carolthacker/iStock via Getty Images Six months since my last update on the company, the situation at Inogen (NASDAQ:INGN), a leading provider of portable oxygen concentrators (or POCs), is a little more interesting. The financials really haven’t improved and there are still valid concerns about the company’s strategic positioning, but the company has another new management…
Morgan Stanley and UBS are working to become the first major U.S. banks to offer a spot Bitcoin ETFs to all clients, according to social media reports. With $1.26 trillion and $1.1 trillion in assets under management respectively, Morgan Stanley and UBS are two of the largest wealth managers worldwide. Both are vying to fully…
anouchka Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t … pays it. – Albert Einstein After building my Income Compounder portfolio over the past several years, I am now reaping the rewards of my investments, just in time to support my retirement. I retired…
Nirian Investment Thesis Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) is a sell due to poor macro-level prospects for international real estate investment holdings. While the fund has a low expense ratio, substantial dividend yield, and a high amount of diversification, its poor performance has negated these positive qualities. Looking forward, investors will likely see…
thitivong In our last coverage of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (BIP), (BIPC), we highlighted some interesting opportunities in the secondary securities. In the US, there are two preferred shares listed. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. 5.125 CL A PFD13 (NYSE:BIP.PR.A) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. 5.00% PFD A 14 (NYSE:BIP.PR.B). The two preferreds were on a…
JamesBrey All values are in CAD unless noted otherwise. The ownership of this stock is generally restricted to Canadians. If you are wondering “What Is That Aboot?”, you can read more here. In our last coverage of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (TSX:AD.UN:CA), we made the case that this was severely mispriced and the big…
Carson Group, a significant $30 billion registered investment adviser (RIA) platform, has recently announced its approval to offer four spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to its clients, according to a Bloomberg report. Out of the recent batch of US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs, Carson Group has greenlit BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund, Bitwise…
Iana Miroshnichenko Overview The US dollar (DXY, USDOLLAR) is offered today. It is trading softer against all the G10 currencies, with the yen the notable exception, and it is flat. The Antipodean are leading the way, taking out last week’s highs, as has the euro. That said, the intraday momentum indicators are stretched as NY…
SimonSkafar/E+ via Getty Images Generally speaking, experiencing revenue growth is a positive thing for companies. However, it doesn’t always mean that bottom line improvement will follow. And at the end of the day, it’s the profits and cash flows of an enterprise that determine its value, not the amount of sales it brings in. A…
Cravetiger/Moment via Getty Images AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) has an outstanding tender offer, presumably closing February 16, to acquire all of Icosavax‘s (NASDAQ:ICVX) shares for $15 per share in cash, plus a non-tradable contingent value right. The contingent value right or CVR can be worth up to $5 under the right circumstances. The CVR consists of: $4…
Andrii Dodonov Introduction Eagle Point Income (NYSE:EIC) is an investment company focusing on the BB tranches of CLO debt. And just like in my previous article, I’d like to refer you to Steven Bavaria’s articles which often provide excellent reads as he is very capable in explaining CLO tranches and the implications in layman’s terms….
Sean Gallup Introduction When Höegh LNG Partners was still trading, I decided against buying the common units, but instead initiated a long position in the preferred shares. Other authors here on Seeking Alpha provided excellent coverage of how the Höegh LNG delisting story. At the end of 2022, the new owners of Höegh LNG Partners…
The legislative overhaul attracts the philanthropic foreigners keen on contributing to the economic, social, and cultural development of El Salvador through Bitcoin donations. In a recent development, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador has reportedly approved a migration law that facilitates expedited citizenship for foreigners contributing Bitcoin (BTC) donations to government social and economic development…
Cristian Martin Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) is one of the largest producers and the largest exporter of shale oil in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta basin. I wrote about the company in October 2021 (the second article on the company in Seeking Alpha, when the stock traded at $6.5 compared to $30 today) and in January 2023, both…
tadamichi By Christian Correa, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Mutual Series Value stocks are poised to deliver solid returns in what may prove to be a more unsettled year ahead, according to Mutual Series CIO Christian Correa. Value stocks are magnificently ordinary. Not only are they in less flashy sectors like consumer staples, industrials and…
SunnySide Digital, a global distributor of enterprise data center infrastructure, has announced a new partnership with Rosseau, to offer high-performance computing (HPC) and bitcoin mining clients immersion cooling technology. This collaboration promises to enhance power density by up to 100%, surpassing alternative immersion cooling systems currently available in the market, according to a press release…
SpaceX has become one of the most valuable companies in the United States, dominating the market for commercial space launch services, primarily due to the success of its Falcon rockets. Elon Musk‘s aerospace company SpaceX is in discussions to sell insider shares via a new tender, potentially valuing the privately held firm at around $175…
Issued natively on the Ethereum and BNB Chain, AEUR intends to add support for more blockchains in the near future. Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has announced the launch of Anchored Coins EUR (AEUR) stablecoin. According to the announcement, users may begin trading the new stablecoin on its platform today by…
Paxos received the in-principle approvals (IPAs) of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) to offer USD-backed stablecoins among other crypto services. In a bid to expand its crypto-related services in the Middle East, Paxos Trust Company LLC has announced that it has received the necessary regulatory approval to…
OpenAI’s offer also included making Anthropic’s CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei a replacement for Altman. Artificial Intelligence (AI) company Anthropic may have just refused to enter into a merger deal with OpenAI. According to a report by The Information and another report by Reuters, OpenAI’s board of directors put forward the offer following last week’s…
