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Street Calls of the Week
Investing.com -- Takeovers, a failed pipeline and a Medicare scorecard drove this week’s biggest reactions, more than any change in analyst views. I picked one upgrade or downgrade per day, choosing the stock with the largest reported percentage move. Maintains and price-target-only changes were excluded. Several moves are intraday or premarket snapshots, so closing figures may differ. Monday, Oct 5: Deal caps PTC’s upside Stifel downgraded to Hold from Buy and raised its target to $205 from $165.
What If Brad Keselowski Joined 23XI Instead?
You know what’s really fun about the concept of multiple timelines? Possibilities. Thanks to a self-professed pot-stirring future Hall of Fame driver with a podcast, we are going to ponder that together. Earlier this week, Denny Hamlin dropped an interesting piece of information about Brad Keselowski. The little factoid came barely 10 days after what could arguably be the biggest silly season news heading into 2027.
Daily NASCAR DFS Picks: Charlotte
“Do you think about me now and then? ‘Cause I’m coming home again, maybe we can start again.” – Chris Martin in Kanye West’s ‘Homecoming‘ After several years of running the fall race on the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL, the NASCAR Cup Series returns to the oval this weekend for the sixth event in the 2026 Chase for the championship. In a way, with high school football programs coming up on their own homecomings, this feels like NASCAR’s version.
Fast Food’s Takeover Season: Pizza, Burgers, and Now Burritos
Investing.com -- Restaurant stocks have had a rough stretch. Wage inflation, commodity costs, value-hunting consumers and GLP-1 weight-loss drugs have all hit margins. Cheap valuations are now drawing in private equity, activists and strategic buyers. The latest target is the sector’s former growth darling. Chipotle steps into the spotlight Market reaction: CMG rose as much as 8%, then pared the gain to $32.18 (+4.58%). SBUX fell as much as 6% and sat at $90.69 (-3.09%).
Sugar futures rally: what’s driving the move and how to invest
Investing.com -- Raw sugar futures are trading near the top of their 52-week range, with a 39% gain over the past three months driven by supply concerns across multiple producing regions. Sugar’s sharp climb are on a tear. : 20.71 cents per lb (+3.91% on the day), as of Oct 5, 12:10 PM EDT || 52-week range 13.26 to 20.81 || 1W +18.61% || 3M +39.46% || YTD +38.44% Raw sugar is trading at the top of its 52-week range. That is a notable move for a commodity that traded near 13.80 cents in February.
Daily NASCAR DFS Picks: Las Vegas
“I think I might move out to Las Vegas” – Nicolas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas I can’t say that the writing isn’t on the wall after last week’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. But what I can say, is that Kyle Larson is and should 100% be the favorite this week. However, I feel like until somebody can outrun them all on a consistent basis, you have to take the boys in the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas.
GEO and SWBI: Decoding Five Election Cycles of Wall Street’s Most Politically Wire
Investing.com -- Every two years, a handful of stocks transform from ordinary equities into something closer to prediction market instruments. and sit at the top of that list. One is the largest private immigration detention operator in the United States. The other is among the country’s most recognizable firearms manufacturers. Both are acutely, almost mechanically, sensitive to which party controls Washington.
Southern Company (SO) investment analysis: data center growth vs. valuation risk
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Daily NASCAR DFS Picks: Kansas
“I close my eyes, only for a moment then the moment’s gone. All my dreams, pass before my eyes with curiosity…dust in the wind” – “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas Though the Chase for the NASCAR Cup Series championship no longer has an elimination format, a lot of big names have their title hopes on life support. Chase Briscoe, Chase Elliott and William Byron desperately need something big to happen to have a shot at getting back on track, and Kansas Speedway has been good to all three over the years.
