Richard Li attends the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, California. Jonathan Alcorn/Bloomberg FWD, the Asian insurer backed by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering in the U.S. PCGI Intermediate, which is FWD’s holding company, said on Thursday that it has submitted a draft registration statement to… More
Cheng Wei, CEO of Didi, attends a launch event of D1 electric vehicle on November 16, 2020 in … [+] Beijing, China. Xin Yue/Huanqiu.com/VCG via Getty Images Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-sharing giant, has filed for an initial public offering in the U.S. that looks set to be one of the largest listings of the year.… More
SAN MATEO, CA – JUNE 23: Gasoline prices over $5.00 per gallon are displayed at a Shell station … [+] June 23, 2008 in San Mateo, California. Gasoline prices continue to rise as the national average for regular unleaded is at a new record high of $4.10 per gallon. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty… More
Looking to build a diversified crypto portfolio? DeFi, stablecoins and oracles are three cornerstone sectors to consider. Welcome to Cointelegraph Market’s Altcoin Roundup, an in-depth newsletter that focuses on investing from the perspective of fundamental analysis and seeks to identify emerging blockchain projects and tokens that fill niche demands within the growing cryptocurrency market.The concept… More
On Friday we looked at three key charts as we ended the week. With the inflationary pressures becoming obvious in the data last week, we looked at the well intact trend in broader stocks and the well intact trend in oil prices—both bullish. We also looked at the ugly chart in the dollar (bearish). This… More
getty This week we have US Value ETFs highlighted as our Smart Beta ETFs. US Value ETFs invest in the stocks of micro-, small-, mid-, and large-cap US companies that are trading close to or under their true value. Value has been out of favor for many years, but we saw a big shift at… More
The cryptocurrency market now accounts for 2% of the global money supply as DeFi and stablecoin growth point to steady increases in adoption. This year decentralized finance (DeFi) has proven to be a transformative sector for the cryptocurrency ecosystem and it is also making waves in among global financial markets as institutional investors become entranced… More
In trading on Tuesday, shares of Chevron were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $5.36), with the stock changing hands as low as $106.28 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market’s total… More
Yesterday we talked about the catalysts and technical set up for the extension of this move higher in oil prices. Today, of the top 20 performers in the S&P 500, 11 of the top 20 were oil and gas companies. These stocks were up anywhere from 4% to 8%. And this is not an aberration… More
getty April was certainly a solid month for stocks, but will this month pay homage to the “Sell in May and Go Away” strategy or will we see a new trend emerge? Of course, many investors would prefer to play the long game and own high quality companies in a diversified basket of stocks via… More
Getty getty When he passed away last week, Bernie Madoff still had 139 years left on his prison sentence. Anyone over the age of 30 remembers the story—Madoff swindled thousands of investors for billions of dollars, running one of the most elaborate Ponzi schemes in history. In an ideal world, Madoff’s conviction would have been… More
getty The market ticked up somewhat after Thursday’s violent sell-off due to concerns of tax hikes. The Biden administration has already discussed hiking the corporate tax rate to 28% to fund their $2 trillion infrastructure bill. But on Thursday, news broke that they are considering hiking the capital gains tax rate for all those earning… More
The total value locked in Venus soared to a record $11.1 billion as DeFi users flock to the platform in search of attractive yields. Binance Smart Chain (BSC) has rapidly risen to prominence in 2021 as high transaction costs and congestion on the Ethereum (ETH) network led smaller-size investors to search for cheaper alternatives.One of… More
Early retirement handwritten in a note. getty This “stocks-up, yields-down” market is clobbering income investors. With stock prices floating higher, yields are crumbling to dust: with the 1.3% payout on the typical S&P 500 stock—a 20-year low—you’d need to invest $2.2 million to get just $2,500 a month in dividends! (And let’s not forget that… More
Stock market on target getty It was another good week for the stock market, as many of the market averages made further new highs. After the April 1 surge by the S&P 500 above 4000, this was certainly not surprising. It was also a good week for the European markets, as the German DAX and the… More
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