May 20, 2024
Investment

California Biofuel Plant and USDA Specialty Crop Investment

California Biofuel Plant and USDA Specialty Crop Investment From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update. **The increasing use of biofuels could generate bullish vibes for ag commodities in the future. And, E-T-F Trends says plans for a biofuel plant in California could spur more investors to take a closer look

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Crypto

February will see $800 million of unlocks from Avalanche, Optimism, Aptos and more

Published 1 minute earlier on In the month ahead, a number of crypto projects will unlock significant quantities of tokens. Here’s a breakdown of the most significant unlocks and airdrops for the month of February, according to TokenUnlocks data.  Significant unlocks Aptos will unlock nearly 25 million tokens worth $222 million at current prices on

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Investment

Top-down vs bottom-up investing approach: What’s the difference between the two?

The realm of investment is expansive and continually changing, providing a multitude of strategies tailored to accommodate diverse risk tolerances, financial objectives, and investment philosophies. Discovering investment opportunities involves various methods. In addition to the conventional fundamental and technical analysis employed for this purpose, numerous investors explore both top-down and bottom-up fundamental analyses. These approaches

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Investors

Meta shares surge 17% in premarket trade as investors cheer first-ever dividend

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Revenue jumped 25% in the fourth quarter for Meta, from $32.2 billion a year earlier. That’s the fastest rate of growth for any period since mid-2021, and comes amid a rebound in the online ad market. Meta’s net income more than tripled, to $14 billion from $4.65 billion

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Finance

Hong Kong finance firm VSFG targets to apply for spot Ethereum ETF in Q2

Venture Smart Financial Holdings Ltd. (VSFG), a Hong Kong-based financial services firm, is preparing to apply for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) in anticipation of potentially launching its spot bitcoin ETF in the first quarter. In a Friday interview with The Block, VSFG Chairman Lawrence Chu said that the firm is in the final

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Loans

Shopify unveils term loans, lines of credit for merchants

President Harley Finkelstein said new offerings represent the “next evolution of Shopify lending.” Shopify has revealed two new loan offerings to merchants in what the company has called the “next evolution” of its lending business. Shopify Capital has provided cash advances and loans to merchants since 2016. The e-commerce giant has now launched a

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Property

Japan’s Aozora Bank tanks after flagging losses tied to US commercial property

A pedestrian walks past a sign for Aozora Bank Ltd. at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, May 14, 2010. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Aozora Bank tumbled to their lowest level in eight months Thursday after the Japanese bank warned of a fiscal-year net loss due to its exposure

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Funds

Volvo shares jump 20% on higher sales, plans to stop Polestar funding

A Volvo C40 Recharge electric SUV is on display during the Volvo “A New Era of Volvo Cars” press conference at The Shilla Seoul on March 14, 2023 in Seoul, South Korea. Han Myung-gu | Wireimage | Getty Images Volvo Cars shares surged more than 20% Thursday after the Swedish automaker announced that it will

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Finance

Nirmala Sitharaman on economy, investments

“India has achieved a trinity of impossible by enhancing infrastructure investment, supporting inclusive growth and yet maintaining fiscal prudence,” said Nilesh Shah, managing director at Kotak Mahindra Asset Management. Sitharaman spoke extensively about developing India’s air connectivity, citing Indian carriers ordering more than 1,000 aircraft in the recent past, and emphasizing that the “development of

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Funds

Some of the Best Funds Charge Sales Fees. Here’s How to Skirt Them.

Commission-based “load” mutual funds and the financial advisors who still sell them seem passé, like riding a horse and buggy to reach your investment goal instead of a zippy new exchange-traded fund. Yet there are excellent load funds run by top fund managers at big shops. Of the 10 largest mutual fund families, six have

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