Earlier this year, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) revealed that it invested capital in several promising artificial intelligence (AI) companies. Management clearly believed the investments would pay off, but it also positioned the company as a direct enabler of its end markets.After all, Nvidia isn’t an AI company itself. Rather, it supplies the AI industry with critical components like graphics processing units, or GPUs. By investing in the overall growth of AI, Nvidia can not only book a potential investment profit, but also spur long-term demand for its own products.No matter how excited Nvidia management was about its capital allocation decisions, few…
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Image source: Getty Images The Shell (LSE: SHEL) share price has been relatively becalmed lately but that could change in an instant. These are frightening times, as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies. Where the oil price goes next is anybody’s guess. And people have been guessing. There are some “wild oil price forecasts” out there, according to Oilprice.com, with some analysts saying oil could top $300 a barrel if Iran launches a full blockade of the Gulf of Hormuz. That’s the world’s most vital oil cargo lane, with 21m barrels passing through every day. An uncertain time for…
Herzliya, Israel, Oct. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Beamr Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: BMR), a leader in video optimization and modernization technology and solutions, today announced that it will participate in and be a bronze sponsor at the Demuxed 2024 conference held in San Francisco from October 16-17, 2024, one of the industry’s main conferences for video leaders and professionals. At the conference, the Beamr team will engage with key industry leaders and businesses to promote its comprehensive suite of high-performance, GPU-accelerated video pipelines. These services supercharge companies in the broadcasting and streaming industries by reducing video files and live streams…
The biggest names in sports are joining forces in a new campaign to combat antisemitism.New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and his foundation unveiled a star-studded ad titled “Time Out Against Hate” on Thursday in collaboration with Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the National Basketball Association, the Women’s National Basketball Association, the National Football League, the National Women’s Soccer League and NASCAR.The campaign follows a new report out Sunday by the Anti-Defamation League that revealed there have been more than 10,000 antisemitic incidents in the U.S. in the year since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel. The…
Image source: Getty Images When I consider the potential investment yields on offer for a second income, I always set a Cash ISA as the benchmark. At the moment, the best easy access rate I can find is 5.1%. Given that the risk of loss of capital is low, alternatives like dividend stocks need to pay me a higher yield, given the fluctuations in share prices. Based on the current market, I think I could potentially earn a yield of 10%. Here’s the lowdown. Using the power of diversification It might surprise some to know that there are currently five…
US stock futures drifted lower on Thursday as investors waited for the latest reading on consumer inflation to help set expectations for the path of interest rates.Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) slipped 0.1%, while S&P 500 futures (^GSPC) shed roughly 0.2%, after both clinched fresh record highs. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) also edged down 0.2%.The markets are bracing for an important test with Thursday’s report on the consumer price index for September. The data is in higher focus than usual as investors puzzle over the chances of a “no landing” for the economy, after last week’s…
According to Bernstein analysts, while Robinhood (NASDAQ:)’s rise in 2021 was tied to the Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP), the platform is now benefiting from a “Peak Interest Rate Policy” (PIRP) as rates start to decline. “HOOD has not just survived a winter, and is now evolving to be a sustainable business with improving economics,” said the firm in a note Thursday. Robinhood stock has surged approximately 30% in the past month and nearly 100% year-to-date. Bernstein highlights five key reasons behind Robinhood’s recent breakout. Growing Assets, Not Just Trading Revenues: Robinhood’s assets under custody have grown to $140 billion, up…
Exchange-traded funds can prove useful for exposure to specific sectors or international indices, for example. Read on to find out the names of five that a handful of our free-site writers hold in their Stocks and Shares ISAs… Invesco EQQQ Nasdaq 100 What it does: This ETF tracks the Nasdaq 100 index, which represents the largest 100 non-financial companies on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. By Harshil Patel. The Invesco EQQQ Nasdaq 100 ETF (LSE:EQQQ) might sound like a mouthful, but it offers a simple way to own the largest growth shares. In fact, it’s one of the largest individual holdings in my Stocks…
Citi has reaffirmed its Buy rating and a $342.00 price target for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALNY). The endorsement comes after Alnylam’s recent TTR Investor Day, which focused on the challenges and treatment needs associated with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). The company’s event highlighted the disease’s severity and the growing demand for effective treatments in a competitive market. Alnylam’s positive momentum is partly due to the encouraging HELIOS-B study results for Amvuttra in treating ATTR-CM, released earlier this year. These findings have positioned Amvuttra to potentially become the first-line, standard care in what is anticipated to be a highly lucrative market.…
The finance community has invested much effort to identify new factors that may indicate a security’s forward-looking performance or a portfolio’s risk attributes. While this research can help us better understand asset pricing and offer the possibility of better performance, too often it presumes continuous markets, free trading, and boundless liquidity. Far less research has focused on the practitioner’s dilemma: implementation shortfalls caused by frictions like trading costs and discontinuous trading. These real-life frictions can erode the performance of smart beta and factor strategies. Along with asset management fees, they are the main sources of the sometimes-vast gap between live…