La vendita allo scoperto per Vestis dà agli investitori un'idea del grado in cui gli investitori stanno scommettendo sul declino delle azioni di Vestis. I dati relativi alle vendite allo scoperto vengono aggiornati ogni due settimane.

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Vestis Corp is a provider of uniform rentals and workplace supplies across the United States and Canada. It provides uniforms, mats, towels, linens, restroom supplies, first-aid supplies, safety products, and other workplace supplies. The Company serves customers ranging from small, family-owned operations with a single location to large corporations and national franchises with multiple locations. The company operates in the United States and Canada as reportable segments. The company earns the majority of its revenue from the United States.

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Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/XOM#NYSE">XOM</a>), one of the world&#8217;s largest publicly traded international oil and gas companies, has seen its stock price climb approximately 9% over the past month. This recent surge has been primarily fueled by a recovery in global oil prices and a resurgence of investor confidence regarding future energy demand.
However, despite this strong performance, Exxon Mobil issued a cautionary statement on Monday, alerting investors that its second-quarter earnings could <a href="https://investor.exxonmobil.com/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0000034088-25-000036/0000034088-25-000036.pdf">decline</a> by roughly $1.5 billion. This projected decrease is attributed to a significant drop in both crude oil and natural gas prices during the quarter.
Breaking down the anticipated impact, company management expects a $1.2 billion hit specifically from lower liquids prices. An additional $0.7 billion impact is foreseen due to weaker natural gas prices. 
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Furthermore, seasonal demand shifts, planned maintenance activities, and evolving industry margins are also expected to exert downward pressure on the company&#8217;s financial results. Exxon Mobil is scheduled to release its second-quarter earnings report on August 1. Analysts are currently forecasting earnings of $1.53 per share for the quarter.
Despite the company&#8217;s cautious outlook, Wall Street analysts largely maintain a bullish stance on Exxon Mobil. Ryan Todd, an analyst at Piper Sandler, reiterated an Overweight rating on the stock and raised his 12-month price forecast from $131 to $134. This new forecast suggests a potential upside of 18.2% from current levels, indicating strong confidence in the company&#8217;s long-term prospects. 
Similarly, Roger Read of Wells Fargo also reaffirmed an Overweight rating, slightly increasing his price forecast from $126 to $127. Over the past year, a total of 43 analyst firms have provided ratings on Exxon Mobil, reflecting broad market interest in the energy giant.
Year to date, the stock has advanced around 6%. It trades well above its 50-day moving average of approximately $107.50, though still below its 52-week high of $126.34.
Price Action: XOM shares are trading lower by 0.43% to $113.71 at last check Wednesday.
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Kura Sushi USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/KRUS#NASDAQ">KRUS</a>) reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results and raised<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/KRUS/earnings"> its FY25 sales guidance on Tuesday.</a>
Kura Sushi USA reported quarterly earnings of 5 cents per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of a loss of 1 cent per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $73.965 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $71.832 million.
Kura Sushi USA raised its FY2025 sales guidance from $275.00 million-$279.00 million to $281.00 million.
Hajime Uba, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kura Sushi, stated, &#8220;The third quarter was a very busy one for us, between rolling out the new reservation system, investigating new market opportunities, and building out our IP pipeline and strategizing on how to get the most out of our Bikkurapon collaborations. I&#8217;m extremely pleased with the results on all three fronts, and very proud of the efforts by our team members to capture the full opportunity of the summer season and set ourselves up for a great fiscal 2026.&#8221;
Kura Sushi shares fell 13.2% to trade at $75.00 on Wednesday.
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<li>Roth Capital analyst George Kelly reiterated Kura Sushi USA with a Buy and raised the price target from $89 to $106.</li>
<li>Lake Street analyst Mark Smith maintained the stock with a Buy and raised the price target from $62 to $98.</li>
<li>Barclays analyst Jeffrey Bernstein maintained Kura Sushi USA with an Equal-Weight rating and raised the price target from $71 to $75.</li>
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Despite reporting a net loss and falling revenue last year, the thin-film solar packaging firm has doubled the size of its Nasdaq share sale
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<li>Xinzi Optoelectronics has filed for a Nasdaq IPO, reporting its revenue fell last year as China's solar industry suffers from massive overcapacity</li>
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Hangzhou Xinzi Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.'s&nbsp;(XZ.US) new decision to supersize its Nasdaq IPO may be raising some eyebrows, especially given its weak financials and growing wariness of U.S. investors towards Chinese companies.