Allan Akins Rising long-term interest rates make long-term treasuries more and more a viable alternative to equities, certainly much more than was the case the previous years. And one cannot exclude a drop in equity prices due to the rising interest rates. Convertible bonds are often seen as a way to keep equity exposure but…
With this approval, PayPal joins firms like Interactive Brokers, Bitstamp, and Komainu that have been granted crypto registration this year. Payments company PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) has received approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to offer cryptocurrency services. Official FCA data shows that as of October 31, 2023, PayPal is registered for…
This AI system is designed to alleviate the increasing compliance burden and complexity faced by businesses in a global context. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), one of the world’s leading accounting and consulting firms, has partnered with OpenAI to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its advisory services. This innovative collaboration marks a significant milestone as PwC becomes…
Scott Olson/Getty Images News LL Flooring (NYSE:LL) has received another non-binding offer, this time from Live Ventures (LIVE), which offered $5.85 per share in cash. This was slightly higher than founder Tom Sullivan’s non-binding offer of $5.76 per share, which was rejected by LL Flooring’s Board of Directors and then later withdrawn by Sullivan. I…
Lari Bat/iStock via Getty Images Introduction I’m always keeping an eye on fixed income opportunities, and although some of those ideas have a higher risk/reward ratio, the main purpose of the income-focused section of my portfolio is to have exposure to a reliable income stream. While I never wrote about Rexford Industrial Realty (NYSE:REXR), I…
Coinbase, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin and crypto exchanges, has received approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to offer Bitcoin buying and selling services to both retail and institutional investors in the country. This milestone makes official Coinbase’s expansion into the Singaporean market, which has been gradually embracing Bitcoin as an investment option….
eToro will be in a position to offer cross-border crypto services after the EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulatory framework goes into effect in December 2024. An investing platform with over 32 million registered users, eToro, has announced that it is ready to offer crypto-related services in the European Union (EU) after its application…
Deutsche Bank with about €1.3 trillion in assets under management will leverage the Taurus tokenization to manage customers’ digital assets. Germany’s leading banking institution for over 150 years Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) has announced a strategic partnership with Taurus SA to provide crypto asset custody services to its global customers. According to the announcement,…
According to a report by Reuters, German banking giant Deutsche Bank has partnered with Swiss cryptocurrency firm Taurus to offer Bitcoin and crypto custody and other related services to its institutional clients. “As the digital asset space is expected to encompass trillions of dollars of assets, it’s bound to be seen as one of the priorities for investors and…
JR Slompo Note: I have covered Navios Maritime Holdings (NYSE:NM, NM.PG, NM.PH) previously, so investors should view this as an update to my earlier articles on the company. Following the sale of its dry bulk carrier fleet to former subsidiary Navios Maritime Partners (NMM) or “Navios Partners” as part of a massive bailout package last…
jetcityimage September 8th proved to be a rather interesting day for shareholders of both Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) and The Kroger Co (NYSE:KR). Both companies made known that they have elected to divest of over 400 stores, as well as other related assets, in an attempt to appease regulators and get their merger approved. In addition…
jroballo Months after Liontown Resources Limited (OTCPK:LINRF) rejected a takeover bid from Albemarle (ALB), the bid has been raised. The Australian lithium miner hasn’t issued a press release, but Albemarle suggests the Board of Directors would accept a binding bid for A$3.00 in all cash. My investment thesis remains Bullish on Liontown Resources, though not…
Chun han/E+ via Getty Images Main Thesis & Background The purpose of this article is to evaluate the state of the broader market and why commodities – whether specific ones or a broad basket fund – may offer a decent value proposition at present. The reason for bringing this up is that I continue to…
Monty Rakusen Those who have followed this takeover approach since its announcement on 13 Aug 2023 do not need a lot of information about United States Steel Corporation (NYSE:X), best known as US Steel, and Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (CLF). For those who are jumping in at this point, see a brief description below. If you are…
Both companies are also planning to launch three types of Bitcoin Futures ETFs. Investment firms ARK Invest and 21Shares are proposing to offer two Ethereum futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This follows earlier reports that the United States securities regulator might already be gearing up to start approving applications. Although, in May, the regulator had initially…
JamesBrey Note: All amounts discussed are in Canadian Dollars On our last coverage of Fortis Inc. (NYSE:FTS) (TSX:FTS:CA), we gave it a pass while acknowledging it was very close to a failing grade on raw valuation. Specifically, we said: Nonetheless, if you add the 20.3X earnings multiple and the 6X debt to EBITDA, we have…
muhammet sager Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) has been in the news lately after the company announced an agreement to acquire Crestwood Equity Partners (CEQP). A lot has been said about this transaction, though sentiment has been most universally positive among my peers. I suspect a lot of that optimism may be due to the fact that…
Crypto.com’s entrance to the Dutch market comes a few weeks after Binance exited the country due to regulatory hurdles.  Leading digital asset service provider Crypto.com has successfully registered its business offerings with the Dutch central bank to offer crypto services in the Netherlands. In an announcement on June 28, the company said it obtained approval…
This is an opinion editorial by Rupert Matthews, a lecturer at the Nottingham Business School. University education is expensive. Even within the U.K., tales of students leaving with £90,000 (about $115,000) of debt are not uncommon, which raises the question of the value that can be realized by a university degree when offset by this…