Home Depot (HD) earnings Q2 2023

A sign is seen posted on the exterior of a Home Depot store on February 21, 2023 in El Cerrito, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesHome Depot topped earnings expectations Tuesday, but posted a 2% year-over-year sales decline as customers remained wary of big purchases and major projects.It marked the...

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The Next-Gen Python Library Simplifying Financial Time-Series Computations at Scale

Scientific Financial Systems’ flagship product Quotient™ provides an advanced analytical engine that simplifies data manipulation, factor building, backtesting, portfolio construction, and much more. Under the covers, SFS’s Quble technology powers Quotient’s financial algorithmsQuble is a revolutionary Python-based engine meticulously designed for quantitative finance analysis. Quble’s prowess is partially achieved...

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Retail sales report July 2023:

Consumer spending held up well in July as inflation slowed, with retail sales turning in a stronger-than-expected showing for the month, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.The advanced retail sales report showed a seasonally adjusted increase of 0.7% for the month, better than the 0.4% Dow Jones estimate. Excluding autos,...

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Stocks making biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, Discover, D.R. Horton

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading.Discover Financial Services — Shares slipped 6.5% after CEO Roger Hochschild resigned. The company said board member John Owen would assume the role of interim chief executive.Turnstone Biologics — Stock in the biotechnology company slipped 2.3% in premarket trading. Earlier Tuesday,...

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SEC hits ESG funds with subpoenas

The enforcement division of the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued formal requests, including subpoenas, to a number of investment firms over their sustainable investment advertising practices. This escalation shows the SEC’s heightened scrutiny on environmental, social and governance funds. A significant point of concern for the SEC includes mainstream...

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Finofo secures funding to challenge traditional forex with automated solution

Exchange rate volatility has long been a major headache for cross-border businesses. Historically, companies have sought protection by purchasing foreign exchange (FX) insurance or options, but most of these financial products operate like giant “black boxes”, Finofo‘s co-founder and CFO Charles Maranda told TechCrunch in an interview. Maranda’s company aims...

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DC plan sponsors taking more responsibility for employees’ retirement income

Employers offering defined-contribution plans to their workers are broadening their focus on financial well-being, according to a poll from J.P. Morgan Asset Management. DC plan sponsors are especially keen to ensure that their employees are well-placed to enjoy adequate retirement income, with 9 out of 10 respondents saying they “strongly...

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