Instead of joining the recent stampede by Chinese companies flocking to Hong Kong, the relatively small solar film maker packaging chose the Nasdaq, where it first filed to list in March. Now, Xinzi&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2017732/000164117225017299/formf-1a.htm">disclosed</a>&nbsp;last week it is raising its offering by 150%, from an original 1.5 million shares to 3.8 million, giving it a potential market cap of up to $116 million.
Xinzi is a niche player in the market for thin-film products, making packaging that is used to protect standard solar modules. Such films can also be mounted on windows and other transparent surfaces to generate electricity, though their power conversion rates are generally lower than traditional solar panels.
Xinzi's confidence behind its upsized offer may come from a growing market for its thin film products, whose global sales were worth 9.9 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) in 2024 and are forecast to rise to 15.5 billion yuan by 2029, according to third-party market research in its prospectus. The company is focusing on customers in the Suqian Economic Development Zone in Jiangsu province, including industry major&nbsp;Trina Solar&nbsp;(688599.SS).
Xinzi says companies in the zone have the annual capacity to produce solar panels with up to 40 GW of power generation, or 400 million square meters of panels annually, which would require 800 million square meters of co-extrusion film as packaging. We should point out that a big portion of that capacity is probably sitting idle right now due to huge overcapacity in China's solar sector, though that glut should ease over time.
Xinzi plans to build eight co-extrusion film packaging production lines, anticipating growing demand for its products. It also began exporting its products in 2022, with a focus on the Vietnamese market that has become a favored destination for Chinese solar manufacturers looking to avoid Western tariffs on panels made in China.
A successful listing would make Xinzi the second Chinese solar company to go public on the Nasdaq this year, following&nbsp;Skycorp Solar Group's listing in March. Skycorp's shares are down 35% since its listing, which doesn't bode too well for Xinzi.
Xinzi's own business hardly looks encouraging over the last three years. Its revenue has been dropping steadily, from $38 million in 2022 to $32.8 million in 2023 and $25 million last year. Over that period, it slipped from a $1.8 million profit in 2022 to a loss of $340,050 last year.
Like everyone else in its sector these days, Xinzi is suffering from falling prices due to overcapacity, with many companies now producing at a loss. The average selling prices for two of Xinzi's core products, transparent and white ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), and polyolefin elastomer (POE), declined by 26% and 21% last year, respectively.
<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Stabilizing business</h4>
On a more positive note, Xinzi's cost of sales declined by 23% from $29 million in 2023 to $22.5 million in 2024. And revenue remained stable from the first half to the second half of 2024, with $12.6 million in sales in the first six months and just a slightly smaller $12.5 million in the second half. Similarly, the company returned to the black toward the end of last year, reporting a $360,000 profit in the second half after a $700,000 loss in the first half.
Xinzi says it was the ninth largest manufacturer of transparent PV film packaging in 2023. Market leader&nbsp;Hangzhou First Applied Material&nbsp;(603806.SH) has a current market cap is 36.7 billion yuan, and a relatively strong price to sales (P/S) ratio of 2.07. A ratio at that level would value Xinzi at just $50 million – quite a bit lower than the valuation it's aiming for between $75 million and $112 million.
China controls over 80% of the solar power supply chain, which makes it vulnerable protectionist tariffs by the U.S. and others. But the biggest problem facing the industry right now is overcapacity, after producers aggressively expanded their output over the last few years in anticipation of booming demand. The industry lost a combined $40 billion in 2024, said Trina chairman Gao Jifan at a recent industry event in Shanghai, adding that most manufacturers are now losing money.
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), its top planning agency, held an on online meeting in February calling for a ban on the addition of new capacity. While that hasn't happened, Gao called for sector cleanup through mergers and production cutbacks.
Despite the industry's recent pains, there's no doubt that solar power is the wave of the future. Installed capacity for the green power source is doubling every three years, accounting for 40% of global electricity demand growth in 2024, according to Ember, an energy think tank. Installed capacity grew by 33% in 2024 to over 2 terawatts (TW) worldwide, though the growth rate is expected to slow to 10% this year, according to SolarPowerEurope, an industry association.
