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Goldman's Wilson Backs US Megacap Tech, German Fiscal Trades

Goldman's Mark Wilson is backing US megacap tech and German fiscal winners while hedge fund net exposure sits in the lowest few percent of its five-year range. The positioning gap is the part traders are watching.

5 min20h ago

UBS Sees 28% Q3 S&P 500 Earnings Growth on AI, Cyclicals

UBS forecasts 28% S&P 500 EPS growth for the September quarter, with semiconductors delivering about half of it. The call rests on AI spending near $900 billion — and survives only if oil and core CPI stay contained.

5 min20h ago

US Stocks Close Lower as Dow Swings 729 Points

The Dow swung 729 points Tuesday and all six major earnings reporters closed lower despite several beats. September CPI at 8:30 AM ET Wednesday is the next test for a market unwilling to commit either way.

4 min22h ago

Broadcom CEO Warns AI Is a Casino, Targets $230B Chip Sales

Broadcom's CEO called the AI boom a casino while his own company targets $230 billion in annual chip sales by 2028. The $42 billion of senior loans backed by Broadcom's credit rating is where that contradiction gets priced.

5 min1d ago

JPMorgan: Q3 EPS Growth 24% to Back Broader Stock Rally

JPMorgan puts Q3 S&P 500 EPS growth at 24% on IBES data, but just 8% for the median stock. The gap between headline and typical company is the whole argument for broadening exposure beyond AI.

4 min1d ago

Goldman: Power, Not Chips, Now Sets AI Data Centre Pace

Goldman Sachs says grid capacity for 2026 and 2027 is essentially booked out, so capital alone no longer buys compute. Revenue per unit of power is up around two-thirds in a year, and the bank's software call is quieter than the power one.

5 min1d ago

Nasdaq 100 Slips 0.71% as AI Infrastructure Stocks Shed 10%

The Dow added 196 points while the Nasdaq 100 fell 0.71%, and beneath that flat S&P 500 close, Ciena and Lumentum each lost nearly 10%. The dispersion says more about index construction than about market calm.

4 min1d ago

UBS Backs AI Trade as Hyperscaler Cloud Growth Seen Hitting 58%

UBS expects hyperscaler cloud revenue growth to accelerate to 58% in the September quarter from 48%, backed by TSMC's 51% revenue jump and Samsung's near ninefold profit gain. The estimate now faces its first hard test when ASML and the major cloud providers report.

5 min2d ago

Musk Puts $15B Terrafab on a Multi-Year Clock, Intel Tops Gain

Musk says Terrafab's $15 billion chip complex will probably beat the industry — eventually. The admission on timing is what actually moves the read-across for TSMC, Samsung and Intel.

5 min2d ago

Molson Coors Trades at 7.8x Earnings After 66.8% Fall

Boston Beer is down 87.4% from its high yet trades at 16.8x forward earnings — pricier than Molson Coors at 7.8x. The deepest fall in alcohol stocks is not the cheapest multiple, and the gap explains the trap.

5 min4d ago

SpaceX Lockup Releases 328.4M Shares, 3.6x Daily Volume

SpaceX frees up to 328.4 million shares on October 9, roughly 3.6 times its 92.3 million average daily volume. The unlock creates no new shares, so the test is whether buyers can hold the hourly moving averages at $155.96 and $152.09.

5 min4d ago

Stocks Rebound as Nasdaq Notches Fourth Straight Weekly Gain

All five major US indices closed higher Friday, with the Dow up 423 points, yet Michigan sentiment fell to 46.3 and Canada shed 68,300 jobs. The rebound and the data are telling different stories.

5 min4d ago

Toro Corp Q2 Net Income Falls 61% to $0.6M, Shares Jump 8%

Toro Corp's Q2 revenue jumped 71% to $7.0M, yet net income fell 61% to $0.6M as stock compensation and dilution bit. Shares still rose 8.09% to $5.48 — the spin-off just closed.

5 min5d ago

Edible Garden Wins NJEDA NOL Approval for Tax Credit Sale

Edible Garden's NJEDA approval could turn dormant New Jersey tax credits into cash without issuing a single new share. The company disclosed the program and the fiscal year, but not the amount, the buyer or the timeline — and that gap is the whole story.

5 min5d ago

OFA Group Registers 7,062 sqm Tokawa Coastal Asset in Choshi

OFA Group registered a 7,062 sqm coastal parcel in Choshi on 1 Oct 2026, adding an owned asset to its Japan footprint. The senior living concept attached to it has no development application and no disclosed price.

