VanderWolf-Images/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Lockheed Martin ( LMT ) a contract worth up to $1.9 billion to continue providing training systems and support for the C-130J military transport aircraft, according to a company release. The agreement is structured as a 10-year, sole-source, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, allowing the Pen...
VanderWolf-Images/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Lockheed Martin ( LMT ) a contract worth up to $1.9 billion to continue providing training systems and support for the C-130J military transport aircraft, according to a company release. The agreement is structured as a 10-year, sole-source, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, allowing the Pentagon to order services as needed over the life of the program. The contract covers the next phase of the C-130J Maintenance and Aircrew Training System program, which provides simulators, instructional materials and logistical support for pilots and maintenance personnel. Work will be carried out for multiple U.S. military branches, coordinated through the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. The program currently supports units across the Air Force, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps and Air Force Special Operations Command, among others. Under the new contract, training support will be expanded to include the Navy Reserve and the Coast Guard. The C-130J is a modernized version of the long-running Hercules transport aircraft, widely used for tactical airlift missions. The platform is operated by dozens of countries, and the global fleet has accumulated millions of flight hours. Indefinite delivery contracts such as this one are commonly used by the Pentagon for long-term service and support programs, enabling flexibility in procurement while maintaining continuity for established systems. More on Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin: Strong Franchise, Limited Upside At Current Valuation Why Lockheed Martin Is Heading To $843: A Deep Dive Into Its Financial Health The Shahed Drone War Is Creating A Missile Defense Supercycle For Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin expands venture fund to $1B to back defense tech Artemis II crew heads back to earth, splashdown expected tonight
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While some US visitors back their president, shopkeepers who serve the papacy and tourists are on the pontiff’s side On the wall of the back room of an opticians in Borgo Pio, a neighbourhood in Rome that borders the Vatican, hangs the photos of five popes dating back to the late 1970s, charting both the recent history of Catholic church leaders and the shop itself. As its owner, Walter Colantini,...
While some US visitors back their president, shopkeepers who serve the papacy and tourists are on the pontiff’s side On the wall of the back room of an opticians in Borgo Pio, a neighbourhood in Rome that borders the Vatican, hangs the photos of five popes dating back to the late 1970s, charting both the recent history of Catholic church leaders and the shop itself. As its owner, Walter Colantini, who fitted glasses for one of the pontiffs, gestures towards them, he recalled the diplomatic strain between the Vatican and White House over the 1991 Gulf war. Continue reading...
David Hinton will receive only his £400,000 salary this year after thousands of customers were left without water The chief executive of South East Water has said he will forgo his bonus in an act of penitence for “unacceptable outages” that left thousands of customers in Kent and Sussex without water. David Hinton told MPs on the environment, food and rural affairs select committee that he had de...
David Hinton will receive only his £400,000 salary this year after thousands of customers were left without water The chief executive of South East Water has said he will forgo his bonus in an act of penitence for “unacceptable outages” that left thousands of customers in Kent and Sussex without water. David Hinton told MPs on the environment, food and rural affairs select committee that he had decided not to accept an additional “performance payment” this year. Instead, he will receive only his £400,000 salary. Continue reading...
Rafael_Wiedenmeier/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images UBS ( UBS ) chief executive Sergio Ermotti could remain on the post well into the second half of 2027, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Ermotti was reportedly planning to step down in April 2027. The bank was said to formally start the search for a successor. The expected delay in departure is to guide the bank through a regulatory...
Rafael_Wiedenmeier/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images UBS ( UBS ) chief executive Sergio Ermotti could remain on the post well into the second half of 2027, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Ermotti was reportedly planning to step down in April 2027. The bank was said to formally start the search for a successor. The expected delay in departure is to guide the bank through a regulatory overhaul and give the board sufficient time to find a replacement, according to the sources. Switzerland was expected to flesh out stricter capital rules for UBS this month, Reuters had reported a week ago. Moreover, the Swiss lender is currently unsure if its potential internal successors are right for the job, and the board is open to having an external successor, said some of the people. UBS is unlikely to rush with the CEO succession decision, the people noted. More on UBS Group AG UBS Group AG (UBSS:CA) Presents at European Financials Conference 2026 Transcript UBS: The Valuation Premium Over European Peers Is Unjustified UBS Group AG (UBSS:CA) Presents at UBS Financial Services Conference 2026 Transcript Swiss parliament topples proposed bill to limit executive bonuses in financial sector - report UBS proposes 22% dividend hike to $1.10; plans $3B share buyback for 2026
Big Event Media/Getty Images Entertainment The introduction of more capable models by frontier AI firms such as Anthropic ( ANTHRO ) and OpenAI ( OPENAI ) poses a real threat to seizing more enterprise wallet share from traditional software companies, according to UBS analysts after attending last week's HumanX AI conference in San Francisco. "One change we noticed at HumanX was the marked increas...
