It has been a highly volatile stretch for shareholders of cloud monitoring and security platform Datadog (DDOG +2.25%). As of this writing, the growth stock has rallied about 15% over the past week, yet shares remain down about 37% from their 52-week high. A massive pullback like this can naturally attract investors seeking bargains. Even more, we're talking about a sell-off of a compelling busine...
It has been a highly volatile stretch for shareholders of cloud monitoring and security platform Datadog (DDOG +2.25%). As of this writing, the growth stock has rallied about 15% over the past week, yet shares remain down about 37% from their 52-week high. A massive pullback like this can naturally attract investors seeking bargains. Even more, we're talking about a sell-off of a compelling business -- one in the software sector where artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the technological landscape. Adding to the reasons to look at the stock, Datadog has seen accelerating momentum recently. Accelerating growth and the AI agent catalyst Datadog's latest quarterly update shows that the company is executing well. Revenue in Datadog's fourth quarter rose 29% year over year to $953 million. Not only did this mark an acceleration from the 28% growth Datadog delivered in the prior quarter, but it was a meaningful acceleration over the company's full-year 2024 top-line growth rate of 26%. Additionally, leading indicators suggest this momentum is building. The company drove a record $1.63 billion in bookings during the fourth quarter, surging 37% year over year. And Datadog is seeing success with its most lucrative accounts. The company ended the quarter with 603 customers generating annual recurring revenue (ARR) of $1 million or more, up 31% from 462 in the year-ago period. "We continue to see broad-based positive trends in the demand environment," explained Datadog co-founder and CEO Olivier Pomel during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call. "With the ongoing momentum of cloud migration, we experienced strength across our business, across our product lines, and across our diverse customer base." Driving this top and bottom-line momentum is a massive secular catalyst: AI. Specifically, the explosion of AI agents presents a unique opportunity. Large enterprises cannot trust an AI agent operating autonomously. These agents require careful monitoring for securit...
Palm oil futures in Kuala Lumpur fell as much as 4.3% at the open on Tuesday, tracking a slump in crude oil prices after President Donald Trump said the war in the Middle East may end soon. That erased most of the gains on Monday, when futures finished 4.6% higher at 4,567 ringgit a ton, the highest close since October. The market is now waiting for supply and demand data from the Malaysian Palm O...
Palm oil futures in Kuala Lumpur fell as much as 4.3% at the open on Tuesday, tracking a slump in crude oil prices after President Donald Trump said the war in the Middle East may end soon. That erased most of the gains on Monday, when futures finished 4.6% higher at 4,567 ringgit a ton, the highest close since October. The market is now waiting for supply and demand data from the Malaysian Palm Oil board due later on Tuesday.
Donny DBM/iStock via Getty Images At a glance Performance The Portfolio returned 1.72% (gross) and the 30% MSCI ACWI / 70% Bloomberg Glb Agg 3-5 Yr Index returned 1.43%. Contributors/detractors An underweight allocation to international fixed income contributed to relative performance, while an overweight position in U.S. fixed income detracted. Outlook We see a supportive environment for risk ass...
Donny DBM/iStock via Getty Images At a glance Performance The Portfolio returned 1.72% (gross) and the 30% MSCI ACWI / 70% Bloomberg Glb Agg 3-5 Yr Index returned 1.43%. Contributors/detractors An underweight allocation to international fixed income contributed to relative performance, while an overweight position in U.S. fixed income detracted. Outlook We see a supportive environment for risk assets, given the outlook for relatively stable growth and potential for additional interest rate cuts. Investment environment Global equities rose on signs of stable economic growth, positive corporate earnings, and hopes for central-bank rate cuts outside of Japan. The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) reduced rates twice during the quarter. Global fixed income securities declined in U.S. dollar terms. The yield on U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasuries ended the quarter relatively unchanged, as investors tried to assess the outlook for the U.S. economy and Fed policy. UK benchmark yields fell on hopes that easing inflation and a weaker economy may lead to rate cuts. Japan's 10-year yield rose to the highest level in 25 years on expectations for continued cautious tightening by the Bank of Japan. non-U.S. bonds ended with moderately below-average attractiveness. The portfolio held modest overweight positions in both U.S. and international equities, and this positioning contributed to relative performance. Our forward-looking risk signals continued to show below-average levels of downside volatility for global equities throughout the period and approximately average levels of attractiveness, as indicated by the ratio of upside volatility to downside volatility. The portfolio's equity and fixed income exposures during the period averaged 35.94% and 60.24%, respectively. Manager outlook When seeking clues as to how global equities may fare in 2026, we find it useful to see what information is imbedded in forward-looking options markets. Option prices can be considered a collective view of ...
Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries Ltd. is seeking a loan of around A$3 billion ($2.1 billion) to back its purchase of power generator and retailer Alinta Energy Pty. , according to people familiar with the matter, adding to a growing wave of acquisition funding in Australia. The loan for Sembcorp’s Australian unit will be split between an acquisition tranche — with a tenor ranging from five to 10 ye...
Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries Ltd. is seeking a loan of around A$3 billion ($2.1 billion) to back its purchase of power generator and retailer Alinta Energy Pty. , according to people familiar with the matter, adding to a growing wave of acquisition funding in Australia. The loan for Sembcorp’s Australian unit will be split between an acquisition tranche — with a tenor ranging from five to 10 years — and a working capital portion, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private matters. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and DBS Group Holdings Ltd. are the joint financial advisers on the deal, which partially refinances a bridge facility of about A$6.5 billion, people familiar said. Goldman Sachs declined to comment, while Sembcorp and DBS didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Australia’s acquisition financing market has started 2026 on strong footing, following a relatively busy 2025. A Macquarie Asset Management-led group is seeking a A$4.95 billion facility to finance its purchase of Qube Holdings Ltd., while Brookfield Asset Management and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte. are raising A$2.77 billion to fund their takeover of National Storage REIT. M&A and leveraged buyout financing volumes for Australian borrowers rose 1.5% year-on-year to $16.8 billion in 2025, according to Bloomberg-compiled data. Sembcorp is also mulling raising Singapore dollar-denominated debt to take out part of the bridge, the people said, adding that discussions are ongoing and details could change. KKR Seeks $500 Million Loan for School Operator XCL Stake Buy SoftBank Seeks Record Loan of Up to $40 Billion for OpenAI Stake Chinese Bank Halts Abu Dhabi Loan as Peers Cut Mideast Risk Sembcorp — which is backed by state-owned Temasek Holdings Pte. — announced in December that it will buy Alinta for A$6.5 billion in enterprise value from Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Ltd., furthering the Singaporean company’s ambitions to expand outside its home market. The deal i...