Hints and tips:
...Some retail investors were undeterred: “FEAR NOT #phunarmy this is the insiders and institutions trying wash out us retail investors hold strong and I’m adding on these dips,” said one poster in the stock...
...The UL network traces its roots to a late 19th century effort to help insurance companies save money by testing electrical products for fire risk....
...I’m not sure what to think about this....
...The benchmark S&P 500 has climbed 19 per cent in six months, while volatility — a threat to would-be floats — has remained low....
...And I’m slightly sceptical that anyone else knows how to do it, either. But I’m open to suggestions....
...The work will involve replacing the mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems in the 170-year-old museum, and refurbishing public galleries....
...The new paper, by Jeremiah Green of Texas A&M and John Hand of University of North Carolina, argues that at least on the ethnic diversity side, the studies just don’t hold up....
...I’m not sure of the market relevance of either point, but there you go. Email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...I’m not sure if the second-tier social media companies are profitable, even when their revenues rise into the billions....
...I’m not trying to defend all the practices, some of which are illegal or should be illegal....
...Lawyer fee awards have become a hot topic in courts in Delaware, where more than 300 S&P 500 companies are incorporated....
...But I’m not sure it’s more complicated....
...“Whenever I go golfing . . . there are very many cross friends among the top executives, guys saying [sorry] my company is below one price to book, I’m sorry,” he said with a smile....
...Reiner encouraged newer covered call ETF issuers to be “slightly creative” when designing products and said he was “not really against them, but I’m also not rooting for them”....
...I don’t know what became of those companies, but I’m assuming it wasn’t good, and that it took less than five years....
...“There is a thirst for new paper, and you’re not getting that through new M&A,” says Muthukrishnan....
...But I’m not sure, and I’d be keen to hear from readers. One good read The natural gas industry in America is absolutely wild....
...I’m midway through investigative journalist Eyal Press’s excellent book Dirty Work, which examines the often appalling conditions faced by people doing society’s toughest, most thankless tasks, such as slaughterhouse...
...I’m not sure, but it is a good subject for further research. One good read Bumble is diversifying into the “ecosystem of love”....
...In 2007, Greenhill recorded annual revenue of $400mn when the S&P 500 was around 1,500. Today the index is above 4,000. Yet Greenhill never again exceeded $330mn in annual revenue....
...This year, the effective rate of interest on corporate debt jumped to the highest since 2012 for the smallest half of companies in the S&P 1500 (also from M&G, citing SocGen)....
...Companies will have to assess the future of these sites, says Atul Arya, chief energy strategist at S&P Global Commodity Insights....
...Scott’s away this week so you’ve got me, and I’m taking a look at the promise and progress of tokenisation....
...And we should mention that Nikkei Inc, which calculates and publishes the index, owns the Financial Times. Japan’s market bubble burst in the 1980s and has had a slow time recovering....
...NRG’s share price surged, becoming the best-performing stock on the S&P 500 index that year....
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