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Market Bipolarity: Exuberance versus Exhaustion!

Musings on Markets

That recovery notwithstanding, uncertainties about inflation and the economy remained unresolved, and those uncertainties became part of the market story in the third quarter of 2023. The Markets in the Third Quarter Coming off a year of rising rates in 2022, interest rates have continued to command center stage in 2023.

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Companies eye money market funds for cash management

Future CFO

Moreover, current market conditions drive private fund managers to hone in on their cash management practices , with many turning to strategies more commonly used by their corporate counterparts. Money market funds are “particularly attractive” as they generate yield on idle cash and are highly liquid, according to Quinn.

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White House Sees Hearing Aids as Chance to Lower Prices Through More Competition

CFO News Room

And it says it has a plan to make that possible: deregulate the market to increase competition. At present, just four manufacturers control 84% of the hearing-aid market, according to the Open Markets Institute, a think tank critical of corporate concentration. Has corporate concentration raised prices for you?

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Musings on Markets: Control, Complexity and Politics: Deconstructing the Adani Affair!

CFO News Room

The History The Adani Group, founded by Gautam Adani, started life as a commodity trading partnership business in Gujarat, and listed on stock markets in 1994, as Adani Exports, with a large chunk of its revenues coming from its operation of a local port in Mundra, with a subsequent entry into the edible oil business.

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S&P 500 Companies: A Visual Breakdown

Barry Ritholtz

trillion in assets, accounting for close to 80% of available market capitalization on U.S. The tech sector makes up over 26% , with Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia as the top S&P 500 companies by market capitalization. All of the companies in the S&P 500 are worth $7.1 stock exchanges.

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UK Digital Markets Unit To Tighten, Enforce Big Tech Competition Rules

PYMNTS

The British government is establishing a new Digital Markets Unit tasked with enforcing laws that apply to Big Tech companies, such as Google and Facebook , authorities announced in a press release. s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the agency that oversees enforcement of antitrust laws.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (February 24-25)

Nerd's Eye View

Which suggests that instead of trying to go head-to-head with these larger firms (and their heftier marketing budgets) in attracting clients, smaller firms might instead demonstrate how they are 'different' by offering a unique service offering tailored to their ideal target clients.