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What is alternative investment? Alternative investment is focused on investments or strategies outside of traditional long-only investments in stocks, bonds, or cash. For many years, the conventional wisdom was that a portfolio should be 60% in equities and 40% in bonds. However, this attitude has shifted and as the stigma surrounding alternative investments has diminished institutions and investors increasingly look to alternative investment opportunities to further diversify their portfolios. Some of the more well-known alternative investment strategies include hedge funds, private equity and venture capital, infrastructure, private real estate, private credit and debt, commodities, and natural resources. There are also…

Russell 2000® Index (RUT) options to trade nearly 24×5 during Cboe’s Global Trading Hours Expansion that may allow European and Asia-Pacific traders to more easily manage U.S. small-cap exposure Initiative is part of Cboe’s ongoing efforts to expand global access to its proprietary U.S. equity index options CHICAGO, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world’s leading derivatives and securities exchange network, today announced plans to extend trading hours for its Russell 2000 Index (RUT) options suite to nearly 24 hours a day, five days a week, beginning February 9, 2026. RUT options are currently…

The annual rate of inflation fell to 2.9% in November, a marginal drop on October, although grocery shopping remains more expensive, national statistics office CBS said on Tuesday. The cost of energy … Source link

Gary Christie of Trading Central recently identified Canadian-listed stocks that he believes combine value, quality, and fundamental strength. In a recent screen using the company’s “Strategy Builder” product, Gary Christie of Trading Central, writing for the Globe and Mail, identified Canadian-listed stocks that he believes combine value, quality, and fundamental strength. The screen focused on companies with what he called a “TC quantamental” score of 60 or higher, a metric that blends valuation, growth, quality, momentum, and income factors. A minimum $2-billion market cap was required to keep the list to larger issuers, and a P/E cap of 20 was…

One Year After RA Launch,150 Corporate Clients Secured Rsquare, a comprehensive commercial real estate services company, announced that it has secured 150 corporate clients just one year after launching its commercial real estate solution, RA (Rsquare Analytics). The company plans to expand its data coverage beyond office spaces to include commercial district analysis and residential real estate data. Lee Yonggyun, CEO of Rsquare, is presenting the achievements of the RA launch at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul. Provided by Rsquare 원본보기 아이콘 On December 2, Rsquare held a grand opening press conference for RA at the Plaza Hotel in Jung-gu,…

(Bloomberg) — Silver rose to a record, as traders laid speculative bets on continued supply tightness and lower borrowing costs in the US. Gold also gained. The white metal rose as much as 0.8% to trade at $58.9471 an ounce, above a previous peak of $58.84 set two days earlier. Investors expect that a new Federal Reserve chair and the release this month of delayed US economic data will support US President Donald Trump’s calls for monetary easing. The recent gains in precious metals reflect the potential for cuts to gather pace after Jerome Powell’s term ends in May. Most…

All primary and secondary school pupils in the south are set to be taught about financial matters under changes to the national curriculum. Read the full story here. You can follow BBC Hampshire & … Source link

Global brokerage firm Citi has raised its price target on Nifty 50 heavyweight Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) in a note released on Wednesday, December 3.Citi has maintained its ‘Buy’ rating on RIL and lifted the target price to ₹1,805 per share. This indicates a potential upside of 17% from Tuesday’s closing level.Citi mentioned that it had recently increased its FY27E EV/EBITDA multiple for Bharti Airtel from 13x to 14x and has now applied the same revision to Jio as well. This pushes Jio’s enterprise value estimate higher, from $135 billion to $145 billion.The brokerage has also begun explicitly valuing RIL’s…

BENGALURU: Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will get 4,500 more electric buses under the PM’s e-Drive Scheme with Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) finalising bids last month, according to Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma.The minister was responding to a question by Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya in the Lok Sabha. Surya had sought details on the number of buses sanctioned, funds allocated, operational status, and the reasons for the delay. In his reply, the minister said under the scheme, 4,500 e-buses have been allotted to BMTC. These buses are among the 10,900 e-buses for which…

NEW YORK/LONDON, Dec 2 : Global shares rose on Tuesday and both cryptocurrencies and global government bonds stabilised after the previous day’s selloff, which was triggered by a looming interest rate hike in Japan. Investors are also gearing up for an expected interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve.Wall Street stocks finished higher after losing ground in the prior session. Technology and industrial shares drove the gains, while energy and materials led losses.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.39 per cent, the S&P 500 rose 0.25 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.59 per cent. The broad stock indexes…