Riyadh: Saudi Aramco’s much-anticipated initial public offering will begin on November 17, the company’s prospectus said, without revealing the size of the stake sale or the pricing range. The 658-page document, released just before midnight Saturday, said the final share price will be determined on December 5 — a day after the subscriptions close — in what is expected to be the world’s biggest IPO. After years of delays and false starts, Aramco officials last week announced a share sale on the Riyadh stock exchange for the world’s most profitable…
Year: 2019
How is Aurora Cannabis (ACB) Planning to Dominate North America?
Earlier this week Cantor Fitzgerald analysts initiated coverage of Aurora Cannabis (ACB), issuing a “neutral” rating to the stock. Meanwhile, the Canadian company has been announcing moves in the U.S. and Mexico. Company executives also made headlines this week by mispronouncing one of their flagship brands named after the California town, San Rafael. Whether this was a well-orchestrated publicity stunt, or a genuine faux pas, it illustrates a broader trend taking place within the company. Aurora cannabis can’t count on the Canadian market alone if it wants to be profitable.…
Direxion Debuts 3X High Beta, Internet Stock ETFs
Direxion debuted four new 3X leveraged ETFs on Thursday designed to be a dynamic way for tactical traders to gain access to key parts of the equity market that either systematically look to capture a high volatile basket or to take advantage of the internet industry’s potential for booms and busts. The Direxion Daily S&P 500® High Beta Bull and Bear 3X Shares (NYSEArca: HIBL/HIBS), and the Direxion Daily Dow Jones Internet Bull and Bear 3X Shares (NYSEArca: WEBL/WEBS) seek to achieve 300%, or 300% of the inverse, of the…
ProShares Adds Pair of New ETFs to its Dividend Growth Suite
ProShares added two new ETFs to its dividend growth suite on Thursday, one focusing on U.S. technology and the other on the Russell 3000, which represents the total U.S. market. With eight ETFs—including its flagship fund NOBL—and over $7 billion in assets under management as of November 7, 2019, ProShares’ dividend growth ETF lineup is the largest of any ETF provider. The expansion of the lineup reflects ProShares’ belief in the value of dividend growth strategies for long-term investors. Michael Sapir, co-founder and CEO of ProShare Advisors, LLC, the advisor to ProShares,…
Can Sea Water Desalination Save The World?
Date: 2019-10-16 16:35:26 Today, one out of three people don’t have access to safe drinking water. And that’s the result of many things, but one of them is that 96.5% of that water is found in our oceans. It’s saturated with salt, and undrinkable. Most of the freshwater is locked away in glaciers or deep underground. Less than one percent of it is available to us. So why can’t we just take all that seawater, filter out the salt, and have a nearly unlimited supply of clean, drinkable water? »…