Business development companies lend to midsize private companies at high interest rates. They have proven popular with retail investors in recent years by offering dividend yields of around 10%. Total...
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This British Clean-Energy Developer Is Making Big Bets
Europe’s urgent rush for new energy sources since Russia invaded Ukraine is creating a wide range of investment opportunities, including some intriguing speculative plays. Clean-energy developer Ceres...
‘A lot of people have compared this to Lehman. I would compare it to Enron’: Larry Summers comments on FTX bankruptcy
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers is likening the collapse of troubled cryptocurrency exchange FTX to the meltdown that engulfed Houston-based energy company Enron two decades ago. In an in...
Crypto and tech are the first dominoes to fall as stimulus liquidity dries up, says this money manager. Here’s what could happen next.
Read: Sequoia on its FTX investment: Some surprise to the upside, and some surprise to the downside JPMorgan is predicting a “cascade of margin calls, deleveraging and crypto company/platform failures...
Dogeliens Utilizes the Binance Smart Chain to Offer Better Utilities Than Litecoin
Decentralized finance powered by blockchain technology has gained worldwide acceptance over the years. Although the growth is significant, there is still room for more improvement. Over 90% of the wor...
Rocketize: A Crypto Ecosystem With DeFi Utilities Like Axie Infinity and Fantom
The Rocketize project wants to leverage blockchain technology to establish a robust ecosystem. Rocketize created its native token, JATO, on the BEP-20 standard. Therefore, the token runs on the BNB Sm...
These 27 stocks can give you a more diversified portfolio than the S&P 500 — and that’s a key advantage right now
You probably already know that because of market-capitalization weighting, a broad index such as the S&P 500 SPX, -0.80% can be concentrated in a handful of stocks. Index funds are popular for goo...
UBS has released its annual house-price bubble report. Here are the most overvalued markets.
The housing market is in something of its own recession as mortgage rates have surged. If the economist consensus is right about an existing home sales report due later in the morning, then sales will...
Nokia posts forecast-beating net profit
Nokia Corp. on Thursday posted a forecast-beating third-quarter net profit as demand for mobile networks and network infrastructure remained strong and supply-chain constraints eased. Nokia NOK, -1.94...
New England Risks Winter Blackouts as Gas Supplies Tighten
Listen to article (2 minutes) New England power producers are preparing for potential strain on the grid this winter as a surge in natural-gas demand abroad threatens to reduce supplies they need to g...
Here’s how much more U.S. households will pay to heat their homes this winter
Americans face a tough winter, with one government agency warning that most households will see a sharp increase in heating costs this year, as natural-gas prices look to post their largest yearly per...
9 Top Utilities Stocks, A Great Place To Invest During A Recession
| Getty Images Key takeaways Utilities are needed for everyday life, so even during a down market they are still a good investment – see the list of securities below. To offset the lack of long-...
Buffett’s Likely Successor Buys $68 Million of Berkshire Stock
Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Greg Abel, the likely successor to CEO Warren Buffett, bought about $68 million of the company’s shares last Thursday in what appears to be his first purchases of Berk...
If Hurricane Ian destroyed your home, take these critical first steps for disaster relief and insurance
The full financial and human price of Hurricane Ian’s destruction is still unknown, days after it lashed Florida, and now with the Carolinas fresh off its wrath. But even with the immediate search-and...
Interest Rate Sensitive Utility Stocks Are Having A Bad September
residential power distribution with safety equipment per local code getty The Utilities Sector Select Sector SPDR Fund is having a tough September after the Fed began the interest rate hikes. The fund...
Cardano, Tamadoge, and Big Eyes Coin: Three Decentralized Blockchain-based Platforms with Exceptional Utilities
Decentralization is gaining popularity in the crypto space. Without centralized authorities, crypto traders can enjoy DeFi services to the full. These transactions are instant, transparent, and have n...
Charging EVs At Home Overnight May Not Be The Cheapest Option For Much Longer
Researchers at Stanford University say that recharging electric vehicles at home overnight will begin to stress the grid by late this decade unless energy-generation capacity is increased. JAMES LIPMA...
Corporate climate commitments improving, with exceptions: Just Capital
Jose A. Bernat Bacete | Moment | Getty Images The vast majority of Americans support both corporate transparency on climate as well as federal requirements for corporations to disclose their climate d...
A Crypto Network With Exciting Utilities Similar To Cardano And Curve DAO
Advertisement     Stablecoins have grown to become essential cryptocurrencies in the crypto space. These digital assets introduce some form of stability into the highl...
German government agrees nationalization deal for energy giant Uniper
Uniper has received billions in financial aid from the German government as a result of surging gas and electric prices following Russia’s war in Ukraine. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | G...
Electric Bills Soar Across the Country as Winter Looms
U.S. utility customers, faced with some of their largest bills in years, are set to pay even more this winter as natural-gas prices continue to climb. Natural-gas prices have more than doubled this ye...
Top 4 Ways Competitive Utilities Play a Part in NFT Sell-Outs
Contrary to popular belief, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are far more valuable than cool-looking pictures or pieces of artwork. They have evolved into something worth so much more thanks to the introduc...
Opinion: The new bull market will be led by stocks in these three industries.
We don’t know yet if the recent rally kicks off a new bull market in stocks. But here’s a safe bet: Once the new bull market is here, entirely different groups will lead. It’ll be out with the old — t...