Street Calls of the Week
Investing.com -- Here is your Street Calls of the Week for the week of Sep. 21–25, 2026 — five days, five rating changes, each the most market-moving upgrade or downgrade of its session. Monday, Sep. 22 — UBS pulls the plug on PG&E The Call: UBS downgraded from Buy to Neutral, slashing its price target by 26% — from $19 down to $14. Why it moved: This wasn’t a routine trim.
Daily NASCAR DFS Picks: Kansas
“I close my eyes, only for a moment then the moment’s gone. All my dreams, pass before my eyes with curiosity…dust in the wind” – “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas Though the Chase for the NASCAR Cup Series championship no longer has an elimination format, a lot of big names have their title hopes on life support. Chase Briscoe, Chase Elliott and William Byron desperately need something big to happen to have a shot at getting back on track, and Kansas Speedway has been good to all three over the years.
Jefferies valuation analysis: two models, two very different verdicts
Investing.com -- At $46.24 a share as of September 24, 2026, sits at an intriguing crossroads. Depending on which valuation framework you trust, the stock is either modestly overpriced or one of the more compelling opportunities in the financial sector right now. The answer hinges entirely on whether you are a disciple of Ben Graham or a follower of Warren Buffett’s evolved thinking, and the two philosophies land in very different places.
McDonald’s lays out 2030 targets with margin, unit growth, and AI goals
Investing.com -- used its Sept. 23, 2026 Investor Day in Chicago to introduce McDonald’s > NEXT, a long-term growth strategy built around four pillars — Menu, Consumer, Restaurant, and People — and anchored by a concrete set of financial targets running through 2030. The Headline Numbers The company is targeting an operating margin in the low-to-mid 50% range by 2030, up from current levels, alongside free cash flow conversion in the mid-to-high 80% range.
The Inevitable Industry: Why Waste Management Stocks Deserve a Closer Look
Investing.com -- Waste management may be the most recession-resistant infrastructure play in the market, and right now, it sits at the intersection of three powerful macro forces: the AI buildout generating mountains of e-waste, global population growth demanding more capacity, and an internal AI revolution that is quietly expanding margins from the inside out. Here is how the sector’s five key players stack up.
Wheat prices near multi-year highs as war, weather, and harvest shortfalls converge
Investing.com -- Global wheat markets have been gripped by a rally in 2026, fueled by a convergence of geopolitical conflict, weather disruptions, and shrinking harvests. are trading at $611.42 per bushel as of Sep 19 at 8:33 AM GMT, holding near multi-year highs after briefly testing $700.00 in July, a level not seen in a generation. Three shocks, one market The rally did not emerge from a single cause. It was built layer by layer across three separate supply shocks hitting simultaneously.
Street Calls of the Week
Investing.com -- One per day, upgrades and downgrades only, no maintains, no mere price target tweaks. Here’s the week that was on Wall Street’s analyst desks. The Call: Evercore ISI downgraded to In Line from Outperform, keeping its price target at $65. The Move: HPE fell ~7% in pre-market trading to $57.75 before partially recovering, one of the sharper single-day reactions triggered by a pure valuation call this year. Why It Mattered: Evercore’s argument wasn’t that HPE’s business had broken.
The Gas Station Nobody Talks About
Investing.com -- There is a number that flashes at every corner of every American city, multiple times a day, impossible to ignore. It sits on a tall sign, bright yellow or red, and it moves like a living thing. A small group of investors have been watching it closely and tracking it in their portfolios. The Gas Station Nobody Talks About is sitting at $145.08 as of Sep 18, 11:13 AM EDT, up +137.45% year-to-date and +121.75% over the past twelve months.
SpaceX Nasdaq-100 rebalance: what the $15.5B to $22B passive buying event means for SPCX
Investing.com -- SpaceX’s Nasdaq-100 weighting is set to more than double at Friday’s closing bell, triggering an estimated $15.5B to $22B in programmatic buying, one of the largest single-day passive flows of the quarter. Setting the Stage There is a common misconception circulating ahead of Friday’s close: that is being newly added to the Nasdaq on September 18th. That already happened.