Big Event Media/Getty Images Entertainment The introduction of more capable models by frontier AI firms such as Anthropic ( ANTHRO ) and OpenAI ( OPENAI ) poses a real threat to seizing more enterprise wallet share from traditional software companies, according to UBS analysts after attending last week's HumanX AI conference in San Francisco. "One change we noticed at HumanX was the marked increase in AI agent investments, going well beyond the core use cases of Microsoft ( MSFT ) Copilot licenses and AI coding tools for software engineering," said UBS analysts Karl Keirstead and Dean Marriott in an investor report. "Bottom line, the customer checks supported the more cautious view of SaaS/apps software firms that is now priced into these stocks." UBS heard from attendees that OpenAI and Anthropic are becoming "best-in-class application software firms." "The trend of customers custom-building AI apps and agents using Claude/GPT and Anthropic/OpenAI launching 1P products adds to the risk around future growth rates for software incumbents," they added. However, several software names that appeared safe, at least for now, from the rise of AI were those involved in securing and managing corporate data, such as Snowflake ( SNOW ), Palantir ( PLTR ) and Databricks. "Many checks cited data as the key advantage, and customers were investing to modernize/expose their own data, a trend that we've long called out as being very bullish for Palantir, Databricks and Snowflake," Keirstead noted. "This data category is now being scrutinized for AI risk, but apart from references to using Claude to replace what Tableau/Salesforce ( CRM ) does, we didn't hear any checks argue that Claude/GPT models were a risk to the likes of Palantir, Databricks and Snowflake." Opinions were mixed on Microsoft. "On Microsoft, we heard several references to Microsoft 'being behind' and Copilot disappointing, but several checks argued that we shouldn't count them out, that Microsoft is in a position t...
honglouwawa/iStock via Getty Images By Zain Vawda The Nasdaq 100 has undergone a massive rally. After a period of aggressive selling that saw the index dip toward the 22,800 handle, we have seen a textbook "V-shaped" recovery. The most notable development is the breakout from the descending channel (highlighted by the dark trendlines). This breakout was confirmed with a strong impulsive candle tha...
honglouwawa/iStock via Getty Images By Zain Vawda The Nasdaq 100 has undergone a massive rally. After a period of aggressive selling that saw the index dip toward the 22,800 handle, we have seen a textbook "V-shaped" recovery. The most notable development is the breakout from the descending channel (highlighted by the dark trendlines). This breakout was confirmed with a strong impulsive candle that cleared both the 100-day (red) and 200-day (yellow) moving averages (MAs). Currently, the index is trading above the 25,320 resistance-turned-support level. The RSI on the daily is approaching overbought territory (65.5), but it still shows room for a final push toward the previous all-time highs near 26,200 before a meaningful correction is required. Nasdaq 100 Daily Chart, April 14, 2026 Source: TradingView H4 and H1 Chart Analysis: Momentum and Market Structure Moving down to the H4 and H1 timeframes, the bullish momentum is even more evident. The "Golden Cross" or proximity of the moving averages suggests that the path of least resistance remains to the upside. H4 Perspective: The index has cleared the 25,091 level with ease. We see a series of higher highs and higher lows. The H4 RSI is currently at 74.1, indicating that while the trend is strong, we may see some intraday consolidation or a minor "retest" of the breakout zone at 25,320. H1 Perspective: The hourly chart shows a steep ascending slope. The moving averages are perfectly fanned out in a bullish alignment. We are seeing some "Bear" divergence signals appearing on the RSI (red labels), which suggests that the immediate upside might be slowing down as we approach the US open. Nasdaq 100 Four-Hour Chart, April 14, 2026 Source: TradingView M15 Analysis: US Session Scenarios Let us take a look at the M15 ahead of the US session. The index is currently hovering around 25,526. The Bullish Scenario If the US session opens with strong buying pressure, look for a sustained hold above 25,500. A break and close above ...
May ICE NY cocoa (CCK26 ) today is up +267 (+8.15%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK26 ) is up +159 (+6.49%). Cocoa prices are surging today and posted 1.75-month highs on hopes that the recent plunge in prices sparked a rebound in cocoa demand. Malaysia today reported that...
May ICE NY cocoa (CCK26 ) today is up +267 (+8.15%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK26 ) is up +159 (+6.49%). Cocoa prices are surging today and posted 1.75-month highs on hopes that the recent plunge in prices sparked a rebound in cocoa demand. Malaysia today reported that...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images In one of my previous -year articles, I covered Rockwell Automation ( ROK ) with my "HOLD" thesis and rating. This turned out to be, at least for the shorter term until now, the wrong choice in terms of the company's performance. The thesis on the company is rather mixed. I don't believe any analyst is questioning the company's underlying quality and fun...
