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First Brands’ implosion is ripping through private credit – and lenders are scrambling to contain the fallout
The collapse of U.S. auto parts maker First Brands Group is reverberating across the banking sector on both sides of the Atlantic. The company’s rapid demise – which is now unravelling a maze of complex debt agreements held with a range of lenders and investment funds globally – highlights the risks associated with private credit’s […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Applied Digital, Mosaic Levi Strauss & more
Check out the companies making headlines before the opening bell : Applied Digital — Shares surged 30% after the datacenter builder reported that revenue in its fiscal first quarter was up 84% from the comparable period in the prior year. Stellantis — The French-Italian-American automaker reported a 13% rise in third-quarter shipments, prompting shares to […]
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AMD is rallying day two after a very bullish call from Wall Street
AMD shares were jumping again on Tuesday, a day after its market-moving partnership with OpenAI was announced, as Jefferies ratcheted up the chipmaker’s stock price target and upgraded it to boot. Jefferies upgraded AMD to buy from hold and raised its price target to $300 from $170. The new target represents nearly a 50% gain […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: AMD, Comerica, Micron Technology & more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: AMD — The chipmaker surged more than 23% following a deal reached by OpenAI and Advanced Micro Devices that could see the ChatGPT parent take a 10% stake in AMD. Comerica , Fifth Third Bancorp — Fifth Third Bancorp announced a $10.9 billion all-stock deal to […]
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U.S. tech giants hit pause on India data center deals under weight of trade uncertainty
Key Points U.S. technology companies are delaying their decisions to lease large data centers in India. New deals for data centers have been on hold for over two months, a source told CNBC. Hyperscalers may revisit their plans within the next three to six months. U.S. technology companies are delaying their decisions to lease large data centers in India, jittery from […]
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Private equity’s retail rush is alarming its institutional backers: ‘Bigger issues down the road’
SINGAPORE — For decades, private markets have been the preserve of pension funds, endowments and sovereign wealth giants. Now, that exclusivity is fading. More wealthy individuals are getting invited into a once-closed club reserved for long-term investments from large institutions — and that is ruffling feathers. The trend has been described by experts as the […]
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Mega AI deals enable exits for private equity — but fuel ‘frothy’ bubble fears
Aside from pushing stocks to all-time highs, the artificial intelligence boom is also giving private equity funds a boost by thawing the frozen IPO market and providing much-needed liquidity. However, AI is also creating what senior industry figures describe as a “frothy” investment landscape in some corners of the market, making it harder to identify […]
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Tom Lee sees S&P 500 topping 7,000 by year-end, says don’t be fooled by shutdown calamity talk
The government shutdown is unlikely to derail the stock market’s momentum into year-end, according to Tom Lee, Fundstrat Global Advisors’ head of research. Lee believes the suspension of economic data releases from federal agencies is a “sidebar issue,” adding that past shutdowns have had little lasting impact on equities. The widely followed strategist, who called […]
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From Spain’s bull run to gold’s surge: How the third quarter played out in Europe
Spain’s IBEX equity index has posted a return of nearly 10% over the last few weeks, way above its continental peers. Source
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A possible risk to markets from a shutdown getting chatter on trading floors
Markets have largely shrugged off previous government shutdowns, but this time could prove different if it shows U.S. government ineptitude has fallen to a new low. That could cause rating agencies to reexamine the high, but fragile condition of U.S. credit worthiness. On Monday the Labor Department said it’s preparing a contingency plan for what […]
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