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If you’re interested in Ardelyx, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARDX), then you might want to consider its beta (a measure of share… …read more […]

Many investors are still learning about the various metrics that can be useful when analysing a stock. This article is… …read more […]

Callon Petroleum (NYSE:CPE) shareholders are no doubt pleased to see that the share price has had a great month… …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Reliance Industries Ltd. started testing its online shopping portal, moving a step closer to billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s goal of setting up a digital platform to take on e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. in India.JioMart, open to select customers who pre-register, promises more than 50,000 grocery products, free home delivery and a return policy that asks no questions. Labeled ‘the nation’s new store,’ it is currently available in only three neighborhoods surrounding Mumbai, according to the website.The pilot site provides an early glimpse of how the energy-and-petrochemicals conglomerate controlled by Asia’s richest man is stepping up consumer offerings in a …read more […]

When does Trader Joe’s close New Year’s Eve? Many grocery store chains including Publix will close a few hours earlier than usual New Year’s Eve. …read more […]

Stocks are on track to end the year with the best performance since 2013. …read more […]

Dec.31 — Hannah Anderson, global market strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management, discusses her outlook for gold. She speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: China Open.” …read more […]

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – A rise in large mergers and acquisitions (M&A) helped offset a plunge in cross-border deals in 2019, and many dealmakers say they expect subsiding geopolitical risk emboldening companies to pursue more tie-ups across regions in 2020. The United States accounted for close to half of global M&A volume in 2019, with $1.8 trillion worth of deals announced, up 6% from a year ago. …read more […]

While Burford Capital Limited (LON:BUR) shareholders are probably generally happy, the stock hasn’t had particularly… …read more […]

The goal of this article is to teach you how to use price to earnings ratios (P/E ratios). We’ll apply a basic P/E… …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — A stellar start to 2019 for food and drink stocks largely fizzled out in the second half of the year, and Unilever’s recent sales warning has left a cloud hanging over the sector outlook for 2020.Despite a lackluster few months, the Stoxx 600 Food & Beverage index is still on course for its best year since 2009, with a 27% gain slightly outperforming the region’s main gauge. But after what Citigroup Inc. described this month as one of the worst staples earnings seasons of the past 20 years, investors have become unsettled, not helped by this month’s announcement …read more […]

(Bloomberg Opinion) — Robert Stheeman has been at the helm of the U.K. Treasury’s Debt Management Office since 2003, overseeing sales of more than 2 trillion pounds ($2.6 trillion) of Gilts, as Britain’s sovereign bonds are known.He’s the government’s agent in the debt marketplace, the link that smooths communication between the finance ministry and its 15 primary “market-makers” (the big banks from Barclays Plc to Morgan Stanley that underwrite Gilt auctions). His job is to keep the U.K.’s costs to a minimum and make the sale process seamless. The skill is in matching the government’s fund-raising needs with investor demand …read more […]

Ousted Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn’s three passports were held by his lawyers and he could not have used any of them to escape Japan, one of the lawyers told reporters on Tuesday, adding that his client’s actions were “inexcusable”. Junichiro Hironaka, speaking to reporters in comments broadcast live by Japan’s NHK, said his lawyers were holding his French, Brazilian and Lebanese passports, as required by the terms of his bail. Ghosn on Tuesday confirmed he fled to Lebanon, saying he wouldn’t be “held hostage” by a “rigged” justice system and raising questions about how one of …read more […]

The goal of this article is to teach you how to use price to earnings ratios (P/E ratios). We’ll show how you can use… …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Gold pushed deeper into the $1,500s in a concerted year-end rally as the dollar hit a six-month low. The jump came against a backdrop of record equity prices, easing trade tensions, and a warning from JPMorgan Asset Management that bullion may not offer sound portfolio protection.Prices climbed for the sixth time in seven sessions, with the traditional haven set for the biggest annual gain since 2010. Gold is poised to close out a fifth quarter of gains, a feat that the commodity hasn’t managed since 2011. Exchange-traded fund holdings are rising.Gold has found renewed favor this month as …read more […]