May 19, 2024
Investors

A16z Tops Active Investor Ranks In Slow Year

Overall, startup investors put far less money to work in 2023 compared to the prior two years. They also did far fewer deals. However, some investors slowed down much less drastically than others. The result is that these firms, which include prominent cross-stage investors such as Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Lightspeed Venture Partners and Bpifrance, reigned

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Budget 2024: 5 essential questions for investors answered by Goldman Sachs

Budget 2024: Goldman Sachs in its report on FY25 interim budget say that interim budget is likely to follow the fiscal consolidation path Three key things for investors to look out for in the interim budget as per Goldman Sachs include: a) the government’s commitment to the medium-term fiscal consolidation path, b) if capex growth

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Australian shares close largely flat; investors digest US CPI data

By Sherin Sunny Jan 12 (Reuters) – Australian shares closed largely flat on Friday, as losses in financials and consumer stocks countered gains in commodity stocks, while hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data raised some doubts about early rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO closed 0.1% lower at 7,498.30. The benchmark logged

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Japan wants higher returns for investors — here’s what it’s doing

Flag of Japan on dark blue background. 3D render Da-kuk | E+ | Getty Images The Japanese government and the TSE also have plans in the works for increasing corporate board independence and female representation. “It’s not just the Tokyo stock exchange, but the entire Japan government is pushing for better corporate governance right now,”

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Harry Domash, Online Investing | New tools enable momentum plays – Santa Cruz Sentinel

Many investors use stock screeners to identify stocks that meet their particular investing requirements. If you’re a regular reader, you know that I frequently use the Finviz stock screener to describe how to find stocks worth considering. Now there’s news on that front. Finviz uses “filters” to search for stocks meeting user’s selection criteria. Finviz

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SEC Approves Bitcoin ETF Proposals — For Real This Time. First Trading Day Closes.

The Securities and Exchange Commission late Wednesday finally approved a slew of spot bitcoin ETFs following months of anticipation. Bitcoin pared its gains Thursday after rallying to $49,000 in the morning following the ETF launch. Meanwhile, many of the newly-launched bitcoin ETFs lost ground in their first trading day. X Bitcoin ETF Green Light The

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Individual investors own 29% of Napier Port Holdings Limited (NZSE:NPH) shares but private companies control 56% of the company

Key Insights Significant control over Napier Port Holdings by private companies implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions The largest shareholder of the company is Hawkes Bay Regional Investment Company Limited with a 55% stake Institutional ownership in Napier Port Holdings is 15% If you want to know

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Argentina Is Taking a Chain Saw to Its Economy. Investors Love It.

Goodbye shock therapy. Hello, chain saw austerity. That’s the label Argentine President Javier Milei’s detractors have devised for his dynamic first month in power. Investors are pleased, so far. “The probability of success for Milei is larger than of failure,” says Alejo Czerwonko, chief investment officer for emerging markets Americas at UBS Global Wealth Management.

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Taiwan’s elections: Here’s what investors should watch

This Saturday, Taiwan will head to the polls, in elections that will be closely watched by investors, due to the self-governing territory’s outsized role in the global economy as the biggest semiconductor manufacturer in the world.  For voters, the choice between the three candidates – representing the center-left Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the center right

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Why investors will find it ‘easier to make money’ in 2024

This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: Seven short trading days into the new year, stocks are already blazing a trail markedly different than one year ago. Despite some defensive undertones in the early innings of 2024, at least one

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