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BoJ Hikes Rates, More Cautious Approach Likely Ahead: ETFs in Focus
BoJ's rate hike failed to lift the yen, raising questions about further tightening. Here are the Japan ETFs that could benefit.
DFJ +0.95% Prediction: Seagate Could Be a Surprisingly Big Winner From the AI Boom
Hard drives look like a relic next to the glamorous AI chip trade, yet Seagate shareholders have watched the stock surge nearly 300% in a single year.
STX +5.42% SEC's ‘Innovation Exemption' lifts ONDO – Can the altcoin escape 4 month trap?
Ondo Finance could benefit as regulated tokenized stock trading expands across the United States.
Reitmans (Canada) Limited (RTMAF) Q2 2027 Earnings Call Transcript
Reitmans (Canada) Limited (RTMAF) Q2 2027 Earnings Call Transcript
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Skyward Specialty Seems Now To Be Fairly Valued
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group delivered resilient H1 2026 results, with strong premium growth and robust underwriting profitability. SKWD's Apollo acquisition boosted scale and investment income, but integration challenges remain, particularly around Apollo's higher expense ratio. Balance sheet deleveraging is prioritized over capital returns; share buybacks continue, but no dividend is expected in the near term.
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FIVE Raises 2026 Outlook as Traffic and Margins Drive Earnings Higher
Five Below raised its fiscal 2026 outlook after a Q2 beat, as stronger traffic, margins and product newness lifted its earnings trajectory.
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Is FIVE Stock Still Worth Buying as Growth Meets a Premium Valuation?
Five Below's stronger traffic, margins and fiscal 2026 earnings outlook bolster growth, but a premium valuation and cost risks raise the execution bar.
FIVE -0.36% 
Bitcoin Community Recognizes Quantum Computing Risk: VanEck
Asset manager VanEck's Head of Digital Assets Research, Matthew Sigel, said the Bitcoin community was working on solutions.
Volkswagen Lowers Full-Year Forecast as Market Challenges Persist
The group now targets an operating return on sales of up to 1% due to a challenging market conditions, the impairment of the Porsche goodwill and additional restructuring expenses.
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SanDisk Jumps 6% as Storage Bid Concentrates in One Name; Western Digital Rises 3%, Micron Ticks Up
SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK | SNDK Price Prediction) stock is rising 6% to $1,713.18 in Friday morning trading, running well ahead of every other name in the memory/storage group.
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FLNC Revises FY2026 Outlook on Manufacturing Delays: What's Ahead?
Fluence Energy cuts fiscal 2026 revenue and EBITDA guidance as Houston manufacturing delays hinder deliveries despite strong demand.
FLNC +6.73% 
PBYI's Alisertib Combo Phase II Study in Small Cell Lung Cancer Begins
Puma Biotechnology starts the ALISCA-Lung2 phase II study evaluating alisertib in combination with paclitaxel in patients with advanced small cell lung cancer.
PBYI +1.06% 
Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD gives back UK sales pop as Oil shock returns
Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD gives back UK sales pop as Oil shock returns
RARE Stock Up 13% on FDA Approval of Sanfilippo Syndrome Gene Therapy
Ultragenyx jumps 13% after FDA approval of Fayuvi, the first approved treatment for Sanfilippo syndrome Type A, backed by durable clinical data.
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NuScale Power Drops 7% as Nuclear Stocks Hand Back the Vote Rally; Oklo Falls 5%, Centrus Energy Slides 3%
Shares of NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR) are sliding in Friday morning trading, giving back the policy-driven advance nuclear developers posted a day earlier. NuScale Power stock is at $8.45, down 7% midday.
OKLO +5.71% 
Meta Platforms Has a Secret Weapon No One Is Talking About
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META | META Price Prediction) has staged a quiet comeback. Shares are up 24.34% in the past month as Wall Street reawakens to the AI story.
META -0.87% 
Biotech Options Buzz: UTHR, NMRA, EWTX
Biotech stocks are dominating today's unusual options volume list, with United Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ: UTHR), Neumora Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: NMRA), and Edgewise Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: EWTX) all attracting outsized attention in the options pits.
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Can Cigna's AI Push Help Rein In Rising Healthcare Costs?
CI is expanding AI across care coordination and specialty pharmacy as it seeks to manage elevated healthcare costs and improve access.
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GL Outperforms Industry, Trades at a Discount: How to Play the Stock
Globe Life expects premium growth, AI adoption and distribution expansion to support earnings, while strong capital enables substantial share buybacks.
GL -0.68% 
Is BigBear.ai Finally Building a Higher-Quality Revenue Mix?
BBAI's GenAI products lift second-quarter revenues by 13% and gross margin to 32.8%, but wider EBITDA losses show the revenue shift is still unproven.
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These Shipping Stocks Yield Up to 9%. The Dividends Come With a Catch
Four US-listed shipping stocks are flashing yields as high as 9%, but the contracts, balance sheets, and payout histories behind those numbers tell very different stories about which ones can actually sustain them.
DAC -0.58% 
XRP Treasury Firm Lands $30 Million Raise to Buy More XRP
XRP has become the buzz of the crypto ecosystem after the world's largest XRP treasury firm, Evernorth, secured massive funding in South Korea to boost its XRP strategy.
Meta Is About to Become Mega Cloud Operator
The headline number for long-term Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META | META Price Prediction) shareholders is a spending line. And it just got bigger.
META -0.87% 
Costco's DoorDash Launch Came Too Late to Touch the Quarter It Reports September 24
Costco reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on September 24, and the splashy DoorDash partnership everyone is talking about played no part in the numbers. What actually drove results reveals something more important about where this stock's real value lives.
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Netflix downgraded by Wells Fargo on weak engagement, content concerns
Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC, XETRA:NWT) downgraded Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX, XETRA:NFC) to "underweight" from "equal weight" Friday, with analysts warning that weaker engagement and content could pressure margins and valuation. Wells Fargo cut its price target to $57, implying about 25% downside according to the note, and lowered its valuation multiple to 15 times forward earnings from 21 times.
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Brinker Sets Out FY29 Targets, Plans Faster Unit Expansion
EAT targets 4-6% annual revenue growth through fiscal 2029 as Chili's expansion, remodels and buybacks support its long-term strategy.
UNTC -1.19% 
Gold and USD rallied together
Gold and USD rallied together
Cava Looks Appetizing Even If The Valuation Is High
Cava earns a buy rating due to robust revenue growth and a clean looking balance sheet, despite a high valuation. CAVA's aggressive expansion plan targets over 1,000 stores by 2032, aiming to preempt competition and capitalize on its unique Mediterranean fast-casual niche. Same store sales rose 9% and foot traffic increased 5.3%, while year-over-year revenue and EBITDA growth exceed 26%.
CAVA +0.39% 
XRPL tries to mathematically prove its new lending market cannot be drained
XRP Ledger (XRPL) developers are using mathematical proofs to test whether the network's forthcoming lending market can be drained or become insolvent. On Sept.
ROST Sees Strong Closeout Supply: Is Off-Price Set to Benefit?
Ross Stores is poised to benefit from abundant closeout supply, stronger brands and disciplined pricing as value-conscious shoppers seek savings.
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