Sands Capital, an investment management company, released its “Sands Capital Global Growth Strategy” second-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Global Growth adopts a flexible approach to identify the most promising growth companies worldwide. Global equities outperformed the MSCI ACWI in the quarter. The portfolio returned 21.7% in the quarter compared to 11.5% for the index. The second quarter results were the fourth best in both absolute and relative terms since its ...

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(Reuters) -Bank of America raised its minimum hourly wage to $25 per hour across the United States, the lender said on Wednesday, fulfilling its 2021 pledge to meet the threshold. The second-largest U.S. bank has increased its minimum hourly pay by nearly 67% since 2018. The company was most recently paying a minimum wage of $24 per hour. With the latest increase, the minimum annualized salary for full-time BofA employees in the United States will exceed $50,000, the bank said. The move comes at a chall ...

Sands Capital, an investment management company, released its “Sands Capital Global Growth Strategy” second-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Global Growth adopts a flexible approach to identify the most promising growth companies worldwide. Global equities outperformed the MSCI ACWI in the quarter. The portfolio returned 21.7% in the quarter compared to 11.5% for the index. The second quarter results were the fourth best in both absolute and relative terms since its ...

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA ) (TSX: TSLA:CA ) can't keep itself out of the headlines. The stock got a jolt recently when Elon Musk disclosed a nearly $1 billion purchase of Tesla shares, and the priceHi, I'm a dedicated Stock Analyst aiming to identify clear winners in the market. I'm here to help others make informed investment decisions by delivering clear, insightful, and easy-to-understand financial content. My work has been featured on several leading platforms, including Yahoo, MSN, Nasdaq, InvestorPlac ...

Accessibility StatementSkip Navigation The increase delivers on a pledge to hit $25 by 2025 CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Bank of America announced it has raised its U.S. minimum hourly wage to $25 per hour. With the increase, the minimum annualized salary for full-time employees in the U.S. will rise to more than $50,000. The increase, which goes into effect in early October, applies to all full-time and part-time hourly positions in the U.S., affecting thousands of employees acros ...

Investing in the right young electric vehicle (EV) maker could prove lucrative long term. Is Rivian the right EV maker?This has mostly been a forgettable year for Rivian Automotive (RIVN 5.22%), as the young electric vehicle (EV) maker doesn't have any vehicle launches this year. That's also a good thing, because a mostly forgettable year means nothing horrible happened either -- just ask Ford Motor Company, which is currently setting a record for most recalls in one year ever.For Rivian to really reward lo ...

Accessibility StatementSkip Navigation Reinforcing and modernizing critical water infrastructure to withstand severe weather DALLAS, Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE: J) has been selected by the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) to design the Mayagüez Ocean Outfall Replacement, part of PRASA's Capital Improvement Program to modernize and strengthen Puerto Rico's water infrastructure. The large diameter, 1.1-mile (1.8 kilometer) pipeline, which carries treated wastewater from the Ma ...

If you aim to get rich off stocks, then you’ll need to either start with a lot of money or do a lot better than most other investors. In fact, most don’t even earn an average return in the stock markets — let alone get rich off them. As GOBankingRates recently reported, research from J.P. Morgan Asset Management found that during a 20-year period from 1998 to 2017, the S&P 500 returned an average of 7.1% per year. But the typical investor averaged only a 2.6% annual gain — barely above inflation. Read Mor ...

For perspective, the S&P 500 is up 12% in the same period. Bitcoin is up 23%. Everyone is playing in record territory these days, but gold's rush remains unmatched in relative magnitude. The ETF market confirms that investors have taken notice. The SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) remains one of the top 10 most popular ETFs this year, taking in nearly $11 billion in fresh net assets. Its counterpart, the SPDR Gold Minishares Trust (GLDM) has seen net inflows of $6.5 billion. Together, physical gold ETFs have taken in ...