Dollar General stock jumps on earnings beat and raised guidance

Dollar General stock jumps on earnings beat and raised guidance

Dollar General stock jumps on earnings beat and raised guidance
Jump Trading has doubled its dedicated prediction markets team this year, as the high-frequency trading firm increases its exposure to one of the fastest-growing corners of event-based trading. Prediction market volumes topped $50 billion in June, drawing increasing participation from institutional trading firms. For Jump, the opportunity is large enough to justify a different kind…
The Invesco Pharmaceuticals ETF (PJP +1.38%) offers concentrated exposure to U.S. drugmakers, while the Invesco Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBBQ +0.93%) provides a broader, lower-cost gateway to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. Both funds target the healthcare space but employ different approaches. PJP focuses on a tight group of 29 pharmaceutical giants, whereas IBBQ tracks the…
As private markets gain traction in defined contribution plans, WTW Investments is betting that professionally managed portfolios that maintain conservative allocations and daily liquidity will make the asset class more appealing to investors and advisors. Processing Content “You can’t just offer private markets in a 401(k) portfolio and expect the average participant to know how…
US futures exchanges can now strip the expiration dates from their perpetual-style stock index futures. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) granted the no-action relief yesterday (Monday). The change turns contracts that Coinbase Derivatives listed with expiries of up to 25 years into true perpetuals. The letter came from the CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight,…
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Long viewed as an emergency brake for macroeconomic panic, gold is starting to prove itself as much more than a crisis asset. Key Takeaways: Gold is often viewed as a defensive investment amid uncertainty, but Sprott’s John Hathaway, MBA, CFA, argued it has merits as an “all-weather strategy.” Hathaway also noted that now may be…