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It's so tough to pay cash in China that the government had to fine a KFC for not accepting banknotes
China has been pushing for businesses to leave the door open for customers to use cash, with foreigner visitors saying they're struggling to spend.
The Smart Investor
4 Singapore Stocks That Raised Their Dividends
We highlight four stocks that recently upped their dividends. The post 4 Singapore Stocks That Raised Their Dividends appeared first on The Smart Investor.
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Singapore Airlines Reported Record Profits for FY2024: Can its Share Price Soar?
Singapore’s flagship carrier delivered an impressive performance, but can its share price reclaim the high achieved earlier this year? The post Singapore Airlines Reported Record Profits for FY2024: Can its Share Price Soar? appeared first on The Smart Investor.
The Independent
Trump Media stock slumps after reporting $327.6m first quarter loss, costing former president more than $766m
Company says losses are result of recent merger but share price has dropped 13.2% since Friday
Reuters
'Perfect storm' steers gold to another record high; silver jumps
Gold prices rose to an all-time high on Monday as a cocktail of factors from U.S. rate cut expectations, China's stimulus measures to geopolitical tensions lifted demand, with the momentum also carrying silver to a more than 11-year peak. Spot gold rose 0.9% to $2,435.96 per ounce as of 2:26 p.m. ET (1826 GMT) after hitting a record high of $2,449.89 earlier in the session. Data last week showed that U.S. consumer prices increased less than expected in April, suggesting that inflation resumed its downward trend, boosting expectations for a September interest rate cut.
Barrons.com
Bitcoin Falls. What’s Holding Back a Crypto Rally.
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were falling Monday, with the crypto sector’s momentum still highly dependent on flows into exchange-traded funds. The largest cryptocurrency hit a record high near $74,000 in mid-March amid a surge of interest from new spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but its price has dropped since then.
Barrons.com
AMD, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, and Other Tech Stocks in Focus Today
Tech stocks began Monday in positive fashion as the sector looked to regain momentum after slipping at the end of last week.
Reuters
Canada's Power Corp shuts down China unit, lays off staff, sources say
Power Corporation of Canada (Power Corp) has shut its China investment unit and dismissed all staff, said two people briefed on the matter, becoming the latest Western financial firm to pull back amid the country's economic challenges. Power Sustainable, which is the asset management arm of Power Corp and manages $4.5 billion of assets globally, started laying off all of its 17 local staff in recent weeks as it moved towards shutting down the Shanghai-based unit, said the people. Economic slowdown has seen many of the Western financial firms that scrambled to expand China operations a few years ago take a hit on their earnings and rein in their ambitions for what was a key piece of their global growth strategy.
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TikTok’s Humphrey Yang Claims These 5 Investments Will Keep You Poor
Everyone should be investing a good portion of their income. It's one of the key ways to build wealth (if you need an example, just look at multibillionaire Warren Buffett, who built much of his net...
Reuters
Oil falls 1% on sticky US inflation, dampened geopolitical risk premium
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices settled 1% lower on Tuesday as lingering U.S. inflation looked likely to keep interest rates higher for longer, weighing on fuel demand. Brent crude futures settled down 83 cents, or 1%, to $82.88 a barrel. Ahead of this weekend's Memorial Day holiday, which kicks off the U.S. peak summer driving season, retail gasoline prices fell for the fourth consecutive week to $3.58 per gallon on Monday, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its gasoline and diesel fuel update.
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XPeng Stock Jumps on Earnings. There’s Hope for China EVs.
XPeng stock rose Tuesday after the Chinese electric-vehicle maker reported better-than-expected first-quarter numbers. A year ago, XPeng reported a per-share loss of 38 cents on sales of $573 million. Quarterly gross profit margins were about 13%, up about 11 percentage points year over year and about two percentage points better than analysts’ forecasts.
Zacks
New Strong Sell Stocks for May 20th
BABA, ASGN and BGS have been added to the Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) List on May 20, 2024.
INSIDER
Trump Media lost $327 million last quarter. It's still valued at more than $6 billion.
Truth Social earned $770,500 from advertising, according to the earnings report, which is down from $1.1 million the same time last year.
Yahoo Finance
Markets brace for Nvidia earnings: What to know this week
A crucial earnings report from AI leader Nvidia greets a stock market that hit new records last week.
Zacks
If You Invested $1000 in ServiceNow a Decade Ago, This is How Much It'd Be Worth Now
Why investing for the long run, especially if you buy certain popular stocks, could reap huge rewards.
Futurism
Donald Trump's "Truth Social" Admits It Lost $327 Million This Quarter
How are things going at former President Donald Trump's social media company? Money-wise, astoundingly bad. Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns and operates the breakaway Twitter clone "Truth Social," posted a staggering net loss of over $327.6 million for the first quarter, according to an earnings report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission […]
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First Year of Retirement: 7 Money Moves You Absolutely Must Make
If you're nearing retirement age or freshly retired, it's critical to understand how to manage your financial life, and how it differs from when you were making a salary. For You: 7 Bills You Never...
Reuters
Nasdaq hits record, S&P ticks higher with Nvidia results eyed
The Nasdaq closed at a record high on Monday while the S&P 500 gained slightly as technology stocks advanced ahead of Nvidia's highly anticipated earnings and investors gauged the timing of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 technology index led gains among the 11 major S&P sectors, rising 1.32%, helped by chipmakers such as Nvidia, which advanced 2.49% ahead of its quarterly results on Wednesday. Investors will look for evidence in Nvidia's earnings that the AI chip leader can maintain its explosive growth and stay ahead of rivals.
FX Empire
AUD/USD Forecast – Australian Dollar Continues to See Questions Asked
The Aussie continues to see a lot of noise, as we had recently broke above the top of a major consolidation rectangle form the past several months. However, it seems as if we are continuing to see a lot of hesitation at this point.
Yahoo Finance
Wall Street's biggest bear flips, raises S&P 500 price target by 20%
Morgan Stanley chief investment officer Mike Wilson believes an improving growth outlook and an earnings rebound will drive the S&P 500 higher over the next year.

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