March 10, 2025
Financial Assets

Big Money Flocks Back to a Levered Trade That Went Bust in 2008

(Bloomberg) — A diversified investment strategy that seeks to juice returns through leverage is finding new love among big money managers — more than a decade after it blew up during the 2008 financial crisis.   The approach, widely known as “portable alpha,” uses derivatives to track returns of long-only indexes and then invests the

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Gold Investing

Gold Marks Fresh Record After Bullion-Backed ETFs See Inflows

(Bloomberg) — Gold touched a fresh record, as exchange-traded funds backed by the precious metal draw renewed interest from investors. Bullion hit a new all-time high of $2,956.19 an ounce on Monday, topping the previous peak reached on Thursday, before paring gains. Prices have risen for the past eight weeks, the longest streak since 2020.

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Gold Investing

Canada’s Equinox Offers to Buy Calibre as Gold Deals Heat Up

(Bloomberg) — Canada’s Equinox Gold Corp. sought to acquire Calibre Mining Corp. in a deal that would value the combined companies at $5.4 billion, the latest example of dealmaking as miners capitalize on record gold prices. Vancouver-based Equinox said on Sunday it entered into an agreement to purchase Calibre in an all-stock transaction. Calibre shareholders

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Financial Assets

Money Managers See Dangers in Credit’s Eerie Calm

(Bloomberg) — Price moves in the global credit market are so calm that some money managers are wondering whether a relentless rally in corporate bonds is becoming a red flag. A handful, including those at Franklin Templeton Investment Management and AXA Investment Managers, are getting more cautious about corporate bonds. With investment-grade spreads at the

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Fixed Assets

Deere shares drop with global farm slump hitting sales

Michael Hirtzer  |  Bloomberg Deere & Co. shares slid in pre-market trading as the world leader in farm machinery anticipates another challenging year. The maker of the iconic green and yellow machines used to plant and harvest crops kept its 2025 net income estimate between $5 billion to $5.5 billion, while sales in the key

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Gold Investing

Gold Stocks Shine in Toronto as Yawning Rate Gap Pummels Loonie

With 2024 being an exceptional year for gold, Daniel Ghali, director of commodities strategy at TD Securities, explains whether 2025 will see similar results as (Bloomberg) — As Canada’s currency weakens, fund managers are leaning into sectors that pay expenses in the local currency while collecting revenue in US dollars. That has made buying stocks

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Tangible Assets

Barrick and Mali Resume Talks on Ending Dispute Over Gold Mine

John Tumazos, analyst of Very Independent research, discusses about Barrick has ceased its activities in Mali. (Bloomberg) — Barrick Gold Corp. and Mali are set to resume talks on resolving a monthslong dispute over the distribution of revenue from one of the world’s biggest gold mines. Negotiations between representatives of the government and the world’s

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Financial Assets

Ex-Peloton CEO John Foley ‘lost all my money’ in company exit

Peloton sees first revenue growth since 2021, but forecast remains mixed Peloton reported a modest sales increase of in its fiscal fourth quarter, marking its first year-over-year revenue growth since the 2021 holiday season. Benzinga – News Peloton co-founder John Foley revealed that he nearly lost all his money after leaving the exercise equipment company

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Intangible Assets

TC BioPharm Announces Grant of European Patent Covering Use of Modified Gamma Delta Cells for the Treatment of Cancer and Viral Indications

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — TC BioPharm (Holdings) PLC (“TC BioPharm” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: TCBP) a clinical stage biotechnology company developing platform allogeneic gamma-delta T cell therapies for cancer and other indications, today announced that it has received a patent grant from European Patent Office (EPO) covering the use of modified gamma delta

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Tangible Assets

Wheaton Precious Metals Announces Investor Day Webcast on September 24, 2024

VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – Wheaton Precious Metals™ Corp. (“Wheaton” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it will host an Investor Day webcast on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, starting at 9:00am Eastern Time. Speakers will include Randy Smallwood, President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as the Wheaton Executive team. In

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