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OrCL news:
* ORCL MAY SELL UP TO $20B IN COMMON STOCK FROM TIME TO TIME
* ORCL KICKS OFF EIGHT-PART US DOLLAR BOND OFFERING
* Oracle says it plans to raise $45B to $50B in 2026 through a mix of debt and equity to build more ORCL NO Cloud Infrastructure capacity, citing contracted demand from customers including NVDA, OpenAI, META, AMD, TikTok, and xAI.

MAG7:
* TSLA - European sales slump continued into January. France registrations fell 42% to 661 vehicles, the lowest in more than three years, and Norway registrations plunged 88%.
* AMZN - Citizens raises PT to $315 from $300 - Market Outperform
* Last week, The Information reported that Anthropic increased its internal revenue projections, which bodes well for AWS given it is Anthropic's primary compute partner. Specifically, Anthropic now projects at least $17B of revenue in 2026, up from an \~$15B projection made this summer, with at least $46B of revenue in 2027, up from $39B prior. Reportedly, Anthropic expects to spend \~$7B on inference and $12B+ on training in 2026, and we assume Amazon will capture the majority of this spend. To be clear, we believe AWS and other hyperscalers are supply constrained, but this reporting reinforces the importance of bringing capacity online.

OTHER COMPANIES:
* Rare Earths: Bloomberg: Donald Trump is set to launch “Project Vault,” a strategic critical-minerals stockpile with $12B in seed funding ($10B 15-year loan from Export-Import Bank of the United States plus $1.67B private). It would buy and store minerals like gallium and cobalt for manufacturers.
* Crypto names all lower on bitcoin sell off over the weekend.
* HOOD - Piper Sandler reiterates overweight, PT 155. "In the short term, there are a few narratives we believe are negatively impacting the stock: (1) a slowdown in crypto volumes and declining token prices, (2) the end of football season and its impact on HOOD's prediction market revenues, and (3) growing uncertainty about the sustainability of recent retail trading strength. Over the long term, we continue to believe HOOD is the best way to play secular growth in retail trading and the closest fintech platform we've seen to achieving 'super app' status. We reiterate Overweight."
* RCAT - says an Asia-Pacific ally selected its Black Widow sUAS in a competitive tender in December, with delivery of an undisclosed number of systems scheduled during 2026. Red Cat says this is the second Asia-Pacific ally to recently order Black Widow for military use, and each system includes two aircraft plus a ground control station and other components.
* MCD - "After two years on the sidelines, we are upgrading shares of McDonald's to Buy from Neutral as our franchise checks suggest changes to the value/promotions strategy are driving traffic growth on a consistent basis. Furthermore, we are optimistic that the new CosMc's beverage platform will launch in 1H26 and provide the next major catalyst for U.S. same-store sales and transactions.
* U - BTIG on Unity: an ad buyer saw \~15–20% ROAS uplift early with Vector, but scaling spend has been the challenge. Visible spend still grew 20% YoY in 4Q (10% QoQ), though Unity is just \~5% of mix. For 2026, they see \~18% spend growth, not a breakout. D28 was the most positive read.
* BA - still has more to do to win back full authority to certify its own aircraft, Federal Aviation Administration chief Bryan Bedford said in Singapore. He said the FAA ultimately wants to hand final safety checks back to Boeing and push FAA staff deeper into its factories.
* EL - is trading higher as traders try to find “Warsh plays” after Trump named Kevin Warsh as Fed chair nominee. Warsh is married to Jane Lauder, an Estée Lauder heiress. Her father is Ronald Lauder, a longtime Trump ally and close to Israel’s PM Netanyahu.
* HUM - Morgan Stanley downgrades Hum to underweight from equal weight, Pt 174 from 262. "While we continue to view the long-term prospects of Medicare Advantage as favorable, where Humana is essentially a pure-play, we view HUM's 2026 bid strategy—alongside incremental policy risk on the back of an unfavorable Advance Rate Notice (see note here)—as potentially slowing HUM's progress on its multi-year turnaround strategy. We are lowering our price target to $174 (from $262), a 9.1x 2027 P/E multiple (managed care organization peers at 10.0x). While, admittedly, the stock is already off \~24% year-to-date, hitting \~trough multiples, with what we view as incremental risk to 2026/2027 estimates, its valuation may be more expensive than perceived. Importantly, we would emphasize that this is a relative call versus managed care peers, where we see the positioning as more compelling for UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health, and The Cigna Group (in that order) amid industry dislocation."
* DIS - board is lining up Josh D’Amaro as the next CEO and could vote as soon as this week. He’s run the parks and experiences business, Disney’s biggest profit driver, since 2020 and would succeed Bob Iger if approved.
* MU - 1Q server DRAM contract prices are seen up 88% to 93% QoQ, and Micron proposed 115% to 125% QoQ increases for server DRAM. Most pricing talks finalizes in Feb
* TSM - Jensen says TSMC “needs to work very hard this year” because Nvidia needs “a lot of wafers and CoWoS,” adding that TSMC is “doing an incredible job” and Nvidia has “a lot of demand this year.”
* Regarding OpenAI: on talk that he’s “concerned about competition” at OpenAI: “That’s nonsense. That’s complete nonsense.” “We are going to make a huge investment in OpenAI… I really love working with Sam.”
* INTU - Intuit Partners With Affirm to Add Pay-Over-Time to QuickBooks
* SNDK - Bernstein raises PT to 1000 from outperform.
* MCHP - Cantor Fitzgerald reiterates overweight, PT to 100. Analyst sees upcycle strength from Industrial & Data Center ramps, boosts CY26 growth view and lifts PT on EPS upside tracking to $4 in CY27.
* GLXY down on crypto performance, but Cantor Fitzgerald reiterates overweight, ahead of earningsmaintins Pt at 48. Analyst expects $533M q/q decline in digital assets ahead of Q4 earnings due to sharp crypto price drops, including Solana (-41%) and FWDI (-74%).
OTHER NEWS:
* Japan’s Nomura says it has cut down its crypto exposure after Q3 losses at its digital-asset unit Laser Digital, and tightened position management to reduce earnings swings.
* ndia will now let foreign companies fund equipment for contract manufacturers in customs-bonded export zones for 5 years without triggering a tax “business connection.