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images In one of my previous -year articles, I covered Rockwell Automation ( ROK ) with my "HOLD" thesis and rating. This turned out to be, at least for the shorter term until now, the wrong choice in terms of the company's performance. The thesis on the company is rather mixed. I don't believe any analyst is questioning the company's underlying quality and fundamentals - the question we pose is whether the valuation can possibly be justified for the company given the growth estimates and valuation multiple(s). Looking at the market, it's quite obvious to me that the market and investors overall are asking this question more frequently as of late. A very good indicator of this asking is the company's share price volatility, which over the past 6 years has increased quite a bit. In relatively short timeframes, the company has dropped, surged, and dropped back again. As I am writing this article, it's in a bit of a "surge" state. I will attempt to decipher the reasoning behind this for what, at this point, is an almost 36x P/E company with a yield of only 1.4% in an environment where we are getting over 4% risk-free. Why would the market premiumize this sort of higher-risk growth - or is the risk simply a lot lower than I believe? Analysts are quite split/torn when it comes to the business. We have an SA average analyst rating of "BUY," Wall Street at "BUY," and Quant at a "HOLD." Why Quant is on hold is, as I see it, based on the valuation of the company. And this, if you start doing even surface-level calculations, makes sense. There's no historical precedent for the company's current pricing, beyond a very short period in ZIRP, which immediately saw the company drop down to below 22x P/E. At any period below 2018, the company was trading between 12 and 17x P/E. Therefore, the current valuation represents a more than twice as high premium to the company's typical premium (or discount). Furthermore, Rockwell misses on estimates mo...
meshaphoto/iStock via Getty Images Painting with a finer brush Since COVID, market narratives seem to form more quickly and be applied more broadly. I suspect passive flows, real-time information, and momentum-driven strategies all contribute to this phenomenon, but the result is really what matters: once a narrative takes hold, it becomes the dominant lens through which everything is viewed. We'v...
meshaphoto/iStock via Getty Images Painting with a finer brush Since COVID, market narratives seem to form more quickly and be applied more broadly. I suspect passive flows, real-time information, and momentum-driven strategies all contribute to this phenomenon, but the result is really what matters: once a narrative takes hold, it becomes the dominant lens through which everything is viewed. We've seen this dynamic repeatedly. Tariffs will derail the economy. Regional banks are uninvestable. Commercial real estate is uninvestable. Each narrative arrives rapidly and with conviction, flattens important distinctions, and is soon replaced by the next. The details remain, but they matter less. Today feels similar. Markets are again painting with broad strokes, where narratives outweigh fundamentals. At Harris | Oakmark, our focus on issuer-level detail and our willingness to be patient help us see what broader narratives miss, and creates opportunity when prices diverge from fundamentals. Here are a few areas where our approach is creating opportunity. Software and commercial insurance AI is increasingly framed as an existential risk across entire sectors. In software, the market narrative has moved quickly from viewing businesses as durable and entrenched to treating the entire category as at risk of dying overnight. As my colleague Jeremy Thames highlighted in our recent commentary, Why We're Buying Software , this doomsday view has been applied broadly and makes little distinction between those companies with deeply embedded, mission-critical systems and those with more exposed application-layer risk. In reality, many of these businesses continue to exhibit the characteristics we have always valued: high switching costs, strong retention, pricing power, and deep integration within customer workflows. In many cases, AI may strengthen these systems rather than replace them. A similar dynamic is playing out in commercial insurance. High-quality brokers and insurers are ...
Canada’s bank regulator is examining lenders’ exposure to hedge funds and private-credit shops — as well as how they transfer risk to those firms — with further inquiries planned. In a yearly update on the top risks facing the financial system, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions said supervisory reviews on banks’ exposure to non-bank financial institutions are already under...
Canada’s bank regulator is examining lenders’ exposure to hedge funds and private-credit shops — as well as how they transfer risk to those firms — with further inquiries planned. In a yearly update on the top risks facing the financial system, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions said supervisory reviews on banks’ exposure to non-bank financial institutions are already underway. Canadian banks have “considerably” increased their exposure to private-capital managers and their portfolio companies in recent years, the regulator said Tuesday. The opaque and leveraged nature of private credit firms can mask structural weaknesses, as well as “intensify losses in a stress event,” OSFI said. It plans to ask Canadian banks for more information as questions arise from its reviews. After years of rapid growth, the once-niche world of private credit has faced increased scrutiny, with investors spooked by recent high-profile freezes on customer withdrawals. Concern about the impact of artificial intelligence on portfolio companies has raised valuation fears and the US Federal Reserve has asked major banks for details about their exposure to the sector, Bloomberg reported last week. Read More: Why Private Credit Is Facing a Sudden Investor Exodus: Explainer Wall Street banks, which are reporting first-quarter earnings this week, have so far disclosed at least $100 billion in exposure to private credit firms. Canadian firms have also begun intermittently including private-credit exposures in their quarterly filings. In February, for example, Royal Bank of Canada said “non-bank financial institutions and financing products” comprised 8% of its total loans and advances as of its first fiscal quarter, noting the portfolio was “of high credit quality.” OSFI hasn’t flagged non-bank lending as a key risk since 2023 , but included it again this year, saying its worries include that Canadian banks may engage in riskier lending to compete with private lenders. The re...
