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Short sellers have recorded roughly $24 billion in unrealized gains as a focused decline in software and AI-linked equities accelerates. Data from S3 Partners LLC show rising short interest across major technology names, with market participants citing worries that rapid AI advances could undercut traditional software revenue models.
Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Evercore Partners to $381 from $376 while retaining an Equalweight rating. The firm increased its 2026 and 2027 EPS forecasts modestly, citing higher projected advisory, underwriting, commission and investment management revenues, offset in part by rising expenses. Evercore recently posted stronger-than-exp…
Wolfe Research held an Outperform rating and a $235.00 price target on RTX following a framework agreement to expand missile production under a Pentagon initiative to bolster defense industrial capacity. The firm estimated the build-out could add roughly $7-8 billion in revenue to RTX’s Raytheon segment and noted effects on growth assumptions and c…
Raymond James cut its rating on Lumen Technologies to Market Perform from Outperform, arguing that the material gains from recent deleveraging are largely captured and that the company must now deliver a return to revenue growth. The firm highlights a strengthened balance sheet following a fiber sale, but warns of execution risks and uncertain near…
Raymond James raised its price objective on Flex Ltd to $80 from $75 and retained an Outperform rating after the company reported December-quarter results. The firm pointed to strength in high-performance networking and communications within Flex’s CEC segment and expects further clarity on cloud and AI growth drivers when reporting segments are re…
Oil prices climbed sharply after reports indicated planned talks between the United States and Iran were at risk of collapsing over disagreement on the meeting format and location. U.S. crude rose about 3.5% to above $65.30 a barrel and Brent gained roughly 3.4% to $69.60 a barrel as of mid-afternoon ET. The reported impasse follows heightened tens…
The U.S. Justice Department has pulled a Department of Homeland Security attorney off an assignment in Minnesota after she declared during a federal court hearing that "this job sucks" and said immigration authorities had not consistently followed judicial orders. The lawyer, Julie Le, had been working at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in St. Paul to a…
A Deutsche Bank review shows that, even as investors rotate away from many technology and software companies amid AI-driven disruption concerns, the group of seven largest tech names has held the broader market near record levels. Software stocks have suffered sharp drops, but gains concentrated in Alphabet have offset much of the pain across the m…
Wolfe Research upgraded Fabrinet to Outperform, arguing the contract optical manufacturer stands to gain from rising data-center demand and industry-wide supply limitations. The brokerage flagged recent share weakness as excessive, highlighted capacity expansion plans as a clearer forward indicator of revenue, and raised its price target to $540 wh…
Bitcoin fell to about $72,000, its weakest level in 15 months, as a market-wide decline pushed investors to liquidate positions. The cryptocurrency dropped as much as 5.4%, extending losses from earlier, crypto-focused liquidations and coinciding with a broader pullback in global equities, including a more than 2% slide in the Nasdaq 100 that hit s…
BTIG raised its price target on GE HealthCare to $91 from $87 and kept a Buy rating after the medical-device maker reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat both BTIG and consensus estimates for revenue and adjusted earnings per share. Management provided fiscal 2026 guidance showing modest organic revenue growth, margin expansion and higher a…
Deutsche Bank maintained a Buy rating and a $1,200.00 price target on Eli Lilly after the company provided fiscal 2026 guidance above consensus and reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that exceeded expectations. Lilly forecast FY26 revenue of $80-$83 billion and non-GAAP EPS of $33.50-$35.00, and reported Q4 revenue and EPS that outpaced Street fo…
BofA Securities has kept an Underperform rating on Amgen with a $304 price target while the stock trades around $366.10 and close to its 52-week high. InvestingPro data indicates the shares are roughly fairly valued at current levels. The bank pointed to a series of pipeline catalysts stretching from 2026 into 2027 that will shape the company’s out…
Idaho Strategic Resources (IDR) has pulled back to $37.43 after a sharp run, offering an actionable long entry. Fundamentals show profitability, low debt, and growing free cash flow; technicals are tired but short interest and elevated volumes set the stage for a momentum retest. Our trade plan buys the dip with a clear stop and a target at the 52-…
U.S. equity markets fell sharply Wednesday as a renewed round of selling hit technology stocks, with software names plunging early in the session and weakness rotating into semiconductor and memory companies. The NASDAQ Composite dropped 2.2% as investors reacted to mounting concerns that rapid advances in artificial intelligence are disrupting par…
Jefferies reiterated a Hold rating on General Dynamics (GD) with a $385 price target, implying roughly 11% upside from the stock's current level of $351.06. The firm’s review of the company’s 10-K and recent results surfaced a mix of margin shifts in Aerospace, substantial backlog growth across Aerospace and Defense - led by Marine contracts - and …
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told House lawmakers he was wrong to tell partners in January 2024 that "tariffs are inflationary." Speaking at a House Financial Services Committee hearing, Bessent said the U.S. economy is growing and inflation is coming down, and noted recent Producer Price Index data that could signal a near-term pick-up in…
Zeta Global (ZETA) looks buyable here after a pullback. The company pairs AI-driven consumer intelligence with omnichannel marketing execution; recent results show strong top-line growth and accelerating free cash flow. Valuation is stretched on multiples but reasonable when viewed versus growth and FCF generation. My mid-term trade targets a move …
The United States is coordinating with Mexico, the European Union and Japan to pursue minimum pricing for critical minerals, according to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. An action plan with Mexico will be put in place over 60 days as part of a USMCA review due by July 1, while talks with the EU and Japan could produce a memorandum and a b…
Major automakers, represented by the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, signaled support for the Trump administration’s plan to significantly lower federal fuel economy targets but requested changes including preserving credit trading, maintaining credits for some technologies and reconsideration of vehicle reclassification. NHTSA’s proposal would…
Microsoft is appointing Hayete Gallot, a former Google Cloud executive and prior Microsoft employee, as executive vice president for security. Charlie Bell will transition from security chief to an individual contributor role focused on engineering quality while continuing to report to CEO Satya Nadella and collaborate with cloud and AI chief Scott…
TrustCo Bank (TRST) is trading near $46 with improving margins, accelerating loan growth and a freshly authorized 2 million-share repurchase (about 11% of shares). Q4 results showed +38% net income and a 22 bp margin expansion. This trade idea targets upside into the mid $50s while controlling downside with a stop below $44.
Oracle is in the middle of an expensive, high-stakes transition into AI-ready cloud infrastructure and even nuclear-backed power projects. The stock is deeply oversold after a sharp drop; this trade proposes a tactical long entry at $145.485 with a $170 target and a $132 stop over a mid-term 45 trading day horizon, balancing a probable bounce with …
Bishop Carlos Garcia Camader told reporters in Lima that Pope Leo - formerly U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost - is 'very probable' to visit Peru in November or the first week of December, placing the likelihood at about 80%. The pontiff spent decades working in Peru, was first ordained a bishop for the Chiclayo diocese, and became a Peruvian citizen in…
Shares of companies focused on rare earths and other critical minerals declined after U.S. Vice President JD Vance said the United States will form a trading bloc that includes price floors for these commodities. The proposal, announced at a meeting attended by representatives from more than 50 countries aimed at improving access to critical minera…
