Crude futures fell on Tuesday after Iran's foreign minister indicated a potential US‑Iran agreement on uranium enrichment could be reached in Geneva. The optimism trimmed the geopolitical risk premium, pushing WTI and Brent below $80 per barrel. Prices had been hovering near $80‑$85 per barrel, showing market sensitivity to diplomatic signals. The dip reflects traders' quick reaction to reduced perceived supply disruption risk.
Canada’s largest gold producer Agnico Eagle announced an accelerated expansion of its Detour Lake mine and ongoing construction of the Upper Beaver project, aiming to boost output by up to 30% and exceed 4 million ounces by the early 2030s. The...
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The Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee is expected to leave its policy rate unchanged at 1.25% during Wednesday’s meeting, buoyed by a stronger‑than‑expected 2.5% year‑on‑year GDP growth in Q4 2025 and a clearer political environment after the election. Economists...

Spotify’s share price has slipped roughly 33% over the past six months, hovering around $465. Despite the decline, Morgan Stanley and Guggenheim have retained buy ratings, adjusting their price targets to $650 and $600 respectively, which still suggest 30‑35% upside....
The global gas and LNG market entered a volatile phase in late February 2026, driven by tighter supply, rising spot prices, and shifting demand patterns across Europe and Asia. European winter demand outpaced supply, prompting higher contract renegotiations, while Asian...

Whether this benign broadening will continue depends largely on whether the Mag 7 can hold on to its trading range. So far it has, but should support be taken out at the range lows I could easily see another 10%...

The chart below shows that the equal-weighted S&P 500 has outperformed the Mag 7 by 12% over the past 3 months. The last time that happened was in the fall of 2024, and the time before was the spring of...

After‑hours trading on Tuesday saw mixed reactions across sectors as Workday’s Q1 subscription outlook missed forecasts, dragging its stock down nearly 10%, while Lucid Group’s wider‑than‑expected loss and a 12% U.S. workforce cut pushed its shares lower than 4%. Conversely,...
Another week, another headline bombshell. Such has been the norm during the past year or so. But charts are charts, and there is a lot we can learn from them in order to optimize the signal-to-noise ratio. What do...

Live cattle futures on the CME edged higher on Tuesday, with April contracts down $0.15 to $239.10 and June up $0.10 to $235.55, while feeder cattle prices rebounded sharply. Cash cattle trade remained muted, as bids and offers were not...
The Energy Information Administration released the February 24, 2026 natural‑gas spot price report, detailing volume‑weighted average prices for next‑day flow and weekend delivery. The data include both wellhead and delivered price composites, along with the day’s trading range, total gas volume, and...

Financial advisors often struggle to convey intricate retirement rules. A recent working paper compared infographic‑style visual explanations with a gamified, scenario‑based tool, finding both improve client understanding, with infographics excelling at technical knowledge and games driving behavioral awareness. Participants receiving...
Natural gas futures settled at $2.85 per MMBtu on Feb. 24, 2026, marking a 3% weekly gain. The rally was fueled by colder-than-expected temperature forecasts across the U.S. Midwest and a continuation of OPEC+ production cuts extending into 2027. Liquefied natural...
The Bank of Thailand raised its 2026 GDP growth projection to 1.9%, up from 1.5%, after a stronger‑than‑expected fourth‑quarter performance. Governor Vitai Ratanakorn stressed that tighter coordination between fiscal stimulus and monetary easing is essential to move the economy toward...

Wealth‑management firms such as Ameriprise, LPL, Raymond James, Charles Schwab and Stifel posted record client‑asset levels while boosting net revenue 17% and pretax earnings 21% in 2025, according to Fitch. Despite recent AI‑related sell‑offs and broader macro volatility, the sector’s fundamentals remain...
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The US Supreme Court rebuked President Trump’s broad tariff authority, prompting a 10% across‑the‑board duty that replaces the 30% reciprocal tariff South Africa faced. The reduction levels the playing field for SA exporters, while gold surged to a three‑week high...
Global X U.S. Preferred ETF (PFFD) continues to lose asset value and shrink its distribution payouts, despite offering one of the lowest expense ratios in the preferred‑stock ETF space. The fund trails peers on total return, risk‑adjusted performance, and dividend...

The mandarins at the PBOC are in a difficult spot -- a faster pace of CNY appreciation against the dollar has convinced Chinese exporters to bring funds back home, and driven the need to buy $100b a month (give or...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a 45‑day Request for Information to gather public input on improving its market data reporting. Farmers have voiced growing distrust, citing confusing acreage updates in the 2025 corn report and perceived gaps between supply...

MELI posting a very strong Q4 2025: • Revenue $8.8B vs Est. $8.5B • TPV: $83.7B (+42% YoY) • GMV: $19.9B (+37% YoY) • Credit portfolio $12.5B

TEM Q4 2025: • Revenue $367M vs Est. $363M • EPS ($0.04) vs Est. ($0.05) • Diagnostics Revenue: $267M (+122% YoY) FY26 Guidance • Revenue $1.59B vs Est. $1.58B

