The share price of gun-makers Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger both jumped after the Uvalde massacre. In the past, gun-makers were punished after a shooting, but things have changed.
The SEC’s proposed rules include some reporting of so-called Scope 3 emissions, in companies’ supply chains and use of their products.
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A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is pushing for a ban on active trading by members of Congress following accusations that some of their colleagues may have engaged in insider trading.
AI is all about analysing huge amounts of data so why isn’t it used more in trading?
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Machine learning is based on analysing huge data sets and finding patterns in them, yet isn’t used much in financial market decisions.
Voters follow social distancing measures at the Halifax Convention Centre as they prepare to vote in the federal election in Halifax back in September. This year will bring about a host of significant political issues and events that will impact communities both locally and globally.
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International relations, elections, climate change policies and the continuing pandemic are some of the political events to keep an eye out for in the upcoming year.
Karl Schmedders, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and Patrick Reinmoeller, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Despite a boom in IPOs, a larger number of companies are going in the opposite direction.
A new study using music streaming data to measure national mood underlines how much stock markets are governed by emotion rather than rational calculation.
Until the late 1800s, moments of widespread high-risk financial gambling weren’t considered manias but the results of individual actors, who bore responsibility for the disastrous results.
A finance scholar explains what an IPO is, how it works and a new way companies are going public that’s winning the hearts of WallStreetBets Redditors.