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[ad_1] (Bloomberg) — Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda raised interest rates to the highest level since 2008, avoiding market turmoil by carefully signaling his plans to investors. But that strategy carries its own risks. Most Read from Bloomberg Ueda and his board hiked the overnight policy rate to 0.5% on Friday in a move that was almost entirely priced in by traders. The decision left little more than a shallow ripple in global markets, with the yen strengthening slightly against the dollar. Investors are preparing for more hikes to come and the prospect that Japanese rates may reach 1%…

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[ad_1] Company Anticipates Return to Growth in 2025 SHANGHAI, Jan. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Nisun International Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd (“Nisun International” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: NISN), a technology and industry driven integrated supply chain solutions provider, today announced its preliminary revenue and earnings guidance for fiscal year 2024, along with key strategic decisions that position the Company for long-term growth and profitability. PRELIMINARY 2024 FINANCIAL GUIDANCERevenue: The Company expects to report revenues in the range of USD 300 million to USD 350 million.Net Income: The Company anticipates net income in the range of USD 11 million to USD…

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[ad_1] Via Metal Miner The Construction MMI (Monthly Metals Index) held its sideways trend, dropping by a slight 1.09%. Despite a torrent of construction news, the index didn’t budge much month-over-month and had a minimal reaction to recent interest rate drops. The Fed will likely need to drop interest rates more aggressively for the construction index to display any type of significant reaction to this macroeconomic price driver. Despite the lackluster reaction to The Fed’s more recent, dovish stance, the construction market witnessed a few significant developments month-over-month. Chief among these is China’s cancellation of the export tax rebates on both…

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[ad_1] My top 10 things to watch Friday, Jan. 24 1. Wall Street has a new industrial growth favorite: GE Aerospace . Multiple price target boosts for the engine maker following yesterday’s better-than-expected earnings report, which sent shares up 6.6% in the session. JPMorgan went to $210 a share from $190. UBS went to $235 from $215. 2. Guggenheim broke ranks on GE Vernova , another beloved part of the former General Electric conglomerate. Analysts downgraded the maker of gas and wind turbines to neutral from buy, arguing the easy money has already been made. 3. Barclays and Wells Fargo…

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[ad_1] Investing.com — Barclays (LON:) upgraded Tomra Systems ASA to an “overweight” rating on Friday, citing growth potential in the company’s Collection business and reduced risks in its Recycling and Food divisions. Shares of the Norway-based company were up 3.2% at 08:55 ET (13:55 GMT). The brokerage raised its price target for Tomra’s stock to NOK 190 from NOK 165, reflecting an 18% upside to the company’s share price at the time of the report. Analysts at Barclays flagged the increasing adoption of Deposit Return Schemes across various markets as a key driver of growth for Tomra.  With new DRS…

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[ad_1] Key TakeawaysLiquid alternatives are investing strategies that used to be available only through hedge funds, and these investments can provide diversification.A bucket between 5% and 15% of an investor’s portfolio seems reasonable for a liquid alts allocation.Morningstar has several different investment categories for liquid alts funds, split into two large buckets: portfolio diversifiers and opportunistic.The diversifier categories are those that don’t have any market exposure, such as equity market-neutral, which is going to balance its long and short exposure so that the only return should be the difference between the long stocks and the short stocks.Within the opportunistic bucket…

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[ad_1] Investing.com–Oil prices edged higher Friday, helped by better than expected Chinese economic activity, but were on course for a weekly decline as President Donald Trump called for lower crude prices and US higher energy production. At 08:35 ET (13:35 GMT), expiring in March rose 0.5% to $78.70 a barrel, while gained 0.4% to $74.95 a barrel.  Both contracts were trading around 3% lower this week – their worst performance since November.  PMI data, Fed in focus  Oil markets were helped Friday after data showed that China’s services sector expanded in December at the fastest pace in seven months supported by…

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[ad_1] By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – Foreign investors added $273.5 billion to their emerging market equity and debt portfolios last year, nearly $100 billion more than in 2023, according to a bank trade group’s preliminary data published on Friday. The $273.5 billion of inflows for 2024 topped the $177.4 billion in 2023 though it was below the $375 billion average between 2019-2021, according to the report from the Institute of International Finance. Almost all the inflow was money put into fixed income last year with $219 billion added to debt outside China and $54.2 billion to Chinese debt.…

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