... technology giants known as the "Magnificent Seven" (Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Nvidia, Meta, and Tesla). The ratio of long to short positions held by hedge funds in these seven stocks has fallen to approximately 2.5x – a record low, compared to around 3.0x at the end of the bear market in 2022. This suggests that there are now only 2.5 short positions for every long position, reflecting a sharp decline in optimism. Concurrently, the net long exposure of hedge funds to ...

Why is IPO becoming a trend in Russia? In 2024, the IPO market in Russia has shown record results - 15 new issuers and over 100 billion rubles in raised capital. Find out why companies are increasingly choosing to list on the stock exchange, which sectors have become leaders, and what investors and traders can expect in 2025. Full overview,...

... economic growth prospects. On the other hand, geopolitical tensions have somewhat eased: the United States and the European Union managed to reach a compromise and avoid a large-scale trade war, bolstering risk appetite. Wall Street indices, after setting record highs in July, faced volatility amid mixed signals, while prices for safe-haven assets, such as gold, once again approached historical peaks. Investors from the CIS are particularly focused on the situation surrounding interest rates: the Federal ...

... Monday, April 5. The previous major threshold of $1 trillion was first tested by the market just a few months ago, at the beginning of 2021, amid Bitcoin's rise to a local maximum of $33,000. This data is backed by information from CoinGecko. The current record update comes in the wake of new investments in Bitcoin by the public company MicroStrategy. The software developer announced an additional investment of $15 million in BTC. The company purchased 253 coins at a median price of $59,339. Bitcoin was ...

... alternative to traditional financial instruments and fiat currencies, allowing transactions to be conducted directly, without intermediaries, to almost any point in the world. Secondly, technologies such as blockchain ensure transparency and immutability of records, enhancing trust in digital transactions. Furthermore, the emergence of decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has opened new areas of application for cryptocurrencies – from lending and insurance to art and gaming industries....