Spotify Technology S.A.

Citi raised its recommendation on the securities of music streaming service Spotify from neutral to buy, despite their sharp decline over the past six months, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/citi-upgrades-spotify-sees-value-opportunity-after-stocks-slump.html">writes</a> CNBC. At the same time, the bank kept its target price at $650, which implies a potential upside of almost 29% from the closing level of trading on January 29.

Citi saw the potential for Spotify stock to rise 30%. Why is he expecting a reversal? 

The gap in insider selling and buying of stocks hit a five-year high in January, Bloomberg writes

Insiders mostly sold off stocks amid the S&amp;P 500's record highs. What does that tell us?

Apple Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Investors assess tech giants' reports and Trump's choice to head the Fed

US markets accelerated their fall: Dow Jones lost over 1%, gold - over 8%

Kevin Warsh, nominated by Donald Trump for the post of Fed chairman, may increase the level of market confidence in the US financial system, analysts believe. During his tenure at the Fed from 2006-2011, he earned a reputation as a supporter of tight monetary policy, although he has recently advocated lower rates, which is in line with Trump's position. The dollar reacted to his nomination by strengthening and the precious metals market, seen as protective assets, by falling sharply. What is being said about Warsh on Wall Street?

'Not the kind of person who gives up': what analysts are saying about the candidate to head the Fed

The Carlyle Group Inc.

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Chevron Corporation

Russian oil company Lukoil has found a buyer for its foreign assets that may finally satisfy OFAC. This is the American Carlyle, an investment company with big connections in US political circles. What is it known for?

Washington Liaison: the story of Carlyle, the buyer of Lukoil's foreign assets

U.S. stock indexes opened mostly slightly lower, partially reversing losses on January 30 after U.S. President Donald Trump <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/tramp-vydvinul-kandidata-na-post-glavy-frs-cto-o-nem-izvestno">nominated</a> Kevin Warsh, an economist and former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, to head the U.S. central bank. Futures on all of them declined before the opening of trading on U.S. exchanges on January 30 ahead of Trump's announcement of his nominee to head the Fed.

'Neutral impact': how markets reacted to Trump's nominee to head the Fed

Lockheed Martin Corporation

American defense contractor Lockheed Martin <a href="https://investors.lockheedmartin.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lockheed-martin-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025">presented a</a> strong financial forecast for 2026 and reported on a new contract with the U.S. Department of Defense. After publication of the report securities of the company added 4.23% (according to data on closing on January 29). For January, they have already risen by 28.7%, <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/lockheed-martins-stock-is-having-its-best-month-in-half-a-century-thanks-president-trump-2b3c38ea?mod=newsviewer_click">draws the attention of </a>MarketWatch. All this may indicate that this month may become for Lockheed Martin securities the best since January 1980, when shares of the defense company added 30.4%, writes MarketWatch.

January could be Lockheed Martin's best month in 46 years. What does this have to do with Trump?

Sandisk Corporation

The memory deficit and AI boom have made the stock one of the most popular in the S&amp;P 500 lineup

Sandisk's earnings forecasts impressed the market. Its shares have gained 1400% in almost a year

Amazon.com, Inc.

The three-year agreement will allow Perplexity to expand its cloud infrastructure beyond AWS amid a legal battle with Amazon

Perplexity strikes cloud deal with Microsoft amid conflict with Amazon

Donald Trump has officially announced that he is nominating economist Kevin Warsh to be Fed Chairman. "I have known Kevin for a long time and have no doubt that he will go down in history as a GREAT chairman of the Federal Reserve, perhaps even the best," he <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115983891481988557">wrote</a> on Truth Social.

Trump has nominated a candidate to head the Fed. What do we know about him?

Gold and silver prices fell sharply in trading on Jan. 30, triggering a sell-off in stocks and funds linked to these metals.

The price of silver collapsed 17%, gold 8%: the biggest sell-off in years

Western Digital Corporation

KLA Corporation

Visa Inc.

Stryker Corporation

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

Parker-Hannifin Corporation

Caterpillar Inc.

Comcast Corporation

SAP SE

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.