Foxconn posts 29.7% revenue surge as AI demand spikes
Foxconn reported first‑quarter revenue of T$2.13 trillion (≈$66.6 billion), up 29.7% year‑over‑year, driven by strong demand for AI‑related products. March alone set a record with T$803.7 billion (≈$25.1 billion) revenue, a 45.6% increase from a year earlier. The company cautioned that geopolitical tensions could affect future performance.

Investors are pouring money into the ROBO Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF as the rise of “physical AI” expands the addressable market for intelligent hardware. Assets under management jumped to $1.7 billion, driven by a $452 million year‑to‑date inflow, with $255 million coming from new investor contributions. Over the past year ROBO delivered a 37 % return, more than double the S&P 500’s gain, and it is up 14.8 % in 2026 while the broader market stalls. Advisors are heavily involved, with 74 % already holding robotics or AI exposure.
Dell Technologies’ stock surged 17.5% to $142.31, a three‑month high, after the company projected AI‑server revenue will more than double to roughly $50 billion by fiscal 2027. The upbeat outlook was paired with a 20% dividend increase and a $10 billion share‑repurchase...
Tempus AI’s shares have slumped nearly 50% from their 2025 peak, settling around $53 after a disappointing earnings reaction. The company reported Q4 2025 revenue up 83% to $367 million, with organic growth of 33.5% and adjusted EBITDA turning positive at...
All seven members of the “Magnificent 7” reported Q4 earnings growth of 27.2% year‑over‑year, comfortably beating analyst forecasts. Six of the seven posted positive EPS surprises, pushing the group’s aggregate earnings beat to 5.5% versus the broader S&P 500’s 6.8% beat. NVIDIA,...

The Nasdaq‑100 (QQQ) slipped 55 basis points despite concerns over XYZ’s 40% cost‑cut announcement. Semiconductor and software indices fell in tandem, indicating no clear sector rotation. Growth‑at‑a‑reasonable‑price (GARP) and quality stocks outperformed, led by Netflix’s 12% jump, Spotify’s 2% gain,...

The real market story today is the weakness in financials and not the hyperscalers @ScottWapnerCNBC @HalftimeReport @dougkass Observe these massive individual financial stock losses: $C -$7 $AXP -$25 $GS -$72 $MS -$13 $APO -$10 Since this is the single largest daily loss, it might...
Costco Wholesale is set to release its FY26 Q2 results on March 5, with analysts projecting earnings of $4.53 per share on $69.29 billion in revenue, up from the same quarter a year earlier. The retailer’s Q1 showed strong momentum, driven...

Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) posted a net profit of 25.2 billion baht for 2025, up 29% year‑on‑year, driven by stronger gross margins and cost controls. Total sales fell 2% to 571 billion baht as a stronger baht weighed on overseas earnings, though...
Bharat Biotech International Ltd is exploring an initial public offering to raise more than $500 million, according to Bloomberg. The Hyderabad‑based vaccine maker has delivered over nine billion doses worldwide and holds a portfolio of 19 vaccines and four biotherapeutics. Recent...
Warren Buffett’s final quarter as Berkshire Hathaway CEO saw the conglomerate trim three of its biggest holdings—Apple, Amazon and Bank of America—while adding a $350 million stake in The New York Times. The cuts amounted to a 4.3% reduction in Apple, a 77%...

Relx’s shares have slumped about 40% over the past year as investors worry about new AI competition from Anthropic. The company, however, retains a unique advantage through its massive, meticulously curated legal and scientific data sets, especially within LexisNexis, which...

$DELL - a sight for sore eyes in this market. 20% gap up after earnings. Can it hold?
NetApp reported third‑quarter FY2026 net revenues of $1.71 billion, a 4% year‑over‑year increase, and posted record non‑GAAP earnings per share of $2.12. Billings rose 10% to $1.89 billion, driven by an 11% jump in all‑flash array revenue to $1 billion. The Hybrid Cloud...

High Liner Foods reported Q4 2025 and full‑year 2025 results ending January 3 2026. Sales grew 15% in the quarter to $270.2 million and 7% for the year to $1.03 billion, while volume increased modestly. Adjusted EBITDA fell 19% in Q4 and 11% year‑over‑year,...
Swiss Re’s Corporate Solutions unit posted a net income of $988 million for 2025, a 19 % increase despite a 5 % drop in insurance rates on a risk‑adjusted basis. The broader Swiss Re group saw net income surge 47 % to $4.76 billion, driven...

