Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned cash to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money. Today we look at two noteworthy recent insider buys. On Friday, Lamb Weston Holdings' Executive Chair, Jan Eli B. Craps, made a $2....
Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned cash to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money. Today we look at two noteworthy recent insider buys. On Friday, Lamb Weston Holdings' Executive Chair, Jan Eli B. Craps, made a $2.43M buy of LW, purchasing 50,000 shares at a cost of $48.65 each. Craps was up about 7.0% on the buy at the high point of today's trading session, with LW trading as high as $52.05 in trading on Monday. Lamb Weston Holdings is trading up about 2.2% on the day Monday. This purchase marks the first one filed by Craps in the past twelve months. And on Wednesday, Kenneth C. Frazier purchased $2M worth of Eikon Therapeutics, purchasing 111,111 shares at a cost of $18.00 each. Eikon Therapeutics is trading up about 3.5% on the day Monday. Investors can grab EIKN at a price even lower than Frazier did, with the stock changing hands as low as $14.90 in trading on Monday -- that's 17.2% below Frazier's purchase price. VIDEO: Monday 2/9 Insider Buying Report: LW, EIKN The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
Honduras plans to slash this year’s budget and halt central bank transfers to the government, as International Monetary Fund officials prepare to visit this month. Central bank president Roberto Lagos said that the new administration led by President Nasry Asfura will seek to trim about $570 million from the 2026 budget. The final figures for this year haven’t yet been finalized, though in 2025 th...
Honduras plans to slash this year’s budget and halt central bank transfers to the government, as International Monetary Fund officials prepare to visit this month. Central bank president Roberto Lagos said that the new administration led by President Nasry Asfura will seek to trim about $570 million from the 2026 budget. The final figures for this year haven’t yet been finalized, though in 2025 the government spent about $17 billion. The IMF mission will visit the Central American nation starting Feb. 15 to review the their lending program. “We want to be fiscally responsible and send clear signals to the market that Honduras is a country that wants to attract investment and has favorable macroeconomic conditions,” Lagos said Sunday, in a phone interview. “The central bank can’t be financing the executive branch. We need to see how we capitalize those resources, those central bank earnings, in accordance with our commitments.” The previous administration started transferring central bank profits to the government to finance the annual budget, which violates the country’s agreement with the IMF, Lagos said. He said he will instead use those profits to strengthen the bank’s balance sheet. Lagos said Honduras is committed to completing the program. Lagos took over at the central bank in January, returning to Honduras from the US where he worked as a consultant for the World Bank. He said Honduras plans to return to the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes after former president Xiomara Castro withdrew from the arbitration court. The central bank is still calculating its economic forecast for the year and will refine its projections with the IMF, he said. The coffee industry in Honduras has seen significant growth, and recent announcements from multinationals such as Cargill and Martori Farms will further boost agriculture exports, he said. The bank revised its methodology for calculating inflation, and it will take effect for January’...
The Collapse Of The Merger Between Rio And Glencore Rio Tinto Group ( RIO ) announced in early February that it's not going to merge with Glencore ( GLCNF ), " scuttling a potential mega-merger that could have created the world's largest mining company," as the Seeking Alpha News team noted . Based on the available sources, the firms haven't agreed on Glencore's valuation. When RIO walked away, th...
The Collapse Of The Merger Between Rio And Glencore Rio Tinto Group ( RIO ) announced in early February that it's not going to merge with Glencore ( GLCNF ), " scuttling a potential mega-merger that could have created the world's largest mining company," as the Seeking Alpha News team noted . Based on the available sources, the firms haven't agreed on Glencore's valuation. When RIO walked away, the market repriced Glencore lower because it was a target (before the news broke, the market was pricing a premium on the stock, expecting that RIO would pay the price). But RIO's shareholders seem to have liked the fact that there will be no merger (at least in the foreseeable future), because effectively, Rio Tinto avoided the dilution risk and the complexity of Glencore's large businesses integration. In my opinion, it's not so straightforward, because after RIO walked away, its earnings prospects have remained heavily hitched to the iron ore market ( SCO:COM ), where selling prices have recently buckled under rising supply and weak demand (I'll elaborate on that later in my article). Without Glencore's assets, now Rio must rely on the organic ramp-up of Oyu Tolgoi if they want to diversify away from iron ore. And the Oyu Tolgoi assets present some important risks that the market might be ignoring now, in my opinion. Getty Images I'm Keeping My Hold Rating On Rio Tinto So far, I've written only twice on Rio Tinto, with my most recent article dating back to October 2022, when I downgraded RIO on rising risks that I saw because of the aggressive capitalism that the company was pursuing at the time. The whole sector has repriced meaningfully since then, following the rise in commodities prices (historically, the cornerstone product for Rio was iron ore, which isn't growing that rapidly, but precious metals are trading at sky-high prices). Tradingeconomics TrendSpider Software, RIO weekly, Oakoff's notes One of the metals that RIO has a great exposure to is copper ( HG1:COM )...
is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. On Sunday, Linux developer Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux 6.19, which will be the last update in this kernel cycle, as previously reported by Phoronix. It add...
is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. On Sunday, Linux developer Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux 6.19, which will be the last update in this kernel cycle, as previously reported by Phoronix. It adds support for the modern AMDGPU driver for older AMD GCN 1.0 and 1.1 graphics cards, like Radeon HD 7000 series GPUs, along with Vulkan support through the RADV driver, and improved power management. Linux 6.19 also includes improved HDR support with the addition of the DRM Color Pipeline, an updated Asus Armoury driver, expanded support for newer Intel Wildcat Lake and Nova Lake chips, PCIe link encryption and device authentication, and more. Along with the launch of Linux 6.19, Torvalds also teased the start of a new kernel cycle with the next update. “As people have mostly figured out, I’m getting to the point where I’m being confused by large numbers (almost running out of fingers and toes again), so the next kernel is going to be called 7.0,” writes Linus in the update note. The next update could include even more improvements for AMD GPUs, display support for Intel Nova Lake and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chips, and expanded sensor monitoring support for Asus motherboards, among other changes. Users on rolling release or semi-rolling release Linux distributions like Fedora and Arch can expect to get the most recent kernel update soon through their regular system updates. Distros that aren’t rolling release may take longer to get kernel updates.
