Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s shares surged to their highest in nearly four years after revealing plans to ramp up AI spending past an original $50 billion-plus target, joining tech leaders pledging ever-greater sums toward a global race for technological breakthroughs. Chief Executive Officer Eddie Wu anticipates overall investment in artificial intelligence accelerating to some $4 trillion worldwide over the next five years — and Alibaba needs to keep up. The company will soon add to a plan laid out in F ...

The battle of the DEXs is hotting up, as BNB Chain-based decentralized exchange Aster has helped its parent chain to surpass Hyperliquid’s 24-hour perpetual trading volume. BNB Chain’s 24-hour perpetual volume stands at $21.6 billion, overtaking Hyperliquid’s $10.7 billion, according to data from Dune Analytics. EdgeX and Light followed closely with $8.2 billion and $6.2 billion, respectively. In terms of overall trading volume, the two exchanges are jockeying for position. Per CoinGecko data, Hyperliqui ...

Launched on October 25, 2022, the First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF (MISL) is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to provide a broad exposure to the Industrials - Aerospace & Defense segment of the equity market.An increasingly popular option among retail and institutional investors, passively managed ETFs offer low costs, transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency; they are also excellent vehicles for long term investors.Sector ETFs also provide investors access to a broad group of ...

Allica Bank has reported a sharp rise in asset finance broker confidence for the months ahead, according to its latest survey of more than 200 UK-based brokers. While just over 18% expressed concern about the next six months, over half (51.2%) now say they have a positive outlook, more than double the 24% recorded in the final quarter of last year. A further 30% remain neutral. This renewed optimism comes despite mixed trading conditions. Some 42.5% of brokers cited a fall in asset finance applications so ...

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Many have said that midcap stocks are a "sweet spot†of market capitalization. They deliver both growth potential — typically associated with smaller companies — and profitability — usually seen in larger companies. To quote WisdomTree, in a recent research note, midcaps sit in the "sweet spot between innovation and maturity.† As the firm puts it, "They've graduated from the start-up phase, proven profitability and often trade at more reasonable valuations than their large-cap peers, while still deliverin ...

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Five things to know ahead of today's opening bell. Computer memory and storage maker Micron reporting results above analyst expectations and issuing a solid forecast for the current quarter. Micron has become one of the beneficiaries of the AI boom as chips like Nvidia require increasing amounts of high-tech memory.Meanwhile, President Trump cancing a plan meeting with the top two Democrats in Congress over funding for the federal government. government set to shut down at the end of this month unless a spe ...

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