Part of the slowdown will come from the U.S., which represents about 8% of the global solar power market. Last year, the U.S. added a record 50 GW of capacity, up 21% over 2023. That is unlikely to be matched in the next few years, as President Donald Trump phases out incentives for new solar installation.
Xinzi plans to sell its IPO shares for $4 to $6 each, which would raise about $19 million at the middle of that range. It could use some of that money to expand its production lines and cultivate exports. It has gradually expanded its customer base, with revenue from its largest customer decreasing from 55% of its total in 2023 to 32% in 2024.
At the end of the day, Xinzi is a relatively small fish in China's massive solar pond, with unsteady sales and profits over the last three years. Still, its situation appears to be stabilizing, and its upsized fundraising goal could show that someone believes in the company's future. Now, it will be up to mainstream Wall Street investors to decide if they agree with that more upbeat outlook.

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According to Business Insider, the company has been offering some of the most exceptional compensation in the artificial intelligence industry. Two technical employees were hired at $450,000 annually, and another scored a $500,000 base salary. A fourth, who holds the title of machine learning specialist and co-founder, also receives $450,000 per year. These figures only reflect base salary, not bonuses or equity, which are common additional incentives in startups.
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The numbers come from H-1B visa filings, which publicly disclose compensation for non-U.S. residents. While most companies guard salary details, this data offers a rare look behind the curtain, Business Insider says. For context, <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/topics/25/07/46195343/on-the-front-line-of-chinas-ai-ambitions-openai-flags-zhipu-ai-as-rising-rival-backed-by-1-4b-state-funding">OpenAI</a> is paying an average salary of just under $300,000 to its technical team. Anthropic, another major AI player, pays closer to $387,000. Thinking Machines Lab's average is a stunning $462,500.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Why Top AI Talent Is Flocking To Murati's Vision</h2>
Thinking Machines Lab raised $2 billion in seed funding at a $10 billion valuation before launching a single product. According to Business Insider, Murati has also managed to attract some of the brightest minds in AI. Her team now includes Bob McGrew, OpenAI's former chief research officer, researcher Alec Radford, Chat-GPT co-creators John Schulman, Barret Zoph, and Alexander Kirillov, a collaborator on ChatGPT's voice mode alongside Murati.
Business Insider says that Thinking Machines Lab&#8217;s website gives little away, stating only that the company is building systems that are more customizable, general-purpose, and better understood by users. Still, the aggressive hiring and sky-high salaries suggest something much bigger is in play.
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Meta, OpenAI, And The $100 Million Talent War</h2>
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently claimed that Meta (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/META#NASDAQ">META</a>) has been offering $100 million signing bonuses to lure away top AI talent, Business Insider says. Around the same time, Meta struck a $14.3 billion deal to take a 49% stake in Scale AI, intensifying the race for top researchers.
According to<a href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/ai-startup-tml-from-ex-openai-exec-mira-murati-pays-500000/494108"> Entrepreneur</a>, six senior OpenAI researchers have already made the jump to Meta, joining the tech giant's newly formed superintelligence team. Among them are Shuchao Bi, a co-creator of ChatGPT's voice mode, and Shengjia Zhao, who played a key role in synthetic data research and helped build ChatGPT itself.
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This wave of departures adds pressure to a talent war already driven by record-high compensation offers. While OpenAI grapples with the losses, leadership is taking action behind the scenes, Entrepreneur says. In a memo sent to staff by Chief Research Officer Mark Chen, OpenAI outlined plans to "recalibrate" salaries and explore new ways to keep top contributors engaged. Altman is said to be personally involved in reshaping the company's strategy to stay competitive.
Thinking Machines Lab is establishing itself as a major player in a competitive landscape defined by soaring salaries and high-stakes talent moves. With a founder deeply involved in the creation of ChatGPT and compensation packages that rival the industry&#8217;s top offers, the company is taking a seat as a central force in the evolving AI ecosystem.
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Nutanix (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NTNX#NASDAQ">NTNX</a>) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 15.46% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 29.76%. Currently, Nutanix has a market capitalization of $20.64 billion. 
