Vermilion Compass: Weekly Equity Strategy

Rising Yields a Problem?; Russell 2000 Breakout We maintain our near-term bullish outlook on the S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), which has remained in place since 4/22/25, aside from one week (11/19/25-11/25/25) when we flipped to neutral. Our intermediate-term bullish outlook has been in place since our 5/14/25 Compass. We will stay near-term bullish as long as crucial support levels of 6480-6520 on SPX and $580-$583 on QQQ continue to hold. We will maintain our bullish intermediate-term v...

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The): Markets-driven businesses underpin strong...

TD's Q4 2025 results reflect strong fee and trading income in markets-driven businesses as well as volume growth in Canadian P&C. Provisions were stable and capitalization robust.

Bank of Montreal: Revenue growth, moderate provisions drive solid Q4; ...

BMO's Q4 2025 earnings reflect broad-based revenue growth and lower provisions, with progress enhancing the bank's US business. Capitalization remains strong despite share buyback activity.

Lowes Companies Inc: 1 director

A director at Lowes Companies Inc bought 1,000 shares at 231.063USD and the significance rating of the trade was 80/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the last two years c...

Moody's Ratings affirms ratings of Bank of Montreal (A2 junior senior ...

Moody's Ratings (Moody's) has today affirmed the ratings and assessments of Bank of Montreal (together with subsidiaries "BMO"), including its a3 baseline credit assessment (BCA), Aa2 long-term deposit ratings and long-term Counterparty Risk Ratings, its A2 junior senior unsecured rating, Aa2(cr) lo...

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The): Update to credit analysis

Our credit view of this issuer reflects its leading market share, offset by its moderate reliance on confidence-sensitive wholesale funding, which results in high refinancing risk.

First Citizens BancShares: Acquisition of BMO branches improves fundin...

The transaction will grow First Citizens' core deposits and reduce its reliance on more expensive wholesale funding.

The Toronto-Dominion Bank: 3 directors

Three Directors at The Toronto-Dominion Bank bought/sold after exercising options 66,188 shares at between 112.640CAD and 113.010CAD. The significance rating of the trade was 100/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary ...

Moody's Ratings assigns Baa1 ratings to Lowe's proposed senior unsecur...

Moody's Ratings (Moody's) today assigned Baa1 ratings to Lowe's Companies, Inc. (Lowe's) proposed senior unsecured notes. The net proceeds from the offering are expected to be used fund a portion of its $8.8 billion proposed acquisition of Foundation Building Materials ("FBM"), a leading specialty t...

Home Depot Inc: 2 directors

Two Directors at Home Depot Inc sold after exercising options/sold 9,266 shares at between 410.230USD and 413.235USD. The significance rating of the trade was 75/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the...

Moody's Ratings places TD's long-term deposits and senior unsecured ra...

Moody's Ratings (Moody's) has today placed on review for upgrade The Toronto-Dominion Bank's (TD) Aa2 long-term Counterparty Risk Ratings (CRR), Aa3(cr) long-term Counterparty Risk Assessment (CRA), Aa2 long-term deposit ratings and Aa3 long-term senior unsecured ratings. The outlook on the long-ter...

Moody's Ratings affirms Lowe's Baa1 senior unsecured rating following ...

Moody's Ratings (Moody's) today affirmed Lowe's Companies, Inc. (Lowe's) Baa1 senior unsecured and Prime-2 short-term commercial paper ratings. The rating outlook remains stable. The ratings affirmations reflects governance considerations including that Lowe's will curtail share repurchases and ut...

Moody's Ratings assigns Baa2 ratings to Sherwin-Williams' new debt; ou...

Moody's Ratings (Moody's) assigned Baa2 ratings to The Sherwin-Williams Company's ("Sherwin-Williams") proposed senior unsecured notes due in 2028, 2030 and 2035. Proceeds from the new notes will be used to refinance short term debt and notes maturing in August 2025. The rating outlook is positive. ...

Vermilion Booster Shots: Attractive bottom-fishing stocks

For investors looking for bottom-fishing candidates; stocks that are breaking downtrends, exhibiting ascending reaction lows, and showing stabilizing relative strength.

Goliath vs. Goliath Should Be Interesting, Our Quick Take on QXO vs HD...

Sherwin Williams Co: 1 director

A director at Sherwin Williams Co sold after exercising options/sold 4,223 shares at 359.160USD and the significance rating of the trade was 75/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directo...

Dropping Coverage

Moody's Ratings announces completion of a periodic review of ratings o...

Moody's Ratings (Moody's) has completed a periodic review of the ratings of The Sherwin-Williams Company and other ratings that are associated with this issuer. The review was conducted through a rating committee held on 21 April 2025 in which we reassessed the appropriateness of the ratings in the...

Limited Tariff Exposure and Idiosyncratic Drivers Make Compelling Oppo...

Wedbush Morning Call - Apr 15 2025 7:02AM