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| | Written by Chris Markoch 
Sector rotation is a common occurrence in which investors move money out of market sectors that look overbought and into ones that seem undervalued. In 2026, that means rotating away from mega-cap technology stocks and into value stocks, particularly those in defensive sectors like energy and consumer staples. The keyword is overvalued. Big tech has been running hot for over two years. That's due to the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI). Despite concerns of a dot-com bubble repeat, investors mostly ignored the lofty valuations of many of these stocks. But investors who believed this time was different are discovering that valuation doesn’t matter until it does. As the economy begins to heat up, investors are looking for value in other areas. One of those areas is in blue-chip defensive names like the stocks listed here. Utilities Provide Stability in a Rotating Market Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) is one of the most logical beneficiaries of sector rotation. Duke is a well-known utility provider primarily in the Southeast and Midwest United States. Utilities stocks are among the most defensive stocks. They are typically thought of as value and income stocks. And Duke Energy does offer an attractive, secure dividend that yields around 3.2%. The company has increased the payout of that dividend for 20 consecutive years. However, the dynamic energy landscape in the United States is opening a window for future growth with DUK stock. The company has an “all of the above” approach to generating power. That includes nuclear, hydroelectric, and natural gas. The latter is responsible for the stock’s strong bounce in 2026. However, it’s the company’s stable base of revenue from its residential utility business, coupled with projected future growth in areas like data centers, that is making DUK stock a sector rotation target. DUK stock is up nearly 12% in 2026. That puts the stock within 5% of its consensus price target of $136.87, which would push the stock above its 52-week high. At around 20.5x earnings, the stock is trading at a slight premium to its historic average. However, since the company reported earnings in February, analysts have been raising their price targets with expectations of strong year-over-year (YOY) revenue growth in the second half of the year. That could lead to a bullish re-rating. Biotech Strength Gives Gilead Defensive Growth Some analysts are forecasting biotechnology stocks to benefit from the current sector rotation. Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) offers defense growth among healthcare stocks, which have largely underperformed the broader market. Gilead is one of the leading providers of HIV therapies, with its leading drugs having patent protection into the 2030s. Investors are also energized about the company’s pipeline, which includes over 50 candidates. Beyond HIV, Gilead expects to launch anito-cel, a CAR-T therapy for multiple myeloma in 2026. The company may also get a label expansion for its breast cancer drug, Trodelvy. GILD stock is up nearly 18% in 2026. That pushed the stock to a 52-week high. It’s down slightly from that level as of this writing. But that may be some profit-taking after an outsized run-up. That’s likely to make GILD stock a buy-the-dip opportunity. Analysts have a consensus price target of $156.72 on GILD stock. That’s a gain of over 8%. However, since the company’s earnings report in February, many analysts have raised their price targets, with the highest estimates coming in at $170. Gilead also pays a reliable dividend with a yield of 2.28%. The company has also raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Consumer Staples Rally Lifts Hershey Stock The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is one of the strongest beneficiaries of the rotation into consumer staples stocks in 2026. HSY stock is up nearly 25% in 2026 and has broken out of the bearish trend it was in since 2023. At that time, the company began dealing with the impact of higher cocoa prices that extended through 2025. That’s still going to weigh on earnings in 2026. However, the market is forward-looking, and that’s part of the growth story. Analysts are forecasting strong growth in earnings and revenue in 2026. HSY stock is trading above its consensus price target of $222.21. However, since the company’s earnings report in February, analysts have been raising their price targets. The most bullish call comes from Goldman Sachs, which has a $267 target. In that earnings report, Hershey also increased its dividend by 5.9%. That made it 15 consecutive years of increases for a company that has a dividend yield of around 2.5% and an annual payout per share of $5.81. Since the latest run-up, HSY stock is trading at over 50x earnings. That’s a likely reason for the heavy institutional selling in the last quarter, but it could present investors with a chance to get a second bite at this sweet stock.  Read This Story Online |  |
