Asset Class Scoreboard: April 2024

Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images April represented a step back following March’s gains, aside from Managed Futures being the star of the show this month. Commodities demonstrated resilience, posting a modest +0.95% growth despite the turbulence induced by the prospects of normalizing financial conditions. This volatility led to portfolio recalibration across sectors. Managed futures strategies…

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Asset Class And Stock Performance Since 10/27/23

deepblue4you Below is an updated look at our popular table that highlights the performance of various asset classes using key ETFs (or ETPs) traded on US exchanges. For each asset class, we show its performance since COVID hit on 2/19/20, since the current bull market began on 10/12/22, and since the low last quarter on…

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Asset Class Scoreboard: December 2023

Olivier Le Moal In reflecting upon 2023’s performance results across asset classes, it is apparent this year posed considerable challenges for capital markets amidst the ongoing macroeconomic transition. Persistent inflationary pressures and central bank tightening created headwinds for many segments throughout the period. While equities maintained respectable full-year gains, considerable monthly volatility was witnessed as…

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Riot Platforms: Best In Class Bitcoin Miner (NASDAQ:RIOT)

South_agency Introduction Bitcoin miners have outperformed Bitcoin (BTC-USD) this year and have served well as a leveraged proxy to Bitcoin. The price action in June/July was positive following a technical breakout and optimism around the spot Bitcoin ETF being filed by BlackRock. There wasn’t much else to suggest an enormous rally in miners relative to…

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Nurix Therapeutics: The Prospects Of A ‘New Class’ Of Cancer Drug (NASDAQ:NRIX)

marchmeena29/iStock via Getty Images Topline Summary Nurix Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NRIX) is a biotech company specializing in the development of protein degraders, which are intended as a new class of cancer therapeutic exploiting known targets, some of which have currently approved targeted agents already approved. While their approach is novel and interesting, with very early signs of…

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Greif Stock: The High Yield Class B Shares Are A Compelling Buy (NYSE:GEF)

Maxiphoto/E+ via Getty Images Greif, Incorporated (NYSE:GEF) produces industrial packaging and is based in Ohio. The company operates in three reportable business segments: Global Industrial Packaging, Paper Packaging and Services, and Land Management. Its products include steel and fiber drums, package lids, boxes and tubes and cores. Greif operates in 37 countries to reach local…

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US Judge Dismisses Class Action Suit against Uniswap

Aside from dismissing the case against Uniswap, the judge also classified popular cryptocurrencies Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) as commodities. United States District Judge Katherine Polk Failla has dismissed with prejudice the class action suit against the decentralized exchange Uniswap. Recall that in April 2022, six former investors on Uniswap filed a suit against the…

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