Author: Lucas

By the time February rolls around, New Year’s resolutions can start to feel… negotiable. Life gets busy, routines settle back in, and those big January intentions sometimes fade into the background. But here’s the good news: this is actually the perfect moment to solidify your goals and turn good intentions into lasting habits – especially when it comes to saving. Building strong savings habits doesn’t have to mean cutting out everything fun or tracking every penny. In fact, some of the most effective strategies work quietly in the background, rewarding you for the spending you already do and helping your…

The tech company is selling long-term debt to fund new developments and products in its online search and AI empire. Google appears to be gearing up to sell bonds with an up-to-100-year debt maturity in the near future. Sources have reported that the Alphabet company is gearing up to offer these bonds in purchases through US dollars, British pounds, and Swiss francs, with varying maturities that run from three to 25 years for the francs, and with maturities of three to 100 years elsewhere. This comes from sources that spoke to the Wall Street Journal recently. According to those sources,…

Split to Enhance Trading Liquidity and Broaden Institutional Appeal Charlotte, NC, Feb. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FG Nexus Inc. (Nasdaq: FGNX, FGNXP,(the “Company”), today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a one (1)-for-five (5) reverse stock split of the Company’s outstanding common stock. The reverse split is expected to become effective at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on February 13, 2026. The Company’s common stock has been assigned a new CUSIP number, 30329Y403, in connection with the reverse stock split. Following the reverse split, every five shares of FG Nexus common stock will be automatically exchanged into one…

Returning to the trade dynamics that have, together with the deficits, been a major factor in platinum’s price rally. There are three global centres for international metals trading, London, New York and Shanghai. In normal market conditions there is a relatively unfettered flow of metal between London and New York, whilst trade into Shanghai tends to be mostly one way due to China’s export restrictions (China is the biggest platinum consumer globally). Source link

Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries cost Russia’s oil and gas sector as much as $12.9 billion (1 trillion Russian rubles) last year, according to a local insurance broker.   Direct losses for the sector topped $1.3 billion (100 billion rubles) in 2025. If these are added to the indirect losses and missed sales and profits, the total losses for Russia’s oil and gas industry amounted to $13 billion, Yevgeny Borovikov, deputy CEO at insurance broker Mains, told Russian daily Kommersant. Last year, Russian insurers booked losses as insurance claims for sabotage and terrorism skyrocketed amid intensified Ukrainian attacks on key infrastructure,…

A technology business which provides a wide range of services to the insurance industry will this week announce a major funding injection jointly led by one of the co-founders of Zilch, the leading British fintech.Sky News understands that ManageMy, which helps insurers sell, service, underwrite and manage policies, will say it has landed $45m from investors, including $20m in a Series B funding round. The latest injection was led by Ventura Capital, a prominent backer of successful growth-oriented tech businesses, and OCVC, the investment vehicle of Zilch co-founder Sean O’Connor.Money latest: Mechanic reveals signs you are being ripped offManageMy’s new…

The Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) stood at 165.22 Property prices in the last quarter of 2024 were 5.2% higher than the same quarter in 2023, according to the Residential Property Price Index (RPPI). The National Statistics Office said that during the fourth quarter of 2024, the Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) stood at 165.22, an annual rise of 5.2 per cent when compared to the corresponding quarter of 2023. In the same period, the Apartments Price Index and the Maisonettes Price Index stood at 165.34 and 157.53, registering annual increases of 5.0 per cent and 5.2 per cent, respectively. …

Palantir is delivering unbelievable growth, but the stock is valued at too much of a premium for me.One of the most difficult stocks in the market to understand is Palantir (PLTR +6.29%). Palantir continues to post unbelievable quarter after unbelievable quarter, and the stock continues to rise as a result. However, if you look at the valuation behind the stock, it makes no sense. Palantir is an incredibly difficult stock for me to wrap my head around, which is why I’m not investing in it. Many investors want to own Palantir shares, but they must understand the risks and upside…

MOSDEX London, UK, Nov. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MOSDEX aims to democratize arbitrage trading for all levels of traders. The platform has even developed institutional arbitrage software in the past and deployed it through the Russian stock exchange. MOSDEX is implementing its advanced technology to create a dynamic procedure for conducting arbitrage transactions more accurately, securely, and faster. The platform has been around for only a few months but has already laid the groundwork for a disruption in the arbitrage process. Company representatives said the new solution will initially launch in Bitcoin and USDT. Afterwards, they are going to…

The price of gold soared by more than 60% in 2025 — more than triple the gains seen in the S&P 500.During the final stretch of 2025, investors gradually began to rotate capital out of volatile growth stocks and seek more durable safe havens. Specifically, the spot price of gold soared 26% during the fourth quarter, and rose 65% during the entire year. Even though we’re only a little over a month into 2026, the momentum behind gold’s rally doesn’t appear to be fading. With the commodity currently hovering just below $5,000 per ounce, smart investors are surely wondering how…