TD Cowen upgraded Southwest Airlines to a Buy rating, raising its 12‑month price target 32% to $66. The firm cites strengthening passenger demand against disciplined capacity as a catalyst, expecting earnings to outpace consensus by 20% in 2026 and 30% in...

United Parks & Resorts, operator of SeaWorld and Busch Gardens, reported declines in both attendance and revenue for fiscal 2025. Full‑year attendance slipped 1.8% to 21.2 million guests, while revenue fell 3.6% to $1.7 billion and net income dropped 26% to $168.4 million....

STREAK ON LINE: The S&P 500 is trying to notch its 10th straight positive month on last day of Feb today to secure the 2nd longest streak in the SPY Era (33yrs). It only needs 30bps of gains. Problem is...
Morningstar’s March 2026 European dividend screen identifies nine large‑cap companies slated to distribute cash to shareholders. Novo Nordisk tops the list with the highest yield, while DSV posts the lowest payout ratio, prioritizing debt repayment. Only one of the nine stocks...
The Citrini doom-paper could have marked the bottom for large-cap software, with increasing signs of it being a short-seller paid paper. And maybe software CEOs will slowly but surely follow the Jack Dorsey playbook. Lay off 40 percent of staff,...
Barclays shares slipped 1.6% after reports it faces roughly £600 million exposure to the collapsed UK specialist mortgage lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS). The fallout also highlighted potential losses for Santander and Jefferies, underscoring broader concerns about the fast‑growing private‑credit market....

The market may be wrong about $IGV, which is down 30% in past few months. Our tech analysts went through and graded stocks for AI vulnerability and AI potential, a select few got green on both (list below) and guess...

The article argues that fears of an AI‑driven "SaaSpocalypse" are overstated. While large‑language models can generate code, software companies still rely on sales, contracts, and support that AI alone can’t replace. Recent stock declines at firms like Workday and Adobe...
U.S. equities posted a solid 17.9% gain in 2025, but the MSCI World ex‑USA index surged over 32%, outpacing the S&P 500 by nearly double. The United States slipped to 21st place among 23 developed markets, while Austria and Spain...

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding posted a record FY 2025, with revenue climbing 7.4% to RMB 28.5 billion and gross profit jumping 28.3% to RMB 9.8 billion. The core shipbuilding division generated RMB 26.8 billion, up 6.4%, while the orderbook swelled to $22.4 billion for 245 vessels. Shipping‑related revenue slipped 8.1%...
Wall Street experienced a sharp AI‑related sell‑off after Altruist unveiled its Hazel tax‑planning tool and a speculative Citrini Research report warned of a 2028 intelligence crisis. The panic erased roughly $300 billion in equity value, hitting major financial names such as...
Matador Resources reported Q4 2025 revenue of $850 million, down 12.6% YoY but beating consensus by 475 bps. Adjusted EPS reached $0.87, roughly 1,500 bps above forecasts, while production rose and midstream cash flow stayed strong. The company guided 2026 to 3% production...

New World Development Interim Half Year Report ending Dec 31st, 2025: • revenues recorded a year-on-year decrease of approximately 50% to HK$8,391 million • profit recorded a year-on-year decrease of 25% to HK$5,038 million • loss attributable to shareholders amounted to...

Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia posted €1 billion in net revenues for FY 2025, a marginal decline from €1.01 billion in 2024, despite a 4.4 percent contraction in the domestic TV advertising market. EBITDA fell sharply to €87.7 million, but the company noted that, excluding redundancy‑related provisions,...

So you are telling me I should say the most sacred bank in India, HDFC Bank, and buy PSU banks with an excellent track record? - What am I not drinking that I do not get it? Investors are...
There's a new kingmaker in AI... OpenAI raises the largest private funding round in history and two of the biggest backers ($NVDA and $AMZN) are down to flat today. Meanwhile a blog post from Anthropic sends software stocks swinging
Virgin Australia reported an 11.7% rise in half‑year pre‑tax earnings to $490 million, driven by strong leisure demand and a $200 million boost from its transformation programme. The airline’s underlying pre‑tax margin expanded to 14.8%, up 40 basis points, as fuel savings...
So Jack Dorsey fires 4,000 people from Block yesterday because AI made their positions obsolete. The market celebrated by pumping the stock 24%! Jack made $600 million in literally an hour. The reality is these lay offs are going to get worse. Learn now...

