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NZDCAD Selling OffThe NZDCAD breakdown through .8553 has hit its first target at .8475. With oil prices rallying again recently, CAD has seen better demand. This has also come amidst recent hawkishness from the BOC, which raised rate by .5% last week, creating a strong backdrop for a higher Canadian Dollar. With both MACD and […]
Risk Appetite Weaker as Growth Concerns Take HoldGlobal equities indices have started the week on a softer footing as investors continue to show risk aversion. As traders in Europe return to their desks after the Easter holidays, uncertainty around the ongoing conflict in Ukraine remains the biggest headwind for asset prices. Alongside this, we are […]
Viridian Capital on Tuesday initiated coverage of Ascend Wellness AAWH, -0.90% with a buy rating and a $5.15 price target as a beneficiary of adult cannabis sales in New Jersey starting on Thursday. Analyst Jonathan DeCourcey said Ascend Wellness trades at a discount to other cannabis multi-state operators (MSOs) partly because its stock debut in […]
Stocks finished sharply higher Tuesday as energy prices pulled back and investors combed through another batch of corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.45% gained about 502 points, or 1.5%, to end near 34,912, marking its biggest daily percentage climb since March 16, according to FactSet. The S&P 500 index SPX, +1.61% rose […]
Notice Comments Summary Recently, FINRA took enforcement action against several firms for failing to establish or maintain a reasonably designed supervisory system for recommendations of alternative mutual funds, also sometimes referred to as “alt funds” or “liquid alts” (“Alt Funds”). FINRA is continuing to note such deficiencies in its examinations and communications reviews of such […]
Notice Comments Summary This Notice shares key operational changes in FINRA’s Membership Application Program (MAP) implemented to improve its effectiveness and efficiency (MAP Transformation), including establishing a centralized application intake function and aligning the program with the firm grouping model developed by FINRA’s Member Supervision Department during its recent transformation. Applicants are not required to […]