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PFOF, fees, meme stocks, UST; 4 actions by the SEC explained

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to overhaul retail stock trading regulations in an effort to boost competition and give smaller investors a fair shot at the best trading prices....
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Do gun stocks benefit from the regulation debate?

The recent shooting incident in the US has strengthened calls for gun control legislation. But paradoxically, mass shootings also lead to a surge in purchases of firearms, as Americans arm up for their own safety and over concerns that certain...
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Pharma firm SIGA cashes in on monkeypox scare

New York-based pharmaceutical firm SIGA Technologies (NASDAQ:SIGA) is among the companies to benefit from the growing threat of monkeypox, recently pushing its shares to an almost decade-high after the company obtained approval in Europe to use its TPOXX antiviral drug...
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Musk’s 5 billion dollar exit from Twitter

Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in the world, appears to be playing a game of Monopoly in real life as he leads a number of companies in the tech space, and builds stakes in other companies and cryptocurrencies. However, his...
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Are Nasdaq stocks now reasonably priced?

Over the past two years, technology companies have enjoyed explosive growth as investors were upbeat about the prospects for the sector at a time when people relied on technology to stay connected while cooped up in their homes. Internet firms...
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Which Chinese firms face delisting from US stock exchanges?

Geopolitical tensions between China and the US have escalated in recent years amid efforts by both countries to become the world’s economic powerhouse. Speculations that the Chinese economy would overtake the US by 2030 have led to tit-for-tat tariffs, sanctions,...
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Why did the Nasdaq Index fall 5% on Thursday?

The Nasdaq Composite Index, the benchmark for technology stocks in the US, fell to its lowest level since November 2020 on Thursday, May 5, which can be attributed to a number of factors, including lacklustre earnings from e-commerce firms like...
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What publicly listed companies are dipping their toes in NFTs?

Over the past two decades since the dot-com boom in the late 1990s that eventually led to the dot-com bubble in the year 2000, several new tech-investing trends have emerged, including artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and -- most recently...
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How much of the Japanese stock market does the BOJ own?

The Bank of Japan (BOJ), unlike any of its peers, has become a huge player in the country’s stock market. What began as a monetary policy experiment has turned into what some economists describe as a caveat for policymakers about...
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