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There’s a new scorecard by which to measure President Donald Trump ‘s economic prowess, according to Gavekal Research. Roughly one month into Trump’s return to the White House, the president’s economic goals are taking shape, notably across three key measures that have been elevated: long-dated Treasury yields, the U.S. dollar and oil prices. Theoretically, a suppression across those three measures should drive a surge in U.S. economic growth, which is what Trump is seeking, but that could be more challenging than anticipated, wrote Louis-Vincent Gave, CEO at Gavekal Research. “These three goals are understandable. An environment of low yields, low…

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Image source: Getty Images The country’s biggest dividend payers, by dint of their size, are FTSE 100 firms. But that does not mean that FTSE 250 firms do not spend a fair bit of cash on paying dividends to shareholders. Some FTSE 250 shares have attractive dividend yields. For example, one that has a well-known and well-established business currently yields 9.5%. Investing £1,000 today and compounding it at 9.5% annually for a decade, it would already have grown to £2,478. That sort of (potential) dividend gold mine is tempting for me – but is this the right share for me…

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Since its inception, the global financial system has evolved to manage increasing complexity with greater efficiency whilst its fundamental role as facilitator of Pareto-efficient resource allocation has remained intact. So successful has finance been in allocating resources that it has become a primary driver in the creation of negative externalities –- particularly environmental degradation — which pose a significant risk to future economic and social development. This blog post presents an advanced framework for seamlessly integrating “augmented intelligence” into investment decision-making processes. By leveraging a symbiotic relationship between human intelligence, artificial intelligence (AI), and sustainability, augmented intelligence seeks to redefine…

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The Minutes of the Fed’s January 28-29 policy meeting will be published on Wednesday. Details surrounding the discussions on the decision to keep policy settings unchanged will be scrutinized by investors. Markets see virtually no chance of a 25 bps Fed rate cut in March.  The Minutes of the United States (US) Federal Reserve’s (Fed) January 28-29 monetary policy meeting will be published on Wednesday at 19:00 GMT. Policymakers decided to maintain the policy rate at the range of 4.25%-4.5% at the first meeting of 2025. However, the central bank removed earlier language suggesting inflation had “made progress” toward its…

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Image source: Getty Images Doing well in the stock market does not necessarily require great skill or vast sums of money. Clearly, they would help. But fortunately, it is possible to build wealth through a mixture of careful share selection, sensible risk management, patience, and whatever capital is at hand. For example, if someone had £10k but had never invested before, here is how they could go about it. Learning is vital to improve the chance of success It is possible to plunge into the market knowing little and strike it lucky. But that is speculation and, while it can…

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Chipmaker Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is now worth $3.4trn. Nvidia stock is up 1,797% over the past five years. Yes, you read that correctly. 1,797%. So someone putting £20k into the (already well-established) tech firm in February 2020 would now be sitting on a holding worth just shy of £380k. Given such a run, it could seem that Nvidia is headed for a fall – and maybe it is. But, in fact, there are also reasons to be bullish about where it might go from here. Here are a couple of reasons I think Nvidia stock could soar in price from…

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Hims & Hers Health announced Wednesday it has acquired New Jersey-based at-home lab testing facility Trybe Labs.The deal will allow the telehealth company to offer at-home blood draws and more comprehensive pre-treatment testing to its users.”Access to richer data allows us to deepen the insights that providers can use on our platform to guide their clinical decisions for each individual patient,” said Dr. Patrick Carroll, Hims & Hers chief medical officer.”At-home lab testing is one more exciting step towards elevating the personal, comprehensive care customers in this country should expect,” Carroll added.Hims did not disclose terms of the deal, but…

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More than two dozen scientists are urging the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) not to allow companies to use carbon offsetting to meet their climate targets.  SBTi has become a leading force in corporate climate governance, helping businesses align their emissions reductions with the Paris Agreement. Writing for Edie, the scientists say SBTi’s “flirtation with offsets” comes at a critical juncture in global climate action. One of the signatories is Dr James Dyke, Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter. He said: “I recently advised my university to ditch carbon offsets as there is abundant…

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(Bloomberg) — When Brazil’s interest rates hit 12.25% in December, it soon became clear that even billionaires couldn’t make the market work for them.Rubens Ometto said the latest increase in borrowing costs was behind his decision to sell his 9 billion reais ($1.58 billion) stake in mining giant Vale SA the following month. He said he had to reduce his conglomerate Cosan SA’s leverage and pay down debt. Rates have since gone up to 13.25%.Leia também a versão em português: clique aqui.That very environment — along with forecasts of higher inflation, a weaker real and growing public debt — has…

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