With the increasing uncertainty of the global economy, the price of gold has soared to a historic high. $Gold(BK2110.US)$ had soared 19% last month. In this volatile market, is your investment portfolio ready?
Several common financial products for investing in gold include:
1· Physical Gold （ $XAU/USD(XAUUSD.FX)$ ）
2· Gold ETF（GDX $VanEck Gold Miners Equity ETF(GDX.US)$, $VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF(GDXJ.US)$ ）
3· Gold O...

Obstacles likely to arise in tentative Paramount-Skydance deal
Shari Redstone and the $Paramount Global-B(PARA.US)$ Board are allegedly only selling the voting shares to Skydance at a HUGE premium while planning to dilute the other 90% of common stock by issuing more shares to pay off PARA debt… which could drive the common share price below $5.
After Apollo Management and Byron Allen Media each offered over $24 per common share in se...

The week ahead includes the Fed interest-rate decision and the release of U.S. nonfarm payroll data. Additionally, investors will be eagerly anticipating financial reports from major U.S. tech corporations, as well as the largest firms in Europe, such as $Novo-Nordisk A/S(NVO.US)$.
As January draws to a close, the earnings season is set to feature major financial reports from tech ti...

The market lacked a catalyst, and the Composite Index closed down 2.56 points
Although the dust settled in the six state elections, some large stocks were sold off unhindered, and the performance of the Malaysia Composite Index was sluggish, consistent with the weak performance of regional exchanges.
As of the closing time of the market at 12:30 noon, the Composite Index closed at 1454.60 points, down 2.56 points, or 0.18%.
The half-day turnover was 2.03 billion shares, with a turnover value of RM906 million.
There were 455 rising stocks, 372 falling stocks, 369 with no ups and downs, and 1,133 without trading.
As of 12:30 noon, the exchange rate of the ringgit was 4.6140 to the US dollar.
$FTSE Malaysia Index(.KLSE.MY)$
Source: Nanyang Siang Pau, Klse Pulse
Market focus
Are the state election results a blessing or a curse? Criminal stocks started first and then fell
Will maintaining the current situation 3-3 stabilize the market, or is the “green wave” expansion causing more unease among investors? Investors fell into a tug this morning on the criminal stocks most affected by the “green tide,” and both betting stocks and beer stocks fluctuated sharply.
On the first trading day after the six state elections ended, investors first poured into the criminal stock sector with an optimistic attitude. Both Genting Shuangxiong and the two Wanji Stock Exchange continued their “rush” attitude before last week's election, opening 1 higher...

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$Tesla(TSLA.US)$shares fell by 4.23%, closing at $244.88. Its options trading volume is 3.09 million. Call contracts account for 53.7% of the whole trading volume. The most traded calls are contracts of $255 strike price that expire on September 22nd. The total volume reaches 202,204 with an open interest of 5,467. The most traded puts are contracts of a $250 strike price that expires on ...