Currency strategists are betting on the dollar weakening against the euro soon, a Reuters poll showed

Protective asset No. 1: dollar nears record rally for the year due to Iran crisis

Primo Brands Corporation

Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Dauch Corporation

ProPetro Holding Corp.

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.

Freedom Broker, at the request of <i>Oninvest</i>, has analyzed which small cap stocks are most widely held by hedge funds as of the end of the fourth quarter. The sample includes 15 names with market capitalizations below $6 billion as of then, with 13 of them offering Wall Street target prices of $20 per share or less.

Freedom looks at top small-cap holdings among hedge funds; most are below $20 a share

The escalation of the conflict in the Middle East continues for the seventh day. What is happening on the markets and what analysts say about it - in our review.

Asian stocks have worst week in 6 years, oil has record since 2022: Day 7 of Iran war

The Wendy's Company

Wendy’s is the <a href="https://www.qsrmagazine.com/story/qsr-50-2025-top-fast-food-burger-chains-ranked-by-sales/#:~:text=2,%2D97">second-largest burger chain</a> in the U.S. by sales, trailing only McDonald's. Yet the company, which has been in business for more than five decades, is going through a rough patch. Over the last year, its shares have roughly halved in value, sales and profits have declined, and pressure from shareholders is mounting – including from activist <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/wendys-stock-activist-investor-nelson-peltz-0bfc50de?mod=mw_quote_news&amp;adobe_mc=MCMID%3D75889249592239885323644039103887073922%7CMCORGID%3DCB68E4BA55144CAA0A4C98A5%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1771923921&amp;_gl=1*1ieusx9*_gcl_au*NjQxNTE5NTU2LjE3NzEzMjIyMzQ.*_ga*MTY5NDIyMTYyMi4xNzcxMzIyMjM0*_ga_K2H7B9JRSS*czE3NzE5MjM0MzUkbzEwJGcxJHQxNzcxOTIzOTE5JGoyOCRsMSRoMTEwMTU0Mzg2OQ">Nelson Peltz</a>, the former chair of Wendy’s board.

Wendy's stock is down 50% in LTM. Can Nelson Peltz right the ship?

The US president considers it unlikely that the post of the head of Iran will go to the son of the deceased supreme leader Ali Khamenei

U.S. should be involved in choosing Iran's next leader - Trump

Oracle Corporation

SoftBank Corp.

Anthropic intends to challenge the US authorities' decision to deem the company a "supply chain risk," which effectively excludes its Claude models from defense contracts. Oracle is preparing to lay off thousands of employees to offset the cost of building data centers for AI workloads. On these and other topics - in our roundup of key events for the morning of March 6.

Main by morning: Anthropic wants to sue Pentagon, cuts to Oracle

Benchmark Brent crude fell in morning trading in Asia, but the relief may be temporary

The US has authorized India to buy Russian oil. The discount has been replaced by a premium

Wealthy Emirati residents faced a choice: security or low taxes

Millionaires return to UAE to save tax residency - FT

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

The investment firm hasn't bought back its securities since 2024 - it only does so when it believes they are undervalued by the market

Berkshire has renewed a buyback and its new head has spent a year's salary on shares

Microsoft Corporation

Oracle, the owner of cloud services and data centers for AI, plans to cut thousands of employees in various departments, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-05/oracle-layoffs-to-impact-thousands-in-ai-cash-crunch">reports</a> citing sources. The company needs to optimize spending against the background of a sharp increase in spending on infrastructure for AI. This spending has already forced it to significantly increase its debt load. Investors liked the new way - the shares rose in price amid a general sell-off in the market.

Oracle is preparing massive employee layoffs. Money is needed for data centers for AI

Caterpillar Inc.

The Boeing Company

3M Company

NVIDIA Corporation

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

GE Aerospace

Major U.S. stock market indices collapsed on Thursday, March 5, failing to hold Wednesday's gains. Fears around the war with Iran intensified after it became known about strikes on several oil tankers. This triggered a panic sell-off, the price of oil jumped and the fear index soared. By the close of trading, the fall in stocks and the oil rally had slowed - in anticipation of a possible <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-weighs-oil-futures-market-action-combat-rising-energy-prices-wh-official-2026-03-05/">announcement of </a>measures to curb energy prices by the US Treasury Department.

Oil rally, stock market panic and falling gold: results of the sixth day of the war

Oil is an asset of trust, and trust starts to fracture when oil tankers become strike targets, says Stephen Innes, managing partner of SPI Asset Management

Small caps