Versigent PLC ( VGNT ) traded higher on Tuesday after UBS started off coverage on the stock with a Buy rating. Analyst Joseph Spak said the firm's bullish view on the new company that was spun off from Aptiv ( APTV ) is centered on the current implied trading EV/EBITDA multiple being too low in comparison to other auto industry suppliers. "We see the stock re-rating as long as management commits t...
Versigent PLC ( VGNT ) traded higher on Tuesday after UBS started off coverage on the stock with a Buy rating. Analyst Joseph Spak said the firm's bullish view on the new company that was spun off from Aptiv ( APTV ) is centered on the current implied trading EV/EBITDA multiple being too low in comparison to other auto industry suppliers. "We see the stock re-rating as long as management commits to a consistent capital return program. We believe a potential buyback authorization and/or dividend initiation are likely positive catalysts, and we believe that ~50% of the current market cap could be returned to shareholders over the coming three years," highlighted Spak. UBS assigned a price target of $43 to Versigent ( VGNT ) based on a 4.5X multiple to the 2027 EV/EBITDA estimate. Shares of Versigent ( VGNT ) were up 5.9% in Tuesday afternoon trading to $32.33 vs. the post-spinoff range of $26.34 to $34.99. More on Versigent PLC Versigent begins trading after its spinoff from Aptiv Historical earnings data for Versigent PLC Financial information for Versigent PLC
The Trump administration will allow a waiver temporarily authorizing the purchase of certain Iranian crude oil to expire this weekend, according to a White House official. The move comes as the US imposes a blockade on traffic through the Strait of Hormuz after peace talks failed to yield a breakthrough. The waiver, which the Treasury Department published on March 20, is due to lapse on Sunday. Th...
The Trump administration will allow a waiver temporarily authorizing the purchase of certain Iranian crude oil to expire this weekend, according to a White House official. The move comes as the US imposes a blockade on traffic through the Strait of Hormuz after peace talks failed to yield a breakthrough. The waiver, which the Treasury Department published on March 20, is due to lapse on Sunday. That waiver was limited to Iranian oil and petrochemical products that were already loaded onto tankers. The administration already let lapse a similar waiver that authorized the purchases of some otherwise-sanctioned Russian crude. Reuters reported earlier on the decision. The US and Israeli war against Iran has set off a global energy shock and the administration has looked for ways to ease prices. But President Donald Trump ’s administration had come under criticism for relaxing sanctions on oil from Iran and Russia amid the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. The White House official said the US is looking to deliver economic fury to Iran. Energy Secretary Chris Wright earlier Tuesday alluded to the possibility the US would pull other levers to tighten economic pressure on the regime in Tehran. While the blockade is one way “to bring this conflict to an end,” Wright said on Fox News, “there could be other sources of economic pressure as well.”
Appeals Court Terminates Criminal Contempt Proceedings Against Trump Admin Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An appeals court has put a stop to criminal contempt proceedings initiated by a district judge against the Trump administration. District Judge James Boasberg, chief judge of the District Court for the District of Columbia, stands for a portrait at E. Barrett P...
Appeals Court Terminates Criminal Contempt Proceedings Against Trump Admin Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An appeals court has put a stop to criminal contempt proceedings initiated by a district judge against the Trump administration. District Judge James Boasberg, chief judge of the District Court for the District of Columbia, stands for a portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on March 16, 2023. Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via AP In a brief, unsigned order on April 14, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated a previous order by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, and ordered him to terminate the contempt investigation he launched in December. The contempt proceedings stemmed from the deportation of illegal immigrants—suspected gang members—to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, last year. Boasberg had ordered planes carrying those detainees halted and turned around, but the men were sent to El Salvador anyway. The Trump administration had appealed Boasberg’s order all the way to the Supreme Court, which overturned his ruling. Despite that, Boasberg tried to hold members of the administration in contempt of his order unless they returned the suspected gang members to the United States. The appeals court blocked that move by vacating Boasberg’s first contempt order, but he decided to move ahead with a contempt investigation in November. “Undeterred, the district court is proceeding with criminal contempt for the government’s decision to transfer the plaintiffs to the custody of El Salvador,” the Appeals Court’s Tyler Durden Tue, 04/14/2026 - 13:40