Understanding the Biometric Payment Systems Landscape

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[ad_1] As digital transactions become the norm, the demand for secure and convenient payment methods is at an all-time high. After one of the most challenging years in cybersecurity, the need to protect our increasingly digital lives is becoming more vital every year. Looking back at the holiday season, online consumer spending rose 4.9% year-over-year between November 1, 2023, … Read more

What to Understand About United Healthcare (UNH) and Bank of America (BAC) Earnings Results

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[ad_1] At first glance, two high-profile, early earnings reports that came this morning were major disappointments, disasters even. Both United Healthcare (UNH) and Bank of America (BAC) are trading significantly lower in this morning’s premarket after their Q4 results fell short of traders’ expectations. The two stories are very different, but there is a common thread in that the … Read more

Markets Higher With Small Caps Leading

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[ad_1] A mostly graphical daily curated roundup of the markets and the economy from Nasdaq’s IR team. #marketseverywhere  “It will always be possible to raise living standards further by lowering the amount of a resource that is used to produce a given output. Growth is therefore indefinitely ‘sustainable’.” -Matt Ridley, How Innovation Works | “Diary: … Read more

Oil Trading Higher as Oil Tankers Divert Course From Red Sea

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[ad_1] SECTOR COMMENTARY: The energy sector is poised for a broadly higher start, despite mixed performances in the major equity indices, supported by strength in the underlying commodities. U.S. stock index futures pared declines as investors cheered a softer-than-expected inflation print that bolstered expectations of early interest-rate cuts. Data showed the PPI increased 1% on … Read more

Daily Markets: Investors Eye Escalating Red Sea Tensions, December PPI and Bank Earnings

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[ad_1] Today’s Big Picture Asia-Pacific equity markets finished the day modestly lower except for India’s SENSEX which gained 1.18%, and Japan’s Nikkei which extended gains by 1.50% to close out the week at levels not seen since 1990, boosted today by the parent of global retailer Uniqlo, Fast Retailing Co. (FRCOY). Australia’s ASX All Ordinaries ended … Read more

IPO Market Remained Muted in 2023, but Tailwinds Are Expected This Year

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[ad_1] The decline in initial public offerings (IPOs) from 2022 was impacted by sharp rate increases that caused a market selloff. Despite the market recovery in 2023, with the Nasdaq-100 ending near all-time highs, the IPO market remained slow.   We used updated data from Jay Ritter because it has a longer history. He recorded only 153 U.S. equity market IPOs in … Read more

What Today’s Inflation Data and Early Earnings Indicate for the Stock Market

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[ad_1] Two things of importance occurred this morning in market terms, and as one would expect if you have been following along recently, the two taken together sent contradictory signals. The most widely anticipated news was the release of the CPI report for December. That wasn’t good, with prices rising a higher than expected 0.3% … Read more

Stubborn Inflation: Consumer Prices Come in Higher Than Expected

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[ad_1] A mostly graphical daily curated roundup of the markets and the economy from Nasdaq’s IR team. #marketseverywhere  Stubborn inflation | Consumer prices +0.3% in Dec, higher than expected, pushing the annual rate to 3.4% (shelter costs, food prices, energy prices rose) -CNBC Still trending above 2%…some more work left “Fed will have three more … Read more