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Goldman Sachs has identified Alibaba, JD.com and NetEase as its preferred China internet exposures for the second half of 2026, citing stabilising consumption trends and expectations of selective earnings recoveries. The bank prioritised cloud and data infrastructure, upgraded games and entertainment to second place, and relegated eCommerce and mob…
Goldman Sachs has reduced its oil price forecasts for late 2026 and 2027 after U.S. officials announced an interim agreement that will lift a blockade and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The bank now assumes Persian Gulf exports will return to pre-war levels by the end of July rather than end-August, prompting cuts to Brent and WTI fair-value expectat…
Tokyo markets ended Tuesday with the Nikkei 225 rising 0.21% to record a new all-time high. Broad sector strength led by Real Estate, Banking and Textile names powered the rally, while market breadth showed more decliners than advancers. Commodity and currency markets posted modest moves, with crude and Brent slipping and the dollar index edging up…
Goldman Sachs has highlighted several Japanese IT services firms that it believes have clear pathways to sustained profit growth driven by AI deployment, digital transformation work and targeted restructuring. The bank outlines multi-year profit or EBITDA growth targets from NEC, Fujitsu, Nomura Research Institute and NTT Data, and views margin imp…
Ten years after the 2016 referendum, brothers Nigel and Ian Baxter, both Nottingham-based business owners who took opposing positions on Brexit, report parallel disappointment. Nigel, 63, who campaigned to leave, says the deregulation and investment he expected have not materialised. Ian, 60, who favoured remain, acknowledges no 'catastrophic conse…
The Bank of Japan increased its policy rate to a 31-year high on Tuesday, the first hike since December, as it shifts toward normalising monetary policy to address inflationary pressure from an energy shock tied to the Iran war. Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida noted a recent memorandum between the U.S. and Iran but warned that uncertainty remains o…
Marubeni (MARUY) looks set for a mid-term re-rating after investor-day takeaways: clearer capital-return discipline across trading-house peers, a material offtake and equity tie-up in low-carbon ammonia with Exxon (05/08/2025), and renewed institutional demand from Berkshire-linked allocations (04/23/2026). At a $52.6B market cap and a P/E of ~14, …
President Lai Ching-te said he will continue efforts to raise Taiwan's defence budget and find alternative legislative and budgetary routes after an opposition-led parliament approved only two-thirds of a $40 billion supplementary defence package, trimming funding for domestically produced drones and missiles. Lai stressed the need to sharpen comba…
Rathbones Group Plc has completed a Skilled Person Review following discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority and identified shortcomings in its UK Wealth Management business related to Consumer Duty implementation and certain compliance and oversight arrangements. The firm will implement a two-year program to address the recommendations, pa…
An interim memorandum between the United States and Iran was announced as a signed step toward ending the Middle East war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz for 60 days, but details remain sparse. Leaders said a follow-up round of negotiations will address Iran’s nuclear programme and other difficult issues, while shippers, markets and regional par…
Australian equities finished marginally higher on Tuesday, with the S&P/ASX 200 rising 0.04% to reach a one-month high. Gains in select gold, energy and utilities names supported the index, while several miners posted notable declines. Market breadth favored losers over winners and implied volatility ticked up modestly.
UBS lowered its recommendation on Siegfried Holding AG from "buy" to "neutral" and trimmed its 12-month price target by one-third to CHF80, citing slower-than-expected capacity rollouts, demand volatility tied to a top-10 customer, and a smaller near-term contribution from a recently closed U.S. acquisition. The broker also reduced earnings and gro…
Recent ASCO data and multiple positive signals across Immatics' PRAME programs (anzu-cel/IMA203 and next-gen assets) argue that PRAME is becoming a platform rather than a single therapy. With a market cap of $1.27B, a $125M equity raise behind it, and a Phase 3 program on track for BLA submission in H1 2027, Immatics presents a high-reward long tra…
At the G7 meeting in Evian-les-Bains, European leaders planned to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump over a preliminary Iran accord they fear could entrench Tehran's nuclear and missile capabilities unless followed by a solid follow-up deal, while also urging Washington to revise its approach to negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
Chinese artificial intelligence developer DeepSeek has closed its inaugural financing round, raising in excess of 50 billion yuan (about $7.4 billion) and achieving a valuation above $50 billion. The round required investors to commit funds into a limited partnership controlled by CEO Liang Wenfeng and enforces a five-year lockup on investor shares…
A World Gold Council survey of 74 central banks conducted Feb. 5-May 19 finds a record 45% of reserve managers expect to raise their institutions' gold holdings in the next 12 months, with 54% planning no change and 1% anticipating a reduction. Most replies came after the late-February Middle East conflict, which affected oil and gold prices. The s…
Next-generation 'wingman' drones, designed to fly alongside manned fighters and provide sensors, jamming and weapons capacity, dominated displays at a recent Berlin airshow. European and U.S. defence firms are advancing collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) and associated networks amid debates over building sovereign defence capabilities. Several com…
Taiwan's benchmark advanced at the close, with the Taiwan Weighted rising 2.36% as strength in the Glass, Plastic and Electricity sectors pushed the market higher. Several large movers posted double-digit percentage swings, while some smaller names hit multi-year lows. Commodity prices for crude, Brent and gold eased and key currency measures showe…
Barclays has upgraded Porsche AG from 'underweight' to 'equal weight' and increased its price target to €50, citing steadier consensus earnings revisions and an absence of imminent negative catalysts. The broker lowered 2026 and 2027 underlying EBIT estimates, projects falling deliveries through 2027 before recovery in 2028, and notes that the stoc…
DNOW appears mispriced relative to balance-sheet strength and recurring free cash flow. The shares trade near 1.17x book and 0.73x sales, while the company generates positive free cash flow and carries modest leverage. Short-term headline risk and a negative EPS readout have pushed the stock below earlier levels; we see a mid-term opportunity to bu…
General Dynamics (GD) combines steady organic growth, strong free cash flow and a manageable balance sheet with direct exposure to rising naval and defense budgets. Trading at ~22x trailing earnings with an EV/EBITDA of 16.4 and free cash flow of roughly $6.2B, GD looks like a defensive-growth name you can own through geopolitical noise. This is a …
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Go Inc., a taxi and ride-hailing operator, raised 88.6 billion yen ($552.6 million) in what was Japan's largest initial public offering this year. The company's shares opened in Tokyo and surged as much as 23% above the ¥2,400 offering price before easing; they were 8.8% higher after the midday break. The IPO attracted anchor commitments and the co…
Jon E. Bortz, Chairman and CEO of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, executed a significant personal investment in the company's equity, purchasing 20,000 shares at $18.18 each on June 12, 2026. This transaction, valued at $363,600, positions Bortz's direct holdings at 1,657,110 shares and brings his total indirect family holdings to 200,000 shares, though h…
Martine A. Rothblatt, the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of United Therapeutics Corp. (NASDAQ:UTHR), executed a series of stock transactions totaling approximately $5.14 million on June 12, 2026. The sales were conducted under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 trading plan, which also included the exercise of stock options for 9,500 shares. These tran…
