Argentina is scrambling to keep its soy cargoes flowing to Europe after an unapproved genetically modified strain was detected in shipments, raising the risk of widespread rejections of the country’s most valuable export. Farmers and crushers are going to extra lengths to isolate the drought-resistant soy strain known as HB4 from the rest of the crop, Gustavo Idigoras , president of the Ciara-Cec ...
Argentina is scrambling to keep its soy cargoes flowing to Europe after an unapproved genetically modified strain was detected in shipments, raising the risk of widespread rejections of the country’s most valuable export. Farmers and crushers are going to extra lengths to isolate the drought-resistant soy strain known as HB4 from the rest of the crop, Gustavo Idigoras , president of the Ciara-Cec oilseed processing and export group, said in an interview. While approved in places including Argentina and China, the strain, developed by Bioceres Crop Solutions , lacks authorization in the European Union. The alarm follows recent rejections of Argentine soy meal cargoes by the Netherlands after testing detected the HB4 strain. While the country is the only member of the EU to reject the cargoes so far, it is a primary gateway to the trading bloc. Read More: Netherlands Rejects Argentina Soy Meal Cargoes on GMO Issue “Many of the importers in Europe are paranoid right now,” Idigoras said. Ciara-Cec represents powerhouses of global agriculture trading in Argentina, including Cargill Inc. , Bunge Global SA , and Cofco International Ltd. Bioceres declined to comment. The stakes for Argentina President Javier Milei are significant: Soy exports are projected to have brought in more than $18 billion last year. Milei desperately needs similar inflows from this year’s harvest to rebuild central bank reserves and signal to international bondholders that the cash-strapped nation can meet its debt obligations. Read More: Dollar Deluge Gives Milei Room to Build Reserves: Shock Therapy The HB4 saga comes as the South American Mercosur bloc and the EU provisionally implement a free-trade deal starting this month while the EU’s top court reviews it. The deal was 25 years in the making and faced fierce opposition from European countries with big farming industries. To save the soy trade relationship, Argentina’s industry is effectively placing the HB4 harvest under quarantine. “We are w...
herstockart Coinbase ( COIN ) is set to report its FY26 Q1 earnings on May 7 after the market close. Investors are now closely watching how the company is handling a weaker crypto cycle and internal restructuring. The biggest talking point ahead of results is the company's decision to cut ~14% of its workforce . CEO Brian Armstrong said this move is due to “market cyclicality” and the rapid rise o...
herstockart Coinbase ( COIN ) is set to report its FY26 Q1 earnings on May 7 after the market close. Investors are now closely watching how the company is handling a weaker crypto cycle and internal restructuring. The biggest talking point ahead of results is the company's decision to cut ~14% of its workforce . CEO Brian Armstrong said this move is due to “market cyclicality” and the rapid rise of AI, which is helping smaller teams work faster and more efficiently. Even though the company is financially strong and has multiple revenue streams, the management reported that its business remains volatile QoQ. Armstrong noted the company is preparing to emerge “leaner, faster, and AI-native” for the next growth phase. On the numbers front, analysts expect Q1 EPS of $0.04 and revenue of $1.48B. However, sentiment has weakened sharply, with 24 downward EPS revisions and 26 revenue cuts in the past 3 months—signaling low expectations going into the print. The company’s Q4 results were already weak, with EPS of $0.66 missing by $0.30 and revenue at $1.78B (-21.6% YoY), also below estimates. For Q1, the company guided subscription and services revenue to $550M–$630M (midpoint $590M), well below the consensus of $761M in estimates. Trading activity also looks soft. Coinbase ( COIN ) is down ~13.3% YTD , underperforming the S&P 500’s ( SP500 ) +6.0% gain, and is currently trading ~2% lower near $195. Interestingly, it is also expanding offerings, including launching 24/7 gold and silver futures, signaling diversification beyond cryptocurrency. Currently, SA Quant ratings stand at 2.19 and view it as "sell," while Seeking Alpha analysts and Wall Street analysts rate the stock as "buy." More on Coinbase Coinbase: Bitcoin's Rising Tide Masks A Retail Moat In Structural Decline Coinbase: The 16x EV/Adjusted Ebitda Valuation Remains Attractive Coinbase: Don't Enter Just Yet Coinbase Global cuts headcount by ~14%; stock climbs 4% Crypto stocks inch up post news about compromise on ...
SCM Jeans/iStock Editorial via Getty Images About five months ago, I published my last article about the shipping and supply chain management company United Parcel Service, Inc. ( UPS ). Back in the article I argued that the stock might be cheap for a reason and deserves the low stock price. However, I also made the case that UPS might still be undervalued. In the conclusion of my article I wrote:...
SCM Jeans/iStock Editorial via Getty Images About five months ago, I published my last article about the shipping and supply chain management company United Parcel Service, Inc. ( UPS ). Back in the article I argued that the stock might be cheap for a reason and deserves the low stock price. However, I also made the case that UPS might still be undervalued. In the conclusion of my article I wrote: In my opinion, we can still argue that UPS is slightly undervalued at this point, and the stock might be a solid long-term investment. However, we clearly see UPS struggling right now with revenue and operating income decline, and UPS is trying to reduce its dependency on Amazon as a customer, which has a huge negative impact on the business. UPS might have trouble replacing Amazon as a customer in the next few years, and it remains to be seen how effective the company’s restructuring efforts are. But due to the huge stock price decline – at the time of writing, UPS is still trading 48.5% below its previous all-time high – UPS does not have to be similar profitable as in previous years for the stock to still be fairly valued or even slightly undervalued. Overall, I remain slightly bullish about UPS long-term, but don’t expect the stock to rebound right away. And investors should be prepared for the risk of the dividend being cut – a scenario I would not rule out at this point. Following the article, the stock increased and actually reached a 52-week high around $122 before the stock started to decline again. In particular, the first quarter results, which were reported on April 28, 2026, and the announcement by Amazon.com, Inc. ( AMZN ) to open its logistics services to third-party companies sent the stock down recently. Now, it is trading about 3.5% lower compared to my previous article. In the following article, I will look at UPS from a bearish point of view as well as a bullish point of view and try to determine once again whether the stock might be a good investment a...