The "Ask an Advisor" column gathers six seasoned financial planners who each recount a pivotal mistake that reshaped their practice—from undervaluing fees and missing non‑verbal client signals to dominating conversations, overpromising service, scrambling for quick answers, and trying to handle...
Panoro Energy ASA announced a series of fixed‑income investor meetings, appointing Arctic Securities and DNB Carnegie as joint bookrunners and SB1 Markets as co‑manager. The company is considering a $150 million tap issuance of its senior secured bond, pending market conditions...
Tech momentum is stretched. If macro weakens or earnings disappoint, crowded high-momentum tech could unwind quickly. This chart shows the performance and valuation of a high-minus-low (H–L) momentum factor within Russell 1000 Tech. Top Panel: H–L Momentum = Long Q1 (top momentum...
Loomis Sayles sees the expanding private‑credit market as a source of higher yields and structural protections for fixed‑income investors. To exploit this, the firm created a dedicated Private Credit Team that works alongside its public‑markets portfolio managers, credit researchers, and legal...
$AXON Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $2.15 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.55 better than the FactSet Consensus of $1.60; revenues rose 38.5% year/year to $796.72 mln vs the $755.56 mln FactSet Consensus. Co issues upside guidance for FY26, sees FY26...
Canadian billionaire Eric Sprott increased his stake in Hycroft Mining Holding by purchasing 150,000 shares at $42.05, bringing his ownership to roughly 44.5% of the company. The buy‑back sparked a more than 12% rally, pushing the stock to a one‑month...
Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund (HYI) converted from a term‑structured to a perpetual fund last year, prompting the discount to widen to roughly its historical average. The fund’s non‑leveraged, high‑yield strategy delivers a 10.23% distribution yield, but semi‑annual and...
Australia’s January consumer price index is expected to rise 3.7% year‑over‑year, a slight dip from December’s 3.8%. The forecast includes a Trimmed Mean CPI of 3.3% YoY, unchanged from the prior month, highlighting persistent core inflation. The Reserve Bank of...

The European Union is reviewing its Arctic policy, and a tighter definition could unlock the Barents Sea’s estimated 22 trillion cubic feet of gas. Norway’s offshore fields could then supply 20‑30% of EU gas demand through 2050, offering a lower‑emission alternative...
The article argues that Ukrainian resilience is not a voluntary virtue but a forced response to Vladimir Putin’s relentless invasion, which seeks to erase Ukraine’s national identity. While global media celebrates the population’s courage, the resilience narrative can mask the urgent...
Payments platform Stripe is reportedly exploring a purchase of PayPal or selected assets, according to Bloomberg. PayPal, valued at over $40 billion, saw its shares jump nearly 7% on the news, while Stripe itself carries a $159 billion valuation. The move comes...
Snowflake (SNOW) shares are clawing back losses ahead of its Feb. 25 earnings, where analysts expect a 27% year‑over‑year revenue jump to $1.25 billion and a narrower loss of $0.65 per share. The stock remains more than 30% below its year‑to‑date high,...

Cuby Technologies, led by COO Aleks Gampel, is tackling the chronic housing shortage by deploying Mobile Micro‑Factories (MMFs) that produce components on‑site, slashing construction time to about 60 days at roughly $103 per square foot. The startup also built a...
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Surprised to see $LE dip so much the past few days. No news afaict. I'm not allocating more here presently given current size, but seems a solid expected IRR special situation as we approach the 4Q earnings where presumably management...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), enacted in July 2025, makes the individual‑tax provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent and adds new deductions for tipped and overtime income, an expanded child tax credit, and lasting...

Over the past four months, the S&P 500 has traded in less than a 7% range. This is about as tight as things usually get, meaning a bigger move is likely over the coming months. Will it be up or down? https://t.co/vzY9JAuphI
Para offer —> $31/shr with $0.25 ticking fee…. WBD board says “Could Reasonably Be Expected to Lead to a “Company Superior Proposal””
American Express has launched a targeted Offer for Viator that awards a $25 statement credit when cardholders spend $200 or more in a single transaction. The credit can be applied up to two times, delivering a maximum of $50 back...
There's a word for this. Starts with an F. "Hegseth said he could label [Anthropic] a supply-chain risk, a move typically reserved for companies linked to adversaries, or invoke the Defense Production Act to force the company to work with the...

Semiconductors hit new all-time highs again today. Not just on an absolute basis, but also relative to the S&P500. Here it is overlaid with Semiconductors on an equally-weighted basis for perspective. https://t.co/eujRGfCygY

U.S. pork cold‑storage rose 1 % year‑over‑year to 410.404 million pounds in February, driven by gains in butts and bone‑in hams despite a dip in overall pork production. Beef inventories fell 4 % YoY, pulling total red‑meat stocks 2 % below last year’s level....
Axon beats by $0.55, beats on revs; guides FY26 revs above consensus; provides FY28 outlook $AXON

$QQQ - The low for February is probably in though the low of the downtrend that started on January 28 probably isn't. I expect it to bounce to at least the 100 day MA at 614 before we get another...
Notable FX option expirations tomorrow: 2.9 bln euros at $1.18 $2.85 bln at JPY156 A$2.8 bln at $0.7000 and A$2.5 bln at $0.7100 $470 mln at CAD1.37 GBP450 mln at $1.3550 $1 bln MXN17.29-MXN17.30 Listed on DTCC https://t.co/bSx6eAhEKQ

PTLO: Now if tomorrow is an inside bar, we would have a TRUE hotdog...🤣 https://t.co/aEC55bhrxN

"Trump’s Tariffs Are Adding Steel Mill Jobs, and Crushing American Factories" https://t.co/EdQKmnKPzv You guys will never believe this, but heavily taxing a vital manufacturing input isn't good for manufacturing. https://t.co/6IRvgAXzPH
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