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  • South Texas Latino voters' anger over living costs and immigration is creating competitive races in newly redrawn Republican districts.
  • Espey reports record FY sales $46.1M and net income $11.18M, signaling stronger industrial demand and backlog $134.9M.
  • Portugal sticks to a 2026 balanced-budget forecast despite a 0.5% of GDP midyear surplus.
  • Highlander Silver mandates Natixis to lead a $330M senior secured project finance facility, targeting a Q1 2027 close.
  • Morgan Stanley updates a sensitivity study on a potential Strait of Hormuz reopening, flagging banks, semiconductors, and capital goods as beneficiaries.

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Oil Prices Climb Over 3% as Iran Announces Strait of Hormuz Closed

Oil Prices Climb Over 3% as Iran Announces Strait of Hormuz Closed

Oil futures rose sharply in Asian trade after Iran said it had closed the Strait of Hormuz following expanded missile and drone strikes and a commercial vessel being hit. Brent and WTI climbed more than 3% on the news, extending gains from the prior week as markets weighed the potential for supply disruptions and slower shipping through a key expor…

U.S. Futures Slip as Middle East Tensions Rise; Q2 Earnings Week Looms

U.S. Futures Slip as Middle East Tensions Rise; Q2 Earnings Week Looms

U.S. equity futures dipped Sunday evening amid a fresh round of U.S.-Iran strikes and conflicting statements over the status of the Strait of Hormuz. The moves boosted oil prices and heightened market uncertainty ahead of a heavy slate of second-quarter corporate earnings this week, including major banks and technology and healthcare names.

EU Foreign Ministers to Weigh Measures Targeting Trade with West Bank Settlements

EU Foreign Ministers to Weigh Measures Targeting Trade with West Bank Settlements

BRUSSELS, July 13 - European Union foreign ministers are scheduled to discuss whether there is sufficient backing for new steps to restrict trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. A confidential European Commission paper circulated to member states outlines three potential approaches - an import licensing scheme, high tariffs or a…

What Investors Should Monitor in Washington in the Second Half of 2026

What Investors Should Monitor in Washington in the Second Half of 2026

Wolfe Research warns that while the second half of 2026 is unlikely to bring sweeping policy overhauls, a sequence of congressional deadlines, tariff shifts, regulatory rulemakings and geopolitical events could materially influence sectors from manufacturing and healthcare to financials and energy. Key items include government funding before Oct. 1…

BofA Sees Japan AI Stock Drop as Rotation, Urges Broader Exposure

BofA Sees Japan AI Stock Drop as Rotation, Urges Broader Exposure

BofA Securities interprets the recent pullback in Japan's AI-linked equities as a constructive rotation across markets rather than the start of a wider downturn. The bank points to concerns around data center spending sustainability, rising memory and AI token costs, and momentum shifts toward cheaper Chinese open-source models. It recommends maint…

Moscow bourse ends Sunday with mixed moves as MOEX marks fresh 3-year low

Moscow bourse ends Sunday with mixed moves as MOEX marks fresh 3-year low

Russian equities closed lower on Sunday with mixed individual stock performances and the MOEX Russia Index unchanged at the close while registering a new three-year low. Energy and some banking shares were among the session's top performers, while miners and selected blue-chips underperformed. Volatility on MOEX options rose to a six-month high as …

LEQEMBI® Subcutaneous Autoinjector Clinical Data Supports Similar Efficacy and Safety to IV Formulation in Early Alzheimer’s Disease Presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® (AAIC®) 2026

LEQEMBI® Subcutaneous Autoinjector Clinical Data Supports Similar Efficacy and Safety to IV Formulation in Early Alzheimer’s Disease Presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® (AAIC®) 2026

Biogen and Eisai presented clinical data at AAIC 2026 demonstrating that LEQEMBI® (lecanemab) subcutaneous autoinjector (SC-AI) provides comparable efficacy and safety to the intravenous (IV) formulation for treating early Alzheimer's disease. The SC formulation offers a convenient, flexible dosing option that may enhance patient access and adheren…

SanDisk Is More Than Flash - A Trade on an Unpriced Transformation

SanDisk Is More Than Flash - A Trade on an Unpriced Transformation

SanDisk is reinventing itself from a pure NAND supplier into a vertically integrated, product-led storage company aimed at enterprise AI, edge compute and automotive. The market is still treating it like a commodity play. This trade buys that the re-rating of margins and recurring-software revenue is coming into the price over the next 180 trading …

UBS Sees Equity Case Intact Despite Risks From Sticky U.S. Inflation

UBS Sees Equity Case Intact Despite Risks From Sticky U.S. Inflation

UBS Asset Management remains constructive on global equities, pointing to resilient economic growth, widening corporate earnings and supportive earnings momentum tied to AI. The firm warns, however, that persistent U.S. core inflation could keep the Federal Reserve on a hawkish trajectory, which would bolster the dollar, pressure bond returns and i…

Goldman Sachs Flags Fed-Rate Risk for Stocks as CPI Looms

Goldman Sachs Flags Fed-Rate Risk for Stocks as CPI Looms

Goldman Sachs cautions that a stronger-than-expected U.S. inflation print this week could shift market expectations for Federal Reserve tightening and put downward pressure on equities, even as the bank expects another quarter of solid corporate earnings. Goldman projects June core inflation to rise 0.17% month-on-month and headline inflation to fa…

Packed Week of Data, Bank Results and Iran Tensions to Test Market Resolve

Packed Week of Data, Bank Results and Iran Tensions to Test Market Resolve

U.S. equities enter a busy week where a slate of economic readings, the start of second-quarter earnings and heightened Iran-related tensions will influence investors already navigating sizable sector swings beneath the surface of broadly firm indexes. Key items include Tuesday's consumer price index, bank results from JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sa…

Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill Three, Including a 9-Year-Old Girl, Medics Say

Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill Three, Including a 9-Year-Old Girl, Medics Say

Palestinian health officials reported that Israeli strikes on Sunday killed at least three people in the Gaza Strip, including a 9-year-old girl killed by gunfire at a tent encampment in Al-Bureij and two people killed in an airstrike on a metal foundry in Gaza City's Sabra neighbourhood. Israel's military said it had targeted "terrorist" infrastru…

Argan's Backlog and Cash Flow Make a Compelling Buy on a Pullback

Argan's Backlog and Cash Flow Make a Compelling Buy on a Pullback

Argan (AGX) is a niche engineering and construction play benefiting from a surge in data-center and grid-related power work. With a $2.9 billion backlog, robust free cash flow, and zero net debt, the company has visibility into 2026-2027 revenue and margin expansion. The technical pullback creates an actionable entry with a tight stop-loss and a co…

Iraq’s Prime Minister Heads to Washington for Energy Deals and Strategic Talks

Iraq’s Prime Minister Heads to Washington for Energy Deals and Strategic Talks

Iraq’s prime minister will visit Washington on Monday to deepen strategic ties with the United States. Multiple memorandums of understanding in the oil and gas sector are expected to be signed, aimed at bringing U.S. firms into projects that could help raise production capacity. The agreements also aim to develop alternative export outlets to lower…