Interactive Brokers Group Share Price (IBKR.US)

95.41..2.31 (2.48%) ..Bid: 95.29..Ask: 95.68...Spread: 0.39 (0.409%)

Market Cap: $41.32b

Sold out $95

80.68...0.22 (0.27%) ...Bid: 80.57..Ask: 81.10...Spread: 0.53 (0.658%)

Sold 50% of the buy for $84.5 above target .

https://stockstory.org/us/stocks/nasdaq/ibkr

Luke warm .

"Interactive Brokers piques our interest, but the state of its balance sheet makes us slightly uncomfortable."

Share Price 67.54...-1.61 (-2.33%) ...Bid: 67.51...Ask: 67.59...Spread: 0.08 (0.12%)

Market Cap: $30.79b

Bought these today for $67.

From revised list of big USA targets 5th March ( 24 February idea instead of ETFs )

Since then Iran war Saturday 28/2/26.

Markets had pulled back up after Monday 2nd March first day after .

Wall Street's main indexes fell on Thursday as the Middle East conflict entered its sixth day, raising concerns of fresh inflation pressures that could complicate the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions.

Helping limit the losses was a strong forecast from Broadcom that projected its artificial intelligence chip revenue would exceed $100 billion next year, sending shares of the chip designer up 5.3%.

Despite the U.S.-Israeli air war against Iran showing no signs of cooling off, Wall Street's main indexes have fared better than their European and Asian counterparts this week, aided primarily by a rebound in technology stocks that bore the brunt of February's selloff.

The tech-led recovery in the prior session helped the Nasdaq recover all weekly losses, putting it on track to close the week in positive territory if those gains hold through Friday.

Still, a prolonged disruption in shipping through the strategic Strait of Hormuz is likely to further fuel inflation pressures through energy and shipping costs, at a time when U.S. tariffs have already complicated the Fed's monetary policy outlook.

"The base case for the U.S. itself is that this war should be relatively short-lived which explains why, in absolute terms, equities have not fallen by very much, despite the quite sharp increases we've seen in spot commodity prices," said Kiran Ganesh, multi-asset strategist at UBS Global Wealth Management.

Any signs that crude prices could hit $100 a barrel would be worrisome for markets and investors were on the lookout for reports that the conflict could be nearing its end.

U.S. crude prices jumped to their highest since January, which slammed travel stocks, with the passenger airlines sub-sector <.SPCOMAIR> tumbling 5.7%, while Royal Caribbean Cruises and Viking Holdings lost 1.4% and 3.4%, respectively.

Policymakers have broadly acknowledged the need to wait and gauge the impact on the economy, although investors are anticipating price pressures to delay a 25-basis-point interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve to October from July, according to LSEG-compiled data.