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The global Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) market is projected to more than double over the next five years. BTV- Business Television speaks with ETF industry experts giving investors firsthand insight. On the market for 52 years now, Mackenzie Investments Canada (MEE) has 2,082 different funds with different objectives. Delivering ETF’s products to Canadian investors for half a century, the company believes that management of risks is as important as performance. In fact, risk is one of the major concerns for investors and some sectors can be really intimidating. Whether active or passive, ETF’s are the best way to mitigate risks.…

European stocks and bonds have had a lot to deal with in recent years, not least war, an energy crisis and surging inflation. Now things are looking up. Germany’s DAX index of shares has added 11% since the start of November. Yields on French ten-year government bonds have dropped from 3.5% in October to 2.8%. Even Italian yields briefly fell below 4%, from 5% in mid-October. Investors are upbeat in part because inflation is falling faster than expected. Yet their mood also reflects a grimmer reality: the economy is so weak that surely interest-rate cuts are not far away.image: The…

Scientists from the University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to unravel the mystery of rogue waves. Long dismissed as nautical folklore, these enormous waves have been proven real, posing significant risks to ships and offshore structures. The AI-driven breakthrough offers a formula that predicts the occurrence of rogue waves, potentially revolutionizing maritime safety. Using over a billion waves’ worth of data spanning 700 years, researchers have employed AI techniques to develop a mathematical model predicting when and how rogue waves may emerge. Dion Häfner, a former PhD student at the Niels Bohr…

Shadow deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has pledged to make commonhold the default tenure for all properties, saying “if the government cannot deliver it, we are ready to do so”. Speaking at the second reading of the Leasehold Reform Bill yesterday, Rayner accused the government of “chaos” for failing to ban the sale of new leasehold homes. She said: “A Labour government will make commonhold the default tenure for all new properties as part of our commitment to fundamentally and comprehensively reform the leasehold system. We will also enact the Law Commission’s recommendations on enfranchisement, commonhold and the right to…

Centene Corp.’s stock CNC, +0.65% rose 1.4% premarket Tuesday, after the managed care provider set guidance for 2024 that was above consensus, while backing higher-than-expected profit guidance for 2023. St. Louis-based Centene said it still expects 2023 adjusted EPS of at least $6.60, which is ahead of the $6.55 FactSet consensus. For 2024. the company expects adjusted EPS of greater than $6.70, which compares with a FactSet consensus of $6.62. The company expects revenue to range from $142.5 billion to $145.5 billion, compared with a FactSet consensus of $142.1 billion. The company’s board has approved a $4 billion share buyback…

The terms capitalist economy and free market economy are often used interchangeably but there are differences, at least in the theories that underpin them. In both, the law of supply and demand is allowed to determine the goods and services that are produced and the prices that are charged for them. Both capitalist and free market theory focus on the ownership of capital and the factors of production by private individuals rather than a government. Free market theory goes further. It maintains that the exchange of goods and services should be largely unhampered by government interference or regulation. In effect,…

In a wide-ranging interview with CNBC Crypto World, Ben McMillan, founder and CIO of IDX Digital Assets, discusses what’s currently driving crypto prices as PayPal launches its new dollar-backed stablecoin and as big names in finance file applications for spot bitcoin ETFs. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi  » Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision » Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC Turn to CNBC TV for the latest stock market news and analysis. From market futures to live price updates CNBC is the leader in business news worldwide. Connect with CNBC News Online Get…

Joa_Souza Introduction Braskem (NYSE:BAK) is the largest plastic producer in the Americas. The company reported declining revenues and profits for the last few quarters. Despite that, it is an attractive investment but for a specific reason. It is an acquisition target. A few companies have shown interest in BAK in the last several months. The company has been in a bear market for the previous two years and has reached a bottom. Usually, I do not invest in unprofitable businesses. However, BAK is a rare exception. The company offers upside potential with low downside risk due to a potential takeover…

Unlike its competitors, Mistral AI chose to make its model available as a free download instead of providing access through APIs. This approach empowers developers to run the model on their own devices and servers. French Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup Mistral AI has reached a valuation of $2 billion following the conclusion of a successful funding round which raised €385 million ($415 million) to further develop its innovative technology and open-source software. Significance of Mistral AI’s New Funding Round The funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and supported by initial backers Lightspeed Ventures, concluded on December 11, following a…

The value of new UK buy-to-let lending is set to fall by -53% in 2023 according to trade body UK Finance, underlying how investors are being increasingly staying away from the housing market. The value of new buy-to-let purchase lending looks set to fall to just £8billion in 2023, likely due to higher mortgage costs. The government’s policy to cut mortgage income tax relief and replace it with a 20% tax credit is often blamed on landlords staying away, as it has caused them to be taxed on their income rather than their profits – something that’s far more damaging…