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August 20th, 2026

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A 40 Year Trader Explains His Approach to Market Swings

Rising costs are squeezing households nationwide. USA Today reports more families are moving in together, while Yahoo notes retirees are searching for roommates just to make ends meet. Larry Benedict, who ran one of Wall Street's most successful trading funds for 40 years, shares the approach he used with major clients to navigate volatile markets…

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Analysts' Upgrades

All Upgrades
BWLP BW LPG
Clarkson Capital
Neutral → Buy
ETSY Etsy
Bank of America
Neutral → Buy
PT $88.00 → $95.00
16.9% upside
HSHP Himalaya Shipping
Clarkson Capital
Neutral → Buy
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.
Morgan Stanley
Equal Weight → Overweight
PT $116.00 → $179.00
19.9% upside
PGR Progressive
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Market Perform → Outperform
PT $226.00 → $250.00
13.3% upside

Google owns it. Amazon owns it. You don't.

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Google owns it. Amazon owns it. You don't.

Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Microsoft, Sequoia, and Peter Thiel's Founders Fund have reportedly backed one of the most closely watched private AI companies. Most investors can't buy shares directly. Alexander Green of The Oxford Club has identified a publicly traded vehicle whose largest holding is this AI company, with added exposure to Databricks and Anduril…

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Analysts' Downgrades

All Downgrades
COTY Coty
Royal Bank Of Canada
Outperform → Sector Perform
PT $3.00
9.1% upside
FLNC Fluence Energy
Glj Research
Buy → Hold
PT $26.00 → $12.89
13.2% upside
GGB Gerdau
Bank of America
Buy → Neutral
PT $5.10
17.5% upside
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.
Royal Bank Of Canada
Outperform → Sector Perform
PT $142.00 → $150.00
0.5% upside
NVNI Nvni Group
Maxim Group
Buy → Hold
WMT Walmart
Gordon Haskett
Buy → Accumulate

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Analysts' New Coverage

All Initiations
AMBP Ardagh Metal Packaging
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
Hold
PT $5.20
1.5% downside
AMZN Amazon.com
Rosenblatt Securities
Buy
PT $335.00
28.9% upside
CHWY Chewy
Rosenblatt Securities
Neutral
PT $25.00
5.1% upside
EBAY eBay
Rosenblatt Securities
Buy
PT $120.00
14.7% upside
ETSY Etsy
Rosenblatt Securities
Buy
PT $95.00
16.9% upside
GOOG Alphabet
Rosenblatt Securities
Buy
INCY Incyte
Canaccord Genuity Group
Buy
PT $152.00
19.5% upside
MIST Milestone Pharmaceuticals
Cantor Fitzgerald
Overweight
PT $3.00
191.3% upside
MSGE Madison Square Garden Entertainment
Piper Sandler
Neutral
PT $86.00
7.8% upside
PRQR ProQR Therapeutics
Bank of America
Buy
PT $8.00
252.4% upside
QNCX Quince Therapeutics
Craig Hallum
Buy
PT $68.00
111.8% upside
SHOP Shopify
Rosenblatt Securities
Buy
PT $175.00
18.9% upside
TGB Taseko Mines
Jefferies Financial Group
Buy
UMBF UMB Financial
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Overweight
PT $180.00
23.4% upside
W Wayfair
Rosenblatt Securities
Buy
PT $125.00
20.9% upside
XMTR Xometry
Rosenblatt Securities
Buy
PT $110.00
32.3% upside

Trump Backs Sam Altman's Hidden Project:

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Trump Backs Sam Altman's Hidden Project: "Medical AI"

In what's being called the biggest federal push since the Apollo program, Trump is backing a new type of AI that Elon Musk calls the most disruptive force in history. Behind the scenes, Sam Altman - the billionaire who launched ChatGPT to 1 billion users faster than any tech product in history - has reportedly been driving this next venture…

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