Buying $1000 In NTNX: If an investor had bought $1000 of NTNX stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $3,645.71 today based on a price of $76.99 for NTNX at the time of writing.
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MSFT#NASDAQ">MSFT</a>) is getting a boost from Oppenheimer analyst Brian Schwartz, who has upgraded the tech giant's stock rating to Outperform with a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/MSFT/analyst-ratings" rel="noreferrer noopener">forecast of $600</a>.
As the company navigates the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), Schwartz believes Microsoft is poised to capitalize on its strong Azure growth and innovative AI solutions like Copilot, which could significantly increase revenue in the coming years.
Schwartz evaluates Microsoft's positioning and potential risks in the emerging agentic AI landscape, including a scenario-based outlook for Copilot, broader agentic AI initiatives, and Azure-deployed partner AI revenue through fiscal year 2030.
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According to the analyst, Microsoft's strong Azure growth will keep driving investor interest in its AI business, which is still not fully priced.
He sees room for upside as AI revenue scales and expects Microsoft to be viewed as "one of the long-term AI winners in software."
Schwartz also highlights Microsoft's rare ability to deliver a high-margin, high-growth "Rule of 60" profile at scale, supporting premium valuation.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Microsoft's AI Advantage Unveiled</h2>
The analyst maintains a bullish view, noting Microsoft is best positioned among peers to benefit from the continued modernization of applications via cloud and AI adoption.
In contrast, other tech players such as UiPath Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/PATH#NYSE">PATH</a>) and VMware may face share losses.
Strong AI tailwinds are expected to fuel higher Azure consumption and support Microsoft's long-term earnings growth trajectory.
Schwartz highlights that under a bull-case scenario for 2026, Microsoft's AI-related revenue could rise to $45 billion—30% of Azure's projected $150 billion total.
EPS is modeled at $17.71, with a P/E multiple of 35x, implying a stock price of $625, or 26% upside. Free cash flow could hit $94 billion, with a similar valuation yielding the same price forecast.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Projected Growth Speeds Ahead</h2>
The analyst estimates Microsoft's AI revenue could reach $67 billion by fiscal year 2027, making up 39% of Azure's total.
By fiscal year 2030, AI revenue could scale to $276 billion, representing 74% of Azure's business—driven by strong spending momentum beyond calendar year 2026.
The analyst writes that the consensus may be overly cautious about Microsoft's AI upside, especially given the modest early impact of Copilot.
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The setup is promising, and the clock is ticking, ready for any direction.
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He advised watching closely for acceptance or rejection here to determine next directional move. Losing it will trigger a move back to the $107,000 point of control.
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In a market still trying to find its footing after the turbulence of the past few years, shares of Penguin Solutions (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/PENG#NASDAQ">PENG</a>) surged in early trading on Wednesday following the company's announcement of strong fiscal <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/movers/25/07/46316722/aehr-test-systems-posts-downbeat-sales-joins-rxsight-vertical-aerospace-and-other-big-stocks-moving-lower-in-wednesdays-pre-market-session">third-quarter earnings.</a>
The announcement came amid an <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/earnings">exciting earnings season</a>. Here are some key analyst takeaways.
JPMorgan On Penguin Solutions
<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/58ac4af2b85e930001e6383f/samik-chatterjee">Analyst Samik Chatterjee</a> reiterated a Neutral rating, while raising the price target from $18 to $21.
Penguin Solutions reported its earnings for the fiscal third quarter that topped expectations and raised its full-year earnings outlook, Chatterjee said in a note. He added, however, that the earnings upside was primarily due to cost discipline and one-time events.
Revenues came in short of expectations, disappointing investors looking for upside in Advanced Computing revenue trends, the analyst stated. "Modestly softer than expected revenues in Advanced Computing is led by lumpiness of revenues and timing, while the upside to demand drivers in Memory are expected to be more sustainable in the medium term by the company," he further wrote.
Check out <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings">other analyst stock ratings</a>.
Rosenblatt Securities On Penguin Solutions
<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-stock-ratings/analyst/59972d99803ad30001fc246d/kevin-cassidy">Analyst Kevin Cassidy</a> reaffirmed a Buy rating and price target of $27.
Penguin Solutions reported revenue of $324 million, down sequentially and coming in below the consensus of $328 million, Cassidy said. Management guided to revenue growth of 17% or minus 2% for the full year, he added.
