Author: Jordan

Gold, Silver, Copper: Nothing to Show for It But Expenses!? It is worth taking a look first at the world’s top commodity companies. At the end of the first quarter, the 50 most valuable mining companies globally, as ranked by Mining.com, had a total market capitalization of USD 2.41 trillion. This represents an increase of USD 250 billion so far this year and contradicts the media mantra that all sectors are currently suffering from the war. The market correction actually occurred a full month before the start of the war between the US and Iran. At the end of January,…

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Ministers “need to act” as buy-to-let mortgage hikes risk further increasing rents, the National Residential Landlords Association has warned.Data from Moneyfacts found that, amidst the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, rental payments for tenants have increased as landlords face “soaring borrowing costs”.According to the analysis, landlords taking out a mortgage now face paying an average of £1,100 more a year than they would have at the start of March.As a result, the NRLA warned that most landlords will be unable to absorb growing costs without passing them on through higher rents.It explained that, according to HM Revenue and Customs,…

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(HedgeCo.Net) In a year defined by volatility, dispersion, and rapidly shifting macro narratives, Citadel finds itself navigating one of the most complex operating environments in its history. The firm, led by billionaire founder Ken Griffin, has long been regarded as the gold standard of multi-strategy hedge fund performance—delivering consistent, risk-adjusted returns across market cycles. Yet in 2026, even Citadel is confronting a new reality: a widening divergence between strategies that is testing the very foundations of its investment model. At the center of this dynamic is a striking internal split. While Citadel’s flagship Wellington fund—its largest and most closely watched vehicle—has experienced a…

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Gold Loan Market Sees Explosive Growth India’s gold loan market is experiencing a major transformation, with explosive growth driven by rising gold prices and a shift away from riskier unsecured loans. Origination values surged by 108% in the December 2025 quarter, while loan volumes rose 45%. This growth is largely due to higher gold valuations, not just more borrowers. Gold loans have become the second-largest retail credit segment in India, behind housing loans, now making up about 36% of total retail loan volume and 39% by value as of December 2025. The organized gold loan market, valued at roughly ₹7.1…

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A 2.8 percent drop in the value of the New Zealand dollar last month also supported export price growth Photo: 123RF Overall commodity prices are at record highs with the war in the Iran generating risks and rewards for New Zealand exporters. The ANZ World Commodity Price Index rose 4.1 percent in March over February (m/m) — an increase second only to the outbreak of the Russian-Ukraine three years ago. All components of the index rose in March except horticulture, which was between seasons, with market prices unavailable until the new season’s produce reached its destination. A 2.8 percent drop…

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BARCLAYS Buy to Let (BTL) Purchase & Remortgage Fixed Rate (Not available for Portfolio Landlords) 2 years 4.90% 7.9 APRC £2495.00 60% BARCLAYS Buy to Let (BTL) Purchase Only Fixed Rate (Not available for Portfolio Landlords) 2 years 5.13% 8.0 APRC £1295.00 75% BARCLAYS Buy to Let (BTL) Remortgage Only Fixed (Not available for Portfolio Landlords) 2 years 4.83% 7.8 APRC £0.00 60% BARCLAYS Buy to Let (BTL) Remortgage Only Fixed (Not available for Portfolio Landlords) 2 years 4.77% 7.9 APRC £1795.00 75% BARCLAYS Green Home Buy to Let (BTL)…

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195,220,846 Common Stock of Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. are subject to a Lock-Up Agreement Ending on 7-APR-2026. These Common Stock will be under lockup for 181 days starting from 8-OCT-2025 to 7-APR-2026.Details: Executive officers and directors, certain senior employees that are not executive officers and certain former directors, and BDTBH, the funding vehicle through which principal stockholder and the Minority Investment Institutional Co-Investors hold their respective interests, which collectively owned approximately 99% of outstanding common stock prior to this offering, have agreed not to sell or transfer any common stock or securities convertible into, exchangeable for, exercisable for, or repayable…

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The Strait of Hormuz is essentially closed, and oil prices have surged to around $113 per barrel, leaving Asia’s two largest economies searching for solutions but using quite different strategies.Moscow sounded the alarm Monday as the war in Iran continued to spread. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that tensions in the region keep rising and that the fallout from attacks on Iran is causing serious harm to the global economy.“These are all very dangerous and negative consequences of the aggression unleashed against Iran,” Peskov said, adding that the consequences for the global economy were “very, very negative.”The conflict has…

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