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Henkel reported a 5.1% drop in sales to roughly €20.5 billion in 2025, largely because of adverse exchange‑rate movements and portfolio divestments. When adjusted for currency effects and acquisitions, sales showed a modest 0.9% increase. The company’s efficiency drive paid off, lifting the EBIT margin by 0.5 percentage points to 14.8%. Despite weaker demand, Henkel managed to enhance profitability while trimming its product portfolio.
Check in – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM) Recommendation: STRONG BUY Price: $352.59 Intrinsic Fair Value: $428.00 (Based on consensus & AI-driven growth models) 12-Month Price Target: $430.00 (Base case aligned with analyst avg ~$418–$470) Current Signal: TACTICAL BUY Entry Zone: $340.00 – $355.00 (Near 50-DMA...
DE Shaw’s hedge funds gain in a brutal week for multistrat peers. Flagship Composite fund gained 0.3% during the week to lift returns to 2.8% for the year through March 6. Macro-focused Oculus made 2.2% to boost gains for the...
The article is a curated roundup of personal‑finance resources spanning podcasts, housing, investing, taxes, work, and lifestyle topics. It highlights recent trends such as rising suburban home costs in Atlanta, increased 401(k) withdrawals, and AI‑driven entrepreneurship. The list also points...
That empty big box store in your shopping center might not become another retailer. Fitness, pickleball, and entertainment concepts are taking over second-generation retail space as goods retailers shrink. Landlords are repurposing boxes instead of waiting years for another anchor. Still marketing retail...
A wave of fiscal adjustments hits the UK on 1 April, including roughly 5% council‑tax hikes, water‑bill increases of up to 13%, and a modest rise in the TV licence fee. The government‑mandated energy price cap will lower average household bills...
Morgan Stanley’s recent Technology, Media & Telecom conference left analysts with heightened conviction in a select group of tech names. The bank’s top‑conviction picks—Amazon, Nvidia and Western Digital—each carry more than 40% upside based on 12‑month price targets. Analysts highlighted...
The AI poster child is issuing $25B in debt to buy back its own stock. Not to invest in AI. Not to acquire capabilities. To support the share price. That's the strategy. $CRM
India has become the leading private‑markets destination in APAC, with 31% of surveyed limited partners (LPs) ranking it first and 76% placing it among their top three choices. Over half of the LPs plan to increase allocations, and private‑market funds...
U.S. equity markets are moving beyond a technology‑centric rally as the S&P 500 Equal‑Weight index posts its best year‑to‑date start since 1992, beating the cap‑weighted S&P 500 by 4.2 %. Strong earnings growth is spreading across materials, consumer staples, and energy, while GDP...
Africa must build 50 million homes by 2050, yet construction generates roughly 39% of global carbon emissions, with concrete alone accounting for 8%. Green housing—using energy‑efficient designs, recycled resources, and low‑water fixtures—offers a climate‑friendly alternative, but financing options are scarce across...
It’s never been easier to invest. You can literally open a Roth IRA in under 5 minutes, contribute $100, and buy fractional shares of ETFs with ZERO fees. Or sign up for your 401k and contribute 3% or 5% or 10% of...
World Property Markets announced development of three AI-driven platforms aimed at fixing deep structural inefficiencies in the $600 trillion global real estate market. The dual‑platform "Matching Engine" will combine World Property Search, a planetary‑scale listing and buyer‑intent engine, with Global Listings,...
The UK government will review its planned September removal of the fuel‑duty freeze after the Iran war drove crude oil prices to about $90 a barrel, pushing petrol up 6p and diesel up 12p in a week. Prime Minister Keir...
At what price is demand destruction when it comes to gasoline prices? According to Casey's General Store on their earnings call yesterday, “on the volume side of things, with absolute retail prices, we really don’t start to see any level...
Single-family housing permits slipped to 909,280 units in 2025, a 7.4% year‑over‑year decline, while multifamily permits rose to 516,886 units, up 5.6%. The downturn was most pronounced in the South and West, where single‑family activity fell 8.5% and 10.4% respectively,...
📺 $ORCL EARNINGS TRADE & WILL MONEY ROTATE TO $IGV? In this Short video, I go through my defined-risk earnings trade in $ORCL using a $160–$170 call spread that costs $2 and could return $8 if the stock closes above $170....
Bloomberg’s Rule Builder (RBLD) lets buy‑side firms convert high‑quality pre‑trade data into automated routing and alerting rules for fixed‑income orders. The tool ingests pricing, axes, dealer performance and other signals to prioritize dealers and reduce market impact. A Bloomberg study...
$TSSI - "TSS Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Financial Results" Higher float stock than I'd usually watch, but I like how this is settling here in pre-market. Will be watching this as long as demand/VWAP holds into open (or on...
$ASNS - "Actelis Networks Secures Japanese Governmental Order for Cyber-Hardened Networking Solutions for Critical Infrastructure" Will be watching this into market open for scalp opportunities as long as it maintains strength over VWAP/trailing EMAs Plenty of range here ($0.75, $1.00+)
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported underlying price growth of 0.2% in February, a slight dip to 0.216% versus the whisper forecast. The figure aligned with most economists’ expectations, easing concerns about a resurgence of core inflation. Despite the...
Former PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman bought 415 acres of Florida swampland for $1 in 1979 and built TPC Sawgrass, a public course that also serves as the Tour’s headquarters. By hosting The Players Championship at the venue, the PGA...
The paper investigates how rising policy uncertainty—spanning Social Security, Medicare, and fiscal policy—affects near‑retirees and retirees in the United States. Drawing on two original surveys, it finds older investors are acutely aware of the risk and are adopting defensive financial...