| Written by Chris Markoch 
Fear sells. But seeing a headline about a copper shortage should excite investors, not scare them. Particularly, investors who have a long-term outlook for basic materials stocks, including mining stocks. The current age of many copper mines makes the case for several small-cap copper miners. Here’s the situation. Copper mines, no matter how productive, have a shelf life. And many of the world’s largest copper mines are also the oldest. This doesn’t mean the mines won’t produce copper. But each of these mines will produce less copper per ton of rock moved. But that supply shortfall is happening at the exact time when the world needs more copper, not less. That’s where the opportunity lies for some small-cap miners. Even under a "friendly" administration, building and permitting new mines is difficult, expensive, and takes a long time. That gives companies with existing operations or projects in development a built-in advantage—one that could result in rising asset valuations. Adding to the bullish case is the fact that small-cap stocks have been out of favor. That's expected to change as investors look for growth in a lower interest rate environment. Here are three of the names for investors to consider. Taseko Mines Expands Production in Tier-1 Jurisdictions First up is Taseko Mines Ltd. (NYSEAMERICAN: TGB). This is a Canadian mining company based in Vancouver. The company already has a productive mining operation, its Gibraltar project in British Columbia. The mine is one of Canada’s largest open-pit copper producers. Taseko is guiding for output between 110 to 115 million pounds in 2026. That’s up from roughly 99 million pounds in 2025. Adding to the bullish outlook, Taseko has started copper production at its Florence in-situ copper project in Arizona, another Tier-1 jurisdiction. On March 2, the company announced it had harvested its first copper cathodes from the Florence project. That’s the first new copper production from a greenfield facility in the United States since 2008. Management expects Gibraltar’s higher-grade Connector pit to deliver stable production through at least 2029. If that assessment is correct, it will give the company time to ramp up production at Florence, adding to the long-term appeal of Taseko. TGB stock recently closed near $7.50. That's above the consensus price target of roughly $5. However, that’s based on just two analysts. Institutional ownership is low, but has been rising in the last two quarters. If Taseko hits its production targets, analysts will likely raise their targets. Talon Metals Offers High-Risk, High-Reward Potential Talon Metals Corp. (OTCMKTS: TLOFF) is a tiny company with big upside. This is another Canadian company. The company’s leading project, the Tamarack project in Minnesota, is a joint venture with Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO). For investors thinking of getting involved with Talon, having access to a major miner’s technology and financial backing should add some assurance. Talon also operates the only nickel mine in the United States, the Eagle Mine and Humboldt Mill in Michigan. This connects the company to the battery and EV supply chain. Plus, the company has secured an extension from Rio Tinto’s Kennecott subsidiary to complete a feasibility study and additional spending to earn up to 60% ownership, with a key environmental review milestone expected in the first half of 2026. TLOFF stock has been an incredible performer, with a gain of more than 990% over the last 12 months. It’s also up over 45% in 2026. The stock recently closed near $6.25, which is about 6.5% above the consensus price target of roughly $5.84. Arizona Sonoran’s Acquisition Highlights Copper Value One of the possibilities of investing in small-cap miners is growth through acquisition. However, there’s also growth by acquisition. And that’s the case with Arizona Sonoran Copper (OTC: ASCUF). The company is being acquired by Hudbay Minerals (NYSE: HBM). Arizona Sonoran controls 100% of the brownfield Cactus copper project in Arizona. The acquisition will give Hudbay full control of the Cactus project. When combined with Hudbay’s Copper World asset, it creates the third-largest copper district in North America and establishes a major hub for U.S. copper production. Cactus could add approximately 103,000 tonnes of annual copper production once developed, with proven and probable reserves of 5.3 billion pounds of copper over a 20-year mine life. The boards of both companies approved the agreement, which is expected to close in the second quarter of this year. That may discourage direct investment in ASCUF stock. However, once the deal is finalized, each ASCUF share will be exchanged for 0.242 of a common share of HBM stock. Read This Story Online |  Currently, $2 TRILLION worth of transactions go through the traditional network every single day. But soon, it will be funneled through the new network that the Federal Reserve has built, operates and can see in real time.
