XOMA Royalty Declares Quarterly Preferred Stock Dividends
GlobeNewswire News Room· 2024-09-23 17:30
 EMERYVILLE, Calif., Sept. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XOMA Royalty Corporation (Nasdaq: XOMA) (“XOMA” or the “Company”) today announced its Board of Directors has authorized the following cash dividends to holders of XOMA’s Series A and Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock: Holders of the 8.625% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (Nasdaq: XOMAP) shall receive a cash dividend equal to $0.53906 per share.   Holders of depositary shares, each representing 1/1000 of a share of XOMA’s 8.375% Series B ...
WuXi Biologics Included in Hang Seng ESG 50 Index
Prnewswire· 2024-09-23 17:30
HONG KONG, Sept. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi Biologics ("WuXi Bio") (2269.HK), a leading global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), today announced that it has been included in the Hang Seng ESG 50 Index, making it the only pharmaceutical company selected this year. The Index became effective September 9, following the Hang Seng Indexes review results announcement in August.Launched in 2020, the Hang Seng ESG 50 Index aims to capture the performance of Top 50 ESG leaders ...
3 No-Brainer Interest-Rate-Sensitive Dividend Stocks to Buy Right Now for Less Than $1,000
The Motley Fool· 2024-09-23 17:30
The Federal Reserve just dropped rates, which should help companies that use a lot of debt. Here are three to look at right now.The S&P 500 index currently offers a scant 1.3% dividend yield. The average utility is yielding about 2.9%, using the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU 2.64%) as an industry proxy. That's more than twice what you'd get from the average S&P 500 stock, and highlights why utilities are a good place to shop when looking for dividend stocks.Plenty of dividend stocks out there rely ...
Forget Bitcoin: This Cryptocurrency Could Be Massively Lucrative
The Motley Fool· 2024-09-23 17:23
A new multi-trillion-dollar market opportunity could send the value of Chainlink soaring.Right now, Bitcoin (BTC 1.42%) is far and away the most valuable cryptocurrency, with a $1.2 trillion market cap. No other cryptocurrency even comes close, with Bitcoin accounting for a whopping 57% of the value of the entire cryptocurrency market.However, there's a good chance you've already missed out on Bitcoin's amazing run. So you'll need to find another cryptocurrency that has a chance to be as massively lucrative ...
Billionaire Stan Druckenmiller Is Selling Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft, and Buying These High-Yield Dividend Stocks Instead
The Motley Fool· 2024-09-23 17:20
The billionaire may see an opportunity in dividend stocks as the Fed lowers interest rates.Stan Druckenmiller saw the potential for the next wave of artificial intelligence fairly early. That led him to take a big position in Nvidia in the fourth quarter of 2022. He added Microsoft in the first quarter of 2023, after it upped its stake in generative AI leader OpenAI. At the start of this year, he started taking gains on his Nvidia investment and put some into Apple.But Druckenmiller has quickly changed his ...
Can Alex Cooper and the "Daddy Gang" Help Save This Warren Buffett Stock?
The Motley Fool· 2024-09-23 17:15
Cooper and her popular "Call Her Daddy" podcast are joining a company in Berkshire Hathaway's stock portfolio.What does a 30-year-old podcast star have in common with a 94-year-old investing legend? On the surface, not much.Alex Cooper rose to fame through the creation of the Call Her Daddy podcast, which interviews high-profile celebrities and focuses on a range of topics including sex, relationships, and mental health.Warren Buffett, on the other hand, made his name through the conglomerate he has run for ...
Carvana Stock Is Up 228% on the Year, but a New Red Flag Just Emerged
The Motley Fool· 2024-09-23 17:10
Looking under the hood, this issue could become a big problem for the company.One of the hottest stocks this year has been Carvana (CVNA 1.82%), which has risen over 228% in 2024. The online auto retailer looked like it was on the brink of bankruptcy a couple of years ago, but it has engineered a solid turnaround.The company has been posting some strong quarterly results that have encouraged investors. However, a new red flag has recently emerged. Let's take a look at the used car sales specialist and why i ...
Warren Buffett's Secret Portfolio Is Dumping Shares of 3 Supercharged Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks (No, Not Nvidia!)
The Motley Fool· 2024-09-23 17:06
The Oracle of Omaha's "hidden" $602 million portfolio has been a decisive seller of three brand-name companies on the cutting edge of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution.Few if any money managers command the attention of professional and everyday investors quite like Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A -0.34%) (BRK.B -0.96%) CEO Warren Buffett. Since becoming CEO in the mid-1960s, he's overseen a cumulative return in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) of more than 5,500,000%, and briefly witnessed his compa ...
TSMC and Samsung in talks with UAE to build chip megafactories, WSJ reports
CNBC· 2024-09-23 17:02
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with the Burj Khalifa in the backdrop, Sept. 16, 2022.Global chip giants Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Samsung Electronics have been in talks with the United Arab Emirates to explore building megafactories in the Middle East, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing people familiar with the interactions and strategies involved.Top executives at TSMC have visited the Gulf state recently to discuss plans o ...
This $1 Trillion Opportunity Could Make Nvidia Stock a No-Brainer Buy -- and It's Not Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The Motley Fool· 2024-09-23 16:52
文章核心观点 - Nvidia公司在人工智能(AI)领域取得巨大成功,成为全球最大的公司之一[1] - Nvidia CEO认为公司还有1万亿美元的机会,这不仅来自于AI,还来自于加速计算的转型[2][3] - 即使在没有AI的情况下,加速计算也将推动Nvidia的发展,因为通用计算已经达到物理极限[2][3] - Nvidia的新一代GPU架构Blackwell将大幅降低大型语言模型的成本和能耗,满足市场旺盛的需求[4] - 除了加速现有数据中心的转型,AI还将推动更多新的"AI工厂"数据中心的建设[4] - Nvidia正在保持一年一次推出新GPU技术的节奏,未来还有更多Blackwell架构产品推出[5] 行业分析 - 加速计算将推动1万亿美元的数据中心市场转型,Nvidia在这一领域占据优势地位[2][3] - AI需求的持续增长将加速数据中心从通用计算向加速计算的转型[4] - 新一代AI技术对算力的需求将推动更多"AI工厂"数据中心的建设[4] - Nvidia保持技术创新节奏,不断推出新一代GPU产品满足市场需求[5] 公司分析 - Nvidia在AI和加速计算领域占据领先地位,有望从1万亿美元的市场机会中获益[2][3] - 公司新一代Blackwell GPU大幅降低了大型语言模型的成本和能耗,满足市场旺盛需求[4] - Nvidia保持技术创新节奏,持续推出新一代GPU产品,为公司未来发展奠定基础[5]