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  • Iran's IRGC fired on commercial vessels and reversed a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, closing passage and raising energy and shipping risk.
  • S&P 500 hit a record high while forward PE fell, driven by concentrated earnings upgrades that may leave the market vulnerable.
  • Bernstein forecasts prediction-market trading could scale to $1 trillion by 2030, suggesting growing institutional and retail liquidity.
  • Bernstein says generative AI will expand demand for IaaS and PaaS, boosting cloud infrastructure and GPU/CPU capacity needs through 2030.
  • A Sabah water-village fire destroyed about 200 wooden stilt homes, displacing roughly 445 people and prompting federal relief coordination.
  • Former Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith denied five war-crime charges while on bail and pledged to fight the allegations in court.

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Copenhagen Stocks Tick Higher as Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Tech Gain

Copenhagen Stocks Tick Higher as Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Tech Gain

The OMX Copenhagen 20 closed up 0.10% on Friday as gains in Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Technology helped lift the market. AP Moeller - Maersk's A and B shares and Vestas were the session's top performers, while Pandora, Oersted and Danske Bank lagged. Market breadth favored advancers and key commodity and FX benchmarks moved higher or lower acro…

Deutsche Bank: Paramount-Skydance Bid Could Forge Strong Rival to Netflix

Deutsche Bank: Paramount-Skydance Bid Could Forge Strong Rival to Netflix

Deutsche Bank told clients that a proposed combination of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance - following Warner's board finding PSKY's $31-per-share offer to be a superior bid - would produce a powerful global streaming contender. Analyst Bryan Kraft adjusted his price target for Warner Bros. Discovery and characterized the competitive a…

Elauwit Connection to Restate Q3 2025 Results; Shares Rise After Disclosure

Elauwit Connection to Restate Q3 2025 Results; Shares Rise After Disclosure

Elauwit Connection Inc. said it will restate its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, after identifying a revenue recognition error tied to the percentage-of-completion input method for certain network design and installation contracts. The company estimates the mistake led to an overstatem…

Casablanca market closes lower as Moroccan All Shares slips 1.25%

Casablanca market closes lower as Moroccan All Shares slips 1.25%

Morocco's main equities gauge finished Friday in negative territory, with the Moroccan All Shares index falling 1.25% at the close in Casablanca. Losses were concentrated in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors even as a handful of miners and related companies recorded notable gains. Market breadth favored decliners, and commodity and currency…

VNET Group Shares Drop After $137.7M Private Placement Announcement

VNET Group Shares Drop After $137.7M Private Placement Announcement

VNET Group Inc. (NASDAQ:VNET) saw its stock decline 6.9% after revealing a private placement of 81.0 million newly issued Class A ordinary shares to institutional investors. The offering is priced at $1.70 per Class A share - $10.20 per American Depositary Share, with each ADS representing six Class A shares - and is projected to generate gross pro…

U.S. to Nominate an American to Lead U.N. World Food Programme

U.S. to Nominate an American to Lead U.N. World Food Programme

The United States plans to put forward an American candidate to serve as executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, a State Department spokesperson said. The announcement follows Cindy McCain's statement that she will step down from the leadership role in three months because her health has not fully recovered after a mild strok…

Iridium: No Longer a Falling Knife – Upgrade to a Mid-Term Long

Iridium: No Longer a Falling Knife – Upgrade to a Mid-Term Long

Iridium has moved off its 2025 low and now shows improving technical momentum, healthy free cash flow and exposure to a growing satellite communications market. We upgrade to a mid-term long with a $22.99 entry, $20.00 stop and $30.00 target — a risk-reward profile we find attractive given current fundamentals and near-term catalysts.

Pemex posts Q4 net loss as production lags behind government target

Pemex posts Q4 net loss as production lags behind government target

Mexico's state energy firm recorded a net loss of 155.23 million pesos in the fourth quarter and reported fourth-quarter revenues of 362.45 billion pesos. Production and refining volumes fell short of government targets, while the company carried $85.2 billion in financial debt at quarter-end and received 395.3 billion pesos in government support d…

Oslo Stocks Close Higher as OBX Hits Record High; Subsea 7 Leads Gains

Oslo Stocks Close Higher as OBX Hits Record High; Subsea 7 Leads Gains

Norwegian equities ended the trading session higher with the Oslo OBX advancing 1.02% to a fresh all-time high. Strength in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities supported the market. Subsea 7 SA was the session's top gainer, while Norwegian Air Shuttle and several large-cap names lagged. Commodity and FX mov…

Tel Aviv Shares Rise as Banking, Financials and Insurance Lift TA-35

Tel Aviv Shares Rise as Banking, Financials and Insurance Lift TA-35

Israel's benchmark index finished higher on Friday, driven by gains in banking, financial and insurance stocks. The TA-35 ended the session up 0.65% as several large-cap names rallied to new highs while others slipped, and commodities and currency markets showed notable moves during the session. Market breadth was positive, with more advancing than…

Buying the Panic: A Contrarian Long on Strategy Inc. (MSTR) for 2026

Buying the Panic: A Contrarian Long on Strategy Inc. (MSTR) for 2026

Strategy Inc. (MSTR) trades near $130 after a headline-loss-driven sell-off. The company's operating business shows healthy ROE/ROA and low leverage while the market cap sits ~ $44B. My contrarian view: headline volatility has created an asymmetric risk/reward for a disciplined long. Entry $125, stop $95, target $320 over a 180 trading-day horizon.

Athens bourse ends lower as banking, telecoms and household stocks slide

Athens bourse ends lower as banking, telecoms and household stocks slide

Greece's Athens General Composite dropped 1.15% at the close on Friday, driven by declines in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors. Broad sell-side pressure left 97 stocks lower versus 24 that rose, while 11 shares finished unchanged. Notable winners included Viohalco and Cenergy, both reaching all-time highs, while Ekter, National Bank of G…

Dollar Strengthens After Hotter PPI Print and Rising U.S.-Iran Frictions

Dollar Strengthens After Hotter PPI Print and Rising U.S.-Iran Frictions

The U.S. dollar advanced on Friday after January's Producer Price Index exceeded expectations and investors sought safety amid growing tensions between the United States and Iran. While the headline PPI reading was stronger than forecast, some economists pointed to components that may overstate near-term price pressure. Market moves were further in…

Global Industrial Looks Like a Value Play: Buy the Dip Around $33

Global Industrial Looks Like a Value Play: Buy the Dip Around $33

Global Industrial (GIC) is trading below recent highs despite resilient margins, positive free cash flow and a healthy balance sheet. At roughly $33, the stock offers a dividend yield of ~3.1%, EV/S near 0.9 and EV/EBITDA ~12.1. This trade targets upside as Indoff integration and e-commerce tailwinds reaccelerate volumes; risk controls focus on inv…