Research from Cotality shows that in several Australian metros, especially Melbourne’s city core, buying a unit can be cheaper than renting, with savings of up to $322 per fortnight. In Sydney’s western suburbs, the mortgage premium over rent is as...
U.S.–Turkey relations are moving toward greater cooperation as shared strategic interests outweigh public rhetoric. An analysis of sixteen regional and global issues finds eleven areas of full alignment, four with friction and one mixed, yielding a net positive score. The...
OPEC’s latest Monthly Oil Market Report leaves its global supply, demand and economic forecasts unchanged despite major supply disruptions in the Middle East Gulf following the US‑Iran conflict. The organization notes that geopolitical developments warrant close monitoring, but any impact...
At the end of February, gold was up 60% from Powell's dovish speech at Jackson Hole on Aug 22, which is what sparked the "debasement trade." After a massive gain like that, it's no surprise that gold fell once war...
As economists forecast falling gas prices later in 2026, I encourage you to consider this chart. Once surcharges are imposed, the benefits of falling prices are very slow to follow... https://t.co/pl5zUkZK7h
Japan and Germany announced they will tap strategic petroleum reserves to curb soaring crude prices amid the Iran‑Israel war, following an International Energy Agency request for a 400 million‑barrel release. Japan plans to act as early as March 16, while Germany will...
You get a different result from the CME tool (derived from a simple probability-weighted average) if you use options prices in the Atlanta Fed's tracker As of Friday, options prices implied a rate hike had risen to around 23%, from 8%...
Nasdaq outperforming Russel by +6% since this. Would start to exit the small cap underperformance theme and rotate back to the big tech short theme, although both probably struggle together from here. https://t.co/H7964lBBpH
fun fact: the @bankofcanada has decreased rates 7 times since September 4th, 2024... both Canada 5-year and 10-year yields are higher since they started... #oops
$TLT Monthly. Treasuries have gone down in virtual straight line (and rates up) since initial launch on Iran two Fridays ago. Long-term still strongly bearish. Risk of wipeout https://t.co/0SPsw7B88t
"Record Diesel-Price Surge Hits U.S. Truckers, Retailers and Manufacturers" https://t.co/5jBpvH4MCa "Most large trucking companies will pass the added costs on to American stores and factories..." Fortunately, US factories aren't already facing soaring costs, so it's fi- oh. https://t.co/ZU45kzcUbj
i picked up a few $ORCL 4/17 $175 call options yesterday before the close & the pending earnings report... amazing how fast option prices can move with a ~+13% gap in the stock this morning... the calls i bought for...
Yesterday we had overal consolidation action ( with some fades from highs) after the big Monday reversal up Today what would be constructive would be more tight/sideways action or ideally strong reconfirmation. We don't want to see stocks reverse hard at key...
"In the 1970s, energy equities at 25% of the S&P provided a natural portfolio hedge — as oil rose, energy stocks rose with it, partially insulating diversified investors. At 3%, that internal offset has all but vanished." Jeff Currie of @OneCarlyle
Why the Fed can't do much with a CPI report that's benign on the surface: It doesn't at all resolve the dilemma Fed officials face when the inflation measure they care about most is less encouraging and a major energy...
SPs formed 3-bar triangle ...can move in either direction. Below support is "cave fill repair zone". Still a steady pattern of lower highs. Blue line shows a volume node (multiple times trading through 6808). A push back up through...
10-year yield pulled back from 4.21% to 4.11%. Not because the economy is fine. Because oil retreated and gave the bond market a breath. One headline away from 4.25%. https://t.co/62rQysSFLG
The Bull Market has ended - Do not buy the Dip - weakness spreads to Banking stocks - war is not the only issue - economic uncertainty exists... https://t.co/BqgNXFVo0C via @YouTube https://t.co/kru0wt4D2t
Russ is the only index showing some persistency of trend to the downside. Nice Sell short day coniguration last night. Ironically tho, it also formed a three bar triangle (Breakout pattern_ tho not a tight one. https://t.co/KA1LluTwIx
Generally, this has been good value for UST 2s. Chart of yield less funding rate (SOFR) https://t.co/jPLWuxmxaW
(PREMIUM) The Lyons Share Daily Pre-Market Outlook & Charts videos for 3/11/2025 are up: https://t.co/parZib6RZE Among markets covered: $SPLV $QQXT $RSP $SPY $VIX $SMH $IGV $ITA $XLE $GDX $SIL $EPU $EFA $DXY $GLD $SLV $PLTM $BTC $TNX
Tracking your spending every day can help you stay on top of your finances and build long-term wealth, but it can also make budgeting feel overwhelming. https://t.co/LW4a63hF3X
We’ll see if $IGV holds $84.90 area. That’s a key for software and how much of early strength $orcl holds https://t.co/gTNeafrucx
This "Zig Zag" indicator on CQG is the same formula that drives my "red-green-red" color bars...a volatility ATR (variation on what Welles Wilder published). The 240-minute A B C structure shows up on daily candles as well. https://t.co/cAAiy72hxl
$WTI crashed from $100 to $83 in a session. Then bounced back to $87. Oil volatility this extreme hasn't happened since 2008. Every rip gets sold. Every dip gets bought. Nobody has conviction. Everyone has exposure. https://t.co/UWmcEvxdHn
Want to know where bond returns are headed? Just look at today’s yield. Over the last 50 years, the correlation between starting yields and forward 7-year returns is 97%. Higher yields = higher future returns. Lower yields = lower future returns. Bond investing is just...
the $TSX triggered the weekly PSAR stop and #MACD rolling over from a high level... https://t.co/NFYwViRf9f
