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The Late-Stage Bull Market Is a Buying Opportunity for Tech

Tech stocks have slipped as the NASDAQ fell 5% from its October peak, leaving the sector lagging the S&P 500. Analysts argue this reflects a late‑stage bull‑market phase rather than a cycle end, pointing to oversold conditions in names like Adobe,...

Boring Is Beautiful: Why Johnson & Johnson Is Beating the Tech Sector

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is outperforming the broader market, climbing roughly 14% in the last 30 days and trading near its all‑time high of $245. The health‑care giant boasts a 64‑year streak of dividend growth, a low beta of 0.35,...

Schaeffler India Announces Rs 35/Share Dividend. Check Payment Date, Dividend Yield

Schaeffler India announced a Rs 35 per share dividend for FY 25, payable within 30 days of its AGM on 30 April 2026. The company posted a 36% jump in Q4 net profit to Rs 322 crore and revenue rose 28% YoY to Rs 2,724 crore. Profit after...

Is Your ETF Habit Hiding a Systemic Risk?

Passive and thematic ETFs are funneling large inflows into market‑cap‑weighted indices, disproportionately boosting the biggest and most volatile stocks and creating a systemic risk that may outpace liquidity. In Canada, strategist Michael Green warns that this distortion decouples prices from...

Tesla’s P/E Is Near a 5-Year High—Buy Signal or Panic Signal?

Tesla’s price‑to‑earnings ratio has climbed to roughly 380, the highest since 2021, even as the stock slipped about 20% from its December peak. The surge in valuation stems more from last year’s rally and a strategic shift toward AI and...

Archer Aviation: The Billion-Dollar Battleground

Archer Aviation’s shares swung from a near‑$9 rally in January to about $6.93 by late February, a 20% drop driven by short‑seller allegations of certification delays. The decline was cushioned by BlackRock’s increased passive stake to 8.1% and a strategic...

Microsoft Is Sliding—An Insider Buy and Oversold Signals Are Changing the Setup

Microsoft shares have fallen roughly 20% year‑to‑date as investors worry about the company’s massive AI‑focused capital expenditures. The tech giant spent $37.5 billion on AI‑centric data centers in Q2 FY 2026, while also maintaining a strong free‑cash‑flow position. Insider activity surfaced when...

WisdomTree Launches India ETF in Europe: EPI

WisdomTree has launched the WisdomTree India Earnings UCITS ETF (EPI), an earnings‑weighted fund tracking the proprietary WisdomTree India Earnings Index with a 0.55% total expense ratio. The ETF debuted on Xetra, Borsa Italiana and SIX, and will add a London...

Tuesday's Big Stock Stories: What’s Likely to Move the Market in the Next Trading Session

The market’s next move hinges on several key catalysts slated for Tuesday. Home Depot will release its quarterly earnings, while Amer Sports reports its results, both after notable three‑month price gains. Consumer confidence data, expected at 86.8, and an Apple...

Mosaic Co (MOS) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Masco Corp reported fourth‑quarter 2025 results with net sales down 2% and operating profit of $259 million, yielding a 14.4% margin. The plumbing segment posted a 3% sales increase and a 16.3% margin, while the Decorative Architectural segment fell 15% with...

Trex Company Inc (TREX) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Terex completed its merger with REV Group, forming a standalone specialty vehicles segment and unlocking $75 million in annual run‑rate synergies. The company delivered Q4 2025 net sales of $1.3 billion, a 6% year‑over‑year increase, and an operating margin of 9.3%. Full‑year...

New Mountain Finance Corp (NMFC) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

New Mountain Finance Corp reported Q2 2025 adjusted net investment income of $0.32 per share, fully covering its quarterly dividend and underscoring the effectiveness of its dividend protection program through 2026. Net asset value slipped to $12.21 per share, a...

Trading Volumes Have Surged in Leveraged Funds, Options Since the Pandemic, Data Shows

Leveraged fund and options trading volumes have accelerated sharply since the COVID‑19 pandemic, with Direxion projecting average daily leveraged‑fund turnover of $1.41 billion in 2025—up more than 130% from 2024 and 250% from 2020. Options activity is expected to hit 58 million...

Uber’s Latest Effort to Become a Super App Is All About Parking

Uber announced it will acquire parking‑reservation platform SpotHero, integrating spot‑booking directly into the Uber app. The transaction, expected to close in the first half of 2026, does not disclose financial terms. SpotHero operates in over 400 U.S. and Canadian cities,...

Poor Judgment or a Principled Stand? Susan Rice's Spat with Trump Dissected

Former U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice, a Netflix board member, publicly criticized President Donald Trump on a podcast, prompting the president to demand her removal from the board. The outburst coincides with Netflix’s $82.7 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros....

Cybersecurity Stocks Are the Latest AI Victim. Analysts Say Buy the Dip

Cybersecurity stocks slumped after Anthropic unveiled Claude Code Security, a code‑scanning AI tool, prompting the iShares Cybersecurity ETF to fall more than 3% and major names like CrowdStrike, Okta and Cloudflare to lose 8‑9% in a single day. The sell‑off continued, with...

David Ellison's Paramount Has some Breathing Room in Its Quest to Buy WBD Despite a Pressing Deadline

Paramount Skydance, led by David Ellison, is still courting Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) even though a shareholder vote is set for March 20. Netflix, the rival bidder, gave WBD a one‑week waiver on exclusivity, allowing direct talks with Paramount but...

This Latin American Rival to Amazon Reports Earnings This Week. How to Trade It with Options

MercadoLibre, the dominant e‑commerce and fintech platform in Latin America, will report its Q4 2025 results on Tuesday, with analysts forecasting roughly $28.6 billion in revenue for the full year. The company posted a 39% year‑over‑year revenue jump to $7.41 billion in Q3 2025,...

UBS Upgrades Real Estate Stock Hit by AI Fears: 'Rare Buying Opportunity'

UBS upgraded commercial‑real‑estate adviser CBRE to Buy, lifting its 12‑month price target to $185, implying about 21% upside from the current price. The upgrade follows a sharp 20% two‑day plunge in February as investors feared AI could erode office‑space demand....

Buy This Coffee and Peanut Butter Maker as Risks Ease, Says Bank of America

Bank of America upgraded J.M. Smucker to a buy rating, lifting its price target to $130, implying a 17.7% upside from the latest close. The analyst team cited reduced risk from the 2023 Hostess Brands acquisition after the company ended certain...

Wells Fargo Upgrades Google Parent Alphabet, Says It Has '3 Key Traits of AI Winner'

Wells Fargo upgraded Alphabet to overweight, raising its price target to $387, implying over 22% upside from the latest close. Analyst Ken Gawrelski highlighted three AI‑winner traits—data, distribution and massive compute capacity—that position Google to dominate the sector. The bank...

At Long Last, Being Underweight Tech Is A Winning Stock Strategy