(Bloomberg) — For two decades Chinese tech firms have flocked to the U.S. stock market, drawn by a friendly regulatory environment and a vast pool of capital eager to invest in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Now, the juggernaut behind hundreds of companies worth $2 trillion appears stopped in its tracks. Beijing’s July 10 announcement that almost all businesses trying to go public in another country will require approval from a newly empowered cybersecurity regulator… Source link
Read More »Biden’s $2.5 Trillion Plan Could Send These 3 EV Stocks Soaring
Just days from now, Biden is set to gamble a proposed $2.5 trillion on a new plan, in hopes of bringing America’s foundation into the next generation. It’s coming in the form of the biggest infrastructure project since the highway system was built in the 1970s. But with today’s massive infrastructure bill, most people might be missing the real story. That’s because typical “infrastructure” pieces like roads, highways, and bridges don’t even make up the biggest part of the bill. Instead,… Source link
Read More »America’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Boom Could Send ESG Stocks Soaring
In the past few years, we’ve seen six ESG megatrends on the rise with trillions of dollars being invested into them, from cloud computing and clean water, to finance, resource efficiency and the mega of ESG megatrends–EVs. If 2020 was the year that broke the ESG bank. This year, and next, might see investors start to reap the rewards of Biden’s ultimate “green presidency”. In March, Biden unveiled a $2.3-trillion infrastructure plan. On Earth Day, Biden pledged to half U.S. greenhouse… Source link
Read More »China’s May forex reserves rise to $3.22 trillion
BEIJING, June 7 (Reuters) – China’s foreign exchange reserves, the world’s largest, rose more than expected in May, official data showed on Monday, as the U.S. dollar weakened. The data showed China’s foreign exchange reserves rose $23.62 billion to $3.22 trillion last month, compared with $3.208 trillion seen in a Reuters poll of analysts and $3.198 trillion in April. Foreign inflows into Chinese stocks and bonds have been strong as China gallops ahead of other major economies in its recovery… Source link
Read More »AMC Drama Is Exposing Risks in $11 Trillion World of Indexing
(Bloomberg) — Index funds are supposed to cut out the human-driven craziness that periodically infects markets, but the recent meme-stock fever proved the $11 trillion industry is far from immune. The remarkable surge in shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and a handful of other stocks is showing up in multiple exchange-traded funds, skewing portfolios, altering risk profiles and exerting outsized influence on prices. Take the $68 billion iShares Russell 2000 ETF (ticker IWM). In the… Source link
Read More »Wall Street Uses Old Tricks in $2.4 Trillion Crypto Jungle
(Bloomberg) — Wall Street traders like Trey Griggs are finding a new lease on life in the $2.4 trillion crypto Wild West. After two decades in energy trading, the 51-year-old was lured by a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. colleague this February into a new world of market-making in digital currencies. Now he’s in fighting spirits — unleashing old-school finance tricks to exploit the industry’s rampant inefficiencies, volatility and downright weirdness. “All the fun that used to be had 30… Source link
Read More »Biden proposes tax hikes to pay for $1.8 trillion American Families Plan
President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans in order to pay for programs designed to support families and children — including two years of free community college, paid family leave, efforts to make child care more affordable and universal preschool. Biden will outline the American Families Plan in his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night. The proposal — the second phase of his plan to overhaul the U.S. economy —… Source link
Read More »Amazon stock may be 70% undervalued and the company worth $3 trillion: analyst
TipRanks Raymond James Predicts Over 60% Rally for These 2 Stocks Bouncing back with incredible force, the S&P 500 has gained 50% over the past 12 months, with the index now landing just shy of its 52-week high. This impressive charge forward has come as investors shrug off COVID-19’s devastating impact on the economy. Going ahead, Raymond James strategist Tavis McCourt believes we’re looking at a prolonged period of higher interest rates, higher taxes, and abundant economic growth. “[It]… Source link
Read More »President Biden will unveil a $2 trillion infrastructure plan today — Here’s what’s in it
President Joe Biden is set to unveil a $2 trillion economic recovery plan on Wednesday afternoon, which includes raising the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28% to help pay for a massive overhaul of America’s infrastructure. The proposal, called the American Jobs Plan, is the first of the two economic recovery plans the administration plans to roll out in the coming weeks. Biden will detail the first plan focusing on the infrastructure overhaul on Wednesday in Pittsburgh and the second plan… Source link
Read More »5 Trillion Searches Show Google Keeps 65% Of Visits To Itself
Two thirds of all searches on Google start and end on Google without a click outside the Google universe and Google ecosystem of knowledge and data and answers, according to a new study of over 5 trillion searches in 2020. And that doesn’t even count Hey Google voice searches on mobile devices and smart speakers. Percentage of Google searches that don’t end in a click to a non-Google website. SparkToro If you’ve noticed less traffic from Google to your websites in the past… Source link
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