Daily NASCAR DFS Picks: Gateway
Another round of NASCAR Cup Series competition comes to World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway this weekend. This time, it’s the Chase for the Championship back in town as the postseason returns to the speedway for a second straight year. This mixture of long straightaways and tight corners on this 1.25-mile Midwestern oval has created similar racing to what we might see at North Wilkesboro Speedway or New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) investment analysis: trough-cycle bet or value trap
Investing.com -- Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) is trading at $67.52, within earshot of its 52-week low of $66.09, after a -28.1% one-year slide, yet analysts are pointing to a $99 price target. The gap between where the stock sits and where believers think it belongs tells a compelling story about a company caught between a broken commodity cycle and a quietly compounding premium business. The House That OSB Broke is fundamentally two companies wearing one stock ticker.
Street Calls of the Week
What's the full story? Evercore initiates Lumentum Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LITE) at Outperform with an $1,100 target. The AI revolution has a supply-chain coronary: silicon processors run fast, but data can't move between them. Connecting these compute clusters requires Indium Phosphide lasers—a scarce, capital-intensive material where demand outpaces supply by 30%. LITE holds the choke point, shifting pricing power and margin upstream to vertically integrated incumbents.
Street Calls of the Week
What's the full story? Evercore initiates Lumentum Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LITE) at Outperform with an $1,100 target. The AI revolution has a supply-chain coronary: silicon processors run fast, but data can't move between them. Connecting these compute clusters requires Indium Phosphide lasers—a scarce, capital-intensive material where demand outpaces supply by 30%. LITE holds the choke point, shifting pricing power and margin upstream to vertically integrated incumbents.
Street Calls of the Week
What's the full story? Evercore initiates Lumentum Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LITE) at Outperform with an $1,100 target. The AI revolution has a supply-chain coronary: silicon processors run fast, but data can't move between them. Connecting these compute clusters requires Indium Phosphide lasers—a scarce, capital-intensive material where demand outpaces supply by 30%. LITE holds the choke point, shifting pricing power and margin upstream to vertically integrated incumbents.
Street Calls of the Week
Monday - Lumentum Holdings What’s the full story? Evercore initiates Lumentum Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) at Outperform with an $1,100 target. The AI revolution has a supply-chain coronary: silicon processors run fast, but data can’t move between them. Connecting these compute clusters requires Indium Phosphide lasers—a scarce, capital-intensive material where demand outpaces supply by 30%.
Die wichtigsten Analysten-Calls der Woche
Worum geht es? Evercore nimmt die Beobachtung von Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LITE) mit der Einstufung "Outperform" und einem Kursziel von 1.100 $ auf. Die KI-Revolution leidet an einem Engpass in der Lieferkette: Siliziumprozessoren arbeiten schnell, aber der Datentransfer zwischen ihnen hinkt hinterher. Für die Verbindung dieser Rechencluster sind Indiumphosphid-Laser erforderlich – ein knappes, kapitalintensives Material, bei dem die Nachfrage das Angebot um 30 % übersteigt.
Les recommandations phares de la semaine à Wall Street
Que s'est-il passé exactement ? Evercore initie une couverture de Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LITE) avec une recommandation Surperformance et un objectif de cours de 1.100$. La révolution de l'IA souffre d'un goulot d'étranglement dans sa chaîne d'approvisionnement : les processeurs en silicium sont rapides, mais les données peinent à circuler entre eux.
Street Calls of the Week
Monday - Lumentum Holdings What's the full story? Evercore initiates Lumentum Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LITE) at Outperform with an $1,100 target. The AI revolution has a supply-chain coronary: silicon processors run fast, but data can't move between them. Connecting these compute clusters requires Indium Phosphide lasers—a scarce, capital-intensive material where demand outpaces supply by 30%.
