Words like gold, bond and yuan are music to Hong Kong leaders’ ears, but they also entail a heavy responsibility. The city has long been a global financial hub. However, our role has now expanded: to be a premier offshore yuan centre not only for ourselves but for the nation. The pieces are falling into place. To internationalise the yuan, Hong Kong will substantially build up the local infrastruc...
Words like gold, bond and yuan are music to Hong Kong leaders’ ears, but they also entail a heavy responsibility. The city has long been a global financial hub. However, our role has now expanded: to be a premier offshore yuan centre not only for ourselves but for the nation. The pieces are falling into place. To internationalise the yuan, Hong Kong will substantially build up the local infrastructure for gold and bond trading. Why now? Because the world is no longer such a safe and stable...
Apple (NasdaqGS:AAPL) has agreed a multi year US chip manufacturing and co development deal with Broadcom valued at more than US$30b. The agreement runs through 2031 and covers the production of over 15b custom chips for Apple products in the US. Broadcom plans a US$1.5b expansion of its Fort Collins, Colorado facilities to support the work. Apple, best known for its iPhone, Mac, and wearables eco...
Apple (NasdaqGS:AAPL) has agreed a multi year US chip manufacturing and co development deal with Broadcom valued at more than US$30b. The agreement runs through 2031 and covers the production of over 15b custom chips for Apple products in the US. Broadcom plans a US$1.5b expansion of its Fort Collins, Colorado facilities to support the work. Apple, best known for its iPhone, Mac, and wearables ecosystem, is deepening its role in chip design and sourcing at a time when hardware and AI...
AlexSecret/iStock via Getty Images Fast facts The Pacer Metaurus US Large Cap Div Multiplier 400 ETF ( QDPL ) was launched on 7/12/2021 and tracks the Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier Index Series 400. QDPL aims to provide 400% of the S&P 500 yield with about 90% exposure to the index performance. The fund has a 12-month distribution yield of 4.56% at the time of writing and an expense ra...
AlexSecret/iStock via Getty Images Fast facts The Pacer Metaurus US Large Cap Div Multiplier 400 ETF ( QDPL ) was launched on 7/12/2021 and tracks the Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier Index Series 400. QDPL aims to provide 400% of the S&P 500 yield with about 90% exposure to the index performance. The fund has a 12-month distribution yield of 4.56% at the time of writing and an expense ratio of 0.60%. Distributions are paid on a monthly basis (quarterly prior to 6/30/2025). It is a large and liquid ETF, with $1.7 billion in assets under management (“AUM”) and an average daily dollar trading volume of $6.7 million. The sponsor, Pacer ETFs, is a strategy-driven ETF provider with 47 ETFs and over $40 billion in total AUM. Strategy As described in the prospectus by Pacer ETFs , the underlying index has three components: An equity portfolio including all S&P 500 constituents in the same proportions as the index, with an aggregate weight of about 90% of net asset value. S&P 500 Dividend Futures, which offer exposure to the dividend value to be paid by the S&P 500 companies over a period of time. The three most current annual contracts will generally be used. The underlying index targets approximately 400% of the S&P 500 dividend. Collateral composed of Treasury notes, cash, and equivalents. The index is rebalanced annually, and the portfolio turnover rate was 6% in the most recent fiscal year. I will use as a benchmark the S&P 500 Index, represented by State Street ® SPDR ® S&P 500 ® ETF Trust ( SPY ). Focus on Dividend Futures As described by CME Group , Equity Index Dividend futures provide you with efficient tools to hedge or express a view on the U.S. dividend market, regardless of the price movement of the benchmark indices. Quarterly and annual contracts are available on the S&P 500 Index. Annual contracts are available on the Nasdaq-100 and Russell 2000 Indices. QDPL holds S&P 500 Annual Dividend Index Futures expiring on the third Friday of December of th...
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang has a way of turning things to gold. He has spent much of 2026 explaining that the AI buildout needs hands, not just chips. On a recent The Shawn Ryan Show podcast, the host put trade guru Mike Rowe on the spot: “Jensen Huang keeps saying the tradesman is going ... Nvidia’s CEO Just Predicted a New Blue-Collar Millionaire Class. Here Are 5 Stocks Worth Watchin...
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