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NVO, HMC, XRX, TSLA and more

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Novo Nordisk — The stock jumped about 5%, rebounding from the nearly 18% losses seen in the previous session. On Friday, the Danish pharmaceutical giant's experimental weight loss drug, CagriSema, reported late-stage trial results that missed expectations . Honda –...

Fintech

O.XYZ Launches OSOL100 AI Index – The S&P 100 of Solana’s AI Ecosystem

Lahore, Pakistan, December 20th, 2024, ChainwireO.XYZ, the leading decentralized Super AI project, announces the launch of OSOL100, a first-of-its-kind AI index token designed to capture the cumulative value of Solana’s top 100 AI projects. This innovative token provides users with direct exposure to Solana’s AI infrastructure, agents, and meme...

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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: NVO, AVO, OXY

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: JPMorgan , Bank of America , Wells Fargo — The three U.S. banks that dominate transactions on the Zelle payments network all rose around 2% despite a Friday lawsuit from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over Zelle payment fraud. Crypto-linked...

Economy

PCE inflation November 2024:

Prices barely moved in November but still held higher than the Federal Reserve's target when looked at from a year ago, according to a Commerce Department measure released Friday.The personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, showed an increase of just 0.1% from October. The measure...

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NVO, FDX, SBUX and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Novo Nordisk – Shares plunged more than 19% after the Danish pharmaceutical giant reported disappointing late-stage trial results for its experimental weight loss drug, CagriSema. Rival obesity drug maker Eli Lilly rose more than 6% following the results. FedEx –...

Economy

Russian central bank surprises markets by holding key rate at 21%

MOSCOW, Russia: The Russian central bank has cut its key interest rate by 300 basis points for a third time since its emergency hike in late February, citing cooling inflation and a recovery in the ruble.KIRILL Kudryavtsev | AFP | Getty ImagesRussia's central bank on Friday unexpectedly left its...

Earnings

FedEx to spin off its freight trucking business

A driver of FedEx stands with packages near a delivery truck during Black Friday preparations in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, U.S., November 26, 2024. Benoit Tessier | ReutersFedEx announced the much-anticipated spinoff of its freight trucking division on Thursday, as it restructures operations to focus on its core delivery...

Fintech

FBS Analysts Unveil Key Crypto Trends in 2024 and Market Predictions for 2025

Singapore, Singapore, December 20th, 2024, FinanceWireFBS, a leading global broker, unveils its latest analysis of cryptocurrency market trends for 2024 and predictions for 2025. FBS analysts explore how pivotal events have shaped the digital finance landscape and identify emerging opportunities for the coming year.A Closer Look at 2024According to...

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FDX, NKE, X and more

Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. FedEx – Shares rose 8% following the delivery giant's better-than-expected earnings. For its fiscal second quarter, FedEx reported adjusted earnings of $4.05 per share, above the $3.90 per share that analysts surveyed by LSEG were expecting. Revenue, however, came in...

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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: DRI, MU, LW, HIMS

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Hims & Hers — Shares of the telehealth startup shares lost more than 10% after the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration said the active ingredient in Eli Lilly's Mounjaro and weight loss drug Zepbound is no longer in shortage ....

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Advisors fear slow growth, see value in high-quality bonds, PGIM study says

Uncle Sam is not the only one telling investors to buy U.S. bonds. Financial advisors are too. PGIM Investments’ quarterly survey of advisors — conducted just before the banking turmoil in March and again in May — shows that financial advisors ranked Treasuries, municipal bonds and investment-grade corporate bonds as...

Advisors express confidence wealthy clients will avoid IRS crackdown

Investment advisors expressed confidence their clients won’t be among those targeted by the IRS in an initiative that cracks down on wealthy tax cheats. The IRS announced Friday that it would use funding from tax and climate legislation approved last year to increase scrutiny of high-income earners, partnerships, large corporations...

AssetMark CEO Natalie Wolfsen leaves for top job at Orion

Natalie Wolfsen has stepped down as chief executive of AssetMark Financial Holdings to take over as the new CEO of Orion Advisor Solutions, a competing technology and turnkey asset management provider. AssetMark announced Friday that Michael Kim, a 13-year veteran of AssetMark, has been named the company’s new CEO, effective...

Supreme Court asked to decide abortion pill case

Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion during pregnancy and manage early miscarriage.Soumyabrata Roy | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesDrug company Danco Laboratories on Friday asked the Supreme Court to review the case challenging the legality of...

The puzzle posed by annuities

Here’s a quick multiple-choice quiz: Are annuities the functional equivalent of a pension? Can annuities be investments that have nothing to do with retirement? Do clients hate annuities? Do clients love annuities? Do many advisors find annuities so confusing that they prefer to ignore them? If you answered “Yes” to...