MSCI index rebalance TODAY Cherry picking $INTC has 5.5M shares to buy for the MSCI tonite a notable "few" sells $GOOG $META https://t.co/OEKl7nD5AW
Carter's Inc. reported flat Q3 net sales of $758 million but saw adjusted operating income plunge to $39 million as tariffs pushed effective duty rates into the high‑30% range, adding $200‑250 million of pre‑mitigation costs. The company announced a strategic rightsizing plan that...

$DELL crushed #s and raised a lot. as long as above 140 could close HOD and move higher next week... https://t.co/HsaGKCoa3Y

$nvda gave u ur clues yesterday as it failed to hold $192-$194 area. Now, see if it stays below yesterday’s low or reclaims it https://t.co/vIIob7ApK8
Northwest Natural Holding Co. reported fourth‑quarter 2024 adjusted earnings of $2.33 per share, slightly below the prior year due to regulatory lag, and set 2025 adjusted EPS guidance at $2.75‑$2.95. The company completed its largest Oregon gas utility rate case,...

$SPX futures were -30 as 6915 failed to hold, and now we see if 6859 (yesterday’s low) holds or not. Tricky action—lots of range-type trades, but no real traction. https://t.co/rUISq4Qyt5
D.C. Memo: Nexstar CEO Sook – Washington Has Not Said Company Needs to Sell Stations to Close TEGNA Deal | $NXST @NXSTMediaGroup $TGNA @TEGNA https://t.co/md3Cz4tI5F
MPLX reported Q4 2025 adjusted EBITDA of $1.8 billion, a 2% year‑over‑year increase, and a full‑year adjusted EBITDA exceeding $7 billion, reflecting a 6.7% three‑year CAGR. The company raised its quarterly distribution by 12.5%, returning $4.4 billion to unitholders in 2025. A $2.4 billion...

Good morning. Mixed markets around the World. $spx futures -17 $spy got rejected at $693 to break $690 to see $684 area. We’ll see if they holds, or not. Let’s end the week making the right decisions This range...

Reiterating Short #Bag7 with OCT 2025 having big echoes of Q4 1999 "Last 3 months have been the worst period to own $SPX relative to its equal weight index since 2001" @t1alpha https://t.co/AgkFgy0aqK

Autodesk reported fiscal 2026 Q4 earnings that topped estimates, posting adjusted earnings per share of $2.85 and revenue of $1.957 billion, both above analyst forecasts. Billings surged 33% year‑over‑year to $2.804 billion, driven by strong performance across its Design, Make and other...

The S&P 500 is less than 2% from its all-time high. The Nasdaq 100 is down nearly 5%. The NYSE FANG Index is down 17%. Three indexes. Three very different pictures. Full breakdown with charts: https://t.co/1Skwzjqna3 https://t.co/NAO3m5uBUh
Bottom line: Netflix walked away from an expensive bidding war that wasn't prudent and in doing so, it conveniently leaves one competitor saddled with debt and two competitors burdened by a very long, distracting regulatory approval process — Investors agree. $NFLX...

Investors are widening AI exposure beyond chipmakers as generative AI reaches half of U.S. households within three years, a pace unmatched by prior technologies. Alger’s research splits the market into “enablers” that build hardware and software and “adopters” that embed...

MARKET RECAP 📉 What a wild and crazy day, S&P 500 fell once again and is on pace for worst month since April 2025 😳 What the heck is going on?!? Let’s talk about it 🗣️
Netflix’s stock is down ~30% since the WBD merger drama began. While losing WBD removes the last clear major growth lever, it likely reestablishes some investor confidence. Longer-term, we’ll see if they miss the lost IP. But recent major media...

$SPX - Yesterday's gap was filled. Still trading above the 100 day MA. As long as it's above the 100 DMA there's no reason for the bulls to be worried. And even if it closes below the 100 DMA we...