5 min5d ago

AZIO AI Signs 10 MW Atlas One Hosting Deal With Power Champion

AZIO AI signed its first Atlas One hosting contract with Power Champion — 10 MW now, $90 million in reservation charges over 60 months. The $450 million headline needs a 50 MW expansion nobody has exercised yet.

5 min5d ago

EM&T Raises FY26 Revenue Guidance 62% to $11M, Reaffirms $460M FY27

EM&T lifted fiscal 2026 revenue guidance to $10M-$11M from $5M-$8M, a 62% midpoint raise delivered in under a month. The fiscal 2027 target of $400M-$460M implies a 41x step-up that rests on equipment not yet installed.

5 min5d ago

XMax Acquires Hexa Creation in 1200V GaN Power Semiconductor Deal

XMax signed a definitive agreement to buy Hexa Creation and its 1200V vertical GaN power technology, targeting AI data center power. The purchase price, revenue, and closing terms were not disclosed, making the Form 8-K the document that actually sizes the bet.

5 min5d ago

Hofseth BioCare Prospectus Cleared, 32.8M Shares to Trade

Norway's FSA approved Hofseth BioCare's listing prospectus, freeing 32,819,999 shares from a non-tradable ISIN. The NOK 144.5M placement is now fully tradable, but the report stays silent on net proceeds and holder terms.

5 min5d ago

Chemtrade Converts to Corporation, Keeps Dividend at CHE.UN Level

Chemtrade will hand unitholders one CHEM share for each CHE.UN unit on 18 December, scrapping a 49% non-resident ownership cap while holding the annualized payout steady. The tax mechanics of the exchange are the part most holders have not priced.

5 min5d ago

MTY Food Group Ends Strategic Review, Raises Dividend 35%

MTY Food Group ended its strategic review with no sale, raised its dividend 35% to $0.50 and posted $60.8 million in normalized adjusted EBITDA. The real story is a corporate segment margin that fell from 12% to 1%.

5 min5d ago

Trump's $1.6M Nvidia Trades Land Same Day as Huang Medal

Trump disclosed up to $1.6M in Nvidia buys and $1M in sales in August — the same day he honoured CEO Jensen Huang. The sums are trivial; the policy overlap is not.

5 min5d ago

INVL Launches EUR 200M Central European Bank Fund

INVL has secured Bank of Lithuania approval for a EUR 200 million fund targeting Central and Eastern European banks, with a EUR 0.5 million minimum. The company's own maib and Artea stakes show the playbook it intends to repeat.

5 min5d ago

Bekaert Buys Back 41,519 Shares at €39.47 Average

Bekaert spent €1.64 million repurchasing 41,519 shares in the week to 7 October, pushing its own holding to 3.49% of shares outstanding. The daily execution barely budged even as the price swung 6.3% — and the company still has not said how much of its €75 million tranche is left.

5 min5d ago

Quantisimo Signs SPAC Deal With GigCapital8 at $666M, Nasdaq Ticker QSMO

Quantisimo signed a definitive merger with GigCapital8 at a $666.1 million pro forma value, handing WISeQey and SEALSQ 66.6 million shares in a Nasdaq-bound holding company. The $15 million cash floor is where the real scrutiny begins.

5 min5d ago

Sika Acquires Azpects to Expand UK Landscaping Bet

Sika just bought Azpects, a leading UK maker of polymeric paving joint compounds, to capture the landscaping shift away from sand and cement. Sika disclosed no price and no synergy figure, leaving the deal's financial contribution unmodelled.

5 min5d ago

Pioneer Acquisition I SPAC Merges Green AI Cloud at $300M

Green AI Cloud will list on Nasdaq through a SPAC merger valuing it at $300 million pre-money, with a $525 million implied enterprise value. The deal's real test is whether power-secured renewable AI capacity can survive public market scrutiny.

5 min5d ago

GoldHaven Closes $1M Flow-Through at $0.265 a Share

GoldHaven closed a $1 million flow-through raise at $0.265 a share, with 7% of gross proceeds going to finder's fees. The real test is whether Magno drilling results arrive before the 31 December renunciation deadline.

5 min5d ago

Gray Media Closes $600M Term Loan G, Extends Revolver to 2030

Gray Media closed a $600M Term Loan G at SOFR+350 and extended its revolver to July 2030, clearing maturities past both the 2026 and 2028 political cycles. The floating-rate structure leaves the broadcaster carrying rate sensitivity the company did not say it hedged.

5 min5d ago

Veea Regains Nasdaq Compliance After Board Shake-Up

Veea cleared both Nasdaq deficiencies, cutting its board to five to restore an independent majority. The cure letter closed the bid-price matter weeks earlier — and the company still disclosed no share count or split ratio.

5 min5d ago

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