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Aurora Rejects Curaleaf's Higher Bid, But the Takeover Fight Isn't Over

Aurora Rejects Curaleaf's Higher Bid, But the Takeover Fight Isn't Over

By Jeffrey Neal Johnson

Halliburton Gains Traction: Multiyear Upcycle Ahead

Halliburton Gains Traction: Multiyear Upcycle Ahead

By Thomas Hughes

Meta Platforms' AI Comeback Faces an Earnings Test—And a $10 Billion Charge

Meta Platforms' AI Comeback Faces an Earnings Test—And a $10 Billion Charge

By Leo Miller

Why buying stocks is a sucker's game (and what to do instead)

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Analysts' Upgrades

All Upgrades
FITB Fifth Third Bancorp
Evercore
In‑Line → Outperform
PT $60.00
14.5% upside
ISRG Intuitive Surgical
Erste Group Bank
Hold → Buy
TRNS Transcat
Northland Securities
Market Perform → Outperform
PT $95.00
16.3% upside
ZM Zoom Communications
Oppenheimer
Market Perform → Outperform
PT $130.00
33.4% upside

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$40,000,000,000,000

The national debt just hit 40 trillion dollars, and the U.S. now spends more on interest payments than on its entire military budget. Central banks have bought over 1,000 tonnes of gold a year for three years running, trading paper for metal.

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Analysts' Downgrades

All Downgrades
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill
TD Cowen
Buy → Hold
PT $32.00
7.9% upside
FTNT Fortinet
Arete Research
Buy → Sell
PT $117.00
31.6% downside
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
Erste Group Bank
Buy → Hold
MBLY Mobileye Global
Royal Bank Of Canada
Sector Perform → Underperform
PT $5.00
31.5% downside
SYF Synchrony Financial
Evercore
Outperform → In‑Line
PT $78.00
6.2% upside

The afternoon institutional wave Wall Street keeps secret

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The 3.5 billion afternoon trade Wall Street doesn't advertise

Every afternoon at 2:00 PM Eastern, roughly 3.5 billion dollars in institutional capital flows into the market before the closing bell. During March's market selloff, this afternoon pattern reportedly produced results ranging from 136 dollars to 219 dollars across six sessions, based on a hypothetical 1,000 dollar trade. Nate Tucci breaks down the full mechanics in a new briefing on the phenomenon…

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Analysts' New Coverage

All Initiations
APH Amphenol
Erste Group Bank
Buy
EBAY eBay
Erste Group Bank
Buy
HOOD Robinhood Markets
Rosenblatt Securities
Buy
PT $135.00
37.5% upside
KZIA Novogen
Guggenheim
Buy
PT $35.00
344.2% upside
VOR Vor Biopharma
William Blair
Outperform
XLO Xilio Therapeutics
Raymond James Financial
Outperform
PT $16.00
87.4% upside

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IonQ's Bold Expansion Could Leave Shareholders Paying the Price

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