Tag: risk
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Horizon Technology Finance: When The Yield Does Not Justify Risk (NASDAQ:HRZN)
designer491 Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) is a relatively small-size BDC with a heavy focus on VC-profile company lending activities. According to HRZN’s investment policy, the following criteria are applied when considering new investments: Deal size up to $50 million Deal term based on a 3-5 year period with a meaningful interest-only period Priority interest over…
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Instacart: Reasonable Valuation, But It Is At Risk Of Disintermediation (NASDAQ:CART)
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images News Maplebear Inc., better known as Instacart (NASDAQ:CART), has continued to see its share price decline since its IPO. Despite the fact that it started its life as a public company at a relatively more reasonable valuation, compared to the peak private valuation of $39 billion that it reached at the height…
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White House accuses Texas of ‘demonizing’ migrants and putting their lives at risk with Greg Abbott’s new law allowing cops to detain and deport border crossers
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called a new law in Texas “extreme” and said it will endanger migrants trying to cross the southern border. On Monday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill that would allow local and state law enforcement agencies to arrest and deport illegal border crossers without federal government intervention. It…
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Friday's S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 rebalance to reflect concerns over concentration risk
It’s arguably the biggest stock story of 2023: a small number of giant technology companies now make up a very large part of big indexes like the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq-100. Five companies (Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia and Alphabet) make up about 25% of the S&P 500. Six companies (Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Alphabet and Broadcom)…
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Sabre: Debt Levels Are A Concern But At These Price Levels, It May Be Worth The Risk
Spencer Platt In my first and so far only coverage on Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ:SABR), where I interned 15 years ago, I rated the stock a Hold but acknowledged the company was struggling on many metrics. Since then, the stock has lost further ground, losing 13% compared to the market’s 6% gain. Ouch! A nearly 20%…
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FBI director says US is facing highest risk of attack in YEARS: Chris Wray says there are ‘blinking lights everywhere’ and warns terrorists will ‘exploit’ the southern border
Chris Wray tells Congress the threat has gone to a whole ‘nother level He warns that violent extremists could draw inspiration from the Hamas attack on October 7 By Wills Robinson for Dailymail.com Published: 12:48 EST, December 5, 2023 | Updated: 1:25 PM EST, December 5, 2023 FBI Director Christopher Wray has warned that the…