Private apartments are seen against the backdrop of the Marina Bay Sands hotel and the Singapore Flyer observatory wheel in Singapore on March 23, 2022. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images Rents in prime residential areas increased the most in Singapore, Lisbon and Berlin in the first half of the year, according to a
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European stocks and Wall Street futures slipped on Thursday after tech earnings disappointed, while investors prepared for key central banks meetings next week. Europe’s region-wide Stoxx 600 lost 0.2 per cent, dragged lowed by declining technology stocks, while France’s Cac 40 gave up 0.1 per cent and Germany’s Dax slipped 0.2 per cent at the
The state of Kuwait is the latest jurisdiction to ban virtually all operations involving cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). On July 18, Kuwait’s main financial regulator, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA), issued a circular on supervision and issuance of virtual assets in the country. In the circular, the CMA confirmed the commitment to “absolute prohibition” on
In today’s episode, I’m going to share with you the pros and cons of penny stocks. Penny stocks are hugely attractive, and they are great for certain types of traders. But they’re horrible for other types of traders. In this episode, we’ll cover the advantages and disadvantages of penny stocks, so that way you can
You can enable subtitles (captions) in the video player Greed. A culture of secrecy. Abuse. Crispin Odey was one of Britain’s wealthiest men and one of its most successful hedge fund managers. He was this bygone figure from a bygone era. He started to stroke my leg under the desk. I did not want to
Mathematical relationships underpin the arrangement of notes in a composition — and that makes music particularly open to AI-powered tools, which can be taught to recognise and create melodies and rhythms. Such tools are spreading at a rapid rate across all levels of the music industry, from streaming platforms and record labels to musicians and
The last thing the US military needs is to become a piñata in America’s woke wars. Having been given no choice, it must now deal with the reality. The details of the defence funding bill the House of Representatives passed last week can probably be ignored — they will probably be gutted in the Senate.
There are three kinds of lies on the internet. Lies, damned lies, and one-to-five-star ratings. I’m not just talking about the kind of ratings that can be bought from a fake reviewer for $5 a pop (though those are indeed a plague). I’m talking about the supposedly real ratings that we give by mindlessly tapping
Dmytro was marching through shrubbery at the front line east of the town of Lyman when his Ukrainian assault unit came under fire from Russian lines. He stepped aside to dodge the bullets. Then came the explosion. Dmytro had triggered an anti-personnel mine. The blast dislocated his hips, fractured his pelvis, buried shrapnel deep in
http://www.zacks.com – Kevin Matras goes over a seldom talked about options strategy called Ratio Back Call Spreads. Learn how it works and how you might be able to use them.
Foreign buying in Asian emerging equity markets outside China has surpassed inflows to the region’s largest economy for the first time in six years, as investor optimism about Chinese growth wanes. Over the past 12 months net foreign inflows to emerging markets in Asia “ex-China” were more than $41bn, outstripping net inflows of about $33bn
For the fourth quarter in a row, Tesla hasn’t sold or added to its digital asset holdings with the electric vehicle manufacturer continuing to hold $184 million worth of its remaining Bitcoin (BTC). In Q2 2023 earnings released on July 19 the net value of Tesla’s Bitcoin holdings stood at $184 million which has held
The writer chairs the Energy Transitions Commission Heatwaves, floods and droughts across the world are a wake-up call. We need to cut fossil fuel use fast, reducing CO₂ emissions to around zero by the middle of the century. To do that, we must electrify as much as possible, decarbonise electricity supply and use hydrogen, bioenergy,
7/19/2023, 11:22:59 PM What to watch in Asia today William Langley in Hong Kong Turkey’s interest rate: Turkey’s central bank could make a dramatic pivot as the country’s new economic leadership shifts from policies that have sent inflation soaring and investors fleeing. Economists expect the policy rate to be raised by 500 basis points to
Tesla’s profit margins slipped in the latest quarter as a series of price cuts this year weighed on its earnings, according to figures released on Wednesday. Profitability still held up better than many analysts on Wall Street had forecast, and the US electric-car maker reiterated its target of selling 1.8mn vehicles this year, suggesting it
The Tesla factory in Tilburg, Netherlands. Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Netflix — The streaming giant’s shares tumbled more than 5% after posting its quarterly results Wednesday after hours. The company said it was too early to assess the effects of its crackdown on
The biggest US banks spent more than $1bn on severance costs during the first six months of 2023, underscoring the steep price of unwinding Wall Street’s overexpansion during the coronavirus pandemic. Goldman Sachs, which has been hit particularly hard by the slowdown in trading and investment banking, on Wednesday became the latest big bank to
After a spectacular first half of 2023, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) appears to have stalled out, being stuck between $29,000 and $31,500. There could be reason to believe that in the near term, the price of Bitcoin will tend to trade sideways or to the downside. This thesis can be based on three factors,
China’s ambassador to Washington has warned Beijing will retaliate against US national security measures targeted at the country, including a mechanism to screen inbound investment being prepared by the White House. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, Xie Feng said China “cannot remain silent” while the US imposes sanctions and export controls that will make
Bitcoin (BTC) is struggling to reclaim its psychologically-important level at $30,000 as analysts predict that choppy accumulation may last for months. Bitcoin soared to a new yearly high of over $31,800 on July 13, driven by optimism surrounding the potential approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States and Ripple’s landmark legal victory in
Munis continued to show strength Wednesday as several large new issues priced to good demand, with New York City Transitional Finance Authority seeing yields fall as much as of 14 basis points from Tuesday’s retail scales and Salt Lake City upsizing its deal. U.S. Treasuries improved and equities ended in the black. Triple-A yields were