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Hims & Hers stock rallied further on Tuesday after a strategic collaboration with Novo Nordisk enabled the company to sell commercially available Ozempic and Wegovy products, including an upcoming pill form, and prompted several analyst upgrades. Novo Nordisk also withdrew its lawsuit against Hims & Hers, decreasing legal uncertainty. Brokerages ra…
PayPal sits at the center of a value-trap debate: is the company a durable payments moat ready to re-accelerate, or a mature platform whose best days of margin expansion and rapid user growth are behind it? This trade idea presents a tactical short backed by structural headwinds, execution risk on monetization, and a valuation that has historically…
Deutsche Bank has revised its outlook for technology stocks in the United States and Europe, upgrading the sectors from 'underweight' to 'neutral' and shifting to an 'overweight' stance on software. The bank cites a months-long software rout tied to AI disruption fears that left valuations thin, but now points to resilient earnings and an absence o…
Rothschild & Co Redburn upgraded Intuit Inc to Buy from Neutral and lifted its price target to $700 from $670, arguing that Intuit’s flagship products possess structural advantages that make them difficult for AI-only competitors to displace. The broker projects mid-teens growth in revenue and free cash flow over the next five years and notes broad…
ServiceNow (NOW) has been swept up in the 2026 software sell-off, but fundamentals and AI momentum argue for an upgrade. The company generates strong free cash flow, has modest leverage, and shows early signs of technical stabilization. This trade idea lays out a clear entry at $116.60, a $150 target and a $105 stop with a mid-term horizon to captu…
U.S. corporate insiders sold substantially more shares than they bought in February, producing the widest net selling gap since July 2024. Data show a sharp rise in the seller-to-buyer ratio, a surge in recorded selling instances and large dollar volumes tied to executive sales, particularly among S&P 500 companies. Observers caution that while som…
Exxon Mobil has evacuated non-essential personnel from its Middle East operations and trimmed certain activities to manage inventories, CEO Darren Woods said in an interview. The company, a minority partner in projects across the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, has taken these steps as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is under pressure amid…
Kinetik Holdings (KNTK) is a Permian-focused midstream operator with a $7.38B market cap, a ~7% yield and asset connectivity that would fit neatly into a larger midstream platform. With an annualized dividend that exceeds reported EPS, strong fee-based legacy cash flows and elevated short interest, the stock is ripe for consolidation chatter. This …
French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said countries around the world stand ready to take steps to stabilize the oil market and have asked the International Energy Agency to prepare scenarios for a possible release from strategic stockpiles. Lescure highlighted the urgency of the situation, pointed to cooperation from major economies including the…
Lakeland Financial Corp. director Welch M. Scott bought 5,000 shares on March 9, 2026, raising his holdings to 54,000 shares. The transaction, executed indirectly through an LLP at $55.45 per share for $277,250, coincides with a larger share repurchase authorization, a dividend increase, and an analyst price target raise after better-than-expected …
President Javier Milei is scheduled to address investors at JPMorgan’s Midtown Manhattan headquarters as part of an Argentina Week roadshow intended to convince financiers that Buenos Aires’ economic overhaul can endure amid a spike in oil prices, a stronger dollar and increased investor caution toward emerging markets.
Foreign investors pared back purchases of emerging-market assets in February to a net $21.7 billion, down sharply from January’s record inflows. Debt continued to draw the bulk of allocations, while equity purchases slowed and regional patterns showed differentiated investor interest across Asia, Latin America, and other markets.
B. Riley Securities initiated coverage of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) with a Buy rating and a $175 price target, citing the company's market-leading Bitcoin treasury, diversified capital structure and cash reserves. The firm also began coverage on Strive with a Buy and $12 target. The analyst noted sector-wide stress after Bitcoin's sharp cor…
Deutsche Bank has moved to a more positive stance on software shares, upgrading tech from Underweight to Neutral and taking an overweight position on software within the sector. The bank said worries about AI-induced disruption have diminished, while recent earnings trends and valuation gaps support a reconsideration of software equities for growth…
Spirit Airlines has recalled close to 500 pilots who were furloughed last year as the ultra-low-cost carrier prepares to emerge from its second Chapter 11. The recall follows a restructuring agreement with lenders and comes amid higher-than-expected pilot attrition, prompting the airline to refocus operations on core routes and peak travel periods.
Banking regulators in the Trump administration plan to release draft revisions to Basel banking rules in the coming weeks that industry executives say will likely reduce capital requirements for some U.S. banks. The Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and FDIC are preparing an industry-friendlier proposal along with a related…
Amazon.com Inc. has begun marketing one of the largest corporate debt offerings on record, aiming to raise between $37 billion and $42 billion in combined dollar and euro bond markets. The proposal includes a U.S. high-grade sale across as many as 11 tranches and a potential eight-part euro debut, with proceeds earmarked for artificial intelligence…
We upgrade Deutsche Post (DPW) to a buy. A recent pullback appears driven more by macro jitters than structural weakness. The company's global logistics scale, pricing power in express and parcel, and ongoing cost rationalization make a measured long trade attractive. Proposed trade: enter at $35.00, target $42.00, stop loss $31.00, horizon: long t…
Amazon.com is marketing a major bond package valued at roughly $37 billion to $42 billion, selling securities denominated in U.S. dollars and euros across multiple tranches to support spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure. The offering, which includes U.S. high-grade bonds in up to 11 tranches according to a regulatory filing, is the l…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Europe is alarmed by a mounting and dangerous escalation in the U.S. and Israeli military action against Iran, noting there is no apparent joint strategy to bring the conflict to a prompt conclusion. He expressed concern about damage to global energy flows, regional stability and the potential collapse of Irani…
Morgan Stanley upgraded CrowdStrike to Overweight and designated the company a Top Pick, raising its price target to $510 from $487. Analysts pointed to AI-driven security capabilities, expanding platform adoption across cloud and identity security, and improving endpoint win rates as drivers that could sustain revenue growth above 20% for several …
BlackBerry's QNX software and IoT licensing provide a clear path to revenue leverage that the market is underappreciating. With a market cap near $2.05B, modest debt levels and positive free cash flow, the stock at $3.48 looks like a tradeable long with defined risk. We lay out an entry at $3.48, a $5.00 target tied to re-rate and licensing wins, a…
ASML is the gatekeeper of advanced lithography and remains a primary beneficiary of AI-driven chip demand. Elevated energy and recession worries raise short-term volatility, but buybacks, solid 2025 earnings growth, and a data-center capex cycle support a mid-term long trade. Plan for a controlled position: entry $1,380.00, stop $1,280.00, target $…
HSBC has increased its 2026 average price forecasts for Brent and WTI crude to $80 and $76 per barrel respectively, following sharp price moves after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and reduced shipments from major OPEC producers. Benchmark prices remain volatile after briefly topping $119 and rising more than a quarter since the conflict began…
British equities advanced on Tuesday as comments from U.S. President Donald Trump that the Middle East conflict could be drawing to a close prompted a relief rally and a drop in oil prices. At 13:21 GMT the FTSE 100 was up 1.5% and the pound strengthened to 1.3461 against the dollar. Major European benchmarks also rose, while a string of UK corpora…
