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This week we saw the Granite Construction Incorporated (NYSE:GVA) share price climb by 11%. But that cannot eclipse… …read more […]

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is investigating whether sharing data with outside competitors could be extended beyond banks to savings, insurance, mortgages, investments, pensions and consumer credit to increase innovation and choice. ‘Open banking’ rules already allow payment companies and other providers to use account data, with customer consent, to offer rival services and has opened the door to payments services for many financial technology or “fintech” firms. The Financial Stability Board, a global regulatory body, has said that Big Tech companies like Google, Alibaba and Facebook could be forced to share data on financial services customers with …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Palladium rose above $2,000 an ounce for the first time, extending a powerful annual advance driven by a sustained global deficit.Palladium has gained 57% this year, with market watchers saying the shortfall will be hard to fill. That’s great news for producers of the metal, used mainly in autocatalysts, which have seen their shares surge.No. 1 miner MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC has gained 51% in 2019. The effect has been even more dramatic for South African platinum producers, which dig up palladium alongside their primary metal. The FTSE/JSE Africa Platinum Mining Index has tripled this year, the biggest-ever …read more […]

The worst result, after buying shares in a company (assuming no leverage), would be if you lose all the money you put… …read more […]

Down more than 52% over the past 52 weeks, could Canadian marijuana giant Aurora Cannabis (ACB) go to… zero?One analyst thinks so. Firm founder Gordon Johnson of GLJ Research announced he was initiating coverage of Aurora Cannabis stock with a “sell” rating. Arguing that “ACB’s equity holds no value,” he predicted Aurora Cannabis stock will become utterly worthless by the end of 2021, and so proceeded to assign a two-year price target of $0. (To watch Johnson’s track record, click here)Whether you’re talking American dollars or Canadian dollars, either way, that’s a pretty bold claim. After all, up until recently …read more […]

While some investors are already well versed in financial metrics (hat tip), this article is for those who would like… …read more […]

In an unscheduled trading update, Anglo-Dutch Unilever also struck a downbeat tone on its prospects for meeting its mid-term target for sales growth of 3-5% next year. “Our full-year underlying sales growth is expected to be in the lower half of the multi-year range,” added Jope, who took on the top job earlier this year. Shares in Unilever were down 5.1% at 1025 GMT, while rival Nestle slipped 1.2%. …read more […]

In 2001 Andrew Littlefair was appointed CEO of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ:CLNE). First, this article will… …read more […]

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the bestsellers “The Black Swan” and “Fooled By Randomness,” is optimistic about cryptocurrencies. “You cannot ignore the cryptocurrencies, particularly the bitcoin story and blockchain,” Taleb said at Times Networks’ India Economic Conclave on Tuesday.The post Bitcoin is ‘winning;’ currency without government is ‘great,’ says Nassim Taleb appeared first on The Block. …read more […]

The most you can lose on any stock (assuming you don’t use leverage) is 100% of your money. But in contrast you can… …read more […]