Shares in BE Semiconductor jump over 9% after Applied Materials raises stake to 20%

“At least 25 states introduced bills to repeal or restrict data center tax subsidies, but such legislation passed in only eight states,” according to research by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.  Bloomberg News The tax breaks that help bring data centers into existence are attracting tighter scrutiny from state legislators who believe the lost…

Sustainable leveraged investing through volatility management – Journal of Investment Strategies Skip to main content Close navigation menu End of drawer navigation content Volatility management provides a simple and transparent rule for adjusting leverage in response to changing market risk without requiring direct forecasts of expected returns. Under an approximately stable conditional Sharpe ratio, inverse-volatility…

As Chairman Kevin Warsh looks to revamp the central bank’s communication strategy, the dot plot is ripe for change.

“Consumers continue to recognize the value of credit, but they’re carefully weighing borrowing costs, eligibility and their financial needs before making decisions,” Fabian said. Mortgage arrears in Canada have climbed from pandemic-era lows, reaching 0.28% of outstanding mortgages — but a new economic analysis from Desjardins Economic Studies argues the peak may already be…

Oracle (ORCL -1.74%) spent Thursday evening’s earnings call putting numbers on something Nvidia (NVDA -0.03%) investors usually have to take on faith. The software and cloud giant delivered 850 megawatts of artificial intelligence (AI) capacity to customers in its fiscal first quarter of 2027 (the period ended Aug. 31). That hardware contained more than 300,000…