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Minute Markets 6/8/24

Key Events 👉 Wall Street’s New Sanctuary – Texas Blackrock based TXSE Group and Citadel securities plan to launch the Texas Stock Exchange. The exchange has raised about $120 million and plans to attract global companies as capital markets rebound after the pandemic. But how does an exchange really function? Why create another one? The image that comes to mind

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Minute Markets 6/1/24

Key Events  👉 Trafigura Group and Aluminum  What’s the difference between physical aluminum and abstract aluminum?  Physical aluminum is the actual aluminum that firms or producers may use to make goods such as cans or bicycles. You get abstract aluminum if you buy a futures contract. After the contract expires, you get a warranty from the London Metal Exchange that

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Minute Markets 5/24/24

Key Events 👉 Nvidia Announces 10-for-1 Stock Split Nvidia shares closed up 7% Thursday. Nvidia has been the primary player in manufacturing GPUs for video games and recently the central hardware manufacturer in the AI boom. Revenue in Nvidia’s first fiscal quarter increased by 262% from the previous year. So, what is the stock split going to do for Nvidia’s

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Question of the Day 5/23

Question How does a capital expenditure affect the Income Statement? A) It directly impacts the company’s operating expenses for the period, decreasing operating income by that amount.B) It increases operating expenses by allocating the cost of the capital expenditure over the asset’s life in depreciation, reducing net income.C) It decreases operating expenses by allocating the cost of the capital expenditure

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Minute Markets 5/21/24

Key Events 👉 Endless Shrimp and the Red Lobster Trap Red Lobster is the nation’s largest seafood chain that recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, effectively transferring the ownership of the business to its creditors to which the chain owed $300M dollars. Under a Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, the goal is not complete liquidation. The goal is to turnaround the

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