10 Affordable Wide-Moat Stocks Across the U.S. to Consider for 2025
Wide-moat companies carry sound balance sheets and significant competitive advantages—two desirable qualities in the face of today’s economic uncertainty. The constituents of the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index are a fertile hunting ground for long-term investors looking for high-quality stocks to buy that are trading at cheap prices. 10 Cheap US Wide-Moat Stocks for 2025 […]
Altilium Raises $5 Million for Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Facility
Altilium secures US$5m investment for EV battery recycling plant In a significant leap towards sustainable battery solutions, UK clean technology group Altilium has announced a US$5 million investment from the Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation. This funding, part of Altilium’s Series B funding round, is aimed at establishing the UK’s largest electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling […]
Morningstar Medalist Fund Rating
The Morningstar Medalist Rating for funds is a five-tier system used to assess a fund’s ability to outperform its Morningstar Category index after fees. • The Morningstar Medalist Rating provides investors with assessments of a strategy’s ability to outperform its Morningstar Category index after fees.• Research has repeatedly shown that the ability of a strategy […]
Oil Price Update: Can Brent Surpass $80? Winter Demand, Offshore Drilling, and Technical Analysis Under Examination
Oil Price Update – Will Brent Break $80? Winter Demand, Offshore Drilling, and Technicals in Focus Most Read: Global Market Outlook 2025: Trends, Risks, and Opportunities for Traders Oil prices have had a surprisingly positive start to 2025. The reason I say this is because the narrative heading into 2025 was one of concerns largely […]
House Financial Services Leadership Focuses on Digital Assets
House Financial Services Leadership Targets Digital Assets The House Financial Services Committee has chosen leadership with an eye toward digital asset regulation. Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) announced the new appointments Thursday (Jan. 9), promising to “right-size the regulatory system for particularly community banks,” and “create a regulatory framework for digital assets that will protect investors and consumers.” In addition, Hill […]
Facebook Marketplace Offer Fizzles Out…
Shares of narrow-moat eBay EBAY surged more than 9% after wide-moat Meta META revealed a pilot partnership to feature some of eBay’s listings on Facebook Marketplace for select users in Germany, France, and the US amid recent anti-trust rulings by the European Commission. While the market is championing this announcement as a potential boon to […]
Equinox Stock Soars After Achieving Record Production Year
This is compared with the annual guidance of 590,000 to 675,000 ounces from its seven operating gold mines in Canada, the US, Mexico, and Brazil. Shares of Equinox were up 6.5% at 11 am EDT, giving the company a market capitalization of CAD 4 billion ($2.8 billion). The company ended the year with $240 million […]
Verses AI Inc. Announces Closing of $20,000,000 Prospectus
Verses AI Inc. has successfully closed a “reasonable best efforts” offering, issuing 12,738,853 units at C$1.57 each, raising approximately C$20 million. Each unit includes one Class A Subordinate Voting Share and half a share purchase warrant, which allows the purchase of one share at C$1.96 until January 9, 2028. The offering, managed by A.G.P. Canada, […]
Dallas Fed Energy Survey Reports Rise in Oil and Gas Sector Activity for Fourth Quarter
Dallas Fed Energy Survey Shows Oil, Gas Sector Activity Increase in 4Q Activity in the oil and gas sector increased slightly in fourth quarter 2024, according to oil and gas executives responding to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey. That’s what the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas stated late last week on a Dallas Fed Energy […]
Will the Federal Reserve Increase Interest Rates in 2025?
When the Federal Reserve jolted markets in December, it wasn’t with its decision to cut interest rates by a quarter point, but with big changes in its rate forecasts for 2025. Fed officials indicated they now expect to cut rates by just a half point in 2025, which would likely mean two rate cuts at […]