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  • Moody's raised IAMGOLD's corporate rating to B1, signaling improved creditworthiness following substantial 2025 debt reductions.
  • S&P revised CoreWeave's outlook to positive, affirmed a B+ issuer rating, and assigned B to its proposed $1.25B senior notes.
  • xAI's chief financial officer Anthony Armstrong departed amid senior exits, creating leadership uncertainty as linked firms prepare a major IPO.
  • Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the Iran conflict requires bolstering Britain's economy and defence and warned of higher fuel-driven inflation.
  • First Lady Melania Trump denied any ties to Jeffrey Epstein and called for congressional public hearings for survivors.
  • GSK asked the FDA to withdraw its leucovorin calcium application despite last month's approval, while generics remain available.
  • Market writers pitch Nano Labs and The Trade Desk as deep-value long ideas after sharp share-price declines.

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Celestica: High-Conviction Growth Trade on AI & Data-Center Momentum

Celestica: High-Conviction Growth Trade on AI & Data-Center Momentum

Celestica (CLS) is showing the characteristics of an aggressive growth pick: strong FCF generation, improving institutional interest, a recent product push into high-density AI storage, and a tight float after buybacks. At $299.82, the stock has momentum but still offers upside to the prior 52-week high on a continuation of AI/data-center spending.…

Buy Meta: Backing the AI Infrastructure Upside

Buy Meta: Backing the AI Infrastructure Upside

Meta is pushing the largest-capex AI buildout in Big Tech history. The market has punished near-term margins, but the company still generates strong cash flow, trades below frothy multiples for growth leaders, and shows bullish technicals. This trade targets a re-rate as advertisers and products monetize advanced AI features across the Family of Ap…

Benchmark Starts Coverage of CAVA With Buy Rating, $80 Price Target

Benchmark Starts Coverage of CAVA With Buy Rating, $80 Price Target

Benchmark launched coverage of CAVA Group with a Buy rating and an $80 price target, highlighting the chain's leadership in Mediterranean fast-casual, robust unit-level economics and an expansion trajectory that could lift domestic locations to at least 1,000 by 2032. The firm pointed to high average unit volumes, healthy restaurant-level margins a…

BTIG Identifies 10 Healthcare Stocks It Expects to Outperform in 2026

BTIG Identifies 10 Healthcare Stocks It Expects to Outperform in 2026

BTIG research highlights a slate of healthcare companies across devices, therapeutics, diagnostics and services as top picks for 2026. The list includes small- and mid-cap growth names with upcoming clinical or regulatory catalysts, established diagnostics leaders expanding screening programs, and service providers benefiting from secular shifts in…

Senators Seek Answers From DOT Over FAA Chief’s Republic Airways Holdings

Senators Seek Answers From DOT Over FAA Chief’s Republic Airways Holdings

Three Democratic senators have formally asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to clarify whether Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Bryan Bedford has sold his Republic Airways shares and whether he will forfeit any gains for failing to divest by an agreed deadline. The request follows Bedford’s December acknowledgment that he had n…

Lagarde Says AI-Driven Investment Will Take Time to Lift Productivity

Lagarde Says AI-Driven Investment Will Take Time to Lift Productivity

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told reporters that while artificial intelligence is fueling a surge in private-sector investment across information and communications technology, the productivity gains from that spending will take time to materialize. She spoke after the ECB kept interest rates unchanged and described investment …

Senate Democrat Demands End to $20 Billion U.S. Swap Line With Argentina

Senate Democrat Demands End to $20 Billion U.S. Swap Line With Argentina

Senator Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, has asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to terminate a $20 billion currency swap line provided to Argentina last year. In a letter dated Wednesday, Warren reminded Bessent that the Treasury had described the facility as for "acute, short-term and urgent" needs tied to Ar…

Athens Market Falls as Banks, Telecoms and Household Names Weigh on Index

Athens Market Falls as Banks, Telecoms and Household Names Weigh on Index

Greece's main equity index ended the session lower, with the Athens General Composite slipping 1.69% at the close. Losses were concentrated in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors. Decliners outnumbered advancers by a wide margin, while a handful of companies posted notable gains, including two reaching multi-year and all-time peaks.

JPMorgan Lowers Corteva to Neutral, Cites Valuation Constraints

JPMorgan Lowers Corteva to Neutral, Cites Valuation Constraints

JPMorgan has downgraded Corteva from Overweight to Neutral, arguing the stock's current price already reflects much of the upside and that valuation levers are limited until agricultural risks and the planned separation of the seed and crop protection businesses become clearer. The bank adjusted its price target slightly higher after lifting consol…

Ethereum Sinks 10% in One-Day Slide, Market Caps Shrink Across Crypto

Ethereum Sinks 10% in One-Day Slide, Market Caps Shrink Across Crypto

Ethereum fell sharply on Thursday, trading at $1,935.42 by 10:30 (15:30 GMT) and recording a one-day decline of 10.06%. The move reduced Ether’s market capitalization to $242.09 billion and coincided with losses across major tokens, including Bitcoin. Weekly drops left Ethereum down nearly 29% over seven days and roughly 61% below its August 24, 20…

Exxon Mobil: Valuation Says Buy, Technicals Say Wait for a Cleaner Entry

Exxon Mobil: Valuation Says Buy, Technicals Say Wait for a Cleaner Entry

Exxon Mobil looks fundamentally cheap for a blue-chip integrated oil company: robust 2025 cash generation, low leverage, and a durable dividend put a floor under the stock. That said, price is hugging a 52-week high with an RSI north of 72, so an entry with defined risk or a pullback-first approach is prudent. This trade idea lays out a precise ent…

Rio Tinto Ends Talks with Glencore, Third Attempt to Merge Falls Apart

Rio Tinto Ends Talks with Glencore, Third Attempt to Merge Falls Apart

Rio Tinto confirmed on Feb 5 that discussions with Glencore over a potential takeover have been discontinued after the parties were unable to reach an agreement that would provide value to Rio shareholders. This marks the third time efforts to combine the two firms have been abandoned, underscoring persistent obstacles to large-scale consolidation …

Multiple Bidders Keep Pressure on Lukoil Asset Sale as Carlyle Moves Forward

Multiple Bidders Keep Pressure on Lukoil Asset Sale as Carlyle Moves Forward

Despite a preliminary agreement for U.S. private equity firm Carlyle to acquire Lukoil’s global assets, at least two other bidder groups - including a Chevron-Quantum partnership and an Xtellus-led consortium - continue discussions with Lukoil and U.S. officials. The sale faces regulatory and political checkpoints, with the U.S. Treasury setting a …

BofA Says Natural Gas Producers Are Overlooked as AI-Driven Demand Looms

BofA Says Natural Gas Producers Are Overlooked as AI-Driven Demand Looms

Bank of America argues that while investors have rotated out of technology into energy, natural gas producers have not participated in the rally. The bank points to weather-driven tighter balances, lower-than-expected end-of-season storage, and the potential for rising power demand from AI-related investment as reasons the sector could re-rate. Bof…

BANC: A Differentiated Regional-Bank Growth Trade with Room to Re-rate

BANC: A Differentiated Regional-Bank Growth Trade with Room to Re-rate

Banc of California (BANC) looks like a solid long-term trade: recent quarter showed improving net interest income and a $48.4M adjusted profit headline, management is executing CRE loan sales and buybacks, and the stock sits near $20 with a sub-1.0 P/B and an EPS-derived P/E in the high teens. This idea lays out an entry at $20.00, a conservative s…