The company reiterated Advanced Computing revenue growth of 15%-25%, while raising the lower end of Integrated Memory revenue growth from 20%-30% to 25%-30%, the analyst stated. "Penguin Solutions also gained a new customer through its collaboration with SK Telecom (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SKM#NYSE">SKM</a>)," he further wrote.
Needham On Penguin Solutions
Analyst Nick Doyle maintained a Buy rating and price target of $27.
Memory continued to outperform, with revenues from the segment growing 24% sequentially to $130 million, "driven by strong demand across Computing, Networking, and Telecom verticals," Doyle said. Advanced Computing revenues contracted by 34% sequentially to $132.5 million, "as the prior quarter benefited from a major hyperscale deployment that did not repeat," he added.
"However, five new customer bookings (including a new BioTech vertical) and a growing pipeline YTD give us confidence in out quarter estimates," the analyst further wrote.
PENG Price Action: Shares of Penguin Solutions had risen by 7.2% to $22.72 at the time of publication on Wednesday.
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<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Copper At Record High</h4>
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Note the following:
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<li>The chart shows that copper jumped to a new high yesterday on Trump&#8217;s threat to impose 50% tariffs on copper.</li>
<li>The chart shows that zone 1, previously the resistance zone, has now become the support zone.</li>
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<li>The chart shows that the volume was heavy, indicating conviction.</li>
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<li>Copper is important, especially for EVs, the electrification of the economy, and AI data centers.&nbsp; Copper is the third most consumed metal after iron and aluminum.&nbsp; About one-half of the copper used in the US is imported.&nbsp; Copper is also known as Dr. Copper due to the impact of copper on the economy.</li>
<li>Trump is also threatening a 200% tariff on pharmaceutical imports.&nbsp; So far, pharmaceutical stocks are only showing a mild reaction because the plan appears to be to give about 18 months for pharmaceutical supply chains to shift.</li>
<li>FOMC minutes will be released at 2 pm ET.  We will study them closely for clues about the Fed&#8217;s policies.  The FOMC minutes may be market moving.</li>
<li>In April 2025, when President Trump paused reciprocal tariffs and claimed he would have 90 trade deals in 90 days.&nbsp; The stock market believed Trump and staged a strong rally that is still continuing.&nbsp; The stock market kept going up when more announcements from the administration came out that they were close to several deals.&nbsp; Now, 90 days have passed, and Trump has extended the deadline from July 9th to August 1st; however, there are only two deals.&nbsp; One of those deals is with the UK and the other with Vietnam.&nbsp; There is also a partial deal with China.</li>
<li>You may be thinking that Trump produced only two deals when 90 were promised — this should cause the stock market to pull back.  However, the stock market is showing no signs of pulling back.  This is classic strong bull market behavior, where investors totally ignore the negative news and believe in the most positive interpretation of the news.  Historically in strong bull markets, the stock market gets totally divorced from reality.</li>
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<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Magnificent Seven Money Flows</h4>
In the early trade, money flows are positive in Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN), Alphabet Inc Class C (GOOG), Meta Platforms Inc (META), Microsoft Corp (MSFT), NVIDIA Corp (NVDA), and Tesla Inc (TSLA).
In the early trade, money flows are negative in Apple Inc (AAPL).
In the early trade, money flows are positive in SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (QQQ).
<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Momo Crowd And Smart Money In Stocks</h4>
Investors can gain an edge by knowing money flows in SPY and QQQ.  Investors can get a bigger edge by knowing when smart money is buying stocks, gold, and oil.  The most popular ETF for gold is SPDR Gold Trust (GLD).  The most popular ETF for silver is iShares Silver Trust (SLV).  The most popular ETF for oil is United States Oil ETF (USO).
<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Bitcoin</h4>
Bitcoin is seeing buying.
<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Arora Protection Band And What To Do Now</h4>
It is important for investors to look ahead and not in the rearview mirror.  Our proprietary Protection Band puts all of the data, all of the indicators, all of the news, all of the crosscurrents, all of the models, and all of the analysis in an analytical framework that is easily actionable by investors. 
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<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Traditional 60/40 Portfolio</h4>
Probability based risk reward adjusted for inflation does not favor long duration strategic bond allocation at this time.
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