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| Written by Sam Quirke 
Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM) has endured one of the most painful declines across the tech space over the past year. Having traded for more than $300 just over a year ago, shares are currently trading around $80, as a 75% slide has sent them back to 2018 levels. What makes the collapse particularly noteworthy is that it’s occurred even as the company has continued to deliver headline beats in its quarterly reports. Revenue growth has remained solid, and the core business continues to expand. Yet the market has become increasingly concerned that the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) could make it very easy for companies to simply automate many of the functions they’d otherwise rely on Atlassian’s collaboration platform for. This has been the case with many traditional tech companies, but particularly so with Atlassian. However, as we head into the final month of the quarter, early signs of stabilization are emerging. The stock has spent the past fortnight consolidating, and a key leadership change could help shift the narrative. With Atlassian appointing a new and highly regarded CFO, James Chuong, at a moment when sentiment appears as bad as it can get, there are several reasons to think the stock could be approaching a turning point. #1: Price Action Is Starting to Improve After months of relentless selling, the stock has begun to show early signs of stabilization. A decline of roughly 75% is severe even by any measure, but particularly so for a company that remains a core infrastructure provider for software teams worldwide. Atlassian’s tools, including Jira and Confluence, remain deeply embedded in the workflows of thousands of companies and are widely considered “must-have” platforms across many enterprises. Still, concerns that AI could eventually eat into Atlassian’s long-term growth trajectory have led investors to dump the stock en masse. The selling pressure became so intense that the stock’s relative strength index (RSI), a measure of recent trading momentum, fell to its lowest ever reading last month. Since then, however, the RSI has been steadily climbing out of extremely oversold territory, with shares also refusing to set a new low since the final week of February. Adding to the sense that a bottom may be forming is the recent bullish crossover in the stock’s moving average convergence divergence (MACD) chart. None of these signals guarantees a recovery, but when they appear together, they often suggest that the heavy selling pressure that defined the past year may finally be easing. #2: Analysts Still See Massive Upside Even as the stock sank to fresh lows last month, many of Wall Street’s analysts remained firmly in the bullish camp. Atlassian carries a Moderate Buy consensus rating, and several prominent firms have recently doubled down on that conviction. The likes of Citigroup, Baird, and Piper Sandler, to name just a few, all reiterated Buy or equivalent ratings in recent weeks, with the latter’s fresh price target of $200 implying roughly 160% upside from current levels. Price targets should never be taken as guarantees, but the gap between analyst expectations and the current share price is hard to ignore. While it is easy for investors to become spooked by the disruptive potential of AI, these are just a few of the market professionals who appear increasingly confident in Atlassian’s ability to navigate this shift successfully. The recent appointment of a new CFO is surely helping to reinforce that confidence. Leadership changes at that level often signal a renewed focus on execution and stewardship, both of which Atlassian could obviously benefit from as it heads into the rest of the year. #3: AI Could Actually Strengthen Atlassian There's an increasingly credible argument that AI could actually strengthen Atlassian's platform rather than undermine it. CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes used last month’s earnings call to dismiss the narrative that AI could make collaboration platforms, like Atlassian, obsolete. Instead, he argued that as AI accelerates software development, enterprises will need trusted systems even more to organize work, manage data, and coordinate increasingly complex teams. The company also recently revealed that its Rovo AI offering has already reached over five million monthly active users, without significantly increasing costs. This suggests that the AI technology will actually be a revenue enhancer rather than a margin squeezer. For the company’s incoming CFO, who officially joins this month, that dynamic should be particularly encouraging. At a time when the broader platform continues to grow its revenue, successfully leaning into AI while analysts are calling for massive upside could be exactly the combination needed to turn sentiment around and mark the start of Atlassian’s recovery. Read This Story Online |  AI's surging energy demand is creating new winners
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