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Luke Kawa

Wedbush slashes Apple price target, says “tariff economic Armageddon” hurts it more than any tech company

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives cut his price target on Apple by 23%, saying that no US tech company is going to be hit as hard as the iPhone giant by reciprocal tariffs slated to go into effect on Wednesday.

From a note to clients on Sunday:

“The tariff economic Armageddon unleashed by Trump is a complete disaster for Apple given its massive China production exposure. In our view, no US tech company is more negatively impacted by these tariffs than Apple with 90% of iPhones produced and assembled in China. We have seen Apple navigate very uncertain times in the supply chain during Covid... but for the stock it was feasible for investors (and us) at the time to look past March or June 2020 quarters and understand and value what normalized 2021 earnings could look like as normalization would happen. This tariff situation is dramatically different and a very scary prospect as the current tariff slate with China at 54% and Taiwan at 32% would be devastating to Apple, its cost structure, and ultimately consumer demand... it’s not a debate in our view.”

Apple has tumbled nearly 16% from President Trump’s Rose Garden announcement to Friday’s close and nearly 4% premarket, as it has massive operations in Southeast Asia, where reciprocal tariff rates are ultrahigh. Analysts at Morgan Stanley see just a 20% chance that Apple receives an exemption from these levies.

Ives also lowered his earnings and revenue forecasts on Apple for this calendar year as well as 2026.

However, even after that price target cut — and the alarm bells clearly blaring, in Ives’ eyes — the analyst still has an “outperform” rating on the stock, and sees it rallying 32% from Friday’s close.

“We stay bullish for the long-term view on Apple as the Services business and strong FCF support a base case valuation of $250... Our bear case is $160 and bull case (tariffs removed or exempt) is back to $325,” he wrote.

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Max Knoblauch

Archer surges on speculation that Tesla’s announcement has something to do with them

Shares of air taxi maker Archer Aviation rose more than 16% on Monday afternoon amid speculation that the company is somehow involved in an October 7 announcement Tesla has been teasing.

The latest speculation appears to revolve around the inclusion of a Tesla Optimus robot and vehicle alongside Archer’s Midnight air taxi in a video Archer posted on X last week. On Sunday, the Tesla X account uploaded a video featuring its logo on a spinning wheel or propeller, leading some to further connect tomorrow’s announcement to the EVTOL industry.

Archer is prone to big swings — the stock has closed up or down 10% 29 times in the past twelve months. Monday’s move propelled the stock to its highest level since July. Archer rival Joby Aviation was also up more than 6% on the day.

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J. Edward Moreno

CDC signs off on narrower Covid shot recommendation

Moderna slipped after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Monday that it is adopting a narrower recommendation for when COVID-19 booster shots are appropriate.

The CDC’s recommendation aligns with what its advisory committee voted for last month, which was for a healthcare provider to sign off on each individual immunization. While that is much narrower than the broad backing of the shot, it’s less draconian than some investors previously priced in.

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Max Knoblauch

Sony shares climb to their highest level in 25 years as Abenomics supporter Sanae Takaichi is likely to become Japanese PM

Shares of Sony rose 4% on Monday, sending the stock up to levels it last reached in March of 2000.

The move was even more impressive in its home listing, where the stock outperformed with a 4.75% jump on Japan’s Nikkei 225 that propelled that index to a record high on Monday.

Boosting the market was the victory of Shinzo Abe protege Sanae Takaichi in a race to lead Japan’s ruling political party, setting the lawmaker up to become the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, a hard-line conservative who claims Margaret Thatcher as a personal hero, advocates for “Abenomics”: higher spending and tax cuts. Takaichi previously described the Bank of Japan’s recent interest rate hikes as “stupid.”

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Meat-packing giants, meanwhile, are benefiting from beefier prices.

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Nia Warfield

Klarna ticks higher as Wall Street rolls out coverage on the “buy now, pay later” giant

Shares of Klarna jumped as much as 6.5% Monday morning in early trading after a wave of analysts initiated coverage on the “buy now, pay later” giant, as the so-called post-IPO “quiet period” came to an end.

The Stockholm-based fintech company, which competes with Affirm and Afterpay, has 111 million active users and partnerships with over 790,000 merchants worldwide. Analysts highlighted Klarna’s rapid US growth, improving profitability, and ongoing BNPL adoption as reasons for optimism.

Here’s where analysts netted out:

  • Bank of America — Rating: Buy | Price target: $58

  • Citigroup — Rating: Buy | Price target: $58

  • Deutsche Bank — Rating: Buy | Price target: $48

  • BNP Paribas — Rating: Neutral | Price target: $46

  • UBS — Rating: Buy | Price target: $48

  • Goldman Sachs — Rating: Buy | Price target: $55

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