Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s disclosure on Monday that he acquired a 9.2% stake in Twitter (TWTR) represents just the type of surprise for investors that U.S. regulators may soon curtail. In February, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a controversial rule change that it says can “modernize” disclosure rules for investors who buy a large block of a public company’s stock. Electronic filing advances since the rule was adopted in 1968, the agency says, make it possible… Source link
Read More »Supreme Court blocks vaccine mandate for large businesses, allows it for health care workers
The U.S. Supreme Court issued two highly anticipated rulings on Thursday, temporarily blocking a Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers but allowing a separate rule applying only to health care workers at facilities receiving federal funding. The high court settled the matter concerning large employers in a 6-3 decision to block the rule that would have been issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, with the three liberal justices dissenting…. Source link
Read More »Yandex Sees Unusually Large Options Volume (NASDAQ:YNDX)
Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) was the recipient of some unusual options trading on Wednesday. Investors acquired 1,814 put options on the stock. This represents an increase of approximately 1,437% compared to the average daily volume of 118 put options. Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Yandex from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $84.00 target price on the stock in a report on Friday, October 1st. HSBC upgraded… Source link
Read More »Small caps ‘have an edge’ over large caps in 2022: Strategist
With markets still concerned with inflation and how the Fed may react in regard to rate hikes, investors are gearing up for an uncertain 2022. And according to Francis Gannon, co-chief investment officer at Royce Investment Partners, small caps may be the place to weather these uncertainties in the new year. “I think part of the opportunity here with small caps is the fact that they haven’t done as well as some of the other asset classes,” Gannon said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above)…. Source link
Read More »Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) Sees Large Growth in Short Interest
Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest during the month of August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totalling 6,120,000 shares, a growth of 13.8% from the July 29th total of 5,380,000 shares. Approximately 2.0% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 960,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.4 days. Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company…. Source link
Read More »Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) Sees Large Growth in Short Interest
Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest during the month of August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totalling 6,120,000 shares, a growth of 13.8% from the July 29th total of 5,380,000 shares. Approximately 2.0% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 960,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.4 days. Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company…. Source link
Read More »Bitcoin Cools on 3-Month High as Long-Term Moving Average Looms Large
Bitcoin, the world’s oldest crypto, reached its highest point in almost three months on Saturday before paring back some of the weekend’s gains. Prices have since cooled and are down around 1.5% on a 24-hour basis after reaching a top of $45,300, their highest point since May 18. As of press time, bitcoin is changing hands for around $43,430. Datamish data shows bitcoin’s push to higher price highs (HH) and higher price lows (HL) was precipitated by a short squeeze which saw 126 BTC… Source link
Read More »Federal Reserve announces new capital ratios for large banks following stress test
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Thursday how much each large bank that underwent the most recent stress test will have to hold on their books as capital cushions. The capital requirements for each of the 34 banks are based on how well each firm performed in the June test, and will take effect on Oct. 1. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley were directed to hold the largest amount of capital to guard against losses, facing ratios of 13.4% and 13.2%,… Source link
Read More »Large chunks of the internet went down due a DNS issue
If you can’t access online services like Sony’s PlayStation Network and Steam, as well as websites like Airbnb, you’re not the only one. Starting at approximately 11:20AM ET, Downdetector began logging a spike in outage reports across a variety of online services and websites. Outside of PSN and Steam, some of the more notable platforms people can’t seem to connect to include LastPass, TikTok and UPS. Visiting the PlayStation Store and other affected websites, they come back with a DNS… Source link
Read More »Do Large Publishers Have an Unfair Advantage in Google Search?
Larger publishers seem to appear more often in search results, sometimes multiple times in the response to a single query. But is it an unfair advantage? See how single companies perform against large publishing conglomerates today. Do Large Publishers Have an Unfair Advantage in Google Search? A client asked recently if we could report a competitor for double-serving in organic search results. (If you’re not familiar with this Google Ads policy, it prohibits a company from trying to gain an… Source link
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