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According to Samsung Securities on September 30, the brokerage raised its price target for Hanwha Q Cells to 41,000 won, up 24.2% from 33,000 won. The upgrade reflects a 5% increase in 12-month forward EBITDA estimates and higher valuation multiples for renewable energy peers, driven by improving U.S. solar policy. Samsung Securities analyst Hyun-Ryeol Cho cited improved market conditions in the U.S., particularly the Trade Expansion Act Section 232's plan to introduce minimum import prices (MIP

According to Eugene Investment & Securities, on September 30, the firm raised Cosmax's stock price target from 280,000 won to 330,000 won, maintaining a 'BUY' rating. The upgrade reflects expanding profitability driven by growing K-beauty indie brands, which now represent 65% of the top 20 customers (up from 40% in 2021), widening the ODM customer pool. The firm forecasts Q3 revenue at 782.4 billion won (+33.6% year-over-year) and operating margin at 9.1%. Eugene analyst notes that as production

According to LinqAlpha, the AI-native financial intelligence company launched its Financial Data AI Marketplace and began supplying AI-ready financial data to domestic financial institutions on September 30. The platform provides structured financial data including corporate filings, earnings call transcripts, and investor relations materials that can be directly searched and analyzed by AI systems. Each data point includes original source attribution for AI-generated answers. LinqAlpha currentl

Japan's industrial production expanded 3.4% year-over-year in August on an initial basis, falling short of the 7% forecast and slowing from the prior month's 3.9% growth, according to government data.

According to the U.S. Treasury's Office of Financial Research, hedge funds held $2 trillion in Treasury securities as of end-2025, nearly triple the amount from five years prior. This represents a record 7% of the $28.9 trillion tradable Treasury market, cited by CNBC. U.S. Federal Reserve data showed hedge funds remained net buyers in the first half of 2026, with net purchases of $60.6 billion in the second quarter, up from $26.4 billion in Q1, for a total of approximately $87 billion in H1 202

Japan's retail sales grew 2.7% year-over-year in August, falling short of the 3.2% forecast and down from 4% in the previous month, according to official data.

Japan's August retail sales fell 1.2% month-on-month, missing the forecast of 1.1% decline and reversing from a 2.4% increase in July.

Japan's industrial production declined 1.7% month-on-month in August on a preliminary basis, falling short of expectations of 1.4% growth and marking a sharper contraction than July's 0.2% decline.

Japan's retail sales grew 2.7% year-on-year in August, according to government data, falling short of the 3.3% forecast. The prior month's figure was also revised downward to 3.7% from an initially reported 4.0%.

According to CNBC, Micron Technology will release its fiscal 2026 fourth-quarter earnings on September 30. Market consensus estimates call for earnings per share of $31.61 and revenue of $51.07 billion, with gross margin expected to reach approximately 86%, an all-time high. Investors are closely watching management guidance on margin sustainability, long-term customer contracts, and fiscal 2027 outlook as a key test of whether the memory boom driven by AI demand can persist amid expanding produ

According to Investing.com, on September 29, JPMorgan upgraded its rating on Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ: BLMN), owner of Outback Steakhouse, from Underweight to Neutral and more than doubled its price target to $13 from $6. The upgrade followed meetings with CEO Mike Spanos, CFO Eric Christel, and Outback President Pat Haffner, with JPMorgan citing positive signs of operational improvements under new management.

According to Yonhapinfomax, South Korea's 10 major insurers reported combined surrender provisions of 44.66 trillion won in the first half of 2026, surging 25.6% from the end of 2025. The increase reflects ongoing challenges since the implementation of IFRS 17 accounting standards, which ties reserve requirements to market valuations of insurance liabilities, constraining dividend distributions even amid robust earnings. South Korea's financial regulators have initiated policy review to adjust r

According to Hana Financial Investment on September 30, PSK Holdings received a buy rating with a 270,000 KRW target price, making it the brokerage's top pick in the semiconductor materials and equipment sector. The stock closed at 180,800 KRW on the previous trading day. Hana Financial Investment analyst Park Jun-young cited PSK Holdings' dominant position in advanced packaging equipment, particularly reflow and descum systems. The firm estimated that TSMC's CoWoS back-end process equipment acc

Hanwha Asset Management announced on September 30 that its PLUS 200 Covered Call Active ETF will distribute 152 KRW per share for September, with a monthly yield of 2.05%. The entire distribution is tax-free to investors. The ETF employs a covered call strategy combined with dividend avoidance tactics—selling holdings before ex-dividend dates and repurchasing at lower prices post-distribution—to generate distributions from tax-exempt capital gains and option premiums rather than taxable dividend

On September 29, OpenAI unveiled GPT-6.1 Sol at its DevDay event, positioning the model to rival GPT-6 Astra in agentic coding, computer use, and professional work capabilities while charging one-fifth of Astra's token prices. The model improves programming, debugging, document understanding, and multi-step workflows, with factual accuracy gains at low reasoning effort—the share of responses with factual errors dropped from 11.4% to 7.7%. GPT-6.1 Sol is now available to Plus, Pro, Business, Ente

According to U.S. officials, Qatar-mediated U.S.-Iran negotiations this week have made no substantial progress, with both sides remaining at an impasse on key conditions. The Trump administration may resume large-scale military operations against Iran following the midterm elections.

According to ChainCatcher, post-quantum security infrastructure company Project Eleven announced the acquisition of Riva Labs to enhance capabilities in post-quantum signatures, wallets, multi-party computation (MPC), and account abstraction. The deal includes Riva's technology and intellectual property developed on Ethereum and other blockchains. Riva Labs specializes in hash-based post-quantum signatures, post-quantum MPC, account abstraction, wallet infrastructure, and hardware signing, havin

According to the Ministry of State Security, on September 28, the agency released a security advisory cautioning that virtual currencies, while leveraging blockchain technology, are not exempt from legal oversight. The statement addressed misconceptions that cryptocurrency's decentralized and pseudonymous features enable anonymous transactions beyond law enforcement reach. The ministry clarified that virtual currencies' apparent anonymity is merely superficial and their associated risks warrant

According to NH Investment & Securities, the brokerage maintained a 'buy' rating and 530,000 KRW price target on Samsung Electronics on Sept 30. For the third quarter, NH forecasts revenue of 200.9 trillion KRW and operating profit of 105.2 trillion KRW, representing 133.5% and 764.4% year-over-year growth respectively. Analyst Ryu Young-ho attributed the earnings improvement to rising memory chip prices and expanded HBM4 shipments, with DRAM and NAND average selling prices expected to increase

According to Yuanta Securities on Sept 30, Samrip (005610) outlined profitability recovery goals, designating 2026 as the profit trough. Operating profit targets rise from 5.4 billion won in 2026 to 50 billion won in 2027 and 170 billion won by 2030. Overseas sales are projected to grow from 75 billion won in 2026 to 500 billion won by 2030, accounting for 77% of total revenue growth. The company raised domestic product prices by 9.4% in September with no significant sales decline observed throu