Looking for stocks that are trading at huge discounts to their average analyst price targets is a great way to find potential additions to your portfolio. While investors shouldn't buy such stocks without doing further research, starting a search with that filter can help you zoom in on stocks that might be headed much higher. Two that Wall Street is bullish on are IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) and SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN). The average Wall Street analyst covering IonQ has a price target of $74.89 on the stock. ...

Telefónica Swallows the Pain to Reset the Story - Moby THE GIST Telefónica, a Spanish telecommunications firm, posted its biggest annual loss in more than two decades. Strip out the accounting carnage and the core business is growing again. The question for investors is simple. Is this the bottom of a long cleanup, or just another chapter in a familiar European telco saga. WHAT HAPPENED The Spanish telecoms group reported a net loss of €4.32 billion (about $5 billion) for 2025, its largest since the earl ...

For decades, small businesses have shaped communities' identities, building their distinct character. Independent grocery stores, with local produce and personalized service, offered a sense of connection that national chains often could not replicate. Today, however, that landscape is changing. Independent grocers are closing at a rapid pace and being taken over by larger retailers aiming to expand their reach. Retail giants such as Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and Albertsons continue to dominate the indus ...

International Business Machines (IBM) shares suffered a steep daily decline on Feb. 23 after Anthropic said its "Claude Code” could accelerate the modernization of COBOL systems. Since IBM is a major player in the COBOL ecosystem that powers critical insurance, banking, and government infrastructure, investors fear AI could erode its long-standing moat in mission-critical systems. Amid a broader software rout that some experts are now calling a “SaaS-mageddon,” IBM shares have lost as much as 28% this mo ...

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (NYSE:MTD) is one of the 10 best life sciences stocks to buy according to hedge funds. On February 9, Catherine Schulte from Baird reiterated her Neutral rating on Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (NYSE:MTD). In the process, she also raised the price target on the stock slightly from $1,444 to $1,445. Schulte shared an optimistic view on Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (NYSE:MTD) after the fourth quarter announcements. This also led Baird to revise its model for the co ...

You can find original article here WealthManagement. Subscribe to our free daily WealthManagement newsletters. Baker Street Advisors, a registered investment advisor with $20 billion in client assets, has created a CEO role and promoted Chris Wilkens, a partner at the firm, to the position. In addition, Pete Hand, who joined the RIA in 2024 as chief investment officer, has been named a partner, joining 10 other executives.  In the new role, Wilkens will lead the firm into the next phase of growth.& ...

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (NYSE:WST) is one of the 10 best life sciences stocks to buy according to hedge funds. On February 17, the governing body of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (NYSE:WST) approved a new share repurchase program authorizing the buyback of up to $1 billion of its common stock. The firm highlighted that the previous repurchase program had been fully utilized ahead of its December 31, 2025, expiration. The new authorization reflects continued capital return initiatives and p ...

Crypto backed lending has quietly become one of the most common applications in digital assets. As markets mature, investors are increasingly using loans to access liquidity without selling long term holdings, shifting the category away from speculative leverage and toward more practical financial use. Data shows crypto lending reached roughly $73.6 billion in outstanding loans in the third quarter of 2025, surpassing prior cycle peaks. That growth reflects changing borrower priorities. Instead of chasi ...

Another consolidation move is unfolding in West Texas, and this time, it is reshaping ownership inside one of the region’s active Bitcoin (BTC) mining clusters. Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN), the Singapore-based manufacturer of Bitcoin mining hardware and operator of crypto infrastructure, has acquired a 49% equity interest in a joint venture tied to multiple mining projects in West Texas from Cipher Mining (NASDAQ: CIFR). Cipher is a U.S.-based Bitcoin miner that develops and operates large-scale data cent ...

Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this edition…A chaotic AI summit in India ends with some voluntary commitments and $200 billion for the host nation…Anthropic accuses Chinese rivals of using Claude’s answers to enhance their models…OpenAI launches an alliance with major consulting firms to sell its Frontier AI agent platform…$650 billion in AI infrastructure spending this year could be risky…and maybe don’t let an AI model advise you on using nuclear weapons.First, many of the AI world’s most important p ...