• May 29, 2025

Is Citigroup Stock a Buy Now?

Citigroup is generating strong earnings amid efforts to improve operational and financial efficiency. The bank's diversified profile and robust balance sheet make it well positioned to navigate a more challenging economic environment. The stock trading at just 0.7 times its book value may be undervalued relative to its banking industry peers.

  • May 29, 2025

Bitcoin vs. Gold: The Best Buy Right Now, According to a Wall Street Analyst

The U.S. Dollar Index has declined 8% year to date amid worrisome trade and fiscal policy decisions, so some investors have diversified into gold and Bitcoin. Gold has outperformed Bitcoin by 6 percentage points this year, but JPMorgan analyst Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou expects the opposite outcome in the remaining months of 2025. Bitcoin’s price could continue rising this year as more companies and state governments adopt the cryptocurrency as a strategic reserve asset.

  • May 29, 2025

The Smartest Dividend Stocks to Buy With $2,000 Right Now

Rexford Industrial has a historically high yield and a still-strong business. Realty Income is one of the most diversified REITs you can buy, and it has an above-average yield. Toronto-Dominion Bank is muddling through hard times, offering a high yield, and still has a strong foundation.

  • May 29, 2025

Why I Can't Stop Buying This 4%-Yielding Dividend ETF for Passive Income

The Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF currently has a 4% yield. The fund owns 100 high-quality, high-yield dividend stocks with excellent records of increasing their payouts. It should supply me with a lucrative and growing passive income stream and price appreciation potential.

  • May 29, 2025

US ethane exports to China hit new roadblock with licence requirement

SINGAPORE/HOUSTON (Reuters) -Chinese purchases of U.S. ethane, a key petrochemical feedstock, face fresh uncertainty after the Commerce Department told exporters to seek licences to export to China, according to trade sources and shipping data. Washington ordered a broad swathe of companies to stop shipping goods, including ethane and butane, to China without a licence and revoked licences already granted to some suppliers, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The move is the latest disruption in Chinese purchases of U.S. ethane, which hit a record of 492,000 barrels per day in 2024, or nearly half of U.S. exports, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

  • May 29, 2025

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Draws Record Inflows During May’s Rally

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  • May 29, 2025

Japan's Nomura committed to growth of US business, CEO says

TOKYO (Reuters) -Nomura Holdings, Japan's largest investment bank and brokerage, is committed to growing its business in the United States despite recent market volatility, its chief executive said on Friday. The announcement of sweeping tariffs in April triggered market turbulence and led some investors to sell down U.S. assets as they question U.S. financial dominance and safety. "Although America can be said to be the epicentre of the market volatility surrounding global tariff negotiations, the U.S. is the most important area rich in business opportunities," CEO Kentaro Okuda said at an investor relations event in Tokyo.