Llamadas destacadas de Wall Street de la semana
Lunes - Lumentum Holdings ¿Cuál es la historia completa? Evercore inicia cobertura de Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LITE) con calificación de Superar al Mercado y un precio objetivo de $1,100. La revolución de la IA tiene un problema crítico en su cadena de suministro: los procesadores de silicio son veloces, pero los datos no pueden moverse entre ellos con la misma rapidez.
Destaques da semana: as principais recomendações de Wall Street
Segunda-feira - Lumentum Holdings Qual é a história completa? A Evercore inicia cobertura da Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LITE) com recomendação de Outperform e preço-alvo de US$ 1.100. A revolução da inteligência artificial enfrenta um gargalo crítico na cadeia de suprimentos: os processadores de silício são rápidos, mas os dados não conseguem se mover entre eles na mesma velocidade.
Destaques da semana: as principais recomendações de Wall Street
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DraftKings NASCAR DFS Picks: Southern 500 at Darlington
“You don’t go to war with warm milk and cookies.” – Curt Cignetti Well my dear readers, if you’re feeling that crisp fall chill creeping behind what’s left of summer’s heat, it can only mean one thing: The Chase is back on. That’s right, the NASCAR Cup Series’ original postseason format, The Chase for the Championship, starts for the first time since 2013 at Darlington Raceway tomorrow (Sept. 6). The thing about Darlington is that it’s a driver’s track through and through.
Global macro outlook: Hormuz, Fed hike odds, and the bond rout — week of September 4, 2026
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High-debt stocks that pass a three-filter screen: Melco, Uniti, and Wendy’s
Investing.com -- Here is a simple investment screen: find companies where total debt exceeds twice the market capitalization, where the chief financial officer has a long history in finance, and where the stock trades below 15 times trailing earnings. Three filters.
Wells Fargo emerges as the likely acquirer of Regions Financial
Investing.com -- A quiet drama has been unfolding in the American banking sector, and the earnings call transcripts may already contain the answer to who buys Regions Financial. CNBC floated the story on August 7th. , the Birmingham, Alabama-based regional bank with $164B+ in assets, a 56-year unbroken dividend streak, and deep retail banking roots in the American Southeast, is apparently on somebody’s shopping list. The article named two suspects: and . One of them is the more likely buyer.
Ferrari Is Not a Car Company
Investing.com -- Ferrari (RACE) trades at 41.9x earnings and 18.7x book value, multiples that belong on a luxury conglomerate’s balance sheet, not an automaker’s. At a $80B market cap on $8.39B in revenue, the market has already rendered its verdict: Maranello is no longer in the business of building cars. It is in the business of selling an idea, and the car is simply the most expensive piece of merchandise in the catalog.
Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE) stock analysis: Graham value vs. distress risk
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Axon risk analysis: ALPR backlash, margin pressure, and what’s moving the stock
Investing.com -- With privacy advocates and municipalities pushing back against Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks, investors in are asking a reasonable question: does that controversy bleed into Axon’s stock? The short answer is not directly — but the longer answer is more nuanced, and worth understanding before assuming Axon is in the clear. Separating the companies Flock Safety is a private company.
Street Calls of the Week
Monday - Chipotle Mexican Grill assumed, downgraded to Neutral with a $40 price target What’s the full story: Baird downgrades Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:) from Outperform to Neutral, dragging its price target down from $44 to $40. The reason is simple, ugly arithmetic: generating low-single-digit sales growth now demands significantly heavier reinvestment, crushing margin recovery. In plain English, Chipotle must spend more to earn less.
Liberty Media tracking stocks: comparing Formula One, Liberty Live, and Atlanta Braves
EditorGarrett Cook Published 08/31/2026, 05:49 AM Liberty Media tracking stocks: comparing Formula One, Liberty Live, and Atlanta Braves Liberty Media tracking stocks: comparing Formula One, Liberty Live, and Atlanta Braves Liberty Media tracking stocks: comparing Formula One, Liberty Live, and Atlanta Braves In this article: Investing.com -- John Malone’s Liberty Media empire is built around six actively traded tracking stocks — but a quick housekeeping note first: LSXMA and LSXMK no longer...