Lean hog futures saw mixed trade on Friday, with contracts 7 cents higher to 42 cents lower. February was up 12 cents last week. Open interest rose 3,972 contracts on Friday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $85.39 on Friday afternoon, down $1.19 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was 32 cents higher on Feb 4 at $86.38. CFTC data showed managed money adding a total of 15,051 ...
Lean hog futures saw mixed trade on Friday, with contracts 7 cents higher to 42 cents lower. February was up 12 cents last week. Open interest rose 3,972 contracts on Friday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $85.39 on Friday afternoon, down $1.19 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was 32 cents higher on Feb 4 at $86.38. CFTC data showed managed money adding a total of 15,051 contracts to the net long position in lean hog futures and options in the week of Tuesday, taking the total to 128,857 contracts. Don’t Miss a Day: USDA’s pork carcass cutout value from Friday afternoon report was $1.50 lower to $93.77 per cwt. The butt led the way lower, down $8.65, with the ham the only primal heading higher. USDA estimated federally inspected hog slaughter for last week at 2.593 million head. That was 92,000 head above last week and 72,094 head below the same week last year. Feb 26 Hogs closed at $87.375, up $0.075, Apr 26 Hogs closed at $97.950, down $0.425 May 26 Hogs closed at $101.275, down $0.225, More news from Barchart The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
The UK’s media regulator Ofcom has been accused of abandoning “any pretence” of guarding against misleading and biased television coverage, after it refused to investigate a series of complaints about a GB News interview with Donald Trump. During the interview with the rightwing network, broadcast last November, the US president falsely claimed human-induced climate change was “a hoax” and that Lo...
The UK’s media regulator Ofcom has been accused of abandoning “any pretence” of guarding against misleading and biased television coverage, after it refused to investigate a series of complaints about a GB News interview with Donald Trump. During the interview with the rightwing network, broadcast last November, the US president falsely claimed human-induced climate change was “a hoax” and that London had no-go areas for police. He said parts of the capital had “sharia law”. He also made other claims about law and order and immigration that critics said were either left unchallenged or endorsed by interviewer Bev Turner, the host of GB News’s US-based nightly show. However, Ofcom said it had decided not to investigate 32 complaints that claimed the interview was either misleading or partial in its presentation. A spokesperson conceded that Trump’s views “were not challenged during the interview itself”, but said “alternative perspectives” were set out in a surrounding panel discussion, which challenged his opinions. Chris Banatvala, Ofcom’s founding director of standards , who drafted its code and investigation procedures, said he was “astounded” by Ofcom’s decision. “If there were ever a case that merited investigation for the broadcast of potentially misleading material and a failure to meet due impartiality requirements, this was it,” he said. “Donald Trump was allowed to make a number of unfounded allegations without any challenge whatsoever, with the potential to mislead viewers, undermining the most basic standards expected of broadcast journalism and regulatory requirements. “This was a test case for how Ofcom regulates broadcasters on due impartiality. It has failed that test. The decision raises serious questions about whether Ofcom is willing to enforce its own standards as set out in legislation. It now appears that Ofcom has abandoned any pretence that meaningful regulation of broadcast content is still being maintained.” It comes amid concerns within th...
There’s a lot to be optimistic about in the Technology sector as 2 analysts just weighed in on Palantir Technologies (PLTR – Research Report) and Qualys (QLYS – Research Report) with bullish sentiments. Palantir Technologies (PLTR) In a report released yesterday, Louie DiPalma from William Blair reiterated a Buy rating on Palantir Technologies. The company’s shares closed last Friday at $135.90. A...
There’s a lot to be optimistic about in the Technology sector as 2 analysts just weighed in on Palantir Technologies (PLTR – Research Report) and Qualys (QLYS – Research Report) with bullish sentiments. Palantir Technologies (PLTR) In a report released yesterday, Louie DiPalma from William Blair reiterated a Buy rating on Palantir Technologies. The company’s shares closed last Friday at $135.90. According to TipRanks.com, DiPalma is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 7.0% and a 59.3% success rate. DiPalma covers the Technology sector, focusing on stocks such as Science Applications, Motorola Solutions, and Caci International. ;'> The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Palantir Technologies with a $192.38 average price target, representing a 42.2% upside. In a report issued on January 30, TipRanks – xAI also upgraded the stock to Buy with a $168.00 price target. See the top stocks recommended by analysts >> Qualys (QLYS) In a report issued on February 6, Nehal Chokshi from Northland Securities reiterated a Buy rating on Qualys, with a price target of $162.00. The company’s shares closed last Friday at $110.80. According to TipRanks.com, Chokshi is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 21.2% and a 55.9% success rate. Chokshi covers the Technology sector, focusing on stocks such as Super Micro Computer, Palo Alto Networks, and zSpace, Inc. ;'> Qualys has an analyst consensus of Hold, with a price target consensus of $139.73, a 10.1% upside from current levels. In a report issued on February 6, William Blair also maintained a Buy rating on the stock. Disclaimer & DisclosureReport an Issue