• Mar 12, 2025

Kazakhstan was the main laggard in OPEC+ oil pact in February, OPEC data shows

Kazakhstan contributed more than a half of overall OPEC+ oil production rise in February, lagging behind its pledges to reduce production, OPEC data showed on Wednesday. Kazakhstan has persistently exceeded its output quota of 1.468 million bpd under the production-curbing deal struck by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies including Russia - together known as OPEC+. According to the OPEC data, Kazakhstan produced 1.767 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil in February, up from 1.570 million bpd in January.

• Mar 12, 2025

3 Value Stocks Skating on Thin Ice

The low valuation multiples for value stocks provide a margin of safety that growth stocks rarely offer. However, the challenge lies in determining whether these cheap assets are genuinely undervalued or simply on sale due to their potentially deteriorating business models.

• Mar 12, 2025

1 Mid-Cap Stock to Target This Week and 2 to Ignore

Many investors pay attention to mid-cap stocks because they have established business models and expansive market opportunities. However, their paths to becoming $100 billion corporations are ripe with competition, ranging from giants with vast resources to agile upstarts eager to disrupt the status quo.

• Mar 12, 2025

2 Small-Cap Stocks on Our Buy List and 1 to Turn Down

Small-cap stocks can be incredibly lucrative investments because their lack of analyst coverage leads to frequent mispricings. However, these businesses (and their stock prices) often stay small because their subscale operations make it harder to expand their competitive moats.

• Mar 12, 2025

3 Small-Cap Stocks Skating on Thin Ice

Investors looking for hidden gems should keep an eye on small-cap stocks because they’re frequently overlooked by Wall Street. Many opportunities exist in this part of the market, but it is also a high-risk, high-reward environment due to the lack of reliable analyst price targets.

• Mar 12, 2025

1 Large-Cap Stock with Solid Fundamentals and 2 to Avoid

Large-cap stocks have the power to shape entire industries thanks to their size and widespread influence. With such vast footprints, however, finding new areas for growth is much harder than for smaller, more agile players.

• Mar 12, 2025

1 Industrials Stock on Our Buy List and 2 to Brush Off

Industrials businesses quietly power the physical things we depend on, from cars and homes to e-commerce infrastructure. But they are at the whim of volatile macroeconomic factors that influence capital spending (like interest rates), and the market seems convinced that demand will slow. Due to this bearish outlook, the industry has tumbled by 2.2% over the past six months. This drop was disheartening since the S&P 500 stood firm.

• Mar 12, 2025

OPEC+ Oil Production Surges as Kazakhstan Further Breaches Quota

(Bloomberg) -- OPEC+ crude production surged last month as Kazakhstan, which has long flouted the cartel’s output quotas, further breached its agreed limit.Most Read from BloombergTrump DEI Purge Hits Affordable Housing GroupsNYC Congestion Pricing Toll Gains Support Among City ResidentsElectric Construction Equipment Promises a Quiet RevolutionOpen Philanthropy Launches $120 Million Fund To Support YIMBY ReformsWhere New York City's Zoning Reform Will Add HousingThe alliance’s output climbed by

• Mar 12, 2025

Cooler inflation paves way for Fed to resume rate cuts in June

(Reuters) -Cooler inflation last month leaves the door open for the Federal Reserve to resume cutting interest rates by mid-year, but the central bank remains worried that U.S. tariff hikes could rekindle price pressures, trigger an economic slowdown, or both. Consumer prices rose 2.8% in February from a year earlier, a government report showed on Wednesday, marking progress compared with the 3% reading in January. As long as the labor market stays strong, continued easing on the inflation front would allow the Fed to adjust interest-rates slowly downward in what analysts and some Fed policymakers have referred to as "good news" rate cuts.

• Mar 12, 2025

1 Growth Stock to Target This Week and 2 to Avoid

Growth is oxygen. But when it evaporates, the consequences can be extreme - ask anyone who bought Cisco in the Dot-Com Bubble (Nvidia?) or newer investors who lived through the 2020 to 2022 COVID cycle.