(Bloomberg) — A bond market designed around natural catastrophes is proving remarkably resilient to a man-made market meltdown. While most markets have seen deep selloffs since Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement, investors in catastrophe bonds have sailed through with hardly a ripple. Fermat Capital Management, a Connecticut-based hedge fund specialized in insurance-linked securities, says the market for catastrophe bonds “has been trading in an orderly fashion” and investors who bought them “are seeing the benefit.” The outperformance by cat bonds comes even as markets traditionally treated as havens get dragged down by the panic triggered by Trump’s tariffs. Over…
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Video. Europe’s steelworkers are furious. They are afraid for their jobs. Is there still a future for Europe’s heavy industry? Yes, says the European Commission – and presents a rescue plan. Source link
Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21st, 2025.Gerry Miller | CNBCAnthropic, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Amazon, on Wednesday introduced Claude’s Max plan, a new subscription tier for its chatbot that competes with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.Customers can pay $100 per month for five times the amount of usage as the company’s Pro plan, or $200 per month for 20 times the amount. OpenAI’s ChatGPT Pro, which is comparable to Claude’s Max tier, costs a flat rate of $200 per month.Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI research executives, launched Claude…
Image source: Getty Images More often than not, when the dividend yield on a stock hits north of 10%, a cut the dividend follows. I am not so sure this will be the case for this FTSE 250 stock. Leading asset manager The aberdeen group (LSE: ABDN) share price has had a torrid few years. Rising outflows from the asset manager’s funds had seen its portfolio of assets shrink. However, in FY 2024, the business seems to have turned the tide. Assets under management and administration are up 3% to £511.4bn. Group outflows fell a whopping 96% to only £1.1bn.…
Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – April 9, 2025) – Maritime Resources Corp. (TSXV: MAE) (“Maritime” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the closing of its previously announced brokered “best efforts” private placement offering (the “Offering”) of units of the Company (“Units”) for aggregate gross proceeds of $20,002,500. The Offering was led by Paradigm Capital Inc. (“Paradigm”), as lead agent and sole bookrunner, on a “best efforts” agency basis, together with SCP Resource Finance LP (together with Paradigm, the “Agents”), pursuant to the terms of an agency agreement among the Company and the Agents dated as of the Closing Date (as…
ADVERTISEMENTGermany’s steel giant ThyssenKrupp wants to cut 11,000 jobs. Europe’s metal industry is in crisis. US tariffs, exorbitant energy prices, global overcapacity, competition from cheap steel from China… The European Commission is trying to save what can be saved – with a ‘Steel Action Plan’. The European Commission calls its strategy for industrial competitiveness and decarbonisation the ‘Clean Industrial Deal’. Far too much steel is produced worldwide. And now the new US government is also threatening tariffs: 25 percent on all steel and aluminium imports. As a result, there is a risk of international trade flows being diverted away from the…
Image source: Getty Images Among the many pieces of sage advice Warren Buffett has given over the years, his belief that investors should “be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful” is perhaps the most memorable. Buying UK shares and other assets when markets fall can deliver substantial long-term gains. Trying to ‘catch a falling knife’ by investing in bear markets can be a risky strategy. Yet it can also supercharge an individual’s returns over time by delivering stunning capital gains when investor confidence recovers. It’s why I’m planning to keep buying more shares, funds,…
Image source: Getty Images The fall in the US stock market over the past week is sharp enough to be defined as a stock market crash. Here in the UK, the 10% fall in the last week is more in correction territory. Aside from the jargon, many investors like myself are searching to sift through the market to find cheap shares. Here’s how I do it. Ignoring the bottom 10% Filtering for the stocks that have seen the largest share price fall in the recent past is a good starting point for looking for opportunities. However, I always discount the…
More companies and governments are investing in carbon removal technologies to help them reach net-zero emissions. With stricter climate rules and companies feeling pressure to reduce carbon footprints, carbon removal stocks are becoming appealing investment options. Why Carbon Removal Stocks Are Gaining Traction in 2025 Carbon removal companies work to take carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air. They either store it for good or change it into useful products. Carbon removal is different from carbon offset initiatives. While offsets balance emissions by reducing them elsewhere, carbon removal actively eliminates CO₂. This makes it essential for industries that struggle to cut…
More companies and governments are investing in carbon removal technologies to help them reach net-zero emissions. With stricter climate rules and companies feeling pressure to reduce carbon footprints, carbon removal stocks are becoming appealing investment options. Why Carbon Removal Stocks Are Gaining Traction in 2025 Carbon removal companies work to take carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air. They either store it for good or change it into useful products. Carbon removal is different from carbon offset initiatives. While offsets balance emissions by reducing them elsewhere, carbon removal actively eliminates CO₂. This makes it essential for industries that struggle to cut…