly to 9.9% on Tuesday as the partial government shutdown reached its 33rd day, the Department of Homeland Security said. The funding lapse has forced roughly 50,000 TSA airport security officers to work without pay for a month, producing spot shortages at several major airp…
Steven J. McLaughlin, listed as a ten percent owner of Expensify, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFY), indirectly purchased roughly $2.13 million of Class A common stock across five transactions between March 3 and March 11, 2026. The acquisitions took place while the share price hovered near a 52-week low of $0.74. Expensify's recent fourth-quarter 2025 results f…
Unilever and Kraft Heinz held discussions about combining Unilever’s food business with Kraft Heinz’s condiments division, according to people familiar with the talks. Those discussions have concluded. The proposed deal would have paired Heinz ketchup with Hellmann’s mayonnaise to form an entity valued at tens of billions of dollars. Separately, Kr…
The acting head of the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust division said the proposed Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery will not receive preferential, politically driven treatment, denying that enforcement has been politicized and confirming regulators are conducting reviews and probes of competing bids and the transaction.
Erik Prince, founder of private military contractor Blackwater, has taken a board role with Ukrainian drone software developer Swarmer and is backing efforts to bring its technology to the U.S. military. Prince argues that the prolonged conflict in Ukraine has accelerated development of inexpensive drones, software and electronic warfare tools, pos…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told reporters that despite a recent spike in energy prices tied to the Iran conflict, the U.S. economy is far from the stagflation experienced in the 1970s. With inflation about one percentage point above the Fed's target and unemployment remaining low, Powell described the present environment as a difficult bal…
Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves announced that his government will no longer recognize the legitimacy of Cuba’s government and has ordered the Cuban embassy in San Jose to be closed. Speaking at an event attended by the U.S. ambassador, Chaves cited alleged mistreatment and repression on the island and called for removing communist influence f…
Brazil’s agriculture ministry has raised alarms after urea prices in the domestic market surged within days of renewed hostilities in the Middle East. Officials and analysts say the spike - and some sellers’ suspension of sales despite existing inventories - could push importers and farmers toward cheaper nitrogen sources such as ammonium sulfate, …
Camden Property Trust (CPT) is a large multifamily REIT concentrated in high-growth Sun Belt markets. With a dividend yield north of 4%, a sub-1.0 debt/equity ratio, and free cash flow of roughly $384M, the setup looks favorable if demand in growing metro Sun Belt metros holds and rate volatility eases. This trade proposes a long entry at $101.00, …
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said at a post-meeting press conference that he will remain in the role if a successor is not confirmed by the end of his current chair term in May. Powell stated this continuation is prescribed by law and noted the Fed has followed the same procedure on multiple occasions, including previously in his own case.
Mexican authorities detained Angel Esteban Aguilar - alias 'Lobo Menor' - at Mexico City's international airport after tracking his arrival and identifying a fraudulent Colombian identity. The arrest, coordinated with Colombia and Ecuador, targets a figure tied to drug trafficking, extortion and the 2023 killing of Ecuadorian presidential candidate…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is turning its AI narrative into a network-and-edge growth story. After a beat on EPS and an upward guide, HPE's networking business is becoming the on-ramp for distributed inference and private 5G deployments. Valuation is constructive, cash flow supports a yield and buybacks, and a tactical long with a clear stop makes …
A banking group led by JPMorgan Chase is running back-to-back debt offerings tied to the take-private of Electronic Arts and Qualtrics' purchase of Press Ganey Forsta. The closely sequenced sales are being watched by bankers as a measure of demand for leveraged loans and high-yield bonds in a technology sector facing heightened volatility due to co…
Syria has presented a plan, supported by the United States and several Western allies, to locate and destroy residual chemical weapons from the Bashar al-Assad era. An international taskforce will work under the supervision of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to inspect up to 100 sites and eliminate any remaining stockpiles …
Twelve Democratic lawmakers asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to require the strongest non-proliferation safeguards in any U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear cooperation pact, warning that recent U.S. reports leave room for uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing. The administration has signaled it is pursuing a 123 Agreement that links U.S. indust…
Foxx Development Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: FOXX) disclosed that Chief Executive Officer Greg Foley sold a total of 7,597 shares across two trades in March 2026, generating $30,436 in proceeds. The Form 4 filing also shows Foley retains 16,715 shares, including unvested restricted shares from a November 5, 2024 grant that vest quarterly. Separately, th…
Since the outbreak of the Israel-U.S. conflict with Iran, demand for U.S. distillate storage has climbed sharply as traders prepare to ship diesel, jet fuel and other middle distillates overseas. The spike is concentrated in Gulf Coast and East Coast export hubs, reflecting competition between Europe and Asia for Atlantic Basin supplies amid strain…
Zillow Group shares climbed after Compass Inc. voluntarily dismissed its antitrust lawsuit challenging Zillow's listing-enforcement policy. The case, filed in June and denied a preliminary injunction in December, will not proceed to trial, removing a legal burden that had weighed on Zillow's financials.
Britain said it is increasing support for Gulf partners facing attacks from Iran by ordering additional missiles, offering training and convening regional defence representatives. The move follows incidents including an attack on RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus and criticism over the delayed departure of a Royal Navy ship bound for the eastern Mediterranean…
Federal officials are reportedly preparing to suspend seasonal smog-cutting requirements for summer-blend gasoline on a temporary basis. The change would make standard gasoline less expensive by removing the obligation for refiners and retailers to switch to higher-cost summer blends, and would permit continued sales of gasoline blended with 15% et…
The Trump administration's TrumpRx.gov initiative, intended to bring some U.S. cash prescription prices down to the lowest levels charged in other developed nations, does not consistently undercut prices paid by Britain’s National Health Service. A Reuters comparison found that roughly one-third of the 54 medicines listed on TrumpRx are cheaper in …
Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez, on Wednesday publicly accused Chavez of sexually assaulting her during the 1960s. Huerta, 96, said she had concealed the incidents for decades to avoid harming the farmworker movement. Her statement came on the same day a multi-year New York Times investig…
Roger E. Susi, CEO, President and Chairman of IRADIMED CORP (NASDAQ:IRMD), sold 7,500 shares between March 16 and March 17, 2026, generating roughly $762,970 in proceeds under a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted last November. The transactions occurred while IRMD traded near its 52-week high after a 100% one-year return, and InvestingPro analysis lists the …