Street Calls of the Week
What's the full story: Baird downgrades Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) from Outperform to Neutral, dragging its price target down from $44 to $40. The reason is simple, ugly arithmetic: generating low-single-digit sales growth now demands significantly heavier reinvestment, crushing margin recovery. In plain English, Chipotle must spend more to earn less.
Street Calls of the Week Original
What's the full story: Baird downgrades Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) from Outperform to Neutral, dragging its price target down from $44 to $40. The reason is simple, ugly arithmetic: generating low-single-digit sales growth now demands significantly heavier reinvestment, crushing margin recovery. In plain English, Chipotle must spend more to earn less.
Llamadas destacadas de analistas de la semana
Lunes - Chipotle Mexican Grill asumida y rebajada a Neutral con un precio objetivo de 40 dólares
Llamadas destacadas de analistas de la semana
Lunes - Chipotle Mexican Grill asumida y rebajada a Neutral con precio objetivo de $40 La historia completa: Baird rebaja a Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) de Outperform a Neutral, reduciendo su precio objetivo de $44 a $40. La razón es simple y contundente: generar un crecimiento de ventas de un solo dígito bajo ahora exige una reinversión significativamente mayor, aplastando la recuperación de márgenes. En términos simples, Chipotle debe gastar más para ganar menos.
Les meilleures recommandations d’analystes de la semaine
L'histoire complète : Baird dégrade Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) d'Outperform à Neutre, abaissant son objectif de cours de 44$ à 40$. La raison est simple, une arithmétique implacable : générer une croissance des ventes à un chiffre faible exige désormais des réinvestissements nettement plus importants, écrasant tout espoir de redressement des marges. En clair, Chipotle doit dépenser davantage pour gagner moins.
Analystenstimmen der Woche
Die Hintergründe: Baird stuft die Aktie von Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) von "Outperform" auf "Neutral" herab und senkt das Kursziel von 44 auf 40 US-Dollar. Der Grund dafür ist eine einfache, aber unschöne Rechnung: Ein Umsatzwachstum im niedrigen einstelligen Prozentbereich erfordert nun deutlich höhere Reinvestitionen, was die Margenerholung stark belastet. Einfach ausgedrückt: Chipotle Mexican Grill muss mehr ausgeben, um weniger zu verdienen.
Destaques de análise de Wall Street da semana
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Daily NASCAR DFS Picks: Daytona
“Give me just one more, last chance before you say we’re through” — Vince Gill, One More Last Chance Well guys after 25 races and unlimited twists and turns, the end of the NASCAR Cup Series regular season has arrived. And of course the boys are going out with a bang courtesy of some Saturday night superspeedway racing at Daytona International Speedway. Last time we raced on these historic high banks, Tyler Reddick passed a crashing Chase Elliott on the final lap to win the Daytona 500.
Daily NASCAR DFS Picks: New Hampshire
Someone reached in and grabbed it, Was a rock lobster! -“Rock Lobster” by the B-52s Break out the butter and the lemon wedges folks. This weekend the NASCAR Cup Series returns to New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The “Magic Mile” has a few different favorites, but obviously the big one is Christopher Bell. He’s never lost a NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at the track. Plus, he’s won here twice in the Cup Series.
Nuclear maritime investing: SMR stocks and LNG shipping in a shifting energy landscape
EditorGarrett Cook Published 08/21/2026, 09:22 AM Nuclear maritime investing: SMR stocks and LNG shipping in a shifting energy landscape Nuclear maritime investing: SMR stocks and LNG shipping in a shifting energy landscape In this article: Investing.com -- When one of America‚Äôs largest LNG export hubs formally endorses nuclear-powered shipping, it is not a press release ‚ÄĒ it is a policy signal that reprices an entire asset class.
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